WEBVTT 00:00:01.339 --> 00:00:06.900 Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.900 --> 00:00:09.900 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:14.140 walk with God. Don't miss out, stay with us until 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:18.160 the end for our rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:25.739 right in. I want to thank God for this opportunity 00:00:25.739 --> 00:00:29.309 to bring the world to us. I want to thank the 00:00:29.309 --> 00:00:34.229 pastorate as well for this opportunity and I 00:00:34.229 --> 00:00:39.649 urge you to pay attention, to participate and 00:00:39.649 --> 00:00:44.770 to be blessed. Amen. Today we're going to be 00:00:44.770 --> 00:00:50.950 looking at some words what I've been teaching 00:00:50.950 --> 00:00:55.770 on, which was the supernatural nature of the 00:00:55.770 --> 00:00:58.640 Christian gathering. And one of the things that 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:03.060 we said there was that what made this gathering 00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:07.840 supernatural is because the Holy Spirit is here. 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:12.459 Praise the Lord! Because the Holy Spirit dwells 00:01:12.459 --> 00:01:15.019 in the inside of us. So, today we want to look 00:01:15.019 --> 00:01:20.319 at the union of the spirit that we have, or the 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:29.959 union of the Holy Spirit that we have. Before 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:34.439 we dive into that especially, I would like us 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:38.359 to look at so many things that will entrench 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:43.719 you, so many things that will bless you. That 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:53.260 is, how those locations and some names or some 00:01:53.260 --> 00:01:57.920 places in the Bible translate to God's plan. 00:01:58.099 --> 00:02:03.019 Praise the Lord! How does places and names of 00:02:03.019 --> 00:02:07.879 places translate to God's plan? How does that 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:12.159 reveal God's plan? Praise the Lord! If you understand 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:15.180 these things, it will save us a lot of things. 00:02:15.219 --> 00:02:19.400 It will save us from being manipulated. It will 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:23.439 save us our money. It will save us so many things. 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:32.020 Praise the Lord! Matthew 28. Also, we are going 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:38.900 to look at 1 Peter chapter 2, verse 9. We are 00:02:38.900 --> 00:02:44.120 also going to look into how we have become that, 00:02:44.139 --> 00:02:48.020 or how we are that, that is, how we are a chosen 00:02:48.020 --> 00:02:51.419 generation, how we are royal priests. Praise 00:02:51.419 --> 00:02:57.120 the Lord! Is that God's plan or we just came 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:59.879 into it? Praise the Lord! Has that been God's 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:02.840 plan or did it just happen in the New Testament? 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:07.259 Praise the Lord. Matthew chapter 28, verse 18 00:03:07.259 --> 00:03:13.560 to 20. Verse 18 said, And Jesus came and spoke 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.900 to them, saying, All authority has been given 00:03:16.900 --> 00:03:20.659 me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make 00:03:20.659 --> 00:03:24.479 disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:27.900 name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:32.919 Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:35.659 have commanded you and know and meet you always, 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:42.699 even to the end of the age. Mark chapter 16 verse 00:03:42.699 --> 00:03:48.639 15 said, And he said to them, Go into all the 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:51.479 world and preach the gospel to every creature. 00:03:52.219 --> 00:03:54.400 He who believes and is baptized will be saved. 00:03:54.919 --> 00:03:57.400 But he who does not believe will be condemned. 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:00.599 And these signs will follow those who believe. 00:04:00.620 --> 00:04:03.979 In my name they will cast out their demons. They 00:04:03.979 --> 00:04:07.460 will speak with new terms. They will take up 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:10.120 sacraments and if they drink anything deadly, 00:04:10.740 --> 00:04:13.719 it will by no means halt them. They will lay 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:17.660 hands on the sick and they will recover. So then, 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:21.160 after the Lord has spoken to them, he was received 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:24.620 up into heaven. and sat at the right hand of 00:04:24.620 --> 00:04:28.439 God, and they went out and preached everywhere, 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:31.680 the Lord walking with them and confirming their 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.879 words through the accompanying of signs. Amen. 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:45.540 John chapter 20 John chapter 20 verse 19 to 23 00:04:51.139 --> 00:04:56.259 Verse 19 said, Then the same day at the evening, 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:58.819 being the first day of the week, when the doors 00:04:58.819 --> 00:05:02.019 were shut, where the disciples were assembled 00:05:02.019 --> 00:05:04.279 for the fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:07.079 in the midst of them, and said to them, Peace 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:12.600 be with you. When he had said this, he showed 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:16.420 them his hand and his side. Then the disciples 00:05:16.420 --> 00:05:21.139 were glad when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said 00:05:21.139 --> 00:05:25.279 to them, again, peace to you. As the Father has 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:29.339 sent me, I have also sent you. When he has said 00:05:29.339 --> 00:05:33.319 this, he breathed on them and said to them, receive 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:37.040 the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, 00:05:37.420 --> 00:05:40.180 they will be forgiven. If you retain the sins 00:05:40.180 --> 00:05:43.819 of any, they will be retained. Praise the Lord! 00:05:44.420 --> 00:05:46.839 We have been looking at these in our previous 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:48.680 teachings. The pastors have been teaching us 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:52.230 these things. We said that this is the great 00:05:52.230 --> 00:05:55.689 commission and the thing that God has given believers 00:05:55.689 --> 00:05:59.110 to do. This is God's intention for every believer 00:05:59.110 --> 00:06:03.290 that we go and make disciples. We go and we teach 00:06:03.290 --> 00:06:07.930 the gospel. We go and we show the power of God 00:06:07.930 --> 00:06:12.250 in healing, in casting out demons. Praise the 00:06:12.250 --> 00:06:16.689 Lord! As a result of following His instructions. 00:06:17.170 --> 00:06:21.180 Praise the Lord! So this is the Great Commission 00:06:21.180 --> 00:06:26.860 and from this place where we read, from Mark 00:06:26.860 --> 00:06:32.720 16, we see that this is also the last moment 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:35.939 where the disciples physically saw Jesus. So 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:39.199 He was giving them a command. Like I said, we're 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:42.879 going to look at a few things and what they mean 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:46.759 to the intention of God. So in that Matthew 16, 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:52.220 28, verse 19 says, he said, go therefore and 00:06:52.220 --> 00:06:55.779 make disciples of all nations, baptizing them 00:06:55.779 --> 00:06:58.279 in the name of the Father and of the Son and 00:06:58.279 --> 00:07:01.180 of the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord. So we see 00:07:01.180 --> 00:07:02.959 here, Jesus said to them, they should go and 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:07.759 make disciples of all nations. So we see all 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:11.279 nations in this place. Praise the Lord. And in 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:15.040 Mark, he says, all the world, Mark chapter 16, 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:21.009 verse Mark chapter 16 verse 15, right? We see 00:07:21.009 --> 00:07:24.430 all the world. Praise the Lord. So what does 00:07:24.430 --> 00:07:28.389 all nation mean? Praise the Lord. What does all 00:07:28.389 --> 00:07:40.389 nation mean? All nation is the world has her 00:07:40.389 --> 00:07:51.000 at nose. Has her at nose. P -A -S -H -O -T -H 00:07:51.000 --> 00:08:01.519 -N -O -S What does all nation mean? I will also 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:08.279 read in Luke, in Luke chapter 24. Luke chapter 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:12.980 24. Like I said, just pay attention and you will 00:08:12.980 --> 00:08:19.189 understand what we are doing. 24 and verse 47. 00:08:22.050 --> 00:08:26.209 He said, our repentance and remission of sin 00:08:26.209 --> 00:08:30.970 should be preached in His name to all nations 00:08:30.970 --> 00:08:35.529 beginning at Jerusalem. Okay? So we're going 00:08:35.529 --> 00:08:38.590 to look at all nations and we're going to look 00:08:38.590 --> 00:08:41.570 at why He said they should begin at Jerusalem. 00:08:41.889 --> 00:08:44.519 What does that mean? Praise the Lord. Does it 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:47.120 mean that they cannot start from Syria? Does 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:50.159 it mean they should not start from somewhere 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:53.899 else? Praise the Lord! Why start from Jerusalem? 00:08:54.899 --> 00:09:01.139 Praise the Lord! Why start from Jerusalem? In 00:09:01.139 --> 00:09:10.139 John chapter 20, verse 23, that talks about if 00:09:10.139 --> 00:09:13.440 you forgive the sins of any. Praise the Lord! 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.200 So that any day is talking about if you forgive 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:19.759 the sins of anybody that is anybody in the world 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:23.139 Same thing are saying all the world praise the 00:09:23.139 --> 00:09:25.879 lord So as you're preaching if you forgive the 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:29.059 sins of any in all the world their sins will 00:09:29.059 --> 00:09:32.620 be forgiven praise the lord So we're going to 00:09:32.620 --> 00:09:36.080 focus our teaching like I said on all nations 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:39.919 and why does he say they should begin? At jerusalem, 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:44.289 praise the lord all nations right So, I said 00:09:44.289 --> 00:09:48.769 that all nations is the word ethnos in the Greek, 00:09:49.169 --> 00:09:54.909 right? We see that also in Luke chapter 24. Let's 00:09:54.909 --> 00:09:59.730 go back to Luke chapter 24. The earlier verses 00:09:59.730 --> 00:10:03.210 before, where we read earlier, the earlier verses 00:10:03.210 --> 00:10:15.940 in verse 24. And certain of these who were with 00:10:15.940 --> 00:10:18.940 us went to the tomb and found it just as the 00:10:18.940 --> 00:10:23.100 women had said. But hearing they did not see, 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:26.240 praised the Lord, then He said to them, awfulish 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:28.740 ones, on slow of heart, to believe all that the 00:10:28.740 --> 00:10:32.639 prophet hath spoken, but not the Christ, to have 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:35.679 suffered these things, and to enter his glory. 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:40.750 Verse 27 now, it says, Beginning at Moses and 00:10:40.750 --> 00:10:44.549 in all the prophets, He expounded to them in 00:10:44.549 --> 00:10:48.289 all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. 00:10:48.750 --> 00:10:51.970 Praise the Lord! And we also looked at this place 00:10:51.970 --> 00:10:55.070 and we saw that what Jesus did was that He taught 00:10:55.070 --> 00:10:58.210 them through the scriptures. Praise the Lord! 00:10:58.629 --> 00:11:01.169 He did not lay hands on them and say, receive 00:11:01.169 --> 00:11:05.529 knowledge. Right? He taught them in all the scriptures. 00:11:06.250 --> 00:11:10.789 So Jesus taught them in all the scriptures, right? 00:11:10.950 --> 00:11:13.250 And we said that Jesus did not just start teaching 00:11:13.250 --> 00:11:16.909 them anything He felt like teaching them. Rather, 00:11:17.169 --> 00:11:21.389 He taught them, as the scripture says, from the 00:11:21.389 --> 00:11:24.690 entirety of the scriptures. He said, from beginning 00:11:24.690 --> 00:11:27.110 and Moses and in all the prophets, He expounded 00:11:27.110 --> 00:11:30.610 to them in all the scriptures the things concerning 00:11:30.610 --> 00:11:35.549 Himself. And we have looked at that word, expound, 00:11:35.769 --> 00:11:39.830 Right? So, Jesus translated to them, in essence, 00:11:40.269 --> 00:11:47.789 what has been said. So, we can also say that 00:11:47.789 --> 00:11:51.929 in the four gospels and also in the epistle, 00:11:52.309 --> 00:11:56.190 what we have here is translations or interpretation 00:11:56.190 --> 00:12:02.429 of the scriptures. That is, from Genesis to Malachi. 00:12:02.570 --> 00:12:05.629 Praise the Lord! So, because Jesus came and He 00:12:05.629 --> 00:12:08.629 spoke the things concerning Himself from the 00:12:08.629 --> 00:12:15.970 Scriptures. Praise the Lord! So, you can write 00:12:15.970 --> 00:12:21.409 this. Translations are words which give interpretations, 00:12:21.509 --> 00:12:26.730 right? Translations are words which give interpretation. 00:12:28.590 --> 00:12:31.549 That is, giving meanings to words that are spoken 00:12:31.549 --> 00:12:35.039 in other places. in other cultures, in other 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:38.799 languages, in other contexts. Praise the Lord. 00:12:39.179 --> 00:12:44.240 He expounded to them in all the scriptures the 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:49.740 things containing himself. They said, beginning 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:55.659 at Moses and in all the prophets. In verse 45 00:12:55.659 --> 00:13:07.029 of that same Luke 24. Verse 45. And He opened 00:13:07.029 --> 00:13:09.350 their understanding that they may comprehend 00:13:09.350 --> 00:13:11.669 the Scriptures. The New King James would say 00:13:11.669 --> 00:13:14.029 that He opened their understanding that they 00:13:14.029 --> 00:13:16.769 may understand the Scriptures. Praise the Lord. 00:13:17.730 --> 00:13:22.710 Right? So, the word to understand, right, it 00:13:22.710 --> 00:13:25.990 means to read the Scriptures together. That's 00:13:25.990 --> 00:13:27.690 in His saying that they may comprehend. Right? 00:13:27.730 --> 00:13:33.970 That place comprehend means that the Scriptures 00:13:33.970 --> 00:13:42.470 are read together. is the greek word sunay your 00:13:42.470 --> 00:13:49.909 my let me spell it s -y -n -e sorry s -y -n -i 00:13:49.909 --> 00:13:56.690 -e -m -i it means to read the scriptures together 00:13:56.690 --> 00:14:02.009 which means that the scriptures do not contradict 00:14:02.009 --> 00:14:06.600 praise the lord so when he says that He opened 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:08.720 the understanding that they may comprehend the 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:12.440 scriptures, is that the understanding they had, 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:14.440 there was no contradiction. Praise the Lord. 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:20.840 The scriptures do not contradict. It was read 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.100 together. Praise the Lord. It was read and interpreted 00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:28.379 together. It also means that the scriptures, 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:30.820 right, they mean the same thing. They're not 00:14:30.820 --> 00:14:33.440 saying different things. Praise the Lord. So 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:36.220 when you begin to see that something is contradicting 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:39.279 what is said in other places, it means that you 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:42.320 need to read it together. Praise the Lord! The 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:47.139 scriptures do not contradict themselves. It means 00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:51.179 the same thing. So Jesus understood how to read 00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:53.919 the scriptures properly. Praise the Lord! He 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:56.259 understood what it means to read the scriptures 00:14:56.259 --> 00:15:03.019 properly. In verse 44, He said to them, that 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:06.220 all things must be fulfilled which were written 00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:09.340 in the law of Moses, the prophet and the sons 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:13.279 consigning me. Praise the Lord! So every teaching 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:16.179 he was giving to them, he was teaching them from 00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:18.740 the entirety of the scriptures. Praise the Lord! 00:15:19.100 --> 00:15:21.899 He was reading it together, so they are able 00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:26.559 to comprehend. They are able to understand. He 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:30.639 read it through. In verse 47, as we said, he 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:35.600 said, And that's what the Savior now said, that 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:38.779 repentance and remission of sins be preached 00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:43.980 to all nations beginning at Jerusalem. As we 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:48.759 said, why begin at Jerusalem? Why don't we start 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:54.740 from Utopia? Praise the Lord. Since we saw that 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:56.980 there was Utopia in the Scriptures, why didn't 00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:59.440 they start from Utopia? Praise the Lord. Why 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:06.240 did they start from Jerusalem? Why Jerusalem? 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:12.940 So beginning from Jerusalem is also the same 00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:18.639 word we see in verse 27 that talks about beginning 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:21.620 at Moses and in the prophets. Right? It's the 00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:25.039 same thing that we see there. Acts chapter 1 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:32.559 verse 8. Why Jerusalem? They say, but you shall 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:35.480 receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:39.399 you and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:43.340 and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:45.960 of the earth, that is all nations. Praise the 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:48.340 Lord. So why is he telling them that there will 00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:53.919 be witnesses from whom? From Jerusalem. Why Jerusalem? 00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:59.240 Praise the Lord. So we must understand, right, 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:06.099 that location or if you like, Geography is also 00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:08.640 part of theology. To be able to understand the 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:13.200 scriptures properly, you cannot neglect locations, 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:16.500 things that are said in certain places. For you 00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:19.440 to be able to interpret properly, you have to 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:24.019 understand that geography has a huge part to 00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:28.339 play in theology. Praise the Lord! Why Jerusalem? 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:37.230 John chapter 4, verse 19 to 20. In secondary 00:17:37.230 --> 00:17:40.329 school, by the way, geography was my best subject, 00:17:40.849 --> 00:17:48.710 right? I could, during our way, one thing you 00:17:48.710 --> 00:17:53.950 can be sure is that we can write the textbook 00:17:53.950 --> 00:17:56.670 for you the way it's written, right? Because 00:17:56.670 --> 00:18:00.849 we had a very good geography teacher, same as 00:18:00.849 --> 00:18:05.359 Uncle Shola, he's a lot. This is my first introduction 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:09.339 to the Yoruba people. Praise the Lord. He was 00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:13.420 a very, very good man. Why Jerusalem? John chapter 00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:20.180 4, from verse 19 to 20. That is the Samaritan 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:23.559 woman. He says, and the woman said, Sir, I perceive 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:28.140 that you are a prophet. Our fathers worship on 00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:31.640 this mountain, and the Jews say that in Jerusalem 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:35.559 is a place where one ought to worship. Why did 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:38.680 the Jews say that Jerusalem is a place where 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:46.720 one ought to worship? Praise the Lord. So, it 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:52.559 means that if you find a location, right, or 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:56.599 you see a location in the Bible, right, there 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:01.200 is a meaning to it. So there is a meaning to 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:06.359 the word Jerusalem, and it's referred to also 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:13.279 from the Old Testament. Second Samuel chapter 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:27.480 5, 7 and 9. So, nevertheless, David took the 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:30.680 stronghold of Zion that is the city of David. 00:19:33.370 --> 00:19:36.589 And David dwelt in the stronghold and called 00:19:36.589 --> 00:19:40.490 it the city of David. And David built all around 00:19:40.490 --> 00:19:49.049 from the mills and inward. Praise the Lord. So 00:19:49.049 --> 00:19:54.450 Zion is in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. Zion is 00:19:54.450 --> 00:20:00.990 in Jerusalem. And we see that Addo Azak, right? 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:09.299 or Zadak, in Joshua chapter 10 verse 1, we see 00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:13.579 that Jerusalem had a king, praise the Lord. Joshua 00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:19.880 chapter 10 verse 1. We see there that Jerusalem 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:25.440 had a king, praise the Lord. But then, before 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:29.380 then, we have also known that there was a king 00:20:29.690 --> 00:20:33.789 of Salem praise the Lord the Jerusalem is not 00:20:33.789 --> 00:20:37.289 just one word praise the Lord there was a king 00:20:37.289 --> 00:20:46.390 of Salem Genesis chapter 14 verse 18 Genesis 00:20:46.390 --> 00:20:52.130 chapter 14 verse 18 now Melchizedek the king 00:20:52.130 --> 00:20:56.430 of Salem brought out bread and wine he watched 00:20:56.430 --> 00:21:00.670 the priests of God Most High. Praise the Lord! 00:21:01.490 --> 00:21:03.789 That word, Melchizedek, should trick me off. 00:21:03.910 --> 00:21:07.009 Thank God I'm able to call it properly nowadays. 00:21:08.970 --> 00:21:12.269 Melchizedek is the King of Salem. Praise the 00:21:12.269 --> 00:21:16.309 Lord! We also saw that David prophesied about 00:21:16.309 --> 00:21:28.339 it. Psalms 110, verse 1 -4. Psalms 110 from his 00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:44.680 1 to 4. Psalms 101. The Psalm of David, the Lord 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:47.640 said to my Lord, sit at my right hand, till I 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:51.859 make your enemies your first two. And the Lord 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:55.380 shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion. 00:21:56.029 --> 00:22:00.049 rule in the midst of your enemies. Your people 00:22:00.049 --> 00:22:03.130 shall be volunteers, or willing, some other scriptures 00:22:03.130 --> 00:22:07.410 would put, in the days of your power, in the 00:22:07.410 --> 00:22:10.130 beauty of his holiness from the womb of the morning. 00:22:11.049 --> 00:22:14.250 You have the dawn of your youth. Verse four. 00:22:14.809 --> 00:22:17.750 The Lord has sworn I will not relent. You are 00:22:17.750 --> 00:22:22.289 a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek. 00:22:22.690 --> 00:22:26.799 Praise the Lord. according to the order of Melchizedek. 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:30.480 So Jerusalem is a place, right, and it has a 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:34.440 king, right? We also saw that David built houses 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:38.460 there, praise the Lord, or the city of David 00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:42.980 in that place. So we also see a prophecy here, 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:49.799 right, about how they're going to be a priest 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:52.579 according to the order of Melchizedek, right? 00:22:53.629 --> 00:22:57.430 Melchizedek is the king of Salem, which we know 00:22:57.430 --> 00:23:01.329 as the king of righteousness and justice. Praise 00:23:01.329 --> 00:23:06.549 the Lord. So we see how important this is. Isaiah 00:23:06.549 --> 00:23:12.869 40 verse 9. Isaiah, more on Jerusalem, Isaiah 00:23:12.869 --> 00:23:33.720 40 verse 9. Isaiah chapter 40 verse 9. O Zion, 00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:39.539 you who bring good tithing, get up in the high 00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:42.700 mountains, O Jerusalem, you who bring good tithing, 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:46.259 lift up your voice with strength, lift it up, 00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:51.339 be not afraid, say to the city of Judah, behold 00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:56.460 your God. Praise the Lord. Behold your God. And 00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:58.579 there have been several teachings on good tiding, 00:23:58.880 --> 00:24:01.740 right? The word good tiding there is the word 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:09.559 basea, right? B -A -S -A -R. It's pronounced 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:18.099 basea. B -A -S -A -N, right? And good tiding 00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:22.680 is about the kingdom of God. Praise the Lord. 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:25.759 The good tide in the air is about the kingdom 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:31.299 of God. It's a behold your God. So the concept 00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:35.700 of Jerusalem is that of a kingdom. Praise the 00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:40.940 Lord. The idea of Jerusalem is that of a kingdom. 00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:45.420 It's a kingdom of peace. Praise the Lord. It 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:50.599 is the kingdom of peace. Praise the Lord. it 00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:59.079 is the kingdom of peace right its war or sorry 00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:03.579 its weapon is also that of peace praise the lord 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:09.339 its weapon is also that of peace so by speaking 00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:11.740 of them to begin at Jerusalem in Luke chapter 00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:18.930 4 so Luke chapter 24 from verse 47 right It is 00:25:18.930 --> 00:25:25.069 because Jerusalem is a geography that has a theology. 00:25:25.630 --> 00:25:29.849 Praise the Lord. It has a meaning. Praise the 00:25:29.849 --> 00:25:32.130 Lord. It is not just like any other city. It 00:25:32.130 --> 00:25:36.009 is different from every other city. It is about 00:25:36.009 --> 00:25:39.690 the kingdom. And it is the kingdom of peace. 00:25:40.069 --> 00:25:44.130 Praise the Lord. So when he says they should 00:25:44.130 --> 00:25:48.460 bring good tidings about the kingdom, It's a 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:52.500 sign that it is about peace. The message is peace. 00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:58.619 Praise the Lord. So the people understood what... 00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:02.579 So it's a different kingdom from every other 00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:08.019 one. They knew that the gospel was the gospel 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:10.440 about a kingdom. Praise the Lord. So when he 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:13.559 says, beginning at Jerusalem, he knew that it 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:17.529 was about a kingdom and a kingdom... has king. 00:26:18.430 --> 00:26:21.470 And the king is for the whole earth. Praise the 00:26:21.470 --> 00:26:25.029 Lord. It is not just a kingdom for a king for 00:26:25.029 --> 00:26:30.029 Jerusalem, but for the whole earth. And he's 00:26:30.029 --> 00:26:33.809 also a kingdom of peace. So he says beginning 00:26:33.809 --> 00:26:37.569 at Jerusalem means that the message, right, and 00:26:37.569 --> 00:26:41.690 the location are related. Praise the Lord. The 00:26:41.690 --> 00:26:45.029 location is that of peace. The message is that 00:26:45.029 --> 00:26:48.289 of peace. praise the lord is that of the kingdom 00:26:48.289 --> 00:26:54.250 of god the message and the location is related 00:26:54.250 --> 00:26:59.089 to each other jerusalem is a place of peace so 00:26:59.089 --> 00:27:02.269 beginning at jerusalem it is saying it is a gospel 00:27:02.269 --> 00:27:07.750 of peace praise the lord it is a gospel of peace 00:27:07.750 --> 00:27:15.859 do you understand do you understand So when he 00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:19.799 says, beginning at Jerusalem, he's saying that 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:24.839 Jerusalem is a place of peace. It is the gospel 00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:28.500 of peace. The message and the location are related. 00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:38.359 Romans 10 verse 15. Romans 10 verse 15. I say, 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:40.960 how shall they preach unless they are said? And 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:43.990 it's written, how beautiful are the feet of those 00:27:43.990 --> 00:27:48.329 who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad 00:27:48.329 --> 00:27:51.430 tidings of good things. He says what? Who preach 00:27:51.430 --> 00:27:56.589 the gospel of peace? Praise the Lord! Who preach 00:27:56.589 --> 00:27:59.609 the gospel of peace? Or the gospel, if you like, 00:27:59.950 --> 00:28:03.410 of Jerusalem. Why? Because Jerusalem is a place 00:28:03.410 --> 00:28:20.519 of peace. It is a kingdom of God. So, Jesus has 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:23.900 brought peace and what He is reconciling men 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:26.819 to Himself. So, when He says they should preach, 00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:29.220 He is telling them that you have preached the 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:32.039 gospel of peace, or beginning at Jerusalem, it 00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:36.079 is the gospel of peace. Praise the Lord! So, 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:40.099 we now see how the location is related to the 00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:45.890 message. Right? So, but let's not get it wrong. 00:28:46.730 --> 00:28:49.430 Right? Just like some of you will see later how 00:28:49.430 --> 00:28:52.269 some of the disciples, they understand what he 00:28:52.269 --> 00:28:59.349 was saying. So, Jerusalem now, or Jerusalem is 00:28:59.349 --> 00:29:04.470 a parable. Praise the Lord. Jerusalem is a parable. 00:29:05.170 --> 00:29:09.490 Praise the Lord. And, but the message is a reality 00:29:09.490 --> 00:29:12.630 of what he's saying. Praise the Lord. What is 00:29:12.630 --> 00:29:18.369 a parable? Anybody want to help us? Jerusalem 00:29:18.369 --> 00:29:22.130 is a parable. Jerusalem is communicating something. 00:29:22.930 --> 00:29:25.670 It is not a thing itself, but it's communicating 00:29:25.670 --> 00:29:30.990 something. Jerusalem is a parable, but a message, 00:29:31.569 --> 00:29:34.410 and the message is a reality. So by saying, beginning 00:29:34.410 --> 00:29:38.349 at Jerusalem, he's saying the kingdom of peace, 00:29:38.990 --> 00:29:41.859 righteousness, and joy. Romans chapter 14 verse 00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:49.059 7 describing Jerusalem Romans chapter 14 verse 00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:59.220 17 rather Romans chapter 14 verse 17 for the 00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:02.279 kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking 00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:06.299 but righteousness peace and joy and the holy 00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:09.079 ghost praise the lord It is also the description 00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:13.319 of what Jerusalem is. It is about the kingdom 00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:18.660 of God. So Jerusalem is a parable that has a 00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:22.599 message, but the message is a reality of it. 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:26.819 Praise the Lord. So what then do we do? So as 00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:28.920 a child of God, do you go and start preaching 00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:35.299 from Jerusalem now? Praise the Lord. We don't 00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:40.609 start from Jerusalem. Why? because we have Jerusalem. 00:30:41.690 --> 00:30:46.609 Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. We don't go to Jerusalem 00:30:46.609 --> 00:30:51.329 or we don't start from Jerusalem because we have 00:30:51.329 --> 00:30:58.529 Jerusalem. That is, we have the peace of God. 00:30:59.490 --> 00:31:05.349 We have the joy of God. We have received forgiveness. 00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:11.099 We are righteous people. That is what he represents. 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:21.779 So beginning at Jerusalem, Jesus was using a 00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:24.859 location to teach them something. He was using 00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:28.980 a location to teach them about the peace that 00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:32.859 God has brought. The realities of the kingdom. 00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:37.900 Praise the Lord. Acts chapter 1. Let's go back 00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:49.119 there again. Acts chapter 1. Acts chapter 1. 00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:58.039 And verse 3 would tell us. He said, Who's speaking? 00:31:58.720 --> 00:32:03.140 Who's seeing Peter? Sorry. Acts chapter 1. Verse 00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:13.839 3. to whom He also presented Himself alive after 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:16.819 His suffering by many infallible proofs, being 00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:22.079 seen by them during forty days, speaking of the 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:25.319 things pertaining to the kingdom of God. Praise 00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:28.339 the Lord! Speaking of the things pertaining to 00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:32.019 the kingdom of God, verse 6 now. Therefore, when 00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:34.809 they had come together, They asked him saying, 00:32:34.809 --> 00:32:38.430 Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom 00:32:38.430 --> 00:32:42.470 to Israel? Praise the Lord. Will you at this 00:32:42.470 --> 00:32:45.710 time restore the kingdom to Israel? Praise the 00:32:45.710 --> 00:32:48.369 Lord. We see here that they got it wrong. Praise 00:32:48.369 --> 00:32:51.109 the Lord. What he was teaching them was that 00:32:51.109 --> 00:32:54.930 the gospel or the peace that is coming is for 00:32:54.930 --> 00:32:58.069 the whole nation or that ease is for the whole 00:32:58.069 --> 00:33:01.289 nation. The message is for the whole nation. 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:03.940 But we see here that they are asking him, will 00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:09.740 you again restore the kingdom to Israel? So Israel 00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:13.559 or Jerusalem is a parable, like I said. And then, 00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:17.640 but the message is the reality. Verse seven, 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:21.440 he says, he said to them, it is not for you to 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:24.359 know time and season which the father has put 00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:28.859 in his authority. Right? So no. Praise the Lord. 00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:30.859 Basically, that's what he's saying to them. No, 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:36.819 there is nothing like that. Verse 8, now. But 00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:40.640 ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:43.160 come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me 00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:47.279 in Jerusalem, and in Judea, and to all the ends 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:51.119 of the earth. Praise the Lord. So this is a kingdom 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:54.000 he's speaking about. Praise the Lord. Verse 8 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:57.359 is a kingdom that he's talking about. To the 00:33:57.359 --> 00:34:00.539 ends of the earth. Praise the Lord. So we have 00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:05.980 looked at Jerusalem. Now let's look at all nations. 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:17.659 All nations. Psalms chapter two. Psalms chapter 00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:25.280 two, verse six to eight. Yet I have set my king 00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:32.199 on my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree, 00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:35.139 the Lord has said to me, you are my son, today 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:39.679 I have begotten you. Ask of me and I will give 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:42.559 you the nation for your inheritance and the ends 00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:45.539 of the earth for your possession. Praise the 00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:51.579 Lord. Verse 6, sorry, verse 8 says what? He says, 00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:55.340 I will give you the nation for your inheritance 00:34:55.340 --> 00:35:02.150 and the ends of the earth. So, the nation there 00:35:02.150 --> 00:35:07.230 is the world of the Hebrew word Goy. G -O -Y. 00:35:08.610 --> 00:35:12.530 Right? It is also for heeding. Some other scriptures 00:35:12.530 --> 00:35:16.730 say, I will give you the heeding for your inheritance. 00:35:17.449 --> 00:35:20.250 Praise the Lord! I will give you the heeding 00:35:20.250 --> 00:35:24.630 for your inheritance. So, inheritance is showing 00:35:24.630 --> 00:35:28.570 the territory of a king. Praise the Lord! that 00:35:28.570 --> 00:35:31.989 the hidden are also his territory. Praise the 00:35:31.989 --> 00:35:35.610 Lord. They belong to him. See, I will give you 00:35:35.610 --> 00:35:38.789 the hidden or the nation for your possession. 00:35:39.030 --> 00:35:45.530 It's the word goy, G -O -Y. So, that word is 00:35:45.530 --> 00:35:49.789 used for gentile or other nations. Praise the 00:35:49.789 --> 00:35:53.389 Lord. That word is used for gentiles or other 00:35:53.389 --> 00:35:56.630 nations apart from the Jew. Praise the Lord. 00:35:57.260 --> 00:36:02.360 So Jesus has always emphasized that Him and His 00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:06.539 message is for all the nations. Praise the Lord. 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:09.820 His message, He has always emphasized that Him 00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:14.260 and His message has always been for all nations. 00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:19.139 So let's follow that word, go ahead and see some 00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:23.739 things about all nations. Genesis of the third 00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:36.880 verse five. From these, the coastland people 00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:40.219 of the Gentiles were separated into their land. 00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:43.139 Everyone according to their language, according 00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:47.440 to their families, into all their nations. Praise 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:52.739 the Lord. The Gentile or nation is a word, Goyle, 00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:58.239 in that place. So at this point, the nation of 00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:01.679 Israel had not been born. Genesis 10 verse 5. 00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:05.820 At this point, the nation of Israel as not they 00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:11.119 were not bonded okay so but before now we have 00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:15.719 also had you know we have had abel people that 00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:18.699 worked with god praise the lord we have had the 00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:21.579 people and several others who had worked with 00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:25.780 god god had men which he had worked with right 00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:31.500 and in these places if you keep reading down 00:37:31.630 --> 00:37:36.230 He talks about, he's known as the nation of, 00:37:36.230 --> 00:37:41.269 or the 70 nations. Praise the Lord. The 70 nations, 00:37:41.869 --> 00:37:47.489 right, before the foul of Babel. The 70 nations. 00:37:47.690 --> 00:37:50.969 So God had men that he was working with even 00:37:50.969 --> 00:37:54.869 before Israel was born. So before the nation, 00:37:55.030 --> 00:37:58.650 Israel, before the nation of Israel, God was 00:37:58.650 --> 00:38:01.670 dealing with the nations of the world. every 00:38:01.670 --> 00:38:10.170 nation. Praise the Lord. Genesis chapter 12 verse 00:38:10.170 --> 00:38:17.230 1 and 2 verse 3 Genesis chapter 12 speaking of 00:38:17.230 --> 00:38:25.769 Abraham Genesis chapter 12 verse 1 Now the Lord 00:38:25.769 --> 00:38:29.050 said to Abraham get out of your country From 00:38:29.050 --> 00:38:31.949 your family from your father's house to the land 00:38:31.949 --> 00:38:36.969 that I will show you and I will make I will make 00:38:36.969 --> 00:38:40.489 you a great nation and I will bless you and Make 00:38:40.489 --> 00:38:43.530 your name great and you shall be a blessing rest 00:38:43.530 --> 00:38:47.909 three And I'll bless those who bless you and 00:38:47.909 --> 00:38:51.030 I'll cost those who cost you and in you all the 00:38:51.030 --> 00:38:54.949 families of the earth Shall be blessed. Praise 00:38:54.949 --> 00:39:00.619 the Lord. So in you all the nation shall be blessed. 00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:04.300 In Genesis chapter four, Genesis chapter 17 verse 00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:18.360 four. We see that word again. As for me, behold, 00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:21.340 my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father 00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:26.159 of many nations, many nations. The word again 00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:33.179 going. Verse 6 now. I will make you exceedingly 00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:38.159 fruitful and I will make nations of you and kings 00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:42.119 shall come from you, nations and kings. In verse 00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:51.460 16, speaking of Serak. And I will bless her and 00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:55.760 give her and give you a son by her. Then I will 00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:59.420 bless her. and she shall be a mother of nation 00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:03.860 kings of people shall come shall be from her 00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:09.420 praise the lord verse 20 mother of nation verse 00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:15.320 20 as for ishmael i have heard you behold i will 00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:18.860 bless him and i will make him fruitful and will 00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:22.260 multiply him exceedingly it shall be god twelve 00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:26.429 princes and i will make him a great nation, great 00:40:26.429 --> 00:40:39.489 nation. Genesis chapter 22 verse 18. In you, 00:40:40.050 --> 00:40:42.429 in your seed, all the nations of the earth shall 00:40:42.429 --> 00:40:46.289 be blessed because you have obeyed my voice. 00:40:46.610 --> 00:40:51.590 So God's intention is for all nations. Praise 00:40:51.590 --> 00:40:55.440 the Lord. God's intention is for all nations. 00:40:56.119 --> 00:41:00.079 So Israel's goal is to bring all the nations 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:03.559 to the promised Messiah. There is a lot. Israel 00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:07.219 wants to bring the people to the promised Messiah. 00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:12.960 Right? They were supposed to be a servant people, 00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:18.539 people that brought people to God. And we see 00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:21.920 that that also reflected on how Moses related 00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:25.880 with the nations. Praise the Lord. So it's like 00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:29.199 saying, you are saved so that others will be 00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:31.480 saved. Praise the Lord. That is the role that 00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:35.780 they are playing. We see how that relates, how 00:41:35.780 --> 00:41:39.880 Moses relates with the nations. Remember, the 00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:45.199 nations had priests and prophets, right, before 00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:53.170 Israel. Numbers 11 verse 11. We see how This 00:41:53.170 --> 00:41:56.710 Seventy Nation we saw earlier, what we call the 00:41:56.710 --> 00:42:01.570 Seventy, how it is also, we see it in the writings 00:42:01.570 --> 00:42:05.150 again, of Moses. So Moses said to the Lord, Why 00:42:05.150 --> 00:42:07.590 have you afflicted your servant? And why have 00:42:07.590 --> 00:42:10.349 I not found favour in your sight, that you have 00:42:10.349 --> 00:42:14.329 laid the burden of all these people on me? Verse 00:42:14.329 --> 00:42:23.329 16 now. And the Lord said to Moses, gather to 00:42:23.329 --> 00:42:27.329 me seventy men of the elders of Israel whom you 00:42:27.329 --> 00:42:30.210 know to be elders of the people and officials 00:42:30.210 --> 00:42:33.949 over them, and bring them to the tabernacle of 00:42:33.949 --> 00:42:37.550 meeting, and they will stand before me." So we 00:42:37.550 --> 00:42:40.809 see here again, right? He's bringing up seventy 00:42:40.809 --> 00:42:45.010 men of seventy elders. Exodus chapter 24 verse 00:42:45.010 --> 00:42:59.849 1. now he said to moses come up sorry come up 00:42:59.849 --> 00:43:07.449 to the lord you eron nabdad and abu and 70 of 00:43:07.449 --> 00:43:14.530 the elders of israel and worship from afar praise 00:43:14.530 --> 00:43:20.329 the lord 70 elders why 70 elders exodus chapter 00:43:26.649 --> 00:43:31.329 They said, And you shall be to me a kingdom of 00:43:31.329 --> 00:43:34.469 priests and a holy nation. These are the words 00:43:34.469 --> 00:43:38.949 which you shall speak to the children of Israel. 00:43:39.389 --> 00:43:43.610 And we saw earlier that who was a kingdom of 00:43:43.610 --> 00:43:51.420 priests before now. We saw that Melchizedek was 00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:56.219 the kingdom of priests before now. Why is 70? 00:43:56.380 --> 00:44:02.579 So we have 70 men or 70 elders which represent 00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:07.219 the 70 nations that was there before now, praise 00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:11.380 the Lord, or before Israel came or were born. 00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:18.340 So this, the message, right, shows the message 00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:22.880 and the mission shows that it is for 17 nations. 00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:26.619 That is for all the nations. Praise the Lord. 00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:30.460 It is not just for Israel. It is for all the 00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:36.900 nations. So in Luke 9, we saw that Jesus chose 00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:43.239 12 disciples, which represent the 12 tribes of 00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:48.019 Israel. But then in Luke 3, verse 1, we saw that 00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:55.039 He appointed 70. Praise the Lord. After this, 00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:58.579 the Lord appointed 70 others also and sent them 00:44:58.579 --> 00:45:03.960 two by two before His face into every city and 00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:08.900 place where He Himself was about to go. Praise 00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:14.539 the Lord. So if we follow that Luke chapter 10, 00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:18.940 Luke chapter 9, which the Lord selected or sent 00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:22.900 the 12th. We will see the reference in Matthew 00:45:22.900 --> 00:45:27.480 chapter 10 verse 5 to 8. Matthew chapter 10 verse 00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:38.440 5 to 8. This 12th, Jesus sent out and commanded 00:45:38.440 --> 00:45:43.199 them, saying, Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, 00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:46.940 and do not enter the city. of the Samaritans. 00:45:47.219 --> 00:45:50.840 Praise the Lord. They said, but rather go to 00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:53.780 the lost house, go to the lost sheep of the house 00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:58.139 of Israel. And as you go, preach saying, the 00:45:58.139 --> 00:46:01.400 kingdom of heaven is at hand. They say, heal 00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:03.860 the sheep, cleanse the leopards, raise the dead, 00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:08.480 cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely 00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:11.780 give. Praise the Lord. So we see here that he 00:46:11.780 --> 00:46:15.469 says to them, do not go to the Gentiles. praise 00:46:15.469 --> 00:46:17.570 the lord but then it's not the same instruction 00:46:17.570 --> 00:46:20.329 he gave to the 70 praise the lord look chapter 00:46:20.329 --> 00:46:26.150 10 always one and two look chapter 10 he says 00:46:26.150 --> 00:46:29.750 after these things the lord appointed 70 others 00:46:29.750 --> 00:46:33.349 others also and send them two by two before his 00:46:33.349 --> 00:46:37.429 face and he says into every city praise the lord 00:46:37.429 --> 00:46:40.429 there is no go to the jews alone go everywhere 00:46:40.429 --> 00:46:44.829 right and place where he himself was about to 00:46:44.829 --> 00:46:50.909 go. Verse two. Then he said to them, the harvest 00:46:50.909 --> 00:46:54.469 is truly great, but the laborers are few. Therefore 00:46:54.469 --> 00:46:59.510 pray the Lord, pray the Lord of harvest to send 00:46:59.510 --> 00:47:03.269 out laborers into his harvest. Praise the Lord. 00:47:03.309 --> 00:47:06.409 We see that he's sending or he says to them that 00:47:06.409 --> 00:47:10.289 the harvest is indeed plenteous. Praise the Lord. 00:47:10.710 --> 00:47:17.719 Verse five now. He said, whatever house you enter, 00:47:18.320 --> 00:47:20.860 first say peace to this house. So he's telling 00:47:20.860 --> 00:47:24.519 them go everywhere, whatever house, right? Anywhere 00:47:24.519 --> 00:47:27.500 you go to. We see the same thing in verse eight 00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:32.480 and verse 10. He said, whatever city you enter 00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:36.559 and they receive you, each such as they said 00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:39.380 before you. So whatever city you enter, verse 00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:43.579 10 now. He said, but whatever city you enter, 00:47:43.769 --> 00:47:46.650 and they do not receive you, go into the street 00:47:46.650 --> 00:47:49.150 and say, praise the Lord. So we see here again 00:47:49.150 --> 00:47:51.530 that whatever city, which means that the message 00:47:51.530 --> 00:47:56.010 was for the entire earth. It was for every man. 00:47:56.329 --> 00:48:01.429 It was for everybody. So the idea that Jesus 00:48:01.429 --> 00:48:09.849 said to them, go into all the world, right, was 00:48:09.849 --> 00:48:13.699 not invented by him. Praise the Lord. So when 00:48:13.699 --> 00:48:16.360 he says, go into all the world, it was not Jesus 00:48:16.360 --> 00:48:21.920 that started saying that from Matthew. It has 00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:25.219 been there in Genesis. Praise the Lord! So he's 00:48:25.219 --> 00:48:27.300 already telling them to do the things that we 00:48:27.300 --> 00:48:30.119 are reading. Praise the Lord! He was telling 00:48:30.119 --> 00:48:33.260 them to go to do the things that we are reading. 00:48:33.380 --> 00:48:40.179 It was not new. It was not the first time. It 00:48:40.179 --> 00:48:42.000 being in the four gospels, it's not the first 00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:47.199 time. Praise the Lord. So this is the great commission 00:48:47.199 --> 00:48:51.139 which has been seen in Genesis and in Exodus 00:48:51.139 --> 00:48:55.440 and in all the prophets. Praise the Lord. So 00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:58.320 God did not just change his mind. Praise the 00:48:58.320 --> 00:49:01.860 Lord. He did not have a change of heart in the 00:49:01.860 --> 00:49:03.519 four Bospels and he started telling them, go 00:49:03.519 --> 00:49:06.539 into all the world. It has always been there. 00:49:06.900 --> 00:49:10.760 Praise the Lord. It has always been there. Matthew 00:49:10.760 --> 00:49:17.260 chapter 28. Verse 19, all nations, the message 00:49:17.260 --> 00:49:22.360 of Jerusalem. The message of Jerusalem, the message 00:49:22.360 --> 00:49:32.179 of peace. I remember we said that the King of 00:49:32.179 --> 00:49:36.659 Jerusalem is Melchizedek who is not a Jew. There 00:49:36.659 --> 00:49:50.429 is a lot. Matthew chapter 4 from verse 12 to 00:49:50.429 --> 00:49:55.969 17. Matthew chapter 12. Matthew chapter 4 from 00:49:55.969 --> 00:49:58.969 verse 12 to 17. Matthew chapter 4 from verse 00:49:58.969 --> 00:50:05.750 12 to 17. Now when Jesus heard about John, that 00:50:05.750 --> 00:50:09.809 John has been put in prison, he departed to Galilee. 00:50:11.130 --> 00:50:14.909 Living in Nazareth, he came and dwells in Capaniel, 00:50:15.429 --> 00:50:19.760 which was by the sea in the region of Zebulun 00:50:19.760 --> 00:50:23.539 and Natsali, that it may be fulfilled, which 00:50:23.539 --> 00:50:27.940 was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, the 00:50:27.940 --> 00:50:32.619 land of Zebulun, the land of Natsali, by the 00:50:32.619 --> 00:50:36.840 way of the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of Gentiles. 00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:43.980 Praise the Lord. Galilee of Gentiles, 17. From 00:50:43.980 --> 00:50:47.989 that time, Jesus, Begin to preach. Repent for 00:50:47.989 --> 00:50:52.349 the kingdom is at hand. Praise the Lord. Why 00:50:52.349 --> 00:50:58.550 did we go to Galilee of the Gentiles verse 16? 00:50:59.250 --> 00:51:01.429 Why did it start from there? Why did it start 00:51:01.429 --> 00:51:06.710 preaching from there? Praise the Lord. So, why 00:51:06.710 --> 00:51:09.989 they said Galilee of the Gentiles, now what Gentiles 00:51:09.989 --> 00:51:13.590 is what? Galilee of the nations. Praise the Lord. 00:51:14.429 --> 00:51:18.429 Galilee of the nations. Galilee of the nations. 00:51:18.610 --> 00:51:22.190 So Jesus started preaching from where? Galilee 00:51:22.190 --> 00:51:27.670 of the nations. It is a place where the foreigners 00:51:27.670 --> 00:51:31.690 and mixed people are. Praise the Lord. He didn't 00:51:31.690 --> 00:51:35.949 start from a town where it is all Jews. Right? 00:51:35.949 --> 00:51:38.789 He started from a place where it is foreigners. 00:51:39.289 --> 00:51:42.369 It is people that mixed Jews. People that you 00:51:42.369 --> 00:51:45.360 regard as maybe not original or maybe they are 00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:48.400 too mixed. They married from a different place. 00:51:49.019 --> 00:51:53.139 It is a place where different people come. Right? 00:51:53.139 --> 00:51:55.579 It's a mixed environment. Like some people will 00:51:55.579 --> 00:51:59.739 say that London is a city of something. You know, 00:51:59.900 --> 00:52:01.780 mixed people. People from everywhere are there. 00:52:02.099 --> 00:52:03.539 Praise the Lord! It's the same thing as what 00:52:03.539 --> 00:52:06.079 Galilee of the Genchai. Praise the Lord! So, 00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:10.340 Jesus began to preach from the nations. Praise 00:52:10.340 --> 00:52:12.889 the Lord! He went to where... that he may be 00:52:12.889 --> 00:52:15.210 fulfilled, remember what he said earlier, that 00:52:15.210 --> 00:52:17.150 he may be fulfilled that which was written in 00:52:17.150 --> 00:52:20.130 Isaiah. Like I said, God's intention or God's 00:52:20.130 --> 00:52:23.590 message has always been for the entire nation. 00:52:27.230 --> 00:52:31.409 So we know the song, I love the man of Galilee. 00:52:31.750 --> 00:52:34.070 Praise the Lord! Jesus is from Galilee. Right? 00:52:35.309 --> 00:52:38.369 So when you say that, you are saying that... 00:52:39.320 --> 00:52:44.280 Jesus is the saviour of the world, Galilee of 00:52:44.280 --> 00:52:48.119 the Gentiles, Galilee of the nations. So this 00:52:48.119 --> 00:52:51.099 text is also referenced in Isaiah, Isaiah chapter 00:52:51.099 --> 00:52:57.880 9 verse 1 and 2. Isaiah chapter 1, Isaiah chapter 00:52:57.880 --> 00:53:02.920 9 verse 1 and 2. Nevertheless, the gloom will 00:53:02.920 --> 00:53:06.679 not be poured upon her who is just as when the 00:53:06.679 --> 00:53:10.780 first He likely esteemed the land of Zebuli, 00:53:10.980 --> 00:53:13.719 the land of Netzali, and afterward more heavily 00:53:13.719 --> 00:53:17.239 oppressed by her, by the way of the sea beyond 00:53:17.239 --> 00:53:21.119 Jordan, and the Galilee of the Gentiles. Praise 00:53:21.119 --> 00:53:25.400 the Lord. Verse two. The people who walk in darkness 00:53:25.400 --> 00:53:28.780 have seen a great light. Those who dwell in the 00:53:28.780 --> 00:53:32.659 land of shadow of death, upon them a light has 00:53:32.659 --> 00:53:36.239 shone. Praise the Lord. So we see that that's 00:53:36.239 --> 00:53:40.329 where this Matthew was gotten from. It is a message 00:53:40.329 --> 00:53:42.989 for the entire world. Praise the Lord. He started 00:53:42.989 --> 00:53:46.449 to preach from the darkest of places. Praise 00:53:46.449 --> 00:53:49.949 the Lord. To show that the message is for everybody. 00:53:53.530 --> 00:54:03.889 Isaiah chapter 42 from verse 6 to 9. I the Lord 00:54:03.889 --> 00:54:07.409 has called you righteous. and I will hold your 00:54:07.409 --> 00:54:12.389 hands, I will keep you and give you as a covenant 00:54:12.389 --> 00:54:16.849 to the people as light to the Gentile. Praise 00:54:16.849 --> 00:54:22.170 the Lord. Verse seven now. To open blind eyes, 00:54:22.409 --> 00:54:25.989 to bring out prisoners, to bring out the prisoners 00:54:25.989 --> 00:54:29.929 from prison, those who sit in darkness for the 00:54:29.929 --> 00:54:35.480 prison house. Verse eight. I am the Lord, that 00:54:35.480 --> 00:54:38.780 is my name and my glory I will not give to another 00:54:38.780 --> 00:54:44.699 nor my praise to carved images. Behold the former 00:54:44.699 --> 00:54:49.980 things has come to pass, a new thing I declare. 00:54:52.380 --> 00:54:55.039 Behold, sorry before the spring forth I will 00:54:55.039 --> 00:54:57.960 tell them, I will tell you of them. Praise the 00:54:57.960 --> 00:55:01.059 Lord. When he says new things he's talking about 00:55:01.059 --> 00:55:04.139 new creation. Praise the Lord. It is speaking 00:55:04.139 --> 00:55:07.019 of new creation. So we see that this message 00:55:07.019 --> 00:55:10.579 is not new. It's a go and make disciples of all 00:55:10.579 --> 00:55:14.039 nations. Jesus is saying, right, or he's telling 00:55:14.039 --> 00:55:17.840 them that he's just reminding them of the call 00:55:17.840 --> 00:55:22.280 that God has put upon them. There's a lot. Jesus 00:55:22.280 --> 00:55:28.239 gave the great commission from the same Galilee 00:55:28.239 --> 00:55:31.719 of the Gentiles. Matthew chapter 28 verse 7. 00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:33.980 So we also see that when Jesus is telling them, 00:55:34.119 --> 00:55:36.739 Go and make disciples, He also went to the same 00:55:36.739 --> 00:55:39.239 place which He started from. Praise the Lord! 00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:45.619 Matthew 27 ,38 -7. Go quickly and tell His disciples 00:55:45.619 --> 00:55:49.980 that He has risen from the dead, and indeed He 00:55:49.980 --> 00:55:54.320 is going before you into Galilee. There you will 00:55:54.320 --> 00:56:01.559 see Him. Behold, I have told you. Verse 10. Then 00:56:01.559 --> 00:56:04.579 Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid. Go and 00:56:04.579 --> 00:56:08.579 tell my brethren to go to Galilee. There they 00:56:08.579 --> 00:56:17.500 will see me. Verse 16. Then the twelve disciples 00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:20.440 went into Galilee to the mountain which Jesus 00:56:20.440 --> 00:56:23.480 had appointed for them. Praise the Lord! So before 00:56:23.480 --> 00:56:25.699 he gave them the great commission, he also went 00:56:25.699 --> 00:56:31.780 there to the Galilee of Gentiles. of the nations 00:56:31.780 --> 00:56:34.639 praise the lord to tell them how important this 00:56:34.639 --> 00:56:37.940 message is not just for the jews right it's for 00:56:37.940 --> 00:56:43.679 the whole earth praise the lord so this geography 00:56:43.679 --> 00:56:46.699 or these things we have looked at is instrumental 00:56:46.699 --> 00:56:51.400 to the message right it means that the message 00:56:51.400 --> 00:56:54.840 is for the whole world right it's saying that 00:56:54.840 --> 00:56:58.869 think about the nation So when he says, when 00:56:58.869 --> 00:57:00.570 they were there and he's telling them, go into 00:57:00.570 --> 00:57:03.070 the world, he's saying, think about everybody. 00:57:03.710 --> 00:57:07.750 Praise the Lord! So he's saying to them that 00:57:07.750 --> 00:57:13.449 the gospel does not understand ethnicity. Praise 00:57:13.449 --> 00:57:15.429 the Lord! It does not understand that you're 00:57:15.429 --> 00:57:17.789 from Rwanda. It does not understand that you're 00:57:17.789 --> 00:57:20.389 from Nigeria. It does not understand, it does 00:57:20.389 --> 00:57:32.429 not discriminate. Praise the Lord! So, and we 00:57:32.429 --> 00:57:36.530 must not in any way transmit human culture to 00:57:36.530 --> 00:57:41.269 it. Praise the Lord. It does not discriminate. 00:57:41.849 --> 00:57:49.230 It's for the whole world. Which means that the 00:57:49.230 --> 00:57:53.809 gospel is culture blind. It does not discriminate 00:57:53.809 --> 00:57:57.809 cultures. Praise the Lord. Make disciples of 00:57:57.809 --> 00:58:03.210 all nations. The gospel is not English. It is 00:58:03.210 --> 00:58:09.949 not Swahili, right? The gospel is not your ethnicity. 00:58:10.769 --> 00:58:13.869 It's not Nigerian. Praise the Lord. The gospel 00:58:13.869 --> 00:58:18.929 is for the entire world. So the church ought 00:58:18.929 --> 00:58:22.829 to be a point for all nations. Praise the Lord. 00:58:22.940 --> 00:58:26.179 The church ought to be a point for all nations. 00:58:27.039 --> 00:58:31.039 So you and I have believers who do not, or brethren 00:58:31.039 --> 00:58:34.619 who do not speak the same language as we presently 00:58:34.619 --> 00:58:38.019 speak, or as you speak. Praise the Lord! But 00:58:38.019 --> 00:58:41.659 we have a natural language in the Spirit. Hallelujah! 00:58:42.960 --> 00:58:48.360 We have a natural language in the Spirit. So 00:58:48.360 --> 00:58:50.920 we must get used to it. So you don't come to 00:58:50.920 --> 00:58:52.750 church and you say, Oh, these people... Some 00:58:52.750 --> 00:58:54.449 of them are Nigerians. I don't really like to 00:58:54.449 --> 00:58:56.710 flow with Nigerians. Some of them are from Zimbabwe. 00:58:56.809 --> 00:59:00.070 I don't really know. Praise the Lord! It is for 00:59:00.070 --> 00:59:03.849 all nations. The gathering is a gathering of 00:59:03.849 --> 00:59:08.090 nations. We gather as a gathering of people from 00:59:08.090 --> 00:59:10.989 different places. The message we preach is for 00:59:10.989 --> 00:59:20.090 everybody. Praise the Lord! So, just two more 00:59:20.090 --> 00:59:24.840 minutes and I'm out. So wearing a suit is not 00:59:24.840 --> 00:59:28.920 in Christ. Okay? This thing I wore now is not 00:59:28.920 --> 00:59:33.699 in Christ. Right? Wearing a suit is not in Christ. 00:59:35.099 --> 00:59:38.440 It transcends that. You don't bring your cultures 00:59:38.440 --> 00:59:40.619 or the things that you believe in. Praise the 00:59:40.619 --> 00:59:43.320 Lord. Or wearing garments. Most of you wear white 00:59:43.320 --> 00:59:51.750 garments. Right? It's not in Christ. And then 00:59:51.750 --> 00:59:55.070 in closing, Matthew 28 verse 20 says what? Teaching 00:59:55.070 --> 00:59:57.909 them to observe all the things that have commanded 00:59:57.909 --> 01:00:01.929 you and law am with you. Teaching them the edashko. 01:00:02.449 --> 01:00:06.329 So when you preach, right? What we do when we 01:00:06.329 --> 01:00:09.070 preach is that we are forming new patterns in 01:00:09.070 --> 01:00:12.110 people's life. When you sit down and you hear 01:00:12.110 --> 01:00:14.510 the word of God, you are forming new patterns. 01:00:14.869 --> 01:00:16.809 That's why we encourage you to come to church. 01:00:17.230 --> 01:00:20.199 Praise the Lord, right? You are forming new patterns. 01:00:20.420 --> 01:00:24.599 The more you hear the Word of God, the more you 01:00:24.599 --> 01:00:27.400 begin to see changes. You begin to see people 01:00:27.400 --> 01:00:30.559 differently. Praise the Lord. The more you begin 01:00:30.559 --> 01:00:33.340 to talk differently, the more you begin to act 01:00:33.340 --> 01:00:38.639 differently. The gospel is for the whole world 01:00:38.639 --> 01:00:42.659 and it can influence the whole world. And it 01:00:42.659 --> 01:00:45.139 will influence the whole world. Praise the Lord. 01:00:47.340 --> 01:00:50.679 We appreciate you being here today. We hope you 01:00:50.679 --> 01:00:52.780 carry this word with you throughout your week. 01:00:53.599 --> 01:00:55.679 Don't forget to check the show notes for additional 01:00:55.679 --> 01:00:58.480 insights. Stay connected with us through our 01:00:58.480 --> 01:01:02.340 website or follow us on social media. If you 01:01:02.340 --> 01:01:04.659 were encouraged, share this message with someone 01:01:04.659 --> 01:01:08.260 you care about. Until next time, stay blessed.