School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010
SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS 2010 SESSION 6 - 32
Church in City Transformation
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010
Session 6-20th Oct Passages to read:Mt 16:1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. Mt 16:2 He answered and said to them, "When it is evening you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red'; Mt 16:3 "and in the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. Mt 16:4 "A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah." And He left them and departed. Mt 16:5 Now when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. Mt 16:6 Then Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees." Mt 16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we have taken no bread." Mt 16:8 But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, "O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you have brought no bread? Mt 16:9 "Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? Mt 16:10 "Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up? Mt 16:11 "How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? --but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." Mt 16:12 Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Mt 16:13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" Mt 16:14 So they said, "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." Mt 16:15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Mt 16:16 Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Mt 16:17 Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. Mt 16:18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Mt 16:19 "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Mt 16:20 Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ. Mt 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. Mt 16:22 Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!" Mt 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." (NKJV) Compiled by Roy Lim
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Mt 17:1 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; Mt 17:2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. Mt 17:3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. Mt 17:4 Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." Mt 17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!" Mt 17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid. Mt 17:7 But Jesus came and touched them and said, "Arise, and do not be afraid." Mt 17:8 When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. (NKJV) Ac 2:22 "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know-Ac 2:23 "Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; Ac 2:24 "whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. Ac 2:25 "For David says concerning Him: 'I foresaw the LORD always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken. Ac 2:26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. Ac 2:27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. Ac 2:28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.' Ac 2:29 "Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Ac 2:30 "Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, Ac 2:31 "he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. Ac 2:32 "This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Ac 2:33 "Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. Ac 2:34 "For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Ac 2:35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."' Ac 2:36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." (NKJV) 2Pe 1:16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 2Pe 1:17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Compiled by Roy Lim
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 2Pe 1:18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 2Pe 1:19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 2Pe 1:20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 2Pe 1:21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. (NKJV) 1Pe 1:10 Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 1Pe 1:11 searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 1Pe 1:12 To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which angels desire to look into. 1Pe 1:13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; (NKJV)
The Church in City Transformation. Mt 16:13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" Mt 16:14 So they said, "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." Mt 16:15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Mt 16:16 Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Mt 16:17 Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. Mt 16:18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Mt 16:19 "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." (NKJV) Matthew: 1-Geneology of the kingdom. 2-the king and the fore runner of the kingdom. 3- forerunner of the kingdom. 4-Clash of the kingdom. 5,6&7-Principles of the kingdom. 8&9-Demonstration of the kingdom. 10&11-Labourers of the kingdom. 13-Parables of the kingdom.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 15&16- How false doctrine can destroy the kingdom. 16-The church as the manifestation of the kingdom The church is design for a proportion purpose. Many times we see church in numbers and also meetings. Church is beyond the number game and the effectual of running of meetings. The church is not build on status so that the poor will feel segregated from the rich. We need to discover the context of what is church from the book of Matthew.
1. The church must be established upon the truth of Jesus Christ. •
The church must be a pillar of truth. Mt 15:6 'then he need not honor his father or mother.' Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. (NKJV) Mt 15:8 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. Mt 15:9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'" (NKJV) 1Ti 3:15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. (NKJV)
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Truth always comes from God that sets men free from traditions of men and the opinions of men. The church must be built on truth because the truth is the building block of the church. Without truth the church cannot be established. Ac 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Ac 2:39 "For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call." Ac 2:40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation." Ac 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. Ac 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. (NKJV)
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The word is the reason why the church was born. It is upon truth and not error. They have a church that is called apostolic but we build a church that is called apologetic. We only apologies for raising the standards.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 •
It those who received the word that were baptized. The word goes deep enough to cut through. If we are just tickling the ears, others will also tickle their ears but if we cut them to the heart, they will ask you what to do to be saved.
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If the people will not stay because of truth then let them not stay. The truth is first essential building block.
Acts 2: a. There are those who heard. Ac 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" (NKJV) •
There are those who heard and resonate to the message.
b. Those who heard believed Ac 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. (NKJV) •
They were able to download and believe what they have heard. There were others who heard and not believe but these believed.
c. Those who believed obeyed and acted on the word. •
Ac 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. (NKJV)
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They acted out what they believe in their hearts. They responded.
d. Those who were added to the church. Ac 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. (NKJV) •
Not all who are in our churches today do not even believe.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 e. Those who continue daily to the truth. Ac 2:46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, (NKJV) •
They consistently follow. They do not have off days. A healthy church is all functioning and not some functioning.
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Those who were integrated to body life. Ac 2:47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved. (NKJV)
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They are now involved form personal life to body life. They are now part of the church which is their present community. There must be enough truth to help people to transit from a saint to a son.
g. They are submitted to kingdom government over their life.
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Ac 2:43 Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. (NKJV) People need to come into submission to the leadership. We need to submit to government so that every need in your life will be met.
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There was no argument and fighting over nominations and election. Those who do not receive the truth will not go all the way.
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Truth cannot be interpreted in many ways but truth is truth. It is according to the interpretation of men. Truth must be clear. There is no other interpretation for truth.
h. Those who pursue the priority of destiny. Ac 2:46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, (NKJV) •
We are all going to the same direction. We cannot divert the church we are attending to change directions to suit us.
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When we a murmurer in the church attacks will come.
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Those who found favor of His presence found favor with people.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Ac 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. (NKJV) •
This was the first time they were feeling the presence of God outside the temple and now they can worship outside the temple.
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They were coming out of rituals. There was silence for 400 hundred years and when the voice of John the Baptist was heard they felt something fresh.
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Those who have the capacity to multiply the move of God in their lives and in their church.
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Ac 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Ac 2:39 "For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call." Ac 2:40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation." Ac 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. Ac 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. (NKJV) The Lord was adding to their numbers day by day. The growth is not push from the front but the people are reproducing after their kind.
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People. anointing are up and down. We need to build church upon truth. The word of God remains true forever. We need to soak ourselves in truth because without it we cannot go anywhere.
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You need to always look for a fix point to build the church and that fix point is the truth.
Session 7-20th Oct. The Spirit of Error. Mt 15:6 'then he need not honor his father or mother.' Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. Mt 15:7 "Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: Mt 15:8 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. Mt 15:9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'" (NKJV)
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Mr 7:6 He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. Mr 7:7 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' Mr 7:8 "For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do." Mr 7:9 He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. (NKJV) Mr 7:13 "making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do." (NKJV) a. The spirit of error invalidates the word of God by being the absolute truth and authority for the expression of our lifestyle. b. The spirit of error interprets to benefit the one that is teaching so that authority is given to them over human lives. c. The spirit of error honors with their lips and not with their hearts. •
Superficial expression of honor and casual respond to responsibility and accountability.
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When they are song leading they are in but someone else is leading they are responding. They are not truthful. They just put on a show.
d. The spirit of error teaches as doctrines the precepts, opinions and perceptions of men. •
Because they prayed for someone and they are not heal so they try to contradict the truth. They deny the word by being the absolute truth.
e. The spirit of error comes from a corrupted heart. •
A corrupted heart produce corrupted action. Mt 15:17 "Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? Mt 15:18 "But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. Mt 15:19 "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. Mt 15:20 "These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." (NKJV)
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Corrupt hearts will produce corrupted intention; produce corrupted relationship; produce corrupted words and speech. f.
The spirit of error continues because followers are interested in pleasing these blind guides. Mt 15:14 "Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch." (NKJV)
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To break the powers of cults is to raise our followers as examples to contradict them. Raise up disciples that truly know the word and have a character with the power of the Holy Spirit, people will listen to them. The evangelicals will be turned. People will not receive the message when there is no models.
g. The spirit of error has position in higher office in the society. •
It is difficult to fight them because they have already position themselves in those places. Lu 20:46 "Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts, Lu 20:47 "who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation." (NKJV)
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Many who operate the spirit of error has already positioned themselves. Lu 20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people--for they knew He had spoken this parable against them. Lu 20:20 So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor. (NKJV) Lu 20:26 But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent. (NKJV) Lu 20:1 Now it happened on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted Him Lu 20:2 and spoke to Him, saying, "Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Or who is he who gave You this authority?" (NKJV) They will confront you in the city because they have set themselves in authority. They draw their turf and territories.
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To expose and dismantle the spirit of error you have to move with authority. Mt 7:28 And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, Mt 7:29 for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. (NKJV) You must be the deliverer of the truth. Mt 9:8 Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men. (NKJV) Mr 1:22 And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. (NKJV) Mr 1:27 Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him." Mr 1:28 And immediately His fame spread throughout all the region around Galilee. (NKJV)
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Those of us who are going to change our cities must build our churches well. Truth must be studied to be approved by God. Mt 21:23 Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?" (NKJV)
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The centurion knew that Jesus was a man of authority. You must be sent with the word of God in your mouth. You must teach with authority. You cannot be offended when they hit you or else you will not win. Do not be affected by their misbehavior. You are clashing with the people in position who had been doing wrong. You are now dismantling their seat and they will hit you. You must have the guts and willing to confront at the door of the entrance willing to take this fight. Some of these people are not bad people but they just carry something in them. We are not to contend but just present the truth and let other do what they are doing for as long as we are doing it for the kingdom. Do not let the misbehavior of others affect your behavior. If you know what you are doing, no matter how hard they attack you will not affect you.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Joh 16:9 "of sin, because they do not believe in Me; Joh 16:10 "of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; Joh 16:11 "of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. Joh 16:12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. (NKJV) The only sin the Spirit will convict you in is we do not believe in Him. We cannot operate outside of Christ. Apart from Him we cannot operate. W have to submit to Him. Every obstacle is broken. Joh 16:13 "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. Joh 16:14 "He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. Joh 16:15 "All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. (NKJV) a. He is the Spirit of truth. •
Essence of truth; nature of truth. Explains truth.
b. He will guide us into all truth and not just facts. •
Facts do not set us free but truth sets us free. Facts limit us and causes us to analyze. Truth breaks limitations and we enter into truth.
c. Whatever He hears He will speak to us. •
This is call present truth. We need to be established in this present truth everyday. We need to live by the word that proceeds from His mouth.
d. He will lead us deeper into the truth you already know. •
This is call progressive truth. What you already know He reveals more and more to you.
e. He will disclose to you what is to come. •
This is call prophetic truth. This is foresight.
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He will reveal more and more of Jesus to us.
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This is call revelation truth. The revelation of Jesus Christ is the revelation of Jesus Christ and not anti Christ or 666.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Re 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants-things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, (NKJV) This revelation caused John to fall as one dead and not one who lie on His bosom. g. He will reveal other spirits to us. •
Angelic spirit; Human spirits; Evil spirits.
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He will also reveal truths in our inner parts; truth or error in us.
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The minute you talk to people you can know what is in them. The Holy Spirit will reveal to you the kind of spirit they carry.
Statement:a. Truth is absolute. b. Truth gets clearer and clearer with understanding. c. Truth last but opinions change. d. Truth rises above cultural believes and preferences. e. Truth interprets truth. •
Not interpreted with the mind.
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Truth is timeless, ageless .
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Not old fashion. Sin is sin. It is not going to change with the times.
g. Truth determines our future. •
When you respond to truth it will program you to the future. It is like a portal. If you reject it, you reject your future.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 You maybe immature but be truthful. You must be clean in all you do. You mean what you say without any shady meaning. When you deal with money, there is no lie. You must live in a trust worthy way because trust is difficult to win or earn. You cannot trust anyone and even insurance. It when you are truthful that people can trust you. There is only one fix point and that is God’s word. His word is truth and church must only be build upon truth.
Session 8-20th Oct 1Jo 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1Jo 3:19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. 1Jo 3:20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 1Jo 3:21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. 1Jo 3:22 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 1Jo 3:23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. 1Jo 3:24 Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. (NKJV) Pr 20:27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart. (NKJV) Learning the language of the Spirit-Know things of the Spirit. It is our intuition. We are picking up spirit language. Through spirit to spirit. When God connects with your spirit everything in your inner most part is expose. You cannot tell a lie in the light of God. Our soul is the conscious realm; it is the hard disc. When we receive truth it is stored in our conscience. It is our guiding process. Conscience is where the light comes in. It is a place of approval or disapproval. Even if nobody is guiding you it will guide you. That is where light is. Whatever is truth will go straight to your spirit and conscience. If your spirit is sharp your conscience will be acute. You will be so assured when you hear the approval of the Lord confirming in your heart. Communion is the ability for us to draw towards God. Somehow your spirit has the capacity to go back to Him. When you stir your spirit it will turn to Him. If your spirit breaks out God will respond to you. It must be a spirit cry. Husband and wife can have sexual intercourse but it must be God who put the spirit in to produce the child. How can we build our future on our past. We need to build our spirit on these three dimensions:- Intuition, the conscience and communion.
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Everyone must have their Spirit tune to be intuitive, their conscience are clean and activated. They are quick to repent and change. If their conscience is sharp they will have short accounts and not long accounts.
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When light comes that knowledge is stored call your conscience. You are staying under the covering of light and the covering of the Lamb. When you are walking in the light the blood of the Lamb covers you for as long as you stay in the light.
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Let’s take the issue of tithes or money. This month I have extra expenses and so I cut back on the tithes and use the money first. I am now walking out of light and so my conscience will trigger off. When you keep violating it your conscience will stop bugging you and you think that God is ok with it. When your conscience is prick you know that it is not seared but when it is not prick then your conscience is already seared. The devil will now attack the area that is no longer covered. If our heart is right than it is fine but if our heart condemns us than we know that we are out of line.
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We need to touch the spirit of people. We have to talk to the spirit of people and they come alive. No matter where they are they are easy to be revived. They are easy to be inspired and they can be easily stirred. We must always be buoyant in the Spirit so that we can be easily stirred. It is how big our problem is but how big our God is. We need to keep depositing value, truth and keep your communion to God. If you keep your spirit buoyant nothing can push you down. Nothing can keep you depress for long.
1Jo 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1Jo 4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 1Jo 4:3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. 1Jo 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1Jo 4:5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. 1Jo 4:6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (NKJV) When you build the church on truth it is easy to protect the church. a. Test every spirit. •
The words from the mouth will reveal the nature of the spirit. When you are angry your words will be with anger. When you are bitter, the words will be bitter.
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You test by the words people speak or pray. You can tell the quality of their spirit.
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Unclean person who carry unclean spirit will say unclean things.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 b. Spirit contaminates nature making them false. •
If you keep saying something again and again you will take on the nature. Lucifer kept saying until he took on another nature. The nature becomes born and they mutate. True prophets become false.
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You lose members because you do not take time to put enough truth into them. The offence nature takes them out. They ate his words and they became condemn.
d. The spirit of the anti Christ will not allow you to believe that God is in you and God can flow through you in reality. •
The spirit of the anti Christ will not allow you to believe that Christ can come forth through you.
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You have to feel Him inside. You have to know that Christ in you is the hope of glory. When you have that than the spirit of darkness is shut down.
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We are made in His likeness and image to change the world. We must allow the Spirit to manifest Christ through you. There is something inside will enable us to become like Him. It is a nature; it is a breath; it is real.
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Those who listen to us have they spirit of truth but those who do not listen have the spirit of error.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Mt 17:2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. Mt 17:3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. Mt 17:4 Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” Mt 17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!” (NKJV) •
Jesus is the builder of the church. Peter, James and John wanted to build a tabernacle to capture that glory but the Father wanted him to stay with Jesus because He is the One who has the instruction of the last day church.
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The church cannot be built on the anointing of the pastor or the fivefold ministry. That is not the way to build church. It is not upon your revelation and ministry. It is build upon the revelation of Jesus Christ and His complete work. 2Pe 1:16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 2Pe 1:17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." 2Pe 1:18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 2Pe 1:19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. (NKJV)
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Peter is explaining to the people what happen at the mountain. There was a prophetic experience on the mountain. It was about the future.
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They saw not only the glory but they saw history, they saw Moses and Elijah; they saw the future. Moses was the leader of the old testament law and Elijah is the prophet. So we have the law and the prophets.
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Adam to Abraham is two thousand years-Abraham to Christ another two thousand years-Christ to us is another two thousand years. There is a rest that we are entering. Peter is telling us what we are entering into.
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We do not fully understand but we have the lamp shining in the dark place. We hold the light close to us. We hold the prophetic word close to us because the day begins to break out. We continue to hold that word until the morning star rise. One day the prophetic word is going to break out. We must be ready for the new day. We must have enough. People are looking for what God has deposited in you and not your experiences.
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God do not want a contemporary church but He wants the original church. Mt 16:27 "For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. Mt 16:28 "Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." (NKJV) He is coming forth in the kingdom of His Father. He is coming in the glory of the Father. We will see Him in that glory so that we will know how to build the church according to what we see.
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The Father, Moses, Elijah, Jesus; everything is hold in Him. Peter, James and John were there to experience it. All eternity to eternity is held in One Man. This is going to be the builder of the church. How can we build the church if we do not know this pattern. The only thing we talk about is the people and money. That is the only thing we talk about but that is not church. It is not in the meeting or even program. When Jesus went back to the right hand of the Father that is where church begins.
Ac 2:22 "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know-Ac 2:23 "Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; Ac 2:24 "whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. (NKJV) Dimensions of Christ revealed:a. Jesus is the man that God worked through without limitation. •
This man was yielded to God to work with. The church is also God’s man just like who Jesus was. He was just a man born of a woman so that now we can say that if He can do it we can do it.
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God worked with Jesus because He was a man and not because He was a God. Everything predetermined by God is worked through this man. He started where you can start. He started as a man.
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God took this man all the way to the top. He was exalted.
b. This man was crucified on the cross of Calvary and was put to death.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Ac 2:23 "Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; (NKJV) •
It was also explained that death could not hold Him because He had no sin. Sin could not hold Him. Death could not hold Him. Satan could hold Him.
c. This man was raised from the dead. Ac 2:24 "whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. (NKJV) Ac 2:31 "he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. (NKJV) d. He was exalted at the right hand of God. Ac 2:33 "Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. (NKJV) e. He inherits the name that is higher than any other name. Ac 2:22 "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know-(NKJV) •
He gives His name to the church. God made Him the head of the church.
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He pours His Spirit to the church. Ac 2:33 "Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. (NKJV)
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That is the guarantee He gave to the church.
g. The able substitute for Jesus is the church. Ac 2:33 "Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Ac 2:34 "For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, (NKJV) •
The Father makes the pledge to the Son and He needed another son to fulfill it.
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What God has begun with the Son is going to be completed by the sons. The church is the able substitute for the Son. We have direct contact with the Father. Jesus is the first born Son but we are the sons.
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He will make all your enemies bow. It is not your praying; casting… He said, “I will make the enemies bow..!” God the Father is the One that is fighting and we are enlisted.
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Everything Jesus began, we are to finish it and that is the purpose of the church. The church is to fulfill the purposes of God. The church is not just about you to make you feel good by making you feel fulfilled.
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The ‘Man’ Church is here attested by God. The way He moved through Jesus can move through the church that is here on the earth.
Preliminary morning session 21st Oct:Ac 1:3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. (NKJV) Jesus spent 40days and nights presenting to them the Kingdom of God. They rejected the Kingdom and the King. Ac 1:6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" (NKJV) They rejected the Kingdom and the King but now the gospel of the Kingdom is presented to the church so that the church is to carry the message. Israel mugged up but now the Kingdom has been turned to the church. •
There are certain doctrines that are irreversible as some medications. We have to be very careful about those teachings. Many people are hooked to those teachings.
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Do not be dependent on what men offer to you. They will control you.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 (NKJV) There is always a revelation of God that He deals with the church. The more you know Him the more He will be more exactive in your life. It is this revelation that shapes the church and God will deal with the church according to what is shown to Him. The revelation to the church now is the revelation of God as a Father. Do not father everybody if you are not called to be one although you can be a pastor or you can even continuously be going to a certain place to help them. Even if they are sons, they can be directly connected to Papa. Jacob directly gave inheritance to Manasseh and Ephraim, sons of Joseph. The revelation that will change us forever is the revelation of the Father. Everyone must come into the place of sonship. We escape the spirit of slavery and come into sonship. We do not need any other position, pastor, prophet or apostle as long as we have the position of a son. Judas was an apostle but definitely not a son. It does matter what kind of minister you are but we need to be sure of our position of a son. We must not lose it. The apostolic is build upon the foundation of God as the Father and we as sons. Sons who cry ‘Abba’, father. It is not upon members who come for blessings and sons who wants to do the Father’s will and interest. We need to disciple people to be true sons in the house.
Session 10-21st Oct The Full Revelation of His Work. a. Through His living He destroyed the works of the devil. 1Jo 3:8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. (NKJV) •
You have to love righteousness and hate sin. Everywhere He went He shot the enemy on sight. The life that gives to you is an overcoming life. Jesus is giving to you an example. Through your living the enemy cannot prevail over you. It is God who works within us. Php 2:13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. (NKJV) It is He working in us that we become an overcomer destroying the works of the enemy. Satan has no power over a holy life.
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Marriage is important; Hobby is important; Family is important because it is all these that destroy the works of the enemy in someone else’s life. Every aspect of our living is important. Jesus by living was called, ‘The Carpenter’. We cannot cut everything off and just go to church.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 b. Through His death He destroyed all the power of the devil. Heb 2:14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, (NKJV) •
He made the devil powerless when He died. Satan had only one power…the power of death. If you are afraid to die then you subject yourself to all kind of slavery. The fear of death will subject you to slavery. You are willing to pay the highest price of death, nothing can stop you.
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Death is a place you have to do it on your own. If you are ready to take this journey all alone, nothing can stop you. You are ready to go through every emotional pain and detachment, the enemy cannot hold you. Every other journey becomes easy.
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You cannot face death unless you cease to fear death. Satan’s greatest power was death and yet it could not hold Jesus. He was beyond the grasp of death.
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We must not be afraid to die. We must not be afraid to detach with anything. All these attachments becomes a hindrance to us. The enemy always use deception to produce death. Deception, disease, discouragement, defeat, depression and death.
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The first one who experience death was Abel who was a worshiper but Jesus through His death power was destroyed.
c. Through His resurrection He destroyed the presence of the devil. •
He came out as a glorified Christ, Satan had to leave. When Jesus came to the Ganessaret, the devil had to come to Jesus to take their leave. It is amazing how the devil respond to Jesus.
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Deliverance service is to bring the deliverer in. You put the Healer in the man is healed. You bring the Savior in the man is saved.
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The presence of Satanic must leave when you arrive. We have Christ in us. We have His resurrection life is in us so the devil had to leave.
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If you have not died, there is no resurrection life. Sin nature do not operate in you anymore. You cannot be struggling in your lives. You are ignorant. Stop doing all the negatives and you are putting to death the works of the flesh and resurrection life will be in operation.
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Everytime you live the resurrection life you keep pushing the devil out. When Jesus came the devil was cut off.
d. Through His indestructible life He destroyed the seed of the devil. •
In our seed the nations of the earth shall be bless.
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The seed of the enemy that has been planted in our lives, when Jesus comes in, the seed of Christ, it will bruise the head of the serpent. The Seed carries the indestructible life.
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Your body carries two different seed. The seed of Christ will rise to destroy the seed of the enemy. Ge 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel." (NKJV)
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The seed is a violent seed.
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The seed is a male seed. It is a masculine seed. The seed is not passive and program for battle and challenge.
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Violence uses anything to fight. We will rise to do anything and use anything to over the enemy. Violent takes by force.
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The seed is promised to a defeated vessel. Ge 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel." (NKJV) •
Eve had just fallen into sin and yet her seed will bruise the head of the serpent. She was defeated but when God plant the seed your life will turn around.
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You need to go to people who will plant seed into you. God did not fight Eve or condemn her but God planted a seed in her to cause her to be victorious.
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When the seed come to the ground there will be endless victory and blessings. Permanent transformation cannot take place until the seed comes into our hearts. The seed is planted to change the outcome of your life.
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Whatever is going to come to your life is going to come in seed form. We are sowers of seed and not bakers. The baker in the prison with Joseph lost his head.
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What is given to us is for reproduction of lives.
The seed separates destiny and people. Ge 13:8 So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. Ge 13:9 "Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left." (NKJV) •
The seed planted in you will program you and separate from certain people. The people who choose otherwise will separate. The seed that Abraham was carrying was to bless the nations of the earth and for the promise land but the seed that Lot was carrying was for Egypt and not for the promise land.
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Lot separated himself in Egypt even before Genesis 13. Even though Lot left Egypt he was still looking for a land like Egypt. Ge 13:10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar. (NKJV) Egypt was attached to Lot. Although he left Egypt but he was still looking for a place like Egypt.
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Vision is what God gives to you and sight is what you see. See what I would give to you. Lot saw where he wanted to see while Abraham saw what God wanted to give to him. The seed will fulfill a purpose.
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You will bruise his head. The seed will carry you and give you power to finish the purpose.
Session 11-21st Oct & Session 13-22nd Oct •
The seed is program and you will go somewhere. But if the seed is not there then you will go nowhere. 2Ki 5:25 Now he went in and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, "Where did you go, Gehazi?" And he said, "Your servant did not go anywhere." (NKJV)
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You go nowhere when you run after what you see, over sight but run towards the vision God gives.
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Do not run after things that will bring leprosy but run after legacy. Gehazi became a reporter instead of a prophet.
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Whatever God put into your heart, there is a price to pay. You will bruise his heed and he will bruise your heel. There will be certain amount of pain. The seed is a masculine seed.
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It is a male seed.
The seed needs a body. 1Co 15:38 But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body. (NKJV) •
You need to embody the seed. You need a certain lifestyle to carry certain messages.
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There are also other seeds in our mind that needs to be cast away.
2Co 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 2Co 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 2Co 10:5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 2Co 10:6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. (NKJV)
This is the warfare within your head. The portal of obedience is so important. 2012 is going to be the alignment of all the planets. They will be alignment to the planets and
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 there will be a lot of emotional turmoil. Relational problems will be prevalent. There will be defector relationships. There will be pressure for change and it can be
There are 3 things that lodges in our mind that must be broken:-
Fortress:-
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A fortress is an impregnable area in our life and thinking pattern that will not allow change to come into our lives. These are strongholds.
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The word of God must come into our mind to renew it. We need to change our thinking pattern.
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The first thing we doubt many times is what God has put into our hearts. When the storm came they attacked Jesus in the boat for not caring for them. Faith is to connect with the One in the boat. The moment they stop accusing Jesus, the storm was stopped.
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It is an area in your thinking pattern that is not founded on truth but on guest work and deception.
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There is no truth in it. It is all the maybe… There no ground of basis. They just act on no truth.
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Many times good relationships are destroyed by speculations.
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Speculations entrap a person to confess whereby the enemy can take advantage of. You will begin to call the things to be.
Lofty things:-
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A thought that will stand against what God is saying. They will contradict God’s word.
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They mock God’s word by giving an alternative. They are always arguing the word of God.
Dismantling the seeds:Ro 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Ro 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Ro 12:3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. (NKJV) •
You need to use all the faculties of your body to express true worship. Sold out to the will and plans of God. You express God through your hands, feet, lips and every area.
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When you renew your thinking pattern you take a new form. Conform is to be pressured to take a form but we are told to be transformed. When we are transformed we do not backslide. If we go up and down we know that we are not transformed.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 The seed of:• • • • • • •
Self – self preservation; self acquisition; self assertion; self sustenance; self approval… etc. Selfishness (Motive) Betrayal Unforgiveness Offence Discord Satan - people who like to curse; like to see others die…etc
We use anger and frustration over people because we want advantage over them. But if these are in you, you have to shut it down. You will destroy those around you if you do not shut it down. e. Through His exaltation He destroys the domain of the devil. Job 1:10 "Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. Job 1:11 "But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!" Job 1:12 And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person." So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD. (NKJV) •
There is a protection of God over your life. Everything that pertains to you, Satan has no power. God gave the power to him to touch Job but if God do not give that power he could not touch Job.
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We can go over to a place and have domain over a place. For as long as we are under the authority then we have the authority so that by the power of your word things can happen. 2Sa 8:1 After this it came to pass that David attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines. (NKJV) This is what it means to subdue and take control. 1Ch 14:16 So David did as God commanded him, and they drove back the army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer. 1Ch 14:17 Then the fame of David went out into all lands, and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations. (NKJV) David subdued all the enemies.
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Every area where Satan is in control you can go into the territory and take over. The danger in our mind is fighting to have it. It is the devil who does not have. We are the one with the authority to take over. We are fighting him because we have the authority not fight because he has authority.
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The devil do not have position and authority unless you give it to him. The devil comes to take your joy. He comes to take what you have. You need to put the guard up and push him out. Do not let him take your dreams. Ge 26:16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we." (NKJV) Ge 26:26 Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, and Phichol the commander of his army. Ge 26:27 And Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?" Ge 26:28 But they said, "We have certainly seen that the LORD is with you. So we said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a covenant with you, Ge 26:29 'that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.'" (NKJV) When the king of that place comes to make peace with you, you know that you become more powerful in the land. Ge 26:1 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar. Ge 26:2 Then the LORD appeared to him and said: "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. Ge 26:3 "Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. Ge 26:4 "And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; Ge 26:5 "because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws." (NKJV)
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If I’m going to go to a territory to succeed I need to have the nature of the star seed. The devil has power over the dust of the earth- the dust seed. The sand by the sea shoreeasily shifted and you cannot build on sand because they shift. The star seed is fixed in the sky.
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Session 14-22nd Oct Nature of Star Seed:a. Totally obedient. •
Not shaken by needs and bad examples of the inaccurate patterns of the past. You cannot be shaken by fear that you are alone making the decision.
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You do not have to be ashamed of the conviction in your heart and of the relationship we have with our spiritual father. Timothy was shaken for standing with the father and Paul had to write to him to stir up the gift to stand with Paul.
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Be totally obedient to rise above the fear of uncertainty. You will see results.
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You have to rise above every self confidence in the flesh and put your trust in God. Our descendents may not run after God but God will make it happen. Our confidence is in the Lord. God Himself will fulfill it.
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We do not fear to obey because I have a legacy to draw from. Because of the forefathers’ obedient we receive a legacy. Isaac knew that there is a legacy to draw from.
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You must never be afraid to obey because the land you thread on will one day become your land.
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You must not fear because God will reveal Himself to you to take away the fear to carry you through.
b. You must walk in covenant.
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First in your marriage and with the partners in destiny who are going to finish the course with you.
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There is a price to pay in covenant relationship. You will have to suffer to carry the covenant relationship with your brethren.
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You cannot take your honor for somebody else. You cannot take the honor of the father and give to the brother. We cannot divide loyalty.
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Abraham turned aside from God to have His needs met and that is not covenant. We turn away from God to have our needs met and that is not covenant. Abraham went and fought the war to save Lot and the king of Sodom came to meet him. He was supposed to be walking with God but now he is walking in the valleys with the kings.
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Abraham could only sacrifice what he has to God as a sacrifice in the relationship he had with God until God offered to him another level of covenant which demanded bloodshed. Abraham have learnt to give himself to God. Covenant is till death do you part.
c. You must manage your resources well.
Ge 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him. Ge 26:13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; Ge 26:14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him. (NKJV)
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Isaac sowed in the days of famine. He acted as though there was no famine. Wealth will be blessed through your hands. He just obeyed God without struggles and God blessed him.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Session 16-23rd Oct. (Part of point number 2) Sometimes the church is build wrongly:A. It is built wrongly on a system. •
Babylonian system; religious system…
B. It is built wrongly on personality. •
It is built on the pastor to keep the crowd.
C. It is built wrongly on a dominant anointing. •
Maybe you use to have a healing anointing and you keep doing it the same way. You only do healing.
D. It is built wrongly on just a segment of truth. •
Just a portion of truth and not move on. We need the whole counsel of God. We have to be prepared to move to every domain. We become so lock in a Charismatic church; Pentecostal church… but God wants us to move on from just a segment of truth.
E. It is built wrongly on a contemporary model. •
Today many are building on a management model. We are only giving it a different name for different roles. This is the ‘Jethro’ system.
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You cannot have leaders who do not carry your spirit. It cannot be on management system. You cannot have reproduction of leaders unless they have spirit transfer from the father. System is easy to run but to carry the same spirit is different.
F. It is wrongly built on a cultural model. •
Everything is ethnic so that other nationality cannot fit in. When you build on the cultural basis offence will be there.
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We need to deal with each other on kingdom culture and basis rather than ethnic basis. We are the church of Jesus Christ.
G. It is built wrongly on Christianized paganism. •
They believe Christ but also believe in superstition. They believe that all religions are the same. We can all come together under one banner. They feel that God is love. Not God is holy.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Session 17-23rd Oct d. You must have a father’s legacy to draw from. •
Many do not know the process of fathering. Not everybody is your father. Ge 26:15 Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth. Ge 26:16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we." Ge 26:17 Then Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. Ge 26:18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. He called them by the names which his father had called them. (NKJV)
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You must have a well to draw from. What can sustain your father must sustain you. What they carry must be transfer to you. That is why God raise fathers so that the children will not suffer. If the father is accurate the child will be accurate but if the father is crooked then the child will be crooked. De 34:9 Now Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; so the children of Israel heeded him, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses. De 34:10 But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, De 34:11 in all the signs and wonders which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, before Pharaoh, before all his servants, and in all his land, De 34:12 and by all that mighty power and all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel. (NKJV)
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In the transfer of legacy, there is a transfer of the spirit of wisdom. The Spirit of wisdom allows you to implement in your generation and time all that is needed. You will be equipped in your day and time. Those who carry the power had the Spirit of wisdom to impart. Wisdom is the spiritual dimension that is transferred. Ex 35:31 "and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship, Ex 35:32 "to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze, Ex 35:33 "in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship. Ex 35:34 "And He has put in his heart the ability to teach, in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Ex 35:35 "He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker, in blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen, and of the weaver-those who do every work and those who design artistic works. (NKJV)
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 This man was working with Moses and this man just knew how to translate it. He just knew the pattern that was in Moses’ heart. They will know how to tailor and you do not have to teach them but they just know your heart. Ex 36:1 "And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that the LORD has commanded." (NKJV) The ability to do what has been commanded is the spirit of wisdom. Everything that needed to be designed these people just know how to do it. They received understanding and knowledge. ii.
The transfer of legacy will cause you to represent the forerunner in an accurate way. •
People will listen to you as they will listen to the forefather. As we submit to the father authority is given to us to represent him. We are sent to represent and so the authority is above and within you.
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The devil is not afraid of people who went but the people who are sent. The way the devil is afraid of our father will be the way that they will be afraid of you because we are operating in the same authority that God gave to our father.
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In the transfer of legacy you will find a place of intimacy with the God of your father. •
You will not just know their message but you will know their God. As the Lord appear to Moses face to face ultimately came to Joshua face to face.
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Your generations to come will come face to face with God. The place of intimacy will come to you too.
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The transfer of legacy is to transfer the God you know to another. It is not just a knowledge of God but the relationship with God.
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If you are a leader and the only thing you can make is what you know. Aaron could only make a golden calf so that was all he could make the children of Israel.
In the transfer of legacy you discover the power to rise in the world in the changing environment and circumstances.
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It gives you power to rise in the real world. The church world is not so real because everything is very cushioned.
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People are in your face when people are not happy with you but in the church they cushioned their displeasure. We will know how to live in the midst of the magician.
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People are looking how you handle well in the world. People are looking at how react in the world. Many times God wants to remind you the real world by allowing you to go through certain things.
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One of the legacy for transfer is the power to prevail and the grace to govern.
Pre morning session:Ge 28:10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. Ge 28:11 So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. Ge 28:12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. Ge 28:13 And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. Ge 28:14 "Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Ge 28:15 "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you." Ge 28:16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it." Ge 28:17 And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!" Ge 28:18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it. Ge 28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously. Ge 28:20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, Ge 28:21 "so that I come back to my father's house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God. Ge 28:22 "And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You." (NKJV) Training and church is different. Church is at different level. In training you can be hard but in church you have to be witty to bring the standard in. You have to get the people to go higher in different way. You cannot enforce everything in the church until you are ready. We cannot carve the church into apostolic until you have the materials. Compiled by Roy Lim
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Lu 5:17 Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. (NKJV) Jesus was teaching but He used the power there to heal. Jesus knew who to use and who to reject. Know who to use to make things happen. You need to use to make things happen. You need to win the people who you minister.
Session 19-25 Oct. If revelation does not come to you, you do not have the bedrock for your ministry. If the revelation of Christ is not there the church cannot go on. John saw the full revelation of God. Covenant is to stand with them to carry through. v.
You must be free from contamination and conflicts. •
Must not be disrupted internally all the time. The heart of contention must not be in us. Ge 26:19 Also Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there. Ge 26:20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they quarreled with him. Ge 26:21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah. Ge 26:22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land." (NKJV) We must come to the place of true stature. Mt 6:25 "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Mt 6:26 "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Mt 6:27 "Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? Mt 6:28 "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; Mt 6:29 "and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mt 6:30 "Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Mt 6:31 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Mt 6:32 "For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. Mt 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Mt 6:34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (NKJV) We must always be peaceful within us. There must be no struggle or strive in our jobs. There should be no stress. We must not be worry about our needs. Worry about status. Mt 6:28 "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; Mt 6:29 "and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (NKJV) •
Worry not in the class of our neighbours. Do not worry about titles or be in a certain circles.
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Status is what men give to you but stature is from God. Be in a class of your own. Don’t have to climb another ladder.
Worry about needs. Mt 6:25 "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? (NKJV) Mt 6:28 "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; (NKJV) Mt 6:31 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' (NKJV) •
God will meet our needs more than required. We need to find our answer in Him.
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Your time with God is important and must not be distracted.
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Cell phone need to be properly used or valued. Time with people is important and value time so that no one can rob you of your time.
Worry about lack. Mt 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (NKJV) •
Do not worry about lack because it will be added to you.
Worry about supply. Mt 6:26 "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? (NKJV) •
God will supply.
Worry about life. Mt 6:25 "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? (NKJV) • God is the One who gives life. He gives abundant life beyond your needs. Do not worry about tomorrow. Mt 6:34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (NKJV) •
Stop worrying and live beyond conflicts and anxieties. Do not live in anyway that will tilt your life if you do not overcome it.
Session 20-25th Oct. Unforgiveness will tilt your life. Unforgiveness is the refusal to let go what is in the memory. You still choose to retain in memory.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Issues that tilt our life:Unforgiveness: Refuse to give up the leverage and advantage you have on others. •
You desire others to gang up with you.
You have not received forgiveness in that area of your life. •
You have not failed, you will not know what others feel in failure. You cannot help others in the areas you have not gone through.
You think that it is unforgiveable because you feel that they are not worthy. •
This is how unforgiveness can tilt your life and you can die in the sight of your enemy.
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Everything can be forgiven. When our heart is clean God will work in us.
You think they are not worthy to be forgiven. •
God will decide.
They believe that they have no power to forgive. They refuse to trust God that He will forgive them. •
God will just validate on our behalf.
Disunity / Discord:Sowing disunity will tilt the ark. God is looking for unity-(Psalm 133). Just 2 or 3 who sow discord can stop the oil from flowing. Disunity or discord comes from those who do not see corporate destiny together. •
If you are part of each other you will not attack each other because you will feel the pain but if you are not part of each other you will attack and not feel the pain. Ac 19:9 But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. (NKJV)
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We need to withdraw from people who are contentious.
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Do not be tilted by others who create disunity.
Comes from the spirit of competition. •
They do not contribute but are always competing.
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They carry a wrong spirit and is always projecting it.
Disunity comes from those who use the gifts of God to benefit themselves to their way. •
This attitude will cut off the spirit of the Word.
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They use the gifts to make others feel inferior.
Those who sow discord come from wrong controversy doctrine. •
The whole church draws from one primary source. We must provide enhancement to the doctrine and teaching of the house.
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The teachers teach what the prophet preaches.
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Men establish doctrines and women continue it. The men must set doctrinal teachings and not the women but they can continue in it.
Disunity comes from those who reject appointed authority in the house. •
They have no idea of submitting to the chain of authority.
Disunity comes from the spirit of familiarity. •
They know you too long; they have become your buddy and treat you casual.
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They no longer see you with value and honor. Familiarity breeds contempt.
Disunity comes from a vindictive spirit who has been hurt before.
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They snap like little dogs. Everything they say will hit you. Their spirit is ready to hit because they were hurt somewhere.
Ne 6:12 Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. Ne 6:13 For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me. (NKJV) Do not misbehave because of other people’s behavior.
Session 21-25th Oct. Offences:Mt 15:12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?" Mt 15:13 But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Mt 15:14 "Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch." Mt 15:15 Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Explain this parable to us." Mt 15:16 So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? Mt 15:17 "Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? Mt 15:18 "But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. Mt 15:19 "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. Mt 15:20 "These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." (NKJV) You are offended because you hold a different standard of interpretation of the truth. Mt 15:9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'" (NKJV) •
They do not have the doctrine but the precepts of men.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Jesus met the Samaritan at Sychar/Sechem. Jesus touched this women who was changed to free the whole city. Something was transferred to this women and a harvest came in. •
Offence is not just anger but it is also frustrations, disappointments, discouragements and etc…
Offence happens when we do not want to face the truth and the outcome of truth. •
This is a refusal to face up to the truth.
Offence comes when your heart love and accommodate unlawful things. Lu 16:14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him. Lu 16:15 And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God. (NKJV) Offence happens when you are hurting in that area of truth and do not seem to have breakthrough even though you are sincere. •
You feel offended when those areas are talked about.
You become offended when you think someone is out to victimize us because we are weaker in that area. • That thought will cause us to interpret wrongly. We are offended when we think subjectively and not objectively. •
When we do not think objectively when you think you are the subject of the conversation.
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If you do not learn the object of the lesson, you become the subject of the lesson.
You become offended when you do not have the right and adequate information of the matter.
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The fear in us often brings offence. When there is not enough information, offence will take place because of apprehension.
Session 22-25th Oct. Lawlessness: Law is equal for everyone. •
Nobody is above the law. We are all under the same law.
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Law is for everybody. There is no partiality. The rules are the same.
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Lawlessness develops because of double standards.
When there is no law there is no government. •
People choose lawlessness because they do not want to be governed.
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You want government and the law must be brought in.
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You cannot enforce government without enforcing the law. When there is no law, there is no peace. That is where there is conflict and the spirit of the anti Christ is lawlessness.
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When there is no law in the heart there is no government.
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There is always unwritten or unspoken law but we need to know like the law of gravity, it is unseen. Law brings us into accountability and responsibility. •
When there is no law, there is no accountability.
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Without the law there is no responsibility. They just do what they want because they are lawless.
Lawlessness invites demonic infiltration and brings satanic domain near us. •
To exercise great power you have to submit to great authority.
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Satan likes where there is rebellion so we are call to accountability.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Where there is no law there is no protection. •
Where there is no law there is no discipline, where there is no discipline there is no protection.
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We rust the law to protect us.
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Execution of the law means justice will be done.
When there is no law there are no boundaries. •
Where there is no law, boundary can be shifted.
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You must have law in your hearts and in your eyes.
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We need external laws when we do not have internal laws to dictate the boundaries for ourselves.
No law means there is no fear of God. •
We must have our values and principles.
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We must know how to use our common sense.
Betrayal:Lu 22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called Passover. Lu 22:2 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people. Lu 22:3 Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve. Lu 22:4 So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them. Lu 22:5 And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. Lu 22:6 So he promised and sought opportunity to betray Him to them in the absence of the multitude. (NKJV) Betrayal is to break the bonds and protection of covenant and expose them to harm.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Your sphere of influence, acceptance, fame and popularity can prevent frontal betrayal but will expose you into personal betrayal. •
Because you are popular, they are afraid to attack from the front.
Those who hate us do not always have opportunity for betrayal but they will find them. •
They keep thinking and the opportunity will come.
Those who are close to us have many opportunities to execute betrayal. •
Judas was numbered among the 12.
Satan’s influence often accelerates the process of betrayal. Those who hate us and those who betray us will work together because without betrayers those who hate cannot get the job done. •
These are always partners in the business.
There are those who benefit for betraying us but they will be in a pool of blood or in a field of blood. •
They will kill themselves.
There are those who plan extensively to betray us. • •
It is call premeditated betrayal. In short, it is call murder. They have already planned.
Do not live in people’s charity because anything can happen and you may be too hurt to rise above it. Some people are more objective than others to handle hurts. Do not wallow in the hurt but be subjective and get back quickly. Learn to see things with humour during difficult times so that you can set others free when you go through the sufferings.
Session 23-26th Oct vi.
Through His church He will destroy the allies of the devil.
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Through His return He will destroy all the existence of the devil on the earth.
3. The church is connected to heaven representing the kingdom. •
It is the heavenly element. It reflects a heavenly expression. Ge 28:11 So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. Ge 28:12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. Ge 28:13 And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. (NKJV) Sometimes we need to be introduced to the God of our fathers so that we will know God. Ge 28:14 "Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Ge 28:15 "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you." Ge 28:16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it." Ge 28:17 And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!" (NKJV)
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This is the gateway of heaven and the church must reflect heaven and not just ministering to people with needs. Most churches are just so natural without any elements of heaven.
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The church has been a place for us to have our earthly minister but that is not the church is for.
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The church is not a place for us to practice our ministry and anointing. Church must be build for Holy Spirit activity.
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It is build for a purpose and not for us.
a. The church is connected to heaven. •
It is connected to the One who lives in heaven. This is an awesome place.
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It is not from Rome or the Pope. It is not from a denomination stand point.
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The devil recognizes that authority. On God’s map only you are shown because you are registered.
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If you are build according to kingdom it will appear before God.
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It is to reveal the One who is in heaven.
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When the church begins to operate, God will be seen. It is not how good we are in what we do but God will be seen. Whatever we do we must facilitate for God manifestation.
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The anointing fluctuates but the authority remains the same.
d. The church operates with heavenly resources. •
Use heavenly resources to build human products. The dimensions of the Spirit. Do not operate church on human resources but on Spirit resource.
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Many things are operated in the natural. Develop heavenly resources and not on money and people. Employ the supernatural. We cannot say no money no people.
• You can redesign the world by the power of His word. e. The Church operates with heavenly reinforcement. •
We are not on our own. God is with us.
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The church operates to express the kingdom of God.
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It is the greatest expression of the kingdom of heaven but now the church is only expressing heaven.
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When the church manifest heaven then they will be awe struck.
g. It operates as the voice of God on the earth.
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This is where you can hear what God is saying on the earth and it must be broadcast on the earth. It is call the river of life.
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The more you want to reach humanity the more you need to walk deeper into the river of God. Everywhere you walk must be the walk of the Spirit. Every aspect you must be walking into the river and it must protect you.
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It is more than just doing morning devotion before you go to work. We must so submerge in that river and not live in the river of Babylon. We cannot walk out of the Spirit and be natural because the natural can affect us. You do not drink from another contaminated river.
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If people can come to church and feel heaven they would want to come.
Session 24-26th Oct. Ac 13:1 Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. Ac 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Ac 13:3 Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away. Ac 13:4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. (NKJV) In the midst of a natural church the Holy Spirit was moving and the measure of the Holy Spirit was dwelling and manifested in such a great measure that He has a voice in the church. He spoke. There is a heavenly dimension. If we do not have that dimension we will be limited but if we have the dimension we have the third person. Ac 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. (NKJV) When heavenly expression is present it will impact the society. It filled the house and the people and began to flow outside. Ac 2:36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." (NKJV) Heavenly knowledge must be updated in the church. What God is establishing in the heavens must be translated on the earth. Ac 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? (NKJV)
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 The Holy Spirit was speaking through Peter. Ananias and Sapphira was lying to the Holy Spirit in Peter. Ac 5:13 Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly. (NKJV) They had heavenly dimension that not just everybody dare to join them. Ac 6:1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. (NKJV) Problems became a stepping stone. Ac 7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, (NKJV) The reality of heaven was so clear that they could see heaven without a mystical way. We must see heaven so clear in our times of worship. Ac 8:17 Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Ac 8:18 And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, Ac 8:19 saying, "Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit." Ac 8:20 But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! Ac 8:21 "You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God. Ac 8:22 "Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. Ac 8:23 "For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity." Ac 8:24 Then Simon answered and said, "Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me." (NKJV) You cannot just correct the offer and action but you need to see the spirit dimension beyond the action to correct it. When the dimensions of the Spirit manifest then we will be shaken and change. The core negative things will be flush out to deal and cleanse us. When the higher dimension is brought in then the deeper things of humanity will be dealt with. God allows the wicked to proper so that the righteous will prosper. Leave the wicked alone and come into the presence so that you will see accurately. If you stand in the world and see the world you will feel frustrated but if you see the perspective of God then you will realize that that your posture had been wrong. Ac 10:3 About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, "Cornelius!"
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Ac 10:4 And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, "What is it, lord?" So he said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God. Ac 10:5 "Now send men to Joppa, and send for Simon whose surname is Peter. Ac 10:6 "He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. He will tell you what you must do." (NKJV) Our connection with heaven must be complete. It is not just our connection with heaven but sometimes we need people who are connected to heaven so that our connection will be complete. The same experience the Jews had, the same experience the Gentiles had. It came upon the relatives of Cornelius too. Ac 11:19 Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only. Ac 11:20 But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus. Ac 11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. (NKJV) It is always some people that press in and open up the way. We have the people. Ac 11:22 Then news of these things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch. Ac 11:23 When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord. Ac 11:24 For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. Ac 11:25 Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul. (NKJV) They continue to press in to continue in it. We have Barnabas and Saul. Apostolic Mission:•
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The second aspect of mission is to reproduce what God has given to you in the church to the nations of the world.
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The third mission is to send doctrines in all the churches so that you create a people movement on the earth.
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The fifth aspect is we are sent for a turnaround of churches so that they take over the environment and impact the city. Ac 19:8 And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. Ac 19:9 But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. Ac 19:10 And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. (NKJV) Within two years he turned the synagogue around. Ac 19:11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, (NKJV) They took from Paul and multiplied everywhere. The water level was increasing which flushed out all negative practices.
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The seventh aspect of apostolic mission is to reach the men in high places in society and the city.
Many churches are connected to heaven but heaven is not connected to them because God uses people to connect heaven to them. We need people to take us higher.
The heavenly element:Ac 4:23 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. Ac 4:24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, Ac 4:25 "who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage, And the people plot vain things? Ac 4:26 The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the LORD and against His Christ.' Ac 4:27 "For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together Ac 4:28 "to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. (NKJV) Compiled by Roy Lim
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 We need to be able to go back to the local house call our home. The local house must be built in such a way that when they pray things are turned around. That element of connection must always be open and that passage way will always be clear. No disease, nothing negative can break that connection. There are things that angels cannot give us because God is using men. This is the highway to heaven and of heaven. There are two lanes; one from and the other to. The heavenly element is call Zion and the order of that element is call the Melchizedek order. Heavenly dimensions must revolve in the church. Heaven becomes tangible when the fellowship of the saints have dimension and you can hold. The church facilitates that to happen. God offers to us the Kingdom when we are born again. The gospel of the kingdom must be preached to us so that we can enter into the kingdom.
Session 25-26th Oct Aspects of the Kingdom:a. We must see the kingdom. •
We must hear and receive the kingdom. Somebody need to preach to us the word of the kingdom. Mt 13:3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow. Mt 13:4 "And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Mt 13:5 "Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. Mt 13:6 "But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. Mt 13:7 "And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. Mt 13:8 "But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Mt 13:9 "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" Mt 13:10 And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?" Mt 13:11 He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. Mt 13:12 "For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. Mt 13:13 "Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Mt 13:14 "And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: 'Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive;
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Mt 13:15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.' Mt 13:16 "But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; Mt 13:17 "for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. Mt 13:18 "Therefore hear the parable of the sower: Mt 13:19 "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. (NKJV) We are born into the kingdom and we are the called out ones. The kingdom includes business, education and the various domains. The church is the call out ones, the elite ones. Church is to go back to the original. The church was started at Pentecost and not Pentecostal. We cannot take the church from the dark ages. It does not start with Martin Luther. The church was given the authority to bind and loose. The kingdom is in the midst of us and the church is to advance that kingdom. Heaven will respond to the behavior of the church. b. We must understand in our mind what has been sown so that kingdom expression can take place. •
If the seed is lost than there is no harvest.
c. We must believe the message of the gospel of salvation.
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d. Then we are born again and Christ lives within us. Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (NKJV) •
Now we can see the kingdom. We can see the spirit world.
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When we are born again we are destined to inherit the kingdom, possess the kingdom, and have the keys of the heaven and every aspect of the kingdom. 1Pe 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, (NKJV) It is that word that caused us to be born again and we take on the inward nature of Christ.
e. The power of the enemy is kept out of our lives so that what is sown in our hearts will rise to its full potential. 1Pe 2:1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 1Pe 2:2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 1Pe 2:3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 1Pe 2:4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 1Pe 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (NKJV) •
Now we can now house Him when all these negative things are cast out. He is the living stone and we are also coming to Him as living stones.
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We become a great temple and we are part of what God is doing. We are housing this great Priesthood. We cannot be snatched out of His hands and we become the building blocks in His hand.
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We have been made worthy for His kingdom and called for His glory. 2Th 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 2Th 2:14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (NKJV)
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 1Th 2:12 that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. 1Th 2:13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe. (NKJV) g. The word sown in our hearts will produce a harvest for God. Mt 13:23 "But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." (NKJV) Mt 13:39 "The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. Mt 13:40 "Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. (NKJV) Mt 13:15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.' (NKJV) •
The word will redesign your life so that you will be completely be presented to God.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Mt 7:25 "and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. (NKJV) •
If we do not hear we cannot do.
b. We enter by doing His will and His desires. 2Pe 1:10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 2Pe 1:11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (NKJV) •
Be obedient to what you hear and the door will be open for entrance. The portal of obedience is very important.
c. We enter by being converted to become like little children. Mt 18:3 and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. (NKJV) •
You are guided in. You are sincerely longing for milk. Child like faith. Dependent on the leaders.
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We no longer living in darkness. Everything of heaven is now coming to earth. We have the proceeding word coming to the earth. We need God’s word to carry out the assignment.
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The temptation is to short change God. In the transaction of the kingdom operation we cannot short change and owe. Sometimes we steal the glory and collect the applause of men. We do not know it belongs to God. We can receive it but we need to return it to God who is good for He is the source of all goodness. We say thank you to those who bless us and thank God for it.
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If we short change God in the kingdom we will be tempted with higher things and eternal things and take it and become like the devil.
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The kingdom; the glory; the power and the honor belongs to Him and we must not steal it. We are touching the kingdom dimension and not just money. Do not gloat at what God does and move through you.
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If you short change God you will be tempted to steal in the Kingdom. In your dealings be very careful.
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Righteousness and holiness has to be so part of us so that we will not be tempted.
e. We enter because our righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees and Scribes. Mt 5:19 "Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Mt 5:20 "For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. (NKJV) •
We must hear, keep and teach the commandments.
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We enter the kingdom by much trial and tribulations. Ac 14:22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God." (NKJV)
g. We enter the kingdom by the narrow gate. Mt 7:13 "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Mt 7:14 "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. (NKJV) •
Once we go in we will be qualified to inherit the kingdom of heaven.
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We need to be cleansed. Mt 13:47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, Mt 13:48 "which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away. (NKJV)
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The righteous will be left behind and the wicked will be left behind.
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You must be perfected though your sin nature is taken away but the sin habit is still there.
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There must be a work of the Holy Spirit and cleansing.
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In the parable of the sower we do not know the hearts and their conditions of maturity until the word is sown. We begin to discover the conditions of the ground and if we do not persist to understand the word then we will attract devils when God starts to feed us.
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God is dealing with fear as God cleanses us from familiar spirits. If you live a life transformed they will not be able to follow you. Change your lifestyle and not remain a comfortable position.
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Di not be caught on the same level because you will collect dust. Deal with the soil; deal with the ground so that you will have full harvest.
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The Lord is coming and who will endure the smelters fire. Not all our understanding, habits and core values are righteous so we need to change and be cleansed. There must be obvious changes.
b. Those who are cleansed will be promoted. Mt 13:43 "Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear! (NKJV) Mt 13:38 "The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. (NKJV) •
We are no longer sons of the kingdom but sons of the Father. Only the sons of the Father will shine like the brightness of the sun.
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Fire is strong purifying agent. All the alloys in the gold will be separated by fire.
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Humility is to bow down and take the second position. You subject yourself as clay in the potter’s hands.
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Meekness is not weakness. The horse is yielded to the rider. It cast its strength to the rider. Meekness is for strong people. Meekness is for those who are strong in themselves to bow down to empty himself in the hands of God.
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God offers us to be upgraded with a price to move us to be promoted and if the offer is not then He will allow us to finish off the time. Mt 21:43 "Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. (NKJV)
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There will always be investment and impartation for your growth with a view to qualify you.
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God will always provide the best ingredient to qualify you. God is not unjust to expect you the best harvest without providing for you all the necessary resources.
g. God will qualify us with spiritual dimensions. Col 1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. Col 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, (NKJV)
Inherit the kingdom:a. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven. 1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. (NKJV) b. We must come to full stature as sons before we can inherit the kingdom. Ro 8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." Ro 8:16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, Ro 8:17 and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. (NKJV) •
Only sons can inherit.
c. The flesh has to come to an end. Ga 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Ga 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. Ga 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Ga 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, Ga 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Ga 5:21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. (NKJV) Ga 5:24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Ga 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (NKJV) •
Cut off all that which link to the flesh.
d. We inherit the kingdom when we are justified and sanctified. 1Co 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, (NKJV) •
Justification is external and cleansed but sanctification is internal work and your quality is absolute. Externally you have a position as sons and internally you are qualified as sons.
e. Holiness is prerequisite to inherit the kingdom of God. Eph 5:5 For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. (NKJV) f.
Inheriting the kingdom of God means to partake of the powers to come. Heb 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, Heb 6:5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, (NKJV)
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Using the future kingdom for the now. God will allow you to possess the future in the present as you grow in maturity as you exercise in the kingdom.
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When you are young you have to knock but when God gives you the keys of the kingdom you can have access at any time.
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You need to prepare yourself for what God is going to do. God do not use fools but we need to work hard to equip ourselves.
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You do not have to hurry yourself but you need to prepare yourself. You do not have to hurry or else you will burn out. You have to be patient for God to work inside you.
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Session 27-27th Oct. The Dimensions of Our Inheritance:Joh 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: (NKJV) a. The power to slay the work of the enemy. •
One of the things we inherit is the power of the NOW! We are give the power to inherit in the ages to come; the authority of the future world.
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Satan cannot destroy the development of Christ in us. He cannot blockade the purpose of our coming into the transformation to the image and the likeness of Christ.
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When we need bread, He will provide. Whatever we desire He can make it happen. De 8:18 "And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. (NKJV)
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d. The power to stay in the presence of God and operate as He would.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 1Ki 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word." (NKJV) •
The power to speak the word of God without returning to Him void and empty. The devil will have to heed your word and move out.
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The power to operate the way God operates. The devil sees us as prince with God and not just as a mere pastor or individuals.
e. The power to transform lives is God’s power. •
The ability to bring change to lives is needed. They are changed in our meetings.
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We need to inherit this power to bring change to the lifestyle of people. We cannot inherit until we become mature sons. Ga 4:1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, Ga 4:2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. Ga 4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. Ga 4:4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, Ga 4:5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Ga 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" Ga 4:7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (NKJV)
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You need to mature sons and not just being a Christians.
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The power to operate in the dimensions of the Holy Spirit.
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We become partakers of the Holy Spirit. We are working with the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit has power to quicken your mortal body is now in us to give life back to our mortal body. Wherever there is death He brings life. This is the anti aging process. He is the renewing factor.
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Moses was sustained for forty days and nights without food or drinks. The children of Israel were sustained for forty years. If we learn to hide in the presence of God we can be sustained for a whole year as the manna was hidden in His presence. Just a word in the presence of God can sustain us for a whole year.
h. God gives us the power to inherit nations of the earth. •
We are coming to inherit ashes but God is giving us the earth to rule. Mt 5:5 Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. (NKJV)
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Ask of Him the nations and He will it as an inheritance. Ps 2:8 Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. (NKJV)
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Eph 1:21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. Eph 1:22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, Eph 1:23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. (NKJV) d. He has given the church His name so that they represent Him and execute His kingdom. e. He has given the church the Holy Spirit to empower the church to advance His kingdom. f.
He has given the church His indestructible life so that they can model His kingdom.
g. He has given the church an accurate connection with the Father so that they can now work with Him as sons. h. He has given the church men to mature the church to advance the kingdom. Eph 4:11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, Eph 4:12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, (NKJV) i.
The Father and the Holy Spirit are partnering the church to advance the kingdom.
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The kingdom government is established in the heavens and advances through the church.
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In doing so He rejected Israel and releases the church. The kingdom of heaven is no more coming through Israel but it is coming through the church.
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Israel is no longer the sign to look to but it is the church that has become the model. We need to look at the model which is the example and Israel has mugged up to be the example. The church is the model because the Holy Spirit is working overtime to show it as the model.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 We need to know that we can only advance until we have the name of Jesus and the rest of the keys given to us. We need to build upon the foundation of the apostolic and prophetic before we can add other materials on it. Once the foundation is built, anything outside we know it is not of God. We need keys to the kingdom to advance the kingdom. Keys of the kingdom means you have authority to operate. Whatever is needed for you to advance the kingdom God will give you through the keys. These are dimensions of authorities God gives to you. Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Eph 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Eph 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (NKJV) Be strong in the Lord means to be strong in our position in Christ and to be strong in the strength of His might is to be strong in our inner strong. To be strong in our relationship with the Holy Spirit and we know how to partner with Him. To be strong in the Lord is to receive authority. Through our position we receive authority but when we partner with the Hoy Spirit we receive power. Power is generated while authority is received. As we grow in our relationship as a son and in our stature we receive higher authority. What position and stature we carry will determine the kind of authority that we will receive. Keys of the Kingdom are dimensions of authority and power. These are keys to unlock things and not to be boasted about. We do not think about the key until we need it. Too much emphasis has been given to the keys. As we work with the Holy Spirit more and more we will receive power and that will be generated further. Passion, power, zeal will be greater so that with these you will be propelled in a greater measure. Authority as a father increases as you have more and more sons. As a cell group leader his leadership is only over the cell group but not over the church. You cannot bring the one who gave authority to us under our authority because that will be rebellion. You can grow to the measure of the authority you need by developing your relationship with God.
Important things about the keys:a. When keys are given to you , you have a new stature to operate differently. •
You have a different position and stature.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 b. When you have keys to the kingdom you are mature as a minister. •
Keys are not given to children because they may lose the key.
c. When keys are given you are operating on His behalf.
d. When keys are given you will find an entrance to abundance. •
Nothing can shut that entrance. Authority comes by association.
e. When you keys to the kingdom you move when you are ready. •
Whatever time you want to move will be the time.
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When we have the keys of the kingdom we can begin to start and pioneer and heaven will back it up.
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You prophecy and preach, God will back it up. When you prophecy, heaven is waiting to respond.
g. When you have the keys of the kingdom you are an official of the kingdom. •
You are a structural leader in the kingdom. It will be easily felt and recognized that you have authority.
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You are an official of heaven and it depends on what level of authority you are in. You are somebody because of what you carry and not determined by the opportunities that come.
The Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom. a. The gospel of salvation. •
Talks about forgiveness, healing and deliverance. It has to do with the aspect of health.
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It deals with the physical life.
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b. Gospel of the victorious life. •
Overcoming sin, sickness, circumstances, satanic forces, stress, offences, obstacles…
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It has to do with the spiritual life.
c. The gospel of prosperity and success. •
This has to do with success, wealth, riches, gated communities cars, houses, better jobs, better lifestyle…
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It deals with material life.
In the first 3 levels you are please and you are blessed but you are a thirty fold Christian and you know His greatness. If you keep at these levels there are no demands on the life of the people and so it is very easy to grow the church. They can just come and loot the house because there is no price to pay. There is no pressure and people like to give what people like so that more people will come. The church becomes a place where they haggle with so that it is like when they go shopping. This is the danger that we live in. Many churches are only thirty fold. d. The gospel of corporate destiny or body life. •
Corporate lifestyle and emphasis. Participating together concept. These are all the togetherness and body life. All the members of the family has responsibilities.
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This message is about personal ministry grace and talents and anointing use to bless others. Your personal contribution to the kingdom and your grace to bless others. Your
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 personal achievements and satisfaction. Your potential and fulfillments. You are a blessing to the body of Christ. •
It has to do with personal life. You rise in your personal level to contribute.
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The gospel of stature of leadership.
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The desire to put yourself in as a leader and not just a contributor. This has to do with peak performance and influence that will inspire others to maturity. You push others to the next level. and people will lean from you. You are pioneers who can lead and pillars in the house. God assemble others around you and this has to do with exemplary life.
People are please and you are a blessing to them You are a sixty fold Christians. You resource others to greatness. g. The gospel of the kingdom. •
Advancement of God’s government, establishing His will on the earth. Involving teaching and touching others. Impacting the other domain on the earth. Reaching fresh new territories. We are now ready for kingdom expansion and extension.
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Operating in the grace of Christ. Effortless in the Spirit. God gives us the enablement to do it. Doing the impossible to be unstoppable.
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You operate like Christ and you amplify His life. This has to do with empowered life.
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The gospel of the glory of Christ.
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Everything can be redeemed and everything can be restored. Nothing is lost when you are found in Christ. All things are possible.
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All things can be revert back to the original to fulfill the mandate. The power of the devil is broken.
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Creation’s plan is affected by it and for these reason we have eternal life.
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Session 29-27th Oct. Dominion of the Kingdom:The kingdom is going to enforce itself in every way. Da 2:34 "You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Da 2:35 "Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. (NKJV) Da 2:44 "And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. (NKJV) a. Dominion is bringing everything to the subjection of the sovereign Lord. b. Dominion means strategic men carry the authority to establish rule over cities and nations. •
They are sent to colonize.
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Sometimes you cannot extent but you need to enforce.
e. Dominion is subduing and overpowering the enemy to establish rule. f.
Dominion is exercising authority over territory after territories.
g. Dominion is also the exertion of force to subdue rebellion and resistance in order to establish rule. •
Sometimes it is not the whole country that is against you but it is only pockets of people. Seven Dimensions Used to extent kingdom dominion over territories and your enemy.
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We must learn use the power of His name to extent territory.
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We take dominion by declaring the effectual power of the blood. •
We nullify all the claims of the enemy by the power of the blood which has redeemed and it cannot be uncovered.
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We declare so that we can take back every business because it has been covered.
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We cannot walk in those ways because our walk is covered by the blood of the lamb. Ac 20:32 "So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. (NKJV) As a priest would present an offering Paul was present them up to God to be sanctified. If they are not offered to God as a sacrifice to be sanctified they cannot receive their inheritance.
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Once God approved of it He never give them the inheritance. We need to go through the process to become the priest. This is where you stand for the nation. We must first work out to point of inheriting our inheritance and the rest will follow. We proclaim the word to break the deceptions of the enemy.
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The veil will be broken over people’s hearts and minds. You must have word content. You must be able to flow so fast and those who hear messages like these, hearts will burn.
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These people who are waiting when the word comes they will pick it up. The moment they listen their hearts will be anticipating and it will burn.
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You must know the scriptures well and divide it accurately. Study to show yourself approved to God. Do not just articulate with your mouth with self confident but the word that dwell richly in you. That must be rich inside of you-the Christos word.
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We must possess the testimony of God’s work in our lives which is a seal of God’s approval in our lives. •
God’s work is evident on your life and His hand is heavy in your life. If you have not been attested by God and signs and wonders and miracles break out your authority will be challenged.
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People may not like you but they cannot deny that God is with you. The people who resist those whom God has raised will be resisting God. You cannot be harsh with one another because they are also His sons. You must keep your heart clean.
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We must walk in the power of the Spirit to dismantle and dislodge the position of the enemy. Lu 4:1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, (NKJV) Lu 4:13 Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time. Lu 4:14 Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. (NKJV) •
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You must be in that power to extent territories. We must express the indestructible life and subdue the seeds of the enemy.
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Man is a spirit and you are also a spirit. To be able to touch the spirit of another we need to speak with the indestructible life so that it will jam and short circuit the human mind. We need to carry a dimension of the spirit to speak spirit to spirit.
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When you touch the spirit of men you will touch his mind to be exposed. When the knowledge of God rise inside us then our mind will be exposed.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Ac 8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. (NKJV) Philip preached Christ who is inside him. Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Col 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. (NKJV) Col 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. (NKJV) Col 3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; (NKJV) Col 3:10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, (NKJV) Col 3:4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. (NKJV) Eph 2:2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, (NKJV) 2Ti 2:24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, 2Ti 2:25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, 2Ti 2:26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will. (NKJV) We are the Lord’s bond servant and what we carry can arrest them and bring them back. vii.
You must model a holy life so that you become a pattern son and the final product of what God required in His kingdom. • You cannot sell what you cannot see and show. The woman was a true worshiper and she modeled it by the way she worship. We have to prove to them that they need to become like you. •
Be a pattern son pleasing in everyway.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Session 30-27th Oct Reigning in the kingdom. a. Reigning is to establish peace, prosperity and progress after government and rule is established. b. Reigning is the absence of resistance of government and rule •
When you reign there is no longer any resistance and there is protection for all. God is our protection; our provider.
c. Reigning began at the throne room when Jesus was exalted at the right hand of God. •
Taking dominion and reigning are inevitable results. He is call the reigning son but the church is beginning to rule.
d. Reigning speaks about the position of stature. •
Coming to a full circle of being position well. No resistance is there and you are executing purpose.
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You become king to reign. It is time to establish purpose. Ezr 1:2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. (NKJV) Cyrus discovered the purpose why he was king.
e. Reigning speaks about the achievement of sovereign rule without resistance so that all the subjects are for his plan and purpose. f. We will reign with Him when we are seated with Him in the heavenly places. g. There is no end to His reign.
The Chronology of the Kingdom. a. The kingdom is set up and the king is crown in the throne room.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Ac 2:1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Ac 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Ac 2:3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. Ac 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. (NKJV) Acts 2- Whatever happen in the throne room was filter down to the upper room. Da 7:13 "I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. Da 7:14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed. (NKJV) Dan 7:13 & 14- Jesus sat at the throne and given dominion. Eph 1:20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, Eph 1:21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. Eph 1:22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, (NKJV) Eph 1:20-22- The kingdom is set and the king is crowned. b. The kingdom of God will swallow up every other rule. Dan 2:31-35;44-45;7:9-27-The nations are His inheritance. Da 2:31 "You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. Da 2:32 "This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, Da 2:33 "its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. Da 2:34 "You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Da 2:35 "Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. (NKJV)
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Da 2:44 "And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. Da 2:45 "Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the goldthe great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure." (NKJV) Da 7:9 "I watched till thrones were put in place, And the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire; Da 7:10 A fiery stream issued And came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, And the books were opened. Da 7:11 "I watched then because of the sound of the pompous words which the horn was speaking; I watched till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given to the burning flame. Da 7:12 "As for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time. Da 7:13 "I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. Da 7:14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed. Da 7:15 "I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. Da 7:16 "I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things: Da 7:17 'Those great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise out of the earth. Da 7:18 'But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.' Da 7:19 "Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze, which devoured, broke in pieces, and trampled the residue with its feet; Da 7:20 "and the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, before which three fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke pompous words, whose appearance was greater than his fellows. Da 7:21 "I was watching; and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them, Da 7:22 "until the Ancient of Days came, and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom. Da 7:23 "Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be A fourth kingdom on earth, Which shall be different from all other kingdoms, And shall devour the whole earth, Trample it and break it in pieces. Da 7:24 The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Da 7:25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a time and times and half a time. Da 7:26 'But the court shall be seated, And they shall take away his dominion, To consume and destroy it forever. Da 7:27 Then the kingdom and dominion, And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.' (NKJV) c. David prophesied that someone will sit on his throne and God will give Him the throne. Acts 2:30-God’s covenant with David-not a natural seed but a resurrected seed. Jesus was the seed of David. Ac 2:30 "Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, (NKJV) Acts2:25-31; 34-35-The heir to the throne of David. Ac 2:25 "For David says concerning Him: 'I foresaw the LORD always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken. Ac 2:26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. Ac 2:27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. Ac 2:28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.' Ac 2:29 "Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Ac 2:30 "Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, Ac 2:31 "he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. (NKJV) Ac 2:34 "For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Ac 2:35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."' (NKJV) d. God the father had decreed to make all Jesus’ enemies a footstool for Him. Ac 2:45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. (NKJV)
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 e. The church is now chosen o fish the assignment with the Father and the Holy Spirit. We have been enlisted to extend His kingdom rule here on this earth.
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Christ is now above all rule and authority, We do not have to wait for it to begin, it has already begun. Lk10:18&19/Matt 12:28&29/Matt 16:18/Col 2:15 Lu 10:18 And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Lu 10:19 "Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. (NKJV) Mt 12:28 "But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. Mt 12:29 "Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. (NKJV) Mt 16:18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. (NKJV) Col 2:15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. (NKJV)
g. Initially the kingdom was offered to Israel. Matt16:28-Jesus reveal who He is in His kingdom. He made the invisible kingdom to their eyes. The kingdom was reveal to His disciples. Mt 16:28 "Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." (NKJV) Mk 1:15.-The certain time has been fulfilled. The kingdom cannot wait anymore. Jesus revealed that He is the kingdom and demonstrated to them in Matt5, 6&7. Mr 1:15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." (NKJV) Matt 4:17-Repent and be ready but Israel rejected it.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Mt 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." (NKJV) The kingdom was taken from them to a nation that was producing fruit-Matt21:5, 40, 42 & 43. That generation was destroyed who rejected Jesus. The kingdom was offered and was postponed. It was not return to Israel. Mt 21:5 "Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.'" (NKJV) Mt 21:40 "Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?" (NKJV) Mt 21:42 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 'The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD'S doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes'? Mt 21:43 "Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. (NKJV) When Jesus knew that they rejected the kingdom He started speaking to them the mystery form of the kingdom in parables as the kingdom of heaven. He hid it in parables. When He came to 40 days and nights in Acts 1, He was talking about the reality of the kingdom to His people and they were confuse and asked about the nation of Israel but here Jesus said that it was a new nation and not Israel. He talks about it in 1 Peter. Peter began to understand about this new nation and new priesthood and what Joel had prophesied about going to the nations of the world. h. The kingdom was established definitely in the heavens and in eternity with Jesus crowned as the King of kings and the Lord of lords. •
The kingdom is established progressively through the church on the earth. The kingdom will be established finally in the last days through the church. What He was offering was the kingdom age but now we are part of the church age. The age is to usher in the kingdom age. When the church can establish it well then Jesus will reign for a thousand year. There some things He bring under subjection here on the earth. The whole book of Hebrews lie in these verses. Heb 2:5 For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. Heb 2:6 But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him?
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Heb 2:7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands. Heb 2:8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. Heb 2:10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Heb 2:11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, Heb 2:12 saying: "I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You." Heb 2:13 And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And again: "Here am I and the children whom God has given Me." Heb 2:14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, Heb 2:15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Heb 2:16 For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham. Heb 2:17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. Heb 2:18 For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted. (NKJV) When God created men He wanted to subject all creation to men but men could not fulfill that plan. God original plan is for men to subdue all things but the world to come could not be taken over by men in that matter. Though we cannot see men doing that Jesus came and showed men the way to do it. Jesus came to show how to go back to the original way. Jesus paved the way for men to come the plan and purpose. He came to cut off the power of death and from the throne help men to enter in that which was meant for men. He remove all that the enemy has placed as barricades for men but Jesus broke all for men to enter into that covenant. It will happen. Not only had God promised us but Jesus has done it, He has made it happen and bring many sons into glory. He is the author of our salvation. Jesus is the builder in Hebrews 3. Heb 3:1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, Heb 3:2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. Heb 3:3 For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house. Compiled by Roy Lim
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Heb 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God. Heb 3:5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, Heb 3:6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. Heb 3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Heb 3:8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness, Heb 3:9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years. Heb 3:10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, 'They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.' Heb 3:11 So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.'" Heb 3:12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; Heb 3:13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. Heb 3:14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, Heb 3:15 while it is said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." Heb 3:16 For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? Heb 3:17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? Heb 3:18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? Heb 3:19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. (NKJV) Jesus is now the builder and living in us. It secures that on the earth, The one with the original pattern has gone into heaven but all of Him is here on the earth living inside and whatever is lacking He intercedes to measure up for us. Our hearts cannot be harden so that we can call on Him and everyday He can measure up for us. Everything is measure for us by Jesus paving the way. The path He takes nothing can touch it and He has build a new infrastructure for us to walk into. The blood of Christ is speaking for mercy and not for vengeance. We will always walk into the original plan of heaven There is no stopping you because you will enter into it. The door is now open for us to enter into the Holy of holies. Even the articles has been shifted. Heb 9:2 For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; Heb 9:3 and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, Heb 9:4 which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; (NKJV)
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 In our communion with Him we can have free access to Him. We are not outside but we inside because there One who has gone inside and that is Jesus. In Him we are in the ‘Shekinah’ glory of God. We still need to study and read His word because we are still on the earth. As far as our knowledge is concerned we are still behind time but we already have access to the Holy of holies and we can get closer and closer in our relationship. Through the Spirit we can access to Him. One article has already been pushed inside. Worship and prayer is already given us free access. Take advantage of it that if we keep going in there all other things will be easy. That is the down payment breakthrough. There is no more veil between us. In the Spirit dimension we are already One with Him. In the Spirit we are collecting all our blessings. In our Spirit devotion, we can enter in. The word becomes easy and all the aspects becomes easy because we are learning from the Lord. What He knows we can know. Our perspective cannot be from the outer courts but our perspective must be from the Holy of holies.
Session31-28th Oct. We need to understand Hebrew 2 & 10. It is essential so that if we can see we will see that Jesus was the forerunner. i.
Though Christ rule is absolute over creation and we are reigning with Him in the spirit we still need to battle in the heavenlies and earthly plain.
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This is the assignment of the church and there are no 2 contradiction but there are 2 realities. We can experience progressive triumph now because Jesus triumph definitely then.
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In the absence of the King the priesthood of the king under the order of Melchizedek protects the church.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Heb 5:9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, Heb 5:10 called by God as High Priest "according to the order of Melchizedek," (NKJV) We need to become a spiritual house fill with worship and prayers and that is the priesthood that will protect the church. Now the church understands that we are sons and kings and that will be the progressively revelation. We have the Midianite priesthood, Aaronic priesthood, Babylonian priesthood and the Melchizedek Priesthood. k. The kingdom is expending in its influence gradually. It has to grow extensively that is outward and grow intensively that is inward. Eph 4:11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, Eph 4:12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, Eph 4:13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; (NKJV) •
God sent the fivefold ministry to form the man Christ. No one of us can become all of Christ but what we gather and put together we come to the measure of Christ.
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We should be tagging along but we need to be functioning effectively. The word is multiplied many times in the nations of the world.
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He who is joined to the Lord is one Spirit and it is here you pick up the authority. It is not Him coming down to you but you going up to Him. We do not access to our resources because we live in the natural plane and try to pull it here but it does not take place that way. You need to go to Him to make it happen.
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We are the most marginalized because of wrong teachings although we are sincere and passionate.
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When we come to the heavenly places we are in Him and He in us. In two places we are connected and both are realities. In the heavenly places we take the goods and in the natural place we deliver. When we are here in person we learn from the One who defeated death and we do here on the earth.
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We are not worshipping if we are still on the natural plane. It is not about doing everything in the natural...smoke machine, morsh pit and other natural things.
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The first time Abraham went to worship only with wood and fire… and not with guitars or keyboards. So many times we work for the wrong things.
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Our worship passes through the second veil and inter mingle with the person of God. It is the person. The person of the Spirit; the person of the Father. For us to hear the voice of heaven we need to be in the heaven.
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Most of us only hear the small inner voice but to hear God in clarity and audible we need to be relating with God in the Spirit. Moses heard the voice of God as the voice of God because he is in another realm but the rest only heard noise because they were in the natural realm.
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The church is advancing and duplicating the kingdom in every domain. The church is presenting the kingdom to the people although it is not a reality to them yet so the church is to bring that reality to every domain under the dominion of heaven.
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At some point the church will be caught up to a dimension of the spirit so that they will rule and reign. The church life will be so different that it will take us up to the dimensions of the Spirit so that we can start to rule from that realm.
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We are gathering momentum to get the people sealed by the Spirit so that these will be the ones that will walk with the Lamb.
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The church will come to place of being caught up. She must come to place of meeting God and be caught up. It is not just church as usual but church unusual. We are operating the dynamics of heaven.
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We need to train and equip the saints so that the church can come to the place and be mature enough to be caught up.
m. When the church is caught up to the throne Satan will be dethroned from the heavenlies and cast done to the earth. Re 12:1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. Re 12:2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. Re 12:3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. Re 12:4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. Re 12:5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. Re 12:6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. Re 12:7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, Re 12:8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. Re 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Re 12:10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Re 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Re 12:12 "Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time." Re 12:13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. Re 12:14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. Re 12:15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. Re 12:16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. Re 12:17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (NKJV) •
When we operate in the heavenlies Satan will be cast down and so he will be earthly and all confrontations will be on the level of the earth.
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The church will be so visible in the heavenly place to bring confrontation with height and stature. If we get this chapter of Revelation wrong then we will get all the rest of the interpretation wrong in the book of Revelation.
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The church was reigning.
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There are 2 realities. The church is now beginning to meet Christ and this is the meeting in the secret chambers and she brings for the whole company of the male child. You cannot have child if there no intimacy. The virgins with the extra oil went in and there must be a level of intimacy behind the closed door.
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Session 32-28th Oct o. She was with child because the marriage supper has already passed. •
This is not the marriage supper of the Lamb but now there is union and the woman was found with child. The male child is not one but a company; a finishing generation that is super natural empowered by God.
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The male child is to rule. He is a prince; an overcoming company who is to rule and the church must see the male child in clarity and he is the hundred fold company. It is this generation that will turn the course of the world around. They are the tipping point and will align everything. So the devil tries everything possible to destroy this child because this child will frustrate everything the devil wants to do.
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There is travail in the church and sometimes the church seem to be out of shape but the child is not seen yet but it will be brought forth. This child is being formed and shape. From the day of their birth and they will know God. Inside the hearts of the people there will be a change and at the moment it seems that we are in a defeated state.
p. When the child is born he will caught up to the throne and he will rule the nations of the world. He will feed the woman and nourish her. •
The birth of the child will signal the fall of Satan. His rule over nations will be broken. Now the male child is taking over, ruling from heaven.
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When the male child finds his place the devil will be displace.
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When we become stronger they become weaker. If you are not strong than the strong man will always be an issue.
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Satan is not only cast out from the third heavens but he will be cast down from the heavenlies and there will be a loud voice coming from heaven. The third heavens are all cleansed and Satan cannot operate there.
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The angels were engaged in war and overcame Satan and cast him down on the earth. The woman was on the earth but the male child was caught up to the throne. The church is on the earth although we are in the spirit world. The woman is physically on the ground although we are caught up in the spirit.
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There is now an earthly battlefield. When the battle is in full force the church will stand by the sustenance of the male child with revelation truth. The church will go through tribulation because the church will e tested but she will be protected by the male child. This will be the time we will see the restoration of the Jews and we will see that they will also be attack by the enemy.
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When the devil is in full force, the earth will open up and swallow all the deceptions of the devil. What we do in full scale revival will turn everything around. The deceptions will be swallowed up. In the midst of all of these the church will be protected as it were in the ark. She will be cocooned and protected. In three and a half years the church will be protected. Happenings in the 3 ½ years.
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Satan will produce a counterfeit Kingdom.
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There will be tribulations
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There will be salvation in the nations and the return of the Jews to salvation.
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Satanic manifestations will come to full manifestation- manifestations of false prophet; the harlot; the anti Christ.
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Manifestations of the sons of God. •
We do not if it is the literal times or what sort of time but it is in the epox of God’s time.
r. At the end of the season (3 ½ years) there will be the translation of the saints which is the first resurrection when we will meet Christ in the air. •
The dead in Christ will rise first and those who are alive in the twinkling of an eye will be caught up with Him.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 s. The return of the King to receive His bride. •
The bride has made herself ready.
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God will judge them for not responding to His word. He did not come to destroy the world but to deliver. He will set up His millennial kingdom for a thousand years and Zion will be the head of all nations and He will rule from the throne of His father David. That is when Gentile nation will become sheep nations or goat nations.
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Judge means to rule and to reign. He sets up His kingdom. Those who respond will be the goat nation and those who do not respond will be the goat nation.
u. In this period of time Satan will bound for a thousand years. v. The kingdom will be in full manifestation on the earth. •
This is called the millennial earth.
w. Satan will be loose from being bound. •
Fallen angels will be judge. He will be loose to be judge. He is not loosed to run free. He is taken out of prison to be judged.
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At this point the wicked will be resurrected and be judge.
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Death, Satan, the anti Christ, false prophets and ministries and sin will be cast into the lake of fire. Re 19:20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. (NKJV) Re 20:10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. (NKJV)
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Re 20:14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. Re 20:15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. (NKJV) Re 20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. (NKJV) y. New heaven and new earth are being designed. •
Heaven will be on earth and earth in heaven.
z. All will return to its original plan. •
God will be walking with man and man with God. What God has created man to be will happen. You will be like God in His image and His likeness. This will be the finality of all finalities.
Preliminary morning session:Lu 7:11 Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. Lu 7:12 And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her. Lu 7:13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." Lu 7:14 Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." Lu 7:15 So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother. Lu 7:16 Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen up among us"; and, "God has visited His people." Lu 7:17 And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region. (NKJV) This is talking of church reformation. The crowd cannot be just following us in a casual way and as a leader we cannot be just leading in the same way all the time. People who follow you must not be following you just because of excitement but they have to follow you because of the fear of God.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 We need to build the church according to pattern. Even though we have the original pattern yet sometimes we are intimidated and people are selling contemporary church.
The Contemporary Church: 1. It is built on personality and not the presence of God. •
They are centered on the platform and the faith of people rest on them.
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When cell church was introduced so many people built their churches around it and then suddenly they switched to G12 and they just twist around.
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God is not cloning and a lot of these concepts are not tested. The cell church is run on management system and that it the Jethro system; the Midianite system.
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Abraham was the tipping point of the war when he brought only 300 men into war.
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It is not singing and music but we are talking about the presence of God. Can we bring the presence of God down. This is what we are concern for. Can we lift our hands and bring down the presence of God? Only hands can bring Him down.
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When God comes He will fill the whole house and everyone who are there will also feel.
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They prefer certain flavors, doing the light stuff on a Sunday so that everybody coming in feeling belong. We are interested about them coming in to change and not just to belong. 1Co 14:24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all. 1Co 14:25 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you. (NKJV)
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The church must be established on the original pattern to be extraordinary. If we want the church to be extraordinary we must reproduce ourselves. We cannot just give to the people want they want to hear but some churches today are catering the message to what the people want to hear.
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God gave us an original church and must give back to Him what is original. The presence of God must be something we stand for. The needs are not what we are built for. They have all kinds of preferences but we stand on the principles of God.
3. It is built around programs but the original church is built upon purpose. •
They have different programs and those who want will come. They will just pick and choose.
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They do not feel that the church is their home. They go from one church to another because of the programs.
The purpose of the church:a. The purpose of God is to extend the kingdom. b. The purpose is to manifest Christ. c. The purpose of the church is to be the landing base for God. •
God must be able to step out of heaven into the church.
d. The purpose of the church is to equip every believer for the Masters use. e. The purpose of the church is to impact the atmosphere and keep it clean. f.
The purpose of the church is to become God’s voice on the earth.
g. The purpose of the church is to destroy the evil one and to bring them into the subjection of the Kingdom so that they will be the footstool of the Lord Jesus Christ. 4. It is established on profit and not people of God. •
They are just thinking of collecting offerings to meet the needs of the church. We need to be caring for the people.
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We need to mature the people for the Master’s use.
5. It is built on projection and not prophetic. •
God’s voice is heard but they are building on projects. They are thinking in terms of how much growth and expansion of cell groups and satellite churches.
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Because of the numbers, money and because of the popularity, they are justified. Every churches that Paul started is no longer there but the denominations are there. God took those churches away because it is only the apostolic grace that will unfold those pattern to build church according to those pattern.
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Unnatural growth will attract demonic activities.
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We must develop the prophetic and apostolic because these are parts of the original pattern.
6. It is running after projects and not the patterns. •
Missions and not patterns. Feeding the poor and the people are involved in the community. Programs keeps the church running and projects keeps the people involved.
7. It is built on positions and not posterity. •
It is not built on sons and covenant relationship. It is only an assistant pastor and not sons. There is not transfer of legacy.
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Paul was in the business of reproducing himself. There must be transfer of what God has given to us.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 Ps 127:1 <<A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.>> Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain. Ps 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep. Ps 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Ps 127:4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth. Ps 127:5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate. (NKJV)
1. God builds the house in order to take the city and to keep the enemy outside of the city. •
Church must grow to take on the city. She has to rise to protect the city and keep the enemy out.
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Many ministries are wasted because they are not hitting the mark of impacting the city. We are not touching anything and we are still doing the same things through the years except for the different people doing it. That is not church, that is just maintaining.
2. The basic pattern of building the house of God is the family, the house of man. •
It starts with his children, his wife and how they work with him. The family concept of the house is family not organization.
3. The people that grow in the house must develop according to the nature of the house. •
The people must change. If the house is having a father they must change to be a son. If he is a warrior then they become the arrows of the warrior.
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They need to stay abreast with the father and rising to the occasion.
4. The numerical figure of church growth is multiplied to those who can rise according to the advancement of the church. •
It is according to the assignment of the church. The actual growth is those who can fulfill the assignment of the church. It is not in attendance.
5. The pastor must evolve in his role function for the church to mature with him. •
The church can only grow according to the growth of the pastor.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 6. The church that is built by the Lord will develop strategies to take the city and guard the city. 7. The church build according to the Lord’s pattern will see the intervention of God upon their lives. •
He will be guarding it even when you are still asleep, He will still be working. That is the place of intimacy with Him. When you are resting God is still working.
8. There are various levels of laborers in the house. a. There are builders and co laborers in the house. b. There are gatekeepers. •
Those who open and shut entrance points. When they lift their hands to pray heaven will open. While Jesus prayed the heavens open. Lu 3:21 When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. (NKJV) When He speaks hearts are opened. Those who open their mouths to pray the gates of hell will be shut. These are people with true authority when they pray things happen.
c. The watchmen. •
The watchmen are those who sees. They are the once that read movements and they are the prophetic people.
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A worship leader can be the watchmen so that they can guide the worship.
d. The wisemen in the house. •
Those who know when to act appropriately. They are people who are in time with God. They know what to do and when to do. They know the seasons of God.
e. The beloved. •
Those who love God and bring intimacy with God. You must come to a place of total rest and be recuperated. God replenishes us when are in the place of complete rest.
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Rest is in the soul. He cease from his labor. God takes over and rejuvenate us.
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We need fathers who produce sons from little children.
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Every sons and daughters are a gift and not a liability. The fruit of the womb is our reward and a gift.
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Whatever you need they bring it to you. Whatever you desire they bring it to you. They fulfill what is in your heart. Mature the children so that they can bring the expertise to them.
g. Warriors who produce arrows and weapons to destroy the enemies at the gate and get the job done. •
They bring safety to the house. Even the random arrow can get Ahab. God will guild any random arrow.
h. Rulers who have power to negotiate outcomes of battle by their position and authority at the outcome of their words. i.
The Lord Himself is our strength and our laborer.
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He is the One laboring and giving.
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Those who do not know how to build are messing up those who know how to build.
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They are always walking in different direction. God has put them there to humor or frustrate us.
Build it according:a. to pattern. b. to purpose. c. to the proceeding word. d. to represent the Father. e. with tried tested trusted materials. f.
with the alliance of sons.
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School Of The Prophets 18th Oct-1st Nov 2010 g. with a future in view. Thereby we are building for Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glory.
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