1

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

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I
ntr
oduct
ion/
Pref
ace

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Twoguyscametoseekthehandofy ourdaughteri
nmar ri
age,t
hef
irsti
sa
wor
kerwit
heart
hlygov
ernment,(
federalgover
nment )
,thesecondi
sa
wor
kerwit
hheavenl
yGovernment(pastor)

Andy ouconvinceyourchi l
d, t
ogof ortheworkerofeart
hlygovernmentdue
toyourinf
luenceonher .Becausetoy ou,y
oucanseemat er
ial
blessi
ngs
aroundthemanwor kingwi t
ht heeart
hlygovernmentnowbuty oucannot
seeanymat erial
blessingar oundtheheavenlyworkernow
Youfai
ltoknowt hatthest
affofearthlygovernmentisbeenpaidon
monthl
ybasis,t
hatiswhyy oucanqui cklyseethemat er
ial
blessi
ng.
Whil
e
thest
affofheavenlygover
nmentisbeenpai dseasonbyseasonsoy ou
maynotquickl
yseet hemateri
alblessing.

Becausetheseasonoftherewardhasnotcomet othestaf
fofheavenly
gover
nmenty outhi
nkthepastorhasnofuture.Justwai
tandsee,aslong
asiti
sheaventhatemployedhim andcommi ssionedhi
mf ort
he
assi
gnment,j
ustwaitandseet hemanif
estati
onofGod.Youwi ll
notonly
seeglor
yaccordi
ngtotherichesinGod,onlyifiti
snotthegover
nmentof

2
heav
ent
hatempl
oyedhi
m.

Theguy swor kingwi t

htheear t
hlygovernment ,i
tmaybeGodt hatgives
himthej ob,andt heguyswor ki
ngdirectlywi t
htheheavenlyGovernmentit
i
sGodt hatgiveshimt heassignment,butt hemodeofpay mentonl y
dif
fer
s, oneismont hl
ywhyt heotherisseasonal .SoIwrit
etoy ouy e
workersofheav enl
ygov er
nment ,Iknowy ourfamil
yhasr ej
ectedy ou,
they
spokeev ilofyourcalli
ng,eveny ourfi
anceehasr ej
ectedyou,don'tworry
,
thecal
lofamanusual l
yfi
rstleadstorej ecti
on,befor
eleadingto
acceptance.

Andt hefactisthatitwill
fir
stleadt ot hedespi
seofthoset hatsupposeto
bethef i
rstsupporteri
ny ourlifeandl eadtotheacceptanceoft hosethat
supposet obelastiny ourli
fe.ThisiswhatJesusmeantwhenhesai di fy
ou
l
osepar ents,r
elati
ves,andf r
iendsf ormysake, Jesuswillgiveyoumany
parents,br
others,andr el
ati
vesi nreturn.

Thequest i
oni showcome?Thef actisthatthosethatar
ef i
rstinyourli
fe
shall
bel astwhilethelastshallbefi
rst.Peopl
ethatusual
lybelieveinyour
vi
sionandf utureifyouarecalledbyGodar enotpeoplethatarecloseto
you,theyarepeopl ethatarefarfr
om y ou.

Becausewhatthecal
li
ngandmandatedoesist
hatitmakespeoplethat
ar
ecloseafteryour
ecei
vethecal
lofGodbecomefarandthosethatarefar
aft
eryoureceiv
ethecal
lofGod becomecl
ose

Mindyou!Notthatt
heywillbefarphysi
cal
l
y,butyourpeople'
sheartswil
l
befarf
rom eachother
.Thatiswhybeforet
hemi ni
ster
ialgl
oryofanyman
ofGODcomes, theequati
onisalways:t
hefir
stbeingthelastandthelast
bei
ngthefir
st.

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Thefacti
sthati
ttakesgracetobuil
drel
ati
onshi
psbackwithanyonethat
speaksagai
nstyourcal
l
ingandv i
sionwhenyouarenot
hing,whoisnow
tr
yingtodr
awcloserwheny ouaresomethi
ng.
Ihavemanyoft hem ar
oundmepersonal
l
y,buttheydon'
thaveapl
acei
n
myhear t
,THEYwantt obecl
oserbutt
hei
rconsciencecoul
dnotal
l
ow
them t
ohavefreeaccesstome.

Becauserejectioni
swheny oudespi
sesomethingorsomeoneandt hr
ow
them awaythinkingi
tisofnov al
ue.
Notemywor d,
becausey out
hinki
tis
ofnov al
ue.Mi ndyou,notbecausei
tisofnov
alue,butbecauseyou*t
hink*
i
tisofnov alue.

Soanyonet hatdespi
seyouorrej
ectyoudoesnotdosobecauseyouare
notv
aluable,hedidsobecauseheisbli
ndtotheval
uei
nyou.Becauseno
maniswithoutv al
ue

Letuslearnfrom t
hereali
tyofl
ife.Manyofthethingswethrowawaysome
otherpeoplearebusypicki
ngthem inthest
reet
st osel
lthem backtothe
factor
yforrecycl
i
ngandt oreprocessi
ttowhaty oupaytogetagain.

Thati
s,yout
hr owitawaybecausey ouarebli
ndtothevaluei
nit,
anda
manwithafact or
yeyeseesitandsawv aluei
nitandprocessesi
tandsel
l
s
i
tbacktoyou.Sowhenment hr owyouawaybecauset heycannotsee
val
ueinyou,anothermanwil
l picky
oubecauseheseesv alueinyou

Thatiswhyyoudon'tf
orceyoursel
fonanyone,t
heladyIsupposetomar
ry
rej
ectedmewhileinBi
bleColl
egeclai
mingshecannotmar ryaful
l
-ti
me
pastor,
butwhi
leinful
lTi
mepast or
inganotherl
adysawthev al
uei
nme.

4
Thati
swhatal adysawandrej
ect
edanot
herladysawitandpi
ckedi
t.
Why?
Seei
ngmenowshenev erwoul
dbeli
evet
hiswasthesameBanjoAyeka
shegotengagedwithyear
sback

Sodon'
tbedepressed,
becausey
ouarer ej
ected,iti
snotbecauseyouar
e
ofnoval
ue,
iti
sbecausetheonethatr
ejectedy ouisbl
i
ndtot heval
uesi
n
you.
Nowthequestioni
showcanthosethatrejectyouseethevaluei
nyou?

Bywi
shi
ngorhopi
ngi
twi
l
lbebet
teroneday
?No!
!!
Byconf
essi
ngt
hegoodf
utur
ewi
thy
ourmout
h?No!
!!
!!
Bybui
l
dingcapaci
tyi
nli
newi
tht
heseedofgr
eat
nessi
nyou?Yes!
!!
!

Thati
sthepur
poseoft
hisbook,
bui
l
dingy
ouri
nnerman.

Wehavet wokindsofbl
indness,fi
rstt
obewi
thoutsi
ghtandsecondt
obe
shor
t-
sighted.(i
nnerbl
indness)

Short-
sight
edi stheinabi
li
tytoseeanor angetreeandfr
uiti
nsi
dean
orangeseed, i
nabil
it
ynottoseeaf inishedproductfr
om r
awmat er
ial
s,
i
nabili
tynottoseepet rol
,fr
om crudeoi l
..
.Andthishasmademanydespise
andrejectgreatpeopleandgreatthings

Sametoyou,t
heinabil
i
tytoseet hegraceembeddedinyoubeforei
ts
mani
fest
ati
oniswhatisspir
itualbl
indness,
iti
scall
edshort
sight
edness,
i
nabi
l
ityt
oseebey ondthepresent.
Thereissomethi
nginyouthatmenare

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noty
etseei
ng,
ther
eissomet
hingabouty
out
hatmendonotknow

Andt
heonlythi
ngthatcanpr
oveiti
sit
smanif
est
ati
on, andmanifest
ati
on
i
snotsomethi
ngthatcomesuponyounowandmanifeststhesecondday.

Theseedoft hemani
fest
ati
oni
sal
readyi
nyou,youhav
eseenthe
manifest
ati
onbyvisi
on,y
ouknowwhatyouwil
lbecomeinl
i
fe,
butmendo
notknow!

Foramant
oknowwhati
swi
thi
nyou,
itmustgr
owout

Becauset
hetruegl
oryofri
chesofamanisnoti
nthemani
fest
ati
onof
whatisar
oundyoubutiti
sthemanif
est
ati
onofwhati
swit
hinyou.
*

Andyettheglor
ycanbei
nyouanddi
einyouwithoutmanif
esti
ngifyoudo
notunderst
andhowtogr
owitt
omanifest
ati
on.Andthekeyisbui
l
ding
youri
nnerman.

Fol
l
owmei
nthi
sbook

Bui
ldi
ngt
heI
nnerMan

Chapt
erOne

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ThePr
otocol
oft
heI
nnerMan
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Mani
scompr
isedoft
woi
nonedi
mensi
on;

Thei
nnermanandt
heout
erman

Theinnermanr el
ateswitht
hespiri
tualworl
dwhi let
heoutermanrel
ates
wit
ht hemater
ialworld.
Theinnermani scomprisedofspi
ri
twit
hsoul
(mi
nd)whileyouroutermani scomprisedofthebodywiththebr
ain.

Thebrainofmanisdesignedtobebuil
tbyli
feexperi
encebutwewantt o
beforci
ngitt
omemor izeacademicbooks.Thebrai
nismagnet i
cinnat
ure,
anythi
ngthebrai
nseesandhear sandcannotret
ainwithoutst
ressor
crammingisnotdesi
gnedf ori
t.

Thatiswhywheny ouseetherealgeni
ustheydon'
treadmuchbecause
thei
rbrai
nhasbeendesignedtomagnetbooks( t
hesearethepeoplewit
h
thegif
tofacademicint
ell
i
gence,andGodcreatedthem l
i
kethatbecause
theyaredest
inedf
oranassignmentintheacademicsector
.

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Iti
seasytoknowrightfr
om campuswheny ouar
eindest
inydisal
ignment
becauseonceyoubegintofor
ceyourbrai
ntoknowsomething,i
tis
suff
eri
ngandpunishmenttothebr
ain.

Thebrai
nisdesi
gnedtorecor
dthepresentandplayitwhenthepresent
becomesthepast(
iti
sthememorycar dofman).Sot hebr
ainisnot
somethi
ngGoddesignedtobebui
ltbyforci
ngyourselft
ocram.

ThewayGoddesignedthebr
aint
obebui
lti
sbywhatyouseeand
exper
ience,
thebr
aini
samagneti
cfor
ceofpict
ure,
ver
yconnect
edt
oyour
eyesandear.

Youcanseewhyy oucaneasilyrememberaf i
lmy ouwatchmorethana
biol
ogybookyouread.Theonl
ybookt hebrai
neasilyr
emember si
swhen
thebookishi
stor
icali
ncontentorpoeti
cincontentbecauset
hecontent
hastodowiththeday-to-
dayeventofli
fe.

Thatiswhyr ealeducationisnotbyr eadi

ngbooksandbecr ammingitj
ust
topassexams, Ther eal wayofstudyingbooksdonotstudytopass.I
tist
o
studytoknow, t
heyar enotst udy
ingchemi st
rytopasst
heyar est
udyi
ngit
toknow,it
'sahobbyf orthem andy ouwil
leasil
yknowthattheyhave
assignmentsintheacademi cworld.

Becauseonceyouarestudyi
ngtoknowandnotstudyi
ngtopass,
youar
e
nolongerbui
l
dingyourbrai
n,buty
ouarenowbuil
dingyourmi
nd

Bydesign,
wear enotsupposedtostudytogototestorexam al
l,whena
quest
ionpapergettoyourtabl
eandy ouread,
all
youjustneedistojust
thi
nkback,engageyourmemor yandy oubegi
ntorememberthingsyou

8
hav
eknowni
nthepasti
nli
newi
tht
hatquest
ion

Schoolexam i
snotdesignedtobeatestofintel
l
igence,iti
sdesignedtobe
atestofmemor ybecausenomani swit
houtgoodi ntel
li
gence,
ourareaof
i
ntel
lect
ualcapaci
tyonlydif
fer
s.Andwhenyoust ayintheareaofyour
i
ntel
lect
ualcapaci
tybydivi
nedesignyoudon'tcr
am y ouseeandgr ab

Thati
swhyt
her
eisadi
ff
erencebet
weenst
udy
ingandr
eadi
ng

Your
eadwi
thy
ourbr
ainandst
udywi
thy
ourmi
nd

Thatiswhywheny oureadwi t
hy ourbrai
nandy ouwantwhaty oureadt o
stay,
youwil
lhavetodoal otofwor k,alotofcramming,becausethebook
i
snotdesignedtostoreinthebrain,i
tisdesi
gnedtost or
eactivi
tyofli
fe
whichyouexperi
ence.Thatiswhyt hebestwayt obuil
dyourbrainisnotto
readbutt
ogof orexcursi
on,mov eaboutandf eedyoureyes,beexposed

Exposur
eiswhatbui
l
dsyourbr
ain,
youcanseewhysomeonefrom t
heci
ty
canbesharpt
hanachil
dwhogrewupandlivesi
nthev
il
lage.

Mindyou,manywhoar einthevi
ll
agearebri
ll
i
antthanthechi
ldr
enthat
werebornandbroughtupintheci
ty,
butlackofexposuremakesitl
ookas
i
fthechil
drenoftheci
tyareshar
perthanthevil
l
agechil
dren.

Younowseewhent hecit
ychildrenentert
hev i
l
lageforgrandmaburial
,you
wil
lseehowt hevil
lagechil
drenwi ll
besuffer
ingfrom i
nferi
ori
tycomplex
Why ?Becausesharpnessisnotaboutknowi ngbooksitisaboutthereali
ty
oftheexperi
encethaty ourbrainisexposedto,Sotobuildyourbrai
njust

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exposey oureyestowatchnewthingsmov etothenewenvir
onmentand
thatisall
.Butwhenitcomestobui l
dingyourmind,
thi
siswhererealwork
i
s, t
hisistheaspectofyourl
if
ethaty ouneedtobeint
ent
ionalaboutand
thi
sisther eal
areawhereGODwant syoutobuil
d.

Andt
hisi
sthear
eaofust
hatAf
ri
canshasl
eftf
orl
ong

Becauseyouwi l
lbesur
prisedhowcansomeonecomeoutwi thfi
rstclass
i
nt heUni
versi
tyandyetgetconfusedondestinyassignment?Why ?He
wasonlybuil
dinghisbr
ainbuthenev erbui
l
thismi nd.Youpassthet estof
schoolwi
thwhaty oust
orei nyourbr
ainwhil
ey oupassthetestoflif
ewi t
h
whatyoustoreinyourmind

Whi
l
eyoupasst
het
estoff
ait
hwi
thwhaty
oust
orei
nyourspi
ri
t.

Becauset
herei
sadiff
erencebetweenthet
estofl
i
feandt
het
estoff
ait
h,
youmustunder
standt
hesethreetest
s;

1.TestofSchool
(wi
thy
ourmemor
ybr
ain)
2.TestofLi
fe(wi
tht
hewi
sdom i
nyourmi
nd)
3.TestofFai
th(wi
tht
hest
rengt
hofy
ourspi
ri
t)
.

Whenfacedwiththetestofli
fe,
iti
slikebei
ngconf
rontedwi
thwhattodo
wi
thyourli
fe,
iti
slikebeingconfr
ontedwithmanyopti
onsonmatter
sof
whatt
odo.

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Butwhenf acedwi t
ht hetestoffai
th,thi
sisastormtof ally
oudowni nli
fe,
andy ourspi
rit
ualstr
engthdet er
mi nesyourvi
ctoryov
ert hi
s.Becausethe
str
engthofy ourspir
itisallyouneedtopasst hr
oughthet estoff
ait
h.Soon
thetestofyourmind, howy ouhavebui l
tyourminddetermineshowt o
overcomei t
.

Whil
ewhenitcomestot hetestoffait
hhowy oubui
ldy
ourspi
ri
t
det
ermi
neshowt oovercomei t
.ThatiswhytheBibl
esayswhenyouf
aint
i
nthedaysofadver
sit
y,yourstrengthissmal
l.

I
tdidnotsaywheny ouf
ailinthedayofadversit
y,yourknowl
edgeor
wi
sdom issmall
,iti
syourstrengt
hi ssmall
.Butwhenitcomestothemi
nd,
i
fyoufai
linthedayofconfusionthenyourwisdom issmall
.

Now,
howcanIbest
rongi
nthespi
ri
tandbui
l
dmymi
nd?

Iknowwhatmanypeopl eknowasat oolt

obuil
dyourspir
iti
spr
ayer,
but
thescr
ipt
ureneversai
dso.WhattheBibl
esaysi
sthatthosewhoknow
thei
rGodshall
best r
onginspi
ri
tanddoexploi
t

TheknowledgeofGodmakesy ourspi
ri
tst
rong,whi
l
etheknowl
edgeofthe
thi
ngsofGod,thepr
inci
pleofGodonthereal
it
yofeart
hlyl
i
femakesyour
mindbui
ldup.

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Youdon'
tknowGodwi t
hyourmi
nd,
youknowGodwi t
hy ourspi
ri
twhil
e
youknowthet
hingsofGodandt
hepri
nci
plesofGodwit
hy ourmind.
Tospi
ri
t,i
tisr
evel
ati
onwhi
l
etomi
ndi
tiswi
sdom.

Thatis,
youknowwi thyourspiri
t,youchoosewithyourmindandactwi t
h
yourbodyworki
ngwi tht
hebr ain(t
hereistheuncompromi si
ngrelat
ionship
betweenyourbodyandbr ai
n).Thatis,
tospir
iti
tisr
evelat
ionalknowledge,
tominditi
sadecisionbasedonwi sdom whil
etobodyandbr ainiti
saction
basedontheconcludeddecision.

Sowheny ouar
epassingthroughchal
lengesoflif
ewhatyouknowabout
Godi nyourspi
ri
tisyourstr
engthtopassthrough,Whi
lewhenyouare
facedwithadecisi
onoflif
ethewisdom inyourmi ndi
sthedet
ermi
nant
factor

Thequest i
oni showdoesknowl edgeofGodleadtostrengt
h?Ther eisno
my st
eryabouti t
,itcanbeex pl
ain.Whenyourecei
vedivi
nerev el
ati
onin
yourspir
it
,somet hingautomat i
call
yhappenstoyourspir
itwhichisjoy.
Thereisthisunexpl ai
nabl
ejoythatcomest oyourhear
tandt hatthi
sjoyof
theLordisy ourstrengthoveranychall
engeofli
fe.

Sorr
owisoneoft
hegr eat
estweaponsthatweakensthespi
ri
tofman,why
thej
oyoft
helor
d,notanyhowjoy,notj
oyaboutthethi
ngsofthel
ord,
but
thej
oyoft
heLordisyourstr
ength.

Becauset
hej
oyoft
hel
ordi
sdi
ff
erentf
rom t
hej
oyoft
het
hingsoft
hel
ord,

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Thejoyofthethi
ngsofthelor
dcomewhenGodr el
easesatangi
bleand
noti
ceabl
eblessingonusbutthej
oyoft
helor
distheonethatcomesto
youwheny oureceiv
eknowl
edgeaboutGod

Andthi
sdimensionofknowl
edgeistheoneyouneedwhenf
aci
nga
st
orm orpassi
ngthr
oughthestor
m ofli
fe.

Sotoinvestinyouri
nnermanmeantoinv
estinyourspi
ri
tsothaty
oucan
resi
stt
hest orm ofl
i
fe,i
tmeanst
oinv
estinyourmindtoknowwhattodo
whenfacingtheithconf
usi
onofl
if
e.

Andt heinvest
menti
nyouri
nnermaniswhatdet
erminesyoursuccessi
n
l
ifeandnott heoney
oubackinyourbr
ainf
orgoodfi
veyearsinthe
univ
er si
ty

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan
Chapt
erone

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Thepr
otocol
oft
hei
nnerman
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Therear
efouraspect
sofy
out
haty
ouar
erequi
redt
obui
ldi
nli
fewhi
ch
are

1.Yourspi
ri
t,2y
oursoul
,3.Yourbody4.Yourbr
ain.

RememberIsai
donthelastpagethaty
ouaret
woinonepersonali
ty.Man
i
snotthr
eeinoneaswedot each,
mani st
woinoneper
sonali
ty,
the
out
wardmanandtheinwardman.

2ndCor4:
16

Engl
i
shSt
andar
dVer
sion

Sowedonotlosehear
t.Thoughourout
ersel
fiswast
ingaway
,ouri
nner
sel
fisbei
ngr
eneweddaybyday
Amer
icanSt
andar
dVer
sion
Wher
efor
ewef
aintnot
,butt
houghourout
war
dmani
sdecay
ing,
yetour
i
nwar
dmanisr
eneweddaybyday.

1.Thei
nwar
dmancompr
isesoft
wo-
componentwhi
char
ethespi
ri
tand

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t
hesoul
whi
chi
stheet
ernal
par
t.
2.Andt heout
ermancompr i
sesoft
womaj orcomponent
swhicharethe
bodyandt hebrai
ndesi
gntogrowbutnoteter
nal
.Sobecausei
tis
designedtogrowitmeanswehaveanobli
gati
ontodevel
opandbuil
dt hat
partofus

Thereasonwhyi tisbodyandbrainisthatthegrowthofyourbodyist he
automati
ctickettothegrowthofeverypartofyourbodyasidefr
om y our
brai
n.Thati
sy oucanbegr owinginbodyandbedoom i nthebrainandt he
growthofyourbrainisnottheaut
omat icti
ckettothegr
owthofy ourbody ,
becausewhaty ourbrai
nneedstodev elopisdi
ffer
entfr
om whaty ourbody
needtodevelop

Yourbodygr owsbyf oodwhyy ourbrai

ngrowsbyknowledge,not
knowledget hatcomest hr
oughcrammingacademicbooks,butthe
knowledget hatcomest hr
oughexposureandci
vi
li
zati
on.Yougr owyour
bodybyf eedingyourstomachwhyy ougrowyourbrai
nbyfeedingyour
eyes

Thatiswhyt heoutermancompri
sesofbodyandbr
ainwhyyouri
nnerman
compr i
seofspiri
tandsoulThati
stheout
ermanisthepar
tofyouto
rel
atewiththephy si
calwor
ldandthei
nnermanist
hepartofyoutorel
ate
wit
ht hespi
ritualworl
d.

Andt hepurposewhyGodcr eatedyoul i

ket hati
ssothaty ouwil
lhav et
he
abil
it
ytobr ingtherealit
yofthespi r
itworldintothenatural
,i
fnothingfr
om
thespiri
tual worl
disfindingexpressionthroughy out
ot hephysi
cal wor
ld
theniseitheryourinnermani snotal iv
e(notbor nagain)oryourinnerman
doesnotdev el
op(babyChr i
sti
an)

15
BecausemanisdesignedtobeGate,Ei
therGateofheav enorGateofhell
,
thati
snospir
itt
hatcancomef rom t
hespiri
tual
wor l
dt odoanyt
hinginthe
physi
calwor
ldwithoutpassi
ngthr
oughmenbecausey ouaretwoi none.
Andthisi
spurel
ytheimageofGodbecauseGodcr eatedusinhisimage
andGodistwoinoneper sonal
i
ty.

Godisnotthreei
nonepersonal
i
tyaswedoteach,
Godistwoinone
per
sonali
ty.Thef
ir
stpar
tofGodi st
heSpi
ri
t,t
hati
sGodisaspir
it
,(John
4:
24a).

Godi
saSpi
ri
t:John-Chapt
er4:
24a

WhilethesecondaspectofGodi sthatGodisthewor
d.(John1vs1) .That
i
sall.Whent hespi
ritandthewordcomet oget
herhebecomesGodt he
fat
her,butseparat
ingthespir
itf
rom thewordthenwehavethehol
yspiri
t
andChr i
st(word).

ThisiswheretheconceptofTr i
nitycamei n,butthefat
herTer t
ull
i
anwho
cameupwi t
hthedoctri
neTr i
nit
yint hethir
dcent ur
ymakesomemi st
akes
onthisreal
it
ythatwaswhyt heChur chf r
om t he3rdcenturyto5century
neveracceptthedoctr
ineoftri
nitywhichclaimt hatGodist hr
eeinone,and
fr
om thehistori
cal
factthewayt hedoct r
inebecomeaccept edbythebody
ofChristwaspurel
ydemoni c,i
twasbyf orce,thati
s,bythenifyoudon't
bel
ieveintheconceptofTri
nityyouwi ll
best onedtodeat h

Thatiswhyt heconceptofTri
nit
yisnotscri
ptur
al,
thi
smaybediff
icultf
or
anyreli
giousmant obeli
eve,
youcannotfindthewordTr
ini
tyf
rom theBibl
e.

Andanyt
heol
ogi
anr
eadi
ngt
hiswi
l
lunder
standwhatIam say
ing,
itwasa

16
doctri
nepropagatedbyamanwi ththewrongmot i
ve.Ki
ndlygointodeep
resear
chbeforecr
itici
zi
ngt hi
s..
.BecauseIknowmypeopl einAfr
ica,
they
areverygoodinbl
indar gument,thatisar
guingnotbecausetheyknow
baseont hedeepstudy,butarguejustbecausetheyknowbaseonwhat
someonehast ol
dt hem forages.

Iam nottryi
ngtoteachrhemaher e,
Iam talki
ngfrom we'
l
lbal
ance
theol
ogicalr
esearch.I
nthecostofy ourr
esearchontheconceptoft
rini
ty,
i
twi l
ldawnony outodiscoverthatt
hestatementof1stJohn5:6-
9ont he
real
it
yoft hr
eethi
ngsbearwi t
nessinheaveni snotf
rom t
heorigi
nal
manuscr i
ptitwasnotastatementofjohn,itwasaddedbymen.

Thoset hattransl
atedKi ngJamesser i
ousl
ydidsomedamaget othe
doctri
neoff aithbutwet hinkthatisthebestBibl
ebecauseitpassesthe
testofthelawoff irstcome. Ther
earemanyt hi
ngst
hatkingJames'
versi
onaddedt othescr ipt
uresthatarenotintheor
igi
nalmanuscr i
ptst
hat
i
swhysomenewv ersi
onsar esincer
eenought oremovethem.
Scri
pturel
ikeMat
thew17:
21,
Romans8:
vs1b,
andsomest
atement
sin
fi
rstJohnandmanymore.

Thati
swhysomesi ncerever
sionremov
esthoseBibleverses.Soi
fyou
under
standGodper fect
lyyouwil
lknowheistwoinone.ThatisGodis
one(Deuteronomy6:4),butwit
htwodif
fer
entpersonal
i
tieswhichi
sthe
spi
ri
tandt heword,
butwhent hetwocomet oget
herHebecomesoneGod

Justasy ouareoneasahumanbei ng,buty

ourpersonal
i
tycanbedi v
ided
i
ntoinwar dmanandt heout
war dman,soal
soGodi sonebutchoseto
manifesthimselfasthespir
itandastheword.
Whenhecomesi nsepar at
e
youseehi m asHol yspi
ri
tandasChrist
(word)butwhenthespi
ritandthe
wordcomet ogetheryouhavetheful
l
nessofGod.

17
Sot
hisi
stheequat
ion.

Wor
d+Spi
ri
t=God
Wor
d-Spi
ri
t=Chr
ist
Spi
ri
t-wor
d=hol
yspi
ri
t

Thatiswhywhent hewordbecomesfl
eshhehast orecei
vetheholyspi
ri
t
tomanifest
.(Luke4:
18).
WhentheHolySpir
itcametheBiblesayshedid
nothaveawor dofhimsel
f,het
akesoutofChrist
(word)andspeaksitt
o
you.(John16:13)

TheHolySpi
ri
tcannotspeakwi
thoutt
heword,buthecandemonst r
ate
wit
houtthewor
d,Whil
ethewordcannotdemonstrat
ewithoutthehol
y
spi
ri
tbuthecanspeakwit
houtt
heHolySpir
it
,becauseheistheword.

Ifyousay,God,t
heFat
herisdi
ffer
entf
rom t
hewordandthespir
it
,what
personal
i
tydidGodthefat
hernowhave?*GodtheFat
herisnotdi
ffer
ent
from t
hewor dandt
hespir
it
,Godthefat
heri
sthewordandthespiri
t
combined*

Meaningi
fyouseparatespi
ri
tandthewor d,t
henthereisnoGodany where
anymore.
Ifwecanhav eGodthefathersepar
ateaft
erseparati
ngthespir
it
andthewordthenwecansayGodi st hr
eeinone,butifyousepar
atethe
wordandthespir
it
,ther
eisnothi
nglikeGodanyone,itmeansGodi stwoin
one

18
Forinst
ance,
ifyouseparat
emyi nnermanfr
om myouterman,y
oucannot
haveBanjoAyeka,Ther
eisnot
hinglikemesepar
ate,
myinnerman
separat
eandmyout ermansepar at
e

Whatfor
msmei st hecomingtogetherofmyinnermanandmyout erman.
SametoGod.Whatf orm Godthefatheri
sthecomingtoget
herofHisSpi
ri
t
andHiswor
d,thatisGodhead.IfyousayGodt heFat
herisdi
ff
erentf
rom
Godthehol
yspiri
t

AndtheBi
blesaysGodisaSpiri
t,i
fGodtheFat
herisaSpi
rit
,heisnow
di
ff
erentf
rom t
heholyspi
ri
t?.
IfHol
ySpir
iti
sSpir
itAndChr
istisWord.What
i
snowGod?

BecauseGoddidnothaveamor t
albody,heisnott
heoldmanwi thwhit
e
bearssi
tt
ingontheki
ng'
sseatwi t
hacrownonhi shead.
Heisjusttheword
andthespir
itt
oget
herbutchoosestoseparat
ehimselfi
ntot
wo.

Asthespir
itandastheword,Thati
swheny ouknowspi
ri
taloneyouhave
nottoknowtheGodt hefat
her,
youonlyknowthehol
yspir
itwhil
ewhen
youknowtheWor daloneyouhavenotknownGodthefat
heryouonlyknow
Chri
st.

Butwhent hewordandthespi
ri
tbecameoneandyoucancapt
uret
he
revel
ati
onofit
, t
henyoubegi
ntoknowGodthefat
her.Hei
sthewordand
thespir
itt
ogether.

Andwhenthewordandthespir
itbecomeonel i
keGod, t
henaturethat
for
mislove.
ThatiswhyGodislove.(1stJohn4:8)Whenthespiri
tand
wordbecomeseparat
edthenat
urethatthespi
ritfor
mispower ,
whi l
ethe

19
natur
et hatthewor
dformiswisdom.Thati
s,t
hespir
itbecamefir
e
manifestati
onaspowerwhil
ethewordbecameli
ghtmanifest
ingas
wisdom andknowledge.

Thatistospir
iti
sfi
rewhil
etoworditi
slight.Butwhenthefi
reandl ight
comet oget
her,t
heybecomeburni
nglove.Thatiswhythesymbol ofloveis
l
ikelight
+fi
reonacandlesti
ckt
hisshapeofl i
ghtonacandlest
ick..
.And
thatisGodforyou,
youcanknowwhent hel oveofGodentersyouhe
beginstoburn

Thati
swhythefi
rstt
hingthatmusthappentoyouaf t
ersal
vati
oni
snott
he
manif
est
ati
onofpowerorwi sdom,i
tisthebur
ningloveofGod,
manif
est
ingashungeranddesiref
orthethi
ngsofthespiri
t,

I
tisthisburninghungert hatcanonlytakey ouonaj ourneyofencounter
i
ntot hesuper nat
uralr
ealm wherey ouwi l
lencounterei
therpoweror
wisdom ofGoddependi ngony ourcall
ingandassignmentandusei ti
nthe
physicalworld.SoGodi stwoi noneandnott hr
eeinone, hei
sone
personal
itythatdivi
deshi mselfi
ntotwo(t hespiri
tandt heWord)Someone
maywantt oquot ethi
sBibleverseMat thew28:19

NewLi
vi
ngTr
ansl
ati
on

Ther
efor
e,goandmakedi sci
plesofal
lthenat
ions,bapt
izi
ngt
hem i
nthe
nameoftheFatherandt
heSonandt heHolySpiri
t

Thef actisthatt
hereisenoughevi
dencetoprov
et hatthi
sisnott
he
ori
ginal wordofJesus..
.Thatwaswhytheapostl
enev erf
oll
owsitas
doctrine.
.Thisi
sthedoctri
neoftheapost
le.
..

20
ThenPetersai
duntothem,Repent,andbebapt
izedeveryoneofyouinthe
nameofJesusChristfort
heremissionofsi
ns,
andy eshall
recei
vethegif
t
oftheHolyGhost
.Acts-Chapter2:
38

Fr
om t
heor
igi
nal
manuscr
iptt
hisi
swhatJesussay
s

Vs19:
Goy
ether
efor
e,andt
eachal
lnat
ions,
Vs20:Teachingt
hem t
oobserv
eallthi
ngswhat
soeverIhav
ecommanded
you:
and, l
o,Iam wi
thyoual
way,ev
enuntotheendoftheworl
d.Amen.
Matt
hew-Chapt er28:
19,
20

ThentheTr
ini
tar
iansadded.
..Bapt
istt
hem i
nthenameoft
hef
ather
,son,
andtheHol
ySpirit

Ki
ndl
ymakey
ourr
esear
ch.

Godpl ansisthatyouhavehim asone(love)youalsocarr

ythetwo
per
sonalit
iesofhimselfwhicharet
heSpiri
tandtheword.Becauseifyou
onl
ycar r
ytheSpiri
tdimensionofGody ouwil
lmisbehav
e,youracti
onwi l
l
befooli
shbecausey oudon'thavewisdom(Chri
st)andyourcharacterwil
l
bedeadlykil
li
ngthosey ousupposetofavel
ikeEli
j
ahbecausey oudon't
hav
el ove(Godhead)

Andifyouonlycarr
yt hewordwi t
houtGodhead(l
ov e)youwil
lactli
ke
Mosesandki l
l
edmenwi ththetencommandment s.Ift
hespir
itofGodis
theonlyper
sonali
tythatcamet oeart
h,theresul
twi t
hbeingdestr
ucti
on,
theresul
twil
lbejudgmentwi t
houtmer cy.

21
Wheny outakethewor doutoft
hespiri
t,t
hespir
iti
swit
houtmercy
,isa
consumingfir
e,theeyesofSpir
itcannotbehol
dini
qui
ty.
Thati
swhyt he
spi
ritwasstr
ictwithmenintheoldtest
ament,i
twasaspiri
twit
houta
word.

Andwhent hewordcamewi thoutt

hespiri
thekil
let
h,becausehebecomes
l
awandl et
terandlet
terki
l
let
h.Spiri
twit
houtwordconsumewhywor d
wit
houtspi
ritki
l
let
hbutspiri
tandwor dt
ogethergiv
elif
eandpower

Thatiswhyinthenewtestamentt
hewor dfi
rstcamet ous,t
henthespi
rit
,
sowheny ouhaveboththewordandthespiri
tinyou,Hebecomeslove,he
becamelif
e,andthati
sthetwopersonal
i
tiesofGodthef at
herheisl
if
eand
heislov
e.SoGodcannotrelat
ewit
hy ouashedi dwit
hmenoft heOld
test
ament.

Becausethroughtheprophet,t
heyhav
et hemanif
estat
ionoft
hespiri
tin
theoldtest
amentbuttheydidnothavetheword,andthati
sfi
reand
thr
oughMoses, theyhavethewordbutdidnothavethespi
ri
tandthatis
deathbutwehav ethespir
itandthewordandthati
slif
eandthati
slove

Thewordinuswhichi
sChr
istmakest
heHolySpir
itt
obelov
ely.
Nowwhat
i
sthemai npoi
nt,
whydowehavetogothr
oughthi
snarr
owrevel
ati
onal
under
standi
ng?

Seey
ouont
henextpageont
hat

Note:thepur
poseofthi
steachi
ngisnottoargueonthedoct
ri
neofthe
tr
ini
ty,whi
chshoul
dnotleadtofi
ghti
ng,ei
theryoubel
iev
ethedoct
ri
neof
Tri
nit
yornot,youwi
llmakeheaven.

22
Itdoesnotaddt oy oursal
vati
onanditdoesnotreducefr
om your
salvat
ion,Ionlytouchi tal
itt
lebi
tbecauseoftheconceptoft
heinner
manIwantt oexpl ain.
Sobeforeyouopposeitki
ndlymakeenoughand
widetheologicalresearchthenyoucannowopposebaseony our
conclusi
on

Butifyoujustreadandconcl udenegat i
vebecauseitopposestheol
d
theol
ogyandi deologyy ouarebroughtupwi t
hsince1956,whichyoudi
d
notevenknowt hori
ginof .ThenIjustseeyouasamanar gui
ngbli
ndl
y.
Makey ourdeepr esearchont heconceptof1John5:6-9)andgetbackt
o
me..Don'tbement all
ylazy

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
erOne

_
___
___
___
___
___
___
___

ThePr
otocol
oft
heI
nnerMan
_
___
___
___
___
___
___
___
__
.

Weest
abl
i
shedr
eal
i
tyont
hel
astpageaboutt
het
ruei
dent
it
yofGod.We

23
di
scussedGodtobet
woinonewhichiscont
rar
ytot
het
heol
ogyoft
he
Tr
ini
tari
ansont
hesubj
ectoft
het
ri
nity
.

Inl
inewit
ht hat
,weestabli
shedthatthati
sthereasonwhyGodcr eat
edus
i
nhi si
mageast woinonewhi chistheinnermanandtheouterman, j
ust
astheSpi
ritandtheWordar etheinneri
magesofGodwhi l
eChristandthe
bodyofChrist(Chur
ch)istheouterimageofGod.

AndjustastheoutermanofChr
istcompri
sesoftwowhichisthehead
(br
ain)oftheChur
chandthebodyofChri
stknownasthechurch.Soal
so
youroutermanisoftwocomponents(
yourbodyandyourheadthati
s,
yourbrai
n).

Mindy ou,don'
tconfusey ourbrainwithyourmindYourbr ai
nisphysi
cal
,
butyourmi ndisnot,becauseev erypartofyouthatexi
stsbutisnot
physi
cal i
scalledtheinnerman. I
ftheycutyouintotwo,youcannotsee
yourspiri
tandmi ndthatprocesst hought,
butyoucanseey ourbrai
nifyour
skul
lisremov ed(Seemor eofthisont henextpage)

Youcanbythepowerofsciencestudythebrai
n,butsci
encecannotst
udy
thei
nnerman,sci
enti
fi
cknowledgeknowsnot hi
ngabouttheinnerman,
andthati
stheadvant
agerevelat
ionhasoversci
enti
fici
ll
uminati
on.

I
ttakesSpi
ri
ttoknowt
het hi
ngsthatarenotphysi
cal
,sci
enceonl
yhel
psus
t
oknowev er
ythi
ngphy
sicalandnatur
alwhyill
uminat
ionhel
psusto

under
standevery
thingphysi
calandnatur
albutomnisci
encehel
pust o
knoweveryt
hingthatexi
stsbutnotphysi
calandnatur
alwhyrev
elat
ionhel
p
youtounderst
andwhatisinvisi
bleandnotnatur
al.

24
SojustasChri
stistheheadandbr ai
noftheChurchsoalsoyourbrainto
yourbody.
Thewor dandthespir
itarethei
nnermenofGod, whil
eChr i
st
andthechurcharetheoutermanofGod.Soal soyourspi
ri
tandy oursoul
(mind)ar
eyourinnermanwhi l
eyourbodyandbr ai
nareyourouterman.

Andthi
sistheimageGodcr eatedy
ou,t
obetwoinone.Theinnermanand
theout
erman,wheny ourinnermanandtheout
ermanarejoinedtogether
youbecomeal i
vi
ngsoul.
Anotherwaytoexpr
essourper
sonali
tyistosay
wearespir
itandfl
esh

Ourbodyandbr ai
narecompr i
sedofourfl
eshwhi leoursoulandspi
ri
t
compr i
sethespi r
it
.Thatiswhytobespiri
tual
meanst ofocusonbui
ldi
ng
theaspectofy outhati
sinvi
sibl
e,andtobedoingspi r
it
ualassi
gnment
meanst ofocusonbui l
dingtheaspectofmant hatisi
nvisi
blebutmore
thanthevi
sibleaspectofman.

Thati
swhybef
oreamancanbespi
ri
tual
hemustf
ir
stbel
i
evet
hef
oll
owi
ng

1.Thatt
hespi
ri
tual
wor
ldexi
sts
2.Thatt
her
eist
hehi
gherpar
tofy
out
hatcomesf
rom t
her
eandbel
ongs
ther
e.

3.Thatt
hespi
ri
tual
real
m cont
rol
sthephy
sical
4.Thatyoucanuset
her
esour
cesoft
hatr
eal
mtocont
rol
theact
ivi
ti
esof
thi
sreal
m
5.Thatt
heonl
ywaytomakeani
mpactandful
fi
ll
dest
inyinthisphysi
cal
partoft
heear
thi
stouset
hepowerandwi
sdom fr
om thei
nvisibl
ereal
mto

25
mov
eint
hephy
sical
6Andthatanotherwayofgetti
ngsomethingint
hatreal
mi seit
herheused
bl
oodsacri
fi
ceofot her
sorhisbloodsacri
fi
ceorhesell
shissoultothe
devi
lwi
thquickeart
hlybenef
itandeverl
asti
ngeter
nalconsequences.

7.Butt
ogetanythi
ngfr
eefrom t
hatr
eal
m wi
thoutsacr
if
icesbutbyf
ait
h,
youmustbel
iev
ei nChr
ist
.

Sot
hissev
enunder
standi
ngi
swhatmakesmanyt
obespi
ri
tual
.

Now,thequestioni
sdespit
ethatt
hespir
itual
productandresour
cescal
led
spi
ri
tualblessi
ngaref
reethr
oughChri
st,
butthespiri
tualbl
essi
ngisver
y
cost
lythroughthedev
ily
etwhyarepeoplesti
llgoi
ngtothedevil
togeti
t.

1.Thefir
streasonisthatev enmenwhocl ai
mt obelongt other ealm oft
he
spir
itt
hroughChristcannotmanifestanyspi
ri
tualblessi
ngsi nt hei
rli
fefor
thepeopleofthewor l
dtosee.Yousayaspi ri
tualbl
essingisf reethrough
Chri
standwecannotseet hemani f
estat
ionoffreespiri
tual
bl essingsin
you.Howwi l
ltheybeli
evey ou?

2.Becausespir
it
ual bl
essi
ngthroughsatanisveryqui
ck,onceyoucanpay
thecostl
ysacri
fi
ceandmett her ul
es,
butspiri
tualbl
essi
ngthroughChri
st
i
snotpay i
ngsacr i
fi
cesormeetingrul
esitisbygrowth.(
Galati
ans4:
1-2)
andthemanifestati
onisnotsudden,yougrowintoit

Ther
ecei
vingofi
tisf
reebutt
hemani
fest
ationofitr
equir
esgrowt
h,sothe
i
nabi
l
ityt
opaythepri
ceofti
meint
hesecretplacewhichi
sthemajorway

26
t
obui
l
dthei
nnermani
sthepr
obl
em ofmanybel
i
ever
s.

Theyar eloadedwithdi
fferentspiri
tualblessingsbutnotusefulbecause
theyfailt
oknowt hatwhent hespi r
itualblessingofanykindentersi
ntoyou,
i
tent er
sasaseed, notasf rui
t.Andwheni tentersi
ntoyouasaseed,
hungertobei ndoor(al
onewi thGod)wi llonlybet hemanifest
ati
onthat
menwi llsee,andwhent heyseei tdevilwillbegintousethem t
ospeak
againstthedeali
nggoingoni ny ou.

Butifyoucankeepitup,yourhungertobealonewithGodwillsur
elygiv
e
bi
rthtosomethi
ngsuper nat
ural,
becausetheroadtothespir
it
ualworldis
consist
ent
lyst
ayinginthesecretpl
acenotasar i
tualbutasanunsati
sfied
l
onging.
Now, backtothepoi
nt,sowheny ouri
nnermanandy ouroutermancome
togethert
obecomeoney oubecomeal i
vi
ngsoul.Wearenotal i
vi
ngspir
it
assomedosay ,weshallbeali
vingspi
ri
taft
erRaptur
e,theconceptofman
beingtheli
vi
ngspiri
tisnotnow.

St
udyt
hatBi
blev
ersev
erywel
l
.

1Cor14:
45
45Andsoi tiswri
tt
en,TheFir
stmanAdam wasmadeal i
vingsoul ;
thelast
Adam wasmadeaqui ckeni
ngspirit.Thesearethescr
ipt
urest hatmany
quoteoutofcontextt
hatmaket hem saywear eli
vi
ngspir
its.Butkindl
y
readincontext
,youwill
knowt hatitistal
kingofwhatweshal lbeinthe
worldtocomeandnoti nthi
swor ld.

1Cor14:
44-
49

27
*i
ssownanat
uralbody
;iti
sr ai
sedaspi
ri
tualbody
.Ther
eisanat
ural
body
,andt
her
eisaspiri
tualbody.

45Andsoiti
swri
tt
en,
TheFir
stmanAdam wasmadeal
iv
ingsoul
;the
l
astAdam wasmadeaqui
ckeni
ngspi
ri
t.
46Howbeitt
hatwasnotfi
rstwhi
chisspi
ri
tual
,butt
hatwhi
chi
snat
ural
;
andaft
erwardt
hatwhichi
sspiri
tual
.
47Thef
irstmani
soft
heear
th,
ear
thy
:thesecondmani
stheLor
dfr
om
heav
en.
48Asiseart
hy,sucharetheyal
sot
hatar
eear
thy
:andasi
sheav
enl
y,such
aret
heyalsothatareheavenl
y.
49Andaswehavebornethei
mageoft
heear
thy
,weshal
lal
sobeart
he
i
mageoftheheavenl
y.*

Now,readver
se49again,
Aswehav ebornt
heimageoft heear
thl
ynow
(l
i
vingsoul
)weshal
l(f
uturetense)al
sobeartheimageoftheheavenly
.
Andthati
mageoftheheavenlythatweshal
lbeariscal
l
edspiri
tbeing.

Fornow,wearenoty etspi
ri
tbeings,weareaspiri
tual bei
ng,t
hatisaman
wit
haliv
ingspir
itbutdwelli
namor t
albodyandwhenal i
vi
ngspir
itenter
i
ntoamor t
albody,hebecomesal i
vi
ngsoul.Somani snotaspir
it,man
hasaspir
it
,sobecausemanhasaspi r
itmanisspiri
tual.Noscri
pturesays
manisaspiri
t....
.Mani sali
vi
ngsoul .(Genesi
s2:7).

Ify
ousaidamani saspiri
titmeansyougroupusinthereal
m ofangels,
if
yousayamani smortal
y ougroupusinthereal
m ofani
mals,butify
ousay
amani salivi
ngsoulyougr oupuswhereGodwant sustobe.
Unt i
lwesow
thi
snaturalbodynotbyfait
hbutinphysi
caldeath,
wecannotputtonour
spi
rit
ualbody.

28
Fornow,manisalivi
ngsoul,
butlat
erwhenweputonourspi r
it
ualbodywe
becomeli
keChrist
,(aspi
ri
tbeing)butaslongasther
eisst
il
lpartofus
thatcamefr
om theeart
hwear eli
vi
ngsoul.Whatwearesti
l
lenjoyi
ngnow
i
snotourresur
rectedbodybutourrest
orat
ionbody

Rest
orati
onisdiff
erentf
rom t
her
esur
rect
ion,
andr
est
oredbodyi
sdi
ff
erent
fr
om theresur
rectedbody.
Under
standt
hef
ourki
ndsofbody

1.Mor
tal
body(t
hef
all
i
ngbodyofAdam,
thepassi
onat
eani
mal
i
sti
cbody
)
2Rest
orat
edbody
(theor
igi
nal
bodyofAdam)
3Resur
rect
edbody(t
hebodyofChr
istaf
terher
osef
rom t
hedeat
h)
4.Thecel
est
ial
andt
err
est
ri
albody
(thebodyofangel
s)

WhenChr i
stwasonear t
hheoperatedwi
tharesonatedbodyt hati
s(t
he
exactbodythatAdam hav ebef
oreheeat
swrongf r
uit)t
hatiswhyheis
call
edthelastAdam, butwhenChri
stdi
edandwasr esurrect
edhebeganto
operat
ewithar esur
rectedbody

Therestor
edbodyi sthetr
uemor tal
bodyt hatGodcr eatedforAdam.The
bodythatcanneverbesick,butwheny oulaythehands, thesickrecov
er.
Manyofusar emi ssi
ngoutont hebenefi
tsofar est
or edbody ,wedon'
t
knowwhati tmeanst oberest
oredtoal i
vi
ngsoul ,i
tmeanst ogetbackin
Chri
stwhatwel ostinAdam
Eter
nall
i
feisnotagif
tofr
esur
rect
ion,i
tisagif
tofrest
orat
ion.Adam was
bl
essedwitheter
nal
li
fei
nEdenthetreeofet
ernal
li
fewast her
ewi t
hhim
dayandnight
.

29
Sothebenefi
tofar
esur
rect
edbodyi
sdi
ff
erentf
rom t
hebenef
itofa
rest
oredbody.

Withresurr
ectedbodyy oucanappearanddisappearatthepowerofyour
thoughts,
theresurr
ectedbodyisabovethelawofnat ur
e,becausei
snota
bodyforthiseart
h,soitcannotobeythelawofthiseart
h,andwesee
Jesusoperati
nginthisreal
m aftert
heresurr
ecti
on.
Butwit
harestor
edbody,y
ouareunderthelawofnature,
butyoucan
cont
rolt
helawofnatur
ebythel
awoft hespir
itatwi
l
l si
nceyourwi
ll
isi
n
l
inewit
hGod'swil
l.

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan
Chapt
erone
_
___
___
___
___
___
Thepr
otocol
oft
hei
nnerman.
_
___
___
___
___
___

Nowt hatwehaveestabl
ishedt hescri
ptur
alreal
it
ythatmani snotaspi r
it
,
buttherei
saspir
iti
nman, (job32:8)wehav ealsoestabl
ishedascr i
ptur
al
real
i
tythatmanistwoinoneandnott hreeinonewhi chi
st heinnerman
andtheouterman,ofwhicht heinnermancompr iseofspir
itandsoul why
theoutermancomprisesofbodyandbr ai
n.

Nowwhati stheconnectionbet
weenspiri
tandbodyandt heconnecti
on
betweenbrai
nandmi nd.Justasthebr
ainistobodysoalsoyourmindisto
yourspi
ri
t,t
hatisthefuncti
onofthebrai
ntobodyisthesamef uncti
onof
themindtospir
it

30
Justasthevi
sibl
epartofthespi
ri
tisthebodysoal sot
hevisiblepar
tofthe
mindisthebrai
n.Spi
ri
tandmindareinvisi
blesosci
enti
fi
cresear chi
svery
l
imitedi
nthatdimensions.
Sojustasthereisaconnect
ionbet weenyour
spi
ri
tandbodysoal sother
eisaconnect i
onbetweenyourbrainandmi nd

Onceyourspir
iti
soutofyourbody,y
ourbodyisdead,andoncey ourmind
i
sdisconnect
edfrom y
ourbrai
ny oulosetheabi
li
tyt
orecord,
identi
fy,
rememberanythi
ngbeyondthenatur
al y
ouplacenovalueonthingsthat
arenotnat
ural
.Thati
swhyt hefi
rstt
hingtospir
it
uali
sthesalvati
onof
mind(soul
)

Whatmakesusdi ffer
entfr
om ananimalisjustouri
nnerman,
animal
s
havebrai
nsbuttheydon'thav
eami nd.Animalshavel
if
eandbrai
nand
body,
buttheydon'thaveaspir
itandsoul.Thati
stheyaret
woinone.
.t
hey
don'
thaveinnerman,

Therear esomeschoolsoft houghtthatcl

aim animalshavesouls, andt hei
r
argumenti sbecauseofthemeasur eofIntel
lect,emoti
on,feel
ings, and
memor yi nani
mal s,
buttheyfailt
oknowt hatthemeasur eofintell
ect ,
emot i
onandf eeli
ngsinanimal sareinconnecti
ont othei
rbrain,notint hei
r
mind,theanimal doesnothaveani nvi
sibl
elif
e,theydon'thaveli
feaf ter
death,theyarenoteter
nal,sothatprovesthattheyhavenospi ri
tandsoul

Secondl y
,Goddidnotcreateani
malswi t
hchoice,
theydon'thavef r
eewi l
l
thatiswhyt heyar
enotunderanyGodscommandmentandGods
punishmenti ft
heyhaveasoul t
heywill
haveachoice,mostofwhatt hey
doist hatsomescienti
stsandphil
osopherst
rytoattachtotheirsoulis
associatedtothei
rbrai
n.Anythi
ngthatdoesnothavef r
eewillcanonlybe
controll
edbyanext er
nalfact
or,
sotheymov ebywhatt heysee.

31
Somescr ipt
uresli
keEcclesi
astes3:21tendtotalkaboutthespiri
toft
he
animalgoingbacktot hesoul
..
.Thespiriti
nthatscri
pturalcont
entmeans
breat
ht hati
slif
eandt heli
vi
ngbiologi
cal l
i
feofanimal andmani sint
he
bl
oodnoti nthespiri
t,sowhathappenst othebiol
ogicalli
feofmanafter
deathiswhathappenst otheli
feoftheanimal.

Tryt
omaker esearchonscr
ipt
uret
hatusedsoul
orspiri
tfort
heani
mal,
youwil
ldiscoverthati
tmeansanot
herthi
nginGreekandHebrewcont
ent.
I
nactualcontent,i
tmeansli
feorbr
eath

Soanimalshaveabody ,br
ain,andlif
e..
butnotspir
itandsoul,
thedemon
canpossessanimalsnotbecauset heyhavespir
itbutbecausetheyhave
l
ifeandbody,anyt
hingthathaslif
ecanbepossessedbyademon, thati
s
whytheypossesstreesbecausetreeshavelif
e

Sowhatmakesyoudif
ferentfr
om anani
malisyourinnerman(spi
ri
tand
soul
)whatmakesyoudif
ferentfr
om anangeli
syourbodyandbrai
n.*

Thatisangel shav espiri

tandCelestialbodybutt heydon'thav emi ndand
brainthati
swhyt heyar enotcreat
iveifyouputangl esinapl aceandcome
backt otheplaceaf ter5bll
ionyear
st heplaceremai nsthesame, no
developmentofanyki ndbecauset heyarenotcr eatedwi ththeabilityto
createbecauset heydon' thavemindandbr ai
n,angelsar enoti nt
ellectual
baseent i
tytheyar eanener gy-
basedent i
ty.Theycant hink,butnotcr eati
ve,
theyhav echoiceat t
acht othei
rspiri
t,sotheythinkwitht heirspir
it
, and
choosewi ththeirspiri
t,t
hatiswhyt heirj
udgmentandpuni shmentwi thout
mer cyandr epentancebecauset heydon'thavesoul ,

32
Thati
swhyi fyouknowwhati tmeanstobeali
vingsoulyouwil
lbet oo
happyandwillneverdesi
ret
obelikeangl
esbecausetheyaredesir
ingto
beli
keyou.Sot heonl
ythi
ngthatmakesusspeci
alisnotourspir
it
,itisour
mind(soul
)t hatiswhyGoddidnotcal
lusli
vi
ngspiri
thecall
sitli
vi
ngsoul.

Ignor
anceandov erspir
it
uali
tydonotmakeusknowt hatbeal i
vingsoulis
whatmakesy oubel i
keGodandnotbeeal iv
ingspir
it.Liv
ingspiritbr
ing
youintotherealm ofangels,
theli
vi
ngbodybr ingsyoui nt
other ealm of
animalbutli
vingsoul bri
ngsyouint
ot hereal
m ofGodcapaci tythatis
someonewi ththeabilit
ytochoose,decideandcreatesomet hi
ng.

Now,whati
sthedif
fer
encebetweenmi
ndandbr
ain.
..?Somet
hinkt
hey
ar
ethesamebuttheyarenot
..
.

*
Themi ndi
stheinvi
sibl
easpectoft
hebr
ainj
ustast
hespi
ri
tist
he
i
nvi
sibl
easpectoft
hebody"
Whenanyt
hingcomesfrom outwardorfr
om manyourbrai
nrecei
vei
tand
pr
ocessi
tandifi
tisv
aluabl
ei tst
oresiti
nyourbi
ologi
calmemory

Whyifanythi
ngcomesfr
om thespi
ri
t,y
ourbrai
ncannotpr
ocessit
,iti
s
yoursoul
(mi nd)t
hatpr
ocessesi
tandstor
esitiny
ourspi
ri
tualmemor y
.

Whati
sthedi
ff
erencebet
weeny
ourmi
ndandy
ourmemor
y?.

*Memor yistheabi
li
tyt
orecordandstorei
nfor
mation,
Mindistheabil
it
y
toprocessInfor
mati
on,memor yonl
yrecor
ds,andstor
esbutcannot
process,y
oucanonlyprocesseit
herwit
hyourbrai
norwithyourmind*

33
Yourprocessi
nfor
mationwi
thyourmi
ndandbr
ainwhyy
oust
ore
i
nformationwi
thyourmemory

Yourprocessphysicali
nfor
mationwi t
hyourbrai
nandstoreitinyour
memor ywhyy ourprocessspi
ri
tualinf
ormati
onwithyoursoul(mind)and
stor
eitinyourspiri
tualmemory,becauseyourbr
aincannotprocess
spir
it
ualinf
ormation

Sothereisadiff
erencebet
weenphysical
memoryandspir
it
ual
memor y.
.oneistostor
enatur
ali
nfor
mat i
onwhyt
heotheri
st ost
ore
spi
ri
tuali
nformation

Theonlydif
ferencebetweenphysicalinformationandspirit
ualinf
ormation
i
sthatatwillyoucanremembermuchphy si
cal i
nformati
onifyoutryto
thi
nkback,oldageistheonlynaturalfactorthataffect
sthegraduallossof
memory ,
butsomebi ologi
caloraccidental f
actorscanaffectt
hesudden
l
ossofmemor y.

Butwheni tcomest ospiri

tualmemory,youlostitwhenyour ecei
veitifyou
don'twri
teitsomewher e,youcanonlyrememberi tatwil
l i
fyouwr i
teIt
somewher e(thatisbygoingbacktocheckt hejota)
,butifnotyouwi l
lhave
torelyontheholyspirttoremindyouallt
hings.Becauseittakesthehelp
oftheholyspiri
ttoremindy ouofspi
rit
ualinfor
mat i
onstoreinyour
spi
ritual
memor y

Thatiswhyhesai dwhentheHolySpi
ri
tcomeshewil
lremindy ouofal
l
thi
ngs,(John14:26)Hedidnotsayyouwil
lremi
ndy
our sel
f,i
fyouwantto
remindyoursel
fkindl
ywri
teitdown

34
I
tiseasytoremindyour
sel
fwhaty
oureyessee,orwhatyourhandwri
te
butnoteasytor
emindyour
sel
fwhatspi
ri
tteachyou.
Sowhatt hebr
aini
s
doi
ngforthebodyiswhatt
hemindorsouli
sdoingforthespi
rit

Ifoursoulisnotsav ed, eventhoughourspi r

itr
eceiveanythi
ngfrom t
he
spir
it
ual worl
dwewi llnotunderstandit,becausetheinnercent
er
processingunitdesignbyGodt opr ocessthedataisinthebondageofthe
devilsomancannotunder st
anditandt hatdatacannotbecome
i
nformat i
on(youcanseewhyt heol dtest
amentpr ophetcannot
understandwhatt heyr eceivebythemsel f

Thebrai
nmakesy ouunderst
andthephy sicalwhymi ndmakey ou
under
standthespi
rit
ual
.Yourspi
ritcanknowt hespiritualbutyourspi
ri
t
cannotunderst
andthespi
rit
ual
,i
ti syourmi ndthathel psy outo
under
standthespi
rit
ual
.Justasyourey ecanseet hephy sical
butcannot
under
standthephysi
cali
tisbybrainyouunder standt hephy si
cal,
samet o
spi
ri
tandmi nd

Thefactist
hatGodhasanswer edt
hepr ay
erofmanyofus,theanswerto
ourpray
erisloadedinourspir
it.Weonlyneedtoengageourmindtobri
ng
outthei
nformationthati
sinourspir
itoutofourmindtopr
ocessitand
appl
yitasiti
swel lunder
stood

Besincerewi
thyour
sel
f,Godisnotdeaf,Godhasansweredourpr
ayerf
or
along,wehavebeenpr
ay i
ngsince40yearsagoinAfr
ica,andy
etno
solut
ion

Commonsenseshoul
dtel
lusthatoursol
uti
onsar
enoti
npr
ayerany
mor
e,
i
tmeanspr
ayerhasdonei
tspart.

35
Prayerbr
ingssol
uti
onf rom heav
ent oy ourspi
ri
t,pr
ayerdonotbr
ing
solut
ionfr
om heaventoear t
hdirectl
yinmostcasei nthi
snewtestament
,
manyofusar esti
l
l t
hinkinginol
dt hetestamentpert
ain

Theoldtest
amentwearereadingisaff
ect
ingus,i
thasbecomei
deol
ogy
sowear eexpect
ingGodtorepeatt
hemov e,wehavefor
medan
expect
ati
oninourimagi
nati
ons,cont
raryt
othewayGodwant st
omove

Sooutthi
nki
ngpertai
nnowbecomet hemajorhindranceofGodmov eon
ear
thandnotthedevi
l.Becausewethi
nkGodoft heoldtest
amentisthe
Godofthenewtestamentthatdoest
hingst
hroughangelswithoutmen

Becauset
herear
enomeni ntheol
dtest
amentiswhatmakesGodbeusing
angel
stodotheassi
gnmentofmen,mostoft
heassignmentofangel
sin
theol
dtest
amentisanassi
gnmentofmen.

SoGodofthenewtestamentwheny
oupr
ayhedoesnott
akecont
rol
rat
her
her
aisementotakecontr
ol

Sowheny ouprayheputtheanswert oy ourprayeri

nyourspi r
it
, andf
or50
year
st heanswert oyourproblem mayl uckupi nyourspir
it
,butbecause
youfailt
oengagey ourmind,toprocessi ti
ntoinfor
mation,youkeepon
pray
ingtowai tforGodtot akecontrolwhenGodi swait
ingfory outotake
contr
ol.

Oneofthet
hingsIdiscov
eraboutmanisthatwearesuffer
ingfr
om l
ossof
i
dent
it
y,wedon'tknowoursel
ves.Welovetobeident
if
yingwithwhatwe

36
ar
enott
hanwhatwear
emadet
obe

Manyofust hi
nksbeenamanisanunder
stat
ementsowewanttobe
cal
ledspir
it
..
.I
fyouknowt
hepowerofbei
ngamany ouwi
ll
nevercal
l
yoursel
fspi
ri
t.

Someoneaskmet
hatbutGodi
saspi
ri
tandhecr
eat
edusi
nhi
simage.So
wearespi
ri
t.
..
ThenIr
espond.
..
..
.

Thewor
dimagemeanssomet
hingy
oucanent
ert
oexpr
essy
our
sel
f*

Fori
nstance,
ahandgl
ovei
smadei
nthei
mageofahandt
hati
swhyy
our
handcaneasil
yweari
t

I
faf ashi
ondesi
gnersowsacl ot
hyoucanknowthatthi
sclot
hisforaman
orawoman.Becauset heclot
hissownint
heimageofmanorwoman. So
thewordimagehasnot hi
ngtodowithi
fGodisaspir
itandwearespir
it
.Beenaspir
iti
snotwhatmakesust heimageofGod

Angel sar
espirit
sandy ettheyarenotthei
mageofGodbecauseGodcan
notpossesst hem tousethem, Youcanalsodef
ine,
animageasav i
sual
represent
ati
onofsomet hi
ng....Animageisapi
cturet
hathasbeen
createdtorepresentsomet hi
ng

Thati
saphy
sical
repr
esent
ati
onofsomet
hing.

37
SoifGodi
saspiri
tandhewant
stocr
eat
eusi
nhi
simage.Hecannot
cr
eateusasspi
ri
tsanymor
e

Spir
itcannotbet hei
mageofspirit
..
.Ify
oucheckt hedi
cti
onar
ymeaningof
theimage,iti
ssomet hi
ngvi
sualthatcanbetheimageofsomet hi
ng
spir
it
ual.Thati
sitsomethi
ngthatcanbeseent hatcanbetheimageof
somet hi
ngthatcannotbeseen.Goingbythedi
ctionar
ymeaningofthe
i
mage

ThatiswhyGodsaidletuscr eatedmaninouri
mage. .
.(genesi
s1:26)He
didnotsayl
etuscreatespir
itinourimage.
Becausethewor dimagemeans
somethingv
irt
ual
,somethingt hatcanbeseentorepr
esentsomet hi
ngthat
cannotbeseeneasil
y.

Sowhatmakesy
out
hei
mageofGodi
sbecausey
ouar
eaman

*Idi
scov
ert
hatmanyofusdonotj
ustwantt
oassoci
atewi
thouri
dent
it
y..
.
weareman*

Letuscr
eat
eMANi
nouri
mage
Andthewor
dli
kenessmeanschar
act
eri
sti
c,qual
i
tiesi
nti
meofmoral
i
ty
andwayofdoi
ngthethi
ngsowearel
ikeGodthatiswedothi
ngsl
i
keGod,

Anotherpersonsaidwearespir
itbei
ng..
.ThenIr espondki
ndlycheckt
he
dict
ionarymeaningofspir
tbei
ng..
.Si
r!!
!Kindl
ygooglethedicti
onar
y
*meani ngofspi
ri
tbeing*
..
.Bot
hf r
om anintel
l
ectual,t
heol
ogical
,and
spir
itualper
specti
ve

38
Spir
itbei
ngmean.
..anincor
por ealt
hatI
sbel
i
evedt
ohav
epower
sto
aff
ectthecour
seofhumanev ents

Checkt
hedi
cti
onar
ymeani
ngofi
ncor
por
eal
I
tmeans*
notcomposedofmat
ter
;hav
ingnomat
eri
alexi
stence.
*
Tosayweareaspi
ri
tbeingIstosaywear
enotcomposedofmat
ter
,
hav
inganymat
eri
alexi
stence

Soletusstaywi
thi
nthescript
uresandacceptwhatGodsay
swear
e..
.He
sai
dwear eli
vi
ngsouls.(Genesi
s2:7)
Ev
erycreat
urewant stobelikeus,angelswantt obeli
keusbutweour sel
f
wearesuff
eri
ngfrom thelossofouri dentit
y..
.Youthi
nkbeenaspir
it
makesyouhigher
,butIsayt hist
oy out hatbeingaspi
rtmakesyoulower.
..
Whatmakesy ouhigheri
sy ouareal i
vingsoul
Whatthedevi
lisaft
erisnotyourspi
ri
t,butyoursoul,
thatisyourthi
nki
ng
andcreat
ivef
acult
y..Chri
stcamepurposelyforthesalvat
ionofyoursoul
..
.
Thati
shecamet osav eyourthi
nki
ngfacult
yfrom thehandoft heenemy.
..
Sothatyoucanusey ourmindthewayGodmadey oube

Butst
il
l,wedon'tloveourident
it
y..
.Iam pr
oudtobeaman,Iam proudto
beali
vingsoul.
.becausethatIam aspir
iti
snotwhatmakesmethei mage
ofGod,iti
sletuscreatemani nourimage.
..Notl
etuscr
eat
espi
ritinour
i
mage.

Thequesti
onwhydowegot hr
oughall
t hi
sthor
oughknowl
edge?Whati
s
ther
elat
ionshi
pbet
weent
hisandyourinnerman?.

Seey
oui
nchapt
ert
wo.

39
 Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan
Chapt
erTwo
_
___
___
___
___
___
___
_
Bui
l
dingt
hehouseofGod
_
___
___
___
___
___

Wehaveusedt hehowchapt eronetolai

dthef oundationalst
ruct
ureof
howGoddesignmant obeofwhi chthepurposeist oenableustoknow
howtobuil
dour sel
f.Becausetobuil
dyourselfi
swhati tmeantobuil
dthe
houseofGod,becausey ouarethetempleofGod. .
.1cor3:16

Cont
empor
aryEngl
i
shVer
sion
Al
lofy
ousur
elyknowy
ouar
eGod'
stempl
eandhi
sSpi
ri
tli
vesi
nyou.

Whenwebui l
dacathedral
of100, 000capaci
ty,
wearenotbuil
dingt
he
houseofGoddon'tl
etanypastorbrai
nwashedyouonthat
,Goddoesnot
dwelli
nthehousemadebyman, weareonlybui
ldi
ngaconduci
veplacef
or
oursel
veswherewecanlearnChrist
.(si
mpleasABC)
.
.
Goddi
dnotuseai
rcondit
ioninyourchur
ch,wearetheonesusi
ngit
,we
di
dnotpai
ntt
hechurchwithbeauti
ful
color
sforanangl
etoenjoyi
t,we
pai
ntt
hechur
chtogi
v eoursel
vesagoodatmosphericl
ook.

40
Act:
17:
24
NewLi
vi
ngTr
ansl
ati
on
“Hei
stheGodwhomadetheworl
dandever
ythi
nginit.Si
ncehei
sLor
dof
heav
enandear
th,
hedoesn’
tli
vei
nman-
madet emples,

Engl
i
shSt
andar
dVer
sion
TheGodwhomadethewor
ldandev
ery
thi
ngi
nit
,bei
ngLor
dofheav
enand
ear
th,
doesnotl
i
vei
ntempl
esmadebyman,

SeeAct7v
s48.
..

NewKi
ngJamesVer
sion
“However,
theMostHighestdoesdonotdwel
li
ntempl
esmadewi
thhands,
astheprophetsay
s:

Eventhoughyoubuil
ditwit
hthesandofJer
usalem andusedcapital
l
etter
stowr i
tetheHOUSEOFHOLYGODoni t.Goddoesnotdwel l
t her
e,
eventhoughyoubuil
ditanddedi
catei
ttoGod,Godofthenewt estament
donotdwellthere

Thehousehehaschosenf orhi
msel fi
sy ou?Youar ethetempleofGod.So
therealGod'spr
ojecti
snotChur chbuil
dingiti
st hel i
feofmeni nt he
churchbuil
ding,
yourministr
yprojectmaybeChur chbuildingwhichisvery
good,butstopbrainwatchi
ngyourmember swi t
ht hewr ongideologyto
thi
nkbuildi
ngaChur chcathedr
al i
stobebui l
dingthehouseofGod.

Sot
hemoneyt
hatnowsupposest
obeusedi
nbui
l
dingt
hel
i
feofmeni
n

41
thechurchwear eusingt obuil
dChur chbuil
dingj
ustf orthesel f
ishreason
ofwet hegeneraloverseer,i
nsteadofususedChur chbuildi
ngt obuildmen
wear eusingment obuildChurchbuildingthatwewi l
lhandov ertoourfir
st
sonaf t
erourdepart
ure...Youcalli
tthehouseofGody ouuset heheadof
i
nnocentignorantpeoplet obui
lditandy ounowpl acey ourf
irstsont obe
thei
rheadwhynotpl acet hefir
stsonofel derMathewt obenextgener al
oversear.

Youcalli
tChurchofGod,
yourwif
eandchil
drenar
ethenextofkin,
onthe
proj
ectyouusedthemoneyofpeopl
etobui
lt.
.Andyoucal
litGodsproj
ect
..
Pastordecei
vi
ngpeopl
e(PDP)

I
sbui l
dingaChur chwallabadt hi
ng?No!!Iti
sneededbutnott heprior
it
y.I
t
becomesi niquit
ywheny oumakei tt
hepriori
ty,
itbecomesiniquit
ywhen
theli
feofmeni nt hechurchhavenotbeenbuildandy ouareusingthe
resour
cet hatsupposest obuildi
ngli
fetobebui l
dingChurchthatwil
l
becomet hecl ubhouseofant i
chri
staft
ertherapture

Thefir
stsoul
sthatwerewonbythefir
stApostl
eswere3000,
thequest
ion
i
showdi dtheapost
lesst
art
edwiththem?TheBibl
esaysmenweresell
ing
al
ltheyhaveandbri
ngitt
othefeetoftheapost
le!
!!
Thequesti
oniswhatdi
dtheapost
leusedthemoneyf
or?.
..Tobui
l
d3000
si
tt
ercapacit
yfort
he3000soul
sortobuil
dthel
if
eofthe3000souls.

Seewhatt
hescr
ipt
uresay
s
Andtheycont
inuedst
eadfast
lyintheapost
les’
doct
ri
neandf
ell
owshi
p,and
i
nthebreaki
ngofbread,
andpr ayer
s.v
s42
Andal
lthatbel
i
evedwer
etoget
herandhadal
lthi
ngscommon;
vs44
Andsol
dthei
rpossessi
onsandgoods,
andpar
tedt
hem t
oal
lmen,
asev
ery

42
manhadneed.
vs45

Act
s-Chapt
er2:
42,
44,
45

Letusl
ookatv
erse45i
nanot
herv
ersi
on.

NewI
nter
nat
ional
Ver
sion
Theysol
dpr
oper
tyandpossessi
onst
ogi
vet
oany
onewhohadneed

Mindyouthi
sisnotgiv
ent othepoorint
hestr
eet .Thisisbuil
dingt
heli
fe
ofmembersinthechurchthi
sisthereal
Godspr oject,thi
siswhatitmeans
tobuil
dGodstemple.
Icouldnotjusti
maginet
hegener ati
on,y
ear,month,
anddayswebegintogetitwronginthebodyofChr ist
,andwear e
expect
ingr
evi
valwhent hewrongannotbecorrected

Ther
emustber
evol
uti
onbef
orer
evi
val
..el
sewear
ejustdecei
vi
ng
your
sel
f

TherealhouseofGodi syou.
..Tobuil
dyourinnermani sther eal
Gods
proj
ect,
togivefoodtomeni stobuil
dtheirbodywhichisthet empleof
God,Justasthebuil
dinghasaninter
nalandext er
nalbuil
dingand
decorat
ionsoalsoyourbodyhasbothinternalandexter
nal decorat
ion
Mani
stwoi
none,
justasGodi
stwoi
none.

Theinnermanofmancompri
sesoft
wowhichi
sspir
itandsoul,
whil
ethe
out
ermanofmancompr i
sesoftwowhi
chi
sthebody(fleshandbl
ood)
andthebrai
n.

43
Nowt hequesti
onwhydowegot hr
oughall
thisanal
ysi
s?Whatisthe
rel
ati
onshipbet
weenall
thesestudi
esandbuildi
ngyourinnerman,
iti
sto
showust hemajorf
ourareasofourli
fet
hatrequi
rebui
lding

Sof
ouraspect
sofy
our
equi
rebui
l
ding:

*
1.Yourspi
ri
t*

*
2.Yoursoul
*

Whi
char
ethei
nnerman(whi
chneedi
nter
iordecor
ati
on)

*
3.Yourbodyand*

*
4.y
ourbr
ain*

Whi
chi
stheout
ermanwhi
chneedsext
eri
ordecor
ati
on

Yourbodygr owsbyf ood,yourbr

aindevelopmentbyknowledgeofthe
reali
tyofl
ife.Sowhengi v
ingamanf oodandknowl edgeyouarealr
eady
i
nv esti
nginthehouseofGod, giv
enfoodt othehungryi
stogivetoGod's
project
s.BecausetherealGod'sproj
ectisnotinthel
andofmani sinthe
l
ifeofmenwhobel ongtoChr i
st

Soyourbodygr
owanddev
elopbyf
ood,
whydoesy
ourbr
aindev
elopby
knowl
edge,

44
Justasfoodi stothebodysoalsoknowledgei
stothebrain.Youfeedy our
mout hwi
thf oodwhydoy oufeedyoureyeswit
hknowledge, whatpasses
throughyourmouthi sf
orthebodysyst
em whatpassthroughy oureyesis
forthebr
aindev el
opment

Justasyoucaneatwhatcanaf f
ectyourbodynegati
velysoalsoyoucan
feedyourey
eswithwhatwillaf
fectyourt
hinki
ngfacul
tynegativ
ely.
RememberIsaidonthelastpagethatani
mal shavebrai
n,body,andli
fe

Andwesai dt hebrai
nist
oknowledgeitmeanstheanimalcanr
etai
n
knowledge,theyhavesomemeasureofknowledgetheyarewor
kingand
walki
ngwi t
h, someanimalcanal
sorecei
vetheknowledgewegavetothem
thr
ought r
aining.

Someonesaidt
hati
fanani
mal
canberespondingt
otr
aini
ngi
tmeanst
hey
hav
eami nd.Nosi
r!
!!Mi
ndi
sdi
ffer
entf
rom br
ain

Anyt
hingthathasabr
aincanbetr
ainedthati
swhyanimal
scanbetr
ained,
Youdon'tt
rai
nsomeonethathasami nd.
..Tr
aini
ngi
snott
otheminditis
tot
hebr ai
n.
Sothatani
malisrespondi
ngt
otr
aini
ngmakei
tanest
abl
i
shedf
actt
hat
theyhaveabr
ain.
Anythi
ngthatdoesnothav
eli
feaft
erdeat
h..
hasnomindandanimal
sdo
nothavel
ifeaft
erdeat
h.Soyouonlyt
eachwhathav
emi ndbuty
outrai
n
whathavebrain
Trai
ningi
swheny ouar
ewatchinghowsomeoneisdoi
ngsomethi
ngand
youarecopyi
ngthesame.Tolearnf
ashi
ondesi
gningi
str
aini
ngbecause
youarewatchi
ngwhatyourmasteri
sdoi
ng

45
I
nmyt eachi
ngs,Iexplai
ntherei
saconnecti
onbetweent
hebr
ainandey
es.
Sowhenadogi swat chi
ngy ouhei
sgett
ingtr
aini
ng

Butformindy
oudon'tt
rai
nthemind,
youteacht
hemind.Youcannotpack
ani
mal si
naclassandhewri
ti
ngsomethi
ngontheboar
dteachi
ngthem
Ther
eisabooknotbecauset
her
eIsabr
ain,
ther
eisabookbecauset
her
e
i
sami nd
Booki
snott
othebr
ain.Booki
stot
hemi
nd

Weonlygoti
twrongintheeducati
onal
syst
em ofAfri
cans.Schooli
snot
desi
gnedtobeaplacewhereyoudevel
opyourbrai
n,i
tisdesignedt
obea
pl
acewhereyoudevel
opofmi nd
Whatdev
elopsy
ourbr
aini
nschool
isexposur
etocampusl
i
fe.
..

Thati
swhysomeonet hatpassesthroughhi
ghinst
it
uti
onsonlyreason
matur
elynotbecauseheat tendscl
assbutbecauseofthefi
veyearsof
campuslif
e.Exposur
ei sthekeytobraindev
elopmentnotbookwhyt he
booki
st hekeytominddev elopment
Disali
gmentonl
ymakesust othecrammi ngbookinourhead,.
.Brai
nis
designedt
obet r
ainednottobetaught.Thati
swhyy ouforgetwhatt
hey
teachyouinschoolbutyoudon'
tforgetwhaty ousawinschool.

Askanyonehecantel
lyouev
erythi
nghepassesthr
oughinschool
sday
s..
.
Buthemayf or
getwhatt
heyt
aughthimin100level
buthecanremember
theact
ivi
ti
eshesawonhisfi
rstdayoncampusin100l
evel
Thereisaconnecti
onbetweent hebr
ainandsi
ghtthati
swhywhenadog
watchi
ngy ouhecanstar
tdoingwhatheseesy oudoingbecauset
her
eisa
connecti
onbetweenthesightandthebrai
n

46
.
Hav
eanunder
standi
ngoft
hesef
ourki
ngdom andhowGodcr
eat
edt
hem

1.
Theangel
i
cki
ngdom
2.Theki
ngdom ofman
3.Theki
ngdom ofani
mal
4.t
heki
ngdom ofpl
ant

1.Fort
heangel
s,t
heyhav
eli
fe,
spi
ri
t,andbody
(Cel
est
ial
body
)
2.Fort
heman,
wehav
eli
fe,
spi
ri
t,soul
,
(mi
nd)body
,andbr
ain
3.Fort
heani
mal
s,t
heyhav
eli
fe,
body
,andbr
ain
4.Forpl
ant
s,t
heyhav
eli
feandbody

Wearetheonlyenti
tywithtwodif
ferentki
ndsofl
i
fe(spi
ri
tual
li
fewhich
makesusli
veeternal
lyandbiol
ogicalli
fewhi
chmakesusli
vephysi
call
y
wi
ththeabi
li
tytoreproduceaft
erourkind.

Angel
shavespi
ri
tuall
if
ebuttheydon'
thavebiol
ogicall
ife.Pl
antand
ani
malshavebi
ologi
call
if
ethati
swhyt heycanreproduceaft
erthei
rki
nd
butt
heydon'
thavespir
it
uall
if
e
Sothecombinati
onofbothspiri
tual
li
feandbiol
ogi
call
ifemakeyoualivi
ng
soul
.Socelebrat
eyoursel
f.YoucanseewhyGodi smindful
ofyou.
..It
hink
Ihaveansweredthequest
ionofDavidinpsal
m 8:
4-8

Amanwit
houtet
ernall
if
eisadeadsoul
inali
vingbodysotheyarecal
l
ed
mor
tal
men.Foryou,y
ouareacombinat
ionofbothi
mmor t
ali
tyand

47
mor
tal
ity(ther
eispar
tofyouthati
sheavenl
yandther
eispar
tofyout
hat
i
seart
hly,
youaretheonl
yenti
tydesi
gntocarr
ydiv
ini
tyiny
ourhumani
ty.

Thi
sisal
laboutt
hebui
l
dingoft
heout
erman
Nowt
othebui
l
dingoft
hei
nnerman

Seey
ouont
henextpage

Bui
ldi
ngy
ourI
nnerMan
Chapt
erThr
ee
_
___
___
___
___
___
_
TheHouseofPr
ayer
_
___
___
___
___
___
___

Mat
hew21:
13a
I
nter
nat
ional
Ver
sion
“
Iti
swr
it
ten,
”hesai
dtot
hem,
“’Myhousewi
l
lbecal
l
edahouseofpr
ayer
.

NewLi
vi
ngTr
ansl
ati
on
Hesaidt
othem,
“TheScr
ipt
uresdecl
are,
‘MyTempl
ewi
l
lbecal
l
edahouse
ofpr
ayer
,’
Myhouseshal
lbet
hehouseofpr
ayer
..
.

48
AndIthinkbynowy oushouldknowt hatthehouseofGodi snotatemple
buil
tbyman.Thatis,yourbodyistherealtemplethatGodhasbuil
tfor
himsel
ftobet hehouseofprayer.Thatis,yourhear
tisthemeeti
ngplace
betweenyouandGodf orpr
ayer,
ifyouunder st
andthis,
youwil
lknowthat
yourbodyisthehouseofprayer.

IdosaythattheGodweareprayi
ngto,
isnotourf
atherwhohat
hin
Heaven,
itisourfat
herwhohathi
nus.
Beforethedeath,bur
ial
,andresurr
ecti
onofChr
ist
,ourFat
herwasin
heavennotgetinust henthatwaswhywhenJesuswast eachi
nghi
s
di
sciplestoprayhesaidour*Fatherwhohat
hinheaven.
*

I
fyouaskJesusnowt oteachyouhowtoprayhewil
lnott
ell
yout hatyour
fat
herwhohathinheavenhall
owedbeunt
ot hyname.Hewillr
athersay
ourfat
herwhohathinushall
owbeuntoyournamebecausehet ol
dust hat
Godwillcomeandmakehi sabodei
nus(John14:23)

AndbecauseGodcannotdwel l
inaplaceasidefrom eter
nit
y,t
henhefi
rst
buil
dseter
nit
yinsi
deofus.(Eccl.3:
11)WhatGodbui ldsinuswasnot
heavenbutwhathebuildsinuswaset er
nit
y,et
ernit
yishighert
hanheaven,
j
ustasheavenishigherthaneart
h.

Eter
nit
ywasaplacewhereGodwasdwell
ingbef
orehecreat
edheavenand
eart
h,heav
enhasabeginni
ngandi
twil
lhaveanend,soheaveni
snotthe
eter
nit
y.

Begi
nni
ngi
nGenesi
s,weseet
hebegi
nni
ngofheaven,
wherether
ewasa
ti
mewhenheav
enwasmade,andi
nthebookofRevel
ati
on,
theBibl
esay
s

49
newheavenandnewear
thshal
lbemade,meani
ngt
heheavenst
hatwer
e
creat
edi
ngenesi
swepassaway(Rev21:
22,I
sai
ah65:
17)

Rev
elat
ion21:
22
21ThenIsaw“ newheavenandanewear
th,
*fort
hef
ir
stheav
enandt
he
fi
rstear
thhadpassedaway,
*
I
sai
ah65:
17
NewLi
vi
ngTr
ansl
ati
on
“
Look!Iam creat
ingnewheavensandanewear
th,
andnoonewi
l
lev
en
t
hinkabouttheoldonesany
mor e.
Meani
ngt
heheav
enandt
heear
thweseei
nGenesi
s1v
s.1wi
l
lcomet
oan
end

Andanythi
ngt
hathasbegi
nni
ngandendi
snotet
erni
ty,
soheav
eni
snot
Et
erni
ty.

AndGoddi dnotmakeheavenhi
sdwelli
ngplacehemadeheavenhis
throne..
.Hedidnotmaketheeart
hhisdwell
i
ngplace,hemakesithi
s
footstool
.Solooki
ngforGodtoprayt
ointheearthl
ytempl
eisthenew
testamentignor
anceofthehi
ghestor
der.

Becausetheplacewher
eGodbui l
dsforhisdwel
li
ngplaceiscal
ledeter
nit
y,
andthiseter
nit
yhasbeeninexi
stencebefor
ethecreat
ionofall
heavens
andearth.ButguesswhatGodnowdi d!
!!
!Henowbui l
tthi
seter
nit
yinthe
heartofmen.

Andwhatqual
i
fiesy
out
oli
vei
net
erni
tyi
snott
hespi
ri
t,i
tiset
ernal
li
fe.

50
Ther
eal
alt
arofpr
ayeri
syourhear
t.

Thereisakindoflif
einyouthati
snotinanyangel
,andt
hati
swhyangels
cannotmov ebeyondtheheavenl
yreal
m,angel
scannotdwel
linet
erni
ty
becausetheydon'thaveet
ernall
i
fe.

Angelshaveeverl
asti
ngspi
ri
tli
fe,
justaswehav
eev
erl
ast
ingspi
ri
tli
fe,
but
ever
last
ingli
feisdif
fer
entf
rom et
ernall
if
e.

Ther
eisadi
ff
erencebet
weenet
ernal
andev
erl
ast
ing.

AccordingtotheEnglishlanguage,“et
ernal
”means“ wit
houtbeginni
ngor
end,al
way sexist
ing;while“ever
last
ing”means“last
ingforaverylongti
me,
foranindefi
nit
elylongtime.”beyondimaginat
ionandbey ondearthl
yti
me.

Et
ernal
..
.Last
ingf
orev
erwi
thoutend

Ever
lasti
ng;last
ingf
orav
eryl
ongt
ime.Thati
sitdoesnothav
eanendi
n
ti
me...
..Buthaveend

So,ev
erlastingspir
it
-l
if
equali
fi
esyoutol
eaveintheheav enlyreal
m aslong
asheavenr emains.Buttomoveaboveheavenl
yandent erintoeter
nit
y,you
needeternal l
i
fe,i
tisareal
m ofGodthef
atherandwet hesons.

51
Theheav enlyi
sar ealm ofGodt hecreatorandthei
nvi
sibl
ecreat
ures.The
eart
hlyrealmisther eal
m ofGodt hecr eat
orandthevi
sibl
ecreat
ure.Whil
e
eter
nit
yist hereal
m ofGodt heFatherandwet hesonsandthisi
sthe
real
m wher eprayeri
sdesi gnedtobemade.

Theear
thl
yreal
miscal
l
edt
henat
ural
real
m.
Theheavenl
yreal
miscal
l
edt
hesuper
nat
ural
real
m whi
l
eet
erni
tyi
scal
l
ed
thespi
ri
tual
real
m.

Note:
:
:thesupernat
ural
real
misdi
ff
erentf
rom t
hespir
it
ualr
eal
m. .
.Int
he
super
natur
alreal
m,ther
earecr
eat
ureswit
hbodiesbutnotv
isi
ble.

Ifyouarepray
ingfrom t
heearthtoGodwhohat hi
nheaveni swhenyou
thi
nky ouneedtoshoutforGodtohearyoubecauseinyourmindsetGodis
far
, Godisupther
ewhi l
eyou'r
edownher esoyounowseet hem whenthey
areprayi
ngtheywillbel
ookingup,r
aisi
ngthei
rtwohands.

Andi fyouarepr ayi

ngfr
om t
heheav enly,
y ouseethem vi
brat
ing, sweati
ng
clai
mi ngtheyaretouchi
ngheav en.Theirbodyisfeeli
ngtheheat .Allt
hese
arelowment ali
tywaysofpr
aying.Buti fyouareineter
nit
yandy ouknow
eter
nityisinsideofyou,y
oupraywi ththeconsciousnessthattheGody ou
aretalki
ngt oissoclosetoyoumor et hanwheny ouarewithy ourwifeon
thesamebed.

Atthi
sstage, y
ouwillknowt hatpr ay
erisnotaboutvibrati
ng,shouti
ng,
shakingthehead,i
tisfell
owshi p,iti
scommuni on.Becauset hegraceof
theLordJesusChristhasgiv eny ouaccesstotherealm ofeterni
ty,t
he
l
ov eofGodmakesGodaccepty ouuncondit
ional
lyandt hefell
owshipof
theholyspir
iti
sthemai npray er.

52
Si
mpleasABC.Ij
ustdon'
tknowhowwet
urnedpr
ayeri
ntoanot
hert
hingi
n
Af
ri
ca.

Whatmanycal lpr
ay erisnotprayer,
iti
sjustt
heAfricanwayofpraying,and
thati
swhattheycall pr
ayerli
fe.Then,i
fthati
sthekingdom wayofpr ay
ing,
Afri
canswi
llnotremai nthisway.Inthi
sbackwardness,anddecadenceand
yetwetagourselvesprayingcountry

*ToaChr i
sti
anwithanAfri
canmi ndset,t
ohimtheWhi t
es(UK, USA)do
nothav eprayerl
if
e*butify
ouunder standthemeaningofprayer,youwi
ll
knowt hattheWhiteshavequali
typrayerli
femorethanAfr
icans.Itis
Afri
canst hatdonothavepray
erlife,weonlyhav
epr ay
eracti
viti
esandnot
prayerli
fe.

Whatwecal lprayerinAf ri
caisjustbodil
yexerci
sewhichhasheal t
h
advant
agesf orthosewhoar efat,becauseastheyaresweating,
v i
brat
ing
theyar
ebur ni
ngt heirfat.BecauseIstandinthereal
m ofthespir
ittosee
whatprayerisaboutf rom theperspecti
veofeterni
tyIcoul
dnotreason
withmyspirit
ual i
ntell
i
gencet herelati
onshi
pbetweenv i
brat
ions,sweating,
andtal
kingtoGodi npr ayer
.

Af r
ican'
swr ongi
deol
ogynowmakesy outhinksomeonet hati
snot
vibrati
ngdoesnothaveapr ayerl
i
fe.ThenIasky ouift
hatispray
er,
wit
h
thedecadenceandbackwar dnessinAfri
cathenIchoosenottobeli
evei
n
yourso- cal
l
edprayer
.Ichoosetobeli
evethatprayerdoesnotwork.

ButIknowpr
ayerwor
ks,
Ihav
eseent
hepowerofpr
ayer
,becauseI

53
under
standwhatpr
ayerisall
about,
iti
stheeasi
estt
hingt
odo.
Oneoft
he
thi
ngsyoudon'
tneedthegracetodoistopr
ay.

Prayeristalking.Doy ouneedt hegracetotal

k?Istal
kingawork?Theonl y
di
fferenceist hatyouchanget heper sonyouaretal
kingtofr
om avisi
ble
persont oani nvisi
bleperson(God)si mpl
easABC.Thati swhyiti
scall
ed
prayeroffaith,thatis,y
ouknowt hepersonyouaretalki
ngtoexi
standhe
hearsy ou.Cany oujustpraynow?

Ally
oujustneedt
otalkt
oGodisconcent
rat
ionandally
ouneedt ohear
fr
om Godisconnect
ionwhyal
lyouneedtoworkforGodisconsecr
ati
on.

Not
ethet
hree:
:
::

Concent
rat
ion=Tot
alkt
oGod
Connect
ion=Tohearf
rom God
Consecr
ati
on=TobeusedbyGod

Concentr
ationmeanslety
ourmindbeinwhatyouaredoing,
while
connecti
onmeansletyourspi
ri
tbewit
hwhoy ouaretal
ki
ngt oandthe
meetingplacei
syourheart
.
Becauseyouspeakt oGod, notwi
thyourspi r
iti
tiswithyourmind,soyou
onl
yneedt olety
ourmi ndbei nwhatyouar eprayi
ngabout ,andi
fprayeri
s
notrel
igi
ousandrit
ualy ourmindwill
surelybeinit.
..Becausepray
erisnot
ari
tual,i
tisanexpressionofburden,expresi
onofwor ry,andexpr
essi
onof
questi
onsofwhatyoudon' tknowbutwhi chtoknowt oGod

54
Becauseyouneedasoluti
onthatnomancansol ve,y
ouhaveaquesti
on
t
hatnomancananswer ,youwanttodi scussyourissuewi
thsomeone
whom youknowwi l
lgi
veyouattent
ion.Allyoujustneedi
sfait
h.Andfait
h
makesyouknowt hati
fyoutal
kt oGod, hehear
sy ouandanswersyouif
youaskaccor
dingtoHiswil
l.

Soyout al
kwithy ourmindbuthearfr
om Godwit
hy ourspi
ri
t,j
ustasyou
hearfr
om amanwi t
hyourearsoalsoyouhearf
rom Godwi t
htheear
sof
yourspi
rit
.Thatis,youusetheeartohearwhatmanissayingwhil
eyou
usespir
ittohearwhatthespiri
tissayi
ng

Andt hi
siswhyifyoumeanbusinessinprayeryoust
ayalone,
andthe
purposeofstay
ingaloneisnott
otalktoGod,youcantal
ktoGodanywhere,
butyoucannothearfrom Godever
ywhere,sothepur
poseofstay
ingalone
i
stohearf r
om God.

Thati
swhyi
nther
eal
pray
ery
oudomor
eofhear
ingt
hanmor
eoft
alki
ng

Ijustdon'tknowwher ewegoti twronginAfr

icaandl i
ketomakethings
hardforour sel
ves,wel iketomaket hi
ngscomplicated,t
ousifi
tishardit
i
snott rue,wef ailt
oknowt hatanyt
hingyouapplyforcetogeti
nli
fe,i
tis
becauseawor kingpr i
ncipl
e,wisdom,andknowledgedesignedtomov e
thatthi
ngsar emi ssinginyourlif
e.

Whensomeseet hewayItal
kaboutpr
ayer,
theyt
hinkBanjoAyekadoes
nothaveapray
erl i
fe,
thef
actist
hatIhaveaqual
it
yprayerli
femorethan
thosepeopl
escreamingpr
ayeral
labout
Doyouthi
nkIcanbewri
ti
ngdayandnightifdon'
thaveaprayerl
i
fe?Do
yout
hinkIcanhav
eaccesst
oallt
hisr
evelati
onifIdon'
thaveaprayerl
i
fe?

55
Youdon'
tgetr
evel
ati
onbecauseyoustudy,
yougetrev
elat
ionbecausey
ou
pray
,st
udyist
owisdom whi
lerev
elat
ionistopr
ayer
.

Thesecr
etofr
evel
ati
oni
sJer
emi
ah33:
3.

KJV
Cal
lunt
ome, andIwil
lanswert
hee,
andshewt
heegr
eatandmi
ght
ythi
ngs,
whi
chthouknowestnot.

Ampl
i
fiedBi
ble
‘
Callt
oMeandIwi l
l answeryou,andt
ellyou[andevenshowy ou]gr
eatand
mightyt
hings,
[thi
ngswhi chhavebeenconfinedandhidden]
,whichyoudo
notknowandunder standandcannotdist
inguish.
’
Chr
ist
ianSt
andar
dBi
ble
CallmeandIwi
llanswery
ouandt
ell
yougr
eatandi
ncompr
ehensi
ble
thi
ngsyoudonotknow.

Youcanseethekeytomy st
eryandr
evelati
on,sobythefr
uity
ouseei
nme
ondai
lybasi
syoushouldknowIhaveapr ayerl
if
e.Ther
eisnoamountof
st
udyi
ngthatcanproducewhatIam r
eleasi
ngev er
yday

Butifyoustaywi t
hmei nmyhouse,y ouwil
lnotknowifIhav eaprayerli
fe,
al
lyouwi l
lknowi sthatIam i
ndoorforhours,Idon'
tsweat ,y
ouwi l
lnever
hearmyv oice,andthatishowev er
ythingy
our eadevery
thingfrom meis
bir
thed.BecauseonwhatJesussay sconcerningpray
er,hesaysy ou
shouldenterintoyourroom,shutyourdoor,andtheGodt hathearsyouin
secretwil
lanswery ou.

56
Someonei
ssay i
ngbutJesuswassweat
ingi
nthepl
aceofpray
erat
Get
hsemane!
!!Andthesweatwasasthi
ckasbl
ood!
!!Yes,
you'
rer
ight
.
Hewassweati
ngwhenhewaspr ay
ingthewrongpray
er,j
usthasAfr
ican
dowhent
heywantt
hei
rway,Jesuswant shi
swill
tobedone,notGod's
wil
l
.Hewant
shiswaynotGod'
sway ,sohewassweating.

YouhavenotaskGodifpowerofIdahosai
swhaty ouneedf oryour
assi
gnment,butyouar
ebusyscreamingforpowerjustbecausey ou
att
endaconfer
encewherethemanofGodwasdr awingreferencetoGods
gener
als

Soinmostcasesal so,iti
swhenyouwantyourwayandwi l
ltobedonet hat
youscream, shoutsweatbecauseyouwantt hi
ngst obedonebyforce..
.
Andthatisnotnewt estamentButdoyoudiscoverthati
mmedi at
elyJesus
pray
sar ightprayerpoint(l
ett
hywil
lbedone)andj ustonceJesusstood
upandmov edtot henextacti
on?

Oncey
ouprayar
ightpr
ayerpoi
nt,
youdon'
tneedr
epet
it
ion.Thi
sisonekey
(
1John5:
14)

NewI
nter
nat
ional
Ver
sion
Thisi
stheconf
idencewehavei
nappr
oachi
ngGod:
thati
fweaskany
thi
ng
accor
dingt
ohiswill
,hehear
sus.

Theprobl
em ofAfr
icansisnothowtopray,
butwhentoprayandwhatto
prayf
or.Thepl
acewher ewesupposetoactwemakepr ayert
heact
,the
pl
acewher ewesupposetotakeact
ions,wemakepray
ertheacti
on,

57
scr
eam,
shoutasi
fGodi
sfar
.

Onceyouarei
net
erni
ty,
thev
oiceofy
ourhear
tisl
oudert
hant
hev
oiceof
yourmout
h.

Oneoft
het
hingsIl
ovemosti
spr
ayerbecauseIunder
standt
hesi
mpl
i
cit
y
ofi
t.

Thati
s,i
tisnotapr
act
ice,
iti
sawayofl
i
fe.

Anythi
ngthatGoddesignedt
obeawayofl i
feandnotpract
ice,
Idon'
texal
t
i
t.Onceyouexalti
t,y
oumakei tr
eli
gious.Pr
ayeri
sdesignedtobeawayof
l
ifeandnotapract
ice

Ibegi
ntohav
eissueswi
thyouwhenyoubegi
ntoteachwhatGoddesi
gnt
o
beawayofli
feassomet
hingtopr
act
icebef
orebecomingper
fecti
nit
.

Becauset hatisthebegi
nningofreli
gion,andmenwillnowbegintoseeit
aswor k,burdensome.Normall
y,wheny ouhearpr
ayer
, y
oushouldbe
happyify ouaretaughtbytheri
ghtteacher,buti
fyouarethoughtbyal
l
thesepreacherswi t
hAfri
canment al
it
yoncey ouhearprayeri
tbecomes
burdensomeandy oketoyou.

Andbecauset heyhavetheresult,
youwillt
endt ot
hinkitisthei
rprayerthat
producedther esult
.Nosir,
ev er
yspir
it
ual r
esul
tisgottenbecauseChr ist
paidtheprice.Iti
sbygrace.Soi ti
snotyourgymnast i
cwayofpr ayi
ngt hat
Godr espondst o,Godonlyrespondstothecallandordinati
onupony our
l
if
e, t
hatis,eventhoughthepr ocessi
swr ongtheresultwil
lberight.

58
Soitisnotaboutthepriceyoupai
d,iti
saboutthediv
ineenablement
.And
divi
neenablementdidnotcomebecausey oupaidpri
ce,divi
neenabl
ement
comessot hatyoucanpayt hepri
ce.So,t
hepriceyoupaidisnotwhatyou
shouldfocusyourfol
lowerson,i
tisthedi
vineenabl
ementthatyoushould
focusthem onwhichist hegr
aceofourLordJesusChrist
.

Pointyourfol
l
ower stohimthatisatworkinyoumaki ngyoutowillandt o
do.(Phil
.2:
13).
..Notwhatyoudot hatbri
ngsresul
ts.Becauserel
i
gioni s
wheny ouareshowi ngment hespir
it
ualthi
ngsyoudot hatgi
veyour esult
wit
houtshowi ngthegracethatenablesyoutodoit.

Andyouwil
lnowseet hem str
uggl
ingtodoit
,eventheonesthatdoitwi
l
l
notgett
heresul
tsy
ouget ,youwil
lnowbegintotal
ktothem lasht
hem
wit
hcondemningwordsandt heybegi
ntofeelgui
lt
y

Iti
sanat ur
althi
ngli
kebusiness,
thatyoucanteachpeoplewhaty oudo
andy ouseethem doi
ngitandgetresul
ts,
butonspiri
tualthi
ngsyouonly
pointmentowhatChr i
sthasdone,thi
sishowt r
uespiri
tuali
tyi
sformedin
men.

Ifal
ly oudoisbepoi
ntingt hem t
owhatyoudo,youar eonlyf
orming
anotherrel
igi
on.Wherey ounowmakey oursel
fspecialasagodbefore
yourcongregati
onandf oll
owersasyouarespeci
almor ethanthem asi
f
Godl ovesyoumorethant hem asify
ouareGod'sfavorit
e,whoareyou?I
asky ouagainwhoarey ou?Whomadey ouagodov ermen.

Wher
eisthet
eacheroft
hisagewhowi
l
lshowt
hebodyofChr
istt
he
si
mpl
ici
tyoft
heGospel?

59
 Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan
Chapt
erThr
ee
_
___
___
___
___
__
TheHouseofPr
ayer
_
___
___
___
___
__

Sowheny ouseemenotexalt
ingtongues,i
tisnotbecauseIdon'tspeaki
n
tongues,
butbecauseIknowt
hereismor et
oi tandIwil
lnotwanttobe
l
oudwher eBi
bleisnotl
oudandbesilentwherethebi
bleisloud.

DidtheBibl
enottal
kaboutspeaki
ngint
ongues?Yethedi d!
!!
.Di
dtheBi
ble
exal
tit
?No, hedi
dnot.Butwehav et
heproblem ofexal
ti
ngsomethi
ng
beyondmeasureinAfr
ica,
andthisi
sthereasonwhydi mensi
onsare
abusedinthebodyofChri
st.

Andther
oleofateacheri
stoputbal
ancetotheperspect
iveofreal
it
y.
Whenyouseeateachertal
ki
ngdownadi mensi
on,neverthi
nkitisbecause
hei
snotworki
nginthedimensi
onofitthati
swhyhei sdoingso.

Paulsay
sIspeaki
ntonguesmor
ethanyouall
,thati
sift
her
ei sanyoneto
tal
kabout7power
sofspeaki
ngi
ntongue,
itshoul
dbePaul.
..
(1cor14:18)
..
.

60
It
hankmyGod,
Ispeakwi
tht
onguesmor
ethany
eal
l
:

1Cor
int
hians-Chapt
er14:
18

Yeti
nall
hiswor
din1Cor14hewasexal
ti
ngpr
ophecymor
ethanspeaki
ng
i
ntongue

Seewhathesai
dinv
erse15.
..

Iwouldt
haty
eal l
spakewithtongues,
butratherthaty
eprophesied:
for
great
eri
shethatprophesi
eththanhethatspeakethwit
htongues,

1Cor
int
hians-Chapt
er14:
5a,
b

Howwi ll
amanwhospeaksi ntonguet hanthem allspeakinsuchmanner ,
thatisagoodt eacherf
ory ou..
.Theyt eachsomet hingfr
om theperspect
ive
ofthewayitshoul dbe,notbecauset heyaremani festi
ngitornot
.Ifther
e
i
sany onetotalkaboutthemy st
eryoft ongi
ngitisPaul,y ety
ouseePaul
tal
kingdownt hepoweroft onguest oexaltprophecyabov eit
.

YouseePaulputt
ingbal
anci
ngi
npr
ayi
ngi
nbot
htonguesandpr
ayi
ngi
n
under
standi
ng.

Fori
fIprayinanunknownt
ongue,
myspi
ri
tpr
ayet
h,butmyunder
standi
ng
i
sunfrui
tful
.

61
Whatisitt
hen?Iwil
lpr
aywitht
hespir
it
,andIwi l
lpr
aywitht
he
under
standi
ngalso:
Iwil
lsi
ngwitht
hespiri
t,andIwil
lsi
ngwitht
he
under
standi
ngalso.

1Cor
int
hians-Chapt
er14:
14,
15

Youcanseeabal ancedperspect
ive.ButaskAf
ri
canpreachers,
theywil
l
teachyoutoprayintonguefor4hoursandinpr
ayinunderst
andingfor4
minutes.Thati
snotGod'splan

Youarenotaspi ri
t,youarecr eatedwit
hunder standi
ngandGodwant s
yourunder
standingt obefruitful
healsowant sy ourspi
ri
tt ostr
ong.Thati
s,
i
tisdangerousfory ourspi
rittobest r
ongandy ourunderstandi
ngisdull
anditisal
sodanger ousfory ourunderstandi
ngt obedull andyourspi
ri
tis
onfir
e.

Weseet
hebal
anci
ngi
nthel
i
feofJesus.

AndJesusincreasedi
nwi
sdom andst
atur
e,andi
nfav
orwi
thGodandman.
Luke-Chapter2:52

Tobest ronginthespir
itproducesspi
ri
tualst
atur
eandstamina,
frui
tful
understandi
ngwhichproducewi sdom.Thatiswhyyouseethespiri
tofthe
teacherinPaulhereputti
ngbalanci
nginthetwo.

Becausewehavetheprobl
em ofoveremphasi
zingadimensionj
ust
becausei
tiswor
kingforusinAfr
icaandwet r
yt ocondemnanyonenot
worki
nginourdi
mensionandclai
mt hereasonwhyhei snotworki
ngi
n

62
y
ourdi
mensi
oni
sthathei
snotdoi
ngwhaty
ouar
edoi
ng

Nosir,
theGodIknowhasov er1bill
i
onway sofachiev
ingonething.So
don'
tli
mitment oyourdi
mensi ons.Trul
y,y
ousayy oubuil
dupy oursel
fby
speaki
ngintonguesyesthatistrue,
(1cor14;
4)butthereareot
herway s
youcanbuil
dupy ourspi
rital
so.

TheBi bl
esaysprophecy(i
nspiredteachi
ngandpr eaching)i
salsof
or
edi
ficati
on.Andedif
icat
ionmeanst obuild-
up.Buthet hatpr
ophesi
eth
speakethuntoment oedif
icat
ion,andexhortat
ion,andcomf or
t.

1Cor
int
hians-Chapt
er14:
3

Andedi
fi
cat
ionmeanst
obui
l
d-up

Meaningwhatspeaki ngintongueisdoingtoy ou,l

i
steningtomessageor
studyi
ngedi f
yingspir
it
ualbooksorart
iclesisdoingthesamet ohim.
Becausepr ophecyinthi
scontentdoesnotmeanpr edi
ctingthefut
urei
t
meanst heabilit
ytoknowt hecur
rentmindofGodf orgenerati
onsand
explai
nitthroughinspi
redteachi
ngandpr eached

TheAmpl
i
fiedVer
siongi
vesi
tanaccur
ateexpl
anat
ion.

But[ontheotherhand]
,theonewhopr ophesies[
whoi nt
erpr
etsthediv
ine
will
andpurposeininspi
redpreachingandt eachi
ng]speakstomenf or
thei
rupbuil
dingandconstruct
ivespir
it
ual pr
ogressandencouragement
andconsolati
on.

63
Thatiswhyt heprophecyPauli
stal
ki
ngabouti
n1cor14isnott
otheoff
ice
oftheprophetiti
stot heof
fi
ceofthet
eacher
.Wehavetwodimensi
onsof
thespir
itofprophecy,

1.Thef
ir
sti
stheabi
l
ityt
opr
edi
ctt
hepl
ansofGodt
hroughf
oret
ell
i
ng

2.Thesecondi
stheabi
l
ityt
oint
erpr
ett
hewi
l
lofGodt
hrought
eachi
ngand
preachi
ng

Thef i
rsti
stot
heof
fi
ceofpr
ophetwhyt
hesecondi
stot
heof
fi
ceof
teacher

Andtheprophecythebookof1cor.
13vs1andco1r14.
.i
stal
ki
ngabouti
s
notf
oret
ell
ing,i
tisinspi
redt
eachi
ngandpreachi
ng

Ibeli
evethi
sdef i
niti
onofpr ophecyfrom myencount erwithGodinadr eam
i
nt heyear2015.ThenamanofGodappeart omei nadr eam andtoldme
Godhadcal l
edmet opr ophecytomygener ati
on.SowhenIwokeI
thoughtGodhascal ledmet otheoffi
ceofpr ophet
,soIwascar ryi
nga
prophetment al
it
y,IbegintoCal l
my sel
fProphetBanjo,becauseIt hought
prophecyonlymeanst heabili
tytobecall
ingpeoplesphonenumber s,I
neverknowt hatbibl
icalnewt est
amentpr ophecymai nl
ymeanst heabi l
i
ty
tointer
pret
st hedivi
newi ll
andpur posethroughinspi
reteachingand
preachi
ng,andIhav ebeenwor ki
nginthecal l
ingandgracebutInev er
knowwhati tmeans.

Andt
hepur
poseoft
hepr
ophecyi
stoedi
fy.
..Thati
swhywheny
our
eadmy

64
write-up,y
ouwi ll
beedif
iedbecauset heSpiri
tofpr
ophecyisuponme, and
hehasanoi ntedmetointerprett
hedivinewil
lofGodthroughinspi
red
teachingtjhatiswhyPaul sayswheny ouspeakintongues,y
ouedify
your sel
fbutwheny ouprophecy( t
hatis,t
eachandpreachandgetinspired
messages)t hechur
chisedi f
ied.

Sowhatspeakingintonguei
sdoingtoyou,inspi
redrevel
ational
teachingis
doi
ngt hesamethingtosomeoneelse.I
tisheresyofthehighestorderto
sayifsomeonecannotspeakintonguefortwohourst hepersoncannot
gofarinthespi
ri
t...
.t
hati
sali
e..
.

Speakingintongueisforedi
fi
cationifyouspeaki ntonguef ortwohours
andanothersitt
oli
stentoedif
yingmessageorr eadspi ri
tualbookfortwo
hours,whatspeaki
ngintongueisdoingt oyouiswhatl isteni
ngtoan
edi
fyingmessageorreadingEdifyspir
it
ualbooksi sdoingt oanotherall
youjustneedistofol
lowtheonet hatworksfory ou.don'tgiveyoursel
fa
burden(theyokeofChr i
sti
seasyandt heburdeni slight)

Goddidnotansweryourpray
erbecausey ouspeaki ntongue,noscri
ptur
e
saysyoushoul
dspeaktonguetopresenty oursuppli
cati
ontoGod.The
tonguei
sforbui
ldi
ngupy our
sel
f,notforgetti
ngthingsforyoursel
ffr
om
God

Soev ent houghyoudon' tspeakintonguesandyousitunderamanwho

canpr ophesy,(t
hatisteachinspiredmessage)youwillbeedi
fi
edj
ustas
someonewhoi sspeakingintonguesalone.ThesamePaul whosayshe
speaksi ntonguemor et hanthem all
camet oCori
nthi
anandsaiddoall
speaki ntongue?..

Ther
e'si
snoscr
ipt
uret
hatsay
sthef
ir
stev
idenceofr
ecei
vi
ngHol
ySpi
ri
tis

65
theevidenceofspeaki
ngi
nt ongues,
wear
etheonest
hatjustbui
l
da
doctr
inearoundtheexper
ienceofmenint
hebookofAct

Andev entheynev erbui

ltdoctr
ineonit.(t
heapostl
enev
ersaysspeaking
i
nt ongueisthef i
rstevi
denceofhav i
ngholyspi
ri
tasabeli
ever)But
Afri
cans,wej usthaveproblems,ther
eisthi
sdemonicat
tackagainstour
reasoningfacult
yanddev il
splanjustt
okeepusback.

Soanyt
hingt
hathastodowi thr
easoning,thi
nki
ng,wefightitandrej
ecti
t.
Howcansomeonepr ayfor3hourswithoutpray
inginunderstandi
ng?That
i
snotki
ngdom spi
ri
tuali
ty,
thati
skingdom stupi
dit
y.

Howwi
l
lsomesayhei
sor
gani
zi
ng46hourspeaki
ngi
ntongue

Howcany oumakey ourunderst

andi
ngunfr
uit
fulFor24hour
s?Iam t
elli
ng
you,youareki
ll
i
ngy ourcreati
veabil
i
ty(y
ouwillnowbethi
nki
nglowerthan
yourageifyoudothatforyear5)

Doy ouknowwhati tmeanstohaveanunfrui

tful
underst
andi
ng?Whatki
nd
ofChrist
iani
tyi
sthat?Andtheworstpar
tisthatthebi
blever
seswehol
d
untothattal
kaboutspeaki
ngintonguesaynothi
ngaboutspeaki
ngi
n
tongues.

WhichareRomans8:
26,Jude20.
..Theemphasi
soft
heset
woBi
blev
erse
hasnothi
ngtodowit
hspeakingi
ntongue

Wear
ejustt
heonest
hatr
eadourmi
ndi
ntoi
t

66
Andnowl
etusgot
othosescr
ipt
uresanddoj
ust
icei
t.

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oui
nthenextpage

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ldi
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scri
pturethatt
alksaboutspeaki
ngintonguesaynothi
ngaboutspeaki
ngi
n
tongues.WhichareRomans8: 26,Jude20..
.Theemphasi
softhesetwo
Bibl
ev ersehasnothi
ngtodowi thspeaki
ngintongue

Wearejusttheonest
hatr
eadourmi
ndi
ntoi
tAndnowl
etusgot
othose
scr
ipt
uresanddojust
icei
t.

1.ThebookofRomans8

Li
kewise,
theSpir
italsohel
pethourinf
ir
miti
es:f
orweknownotwhatwe
shoul
dprayforasweought :butt
heSpiri
tit
sel
fmaket
hint
ercessi
onf
orus
wit
hgroaningswhichcannotbeutter
ed.

Romans-Chapt
er8:
26

ThisBibl
ev er
seisnotinanywayt al
ki
ngaboutspeakingintonguesfor
God'ssake.Don'tr
eadBibl
ewi t
houtspir
it
uali
ntel
li
gence.ThisBibl
eisver
y
wellexpl
ained.
.not
hingmyster
yaboutthisBi
bleverse.I
tsaystheSpiri
t
praysforus,i
tdidnotsaythespir
itpr
aysinus,i
tdidnotsaythespiri
t
praysthroughus.

I
fhei ssay
ingthespir
itpraysinusorprayt
hroughus,
wecansayhei s
usingourspiri
ttopraysot heev i
dencemaybespeaki
ngi nt
ongue,i
fthe
BiblesaystheSpir
itpraysthroughuswemayt hi
nkmay beourspi
ri
tis
prayingbytheenergyoftheHol yGhost

ButitsaystheSpi
ri
tpr
aysforus.Whenaspir
iti
spray
ingf
ory
ou,i
s
di
fferentf
rom whenaspi
ri
tispray
ingt
hroughyou,
Romans8:
26neversay

68
hol
yspi
ri
tisi
nter
ceri
ngthroughyou,i
tsay
sheisinter
cedi
ngforyou.
Meani
ngyourspi
ri
t,soul
,andbodyisnoti
nvol
vedinhismatt
er.

2.I
tsaysitgr
oansinal anguagethatcannotbeutt
ered.Itdi
dnotsaywi t
h
agroani
ngthatcan'tbeutteri
nhumanl anguage,
butwi t
hagr oani
ngthat
cannotbeutteratallbot
hinthetongueofmanandt hetonguesofangels

I
fitsaysiti
sgroaningwhichcannotbeutteredint
hehumanl anguagethen
wemaysaymay behei stalki
ngaboutspeakingi
ntongues.ButPaulsays
groani
ngthatcannotbeut ter
ed.AndthebodyofChristconcl
udesthati
tis
tal
kingaboutspeakingi
nt ongues.

Cany oushowmeanotherscr
ipt
urefr
om Genesist
oRev el
ationtoj
usti
fy
thatgroani
ngwhi
chcannotbeutt
eredmeansspeakingi
nt ongues?Andby
themout hoft
wotothr
eescri
ptur
e,weestabl
ishafact

Letuscheckanot
herv
ersi
on

NewI
nter
nat
ional
Ver
sion
I
nthesameway ,
theSpir
ithelpsusinourweaknesses.Wedonotknow
whatweoughtt
opr ayf
or,buttheSpir
ithi
msel
finter
cedesf
orusthrough
*wor
dlessgr
oans.*
Speaki
ngi
ntonguei
snotwor
dlessgr
oani
ngs

Seeanot
herv
ersi
on

69
NewLi
vi
ngTr
ansl
ati
on
AndtheHolySpi
ri
thelpsusinourweakness.Forexampl
e,wedon’
tknow
whatGodwantsustopr ayf
or.ButtheHolySpi
ri
tpraysf
oruswit
h
gr
oaningst
hatcannotbeexpressinwords.

Groaningthatcannotbeexpressedinwordsisnotspeaking,speaki
ngin
tongueisabur denthatcanbeexpressedinwordsbutnoti nwordsof
men(humanl anguage)Butwhensomet hi
ngisgroani
ngi tcannotbe
expressedinanylanguageboththelanguageofthespir
itorthelanguage
ofmen.
Gr
oani
ngi
sanemot
ional
language,
iti
snotangel
i
corhumanl
anguage

Letuscheckt
hedi
cti
onar
ymeani
ngofgr
oani
ng.

Gr
oani
ng:
::
_Denot
ingadeepi
nar
ti
cul
atesoundconv
eyi
ngpai
n,despai
r,pl
easur
e,
etc_

_t
outteradeep,mour
nfulsoundexpr
essi
veofpainorgri
ef.tomakea
deep,
inar
ti
culat
esoundexpressi
veofder
isi
on,
disappr
oval,desi
re,
_

SoIaskalogi
calandsi
mplequest
ionassomewithment
alfacul
ty.What
doesthi
smeaningofgr
oani
nghavetodowithspeaki
ngi
ntongues?

Wet
endt
othi
nkgr
oani
ngi
sabur
den

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I
fyouhaveaburdenthatcannotbeexpressedi
nhumanl
anguage,
youcan
begi
ntoexpr
essyourspir
itbypray
inginthespi
ri
t.

Butt
hebur
deni
sdi
ff
erentf
rom gr
oani
ng.
Becausethescript
urenev ersaysyouar etheonegr oaning,i
tsaystheHoly
Spir
iti
stheonegr oaningforyou,notgroaningt hroughy ou.I
fhei s
groani
ngthroughy ou,youmayf eelitbuti
nt hiscase, youwillnoteven
knowany t
hing,youjustdiscovert
hatev er
ythingiswor kingtogetherfory
ou
good.Why ?Becauseaspi ri
tisint
ercedingfory ou.

I
tislikesomeonest
andinginagapt oint
ercedeforyoui
nanothertown,
will
youknow?Ifsomeoneisgroaningforyou,youcanneverknow.To
groanmeanstofeelsad,f
eelunhappynotbecauseofwhaty oudidbut
becauseofwhatyouaregoingthrough,

Whytogroanonbehal
fofsomeonemeant ofeelunhappybecauseofwhat
someoneisgoi
ngthr
ough.Sonotethi
swheneveryouaregoingthrough
anyt
hing,
theHol
ySpir
iti
spray
ingforyou.

SotheHol yspi 6r
iti
snothappywithwhatyouarepassingthr
ough,sohe
beginstointercedeforyou,
andbecauseHol ySpi
ri
tisanemotionalper
son
hebeginstogr oanf ory
outhati
sheismaki nga* deep,l
ongsound
showinggr eatpainorunhappi
ness*toGodbecauseofwhaty ouare
passingthrough.

Letmegi
vey
ouapr
act
ical
exampl
eofgr
oani
ngt
ogett
hepi
ctur
e,

Fori
nst
ance,
yourbi
ologi
cal
brot
herhasnotpai
dhi
sschool
feesand

71
becauseofthat
,hewassentoutoftheexam.Andy ounowfeelsadabout
whataboutwhathepassi
ngthrough.yourdaddycamefrom wor
k,hesaw
yourcount
enancever
ysad,sor
rowf ul
l
,

Andy ourhusbandaskswhathappened,andyousay
snothing,
youknow
l
adiesnow, t
hereisnothi
ngmeanssomet hi
ng,t
heywantyoutoaskthem
againandpetthem..*Wehavethem aroundus.
*

Sobecausey oul
oveyourwifeandyoupressheragainwhathappendear,
andyouwi f
ebegintospeaksorr
owfull
yaboutthecondi
tionofhi
srel
ati
ve
whowassentoutofschool andbecauseofthatyoutol
dy ourwi
fet
osend
theaccountnumberoftheguyandyoupaidtheschoolfees.

Thewayt hroughwhi chyoursistermadeherhusbandpayyourschoolfees

i
scalledgroaning.You'dnottalktoyoursist
er'
shusbandabouti
t,buty
our
si
stertookthemat terupandgr oanony ourbehal
f.
..Andt
heresul
tisin
Romans8: 28.

Thegroani
ngoftheHol
ySpi
ritf
oryouwi
thouty
ourconsenti
nRomans
8:
26.
..Iswhatpr
oducet
heresul
tyouhav
einRomans8:28

Andweknowthatal
lthi
ngsworktoget
herforgoodtothem t
hatl
oveGod,
tot
hem whoar
ethecall
edaccordi
ngtohispurpose.

Romans-Chapt
er8:
28

I
fyouwanttounderst
andthi
sstudywhenalov
elywif
ewant st
ousedstyl
e
t
ocoll
ectsomethi
ngfrom hi
shusband,
notf
orhersel
fbutsomeone.She

72
wi
ll
showoneemotional
sorrowf
ull
car
e,mi
ndy
oushei
snotut
ter
ingany
wor
dbutheremot
ionsspeak.

Soingroani
ng,
iti
snotspi
ri
torfl
eshthatspeaks,i
tist
heemoti
ont
hat
speaks.
Whenyouseeamangr oani
ngyouwi l
lknow,hi
semoti
onwi
llbe
down,weak.

Thi
sisal
laboutRomans8:
26

ButmypeopleinAfri
careadthistomeananot herthing.Theyreadt
heir
mindintoi
tandbroughtanothermeaningoutofit.Isspeakinginatongue
notgood?Verygood,buttheemphasisisthatthi
sBi bl
ev er
seisnottal
king
aboutspeaki
ngintongues.

Now,l
etuslookatthesecondpopul
arBi
blev
ersewebui
l
tspeaki
ngi
n
t
onguesupon..
.Jude20.
KJV.
Butye,
bel
oved,bui
l
dingupy
our
sel
vesony
ourmosthol
yfai
th,
pray
ingi
n
theHol
yGhost,

Jude-Chapt
er1:
20

Seeyouont henextpage.
..ButIt
ell
youal
sot
hatJude20i
snott
alki
ng
aboutspeaki
ngintongue

Seey
ouont
henextpagef
ort
hat
.

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Wehav edonesomejusti
cetothef
irstmi
sint
erpr
etedBi
blev
erseont
he
subj
ectofspeaki
ngi
nt ongueswhi
chisRomans8:26.
Now,l
etuslookatthesecondpopul
arBi
blev
ersewebui
l
tspeaki
ngi
n
t
onguesupon..
.Jude20.

KJV.
Butye,
bel
oved,bui
l
dingupy
our
sel
vesony
ourmosthol
yfai
th,
pray
ingi
n
theHol
yGhost,

Jude-Chapt
er1:
20

NI
V.
Butyou,
dearf
ri
ends,bybui
l
dingy
our
sel
vesupi
nyourmosthol
yfai
thand
pray
ingi
ntheHolySpir
it

74
*
Letusr
eadi
ttoget
herandbyy
our
sel
fseewhatt
heBi
blev
ersei
ssay
ing*

Not
e

Hesaidbui
l
dingupy
our
sel
fint
hehol
i
estf
ait
handpr
ayi
ngi
nthehol
y
ghost
Hedi
dn'
tsaybuil
dingupyoursel
fint
hemostHolyf
ait
h*BY*pr
ayinginthe
Hol
yGhost,buthesaidbui
ldingupyour
sel
fint
hemostholyf
ait
h* AND*
pr
ayint
heholyghost

'
And'
isdi
ff
erentf
rom '
By'

Wheneverpeoplewhoar
eteachi
ngontonguesquotet
hisBi
blev
erset
hey
use'
by'
.Andt heBi
bledi
dnotsay'
by'
butitsays*and.
*

*By*pr
ayi
ngi
ntheHol
yGhosti
sdi
ff
erentf
rom *
and*pr
ayi
ngi
ntheHol
y
Ghost.

Theword*and*ist
heEngl
ishlanguageusedwhenanopt
ionismor
ethan
one.
Letusconfi
rmthedi
ff
erencebetweenthewordANDwithBY

AND...
.isusedwheny ouarecompari
ngtwot
hingsthatar
enott hesame
butcanwor ktogether
.Thati
s.Wor
disusedt
oj oi
ntwowor ds,
phrases,
sent
encest ogether

75
BY.
..
..
tal
kaboutt
heagentact
ing.

Ift
heBi bleusedBYthenwewi l
lagr
eethatprayi
ngintheHolyGhosti
s
themaj ortoolemphasi
stoachi
evethebuil
dingupyoursel
fButtheBibl
e
usedAND.Meani ngtwothi
ngsinthatBi
bleversear
enotthesamebut
designedt obeusedtoachi
evethesamepurpose

Meaning,somethingwasf ir
stmentionedi nthatBi
bleversewhichwedi d
notpayattenti
ontowhi chpray
ingint heholyghostisanotheropti
on.For
i
nstance,
y ousaidprayerandfasti
ng, thati
sthemajorissueistheprayer
buttomakei teff
ecti
vey ouaddfasting

Now,backt
otheScri
ptur
etoseewhattheBi
blever
seissay
ingItsay
s
bui
l
dingupyour
sel
f.*
Sot heemphasi
sisbui
l
dingupyour
sel
f.*

Quest
ion!
!*Howdoy
oubui
ldy
our
sel
f?*

1.*
Int
hemosthol
yfai
th*

2.*
Andi
npr
ayi
ngi
nthespi
ri
t*

Thesear
ethet
woway
sthi
sscr
ipt
urei
stal
ki
ngabouthowt
obui
l
dupy
our
spi
ri
t.

Now,
letust
aket
heexpl
anat
iononeaf
tert
heot
her

76
1.Howdoy oubui
ldupy
oursel
fint
hemostHol
yfai
th?Becauset
hisi
sthe
fi
rstwayJuder
ecommends.

Answer
!!
!

Howdoesf
ait
hcome?Fai
thcomesbyhear
ing!
!!Hear
ingwhat
?
Hear
ingany
thi
ng.

ButmostHol
yfai
thcomesbyhear
ingt
hewor
dofGod.Meani
ngf
ait
hcan
beunhol
y.
Hesaidbuil
dingupyoursel
finthemosthol
yfai
th,
meaningy
oucanbuil
d
your
sel
finthemostunholyfai
th.Meani
ng,f
oryoutohav
eHolyf
ait
h,y
ou
musthearHolythi
ngs;

ForJudet
osayHol
yfai
thi
tmeanst
her
eisunhol
yfai
th.

Unholyf
aithiswheny ouarehear
ingawor dthatpr
oducesf earandworr
y,
thewordthatmakesy oubeli
evethati
fyoueati nt
hedr eam i
tmeans
att
ack,t
hosewor dsarecall
edunholyfai
th,wordsthatdrawtheirr
ootf
rom
theol
dcov enantthosear
eunholyfait
h.

Forapr ophett obebuildingabel i

efinyouthatevent
houghy ouarein
Christt
hesi nofy ourfathercanst i
ll
beony ourheadunti
lyoubreakitby
fi
re.Thatis,theoneChr istdidont hecrossdoesnotinv
olveyourfamil
y ,
thatisChristpaidforthesinoft hewhol eworl
dexceptyourfamil
ysot hat
i
swhyanyChr isti
anthatcomesf rom t
hereneedstopayhisownpr i
ceby
fasti
ngandpr ayertobreaky okes.Thoseteachi
ngsareunholyfai
th.

77
Butifyouwanttobui
ldupyoursel
fexposeyourmindtot
eachi
ngt hatgiv
es
youholyfai
th.Meani
ngthemostholyfait
hisbuil
tiny
ouwheny oulist
ento
prophesy.(
seconddi
mensionofprophecywhichmeansi
nspir
edteaching)

Youcanseet
hatt
her
eisaconnect
ionbet
weenJude20and1Cor14.

SothethingJude20t alksabouti
nbuil
dingupy oursel
fisnotf
ir
stofal
l
aboutprayerbutheari
ngthewordoftheWor d,st
udy i
ngthewri
ttenwor
dof
God,andst udyi
ngspiri
tual
books;t
hosearet hefi
rstwaystobuildy
our
sel
f
i
nthemosthol yfait
h.Thisi
showt obeedifi
ed.

Ift
hemostholyfai
thcomesbyheari
ng,itmeanstobui
l
dupy ourselfi
nthe
mostholyfai
thmeanstoopenyourhearttot
hewordofGod.Andt he
endingpar
toftheBi
blever
senowsay sprayi
ngi
ntheholyghost
.

Meani
ngt
het
wo-
way
sJuder
ecommendedt
obui
l
dupy
our
sel
fis

1.Tobui
l
dupy
our
sel
finhol
yfai
thwhi
chi
sthr
ought
heWor
d.

2.Andpr
ayi
ngi
nthehol
yghost

Andyouwil
lagreewithmethatpr
ayi
ngint
hehol
yspir
itdoesnotonl
y
meanpray
ingintongues,
itcanmeanpr
ayi
ngi
ntongue,buti
tdoesnotonl
y
meanpray
ingintongues

78
Topr ayint heHol ySpiritmeanst opraybybeingint hespi
ri
twit
htheHoly
Spir
itandy oucanbei nt hespir
itwi
ththeholyspir
itandbepr ay
ingi
n
understandi ng.Thatis,musti tbeeveryti
met hatyoumustnotknowwhat
toprayf or?I fal
lthetimey oudon'tknowwhatt opr ayfort
hensomethi
ngis
wrongwi t
hy ourChri
stianr ace.

WhenPaulgott
othechur
chofEphesians,
het
oldt
hem whatt
oprayf
ori
n
Ephesi
ans1:
17Iti
swheny oudon'
tknowGod'
swil
lfory
outhaty
oudon'
t
knowwhattopr
ayfor

Forthi
scauseweal so,si
ncet hedayweheardi
t,donotceaset
oprayf
or
you,andtodesi
rethatyemi ghtbefi
ll
edwit
htheknowledgeofhi
swil
li
nal
l
wisdom andspi
ri
tualunderstandi
ng;

Col
ossi
ans-Chapt
er1:
9

Youcannotbefil
ledwiththeknowledgeofGod'
swi l
linallwisdom and
spi
ri
tualunder
standi
ngandnotknowwhatt oprayfor.Truly,t
heBibl
e
saysourweaknessisthatwedon'tknowwhattopr ayfor,y
esbutshoul d
notbeyourweaknessforlif
e,i
tisaseasonwheny ouar egrowingt
ol ear
n
God'swil
lfory
ourlif
e

TheEphesianChur chdon'tknowwhatt oprayforbutPaulhasgrownt othe

l
ev el
inthespir
itwher eheknowswhatt heyshouldprayfor
.Sohet old
them whattoprayf orinEphesi
ans1;17Becauseifthespir
itofwisdom and
revel
ati
onisupony ou, youwil
lsur
elyknowwhatt oprayfor.Whattopray
forwil
lsurel
ybey ourweaknesswheny ouhavenotgrowni nwisdom and
fi
ll
edwiththeknowl edgeofGod'swill
.

79
Becausenotknowi
ngwhattopr
ayf ori
snotafrui
tofspi
ri
tual
mat ur
it
y,I
tis
notsomethi
ngtocel
ebr
ate.
Foryourchi
ldthati
stwoyear
ssurely
,hedid
notknowwhattoaskfr
om youeventhoughyouaskhimtoaskyou
anyt
hing,

Buti
fyouaresayingtoyourchi
ldwhoi sagraduatet
hathedidnotknow
whattoaskfrom you,
thenhelackssenseofpurpose,hel
acksthesense
ofdi
rect
ion,
andlacksthesenseofresponsi
bili
ty.

Amat ur
echil
dwillsur
elyknowwhattoprayforthatisevent
houghnotin
all
casesbutmanycases.Whati snowthepurposeoftheeternal
li
fei
nyou
i
fy ouar
e10y ear
sinChr i
standyouarest
il
lsayi
ngy ourweaknessist
hat
youdon'
tknowwhatt oprayfor?

Thepurposeofet
ernal
li
fei
stobr
ingy
out
oar
eal
m wher
eyoust
art
reasoni
ngli
keGod.

WhenGodsay shiswaysarenotyourwaysandhisthoughtsarenoty our

thoughts,
heistal
kingtomenwhohav enotbeenbor nbythespiri
t,heis
tal
kingtomenoft heeart
h,mort
alman,howcany oubeseat edinthe
heavenlypl
acesfarabovepri
nci
pali
ti
esandyetyourthoughtsi
sf arfr
om
God'sthought
.

Howwi l
l Godbei nyouandhiswaywi l
lnotbeyourway?Thensomethi
ngis
wrongwi thyourChri
sti
anrace.Doy oueverseeJesusprayi
ngint
ongues
becausehedi dnotknowwhatt opr ayfor
?Thisisbecauseheknowswhat
toprayfor,youcannottel
lmet hatsomeonewhogr owsinwisdom f
or18
yearswil
l notknowwhattoprayf or.

80
Asat12heal r
eadyknowsthepur posewhyhewasbor n, y
ouat30youare
st
il
llookingforav i
sat
otraveloutatallcost
,youhav
el ostpur
poseand
di
recti
oni fyoupr
ocessitanditdoesnotwor kthenr
elax.Haveyouasked
Godt otelly
ouifiti
shiswil
ltotravelout?

Andev enthoughy oudon'tknowwhatt oprayfor

,theBibl
edidnotsayy ou
shouldstartpr
ayingintongues,i
tisbecauseyoudon'tknowwhatt opray
for,
youar econfused,y
ouar edown,thatiswhytheholyspir
itbeganto
prayforyourgroaningi
nal anguagethatcannotbe
ut
ter
ed.

I
fyoudon'tknowwhatt oprayfor
,theny
ouaskthehol
yspir
itwhatt
opray
for
,askyoushallr
eceiv
e( si
mpleasABC)Therei
snoscri
pturefr
om
Genesi
stoRev el
ati
onthatsaysyoushouldpr
ayi
ntonguebecauseyou
don'
tknowwhatt oprayfor.

Thepur poseofprayingintonguesistobuildyoursel
f,notthatasyouare
prayi
ngi ntongues,i
tmaybet hatyouareinter
cedingfrom someonein
China,noscr i
ptur
esayst hat
.Allthosearejusthumani maginarydoct
ri
nes
webuildar oundspeakingintongues.

Somesayyoubuil
dy ourspi
ri
tbyspeaki
ngi
ntonguesandt
heyuseJude
20t
ojust
if
ythei
rpoint.

TheBi bledoesnotsaybuil
dingupyourspir
it
,itsaysbui
ldi
ngupyour
self
,
yourselfisdi
ffer
entfr
om yourspi
ri
t.Your
selfhavetodowithever
yaspect
ofyourl i
fe.Meaning,
ther
eisnoaspectofyourlif
ethatdoesnotr
equi
re
pray
erorbui ldi
ng.

81
Wheny ouspeaki ntongues, yourspiri
tprays,buttheBibl
edi dnotsayiti
s
thespiritthatyouarebuildi
ng, i
tisyourselfthatyouarebuilding.
When
prayi
ngi nt ongues,yourspir
itprays,butiti
snoty ourspir
italonethati
s
buil
ding, prayerdoesnotbuildy ourspir
itbutbuil
dingupy ourself
.Thati
s
yourinnerman( spir
itsoul)

Whatbuildsyourspir
iti
sknowl edgeofGod,iti
sthosethatknowtheirGod
thatshal
lbestronginthespiri
t.
Thewordstrongistothespi
rit
.Spi
ritdoes
notgrow,spi
ritonl
ygetsstrong,iti
syourmindthatgr
owswi de,gr
ows
deep,andgrowsup.

Sowhent heBibl
esaysbuild-
up,itmeanstogrowup,gr
owstr
ong,
grow
deepandgrowwi de.Yourspi
ritdoesnotgr
owup, i
tonl
ygr
owsdeep
str
ong,butyourmindgrowsupandgr owswi de.

SowhentheBibl
esaystobui
l
dupy oursel
fbyspeaki
ngintongues(1Cor
14)Thenwhenyouspeaki
ntongueyourinnerman(spi
ri
t-
soul)up,
grows
wide,
growsst
rong,
andgrowsdeep.

Ifyouaregr owingdeepandgr owingstr

ongal one,youwil
lonl
ybeusedi n
church,becausey ouwillonlyhavespir
itualstamina.Whataboutifyour
assignmenti sinthesecular.Thatiswhyy oumustgr owdeep,verystrong,
growwi de,andgr owupint hisli
febecauset hi
sisthekeytokingdom
destinyrel
ev ance.

82
 Bui
ldi
ngy
ouri
nnerman

Chapt
erFi
ve
_
___
___
___
___
___
TheHouseofThi
nki
ng
_
___
___
___
___
__

TheMajorr
oleofyourspi
riti
st opray
,themajorrol
eofy ourmindi
sto
thi
nkandmedit
ate,t
hemaj orroleofyourbr
ainistol
earn,andkeepthe
memoryofthepastreal
it
ywhyt hemaj orr
oleofyourbodyistoact

Wet alkaboutthebodyasthehouseofpr ay
eronthelastpageandthepar
t
ofyout hatdotheprayeri
syourspir
it
,Also,
knowthatyourbodyisnotonl
y
desi
gnt obet hehouseofprayer
,iti
salsodesi
gnedtobet hehouseof
thi
nkingandmedi tat
ion.

Gett
his,
ther
ear
edi
ff
erencesbet
weent
hinki
ngandmedi
tat
ion.

Thinki
ngt
heactofusi
ngy
ourmi
ndt
opr
oducei
deasf
ordeci
sion
pur
pose

Medi
tat
ionisthepract
iceoff
ocusi
ngy
ourat
tent
ionandt
houghtonone
si
ngl
epointofref
erence.

Wheny
ouf
ocusonsomet
hingandy
oubegi
ntor
efl
ectoni
t,i
tiscal
l
ed

83
Medi
tat
ionandatthi
sstage,
youmov
edeeperf
rom t
her
eal
m ofy
ourbr
ain
t
othereal
m ofyourmind

Mindyou,youcanthi
nkwi t
hyourbrain,butt
hebrai
nisnotmeantforsuch,
yourbr
aincanlear
ndeepbuty ourbraincannott
hinkdeep,i
fyouonlyused
yourbr
aintothi
nk,f
ir
styourthought
sl i
fewil
lbeshall
ow,secondyourl
if
e
wil
lbeful
lofworrybecauseyouwillhavemanyunansweredquesti
ons

Thisi
swheny ouwillbethinkingofmanyt hings,butyoudon'tmedit
ateon
manyt hi
ngs, oncemanyt hingsarefol
lowi ngt hr
oughy ourbrai
nthatisnot
meditati
on,thatcanbewor r yoranxi
ety,
butoncei tismeditati
on,i
tisa
peacefuldeepr ef
lecti
ononmat t
ersandt hisiswhatopendoor sf
oranidea,
newthought ,andwi sdom from theinvi
sibler eal
m.

Ifyouarethinkingwithyourbrai
ny ouonlybasejudgmentonwhaty ousee,
butwheny out akeyourthoughtstotherealm offacul
tydesignf
orit,t
henit
producesther esul
tforyouifyouknowhowt othinkdeep,andthinkwide
.Whatwedoi nAf r
icanisthatweengageourspi riti
nprayerwhil
ewhat
theydoinEur opeandChi naisthattheyengagetheirmindinthi
nking,and
engagetheirbraini
nl ear
ning

Afr
icanwedon'
tuseourmi
nd,
thati
swhywel
ostt
heabi
li
tyt
ocr
eat
e
content
.

Doy oudiscov erthatt

henumberofbel iever
sthatarerelev antonsocial
medialislowcompar etothenumberofbel iev
erswehav e, why?Because
tobeasoci al mediainfl
uenceryoumustbeacont entcreat or,t
hati
sthe
abi
li
tytocr eatesomet hi
ngnewev er
yseasonwi t
hahi ghl ev el
of
consist
ency .Andbeenapr ayerwarr
iorcannotmakey ouachi evethat
,you
mustbeat hinkingwarri
or,speaki
nginthetonguecannotmakey oubea

84
soci
almedi
ainf
luencery
oumustbeabl
etot
hinki
nthet
ongue.

Prayingintongueiswheny ouaretalkingtoGod, t
hinki
ngintongueiswhen
youar ereasoni
ngwi thGod.Godsaidcomel etusreasontogether
.Thinkinginthetonguealsomeanswheny ourspi
ri
tandyoursoul arei
n
discussions.Pr
ayeriswheny ourspi
ritisdi
scussingwithGod,thinki
ngis
wheny ourmi ndisdiscussi
ngwithyourspirita

Thereisaposi t
ionofprayi
ngwecannotunder rat
eitbuti
fyouwantto
haveabal ancedli
felear
ntoengageyourspiri
tinpray
erandalsoengage
yourmi ndinthi
nking.
Thatis,
youcansayforthisweekIam engagi
ngmy
spir
itinprayerwhil
efornextweekIam engagingmymi ndi
nthinki
ngand
medi t
ation

Becausei
fall
youdoist obeengagingyourmi ndinthinki
ngwithout
engagi
ngyourspi
ri
tinprayeryouwil
llosethest r
engthofyourspir
itual
i
ty
andyoucanbecomet heslaveoft
hedemons, thati
s,demonscant ake
advant
ageofyourbodynottopossessi tbutt
ot ormentiti
nsickness.

Whyi fallyoudoistobeengagi ngyourspi

ri
tinprayerwit
houtengaging
yourmi nd,youl
osey oureart
hlyrel
evance.
Andthedev i
lcantakeadvantage
ofyouri gnor
ancetomani pul
atesomeofy ourli
feli
kemar i
tall
i
fe,f
inanci
al
l
ife,
andmanymor e.

Becauset hosethathaveprobl
emsofl i
femostarenotthosethatengage
theirmindinthi
nking,t
heyareprayerwarr
ior
s,whoonlyengaget heirspir
it
i
npr ayer.
Theyarealwaysfrom onebatt
letoanother
,andtheythinkt he
soluti
onistopraymor etheyfai
ltoknowthatthesol
utioni
stot hinkdeep.

85
Sotohelpyourselfandputyourselfinbalancedlife,Youcansaythisweek,
Iam notengagingmymi nd,Iwantt oengagemyspi ri
t,i
nspeaki
ngin
pray
er,IwanttoreceiveSpir
it
ual substancefrom spiri
tualr
ealmsint
omy
body,att
hisstagey oushotyourselffr
om activi
ti
esbecausey ouwantto
pray
,youarenotst udyi
ng,al
lyouwantt odoispr ayer.

Youwantt
oengagey
ourspi
ri
t,

Andanotherweekyoucandeci
det
hatt
hisweekIam notpr
ayi
ng,
Iwantt
o
engagemymi nd,

Thepr
ayerIprayl
astweekbir
thedsomethi
nginmyspir
it
,theyarespi
ri
tual
rawmater
ial
,soIwanttoengagemymi ndthi
sweekt
obr i
ngoutwhatwas
l
oadedinmyspiri
t.Thati
syouwanttodigdeepI
ntoy
ourspiri
t.

Mindy outhi
sisnotdi
ggingdeepi nt
oGodbutdi ggi
ngdeepintoy ourspi
ri
t
ofbringi
ngoutwhattheholyspir
ithasdeposit
edintoyourspi
rit
.Iwantto
processwhatGoddepositedinmyspi r
it
,andont hi
sstage,i
tisnotalone
withGod,iti
salonewit
hspiri
tualmateri
al,
alonewitht
oolsofinformati
on,

Youwantt ounlockyourspi
ri
tmant oreleasewhatwasl oadedwit
hit.The
keyofthekingdom i
sakeygi ventoyout oopenthewindowofheav en,i
tis
giv
ent oopenthewindowofy ourheart
,itisgi
ventoopent hedoorofyour
spir
it
.

Thekeyofthekingdom i
scal
l
edknowl
edge,
whatknowl
edgedoesi
sthati
t
opensyourspi
ri
tup.

86
Letmegiveyout
hismyst
ery
,anyt
hingy oul
ear
nnewandy ourspi
ri
tagr
ees
withi
t,i
tmeanst
hati
nfor
mationi
salreadyi
nyourspi
ri
tbutunknownto
you.

Wheny ouencounteranythi
ngnew, newi nf
ormat i
on,newr evel
at i
onand
youopposei t,
itmeanst hatinformationisnoty etinyourspiri
t,soy our
spir
itcannotconf i
rmittothet rue.Mostoft hethingswedi sagreewi thand
tagnott obetrue,someoft hem ar etrue,i
tisonlythatyourspirithasnot
grownt ounderstandit
,soinst eadofy ourspir
ittoacceptthathedi dnot
knowt heone,y ourspi
ri
twilltagittobeher esy.(thatisthenatur eofthe
humanspi ri
t)

Thati
swhyy oudiscov ert
hatmanyofwhaty out agtoheheresyinthepast
youhavebeenbeli
evingmanyoft hem now..Mindy ou,youspeakagainsti
t
wit
hzeali
nt hepast,butnowy ousuppor ti
twitht hesamezealandy ouare
l
ikewhydidn'tt
heHol ySpir
itspeaktoyouoni tthen.

Gett
his,
theHol
ySpi
ri
tcannott
alkt
oyoumor
ethanwhaty
oucanbearper
t
ime,

Soont histeachingofGodas( t
woi none,)someaccepti tandbel ieveitto
betrueev enthought heyareheari
ngi tforthefir
stti
me, t
hef actisthatthey
bel
ievei tbecausei snotnewt otheirspiri
t,i
twasonl ynewt otheirsoul
(mind)sowhent heynowr eadi
t,somewher eitopenstheirspir
itandtheir
spi
ritreleaset hesamei nformati
ont otheirmindnotar evelat
ionbutas
confir
mat i
on.

Youheart
hem say
ingmyspi
ri
tconf
ir
medi
ttobet
rue.Butwhena

87
messageisnewt oyourspi
ri
tanditi
salsonewtoyoursoul
,nomatterhow
t
hepersonistr
yingtoteachit
,ev
enthoughheisthebestt
eacheri
nthe
wor
ld,youwil
lnotbeli
eveit
,

Notthaty
ouwi l
lnotunder
standit,butyouwi
ll
notbeli
evei
t,soyouwill
not
evenopenyourmindtounderstandit.
Iti
ssomethi
ngthaty
ourspir
itagree
wi
t ht
hatyoupayandgivesattenti
ontoandunderst
andbett
er

Thewordbeli
evesmeanswhenyourspi
ri
tagr
eeswi
thsomeoneor
somethi
ng,t
hatiswhyyoudon'
tbel
i
evewithy
ourmi
nd,youonl
y
under
standwit
hy ourmi
nd.

Buty
oubel
i
evewi
thy
ourhear
t(spi
ri
t)

Witht
heheart,
manbel i
evesandhearti
sspi
ri
t,whil
ethesoulismind.So
onceyourspi
ri
tsuddenl
yagreeswit
hsomethingtheresul
tisbel
i
ef.

Getthist
heremanyt hi
ngsthatarel
uckupinyourspir
itt
hatyourli
feisnot
manifest
ing,manyofuswheny ouprayGodhasdroppedt heanswersof
pray
erintoyourspir
it
,Godisnotawi ckedGod,
doy outhi
nkhehasnot
answeredtheprayerofAf
ri
canf orl
ong?

Butwhatentersyourspi
ritcanr
emainther
eandyoucandi ewithitwi
thout
manifest
ati
onifyoudon'tknowhowtoengageyourmind.Sot oengage
yourspir
iti
tisal
onewithGodwhi l
etoengagey
ourmind,itisalonewit
h
books.

Ory
ouengagey
ourspi
ri
twi
tht
heper
sonofGodwhyy
ouengagey
ourmi
nd

88
wi
tht
henat
ural
creat
ureofGodoradeepmedi
tat
ionont
her
eal
i
tyofl
i
fe

Sobei
ntent
ional
aboutt
hist
wo.
..

Youcansayt
hisweek,
iti
stobeal
onewi
thGod,
thi
smont
hiti
stobeal
one
wit
hGod.

Whilenextweeki
tist
obealonewit
hspiri
tual
booksorbooksinlinewit
h
yourdesti
nyassi
gnmenti
tcanbeabusinessbook,i
tcanbescienti
fi
c
booksanditcanbespi
ri
tual
books,
itcanbemar r
iagebooks.

Youarehavingamar it
alprobl
em, useoneweektopr ayal
onewi thGodon
yourmari
talissue,praythewayy ouwill
befreewithyourfather
.Thent
he
secondweekst oppr ayi
ngandgetbooksonmar r
iage,getmessageson
marri
ageandbegi ntol i
stentothem beeat
ingandbitingthosebooksthi
s
i
showmar i
talsoluti
oncomes.

I
fyour
sisf
inanci
alpr
obl
emsdot
hesame
I
fyour
sisheal
thpr
obl
ems,
dot
hesame

Thisi
showGodwant sustoliv
e,hav
ethesenseofresponsi
bil
i
ty,
Godt o
Godwi t
hthemindsetthatyouhavet
heresponsi
bil
i
tytodosomethingon
yourmarri
age,
financesbutyoudon'
tknowwhattodo,andyouwantGod
totel
lyoutowanttodo.

OnceGodtel
lyouwhatt
odo,youdon'
tneedtopr
aythatGodshouldtake
cont
rol
,hewi
llaut
omati
cal
l
ytakecont
rolasy
outakeastep.Anyt
hingGod

89
i
nit
iat
edHet
akecont
rol
ofi
t,Hebacky
ouupasy
out
akeast
eponi
t

Takeast
epbydi
vi
nedi
rect
ion

Seey
ouont
henextpage

Bui
ldi
ngt
hei
nnerman

Chapt
erf
ive
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TheHouseoft
hinki
ng
_
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Therewasaper i
odwheni twasi ndustr
ialpeople'
sseason, andt heywer e
theoneswhower emakingit,andt hefundament almessageoft heir
successsecr etwashardworkify ouaskt hem whati sthesecretoft heir
successy ouhearthem sayi
ngy oumustbehar dwor king.I
tswi tchedtot he
educatedage, wherei
fyouarenoteducat ed,t
hecommuni tyofl i
febelieves
yourfutureisnotbri
ght
.;thi
sseason, oncey ougainadmi ssiont oUniversit
y,
menst arttopercei
veyouassomeonewi thapr omisingfut
ur e.
..Unli
ke
ri
ghtnow.

Thenwitchescanobstructyouandpreventyoufrom passingyourWest
Afri
caExaminati
onCounci l
(WAEC)andJoi ntAdmissionandmat ri
culat
ion
board(
JAMB) .Thebestwayt oknowwheny ourhouseholdenemyi sat
workinyourli
feiswheny oubegintofai
lWAEC.Butnowwi t
chesknowt hat
theAfr
icasystem ofeducati
onisthesecr
ettogenerationalpover
ty,so

90
wi
tcheswi
l
lev
enhel
pyougai
nadmi
ssi
onsot
haty
oucanwast
eyourt
ime

Becausethatseasoni
sgone,
academi
cbril
l
iancydoesnotdet
ermine
successanymore.Butnowwearei
ntheageoftal
entedandgi
ftedpeopl
e.

Menwhocancr eat
esomethingfrom wi
thi
n,menwhocanusethei
rGod-
gi
vent
alentandgif
ttor
ule.
(y oucanseethem ov
ersoci
almedi
a)

*
Thati
syourr
ealcer
ti
fi
cat
eint
hear
eaofy
ourt
alent
*

AndGodsodoeswel lthatthereisnomant hatHedoesn'tblesswithtalent

.
Theonesy ouseetobet alentedarejusttheonesthatdiscovertheirt
alent
anddev el
opittomanifest
at i
on.Whyt hosey outhi
nkarewithouttalentare
thosethathavetal
entbutf ai
ltodevelopitorthosethathavetalentbutfail
todiscoveri
t.

Becausesomehav etal
entbutfailt
odiscoverit
,somediscov
eritbutf ailt
o
developit,
theyarebusywastingtheirt
imeonwhatdoesnothav erelevant
totheirDesti
nyinli
feandtheycalli
teducationBecausetome,real
educationiswheny outakef
or malknowledgeontheareaofyourtalent

Younowdi scoverthatpeoplet hatt hewor l

dcountedtobenonent it
iesin
thepastaretheonesmaki ngwav esnow. Becausethentheyar ebusy
buil
dingthei
rtalent,y
out odthem t hattheyarelazy,t
hattheyshouldgo
andfindworkt odo, t
hatwillcomedyt alentputf
oodont heirtabl
e.Because
atthetimeyouar ebusyr unningaf tershadowwhi chyoucalleddail
yliv
ing,
theyarebusybui l
dingthemsel ves.

91
Andreal wor kaccor di
ngtoGod' sperspecti
veiswheny oubuil
dwhathe
depositiny ou,andt odot hatyouneedt obuil
dyourinnermanbecause
yourtalentisiny ourinnerman, t
hatisthemor eyourinnermandeveloped
themor ey ourtalentdeveloped.Andwheni tcomest omanifest
ingtal
ent
andgiftsinl i
fe,*
t hekeyisconsistency.
*

Justasthekeytothei
ndust
ri
algener
ati
onishar
dworkingThekeytothe
educat
edgenerati
onisr
eadi
ng..
.youhearsomet
hingl
ikereadyourbook

*Butt
hekeyt omani
festat
ionoft
het
alent
edi
nagener
ati
oni
s
consi
stencyandper
sist
ency*

Thati
swhyi nthisseasonifyouwanttosearchforanyt
hingdon'tleti
tbe
money ,
fir
stsearchforyour
selfandsear
chfortheareaofyourtalentMany
i
nAf r
icahavelostthemselv
es,someofy ouabandonyoursel
finthey ear
2010

Youremembert
heoldgooddayswhenyouarej
ustmani
fest
ingyourgif
t
andtal
entasaj
oke.
Justimagi
ne2010tonowthati
s11years.
..I
magine
thet
alenty
ouwoul
dhavebuil
tforni
ney
ears!

Itol
dsomeonet hatthewri
ti
nggraceuponmet odaybeganhasaquote9
yearsago,butnowithasbecomeocean.Isaythiswithal
lhumi
l
ity
,ifGod
opensy ourey
estoseethereal
m whereIam writ
ingfrom,
youwil
lknow
thatIcannotdryorbeexhaust
edinthenext100y ear
s.

Af ewy ear
sbackGodshowedmeanoceanofknowl edgeandtoldmen
thatitwaswhatthisgener
ati
onisdesi
gnedtodr
inkt
hroughmeandt hen
het ol
dmet hatIhavenotmanif
est
edupt oacupint
hatocean.
..Iam not

92
sureIhav
emanifesteduptotwocupsevenatt
hetimemyf
leshdoesnot
wishtogodeeperbecauseofmyself
ishi
mpli
cati
ons

*BecauseThedeepery ouareinwisdom andr

evel
ationthel
esser
fol
lower
sy ouhaveinyourgenerat
ionbutthemorefoll
owersyouhav
e
aft
eryourdepart
ure*

Thati
sthemoreIgodeepert hemor eIl
osefoll
owers.Ther ei
sthe
messageIcanpreachthatIwil
lbeatthebalanceofeveryone,Iwi
l
l hav
e
muchcrowd,getthei
nvit
ati
onev er
ywherehavethemoneybutmyspi ri
twil
l
notbeful
fi
ll
edbecauseIwill
behookedwi t
hsomer elati
onshipwhichIwil
l
notbeabl
etotalkfr
eel
yagain..
.

Butnow,t
her
eisawayGodf i
guremylifeandjour
neythatmakesiteasy
forHimt
oholdmyhandintosomedeeperr eal
m wher
eIknowt hi
ngs
beyondmyagebecauseGodhasbroughtmeupi nsuchawayt hatfearof
anymancannotstopmefrom say
ingitthewayIseeiti
nthespiri
t

Now,
whati
smypoi
nt?Get
ti
ngher
eisnotadayj
our
ney

Thegreatestcalami
tyyoucandotoyourdesti
nyistodespiset
helit
tl
e
begi
nningofy ourgr
ace..
.Andt
hesecondinjur
yy oucandot oy
ourselfi
sto
bewaiti
ngf orexcel
l
entworkwit
houter
rorbeforeyourel
easeyourgrace.
..I
pi
tyyourgrace

Thefi
rstsetofpeopl
ethatusuall
ycometoyouashel
perofDest
inyare
menthatlovewhatyouaredoingbutseeaner
rori
nit
,sothei
mper f
ect
ion
drawt
hem t oyouasdesti
nyhelper

93
Agift
edcl osepersonofminewhowaswi thmewasworkingonhi
sal
bum,
hewillcomposet hesong,
mixedi n-
studi
oandbecauseofonel
it
tl
eer
rorhe
seesinit,
hewi l
ltrasht
heobjectaway

Itol
dhimy oudonotsendt osi ngersyousendt othosewhocannotsi ng
butlov
esinging,thosesett
ingscannotseet heer r
orinyourmusic,what
youcaller
ror
, t
ot hem i
tisastyle.Iam notsenttowrit
ersIam sentto
thosewholov etoreadbutcannotwr i
te,t
hosethatarefol
lowi
ngmear e
thosewhocannotwr i
tebutlover eadi
ng

Anyonet
hatstopf
oll
owingyoubecauseofyourmi
stakesy
oudonotsend
tohi
m.Yourimper
fect
iondr
awt hoseyousendtoy
ou

Manyofmyedi
tor
stodaycomecl
osert
omebecauseofmyi mperf
ecti
on.
Theylov
emybooksandseemanyspel
l
ingerr
ors,
andIseet
hem pri
vat
ely
chat
ti
ngwit
hmetovolunt
eert
obemyeditor
.

Ev
ent
hisi
showImetmyf
iance.

Then,
shewasi
nherf
inal
yearst
udy
ingt
heEngl
i
shLanguage.

AndIwrotemyjargononli
nefullofr
evel
ati
onbutful
lofgr
ammati
calerr
or,
mixi
ngpresentt
ensespluspasttensesandshesawthebookonFacebook
andshereadandshewasbl essedbyit.

Andshepr
ivat
echat
tedmet
hatshel
ovedmywr
it
e-upt
hatal
thoughshe

94
wassoblessedbyi
t,i
thasmanygrammati
caler
ror
sandsheaskedi
fshe
canbeedit
edforme.
..Thatwashowshebecamemyfir
stedi
tor
.

Andshewassocommi tt
edthatIj
ustsaidtomeBanjowakesup, shecan
al
soedity
ourlif
e.WakeupBanjo,i
sifitisGodhasbroughtt
hisladydon'
t
l
ethergo,ThatwashowIpr
oposedandshebegi nst
oeditmylifeooo..
.

Whatismypoint,
don'tbeaf r
aidt
obegin!Whenitcomest ograce,gi
ft,
t
alent
,itgr
owsinthejob,themorey oumanif
esti
tthemor eitgrows,don'
t
t
hinkyouaretoobigt
ost artsmal
l,whatyouhaveisenough,tobeginwi t
h.
Whatcany oudo,
buil
dy oursel
f

Bui
ldy
ourinnerman,yourtal
enti
snotinyourbrai
n,i
t'
siny
ourinnerman.
I
t'
spartoft
hepotent
ialsofyouri
nnerman.Buil
ditupnowbecauseweare
i
ntheseasonofthegif
tedandthetal
ented

Nowy oudon'tneedonepromoterandmar ket

ers..
.Social
mediaisthe
promoternow.Wakeupandbui l
dy oursel
f.Begintoengageyourmindto
creat
econtentyoucanputonli
ne..
.Themov eofanyki ndint
hisseasoni
s
onli
ne,bot
hbusiness,mi
nist
ryandev eneducati
on

95
 Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan
Chapt
erFi
ve
_
___
___
___
___
TheHouseofThi
nki
ng
_
___
___
___
__

Note:oneoft
hepurposesofthi
schapterisnotonlyt
ot al
kaboutthereal
it
y
ofourbodyastheordai
nedhouseofthinki
ngjusthasitisal
soknownas
thehouseofpray
erbuttoal
socreat
econt entt
hatwill
awakeourthinking
abil
i
ty.

BecauseIsaidont helastpagethatwhenyourspiri
tishav i
ngadialogue.
withthespiri
tofGodiny ourbodythenyourbodybecomest hehouseof
prayer,
butwheny oursoul i
shavingadial
oguewi t
hy ourspir
iti
nyourbody
onmat terpert
aini
ngtolif
e,godli
nessandDestinytheny ourbodybecomes
thehouseoft hi
nking.

Thatisprayeriswheny ourspi
ri
tistal
kingwi
ththespir
itofGodi nyour
body(heart)whythinki
ngiswheny ourmindistal
ki
ngwi t
hy ourspi
riti
n
yourbody.Ont helastpage,webegintoawakeourreasoningfacul
tyint
o
theawarenessoft hereal
it
yofthisseasonwhichwetalkaboutthepast
andthepr esentdi
spensati
onalmov e.

Whichar
et heindust
ri
ousdispensat
ion,theeducat
eddi
spensat
ion,
andt
he
t
alent
eddispensati
onwhichisthecurrentmove.

Thei
ndust
ri
oust
heyuset
hest
rengt
hoft
hei
rbody
.

96
Theeducat
eduset
hest
rengt
hoft
hei
rbr
ain.
Thet
alent
edt
heyuset
hest
rengt
hoft
hei
rspi
ri
t.

Andt helastonewhichIwil
lbetalki
ngaboutisthegif
tedandtheanoi
nted
dispensati
onwhichisthosethatwil
lusethestr
engthofGodtocreate
result
sonear t
h.ThatiswhyIwr i
tetothegener
ati
oncomi ngt
ogetprepar
e

ThenextmoveofGodi snotgoingtobet hemov eofthet al

ented,i
sgoing
tobethemoveoft hesupernat
uralwhi
chi stapi
ngIntothest r
engththat
goesbeyondnat
ural.Andifyoulookaroundy ouwi
lldiscoverthatt
he
yahooguysar
ealreadytappingi
ntotherealm.Theyarehaki ngtherealm
alr
eady.

Whatthoseguysaredoi
ngist
hattheyareonlyt
appi
ngIntothepowerof
t
hedispensat
iontocomeinawrongway .Thepoweroftheworl
dtocome
i
sdif
ferentf
rom t
hepowerofthedispensat
iont
ocome.

Adispensat
ioni
sari
singsoonthatcannotbeamovebythet
alent
ed
any
mor e.AndIam t
alki
ngofthegenerat
ioncomi
ngbehi
ndus.

Mar kmywor dandwrit

eitdown,
isadispensati
onthatwi
llnotbuyint
othe
productofenter
tai
nment.Thi
spr
esentage* l
ovetoenter
tainthemsel
ves
rathert
haneducatethemselv
es.
*

Andgrowthanddev elopmentofli
fear
enoti nentertai
nmentbut
educati
on.
..Devel
opmentoflandmaybei nentert
ainmentbutthe
devel
opmentofl i
feisnotint
heentert
ainment.Wheny ouseeagenerat
ion
thatl
ovesenter
tainmentthei
rsoci
etywill
bedev elopedbuttheli
feofmen

97
i
nthatsoci
etywhogi
vethemsel
vestoenter
tai
nmentwi
l
lnotbedev
eloped,
i
tmaynotshowi mmedi
atebutj
ustgi
veitti
me,

Andthatistheproblem ofthismygener ati

ont hatiswhyany t
hingthat
l
ooksent er
tai
ning,anyonethatlooksentertai
ningissell
ing.Butanythi
ng
thatl
ookseducat i
veorinformativ
edonotsel l.List
entosomeoneofmy
generat
ionandy ouseehi m say
ing,Ienjoytoday '
sserv
ice..t
henaskhim
whatdidhegain?Not hing,i
twasonl yfull
offunt hati
swhyheenj oysthe
servi
ce

Andthesoul ofmanisdesignedt ofi

ndjoyineducat i
onandnot
enter
tai
nmentwheny oursoul beginst
ol ovepleasurethenyouar eenter
ing
i
ntotherealm whereyouaredeadbutst il
ll
ivi
ng, i
tmeansy ouarenow
rul
edbyt heouterman,andonanor malpartyourinnermani sdesignedto
dominateyourouterman,thatistheoutermani sdesigntobesl aveofthe
i
nnerman

*So,
whenyousayIenj
oyt
heSundayser
vicet
oday
,thequest
ioni
swhat
didy
ougai
n.*

Youcanseet hebeginni
ngofthefail
ureofAfri
cans,t
hei
rpl
easur
eisin
enter
tainmentandnotineducat
ion.(educat
ionwhichmeansinf
ormati
on
thatbenefi
tsthei
rspi
ri
tandsoul)

AndtheBiblesayshet hatdosoi sdeadbutsti

lll
iv
ing.
.Ipr
ayforthespiri
t
ofprophecytorestupont hechurchsothatwecanseeaheadandpr epare
fori
t.
Becauseourpr oblem int
hechurchisthatwedon'thavethewisdom
ofJosephtoseear ealitycomingandpreparefori
t

98
Thingsusuall
ycatchusunaware,t
echnologycaughtusunawareandwhen
thosethingscome,thechurchwi
llf
ir
stbeonet obegintospeakagainsti
t.
Andt hatwil
lmakethechildr
enofdarknesstakeadvant
ageandlaterwe
willnowbecomi ngbehind.

Iseethisaheadagain,t
hatthegener ati
oncomi ngwi llbet ooint
ell
igentto
besatisfi
edwi t
hnatur
althi
ngs, natur
alinf
ormation, natural tal
ent,
and
manymor e,t
heyarethegenerationthatwil
lnotbesat i
sf iedwi t
hany
natur
al t
hing.Theywantsomet hingdeeper,andt hi
scur iosi t
ywillmake
them begintoseekknowledgebey ondthenat ural,
seekt alentbeyondt he
natur
al.Boththebornagainandt hebornonear thamongt hem willhavea
passi
ont oknowbey ondnatur
al

Thati
sthest
rengt
hoft
hebody
,whi
chi
shar
dwor
kingwi
l
lnotmov
ethem.
Thest
rengt
hoft
hebr
ainwhi
chi
seducat
ionwi
l
lnotmov
ethem.
Thest
rengt
hoft
hespi
ri
tofmanwhi
chi
stal
entwi
l
lnotmeett
hem.
Theyneedthest
rengt
hoft
hespi
ri
tual
wor
ldt
osol
vet
hepr
obl
em of
mankind.

Mindy ouiti
snott heirspir
it
ual i
tythatwill
leadthem tobeatt
ractedtothe
spir
it
ual worl
dbutt heiri
ntel
ligencebecauset heyaregenerat
ionsthatare
natur
allybornwithspirit
ualintell
igence,soeit
hertheyarebornagainornot,
theywilldr
awt owar dthespirit
ual worl
d.

Thati
sever
ythi
ngwehandovertot
hem thi
nkingtheyaredeepknowledge
wil
lbetool
owtosat
isf
ythei
rhighl
evelofi
ntell
i
gence.ThatiswhyIsay
whatwecal
lstr
ongf
oodinti
met oeatnowwi l
lbemi l
kforthem.

99
Whati smypoi nt
..
.Lett
hoseseeki
ngthespi
rit
ual
wor l
dnowcont inue?(I
writ
etot hoseinthei
r20stowakeupandcomeuphi therbecausetheyar
e
theonest hatGodisrai
singt
ochampi
ont hi
smov eoftheIndomine
generati
onIam talki
ngaboutnow.

Isawt hey ear2025i nthespiri

t,wheretherewi l
lbeast r
angeshiftthatwil
l
givebirt
ht othi
shungerf orrevelat
ionalknowledgeamongt heyouthofthe
bodyofChr i
st,
andIwr i
tetothoseintheir20snowt hati
fallyouaredoing
i
sj ust30-hourprayerchain,Idoubtyourrelevanceinthenextmov e,
becauset hegenerati
onwi l
lbetoointel
li
gentandt heywillt
agmanyof
whatwedonowandcel ebratetobef ooli
shness,becausetheknowl edge
thatyouwi ll
havetodi splaywil
lbewhatwi llmaket hem giv
ey ouattenti
on

SoIwr i
tetothoseinthei
r20sthatareunderprepar
ationnowtokeep
pressi
ngintothereal
m ofRevel
ati
on,Letthosedenyingmater
ial
racenow
todigdeepintothespir
it
ualr
ealm cont
inue.

*I
tmaylookasi
fyouarewasting,
yourwait
ingisnotwast
ing,
your
pr
epar
ationi
snotpr
oport
ionaltodemoti
on,iti
spropor
ti
onto
pr
omoti
ons*

Ashi
ftwil
lhappensoon, thatnokindofint
ell
igenceandknowl edgefrom
t
hisworl
dwillhav
et hepot encytosati
sfyt
hesoul ofmen,tober el
iance
t
henisei
theryouaret al
ki
ngt heunknown,discoveri
ngthehidden,exposing
t
hemy st
eryorreveal
ingther evel
ati
on.
I
tisj
ustaf
ulf
il
lmentoft
heset
wopr
ophecyoft
hisBi
blev
erse.

Habakkuk2:
14

100
Amer
icanSt
andar
dVer
sion
Fortheear
thshal
lbef
il
ledwi
tht
heknowl
edgeoft
hegl
oryofJehov
ah,
as
thewater
scovert
hesea.

Ephesi
ans3:
10

NewLi
vi
ngTr
ansl
ati
on
God’
spurposei
nallt
hiswastousethechur
chtodisplayhi
swi sdom i
nit
s
ri
chvar
iet
ytoal
ltheunseenr
uler
sandauthor
it
iesi
nt heheavenlypl
aces.

Engl
i
shSt
andar
dVer
sion
sot
hatthr
ought
hechurcht
hemanif
oldwi
sdom ofGodmightnowbe
madeknowntot
herul
ersandaut
hor
iti
esi
ntheheavenl
ypl
aces.

Thatiswhysomet hingIam writi

ngnowisnotformydispensation,t
heyare
bookt owelcomethedispensationIpr
ophesyaboutbecauseforthat
purposeIwasr ai
sedbyGod, thatiswhyeventhoughal
lmenofmy
dispensat
iontagmeher eti
cnowandst opfoll
owingme,Ianotmov e,a
dispensat
ionthatwil
lholdmyt eachi
ngattheglobal
lev
elinal
l univ
ersi
ty
campusi srisi
ngsoon.

ThankGodf orthefewwi t
hgr eatspiri
tuali
ntel
l
igenceandwi deheartof
thi
sgenerationanddispensati
onwhocanunder st
andmenow. ,Markmy
wordtheignorance,t
henar r
ow- mindedandt herel
igiousbeli
ever
softhi
s
seasonwillbethefi
rsttofi
ghtagai nstthatmove,theywillt
alkdownthe
mov ebecauseitdoesnotlookl i
ket hemov eof1930butt heycannotst
op
i
t

101
JustwaitandseetheChri
sti
anfirmthatyout hofAfri
canwi l
lbewri
ting
soon,i
twilll
ookli
keaseasonal
hor r
orfil
m, thatachildwill
beafrai
dt o
watch,
becauseoft hef
earf
ulmy st
erythescr i
ptisexposing.TheGospel
si
ngeramongt hem wil
lbesi
ngi
ngwi thstrangeut t
erancebecausetheyar
e
notcomposingasongwi t
htheinfor
mat i
onoft hemor tal
s
Menwill
beknowi
ngnotbecauset
heyl
ear
nbutbecauset
heyencount
era
spi
ri
t.

Iwri
tebythespi
ri
tofprophecyuponme.I
tisnotadi
spensat
ionwhereyou
bui
l
dt al
ent,
isagener
ationwhereyout
apint
othegif
tofthei
mmor t
al.

*
Tal
ent
edar
ethoset
hatcancr
eat
esomet
hingf
rom wi
thi
n*
*
Thegi
ft
edar
ethoset
hatcangetsomet
hingf
rom abov
e*

I
sagenerat
ionwher
et hei
rhungerf
orspir
it
ual
it
ywil
lnotbri
ngthem i
nto
t
hereal
m ofpower
,itwil
lbri
ngthem i
ntot
hereal
m ofdeepwisdom and
r
evel
ati
on
Isayt
histoy ou,
.
..Youmayfi
ndi
thar
dtobeli
evethatnor
eviv
alwil
lbr
ing
thi
sgenerat
iontothemir
acul
ousmani
fest
ati
onyouseeinthepast
anymore.
Poweri
sdesi
gnt orul
eintheageofdar knesswhilewhentheli
ghtbegi
ns
tocomeandwisdom beginst
oi ncr
ease,iti
sthewi l
lofGodforpowert
o
begi
ntogodownf orwisdom andrevel
ati
ont obegintori
se.

Mani
fest
ati
onofpowerwi
l
lonl
ybef
ew,
her
eandt
her
e,becauset
heageof
t
hatdi
mensioni
sfadi
ngaway.

Andt
hef
adi
ngawayofi
tisnotbecauseGodi
ssi
l
entbutt
heomni
sci
ence

102
di
mensionofGodwillbeatahigherfrequencymorethantheomni
potent
di
mensionsofGod.Thati
s,theknowledgeoft hegl
oryofGodshal
lfi
l
l t
he
ear
th.I
saprophecyabouttobefulf
il
led

Soinsteadofget t
ingsickwherey ouwil
lbelooki
ngforami r
acle,
ther
ewill
berevelat
ionalknowledgetowal kindi
vi
nehealing.Menfailt
oknowt hat
whenGodr el
easesprev ent
ion,
itishi
gherthanwhenGodr el
easescure.

Youar
eint
hedangerofbat
tl
eandpr
obl
emsagai
nIfal
lyouhav
eist
he
cur
e.

Isagenerat
ionthatifyou'r
esickasaChr isti
an,thecommuni tyofbel
i
evers
wil
lseeyouasani gnorantperson,becauset hekindofsupernatur
al
aut
ranceanddi v
ineabili
tythosegenerat
ionswi l
l betalki
ngabouti
snotthe
abi
li
tytohealthesickbuttheabil
it
yt owal ki
ndiv ineheali
ng

Remembert her
ewasagenerati
onthatifyou'
resi
ck,t
hecommunityof
beli
ever
stagsittobet
hatiti
sbecausey ouhavesi
nned,y
ouseethem
aski
nghavey oucommitt
edanysinbecausetothem hol
i
nessi
sthekeyto
goodlif
eandblessi
ngfr
om God.

Butthi
sseasonanddi spensat
ionIam seei
ngaheadifyouf al
lsick,orpoor
asabelieverthecommunityofbeli
everswi
llseey
ouasani gnorantpeople.
Becausetheirunder
standi
ngofthefini
shedworkofChristwill
br i
ngthem
toapurerealm wheretheywil
lbegi
nt oworkatdi
vineheali
ng.

Becauseevensoonscienceiscreat
ingatechnol
ogythatcanmakeaman
walkinsci
enti
fi
cheali
ng,thati
saliv
ewithoutsi
ckness.Soifsci
enceis
produci
ngsuch,It
hinkyoushouldknowt hatt
hati
senought ori
dicul
eyour

103
heal
i
nganoi
nti
ng.

Mindy outrul
ywewi l
lst
il
l needpower ,wecannotdowi t
houtpower,but
thefactisthati
twil
lbefort heignor
ancety pe,t
hatist
osol vethepr
oblem
ofthosethatcannotcapturet herev
elati
onofhowt owalkindivi
neheali
ng.
I
fy oudon'tknowhowt oent erint
otherealm ofwisdom asdefenseand
preventi
onf r
om t
heproblem. .
.Youwi l
lsurelyent
erint
opr obl
emsandneed
thepowert ocomeoutofi t

Bui
ldi
ngt
heI
nnerMan

Chapt
erSi
x

*
Under
standi
ngt
heBui
ldi
ngMat
eri
al*

1stPet
er2:
5a
NewI
nter
nat
ional
Ver
sion
youal
so,l
ikel
i
vingst
ones,
arebei
ngbui
l
tint
oaspi
ri
tual
houset
obeahol
y
pri
est
hood,

NewLi
vi
ngTr
ansl
ati
on
Andy
ouar
eli
vi
ngst
onest
hatGodi
sbui
l
dingi
ntohi
sspi
ri
tual
templ
e.

104
I
nchapt erone,wehav etal
kedaboutthearchit
ecturalst
ructureofthis
housethatGodbui l
tforhimself
,whichi
sy ourbodyandt hestructureof
thi
sspiri
tualhousebuil
tbylivi
ngstoneareintwof ocus,whichistheinner
mant hatcomprisesthespir
itandsoulandtheout ermant hatcompr i
ses
ofthebodyandt hebrain.

Thatis,thespir
itst
andsforthefoundat
ionofthehouse,thesoulst
ands
fort
hei nnerspacethatcancontai
nanythi
ng,thenthebodystandsfort
he
mouldingblockwallofthehouse,whil
ethebrain(head)i
stheroof.

Theeyesarethedoor(entr
ance)intotheinnermanwhil
etheearisthe
window,ev
erythingt
hatentersint
oy ourhear
tpassest
hroughyoureyes
andear,whil
et hemainentranceforwhatisint
ocomeouti st
hroughyour
mouth.

Theni nchaptert
wo, wetalkedaboutwhatyoumustdotobui
l
dy ouri
nner
man, wet al
kedabouttherev el
ati
onforbui
l
dingt
hespi
ri
t,t
hewisdom f
or
buil
dingthesoul,knowledgev i
aexposuref
orbui
ldi
ngt
hebrai
n,andfood
forbuil
dingthebody.

Andinchapterthree,
fourandfi
ve,
wetalkedaboutthepur
poseofthi
s
housethatGodi sbui
ldingf
orhi
mselft
hatthehouseisdesi
gnedtobethe
houseofprayerwherey ouandGodmeetfordial
ogue.Andal
soahouseof
thi
nki
ngwhi chistheplacewher
eyourspir
itandsoulmeetf
orthemeeti
ng.

Thi
sist
hesummar
yofwhatIhav
ebeenusi
ng20pagest
oexpl
ain.
Nowtochapt
ersi
xwhi
chi
sthest
udyoft
hemat
eri
alf
orbui
l
dingt
hei
nner
man.

105
Letusfi
rstbegi
nwitht
hemat er
ial
forbui
ldi
ngthei
nnermanbef
oret
alki
ng
aboutt
hemat er
ial
forbui
l
dingtheouterman.
Thefi
rstmat
eri
alf
orbui
l
dingt
hei
nnermant
hatIwi
l
lbement
ioni
ngi
sthe
wordofGod

Butki
ndlypayatt
ent
ionbecauseIwi
llbesayi
ngsomethi
ngthatmayl
ook
cont
roversi
al,
andIwil
lemployyout
or eadwi
thanopenmind.

Getthi
s,Bi
bleoneofthemat er
ial
usedf
orbuil
dingthei
nnermanbecause
Bi
bleisabook*thatcont
ainsthewordf
rom God.*

Getmeandgetthis,
Bibl
eisnott
he*
wor
dofGod,
*butBi
blei
sahol
ybook
t
hatcont
ainswordofGod.

MakingBibl
ethewordofGodmeansy oudon'
tknowtheword,youonl
y
knowScript
ureandsear
chthescript
uresbuty
oudon'tknowtheword.You
knowthewr i
tt
enword(l
ett
ers)butyoudon'
tknowtheli
vingword.(
Spi
rit
andli
fe)

Iti
saninsul
ttotheintegri
tyofGodtoli
mitt
hewordint
o66booksand
cagethethi
nki
ngf acult
yofbeli
ever
sint
othepri
sonofthewri
tt
enwordof
God,t
oast agethatifsomeonenowdecidestothi
nkoutsi
det
heBibl
eyou
tendt
ot aghi
m asher eti
c.

Getthi
s,t
hebookofGalati
ansist
hebookwr i
tt
enbyPaul byt
heinspir
ati
on
ofthehol
yspi
ri
ttothechurchofGal
ati
ansandbecauseitisi
nspi
redbythe
hol
yspiri
twecanlear
nfrom i
tandbeblessedbyi
tandtheholyspir
itcan

106
usei
ttomi
nist
ert
ous.

Butdon'tcomeandsayt hebookofGalat
iansi
sawordofGod.TheBook
ofGalat
iansisat eachi
ngofPauljustasTimetoEatt
eachi
ngisateachi
ng
ofBanjoAy eka.

I
fIam wr
it
ingt
hist
oyoubytheinspi
rat
ionoft
heHol
ySpi
ri
tist
hesame
t
hingast
hebookofGal
ati
ans.

Whatmakesitt
hewor dofGodi sthesource,notthevessel
andnotthe
message,
itI
sthesourcet hatmakesitt
obeabl etodot hej
obof
t
ransf
ormati
on,heal
i
ng, deli
ver
ance,andsalvat
ion.Andoncethesourcei
s
f
rom abov
e,hol
yspiri
tiny oucanuseittoteachyou.

Paulisamanli
keyouinChr
ist
,hewasjustamanusedbyGr ace,andi
f
thatsamegr
acerest
suponyou,youcandoexact
lywhatPauldid.

ThebookofLukeisthebookwr it
tenbyLuketoTheophil
usbythe
i
nspirat
ionoft
heHolySpiri
t(Luke1:1-3)sowhatmakeshiswri
ti
ngt
o
Theophil
ustocar
ryli
feisnotbecausei ti
sint
heBibl
ebutbecausei
twas
wri
ttenbythei
nspi
rati
onofthehol yspiri
t.

Sothesourceiswhatmakesthewor d,wordofGod,andnotthewordi
tsel
f.
I
fsomeonesay sdon'
tfor
nicat
e,thatdoesn'
tmeanhei sspeaki
ngtheword
ofGod,don'
tforni
cat
ebecomest hewor dofGodift
hepersonspeaksitby
thei
nspir
ati
onoftheHolySpir
it
.

Sot
hebookofRomansi
sthebookofPaul
,fi
rstPet
eri
sabookofPet
erso

107
whatmakesi
tthewor
disbecauset
heywr
otei
tbyt
hei
nspi
rat
ionoft
he
onl
yone.

Thati
sfort
henewtest
amentasidefr
om t
hebookofRevelati
on.
Samet
o
theol
dtest
ament
.ThebookofIsai
ahist
heprophecyofI
saiah.

ThatiswhyJesusdidnotsay
st hewordofGodsays,r
atherhesaiditi
s
writ
ten,anot
herpl
aceyouseehim sayi
nghaveyounotread!
!!
!Because
whaty oucal
lthewor
dofGodi scall
edthebookoft
helawandt hebookof
prophecy.

TheJewt hatwasgiv enthebooknevercal

lsi
tthewordofGod, t
heycalli
t
thebookofthelaw, andthebookofprophecy
.Youseet hem say
ingI
saiah
said,Jer
emiahsaid,Ifnotbecausemanylacktheknowledgeofwhatthe
wor dofGodisall
about ,
howcany oumakeabookt hewordofGod.

Thewor dofGodisapersonandnotabook,
thewor
disChr
istf
orGod'
s
sake.Thewordisli
feandspi
ri
t.

Andtwot hi
ngstheBibl
ecannotgiv
ey ouare(
1)t
heBi
blecannotgi
veyou
l
if
e(2)theBibl
ecannotgiv
ey ouSpi
rit
.Iti
swhent
hehol
yspiri
tusesthe
Bi
blethatyoucanrecei
veli
fethr
oughit.

Bibl
eitsel
fisalet
terthatki
ll
ethifyoudon'
tknowitsposi
ti
on.Thewri
tt
en
wordtalksaboutthewor d,
itconfi
rmstheword,i
topensyouuptotheword
butisnottheword..
.Thewor dofGodi snotabookisaperson

Jesussay
syousear
cht
hescr
ipt
urest
hinki
ngi
nity
ouwi
l
lhav
eet
ernal
li
fe

108
andthescr
ipt
urei
spointi
ngyoutotheword.ForBi
blenott
obeabl
etogi
ve
youeter
nall
if
e,di
squal
if
iesi
tfr
om bei
ngthewor d.

Itcangiveyouwi sdom,pr
ofi
tabl
ef orri
ght
eousness,
anddoct
rineand
correct
ion,butasgoodasallthi
scanbe, t
hatdoesnotmakeitthewordof
God, i
tonlymakesi tascr
ipt
ure(sacredwri
ti
ngs).

Andthedif
ferencebetweenthescr i
ptur
esandt hewor
dist
hatt
he
scr
ipt
urescant eachyouri
ghteousness,butcannotmakey
ouri
ght
eous,i
t
i
sbyt hewordy oucanberighteous.

TheBibleist
hebesthol
ybooktomakey ouknowwhatt odo,buti
tcannot
makey oudowhatyouknow.Andthewor dofGoddidnotcomet ogiv
eyou
knowledge,i
tcametogi
veyouli
fe,i
nthelif
e,y
oucanf i
ndtheli
ght
(r
evel
ational
knowl
edge)(
John1:
3-4)butthefi
rsthecametogiveisnot
l
ight
.

Lightmakesy ouknowwhatt odowhi l

espiritandlifemakesyoudowhat
youknow.I fi tisaboutknowingt heri
ghtwayofl i
vingandcorrection,there
aremanyot herr el
igioushol
yandsacr edbookt hatisal
soprofitablefor
ri
ghteous,fordoct r
ineandcorrecti
onunt oright
eoust her
earesomehol y
andsacr edrel igi
onbookofot herreli
gionsthatcondemnsf ornication,l
i
es,
adulter
y,notbowdownf ori
dol,giv
ent oneedyandt empl
ewor kandmany
ri
ghteoust hings

Butwhatdi
squali
fi
esal
lrel
i
giousbooksincl
udi
ngBi
blefrom bei
ngthe
wordofGodisthatnobookonitsel
fcangiv
eyoul
if
e,itcanonlygi
veyou
l
aw.

109
Iti
st hespi r
itthatgi
vesli
feandget sthis,thehol
yspi
ri
tcanuseany thingt
o
speakt oy ou,HolySpir
itcanmi ni
stertoy outhr
oughQuranifyouhav ea
mat urehear t,
menhav ereadt hesameQur anandgotbornagainbecause
holyspi r
itshowshi m,Christ
,inQuran,andwehav eseensomeonewho
readBi bl
eandbecomespagan, foryout oknowisnotabouttheholybook,
i
tisaboutt heholyspir
it.

Soiti
salackofignor
ancet
oli
mitt
hehol
yspi
ri
ttoonl
ybespeaki
ngt
oyou
thr
ought
heBible.

Thehol
yspi
ri
tcanspeakt
oyout
hroughabi
ologyt
ext
book

Hasi tnotoccur
edtoyouwheretheholyspiri
twil
lleadyoutoabookt o
read,li
keabookofKennethHagin,whycan'ttheholyspi
ri
tspeakt oyou
throughthebookofPaultoGal
atiansal
one, whycan'tt
heHol ySpir
itspeak
toy outhr
oughBibl
eonly
,becauset her
ightchoi
ceofwor dthatwillbea
stri
kingwordhewantstousetospeakt oyoumaynotbei nt hebibl
e

Becauset otheholyspir
it
, t
herei
snodiffer
encebet weenthebookof
KennethHaggi nandthebookofGal at
ians,youonlyexaltoneaboveone
wit
hy ourreli
giousmind,thetwowrit
ersarefrom God, bot
hareanoint
ed
wri
ters,bothareinspi
redbyt hehol
yspir
itandbothar eholymen,sowhat
i
sthedi ff
erencebetweent hebookofGalati
anstotheChur chofGalat
ians
andthebookofKennet hHagi nt
otheRhemachur chinAmer ica

I
twasment hatpil
edupthosebooksandaddedthem t
othecanonofold
test
amentScr i
ptur
etomakei tnewtest
ament
,Goddidnotsendthem, i
tis
notGod'spl antorul
ehischurchbybook,y
oucanseewhyJesusnev er
haveanydi scipl
eespeci
all
ytobewriti
ngdownhiswordhasheisteaching
thedisci
ples.Becausethefocuswherehewantstowri
tehi
swordist he

110
hear
tofmen.(
Heb.
8:8-
10)

Forthisi
sthecovenantt
hatIwil
lmakewi t
hthehouseofI
sraelaftert
hose
days,sai
ththeLor
d;Iwil
lputmylawsintothei
rmind,
andwrit
et hem i
n
thei
rheart
s:andIwil
lbetothem aGod,andtheyshal
lbet
omeapeopl e:

Hebr
ews-Chapt
er8:
10

HedidnotsayIwil
lputthewordint
heirhandbutinthei
rmind,hedidnot
say
sIwillwri
tet
hewor dint
hebookbutwr it
eitint
heirhear
tsothataswe
haveBi
bleasthewrit
tenepi
stl
e,wealsohavey ouastheli
vi
ngepist
le

Thedi sci
pl escall
edJesusRabbimeaningschoolteacher
,theycalled
themsel vesdiscipl
esmeaningl
earnerhowcanat eacherbet eaching
withouthol ytextbook,
andhisst
udentislear
ningwi t
houtanylearning
mat eri
alsbecauset her
eissomethingChri
stwantstoestabli
sht hatthe
Chur chmi ssed.

BecauseChr ist
'splani
stoest ablishaspirit
ualcenterandnotareli
gious
center,oncetheemphasi sisabookt hatistheori
ginofthedeadof
spi
rituali
tyandthebeginningofr eli
giosi
ty.Thefocusofspir
it
ual
ityisHoly
Spir
it,whilet
hef ocusofreli
giousityi
sHol yBook.

Youcanseewhytheapost
lenev
erhol
dacopyoftheoldt
est
amentabout
.Thenewtest
amentdi
dnothaveanend.
ActofApostl
econt
inuest
il
ltoday
.

Sodon'
tl
imi
tthemovementofthespi
ri
ttobooklestyouwhotyour
sel
f
fr
om r
eal
m av
ail
abl
einChri
stbutnotavai
l
ablei
nBi bl
e.Any
thi
ngGoduses

111
t
ospeakt
oyou,
thatt
hingaut
omat
ical
l
yrel
easesl
i
feandspi
ri
t

*
IfGodusedt
het
reet
otal
ktoy
out
hatt
reer
eleasel
if
e*

Assacr
edasBiblemaybei
fyoureaditandt
hehol
yspir
itdi
dnotspeakt
o
yout
hroughi
t,whaty
oureadisasdeadasanewspaper

*Sof
oryoutoknowthati
snotaboutt
hebook,
iti
saboutt
hespi
ri
tiny
ou
andt
hespir
itbehi
ndthebook*

Thati
swhywheny ouwakeupdon' tberel
igi
ousabouttheBi
ble,
all
owthe
HolySpi
ri
ttoleadyou,al
lhewantsy outoreadthatmorni
ngmaybet he
bookofBishopOyedepoonleadershipandyouseey our
sel
fgett
ing
bl
essedthatmorni
ng,(thati
squiettime)

Andtomor r
owi tmayt hathewanty outor eadbooksofGal ati
ans,i
thishim
guidi
ngyoui nt
oalltr
uth,hedidnotsayal ltruthintheBible,butal
ltr
uth,If
youknowt hepositi
onoft heBibl
eev ent houghwi t
houtt heHolySpir
itit
cannotki
llyou,buti
fy oudon'
tknowt heposi t
ionoftheBi bl
eandy ouwant
tomakethebi blebedoingthewor koft heHol ySpiri
titbegi
nst oki
llyou.
BecauseitistheSpir
itthatgi
vesli
fenott hebi bl
e

Bef or
econdemningthisteachingki
ndl
ywaitforthenextpagetoseeGod's
purposeforBibl
e,Becauseitiswhenyouarereadyngwithar el
i
giousmi
nd
thatyouwill
concludethatBanjoAyekaiscondemningBibleoooohandyou
wilIsayIt
oldyouthisBanjoAy ekai
sfr
om thepitofhell
.

Rel
ax,
Iam al
overoft
heBi
ble,
butt
heemphasi
soft
hist
eachi
ngi
stopl
ace

112
i
tinapl
acewher
eGodwant
sitt
obei
nourhear
t

Seey
ouont
henextpage.
..
..

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
ersi
x
_
___
___
___
___
___
__,
Under
standi
ngt
heBui
l
dingmat
eri
al
_
___
___
___
___
___
_

Ki
ngJamesBi
ble
Whoalsohathmadeusabl
emini
ster
softhenewtestament
;notoft
he
l
ett
er,
butthespi
ri
t:f
ort
hel
ett
erki
ll
eth,
butthespi
ri
tgiv
ethl
if
e.(2ndCor
3:
6)

Weestabl
ishedaf actinthel
astpagethatift
hestoneGodisusingt
obuil
d
hi
shouseisi mmat er
ial
(li
vi
ngstone)andthehouseisspi
ri
tual
thenthe
bui
ldi
ngmat eri
alsforbui
ldi
ngthehouseofGodwhi chisy
oucannotbe
mater
ial
(1stPet er2:
5)

113
Andweestabl
ishthef
actthatt
henameoft hisbui
l
dingmateri
ali
scalled
thewordofGod.AndIest
abli
shedthefactonthel
astpagethatBibl
eis
dif
fer
entf
rom t
hewordofGod, t
hatBibl
eisabookthatcont
ainstheword
ofGodbutnotthewordofGod

*
NowwhatI
snowt
her
oleofBi
ble*
?

Themajorrol
eoft
heBibl
efr
om God'
sper
spect
ivei
stogui
dey
ouf
rom
er
rorbutnott
ogui
deyouint
oal
ltrut
h.

Ther
eisadi
ff
erencebet
weengui
dingf
rom er
rorandgui
dingi
ntot
rut
h.,

ThatisBibleisdesi
gntoguideyoufr
om ent
eri
ngi
ntoerr
orbutBibl
eisnot
ordai
nedt oleadyouint
oalltr
uth.I
tist
heassi
gnmentoftheHol
ySpir
itt
o
guideyouintoallt
rut
h.(John16:13)

NewI
nter
nat
ional
Ver
sion
Butwhenhe,
theSpi
ri
toft
rut
h,comes,
hewi
l
lgui
dey
oui
ntoal
lthet
rut
h.

Notwhent
heBiblecomeshewi l
lgui
deyouint
oalltr
uth,
butwhenthespi
ri
t
comesHewil
lguideyouint
oatruth,
notwhenthebookoftr
uthcomeshe
wil
lgui
dey
ouintoallt
rut
h,butwhenthespi
ri
toftr
uthcomes..
.

SoBi
blecangui
dey
ouf
rom er
ror
,buthecannotgui
dey
oui
ntoal
ltr
uth

Now,
whati
sthedi
ff
erencebet
weengui
dingf
rom er
rorandgui
dingi
ntoal
l

114
t
rut
h?

Guidi
ngfr
om err
ort
ell
syouwhatnottodo,
guidingi
ntoal
ltrut
htel
lsyou
whattodo.I
tmeansbyBibl
eyoucanknowwhatnott odo,butbytheBi
ble
youcannotknowwhattodo,i
tisbyt
heSpir
ityouknowwhatt odo.

Gett
histheHol
ybooki
sordai
nedtogui
dey
oubutnotor
dai
nedt
oleady
ou.
TheBibl
ecangui
debutcannotl
ead.
I
tcanpreventyoufr
om err
orbutcannotgui
deyouint
oal
ltr
uth.
Soyou
mustknowt hedi
ff
erencebetweent
heposit
ionoft
hehol
ybookfrom Hol
y
Spi
ri
tinthenewtestament.

Thehighestthingmenoftheoldt est
amentrel
atewithisthebook,whi
l
e
thehighestthi
ngwear et
or el
atetowithi
nthenewt estamentist
heHoly
Spir
it
.Tot henthebookofthelawmustnotdepar tfrom t
heir
mouth,(Joshua1:8)t
heymeditateonitdayandnight

Buttouslawisal
readywr i
tt
eninourheart
,(
Hebrew8:10)soitisa
fel
l
owshipoftheholyspir
itmustnotdepar
tfrom you,youmustfel
lowshi
p
wit
hhim dayandnight.SoIam notundert
hecov enantofJoshua1:8,
Iam
undert
hecovenantof(2ndCor .
14:13)

SoIam notmedi
tat
ingonlawdayandni
ghtIam medi
tati
ngonChri
st(l
if
e
andr
evel
ati
onall
i
ghtdayandni
ghtthr
oughfol
lowi
ngwiththeHol
ySpir
it)
I
tisthegr
aceoftheLordJesusChr
ist
,theloveofGodandt hefel
lowshi
p
ofthehol
yspi
ri
tbewithmenowandf orever(2ndCor14:13),
thi
sishowto
makeourwayprosper
ousinthenewtestament,notJoshua1:9

115
Whatt
hehol
ybookistothem i
swhatt
hehol
yspi
ri
tist
ous.WhatMosesi
s
t
othem i
swhatChr
isti
stous.

Thehol
ybookoft
hel
awcamet
hroughMoseswhi
l
ethehol
yspi
ri
tcame
thr
oughChr
ist
.
ThatiswhyMosestol
dJoshuat
omeditat
eonitdayandni
ghtbecause
thati
showitcanst
ayint
heirmi
nd(Joshua1:
8)

Butt ousChri
stt ol
dusi fwewanttopr osper,
hesaidweshouldwaitor
tarr
yf ort
heholyspirit
,thatweshal
lreceivepoweraft
ert
heholyspiri
thas
restedupony ou(act1:8)SoIaskyou,arey ouundert
hecovenantof
Joshua1: 8oryouar eunderthecov
enantofAct1: 8

SowhatGodgi
vest
oyoui
nthenewt
est
amenti
sthehol
yspi
ri
t,nott
he
hol
ybook.

I
fyoumaket heholybookstandinthegapbetweenyouandGodthenyou
l
ostencount
erwithGod,youlostfel
lowshi
p,youst
opatarel
ati
onshi
pbut
notf
ell
owshipandthatist
hebeginningofrel
i
gion.

Bi
blecant
ellyout
hediff
erencebetweenwhatisgoodandevi
l.
.(i
sabook
oft
heknowledgeofgoodandev i
l
)(Genesi
s2:9..
.Romans7:
7)

I
fy oucanunder st
andthemyster
yoftheknowledgeofGoodandevi
land
thetreeofli
fethatGodplant
edinthegar
denofEden,youwil
lknowthe
dif
ferencebetweenstudyi
ngBibl
eandstudyi
ngChrist

116
Youwil
lknowt hatj
ustast hetreeofknowl
edgeofgoodandevi
lkil
l
ethso
al
solet
terski
l
leth..
.Justast hetr
eeofli
fegi
vesl
if
etoadam soalsothe
Spi
ri
tgi
v et
hli
fe(2ndCor .3:6)

Shouldwenowt hrowawayHolyBook,becauseitistherevel
ati
onofthe
tr
eeoftheknowledgeofgoodandev i
l
?!!
!!Godforbid!
!!Thereasonwhywe
canneverdoawaywi t
hBiblei
sthatwear ei
nthefalli
ngwor l
d,wherewe
wil
lkeeponneedingtheknowl
edgeofgoodandev ill
essgenerati
onof
manwi l
lari
seandbegintocal
levi
lgoodandcalledgoodev i
l

Butwhatpai nedmeisthatwedon'tknowourassi gnmentinchurch,i

tis
nottheassignmentofthechurcht
obet eachingyougoodandev i
l.I
tisthe
assignmentofgovernmenttodoso,thatiswhywehav eaconsti
tuti
on
whichwast heextr
acti
onoflawsintheBible,wehav eacourtwhich
represent
scourtofheaventoj
udgeunr i
ghteousnesswithconsequences
require

Thatiswhywheni tcomest onaturalri

ghteousness(goodandev il
)itisnot
Churchbusiness,i
tisthebusinessofgov ernmentt odot hat
,byjudgingthe
unri
ghteousandputt hem inpri
soni fnecessarybe,becausethelawi snot
madef ortheri
ghteous.butwheni tcomest ori
ghteousnessofthe
ki
ngdom whi chisknowingthedifferencebet weengoodandGods, between
goodwillandGodswi l
l,i
tistheassignmentoft hechurchtodothat

But,unfort
unately
,eventhechurchhaslostt
heknowledgeofthetreeof
l
ife(knowledgeofGodswi ll
)goodthingiswhatwecelebr
ateinchurchand
notGodst hings.
Wear ebusyteachi
nggoodandev i
li
nt hechurchdueto
spiri
tualbl
indnesstotheeter
nalcurr
icul
um

Nat
ureandsoci
etyar
eal
readyt
eachi
ngusgoodandev
il
,knowl
edgeof

117
goodandev ili
sdesignt obepartofthecurr
icul
um ofev er
yeducat i
onal
sector,wherewehav emor al
educationli
kesoci
alstudies,basiceducat
ion,
rel
igiousstudiesforteachi
ngmor ali
tyandnotfai
th.ButBiblecannottel
l
yout hediff
erencebet weenpersonalgoodandGod, becausei snotthetree
oflif
e,becausewheni tcomest ogoodandGodi tispersonal,whatisGods
wil
l t
oot hersmaynotbeGodswi l
lforyou

Twot r
eesareinAden(treeofli
fewhichstandforChri
st)andt reeoft
he
knowledgeofgoodandev il
whichstandforBibl
e"bookoft helaw"or
l
etter
sbeitoldtestamentornewtestament...I
fyoupickthewr it
enword
ofJesusinredlet
tersyouaresti
ll
actingonlett
ersanditkil
let
h.)

WhatMosescamewi thfr
om mountSanai i
sthewr i
tt
enform ofthetreeof
theknowl edgeofgoodandevilt
hatAdam andev il
eatinthegardenof
Eden. Thatiswhywehav etwotreesi
nt hechur
chnowwhi chst
andf ort he
newt estamentgardenofEden,t
hef i
rstist
hetreeofli
fewhichstandf or
Christ
, andthesecondist
hetreeoftheknowledgeofgoodandev i
lwhi ch
standf ortheBi
ble.

SoIasky ouwhichfr
uiti
syourpast orfeedingyouwi thatreeofli
feortree
ofknowledgeofgoodandev il
.Theyl ookli
keholinessandr i
ghteousness
preacherbuti
tist
heright
eousnessoft heknowledgeofGoodandev i
l
,
whichteachyoutodenyevilandchoosegood, buttheyknowBi blebutno
nothingaboutt
heri
ghteousnessoft hekingdom whi chteachesyoutodeny
goodandchooseGod(Mat t
hew6: 33)

Themomenty oubringBibl
etochur
ch,
ifyoucannotseeChri
sti
nitand
teachChri
stinit
,theny ouar
efeedi
ngyourcongr
egati
onwi
ththefr
uitof
thetreeoft
heknowl edgeofgoodandevilt
hattr
eecanonl
ymakethem
rel
igi
ousbutnotspirit
ual.

118
SoBanj
oar
eyoutalki
ngdownBibl
e?no!
!,
Iam onl
ypl
aci
ngi
tint
heposi
ti
on
wher
eGodwant
sy outoputi
t.

Seeyouinf
ullonpage25t
oshowt
hef
ivei
mpor
tanceoft
heBi
bleandt
he
l
imit
ati
onofit

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
ersi
x

*
Under
standi
ngt
hebui
ldi
ngmat
eri
al*

Searcht
hescri
ptur
es;
fori
nthem y
ethi
nky
ehav
eet
ernal
li
fe:
andt
heyar
e
theywhi
chtest
if
yofme.

John-Chapt
er5:
39

Nowst
rai
ghttothepoi
nt,
letust
alkaboutt
hei
mpor
tanceandl
i
mit
ati
onof
t
heBi
blet
oy ouri
nnerman

Sof
ir
st

1.Bibl
eisabooktoknowgoodandevi
lbutnott
oknowGoodandGod,it
takesthel
eadi
ngoftheHol
ySpi
ri
ttoknowthedif
fer
encebet
weenwhati
s

119
Goodf
rom whati
sGod.

2.Isabookt
oguideyoufr
om er
rorbutt
onotl
eady
oui
ntot
rut
hbecause
thetr
uthi
snotabookisaper
son.

3.*I
sabookt oestabli
shwhaty oubeli
evebutnotwhoy oubel i
eve*
meaningy oucanbeli
eveinBibl
ebuty ourf
ait
hmustbet heethepersonof
chri
st.y
oudon'tputfai
thinawor dInthenewt estamentandr eceiv
e
eter
nalli
feyoubutfai
thinaper son.
..I
tiswhosoev erbeli
evein
hi
m(per sonofChri
st)willnotperi
shbuthaveet ernall
if
e.(John3: 16)

4.Anot
hermaj
orassi
gnmentoft
heBi
blei
stoest
abl
i
shaf
act

*Mindy ounott
oestabli
shthetr
uth,
buttoestabli
shthefact,youdon't
useabookt oestabl
ishtr
uthint
hekingdom, i
tist
hespiri
tthatbears
witnessandnotbooks*iti
sbythemout hoftwoormor eli
vingwitnesses
thattrut
hisest
abli
shed,notbyt
hewor dtheywrotedownbef oret
heydi e

Becausewhatt heywrotedowncanbemi si
nterpr
etedbyt helivi
ng,i
tis
easytounder standandaut hor
swor dbutnoteasyt ounderstandthe
author
'smind, andattimeswhaty ouint
erprettheauthorswor dtobemay
bediff
erentfrom theaut hor
'smind,youcanseewhyt enpeopl ewill
study
sameBi bl
ev erseandcomebackwi thdif
ferentmeaningsand
i
nterpr
etati
oncl aimi
nghol yspi
ritreveal
ittothem...Theny ouareaskingi
f
theholyspi
ritisanaut horofconfusion.
..

Andtheproblem i
sthatmanyfact
orsleadtoi
nter
pret
ati
onwegotfrom
Bi
ble1.Spir
it
ualage2.Backgr
ound3.Temperament4.Ideol
ogy5.
Denominat
ion..
.Thesearethefiv
e-f
actoramongmanymor ethatf
orm

120
y
ourper
spect
ivewhi
chnowl
eadst
othewayy
oui
nter
pret
edscr
ipt
ure,

Becausemani snotdesi gnedt orespond,reactandactbywhattheysee,

manr espond,actandr eactbyt hewaytheyseet hi
ngs,t
hatiswhyfivemen
canseet hesamet hingsandr eactdif
ferentl
y,why?Becausetheyseethe
samet hi
ngsbutt heyseei tdi
fferent
ly.

ThatiswhythatyoupickthewordofPauldonotmeany ougotwhatheis
sayingunt
ily
ouhav eanencounterwi
thPaulsaysyougothismi
nd. So
bookonlyestabl
i
shaf actbutcannotest
abli
shthetr
uth.Est
abl
i
shinga
factmeansdroppingawor dandusedScri
ptur
etobackitup

5.Foll
owingthemoral
aspectsofthewr i
ttenwor
dcangi
veyousuccessi
n
l
ife,
butfoll
owingt
hereli
giousaspectofthewri
tt
enwor
dcanleadtoyour
povert
y

6.Bi
blecannotgi
vey
ouet
ernal
li
fe

7.Bi
blei
sagoodbooktopreventyouf
rom er
ror
,itgui
desy
ouf
rom er
ror
,
buti
tcannotl
eady
ouintoall
truth

Youbecomef r
ust
rat
edwhenyoumaketheBibl
ebedoi ngtheworkof
l
eadi
ng,whichist
hemainwor
koftheHolySpir
it.Thatiswhycheckt
he
mostconf
usedpeoplet
heyar
ethoset
hatknowt heBibl
e,

Becausetheyfai
ltoknowthatiti
sthosethatarel
edbythespir
itt
hati
sthe
maturesonofGod, nott
hoseledbytheBible.
Sothet
reeofgoodandevil
cantel
lwhatisgoodandwhati sevi
l,butChurchi
snotaplacewherewe

121
knowGoodandev
il
,i
saplacewher
eyouknowt
hedi
ff
erencebet
ween
whati
sgoodandwhati
sGod

Notev
eryGoodandGod,andnotever
ythi
ngthatl
ooksevil
int
hesighti
s
evi
l
,pr
oblemsmaybeevilbutchal
l
engesarenot.
..Thet
woarefi
rebutone
i
stomakey ourgol
dwhyotheri
stodestr
oyyou.

Justasfir
ei sbot ht
hetoolofpuri
f i
cati
onandat ool ofdestruction...Mind
youthefir
ei sthesamebutt heproductwi l
lmakey ouknowt hepur pose,
wheny ouputgol dinfi
reyouwill
knowi ti
sforpuri
ficationandr ef i
nement ,
butify
ouputny loni
nthesamef ire,youwil
lknowi sf ordestruction...Soi
f
youknowy ourident
it
yyoucanpr edicti
fwhaty ouarepassi ngt hroughi sa
fi
reofaffl
icti
ont odestr
ucti
onorfirefordir
ecti
ontot hedest ination.

Whatismypoint!!
!Notev er
yev i
li
nthesi
ghtofmani sevi
linthesi
ghtof
God,andnoteveryt
hingthatlooksgoodi
nthesightofmani sgoodinthe
si
ghtofGod.Andont hi
sBi blemaynothel
py ou,i
ttakest
heholyspiri
tto
knowthedif
ference

Yougott
woj obsonei
nthebearpar
lorasandt
hesecondi
sateachi
ngj
ob.
Youdon'
tneedtheHol
ySpir
itt
otell
whichtogofor
,onei
sgoodandonei
s
evi
l

Butasit
uati
onwher eyougottwojoboneisbanki
ngjobandthesecondi
s
ateachi
ngjob,
atthisstagescr
ipt
urebecometri
ple.
Noscript
uresays
banki
ngjoborteachingjobi
sasin,i
ttakest
heknowledgeofthebookof
desti
ny,
toknowwhi chonetogof or

Andt
heonl
yper
sont
hathasacopyoft
hebookofy
ourdest
inyi
stheHol
y

122
Spi
ri
t,i
stheonet
hatcanl
eady
oui
nli
newi
thdest
inywhi
chonet
ogof
or.

Ever
yonehasabookofdesti
ny.
..Bookofdestinymeansabookthat
cont
ainsthi
ngswr
it
tenconcer
ningy ou.
..
Bibl
eisabookofDesti
nyofJesus
ofNazaret
handnotyourown

ThatiswhyJesuscanstudyi
tandknowwher etobeborn,
weret
odie,how
hewilldi
eandthejobhewil
ldo.Butforyou,
Bibl
eisnotabookwri
tt
en
concerni
ngyou,i
snotabookofdesti
nyforyou

Iti
sonlywrit
tenfory
ou,whati
swrit
tenfory
ouisdif
ferentf
rom whatis
wri
ttenconcerni
ngyou.Bi
blei
snotwri
tt
enforJesusitisabookwri
tten
concerni
nghim

Fori
nst
ance
Twoguy sproposetoyouoneisay ahooguywhyt hesecondistheNCCF
Presi
dent,
youdon'tneedtoaskGodwhi chonet
ogof orbet
weent he
yahooguyandt heNCCFpresident(Nigeri
aChri
sti
anCoppersfell
owshi
p)

Byscr i
ptur
e,youcanknowt hattheyahooguyisnotanopt i
onbecause
Biblegiv
esy outheknowledgeofgoodandev il
,(soitcanguideyoufr
om
error)
.butbetweenNCCFpr esi
dentofKogi st
ateandNCCfpr esi
dentof
Benuest at
e,youwill
surelybeconfusedbecauseBiblehasnoanswerto
that

Iti
sbythespi
ri
tyouknowall
trut
hnotbyscri
ptur
e,att
hisstagey
oumust
all
owtheHolySpi
ri
ttogui
deyouint
oall
trut
handnotscript
ure

123
TheBibl
ecannott ell
youwhot omar ry,
locationdesi
gnf oryourdestiny,
the
desti
nyassignmentt odo,andthisar ethear eawheremanybel ieverswho
knowBiblefrom genesistorev
elationgotconf usedi
nlif
e,theycanar gue
bibl
ebuttheycannotar guewithdest iny,theyknowgoodandev i
lbutthey
don'
tknowdi ff
erentbetweengoodandGodi ftheyconfr
ontwi t
ht hesinof
i
mmor al
itytheycaneasi l
yovercomebutl etthem confr
ontwi t
ht hereal
it
y
ofDesti
nyyouseet hencompromi sing.

Andthisareaiswherethedevilt
ookadv antageofmanyChr i
sti
anandl ead
them ast
ray,Tothem aslongast heBibledidnotagainsti
t,i
tisgood,all
theyknowonl yi
swhatbibleagainst.Theyf ai
ltoknowthattr
ulyBibl
emay
notbeagainstitbutdest
inycanagai nstit

0ppor
tuni
ti
estotr
avelt
otheUKcameandy oubegi
ntoshar
eatest
imony
t
hatGodhaddoneit,
haveyoucheckt
hebookofdesti
nyi
fgoi
ngtotheUK
i
sGod'swi
llf
oryou.

Butt
oyoust
ayi
ngi
nNi
ger
iai
sev
ilwhygoi
ngt
otheUKi
sgood

*
Ohhy
eegener
ati
onofcanal
bel
i
everi
nhol
ydr
essi
ng*

Youcannotknowal lthi
sdest inymat t
erinBibl
eBi bl
ehasl i
mitati
onswhen
i
tcomest othingsper t
ainingtoy ourDesti
nycareerinli
feonear t
hwhen
youarecall
edintothemi nist
ryitiseasytoholduntoJeremiah1:5-9..
.But
whataboutifyouar ecalledacademi c,pol
it
ical
,orbusinessandy etyoucal
l
i
tabookofl i
fe..
,Bibleisnotabookofl if
e,butthr
oughi t
,youcangetl i
fe
from t
heholyspir
it,t
hatishol yspiri
tcanmakei tachannel,butBibleisnot
thesourceofli
fe,HolySpi ri
tisthesourceoflif
e,heisthegiverofli
fe

124
ThoseledbytheBiblearethepeopl
eorchil
drenofGod,t
hati
s,t
heyar
e
underaschoolmaster,
theyarebabi
es.(Gal
atians3:
21-
23)

Butf
ort
hemat
ure,
wear
eledbyt
hespi
ri
t.
..

Thati
swhysomeonewi ll
justpi
ckScr
ipt
ureandactonitandleadhi
msel
f
i
ntoprobl
ems.
..Becauseacti
ngonscr
ipt
ureisdi
ff
erentfr
om acti
ngon
God'
sword.

Ourprobl
em int
hebodyofChr
isti
sthatwedon'
tknowthedi
ff
erence
betweenthewordt
hebodyofChri
standthewor
dtous.HowcanIknow
thedif
fer
ence?
Andourprobl
em al
soisthatwedon'
tknowthedi
ff
erencebet
weent
he
bookofDesti
ny!
!Bookofthelawandbookofl
if
e.

Seey
ouont
henextpage

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
erSi
x
_
___
___
___
___
___
___
Under
standi
ngt
heBui
l
dingMat
eri
als
_
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125
Isai
donthelastpaget
hatoneofthepr
obl
emsi
nthebodyofChr
isti
sthat
manydonotknowt hedi
ff
erencebet
weent
hewordt
othebodyofChri
st
andthewor
dt ous.

Thatis,
wedon'tknowt hedif
fer
encebetweenwhenscr i
ptur
eistalkingto
thebodyofChrist(thechur
ch)andwheni tistal
ki
ngtoyouthepartoft he
bodyofChrist
,andt hi
shasmademayi njurethemsel
veswit
hscriptures,
becausetheydon'tknowthatl
ett
erki
l
leth.

TheBi
blesaysgoi
ntot
hewor
ldandpreacht
hegospel
.Thequesti
oni
s,i
s
thi
sBi
blever
setal
ki
ngtoy
ou,
oristal
ki
ngtothebodyofChri
st?
Letmegi
veanexampl
e

Seet
hisscr
ipt
ure;

Andhav i
nggonethr
oughPhrygi
aandther
egionofGal
ati
a,hav
ingbeen
for
biddenbytheHol
ySpir
itt
ospeakthewordinAsia.

Act
s-Chapt
er16:
6

TheBibl
esaysGodf orbadPaultopreachthewordi
nAsia.ButtheBibl
e
saysweshouldgointot hewor
ld.Yesbutthest
atementi
snottoan
i
ndivi
dual
,i
tistot
hebodyofChr i
st.ThebodyofChri
sti
stheonewiththe
assi
gnmenttogointot heworl
d.

Butfory
ouaspartofthebodyofChri
st,y
oucanonlygot
osomepar t
sof
theworl
dasdi
rectedbytheHolySpi
ri
t.Notasdi
rect
edbyScr
ipt
ure

126
YoucanseewhyHol
ySpi
ri
tfor
bidPaul
int
hispl
ace.

I
tisbecausePaulwasall
owingtheBibl
etol
eadhim andnottheHolySpi
ri
t.
YoucannotsaybecausetheBibl
esaysweshoul
dgoi nt
ot heworl
d
ther
efor
ey oucangoanywhere.Canweseewhysomemi ssi
onar
iesdi
eout
ofzealwit
houtknowl
edge?

Bibl
eisonl
ytoguideyou,
butnottoleadyou.TheBibl
ecansaysomethi
ng
butdon'
tal
lowthattol
eadyou,onl
yallowitt
oguideyou,
butnott
olead
you.

TheBibl
esaysyoushalll
ayhandsonthesickandt
hesickwi
llr
ecover
.
Andbecauseofthat,
youarelay
inghandsonpeopl
eanyhow,t
hatis
fool
i
shness.Bi
bleisnott
alki
ngtoyou,t
hebibl
eist
alki
ngtot
hebodyof
Chri
st.

Youcannowl ayyourhandwhenHol ySpir

itl
eadsy outodoso.Thesame
scr
ipt
uret hatsaysyoushalll
ayhandsont hesickalsosay slayhandonno
oneanyhow.Youcanseewhyy ouarelay
inghandsandy etnor esul
t,why
?
Youdon'tknowt hediff
erencebet
weenwhent heBiblei
st alki
ngandwhen
HolySpi
ritistal
king.

Bibl
eonl ytel
lsyouwhaty oucandobutnotwhaty oushoulddo,Ir
epeat,
Bibl
ei sonlyordainedtotel
lyouwhatGodcandot hroughyoubutnotwhat
Godwi lldothroughy ou.I
tistheHol
ySpiri
tthattel
lsyouwhatyoushould
dot hatiswhywheny oufoll
owt hel
eadi
ngoft heholyspi
ri
tinanyt
hing
resultfol
lows.

127
Butwheny oufol
lowscr
ipt
ure,
youendupi
nreli
gion,dr
yness,
struggle
withoutuni
queresul
tst
oshowy ouar
ewor
kingingrace,wi
thgrace,andby
grace.

Letmet el
lyouthedif
ferencebet
weenhowt obeguidedbyt
hescri
ptures
andhowt obeledbyt heholyspi
ri
t.RememberIsai
dthatBi
blei
sdesigned
totel
lyouwhaty oucandobutnotwhaty oushoul
ddo.

Forinstance,t
hedevi
ltell
syouthatyoucannothealt
hesick.
.y
outel
lthe
devilbackthati
tiswr
it
t enweshalll
ayhandsont hesi
ckandtheyshall
recover.

Thati
s, t
hepurposeofScri
ptur
eistouseittocountert
hethoughtoft
he
devi
lthatcomestoy ou,t
hebestwayt odealwit
hSatanisnottosubj
ect
hi
mt otheholyspir
itbutt
osubjecthi
mt oscri
ptur
e.
Thegreat
esttoolt
ofi
ghtthedev
ili
syourunderst
andi
ngofthescr
ipt
ures
andtheli
mit
ationofi
t.Theswor
doftheSpir
itwhichi
sthewordof
God(Eph.6:
17)

Andyouwi
llneedthehel
metofsal
vat
ionandt
heswor
doft
he
Spi
ri
t—whi
chistheWordofGod.(LB)

ThewordofGodheremeansrhemaofGod,andr
hemameansy
ourt
rue
under
standi
ngoft
hewordwit
ht hehel
poft
heHolySpi
ri
t.

Youwil
lseet hatwhenthet
houghtcamet oChrist
,Chr
istdidnotfighthi
m
backwit
ht hewordofthespi
rit
,hefoughthi
m backwit
ht hewrit
tenwor dof
God.(whichistheswordofthespi
rit
)thewordoftheSpiri
tisdi
fferent

128
f
rom t
heswor
doft
heSpi
ri
t.
Ifyouwanttodeal
withthedev
ilbr
inghi
mt othescr
ipt
ures,
bringhi
mto
t
her eal
i
tyy
oucanseeandconf i
rminthewordnothasanattacki
ng
weaponbuthasadefensi
veweapon.

Butwhenthedevi
ltookthescr
ipt
urest
oleadJesus,
het
oldhi
mtoj
ump
becauset
hescri
pturesaysso.
ButJesusr
esponded,
don'
ttempty
ourGod.

Tempti
ngGodiswheny ouall
owthefl
esht
oleady
outoactonsensit
ive
Scr
ipt
ure.ManyChr
ist
ianshavebeent
empti
ngGodandt
heycalli
tfai
th.

Theysawiti
nthescri
pturethatyoucanrai
sethedeadandyouseet
hem
goi
ngtothemortuar
y.Thequest ioniswhoi
sleadi
ngyou?Thespi
ri
toft
he
scr
ipt
ure,
ifi
tist
hespiri
tresultwil
lshow.

Andifnothi
nghappens,i
fnodeadriseup,
iti
sthedevi
lthatusedscr
ipt
ure
tol
eady ou.Andyoufai
landf
ailbecausey
oulackdi
scernment.Youtempt
God.

Youdon'tknowthedif
ference,
andthepurposewhythedevi
lwant
st obr
ing
youtothatreal
misthathewant sy
outoloseconfi
dencei
nthewri
tten
word.
Yesony ourdef
ensiv
eweapon,lety
ourconfi
dencebeontheHolyBi
blebut
yourat
tackingweaponl
etyourconfi
dencebeintheHol
ySpir
it
.

Youdon'
tfacet
hedev
ilbecausey
ouknowBi
ble,
youf
acet
hedev
ilbecause

129
youknowGod,encounterwit
htheGodoft
hewordi
swhatmakesy
oua
weaponofmassdestructi
ontothegat
eofhel
l
.
Butwhenitcomestoadef
enset
hatyouknowt
heGodofthewordi
snot
thekey
,thekeyi
sthaty
ouknowthewri
tt
enwor
dofGod(Bibl
e).

Whent hetaughtofevi
lspiri
tcomesintoyourhear
t,y
oudon'tusethe
thoughtoftheHolySpir
ittofi
ghthi
m, bri
nghimtothephysi
cal,anduse
scri
pturest
of i
ghthim.Thereisastat
ementwehav ebeensayinginthe
bodyofChr i
stthatIwi
lll
iketocorr
ect.

Ast
atementli
keify
ouwantt
odeal
wit
hthedev
ilbr
ingshi
mtot
her
eal
m of
t
hespir
it
.Thati
swrong

Yourhabi
tat
ioni
sthephysi
calr
eal
m.Thehabitat
ionoft
hespiri
tist
he
spi
ri
tualr
eal
m.Iti
swheny ouwantt
orel
atewithGodthatyougointot
he
spi
ri
tbutify
ouwanttodealwi
ththedev
ilbr
inghimtothephysi
cal.

Youhav eaut hori

tyoverthedevi
linthephy si
calr
ealm becausethephysical
realm hasbeengi ventothechil
drenofmen.Thephy sical
realmisdif
ferent
from therealm offl
esh(worldl
yrealm)bringhimtot hephysical
andused
theswor doft hespir
itt
odefendy oursel
f.Justasifaneaglewant st
of i
ght
asnakei ttakeshimt othesky,becausetheeaglehasbeendesi gnedtol i
ve
i
nt hesky.

Buti
fy oul
eav
esnakeandeagl
eontheground,t
hesnakewil
lki
ll
the
Eagl
e.Sametowat
er,i
faneagl
eent
ersthewater,i
tbecomest
hefoodof
fi
sh.
Becauseev
erycr
eat
ureonl
yhaspoweri
nit
shabi
tat
ion.

130
Andthi
searthisnott
hehabit
ati
onoft
hedev
il
,theheav
enl
ypl
acesar
ehi
s
dwel
l
ingplace.SeeEphesi
ans6.
12
Thati
swhyhefight
syourt
houghtthr
oughimaginat
ion,andf
ear
,hebr
ings
youtother
eal
m offal
seev
idenceanditappear
sbeforeyout
obereal
.

Seewhathedi
dtoJesus.
Andthedev
il
,taki
nghi
m upi
ntoahi
ghmountai
n,showedunt
ohi
m al
lthe
ki
ngdomsoftheworl
dinamomentoft
ime.
Luke-Chapt
er4:
5

Themount
ainher
eisnotphy
sical
,l
ookatt
hescr
ipt
uresv
erywel
l
,

Youcannotst
andint
hephy
sicalMountai
nandseet
hewhol
ewor
ld,
fory
ou
toknowthati
tist
hemount
ainofthehear
t.

Asyouarereadi
ngthi
snowdev i
lcant akey
ouinthespi
ri
tandshowyou
thewhol
ewor l
dwithi
nfewminutes.Iti
sareal
m ofimagi
nat
ionandt
hati
s
whathedidtoJesus,i
magi
nati
onr ealmisaworl
dofthedevi
l.

Butwhatdi
dJesusdo?HebroughtSat
anbacktothephysi
calandshowed
hi
m scr
ipt
urephysi
cal
l
yiti
swrit
ten.
vs6..
.Thati
sphysi
calevi
dence

Ihav
eonenat
ure,
any
thi
ngIcannotseephy
sical
l
yIam notaf
rai
dofi
t.

Fori
nst
ance,
ifanher
bal
i
stcomet
omeandsai
dhewant
stoki
l
lmenow

131
andIam notseeinganydi
rectobj
ectforkil
li
ngi
nhishandbutcamet
ohold
somethi
ngspiri
tualt
okil
l,
Iwon'tbeafraidofhi
m,myunderst
andi
ngoft
he
wordaboutmyposi t
ioni
nChr i
sti
senought ofi
ghthi
m.HowcanIbein
Chri
standthi
nkIcanbeat t
ackedspir
ituall
y?

Butifat
hiefthatdoesnothav eanyspi r
it
ualpowerbutholdsagunand
saidhewantstokill
me, Iwillbeafrai
dofhim andpossibl
yrunaway.
Stayi
nginthefaceofagunwheny ouhav emeansofescapeiswhatit
meanstotemptGod, butift
heguncomesunawar e,wearetooloadedwi
th
God'sgr
acet obekil
ledlikeachicken,whenthedeathisnotadeathof
fai
th(Mart
yrs)

Butonanat urall
ev el
,Icanf aceamanwi t
hdemonicpowert hr
eateningme
withdeaththanamanwi thagunt hr
eateningmewithdeath.Becauset he
realdev
ili
snott heher bal
istbutthethi
ef.Whenadev i
lpossessesaman
andholdsaphy sicalweaponhei smor epower f
ult
odeal wit
hbelievers
thanwhenhehol dsspiri
tualweapons.

Thatiswhyi twasnotdemoni cpowerhewasusi ngtodestroyChurchesi

n
thenorth,butthedevili
nmenwi thaphysical
weapon.Becauseatthat
stage,t
hedev i
l haspossessedthem andcomet ot
hephy si
calreal
m.And
atthisstage,y
oudon' tusethepri
nci
pleofputti
ngonthewhol eamourof
Godt ofighthi
m

Thi
siswher
ebel
i
ever
smakeami
stake
Thedevilcomesi
ntothehumanbodyandy ouarepr
aying,hewil
lki
ll
you,
thi
sishowmanywer ekill
edi
ntheFirstChurchi
nthebookoft heact
,thi
s
i
showSt ephenwaskill
ed.Becauseyoudon'tputonspiri
tual
armorto
fi
ghtthedevi
lwhenhecomeswi thphysi
calweapons
Thati
swhyt
her
eisnot
hingbadusi
ngmi
l
itar
yment
ogui
dey
ourchur
ch

132
notagai
nstdemonsi
nthespir
it
ualreal
m butagai
nstdemonsi
nthe
physi
calbodyusi
ngaphy
sicalweapon

Thatiswhyt hosepr ayerssomeChur chesarepray

ingintheNor thare
fool
ishness,thedeviliscomingwi thaphysi
calweapon,andy ouusing
spir
it
ualarmorasdef enses.Iti
swhent hedevi
lcomeswi thaspi r
it
ual
weapont haty ouusedt hespiri
tualweaponasadefense.Andi fyouknow
youdon'thaveaphy sicaldef
ensiveweaponrunforyourli
fe.(thatis
wisdom)notev er
yonet hatdi
edf orchri
sti
samar t
yrsomear ef ool
ishness.

Beafraidofguns,beaf r
aidofBokoHar am,isnotl
ackoff
ait
h,don'
tl
et
rel
igi
ont ur
nyout ostupi
ditybecause,
ov ert
hei
rmatter
,wi
sdom is
profi
tabl
etodirect.
Youareinaplacefull
ofmosquitoesthatcanl
eadtomalar
ia,andyouare
usi
ngprayerandfait
h,thati
sfool
ishness,
getmosqui
tonetandprevent
your
sel
f.Thatiscommonsense.

Seey
ouont
henextpage.
.

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
ersev
en.

133
_
___
___
___
___
___
__
Thepowerofhear
tcondi
ti
on
_
___
___
___
___
___
__

Theconceptofdeny
ingJesusbyforceorunderdur
essdoesnotmeanyou
havelosty
oursal
vati
onoreter
nit
y.Don'
tlett
hedevilt
akeadv
antageof
that
.
Accept
ingChri
stisnotbymout hconfessiononlyandrej
ectinghim cannot
bebymout honl
y.TherealdenialofChri
stthathasaneternalconsequence
i
swheny oudenyhim byinf
luence.Thatisyourheartbel
i
ev esit
,yourmi nd
accept
sitandyourmouthconf essesi
t.
Wheny ouacceptJesusi twasnotjustbyconfessingJesuswithyour
mout h,
youfirstbel
i
ev einyourheartandthenconfesswithyourmouth.
So
t
oal sodenyChr i
standsuchdeni al
wi l
lhaveet
ernalconsequences,
itmust
f
irstbefrom theheartthenbaseony ourconvi
cti
ony oudenyJesuswith
yourmout h.

Butifwit
hy ourhear
tyousti
llbel
i
ev eJesusandoutofduressyoudeny
Jesuswithy ourmouthi
fyoudieatt hatspoty
ouwi l
lmakeheaven.
Anythi
ngy oudoundertensi
on,duress,orbyforce,
youarenott
heonethat
di
dit.

*Anyf ai
thy
oureceivebyforce,
itt
akesforcetol
oseit
,butanyf
aithyou
receiv
ebyconvict
ion,i
ttakesdecept
iontolosei
t*andyoudon'
trecei
ve
salvati
onbyfor
cesoy oucannotloseitbyfor
ce

IfIencountert
heenemyofChri
standt
heyaskmet odenyChr i
standout
offearduet omyspir
it
ual
ageandIdeni
edChristbymouth.Ift
heyendup
kil
li
ngme, Iwil
lmakeheavenbi
gti
me.BecauseIdidnotacceptJesusby

134
mout
honl
yandIcannotr
ejecthi
m bymout
honl
y.
Thewordofmymout honlycount sifthethoughtsofmyheartandthe
choi
ceofmymi ndareinli
newi ththewor dofmymout h.Becausethel aw
ofwordsi
sthati tmustcomef rom theabundanceofheart.(thati
st he
powerofheartcondit
ionforyou)Buti ft
hechoiceofmyhear tisdi
fferent
fr
om thevoi
ceofmymout hi
ftheyki l
lme, Iwi
llmakeheaven.

Ifal
lthoseper secuti
ngtheChur chknowthis,
theywill
knowt heyare
workingwi t
ht helocaldevi
l.Theyareworki
ngwi t
hadev i
lthatisnot
civi
l
ized.(ifthereisadev i
l
-li
kethat)Therealdevi
ldoesnotcomet oyou
asanat tacker,hecomest oy ouasadeceiver
,becauseheknowst hat
wheny ouract i
onisar esul
tofduressortensi
onithasnoet ernal
consequences.

I
tiswheny ouracti
onisinli
newithyourchoicebasedontheconvi
cti
on
thatitwi
ll
hav eeternalr
elev
ance.So,don'
tletal
ltheseNi
geri
anChri
sti
an
fi
lmswewat chgiveusawr ongideol
ogyoft hepri
ceChri
stpai
dforuson
thecross,baseont hefi
lmtheyshowy ouhowsomedenyChr i
stoutof
duressandl oseheaven.

TheScripturemanyhol
dsuntoi
sRomans10v
s9.
..
..
Andpeopl
e
misunderstandt
hisscr
ipt
ure
Whatt
hescr
ipt
urei
ssay
ingi
sdi
ff
erentf
rom whatwei
nter
pret
edi
ttobe.

Letusdoj
ust
icet
oit
..
.

Thatift
houshaltconf
esswi
ththymout
htheLordJesus,
andshal
tbel
i
ev e
i
nthinehear
tthatGodhathr
aisedhi
mfrom t
hedead,t
houshal
tbesaved.

135
Romans-Chapt
er10:
9

Li
vi
ngBi
ble
Foriti
sbybel
iev
ingi
nhi
shear
tthatamanbecomesri
ghtwit
hGod; and
wit
hhismouthhetel
l
sot
her
sofhisfai
th,
conf
ir
minghi
ssalv
ation.
(Romans10:
9).
Youcanthatther
eisaconnect
ionbetweent
hehear
tcondi
ti
onandt
he
mouthconfessi
onint
hatBibl
ev er
se

Whatthi
sBibl
ev er
seissayi
ngisabouttel
l
ingothersabouty
ourf
ait
houtof
convi
cti
onandjoyandnottel
li
ngother
soutoff earordur
essTheBibl
e
saysfai
thi
sdesigntoexpr
esslove(Galat
ians5:6)

EvenundertheConsti
tutionofmanany t
hingyoudooutofdur essat t
ach
nolegalpuni
shmentifther ecanbeevidencetoproveyouactedunder
duress.I
fanearthl
ygover nmentcanhav esuchmer cyhowmuchmor e
yourheavenl
yfatherf
ullofl ov
eandcompassi on.Sothereal
denial offai
th
I
snott heonethatcomesbyf orce,
iti
stheonet hatcomesbyi nf
luencevia
decepti
on.

Youdidnotr ecei
veChri
stbyforce,
howdoy out hi
nky oucanr ejectHim
byforce.Iti
sthefai
thyourecei
vebyforcethatyoucanr ej
ectbyf or
ce.
Salvat
ioncomest oyoubyinfl
uence,y
ouarepr eachedt o,youthoughtof
i
t,andt hengotconvi
ncedbythehelpoftheholyspiri
t,andy ouaccepted
Jesusintoyourli
feandthenyougotsaved.

I
fitt
akest
hehol
yspi
ri
t'
sthor
oughconv
ict
iont
osav
eyou,
itcanonl
ytake

136
theevi
lspi
ri
t'
str
ueconvi
cti
onv i
adecepti
ontomakeyoulosey
our
salv
ati
on.Sowhyareyouafr
aidtosaywhattheymayfor
ceyoutosayal
li
n
thenameoffearofnotl
osi
ngyoursalvat
ion.
Letmegi v
ey ouani nst
ance..
.I
fyouconfesswithyourmouththatJesusi
s
Lordandy oudon'tbeli
eveinyourhear
t,youarenotsaved.
..Soisnota
matterofonlypubli
coropenconf essi
on.Soitiswhenconfessi
onand
bel
iefarei
nl i
nethatsalvat
ioncome

Soalsoify
ouconf esswithyourmouththatJesusi
snotlordoutofdur
ess
andyoudon'tbeli
eveinyourheartt
hatJesusisnotl
ord,youcannotl
ose
yoursal
vat
ion,andiftheyki
llyouaf
tersuchmouthconfessi
onyouwill
makeheaven.

I
fyouf aceasituati
onwheretheyaskedyoutodenyChristandyoudon't
haveenoughcour agetosayno,thensaywhattheyaskyoutosay,i
fthey
rel
easedyou, y
ougobackt oyourfait
h,i
tisoft
heheart,
ev enyouwi
llbe
moreusef ulf
orChr i
stf
ornotdyi
ng.Andifyouhavethecouragetodi
e,
goodluck,youwi l
lmakeheaven.
Butthefacti
st hatmanypeopl ethataredying,
arej
ustdyi
ngbasedon
wrongdoctri
nest heytaughtthem thati
ftheydenyJesusbymouththey
wil
lloseheaven.Si r
!JesusisjustanEnglishname,don'
tbedecei
ved!

Andal soifall
thoseclai
mi ngtheyar ethreateni
ngChrist
ianstodenyChri
st
knowandunder st
andwhatIam say ing,theywillknowtheyarejustwast
ing
theirti
mef oraski
ngyout odenyChr i
stoutofdur ess,
becauseithasno
eternalconsequencesifyoudoso. Ifyoupi ckmeandaskmet odenyChri
st
outofdur ess,i
fIdon'
tfeel l
i
kedy i
ng, knowi ngful
lywell
thatIhavenot
fi
nishedmyassi gnment ,
Iwi l
ltel
lyouIdon' tevenknowJesus.Icanev en
tel
ly ou"All
ahuAkbar"Thequest i
oni sdoy ouknowmyhear t?No.Thatis
all
!

137
Andifyourel
easeme, youwil
l besurpr
isedtoknowt hatIwil
lwr
it
eTimeto
Eattomorr
owandusemyexper i
encewithyoutowr i
teabookandt obe
honestwit
hmy sel
fthatfearmakesmedoso, Simple!Andifyoukil
lme
aft
erdenyi
ngJesusoutofdur esswiththemonthandy ounowkil
lmewith
i
t,Ican'
tj
usti
magineabat tal
ionofangelsthatwil
lwelcomeme.

Fearisnottheoppositeoff ait
h..
.Checkthedict
ionaryfordif
ferent.
Mar t
yrsdonotdiebecauset heyforcedthem t
odenyChr i
stwiththeaim
thati
ftheydo,theywill
releasethem.No!Theyj ustkil
ledthem without
givi
ngthem anychoice,theyjustki
llt
hem forj
ustbeingaChr ist
ian.

Theissueofforci
ngment or ejectChri
stwhichwill
hav eeternal
consequenceisamat terofaf terrapt
ure.Af
tertheraptur
e, i
tisnotonl
y
yourheartt
hatcounts,yourpubl icdenial
orconfessionalsowi l
lcount
,
becausebythenthepr otocol ofmakingheav enwouldhav echanged,i
twi
l
l
nolongerbygracethroughf aith

I
twill
nowbebyf ait
ht hr
oughyoursacri
fi
ce,
thati
s,thefi
rstistobeliev
e
whi
lethesecondi sthatyourbl
oodmustbeshedf oryourfai
th.Butfornow,
Chr
isthasdiedforyou, t
omakeheav enbygracet
hroughf ai
th,becausethe
bl
oodofChristhasbeenshed.

Butaft
ert
herapture,
thebloodofChri
stwil
lnol
ongercount
,yourbloodwill
nowcount.Af
terrapt
ure,
thebloodofChri
stwil
lnol
ongerspeakbuty our
bl
oodspeaks.
.SorealMartyr
sdonotjustdi
eunderdur
essofreject
ing
Chri
stwhi
chwilll
eadtotheirfr
eedom.

Forinst
ance,ifyouj
ustcomet omyhousenowandkillmeforpreaching
thegospel
,thatisMartyr
dom .Iti
sdi
ffer
entf
rom t
aki
ngmeathomeand
askmet orejectChr
istbymymout handonceIdosoIwil
lbefree..Iwil
l

138
j
ustcrossmyleganddenytheJesusIwat
chedinThePassi
onofChr
ist
movieandonceyoulef
tIl
ookforchil
l
edmilkt
ocoolmytemper,

Iwil
lnotevenpr
ayforforgivenessi
ftheygo,becauseyouhavenot
tamperedwit
hmybelief.Fearonlymakesmesaywhaty ouwantmet osay
andnotwantIwanttosay .Fearofphysi
caldeathisnotf
earofhel
l
,fearof
deat
hdoesnotmeanIl ovet heworl
d,thepainofwhatIwanttogothrough
i
swhatmyhumani tyi
saf rai
dof .
Howwi shi
tisjustdeathbymedicali
njecti
onyouwantt ogi
vemefor
denyi
ngChri
st,thati
seasy.buttocutmyhead. .
.Sir
,itt
akesgr
acetof
ace
such.
NWhenIgotsav ed,Idi
dnotgetsav edonlybecausesomeonewant
s
met obesaved,IgotsavedbecauseIwantt obesaved.
Andi fIam nowdeny ingChri
st,i
tcannotbebecausesomeonejustwants
met odenyhi m, i
tmustbebecauseIwantt odenyhim.TheI sl
amicpeopl
e
doingittouscoul dhavestoppedital
lthesey
earsiftheyknowithadnot
eternalconsequences,i
tiswhatthechurchmakest hem t
hinkt
hatiswhy
theyarestil
ldoingsuch.

Theyar
enotupdat
ed.Sof
earnot
!

*Onethi
ngy
oushoul
dnotbeaf
rai
dofaf
tersal
vat
ioni
sthef
earofl
osi
ng
heaven.
*

Thewayyourecei
vedChr
istist
heonl
ywayyoucanrejecthi
m.Thaty
ou
fal
li
ntosi
ndoesnotmeany ouhav
elosty
oursal
vat
ion.

Aslongastheear
thremains,t
hemer cyofGodisnewev er
ymor ni
ng.BSo
fort
hosewhohavedeniedChristduetoduress,
whydy i
ngincondemnati
on,
Chri
stsay
sIshouldt
ellyouthathesti
lll
ovesyou,heunder
standsyour

139
humani
ty.

Godinhiswisdom desi
gndeathinsuchawayt hatwewi l
lnotfi
nditeasy
orj
oyfult
odiewhenweknowwehav enotfi
nishedy ourassignment.The
st
atementthatsaysnobodywantstodidever
y onewantt omakeheav eni
s
acodeGodpr ogram i
ntheheartofmaneit
herbor nagai
nornot ,
such
i
nspir
ati
onisnotcarnali
ty,
Iti
sthewayGoddesi gnedall
man. .
.

Don'
tall
owrel
igi
ontomakey oushyawayfr
om yourhumani
ty.Theway
Godwiseusisthatt
herei
spartofyout
hatwanttobewit
hthel or
dand
t
herei
spartofyouthatwanttost
ayoneart
h

Becauseformeont hisonel
ifethatIcome,Icannotdieunawar
e,i
t,whenI
wantto,di
dt hatdiethati
twil
ldie,andIam notreadynow.Howwil
lidie
whenIhav enoty etmarri
ed,
ev er
ythingGodhasgi v
entomewasgivenfor
apurpose,theoneundermyt r
ousersisnotonlytobeunir
ati
ng,
iti
sfor
ki
ngdom pur pose,soIcandienow.

140
 Bui
ldi
ngy
ouri
nnerman

Chapt
erEi
ght

_
___
___
___
___
___
_
ThePowerofBr
aincondi
ti
on.
_
___
___
___
___
___

Cant
hebr
ainofamanbewr
ongandy
ethi
shear
tiscor
rect

Undert hepowerofheartconditi
on,wetalkaboutthereal
it
yofahear tthat
salvati
oniswheny oubeli
evewi t
hy ourmindandconfesswi t
hyour
mout h(thati
sthebeli
efofy ourheartmustbeinli
newi t
htheconfessionof
yourhear t
..
Thequesti
oniscansomeonei nsanebeli
eveinhishear
tev en
thoughi si
nastateofhisinsanit
y

Canamadmanmakeheav
eni
fhedi
edi
nhi
smadness,

Wehaveknownofsomeonewhohasment al
probl
emsrightfr
om chi
ldold
anddi
edat30sti
lli
nthesamecondi
ti
on,
wherewil
lthesoulofsuchpeopl
e
goest
o..
.Hel
lorheaven.
I
frapt
uremeetsuchpeopl
ewi
l
ltheyber
eput
abl
e,
Thoughtheanswertothatquesti
onisnotwherewear egoi
ngtoint
his
chapter.
Iwi
llanswert
hatlater
.Ionl
ytookyourthoughtonajour
ney
becauseofwhereIam dri
vingyouto

141
Trul
yamani nsanehav eagoodheart,haveagoodmi nd,butbecause
somethingiswr ongwi t
hthebrai
nitcoul
dnotallowsalvati
ontobecome
real
i
tyforthem, ..
*foryoutoseethepowerofbraincondit
ions*t
hati
sa
mancannotbel i
evei nhi
sheartwhenhisbrai
nisnotcorrect.
Nowl
etusgodeepert
oseeGodmi
ndonourbr
ain

Gett
heset
hreef
act
saboutsci
ence,
phi
l
osophy
,andspi
ri
tual
i
ty.

Sci
encedeal
swi
tht
hebr
ainandbodyofaman
Phi
l
osophydeal
swi
tht
hemi
ndofman
Whi
l
erel
i
gion(spi
ri
tual
i
ty)deal
swi
tht
hespi
ri
tofman.

Soy oucanseet heposi

ti
onofscienceandthi
sisbecauseevery
thi
ng
sciencedealswithi
sbiol
ogi
cal,
andnatural
.Butphi
losophydeal
switht
he
reali
tyofyourdesti
nyl
iveoneart
h
Whilerel
i
gionorspi
ri
tual
i
tydeal
swi
tht
her
eal
i
tyofy
ourspi
ri
tual
li
feand
yourli
feaft
erdeat
h.

Becausemanhast
hree-
dimensi
onal
kindsofl
i
fe

1.Bi
ologi
cal
li
fewhi
chi
sthel
i
feofy
ourbody
2spi
ri
tual
li
fewhi
chi
sthel
i
feofy
ourspi
ri
ts
3.Andy
ourl
i
feonEar
th.
..Whi
chi
nvol
vedy
ourmar
it
al,
Car
eerl
i
feonear
th

142
Wherewef ai
lint
hebodyofChr i
stisthatwenowt hinkChri
sti
anit
yisonl
y
tot
alkaboutthereal
i
tyofthespir
it
.YeaChurchmi nist
ryi
sdesignedmostl
y
tot
alkaboutthereal
i
tyofourspir
it
ual l
if
e,butChurchisj
ustadepartment
oft
hekingdom ofChristonear
th

Wefailt
oknowt hati
nChristther
eisadimensionofknowledgethatis
sci
enti
fi
c,ther
eisadimensionofknowledgethati
sphil
osophicalandther
e
i
saspirit
ualdimensi
on.
Allknowledgeaboutourli
feandgodli
nessisin
Chri
stJesus.
Lookatwhatt
heBi
blesay
sEph.
3:10.

Sothatt
hemani
foldwisdom ofGodmightnowbemadeknownt hr
ough
thechur
cht
otheruler
sandtheauthor
it
iesi
ntheheav
enl
yplaces.

Letusseet
hewayt
heAmpl
i
fiedv
ersi
onputi
t.

[
Thepur poseis]thatthroughthechurcht
hecompl i
cated,many-si
ded
wisdom ofGodi nallit
si nf
ini
tevar
iet
yandinnumerableaspect
smi ghtnow
bemadeknownt ot heangel i
crul
ersandauthor
it
ies(pri
nci
pali
ti
esand
powers)intheheav enlysphere.

Thatt
hrought hechurch,thecompl icated,many -
sidedwi sdom and
knowl
edgeofGodi nalli
nf i
nit
ev ar
iableandi nnumer ableaspectsofli
fe.
Thati
sthewi sdom Godwant stouset hechurchtor evealshouldnotbe
knowl
edgef orourspiri
talone,itmustbei nalli
nfi
nitev ar
iet
yand
i
nnumerableaspectsofl i
fe,bot hbiological
spiri
tual,andallotherar
eas.

So,
thatsomei
nfor
mat
ioni
snoti
nBi
bledonotmeant
heyar
enoti
nChr
ist

143
Bi
ologi
cal
sci
encei
sal
sot
heknowl
edget
hati
sinChr
ist
.
Thebodywascreatedbytheword,andsci
encei
snowexpl
aini
ngt
her
eal
i
ty
oft
hekidneyt
oy ou,andt
hekidneyismadebythewor
d.
Sosci
encei
sonl
yexpl
aini
ngt
hewor
koft
hewor
dofGod.
Whatmakesknowl
edgespi
ri
tual
isasour
ce,
nott
hecont
ent
..
.
Onceknowl
edgecomesf
rom anot
herr
eal
mtot
hisr
eal
m,t
hatknowl
edge
i
sspir
it
ual

Thisaft
ernoonIlosti
nthinki
ngandIbegintoaskGod, howdomenknow
thatt
hereiscrudeoil
inthesoil
.nHowdomenknowt hatinblackcrudeoi
l
youcangetmor ethan100v al
uablesubst
ancesoutofitaft
errefi
ning

Howdomenknowthati
fyoudigt
hesoi
lyouwi
l
lfi
ndgol
d.Al
lthi
sthi
ng
washi
ddenbyGodi
nthesoi
l,

Thefacti
sthatGodcannothi desomet hingandmanf i
nditbynat ural
i
ntel
li
gence,Godmusthav egi
venmensuchdi v
ineinspir
ati
ont odiscover
such.SomeaningitisbyGod' sknowl edgethatmandi scoverscrudeoil
andtheusedfull
nessofi t
..
.But,unfort
unatel
y,wet hi
nksuchknowl edgei
s
notspi
ri
tual
.Thatbiologyisnott al
kingabouthellandheav endoesnot
meanitisnotspi
rit
ual
, somethingisexplaini
ngthehandwor kofGodand
yousaysuchknowledgei snotspi r
it
ual

Mendiscoversomefactsaboutcr
udeoilgat
hert
heknowl edgeandcalli
t
sci
ent
ifi
cknowledge,
butifyoucanseefr
om aspiri
tualperspect
iveyouwi
ll
knowthatwhatyoucall
abiologyt
estbook,i
saspiri
tualtestbook.

*
Becauset
heyar
ebookst
hatcont
aint
hei
nfor
mat
ionaboutourheal
th

144
andl
if
e*

Soev ery
thinginbiologyt hati
sfactistheknowledgeofthewor dofGodin
abiologytextbook.I
fy ouwantt oprovemewr ong,youjustvi
olatewhat
biol
ogicalsci
encet ell
sy ouaboutyourbodysy stem andseei
fy ouwil
lnot
suff
ertheconsequences.

Youwil
lsuff
ersuchconsequencesbecausey oudidnotviol
atesci
enceyou
onl
yvi
olatethel
awofGodt hatgover
nsthebodysy st
em thati
sinthe
sci
ent
if
icbook.Ascienti
fi
clawi sGod'
slaw,thathedidnotcomethrough
Mosesfrom mountSinaidoesnotmeani ti
snotspiri
tual
.

Youviol
atescient
if
iclaw,youwillknowthatj
ustastheconsequencesof
vi
olat
ingbibli
call
awssoal sothereisconsequenceisvi
olat
ingscient
ifi
c
l
aw.Therei salawthatgovernsyourspi
rit
uall
ife,
therei
salawt hat
gover
nsy ourDesti
ny,whil
ethereisalawthatgovernsyourbiol
ogical
li
fe.

Allweknowi
nthebodyofChri
sti
sthelawthatgov
ernsourspi
rit
ual
li
fe,
thati
swhysomeoneiscl
aimi
ngtobefasti
ngandendsuphav i
nganulcer
.
Youfai
ltoknowthatifthepoweroft
hespir
iti
nyoui
snoti
nli
newi
tht
he
powerofyourbr
ain.
..Youcanenteri
ntospi
ri
ti
sm

Thatiswhymanyenduphav
ingul
cer
saf
terl
ongf
ast
ingbey
ondGod'
sli
mit
fort
hem.
Youf eel
li
keasking;"
whycan'
tthel
awofthespi
ri
tsethi
mf r
ee?"Because
thoselawsrespecteachot
her
,youcanseehowalackofknowl
edgecan
kil
lsomeone.

145
Youarepr ay
ingbutyouviol
atethelawofDest
iny.Soyouwil
lsuf
feri
twi
th
yourprayerl
if
e.Becausethelawofdesti
nytel
l
sy ouwhatyouarebor
nto
doinlif
eandwher eyouaredestinedt
obeinli
fethati
swhyangelsof
successinli
fedonotrespondorobeytheprayerwarr
ior
.

Theyonl
yrespondt
osomeoneobey
ingt
hel
awofDest
iny
.

Youcanf
astandpr
ayover
nightandletanot
herper
soni
gnor
eGodandl
et
bot
hofyougofort
hesamejobinter
view.

IfbydestinyheisdesignedbyGodt obeabankerandy ouaredesi gnedby

Godnott obeabanker ,
eventhoughy oupray edal lt
hrought henightand
heavenwasv i
brat
ing,andyouwokeupi nthemor ni
ngandcal l
edy our
spir
itual
fathertosealtheprayerforyouandseal editinthesuper natural
real
m bysowi ngseed, t
heangel ofdesti
nywi llopendooroff avorforthe
guythatsay sther
eisnoGodbuti ndesti
nyal ignmentandt heguywi l
lget
thejobandy ouwillcomebackhomer ej
ected.

Becausetheguyeventhoughhedi
sobey
edt
hel
awoft
hespi
ri
t,buthe
obeyedthelawofdest
iny.
Ibegy
outopayat
tenti
ontot
hesethr
eel
awsi
fyouwantt
omaket
hisear
th
andmakeheav
enalli
snotbypr
ayer.

1.Thel
awoft
hespi
ri
t
2.Thel
awofdest
iny
3.Thel
awoft
hebodywhi
chi
sinChr
istbutf
indi
tthr
oughsci
ent
if
icbooks.

146
Andthelawofthespi
ri
tiscapt
urei
nfai
th.Thel
awofdest
inyi
scapt
urei
n
l
ivespr
inci
ples

Whythel
awofbodyiscapt
urei
ncommonsense, but
,unf
ortunat
ely
,
commonsensei
snolongercommoni nt
hebodyofChri
stbecausewef
ail
toknowt
hepowerofourbr
aincondi
ti
ons

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan
Chapt
erNi
ne
_
___
___
___
___
___
_
ThePowerofMi
ndCondi
ti
on
_
___
___
___
___
___
_

ESV
Setyourmi
ndsont
hingst
hatar
eabov
e,notont
hingst
hatar
eonear
th.
(col
.3:
2)

Inthepastpageandchapt
erwehavetal
kedaboutthepowerofheart
condit
ion,wehaveal
sotal
kedaboutt
hepowerofthebrai
ncondit
ion.Now,
tothethir
ddimensi
onofpowerinmanwhichi
sthepowerofthemi nd
condit
ion.

Getthi
s,manhasf
ourdi
mensionsoft
heworl
dwheret
hemi
ndofmancan
l
ivedependi
ngont
hechoi
ce,andthef
ourwor
ldsar
e:

147
1.Yourmi
ndcanl
i
vei
nthespi
ri
t
2.Yourmi
ndcanl
i
vei
nyourf
utur
e
3.Yourmi
ndcanl
i
vei
nyourmemor
y(l
i
vingt
hepast
)
4.Yourmi
ndcanl
i
vei
nyoursense

ByGod'sst
andard,theonl
yplaceyourmindist
odwelllongi
sinthespi
ri
t,
youcangoint
ot hememor yandpickoneortwothi
ngswhent i
meneeds
butdon'
tdwel
lthere.Todwelli
nthememor ymeanstodwelli
nthepast,
andtwothi
ngshappent oyouwheny oudwelli
nthepast:

1.Yousufferf
rom setbacksbecausey oucannotbel
ivi
nginthepastand
notbeanenemyofnewt hi
ngs.Youwil
l al
wayswantthepasttor
epeat
i
tsel
f,y
ourbodywillbe2021andy ourmindwill
bein1930,al
waysdesiri
ng
pasthi
stor
ytorepeatitself

2.You'
l
lsuf
ferf
rom anunf
orgi
vi
ngspi
ri
t.

Youcanalsogoint
osensewhenti
medemandsbutdon'
tdwel
li
nyour
sensel
estyou'
l
lbecomecar
nall
yminded.

Youcanalsogointothef
uturebutdon'
tdwel
li
nthefut
urelestyou'
l
lsuf
fer
fr
om anxi
ety.Fut
urecoul
dhavebeenagoodplacetobebecauseithasa
goodadvant
age,ithel
psyourinsi
ght
sandmakesyouforesee.

Butt
hedisadvant
ageofl
iv
ingi
nthefutur
eisthatyouwil
lknowwhatt odo
buty
ouwi l
lnotknowhowtodoit
,whichmayleadtoanxiety
,confusi
on,
andfr
ust
rati
onbecausewhenyougointothefut
ureandpickthepict
ureof

148
thef
utur
etobegi
ntowor
konitnowwealwaysmakethemi stakeof
comingt
ooursenset
ousedsenset
ohandl
efut
urer
ist
icassignment.

Wheny ougoi nt
othefuture,
you'l
lseethepict
ureofthefut
ure,
andthati
s
yourvi
sionandoncey ouseei t
,you'
ll
comet oyoursensesandwri
tethe
vi
siondownt hengointothespiri
ttoknowhow, when,andwheret
obegin
andbri
ngt hepict
ureofthevisi
onintoreal
i
ty.

Nevert
rytousedcommonsensetohandl
eyourv
isi
on,
whichist
hepi
ctur
e
oft
hefutur
e,tr
ytoent
eri
ntot
hereal
m ofuncommonsense.

Whenyourmi
ndjour
neyint
oyoursenset
hrought
hinki
ngy
oucameback
wi
thcommonsense(commonwi sdom)whywhenyourmi
ndj
ourneyi
nto
t
hespir
ity
oucamebackwithanuncommonsenseknownasdi
vine
wi
sdom.

Nowhowcany
ourmi
ndt
api
ntot
hisdi
vi
newi
sdom i
nact
ual
i
zingy
our
vi
sion?

1.Nevertr
yt orel
yonyourunder
standi
nginhandl
eyourv i
sion,i
fyour
under
standingcancaptur
ehowt ocarr
youtyourvi
sion,
whaty oucall
visi
on
i
sjustambition,

Andifverymencaneasi
l
ybel
i
eveyourvisi
onthenthati
snoavisi
ont hati
s
amission,Soy
oumustknowthedi
ff
erencebetweenmissi
on,
ambi t
ion,
andvisi
on.

149
Themi ssi
oni
sthecurr
entst
epyouaretaki
ngi
nact ual
izingyourv
ision,
thati
swhenyoubreakavisi
oni
ntostages,
andstepswhaty ouhav eis
missi
onbecausemissi
ontal
ksaboutnowwhyvisiontalksaboutfutur
e

Sothemissi
onisthedi
vinestepyourecei
vef
rom Godtotakenowony our
vi
sion.
Sothefi
rsti
stoacknowledgeGodinal
lyourwaytoyourfut
ure

Andtheunder st
andingoft hefactthaty
ouneedGodt ogi vey
ouwisdom on
howt ocar
ryoutt hevisionwil
lleadyouint
othesecretplace,
wit
hquiet
wait
ingonGodwi thdiffer
entbooksinli
newithyourvi
sionanddeep
hear
tfel
tprayerofhear ttoheartcommunicat
ionwithdeepmeditat
ion,
thi
s
i
showt heideaisbi r
thed.

Youcanseehowy ourmindcanbemov i
ngf rom onerealmtoanot her,
from
thepasttothefuture,t
oy oursense,andtot hespiri
t.butGodsaysl etyour
mindbeont hethi
ngsabov e.(Col3:
2)Hedi dnotsayl etyourspi
ritbeon
thethi
ngsabov e,yourspi
riti
salreadythere.Oncey ouarebornbyt hespi r
it
,
yourspi
ritautomatical
l
ydwel l
sinthespirit
,eitheryouarespir
it
uallyali
veor
spir
it
uall
ydead.Yourspi r
itcannotdwelloutsidethespiri
tualr
ealm.

TheBibledidnotsayletyoursensebeont hethingsabove,
no!
!Yoursense
i
sdesignt obeonwhaty ourey essee,
ther
ei saconnecti
onbet
weeny our
si
ghtandy oursenseTheBi bledidnotsayletyourbodybeonthethi
ngs
abov
e, becauseyourbodyisdesigntobeonear th,

Butther
eispar
tofy outhatwhereIti
sdesi gnedtobeordwell
donot
dependonGod,itdependsony ouandt hatparti
syourMIND.Iti
sy our
mindthati
sdesi
gnedt omov eabout,andwher eyourmindi
swi l
ldeter
mine

150
howyourli
fewil
lbe.Youcanseewhyy ourbodycanbeinoneplaceand
yourmindwemov i
ngf r
om LondontoGhana,fr
om GhanatoSouthAfr
ica
andfr
om ther
eyouf i
ndy our
sel
finShopRi
teeati
ngchi
cken.

Whenal lt
hesearegoinginy ourmi nd,
itmeansy ouar
elivi
nginyoursense.
Thisiswhatitmeansthatthet houghtoft heheartofmani svani
tyand
wheny ouarelosti
nallthesekindsoft houghts,youar
eki l
l
ingyourspiri
tual
l
if
e, youareki
ll
ingyourspir
itbecauset obecar nall
ymindedisdeath.Sot he
postureofyourminddeterminest hestrengthorweaknessofy ourspir
it
.

Hav eyoual sodi scover

edt haty oucanbet hi
nki
ngofsexandy ourpriv
ate
partwill
ber i
sing?Youwi l
l belikewhati stheconnecti
onbet
weent hought
andt heorgansofy ourbody ?Ify ouarethinki
ngofsexandyouror gan
responds,justi magineifyouar et hi
nkingofsicknessi
tmeansy our
i
mmunesy stem canr espondt ot hesicknessandy ou'
l
lseeyourselff
all
ing
sick.

Thati
swhyr esearchhasmadeustounderstandt
hati
fsomeonehasHI V,
andhedidnotknowhecanl i
velonger
,butonceheknows,
thethoughtofi
t
al
oneisenought hatki
ll
.

Sogett
hisf
ourf
act
s,
Thoset
hatl
iv
eint
hef
utur
e.
Thoset
hatl
iv
eint
hei
rmemor
yli
vei
nthepast
.
Thoset
hatl
iv
eint
hei
rsensel
iv
eint
hepr
esent
.
Whi
lethoset
hatl
ivei
nthespi
ri
tli
vewi
thsoluti
onstol
ife'
spr
obl
em.Thi
s
i
sbecausewhenyoustayl
ongint
hespi
ri
titiseit
hery
oucomebackwit
h

151
thepowertosol
veprobl
emsoryoucomewi t
hwisdom t
osol
vepr
obl
ems
becauset
hespir
itr
ealmist
hesolut
ioncent
er.

Idon'
tknowwhaty ouarepassingt hrough,youwor ryabouti
tbecauseyou
l
iveinthefut
ure,
youthinkofsoluti
onswi t
hy oursensebecauseyouthi
nk
thesoluti
oni
sinsense,butIadvisey outotaket heprobl
em tothespi
ri
t
real
m.Becausethati
swher et
hesol utioni
s..Wher eyoustayl
ong
deter
mi nest
hemanifestat
ionyouwi llsee.

Youcangoi
ntoy
ourmemor
y,butdon'
tl
iv
ether
e.
Youcangointothesensebutdon'
tli
vether
e,becausewhendeal
ingwit
ha
many ouhav
et obeinyoursensebutwhendeali
ngwithdest
inymatt
ers
don'
tbether
e.
Whendrawingyourplanyouhavet
ogointothef
utureandseetherealit
y
andwri
tei
tdown, whatwecallv
isi
oni
sjustanabil
it
ytogoint
ot hefuture
andpi
ctur
et her
eali
tyther
etobegi
ntoworktowardsiti
nthepr
esent .

Thebestwaytoli
vei nt
odayisbywhatyouseeinthefuture,whenyou
tr
avel
tothefutur
ey ouseesomethi
ng.Thatwhi
chy ousaw, abi
lit
ytobegi
n
toworkonitbydivi
newisdom i
swhatwecallpurpose-
driv
enl i
fe.

Now,
thi
sist
hepr
otocol
:

Yougoi ntothefutur
et opickthepi
ctureofy ourvi
sion,youcomet oyour
sensetowr it
ethev i
siondownandgoi ntothespir
ittopickwisdom onhow
tocarryoutt hevisi
oni sstagesandstepsandt hengoi ntothepastto
searchf orthosewhohav ewalkedsi
mi larwit
hthatv i
siononhowt heydi
dit
,
wheret heymademi stakeandmor et hencomebackt oy oursenseto
begintocar ryoutthev i
sion

152
Mi
ndy
ou!
!!
!Iti
syourmi
nddoi
ngal
lthi
smov
ement
Now,whi
chonei sthebest,
toliv
einthespi
ri
tortol
i
vei
nthef
utur
eort
o
l
iv
einthesense.Thereareseasonsf
orever
ythi
ng

*Amongt
hef
our
,theonl
ypl
acey
ouar
enott
ost
ayt
oomuchi
sint
he
past
*
Therealm ofthepastisjustapl
aceyoucanjustgoandpickoneortwo
val
uableinfor
mat i
onandcomebackei t
hertothereal
m ofsense,
thereal
m
oft
hef ut
ure,ortherealm oft
hespi
ri
t.
Becausei fyoudwellt
oomuchi nther eal
m oft hepast,youwillhave
problemswi thunf
orgi
veness,youwi llhaveissuewi thpasthurt
, l
i
vei n
depressionandsorrowofmi nd.Doy ouknowt her easonwhysome
temperamentl i
kesangui
nesur elylookasi ftheyarelivel
yandjov i
al?Iti
s
oneoft hetemperamentsthatdonothav epr oblemswi ththepast.Theydo
nothav eanyaccommodat i
oni nther ealm ofthepast .

Unl
iket
hemel anchol
ywhohasat wo-bedroom f
latinthepast
.Thatiswhy
manymelancholi
calway
shaveissuewi t
hdepression,unf
orgi
veness.So
whendeal
ingwithGod,youbei
nt hespir
it.Whendealingwit
hmen, yoube
i
nyoursense,whendeal
ingwit
hy our
selfbeinthefuture.

Wheny oust ayt

ool
ongwi t
hGod, y
our ecei
vegracef
rom hi
mt oworkon
whatyouseewheny ougoint
othefuture.I
fwhatyouseewheny ougot
o
t
hefuture,iswhaty
oucandowi ththeenergyofthefl
esh,t
henyouwenton
awrongj ourney
.

Wheny oujour
neytot
hef ut
urethr
oughi
maginati
on,ony
ourwaycoming
backdon'tgotot
hespir
itfi
rstbr
anchi
nyoursenseandwri
tet
hevisi
on

153
down.I fyoust ayt
ool onginthesense,you'
l
l di
sbeli
evewhaty ouwr ot
e
down, becausey ou'
llbeaskingyoursel
fhowwi llt
hisbepossible,butwhen
youwr it
ei tdownwi thyoursensetakeajourneytothespir
itanddwel li
n
thesecr etplaceofthemosthi ghGodbecauset hereyoubegint osee
solut
iononwhatt odonext .Howt odoitandwher etodoit.

Butmi ndy ou,eventhought hebestplacet odwellisiny ourspiri

t,don'
tbe
deceived,youcannotbei nthespiri
tallthet i
mel esty ouwi l
lbecome
earthl
yirr
elevant.BecausetheGody ouar estayi
ngwi thinthespiri
tdidnot
createyout ostaywithhim dayandni ght,hewant st ogi v
ey ouan
assignment ,y
ouhav eagar denofEdent otakecar eof ,sothatiswhyGod
didnotstaywi thAdam allday ,
eventhoughGoddesi restost aywithAdam
24/7butGodknowst hatthereisti
meofst ayi
ngal onewi t
hGodandt her
e
i
st i
meofst ayi
ngalonewi thyourassignment ,andt hereistimet ostay
al
onewi t
hmen.

Thr
eet
hingswear
edesi
gnedt
ofel
lowshi
pwi
th;
1.Fel
lowshi
pwi
thGod
2.Fel
lowshi
pwi
thy
ourassi
gnment
3.Fel
lowshi
pwi
thmen

Meaningtherearetimesyoustayal
onewithGod,ther
eareti
mesy oust
ay
alonewit
hy ourvi
sionandassignmentwhi
lether
earetimesyoustayal
one
withmen.Andt hewayGodwi redmanisthatanywhereyouwanttobe,
yourmindmustbet her
e.Youcanseethepowerofmindcondit
ion.

Ify
ourbodyiswi t
hmeandy ourmindisnotwithme, ev
eni fIam t
alki
ng,
youcannothearwhatIam sayi
ng,becauseyourhear
ingor gani
s
connect
edtoy ourmi
nd.SoalsoifGodisspeakingandy ourmindisnot

154
wit
hGod, youcannothearwhatthespi
ri
tissaying.Becausethereal
y oui
s
notyourspir
it
,thereal
youisnotthebody,t
hereal y
ouisy ourmind(soul
).
ThatiswhyBiblenevercal
l
suslivi
ngspir
itbuthecallsuslivi
ng
soul
.(Genesis2:5-
7)

Thatiswhywher eyourbodyorspi
ri
tis,
isnott
hei
ssuewi
thGodanddev i
l
,
butwherey ourmindi
s.NSoyoumustknowwhentostayi
nthespi
ri
t,st
ay
i
ny oursense,st
ayinthefut
ure.

I
fally
oudoi stostayinthespir
it
,you'
l
llosey ourrel
evanceonearth.Andif
youstayi
nt hefutureall
through,y
ouwilll
osesuper natur
alabi
li
tytocarr
y
outt
hev i
sion,becausey ouneedGod'sstrengthtocarryyourv
isi
on.

Andi tisthoset hatwaitupontheLordthatGodrenewsthei

rstrengt
hto
carrythev i
sion.Andifyoualsostaytoolongi
nyoursense,youbecome
carnal.Butther eareseasonsyouhav etobeiny
oursenseandoneofi ti
s
wheny ouaret alki
ngtomen, l
earni
ngf r
om menordeali
ngwi t
hmenat
dif
ferentcapaci ty.

Fori
nst
ance,
toreadt
hisnowy
oumustbei
nyoursense,
tounder
standi
t
youmustbei
nthespi
rit
.
Tol
earnf
rom God,youmustbei
nthespi
ri
t,whi
l
etol
ear
nfr
om many
ou
mustbei
nyoursense.
Event
houghwhatt hemanissayi
ngisspir
it
ual
,fi
rstt
hingy
oumustdoisto
beinyoursense.Sensei
sthef
ir
sttorecei
vefr
om manandprocesswhat
manissaying.

Oneoft
hemistakesthechur
chhasmadeforl
ongisnottobegoingt
o
chur
chwit
hthei
rsense.Toyefagbol
asai
dTheheadoftheChurchdi
dnot

155
askusnott
ousedourheadi
nthechur
ch

Becausei
tiswhenyoudon'tusey
ourheadinthechurcht
hatiswhenitwi
l
l
beeasyforpast
orstobrai
nwashyou.
.Becauseyouhavebeentol
dthat
whendeal
ingwit
hGod, y
oumustnotbei nthesense.

Yes,
whendeal
i
ngwithGodyoumustbeinthespi
ri
tbutwhendeal
ingwit
h
menofGodyoumustbeiny
oursense.Deal
ingwi
thGodisdi
ff
erentfr
om
deal
i
ngwit
hmenofGod.

Wheny ouaredeali
ngwithman,don'
tjokewithyoursense.Youhavea
room t
heresoenterther
eandstaybecauseitiswheny ouarenoti
nyour
sensethatapastorwil
ltel
lyout
hati
fy oudon'
tti
the,youwil
lbepoor,
and
youbeli
evesuchpastor.

Butifyouareinyoursense,youaskthepast
orwhyar
epeopl
einUKorUSA
notpoor,because90per centofChr
ist
iansi
nUKandUSAdonothav
etime
fort
ithi
ng.

Seey
ouont
henextpage.
..
..

.
.

156
 .
Bui
ldi
ngy
ouri
nnerman

Chapt
er10.

_
___
___
___
___
___
ThePowerofBodycondi
ti
ons
_
___
___
___
___
__

Wehav et
alkedaboutt
hepowerofheartcondi
ti
on,
thepowerofbr
ain
condi
ti
on,t
hepowerofmindcondit
ion,
andnowt othel
astdi
mension
whichi
sthepowerofbodycondi
ti
ons.

Nowwhati
snowt
hepowerofbodycondi
ti
on
Godgi
vesus3abi
l
iti
est
osol
vet
henat
ural
probl
em

1.Tot
hinkwi
thy
ourbr
ain
2.Tospeakwi
thy
ourmout
h
3.Toackwi
thy
ourbody

Andhegi
vesusf
ourabi
l
iti
est
osol
veaspi
ri
tual
probl
em
.
1.Tor
ecei
vewi
tht
hespi
ri
t
2.Tomedi
tat
ewi
tht
hemi
nd
3.Tospeakwi
tht
hemout
h
4.Andactwi
tht
hebody

157
Anditmaybehardtoagr eewithmenowt hat70percentofthepr
obl
em on
ear
thnowarenaturalproblems,theyarenotspi
ri
tualprobl
ems,wher
ewill
onl
ybeusingourspir
itualabil
i
ty.(pray
er)tosol
ve
Theyarenatur
alprobl
emswhichweneedtobegi
nengagi
ngthepowerof
natur
alabi
li
tybutnotwit
hthehel
pofhumanfl
eshbutwit
hthehel
pofthe
hol
yspiri
t

Thatisweneedt obegintotrustinthepoweroft hehol

yspiri
ttohel
pus
thi
nkdeepandwi dewithourbrai
nbey ondnaturesothatwecannowbegin
tosolvenatural
problemssupernaturall
y.Andthi
siswhatwecal l
edment
al
revi
val
.Thisisthereali
tyAfr
icanshav enotwakeupt othatwearest
il
l
seeki
ngf orthemantleof1930.

Mostofal lthistechnol
ogyweseewher efirstinventedbydeepChrist
ian,
therewasar evi
valthatbr
okeupi nwhitelandt hatmakesabel i
everofthen
begint othinkbey ondnatural,
andenterintotheeconomyoft he
omni scienceofGodandf or m sci
enceint
ot hewor ldofmen,theori
ginof
sciencewasnotdemoni c,itwasthemani festati
onoft hespi
ri
tofGodi n
man, itwasonl ylat
erhij
ackedbyt hechil
drenofdar kness.

Shouldwetal
kaboutJohnRay(1627–1705)
:anEnglishbotanistwho
wroteTheWisdom ofGodManif
estedi
ntheWor ksoftheCreat i
on(1691)
andwasamongt hefir
stt
oatt
emptabi ol
ogi
caldefi
niti
onfortheconcept
ofspeci
es

OrWeshouldtal
kaboutAntonievanLeeuwenhoek( 1632–1723)
:Dutch
Refor
medCalvi
nistwhoisremember edasthe"f
atherofmicrobi
ology"
.
Thesearemenwhoengaget herealm ofsci
encewiththeHolySpi
ritofGod,
thei
rli
fewasaproductofr
eviv
althatleadtonat
ionaltr
ansfor
mationtothe

158
educat
ional
sect
or,
heal
thsect
or,
andmanysoci
etal
sect
orsoft
hei
rti
me.

OrMi khailLomonosov(1711–1765):Russi
anOrthodoxChr
ist
ianwho
discoveredtheatmosphereofVenusandf ormul
atedthel
awof
conservationofmassinchemicalreacti
ons.
JohnMi chel
l(1724–1793):Engli
shclergymanwhopr
ovidedpi
oneeri
ng
i
nsight
si nawi derangeofscient
ifi
cfiel
ds,i
ncl
udi
ngast
ronomy,geol
ogy,
opti
cs,andgrav i
tat
ion.

Will
iam Kir
by(1759–1850):ASpi r
it
-f
il
ledbeliev
erwhowr oteOnt hePower
Wisdom andGoodnessofGod, AsMani fest
edi ntheCr eationofAni mals
andi nTheirHist
ory,Thi
sishowabal ancer evi
valisdesignedt obei fa
rev
ivalonlyproducespir
it
uali
stli
ketheone1970i nNiger iathatgavebirth
toourcurrentfather
sinfai
thitcannotsolveanat ionalpr obl
em, itwil
l
onlyproducerichpastor
sandpoormember s

Ar eviv
al shouldproduceChristi
anspiri
tual
ist
st ohandlespi
ri
tualmat
ter
s,
produceChr i
sti
anphilosopherstohandlethef ormul
ati
onofgov er
nment
al
policythatwillpr
oduceawor ki
ngsy st
em wi t
ht hehel
pofGod'swisdom,
produceChr i
sti
aneducat i
onali
sts,
scienti
sts,andtechnol
ogi
sts.

Thekindofreviv
al t
hatproduceswor kingssystem,civ
il
izat
ion,nati
onal
tr
ansfor
mat i
on,sciences,andtechnologyinwhitemanl andInthe18t h
and19thcenturyisthekindofr ev
ivalweneedi nAfri
cannow, notthe
powerandmant leof1930.Ourpr oblem nowi nAfr
icanisnotdemons, trul
y
demonsar eeverywhere,demonsar einUK USAbutt heyarenol ongerour
majorprobl
em.

70per
centoft
hepr
obl
em ofAf
ri
cannowi
sanat
ural
probl
em,
thear
e

159
conti
nentalproblem causedbythefool
ishnessandignoranceofboththe
bornagainandt henat ural
men,andifwewantt obri
ngal asti
ngsoluti
on,
weshoul dstartpray
ingandseekingforwisdom,startt
rusti
ngi nGodto
rev
iveourthinkingAbilit
ysothatwecanuseourbodycondi t
ion,br
ain
condi
tion,mindcondi t
ionaswisdom di
ctates

Whatr
eli
gionhasbeent
eachi
ngf
oralongisnottot
hinkandnottoactbut
t
opayandbewat chi
nghowGodwil
lmiracul
ousl
ysol
vetheprobl
em
Godonl ysol
ve1outof100pr oblemsoflifeli
ket hat,
andthatiswhy
Churchisbecomingali
abil
it
yt osociet
y,allwecannowof fersoci
etyisto
pray,f
astandholdvi
gil
s,healthesick,
andcastoutdemonst hosearejust
10percentofNiger
iaprobl
em.Howwi llr
evivalsolve10percentofthe
humanpr obl
em?Claimingheav eni
sourhome. .
..ButtheearthGodhas
gi
v entothechi
l
drenofmen

*Andtheheadoft
heChur
chwhi
chi
sChr
istdi
dnotaskusnott
ouseour
headonearth.
*

Braini
sagi f
tofGodgi ventomanamongal lthethingshecr eat
ed,butitis
unfort
unat ethatthemajorgiftthatdi
sti
nguishesy oufrom othercreature
andplacey oui nhigherr
ankingamongst heimmot als,
rel
igionasky ounot
useitall
int henameoff ai
thandy ourcreati
veabili
tyli
esiny ourbr
ain...
Nowi magi neifthepoweroft heholyspiri
tnowr estupont hatbrai
n..t
he
earthwil
l notbeabl etoi
magi nethegreatethingsy ouwil
lcreatetosol v
e
thenaturalproblem ofman.

Ifweonlyhaveaheartwit
hourbody ,
wewi l
lonlybespeaki
ngthingsint
o
exist
encebecauseoutoftheabundanceofheartsmouthsspeak.Thati
s
wewi l
lbeabletocr
eatethingsi
nthespir
it
ualrealmsbutwewillnotbe

160
abl
etof
ormt
hingsi
nthephy
sical
real
m

Youcanseewhymanyhav ebeenusi ngposi

ti
veconfessi
ont ocreatethei
r
ri
chesintherealm ofthespiri
t,buttheyar
ephysical
l
ypoorbecauset hey
don'
tknowt hephy si
calst
ept ot aketomakethei
rpositi
veconfession
becomer eal
it
y,theyareusingthepoweroft hei
rheartcondit
ionbutthey
arenotusingthepoweroft heirbrainandbodycondit
ions.JustasAdam
wascreatedinGenesis1v s26byt hepowerofthespokenwor d,butthe
sameGodsai dingenesis2: 7thattherewasnomanonear th

Samet oy ou,youhavecr eatedyourprosperi

tybythepoweroft hespoken
wordbutt herewasnopr osperi
tyinyourli
feonearthwhy?Becausey oudid
notdowhatGodbegi nt odot omakemanv i
sibl
e,Godhast oli
vether eal
m
ofthespiritandcomet ot hephy si
calt
obegint ousethephysicalt
hingt o
for
m Adam.Soal soy oucomeoutoft heChurchandcomei nt
ot he
physicalt
ol ookforphysicalthi
ngt odo,youhavetofrom yourpropertyby
yourselft
hatiswhyGodgi vesy oubody.

Thepowerofourheartcondi t
ionmakesGodGi veust heabili
tytocreat
e
somethi
nginthereal
m oft hespiri
tbythepowerofourt onguewhyt he
powerofourbodyconditionmakeGodgi v eust heabi l
i
t ytoform
somethi
nginthephysicalwor l
d.HowIwi shwedon' thav eabodywewi l
l
onl
ybecreati
ngsomet hingi nt
hespir
it
ual realm bythepowerofourwor d,
butwewill
notbeablet ocr eat
eiti
nthephy si
calrealm, thati
swhyt he
angl
escannotform anythinginthephysi
cal ,becausetheydon' thavethe
powerofourbodyconditions

Becauseever
ythi
ngcreat
edinthephysi
calwasnotbymiracul
ouspower,
it
i
sbywi sdom,thati
stheprocesswasinvol
ved,
thepr
inci
plewasputin
pl
ace
That
'swhyGodsai
dbywi
sdom t
heear
thwasf
ormed,
thati
sbypr
inci
ple

161
andpr
ocess(pr
over
b3:
19)
.
TheLORDbywisdom hat
hfoundedt
heear
th;
byunder
standi
nghat
hhe
est
abl
ishedt
heheavens.
Pr
over
bs-Chapt
er3:
19

Hedi dnotsaybywisdom t
heeart
hwascr eated,
theeart
hwasnotcr eated
bywi sdom,theear
thwascreat
edbyspokenwor d.Butwhenitcomest o
formingiti
ntothephysi
cal
wisdom (pr
inci
pleandprocesshastotake
place)
Tocr
eat
eisdi
ff
erentf
rom t
ofor
med
Tocr
eat
emeans,
tobr
ingsomet
hingi
ntoexi
stence.
Tof
orm means,
tobr
ingsomet
hingi
ntophy
sical
andv
isi
bleshape.

Therearemanyt hi
ngsthatexi
stbutnotinvisi
bleandphysi
calshape,
every
thingChristdi
edforisalr
eadyexist
ingtheyarecal
ledaspiri
tual
bl
essing,iti
sintheheav enl
yplacesinChri
stJesus(Eph1:3),
ithasbeen
cr
eatedf oryou,butyouhavether ol
eofbri
ngingthem i
ntophysi
caland
vi
sibl
eshape.
Youcanseewhyi tlookasifwhatChri
stdiedfori
snotfi
ndi
ngsexpressi
on
i
nt heli
feofmany.Godcreatedt
heplanti
nGenesis1.Butwecouldnotsee
theplantonear
thinGenesis2.Becauset
her ai
nhasnotfal
l
, meani
ngitwil
l
takethelawofrai
ningforgr
asstobegintogrow(Genesi
s2:5)
Thatiswhyt hi
searthi
snotmagic,anddon'
ttr
ytobemagiciansclai
ming
youareusingthepowerofGod,manypastorsarealr
eadyt
urningto
magicians.Getthi
smiracl
eisdi
ff
erentf
rom magic,
Godisami racul
ous
Godbutnotamagi cGod.

Andmagi
ciswheny
ouar
eusi
ngpowert
osol
vet
hepr
obl
em Godhad

162
designedwisdom tosol
veandbecauseofyourinpat
ienty
ouusedmagi
c
formanipulat
ion.Whymiracl
esarewhenyouar eusi
ngpowert
osolv
ethe
problem t
hatgoesbeyondthecapaci
tyofwisdom
That'
swhymi r
aclealer
tismagi
c,t
rul
yyouusedthepowerofGod,y
es,but
thatyougetr
esultdonotmeanGodisinv
olv
e.I
sitli
kewhenIgiv
eyoua
cutl
asstocutgrassandyouusedi
ttocutaman,willbl
oodcameout?Yes,
butthatbl
oodcameoutdonotmeany ouactedaccordi
ngtomywil
l,

Thatisexactl
yHowGod' spowerwor
k,resul
tisnott
heevidencet
hatGod
i
si nvol
ved,i
tisj
usttheevi
dencet
hatGod-powerinyout
hatiswit
hout
repentancei
sinvol
ved.
WhenthepowerofGodisinv
olv
edi
ssomet
hingi
sdi
ff
erentf
rom whent
he
Godofthepoweri
sinv
olved.
I
fGodwant stomakeusmagici
anshewil
lnotgi
veusabr ain,gi
veus
thi
nki
ngfacul
ty,
giv
eusmind,wecoul
dhaveonlyhadspi
rit.Thatiswhyhe
wantsustobespir
it
ual
l
ymindedandnotspi
ri
tual
lymi
ndlessasToy e
Fagbol
asaid.

BecauseGodwantsustobespi
ri
tual
l
yali
ve,t
obespi
ri
tual
l
ymi
nded,
tobe
spi
ri
tual
lybr
il
li
ant
,andt
obespir
it
uall
yact
ive.
Not
ethef
ourkey
wor
ds

1.Tobespi
ri
tual
l
yal
i
ve
2.Tobespi
ri
tual
l
ymi
nded
3.Tobespi
ri
tual
l
ybr
il
li
ant
4.Tobespi
ri
tual
l
yact
ive

163
Whentheeter
nal l
i
feent
ersintoy ourspir
ityoubecomespir
ituall
yali
ve,
whentheSpir
itofGodfi
ll
edy ourthoughty oubecomespir
it
uallyminded,
whentheSpir
itofGodquickensy ourbrai
ny oubecomeSpiri
tuall
ybri
ll
iant
,
andwhentheSpiri
tofGodqui ckensyourbodyy oubecomespi r
it
uall
y
act
ive.
Tobespi
ri
tual
l
ymi
nded.
..t
hati
stobr
ingspi
ri
tual
i
tyt
oyourmi
nd
Tobespi
ri
tual
l
ybr
il
li
anti
stobr
ingspi
ri
tual
i
tyt
oyourbr
ain
Tobespi
ri
tual
l
yact
ivei
stobr
ingspi
ri
tual
i
tyt
oyourbody
Tobespi
ri
tual
l
yal
i
vemeanst
obr
ingspi
ri
tual
i
tyf
rom Godi
ntoy
ourspi
ri
t.

Thi
sishowGodwant
sust
oli
ve.
..

Thesefouraspectsofy ou,yourspir
it,yourmi nd, yourbrain,andy ourbody
mustbespiri
tuall
yaliveandact i
ve,becausei fyouar enotspi r
ituall
yali
ve
yourwordwill
notbepower fuli
nther ealm oft hespi r
it
,meani ngy ouwi l
l
notbeabletocreateany t
hingbyt hepoweroft hespokenwor d, andifyou
arenotspi
ri
tuall
y-
mi nded,youwi l
lnotbeabl etof ormi nyourmi ndwhat
youwanttocreateintothephy si
cal,andI fy ouar espir
ituall
yalive,
spir
it
ual
ly-
mindedandy ouarenotspi ri
tuallybrill
i
antthegoodi mageof
yourmindandwhaty ouhav efor
medi ny ourhear tmanynotcomet oreal
it
y,
i
ttakestheworkaqui ckenbr ai
nandl ivingbodyt ocreateairplane,car,
Robotandmanymor e

Youcanseehowt
her
oleoft
hespi
ri
t,mi
nd,
andbr
ainconnectsot
hatbody
canact
.
Andthepoi
ntisthoseint
ell
igenceknowasthepowerofbrai
ncondit
ions,
mindcondi
ti
on,andheartconditi
onbecomeusel
essift
hereisnott
hebody ,
youwil
lonl
ybethinki
ngittalki
ngitbutyouwi
l
lnotbeabletoacti
tbecause
ther
eisno-
body

164
Becauset
hepur
poseoft
hebodyi
stocar
ryoutwhaty
ouar
ethi
nki
ngand
tal
ki
ng
Forinstance, Iam wri
tingtoyounowbecauseoft hepowerofmybody
conditi
ons.Iam nott ypingthiswit
hmybr ai
n,Iam typingitwit
hmyhand
Becauset hemessagei sspiri
tual
,thepowerofheartconditi
onmakesme
receiveit
,thepowerofmi ndconditionsmakememedi tat
eoni t
,
understandi tandexpandi t
,thepowerofbrainconditi
onsmakeme
arrangeitinawayy ouwi l
lunderst
andwhyt hepoweroft hebodycondi
ti
on
makemet ypei tandsendittoyou

Thi
sishowGoddesi
gnmant
obe

SoIasky ou,whatareyoudoi
ngwiththepowerofheartcondi
ti
on,whatare
youdoingwiththepowerofyourmindcondi
ti
ons,whatareyoudoingwith
thepowerofy ourbr
aincondi
ti
onandwhatareyoudoingwi t
hthepowerof
bodyconditi
ons
Answert
othatf
ourquest
ionsdet
ermi
ney
oursuccessi
nli
fe

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerman

Chapt
erEl
even
_
___
___
___
___
___
__
TheBl
essi
ngoft
hei
nnerman
_
___
___
___
___
___
__

Nowunt
ohi
m,t
hatcandoexceedi
ngabundant
lyabov
eal
lthatweaskor

165
t
hink,
*accor
dingt
othepowert
hatwor
ket
hinus,
*

Ephesi
ans-Chapt
er3:
20

HowdoesGodbl essinthenewt estament?Heblessesmanbyusi ngwhat

hehasgivenyoutogetyouwhathehaspr omisedyou.Thatis,i
fhe
promi
sedy oufi
nanci
alprosperi
ty,
hewi l
lnotgiv
eyoumoney , hewi
llgi
ve
youri
nnermansomet hi
ngt hatwil
latt
ractmoneytoy ourout
erman
Thatiswhatitmeanst ousewhatGodgiv
esy out
ogetanot
hert
hingthat
Godhaspr omisedy ou.
Thatiswhati
swit
hinyoui
stheonedesi
gnt o
att
ractwhatisaroundyousoi fy
ouwanttoknowwhatGodhasgivenyou
don'tl
ookaround,lookwit
hin
I
tiswhatmengav eyouthatyouseear oundyoubutwhatGodgav eyou,
youseeitwi
thinyou.Youdon'trecei
vefrom Godwit
hy ourhandyourecei
ve
fr
om Godwithy ourheart
,thatiswhytomany ,ev
enthoughwhenGodhas
tr
emendouslyblessedthem, t
heydon'tknowbecausetheblessi
ngdoes
notappeari
nmat eri
ali
sti
cnat ur
e.

TheGoodnewsi snotthatever
ythi
ngy ouneedt ogeteverymat eri
alt
hing
youdesi
reisinChr ist
,thegoodt hi
ngisthatev er
ythi
ngyouneedt oget
ever
ymater i
althingyoudesireisinyou.Thatiswhyinst
eadofmen
openi
ngtheirhear t
stor ecei
vefr
om Godt heyar eopeni
ngt hei
rhands, t
hat
i
swhymanyi nt hebodyofChr i
stdonotunder st
andGod'sblessing,they
don'
tunderstandwhati tmeanst obetrulyblessedbyGod.
Why?Becausetheydon'tknowthatyoudon'
trecei
vefr
om Godwi t
hyour
hand,
yourecei
vefrom Godwithyourheart
.Whileyoudon'
trecei
vefr
om a
manwi t
hyourheart
,yourecei
vefrom amanwi t
hyourhand

Soast
hehandi
stomansoi
shear
ttoGod.
Ifamanwant
stot
ell
yout
o

166
worktheysayworkwit
hyourhand,butwhatGodcount
stobeworkis
wheny ouarewor
kingonyouri
nnermanwheny ouareworki
ngonyour
mind
Ifyoustayindoor sbuildingy ourinnermanwi thstudying,pray i
ngdeep,
medi t
ati
on, andwi t
hshar pdeept hinki
ngandanot heronei sjustbusy
aboutwor kingwi t
hhi sbodycl ai
minghei sHardwor ki
ng,don' tworryjust
givethem teny earsyear, youwi l
ldiscovert
hattheonewor kingdayand
nightwil
lendupj ustli
v i
ngf orhimsel f
,andhisfamilyhasacar ,buil
da
houseandbl i
ndnesst opur posewillmakehimt hinkhei sli
vingf i
ne,why
theonebui l
dinghi sinnermanwi l
lendupl i
vi
ngf orhisgener ati
on,and
generati
onst ocomewi l
l hearabouthi si
mpar t
.

Thegreat
esti
nvest
mentisnotr
ealest
atei
tinv
estinginyouri
nnerman,
becausei
tdonotyi
eldear
lymakesuspaynoattenti
ontoourinnerman.
Trul
yitmaynol ongerbeeasytost
artinvesti
ngi
ny ourmindwheny ou
growold,butbetweenyour20to30/yearsofage,neverj
okeswit
ht hat
seasonisthebestti
met oinv
esti
nyouri nnerman,withmostofyourti
me,
becauseat i
mewi l
lcomewheny ouwillnotbeabletousemostofy our
ti
met odosoany more
Becausethoset
hatworkwi
ththeirhandinthei
r20swi
thoutworki
ngon
thei
rinnermanar
ealwaysaservanttothoseworki
ngwit
hthei
rmind
Andwheny
ouseeamanwor
kingwi
thhi
smi
ndy
ouwi
l
lknow,
Iknowt
hem
easi
l
y
Theirl
evelofcreat
ivit
y,t
hinki
ng,mindset,
andper
spect
ivewil
lbediff
erent,
butthem i
nleadershippositi
ons,t
hefir
stthi
ngt
heypull
downi st
radit
ions,
changeasy st
em notwor kingfort
hemassesbutonlyworki
ngforthefew
sel
fi
shleadersholdingthepositi
on
Oneofthebestway stoknowamanwhohast obuil
dhisi
nnermanisthat
theynevergetsat
isf
iedorcarr
iedawaywit
hpopularopi
nionev
enthoughi
t
i
swor ki
ng.Theyalwaysbeli
evether
eisabett
erwayornewwayt o
somethi
ng

167
Thatiswhyanycr eati
vepersonalway shasanissuewit
htheir
denomi nati
onbecausetheyarealwayspissedoffwit
hanythi
ngrouti
ne.
Mindy ousomecanbesocomf ortabl
ewiththeoldsyst
em andopposeany
changes, why?Theyarenotcurrentbecausethei
rmindisnotcor
rect
Amanthatgi
veshimsel
ftobui
l
dinguphi
sinnermanwi
l
lal
way
shav
ean
i
ssuewi
ththefol
l
owingfact

1.Hav
eani
ssuewi
thol
dthi
ngs
2.Hav
eani
ssuewi
thol
dsy
stems(
theol
dwayofdoi
ngt
hings)
3.Hav
eani
ssuewi
thr
eli
gious

Thatisi
ftheirmindisinl
i
newi tht
heindustr
ytheywil
lal
way swantt
o
creat
enewt hings,t
heyar
et heonesproduci
ngnewv er
sionsofmanyof
thi
stechnol
ogy ,i
fwedon'thavemenwi t
hcreati
vi
tywemayst i
ll
beusing
Nokia33/10bynow
Mindyouwhentheideaoft
hepadcame,Nokiacompanyr
eject
editand
sayi
twil
lnotwork,t
hisi
soneofthemaj
orcreat
ivei
deast
heylostt
hat
madethem l
osethei
rval
ueti
ll
today
2.Ift
hei
rmindisbuil
tinli
newiththephil
osophy
,theyl
osecontent
ment
withol
dbel
ieveandsyst
ems..
theyredef
inesomeancientprov
erbsandgi
ve
thenewver
sionofthem,t
heytrytoknowwhyonmanyt hi
ngs
Becausethequestf
orpur
posesofthi
ngsi
sthebeginni
ngofcreat
ivi
ty,
just
wanttoknowwhyt hi
ngsarel
iket
his,
whymustitbethi
sway,can'
titbein
anotherway.
3.AndiftheybecomepriestsandmenofGod, t
heyenterpr
obl
em withthe
church,
becausetheyarejustwithonemi ssion,
tofi
ghteveryf
orm of
rel
igi
on,man-madedoctri
ne, andtr
adit
ion, t
hequest
ionalmostever
ythi
ng
andifcareisnottaki
ngyoumaybet empt edtotagt
hem rebel
li
on

168
TheBibl
esay sandJesusgrowsinwi
sdom f
or30y ear
s(Luke2:52-54).
Whenhecameout ,hebecomeenemytot
hetradit
ionofhi
st i
me,thatis
whyoneoft hebestwaystoknowamanofwi sdom i
sthattheyarealways
cont
rover
sial,
Thati swhy90per centoft
hosewhobui l
dtheirmindtoalargeext
entend
upst art
ingsomethingnew,createsomethingnew, i
nventsomethi
ngnew,
startminist
rynew.Becausetheyaret ooloadedtobepatientwi
thasy st
em
thatisnotworkingundertheleadershipwhoisnotwi l
l
ingtochangethe
system duetowhathei sgaining.

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
erEl
even
_
___
___
___
___
___
__
TheBl
essi
ngoft
hei
nnerman
_
___
___
___
___
___
__

Nowuntohim,thatcandoexceedi
ngabundantl
yabov
eal
lthatweaskor
t
hink,
accor
dingtothepowerthatwor
kethinus,
Ephesi
ans-Chapt
er3:
20
Ever
ythingyouseearoundyoui
snotaccor
dingt
othepowerav
ail
abl
ein
you,
itisaccordi
ngtothepoweratwor
kinyou

169
Thepoweratwor
kiny
oui
sdi
ff
erentf
rom t
hepowerav
ail
abl
etoy
ou
Takenot
eoft
heset
hreef
act
1.Thepoweravai
labl
einheav
enandt
hepoweratwor
kinheav
en.They
aretwodi
ff
erentt
hing
2.Thepowerav ai
labl
eoneart
handthepoweratwor konearth.Theyar
e
twodif
ferentt
hings..
(menhavenotexpl
oredal
lthepowerthatGod
deposi
tedonear t
h
3.Thepoweravai
labl
einy
ouandt
hepoweratwor
kiny
ou,
theyar
eal
so
twodif
fer
entthi
ngs

TheScript
uredidnotsayGodwil
lblessy ouaccor
dingtothepower
avail
abl
einyoubuthesaidaccor
dingtot heoneatwor ki
nyou.Andthe
Bibl
edidnotalsosayhewil
lanswerbyt hepowerav ai
l
abl
einheaven,he
saiditi
sbaseonthepoweratworki nyou
Meani
ng,
Iti
stheoneatwor koutoft
hepowerav
ail
abl
einy
out
hatGod
usedt
oansweryourneed.
YoucanseethatGi
anti
ssl
eepi
ngi
nmany ,i
fyougett
hismessagey
ouwi
l
l
under
standwhati
tmeanst
oneedper
sonalr
eviv
al.
Per
sonalrev
ivali
stheawaki
ngoft
hepowerav
ail
abl
einy
out
obecome
poweratworkinyou
HowwishGodanswerourpr
ayeraccor
dingtothehour
swepr ay
,Af
ri
can
coul
dhavebeent
helead,
manyprayerwarri
orscoul
dhavebeenatt
hetop

ButGodsaidhehearsy
ouaccor
dingt
ot hewayy oupray
,buthedidnot
answeryouaccor
dingt
othewayyoupray,heanswersyouaccor
dingtothe
poweratworkinyou
Soif2per
centi
sthelev
eloft
hepoweratworkinyou,t
hati
sgoi
ngt
o
det
erminethel
evel
atwhichGodwil
lansweryourpr
ayer

170
Youcanseewhyt hefocusistheinnerman.IdosaythatGodi snot
blessi
ngany oneagaininthenewtestament,
hehasblessedallonceand
forall
inChrist2000yearsago,manypeoplehavenotunderstoodGod
system ofoperat
ions,wethinkGodisbusyever
ydayattendingtoour
needsoneaf tert
heot her
,Godiswiserthant
hat.
Godisaprogrammer,hedidever
ythi
ngatonceandsubj ectthem tocode
andsyst
em,heputeveryt
hinginpl
aceandsubjectthem totheprinci
ple,
so
thi
ngsworkautomat
ical
lyonceyoupresstheri
ghtcode, andthi
ngsfailt
o
worknomatterhowyouprayifyoudon'tpr
esstherightcode
Meaningthatyouhav enotseent
hemanifestati
onofy ourbl
essi
ngsdoes
notmeany ouhav enotrecei
vedi
t,t
heli
stofblessingsyoushoul
daskGod
fori
nthenewt estamentismoneyoranythi
ngt hatcanbeseen.TheGodof
thenewtestamentdesignmoneyt obemagnet i
ctot hebl
essi
ngGod
deposi
tinyourinnerman

Thatis,t
hebl essingGoddepositinyourinnermancal ledspiri
tualblessi
ng
i
slikemagnet i
cwhymoneyi sl
ikeaniron..
..
!!!Sowhent heblessingwi t
hin
i
srevealed,itreveal
st hesol
uti
ontoacer tainproblem ofhumani ty,
and
menwhodesi r
ethatkindofsolut
ionbecomeat tr
actedtoit,andoncet he
spi
rit
ualblessinginy ouatt
ract
smeni twillsurel
ymakemenr eleasewhat
i
sintheirhandf ory ououtofappli
cat
ionsofhowy ourspiri
tualblessingis
aff
ectingtheirli
fepositi
vel
y.

Youhav enotgottenwhatyouneedbecauset hereisav ersi

onofy outhat
needt oat t
ractt
hem,Thati sthemysteryofli
fe,therealper
sonGod
preparef oryounowt obeyourlif
epartner,
theversionthatwill
att
racther
effort
lesslyisnotyetiny
out hatmaybet hereasonshei susing2y ear
sto
cl
ai m sheisstil
lprayi
ngaboutit.
Idosaythatabr
otherthatcar
ri
est
heblessi
ngsofthei
nnerman,
doesnot
str
uggl
etogetanyblessingoft
heout
erman.Spir
it
ualbl
essi
ngat
tract

171
everyblessi
ngavai
lablef
oryoubutnotyetgott
entoy ou,manymaydie
withoutrecei
vi
ngwhatGodhaspr ovi
dedforthem becausethebl
essi
ngof
theinnermant oat
tracti
tisnotmani
fest
inginthem
Isaythis,
noladi
esof"God'swi
ll
"canusey out
oplayifyoucar
ryt
he
blessi
ngoftheInnerman,buti
ftheblessi
ngoftheinnermanisnot
mani f
esti
ng,
eventhoughsheisGod'swi l
lyoumayloseher.

BecauseladiesaredesignedbyGodt obemagnet i
c,somet hinginyou
mustat t
ractsomethinginthem.Lessy ouwi l
luse2y earstoproposeand
theywill
tellyouGodhasnotspokent ot hem.Somewi ll
tel
l youGodt ol
d
hertobepat i
ent.Youmayt hinkshetrul
yhasapat ientspir
it.
..Thehighest
percentofladiesdonothavepatiencespiri
toncetheyseewhatt heyare
l
ookingforinmen, Iam tal
kingoftheonest hatmov ebyv i
sionandinsight
amongt hem.
Becauseneverthi
nkwhatal l
ladiesarel ooki
ngf orismoney,iti
sbecause
youhavenotmov edf ar,
thatiswhyy ourexperienceaboutthem isnar
row.
Theblessi
ngofmyi nnermanhasj ustbeencomi ngoutgradual
lynotyet
ful
l
yinmani f
estat
ionwhenal adysawi twithinsightandchooseme
i
nsteadofay ounglecturerproposingtohert heni nAdekunl
eAjashin
uni
versi
ty.
Becauseshesai dthereissomet hingshesawi nme,thatshehasnev er
seeninanyman.Mi ndyounott her ei
ssomet hi
ngshesawwi thme, but
ther
ei ssomethingshesawi nmen.Fort heMrl ectur
ers,shesawwhat
sheislookingforwithhim,butshedi dnotseewhatshei sl ookingf
orin
him,formeshesawwhatshei sl ooki
ngf orinmen.Becauset henmy
spir
it
ual bl
essi
nghasnotat tr
act edanymat eri
albl
essing...Butshecould
seeinmet hatthisisthetr
uerichesoft heki ngdom manifestinginme.
Sothefactisthatei
therGod'
swillornotGodwi l
ltherei
ssomet hi
nga
l
adiesislooki
ngforinman,ifsheisspiri
tualther
ei ssomethingshei s
l
ookingforinyou,whyifsheiscanalther
ei ssomet hi
ngshei slookingfor
wit
hy ou.Youcannotbeempt yofGodandal soempt yofGoldandexcept
Godwi l
lcome.Younowsaybecauseshei sblindtothefutur
et hati
swhy

172
sherej
ect
sy ou.Shewi l
lsur
elybebli
ndi fshecannotseeanyt
hingi
nyou
nowthatwil
lbet heevi
denceofthegoodt hi
ngsnotseennow,i
tisspi
ri
tual
fool
i
shnesstofollowamanwhom t hereisnothi
ngyouareseeninhi
sli
fe
nowthatyoucanl inkt
othereali
tyofthefuturegl
ory
I
fy ouar
efullofGodanditisnoticeabl
eGodswi ll
comeandi fyouarefull
ofGoldgoodwi l
lcome.Ladiesaredesignedtobemagnet s,
youdon'tneed
torunaf
terthem,ther
eissomet hinginyouthatatt
ract
sthekindofperson
yourspi
ri
tdesir
e
SoIasky ouhowmuchqual ityti
mear eyouspendinginbuildi
ngthepower
avai
lableinyout obecomet hepoweratwor ki
ny ou.BecauseGodi sinyou,
Chri
stisiny ou,theholyspir
itisiny
ou, t
heGodt hatmenar eprayi
ngt oisi
n
you,thatisGodspl anisthatifhewantst ocomedownt oanswertheir
pray
er ,hewillnotcomedownf rom heaventotakecontrolbuthewill
come
downf rom yout otakecontrol.

Youdon'
taskGodtocomedownandt akecont
rol
,Youaskhimtocome
outandt
akecontr
olbecausetheGodyouarepray
ingtoi
snotcomingfrom
heavent
otakecont
rol
,heiscomingfr
om insi
deofyoutotakecont
rol
thr
oughyou.
SoIasky ouwher eisthemani fest
ati
onofGodav ail
ableinyou,IfGodis
trulyavail
ableinyou,all
thisIam seeingaboutyouisallthemani f
estat
ion
Godcanr evealthr
oughy ou.Wher eisthemanif
estati
onoft heblessi
ng
av ai
lablei
ny ou,becauset heoneIam seennowi sjustthemanifestati
onof
thebl essi
ngatwor knott hemani f
estati
onoft
heblessingav ai
l
able.

173
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ngYourI
nnerMan

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erEl
even.
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hei
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KJV
Letus,
ther
efore,
comeboldl
yunt
othet
hroneofgr
ace,
thatwemayobt
ain
mercy,
andfindgracet
ohelpi
nti
meofneed.

Hebr
ews-Chapt
er4:
16
16Sol
etuscomebol
dlytot
heveryt
hroneofGodandstayther
etorecei
ve
hi
smercyandt
ofi
ndgracet
ohelpusinourti
mesofneed.(Liv
ingBi
ble)
Ther
ear
eonl
ytwomaj
orbl
essi
ngsoft
hei
nnerman.
Andt
hef
ir
sti
sMERCYandt
hesecondi
sGRACE
Ev
erybl
essi
ngy
oucant
alkabouti
sinsi
det
hist
wo.

Isi
tpower
,!!
!wisdom!!
!!
,tal
kofIt
,al
loft
hem areknownt
obegr
ace.
..The
summaryofeveryspi
ri
tualbl
essi
ngi
scall
edgrace
Everyevi
lyouescapei
sbecauseofmer
cywhyev
erygoody
our
ecei
vedi
tis
becauseofgrace

174
Thati
smer
cypr
event
sev
ilwhygr
aceat
tract
sgood.

Youcanseewhyt hewri
terofPsalmssay sGoodnessandmercyshall
foll
owme. .Whythetwo?Becauset hatt
woi sthesummaryofall
blessi
ngs.
..GoodnessmeansGr ace.SotosayGodandmer cyshal
lfol
low
mei sthesameassay i
ngGr aceandMer cyshall
fol
lowme.
Nowletusbegi
ntotal
kaboutt
hisoneaf
tert
heot
her
.Nowt
othef
ir
st
bl
essi
ngofthei
nnerman

*
Mer
cy*

Atti
mes,
youdiscovert
hatt
heevil
lif
esomepeopl
eli
vedandescapedi
t,
somewil
lfol
l
owt hesameli
feandleadt
ohi
sdeath.
..
Thewrongli
fesomeli
veandendupencounter
ingChrist
,someli
vedt
he
sameli
fe,
foll
owthesamepartanddi
edinit
,eventheonesthatdi
dnotdi
e
i
nitendupwithascart
hatl
eftper
manentregr
etsi
nt hei
rli
ves.
Thequest
ioni
s;whyt
hedi
ff
erence?
Whensomeoneisfoll
owi
nganevil
pathandissur
roundedbymenwhoare
i
nter
cedi
ngforhi
m, y
ouwill
thendi
scovert
hatt
heevilwil
lendupl
eadi
ng
t
hepersont
oChrist
.

Thati s,somethingwil
lhappenalongthejourneythatmayal mostlandhim
i
ntopr i
son,butwhathisfacesawinthatseasonoft roubl
ewi llmakehim
surrendertoGod.That '
swheny ouseet hem makingacov enantwi t
hGodi n
ti
mesoft heirtr
oublet
hatifGodcanleadt hem outofthatprison,outof
thatsickness,oroutofthatacci
dentcausedbymyway wardl i
fest
yle,
they
willserveChr i
stwit
htherestofmylives.

175
Andy ouseeGodhonoringsuchcommitmentoutofmercy.Becauset he
pray
erofhispar
ent,
relati
ves,andf
ri
endsoverhiminlov
ehadgot tento
heaven,t
hati
swhyy oumustnotgiveuponany oneyou'
rei
ntercedingfor
.
Thepr ay
erofi
nter
cessi
onoveral
if
eofferwit
hdeepcommi t
mentfr
om the
heartgetst
oheavenandbri
ngsdowntheangelofmercy
.Andy ouseethe
angelofmercyfol
l
owinganawkwardpersonabouti
nall
hisevi
lways.
Mindyou!theangelofprot
ecti
oni
sdiff
erentfr
om theangelofmercyand
theangelofdi
rect
ionisdif
fer
entf
rom t
heangel ofmercy.Andtheprotocol
oftheangelofmercyisdif
fer
entf
rom t
hepr ot
ocolofangelofpr
otect
ion,
OnceyougooutofGod'
swi
llf
oryourli
fe,
youareoutoft
hecover
ageof
God,y
ouareoutofdi
vi
nepr
otect
ion,
theangelofpr
otect
ionst
ops
fol
l
owingyou.
Butonet hingaboutt heangel ofmer cyisthateventhoughy oulose
protecti
on, event houghy ougooutofGod' swill
andGod' swayandf ol
l
ow
yourownwi l
landway s,t
heangel ofmercycanst i
l
l f
ollowingy ou,even
thoughanangel ofprotecti
onhadst oppedfoll
owingy ou,buttheangel of
mer cywi l
lsurelystil
lfol
lowy oui fyourli
feisgovernedbymenpr ayi
ngfor
you, notar el
igi
ouspr ayerofint er
cessionthatmanyar edoi ngthisday,but
ahear t-
feltprayerofintercession.
Soyoucanlosetheangel ofprotect
ionandsti
llhav
et heangelofmercy
.
Andwhenthishappens,anycalami t
ythathappenstoy ouwil
lnotl
eadto
deat
h,itwi
l
lonlyteachyoual essonandmaket hatlessonleadyouto
Chri
standbeabenef itl
i
fe.
Becausetheangelofpr
otecti
ondoesnotfol
l
owy ou,youcannotescape
cal
amity,
butbecausetheangelofmercyisf
oll
owingyou,suchcal
amity
wil
lnotl
eadtodestruct
ion,i
twil
lrat
herl
eadtorepent
ance.
Becauseinthecalamit
y,youwil
lseetherevel
ati
onofthekindnessand
merciesofGodandi ti
sthiski
ndofGodt hatwil
ll
eadtoy ourrepent
ance.
Butiftheangel
ofmer cyisnotf
oll
owingyou,andtheangel ofprot
ecti
oni
s
notalsofol
lowi
ngy ou,y
oucannotescapeanycal amit
ythatthedev i
l
thr
owst owardyourpathduetoyourwrongway sofli
vi
ng.

176
Somecal amiti
esbefallt
her i
ghteous,t
hosear ediffer
ent,
thosear ejust
chall
enges,andthatisnotapr oblem.Butwheni tcomest ocal amiti
est hat
comebecauseofy ourwrongchoi ce,
wr ongway s,orwronglifest
y l
e,those
arenotchall
engesbutpr oblemsandt hedev i
lwasabl etobringthe
calamit
iesbecausey ouarenotundert heprotecti
onofGodandt heresult
ofthecalamitycanbeev il
andsor rowbecauseoft heangel ofmer cyisnot
withyou.
Youcanseewhyy ouneedtokeeponpr ayi
ngforyourlovedones,whom
youknowar el
iv
ingwaywar
dliv
est hatcanleadtodeath,pri
son,or
dest
ructi
on.Youcanseewhyachiefculti
stinschoolmaysurelybecomea
Chri
sti
an,andbecomefi
ref
orChrist.

*
Becausemanyofthesepeopl
eyouseewi
thext
remeway
war
dli
ves,
are
menwithst
rangef
utureandgl
ory
*

Forthedeviltohaveaninterestinsomeone,meansGodhasani nter
estin
him.Sonev erstoppray
ingf orthem,whenImeanpr ayer,Imeanprayerout
oflove.Somepeopl eareclaimingtobeint
ercedingforsomeonejustto
ful
fil
lal
lri
ghteousness,deepi nsi
deofthem theywantevilt
ohappentot hat
people,
theywanthi mtor egrethiswaysofl
iv i
ngsothattheywil
lhavea
messaget opreachaboutt hattheytol
dhim buthedidnotlist
en.

Ifnotbecausemanyoft heserel
igiouspeoplelackknowl edge, y
ouknow
thedevili
sinsomeoneandy outhinkjustmerewor dsoft hemout hwil
l
maket hepersonl i
steningandchanget heperson'sheart.Whenademoni s
i
nsomeone, i
t'sdif
ferentfrom whent hedev i
lisinhim,whenademoni si
n
someoney oucanst i
llcastitout.
..Butwheni tisthedevilthattwo-
edged
one,hemakest hehear tastoryhearttoresistandrejectev er
yform of
goodadv i
ce,itisonlywheny ourwor dissharperthantwoedgedswor ds
thatthewordcanpenet ratehisheart.

177
So,thatyouspeakwi t
hsomeoneort al
kt osomeoneandhedi dnothear,
youneednotbl amehim, y
oublamey oursel
f,t
hefaulti
snotf r
om him,the
faul
tisf r
om you!Yourwordi
slif
eless,itisonl
yfull
ofreli
giouswordsbut
notfullofspi
ri
tandlif
e,sosuchli
felessgoodwor dcannotbr eaktheheart
ofmenwhom t hedevil
hadsatinhishear t.
I
tt akesthewor dofGod, sharpert
hananyt wo-
edgedswor dinthemout hof
av esselsentbyGodt obr eaksuchaheart .Soinsteadofcomplaini
ngthat
theydon'thearthewor d,whycan'tyouraiseav oicetoGodiftr
ulyy ouwant
himt orepentandl eav
eGodandt heangel ofmer cytodotherest.So,
whensomeonei ssurr
oundedbymenpr ay ingf
orhi m,hi
sli
fewill
change
forthebetter,
theangel ofmer cywil
lnotallowdest r
ucti
ontobetheendof
him.
Becausemer
cypr
evai
l
sov
erj
udgment
.
Seey
ouont
henextpage.
..
.

Bui
ldi
ngy
ouri
nnerman

Chapt
erEl
even.
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essi
ngoft
heI
nnerman.
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Onthel
astpage,
wetal
kaboutthetwomajorbl
essi
ngsofthei
nnerman
whi
chareMercyandgr
ace,
thatismercyi
swhathappenswhentheev
ilor

178
j
udgmentt
haty
ouri
nnermandeser
vesdi
dnothappent
oyou.

WhyGr aceiswhent heblessingt hatyouri

nnermandi dnotdeserv
ecome
toyou(mi ndyou,Ihavesai ditthatwhenGodwantt oblessyouheblesses
youri
nnermanwhi chtheblessingwi l
l mani
festoutwardl
y,andi
fGod
wantstojudgeyou, hejudgesy ourinnerman, andthatj
udgmentwill
automati
call
yrefl
ectiny ouroutermanorphy sical
li
fe.

Wehav et
alkedaboutt
hemyster
yofmer cyonthel
astpage.Nowt
othe
seconddi
mensionwhichi
sthemy st
eryofgrace

Fir
st,hav etheunder
standingofthesefourfocuseswheny ourinnerman
receivedthegraceofGod.Becauseoncet heysaysomet hingisgrace,i
t
meanst heyaresomethingyoucannev erreceiv
eunti
lyourencounter
Christ,i
tisthedimensi
onsofbl essi
ngthaty oucanonl
yreceivethrough
ChristJesus,meaningifyoudon'thavesalvati
onexperi
encey oucannot
havegr aceexperi
ence

Andifatally
ouhav espir
it
ual bl
essi
ngofanykindwithoutChri
stt
henit
meansy ouhav edonebusinesswiththedevi
lwhi
chyoupayheav ysacr
if
ice
toat
tainsuchdi mensi
ons,Becauseifblood,
soul
,orl
ifesacri
fi
cedidnot
i
nvol
v eyourinnermancannotr eceiv
eorholdaspir
it
ual bl
essi
ng

ThebloodofChr i
standhi ssacrif
iceiswhatgi venusthepr iv
il
egetobe
part
nersofdivi
nei nher
itanceknownasgr aceorspiri
tualblessi
ngthati
s
someonepayt hepr i
cewi thhisblood,andweenj oythepr oducti
nourbody.
Andoncey ourinnermanr ecei
vedthegr ace.Focusonf ouraspect
sasthe
fr
uitoft
hemani festati
onofspi r
it
ual bl
essingknownast hegraceofGod.

179
1.Thespi
ri
tual
i
ty
2.Themor
ali
ty
3.Thement
ali
ty
4Responsi
bil
i
ty

Spi
ri
tual
i
tyt
alkaboutt
hest
ateofy
ourspi
ri
tuall
if
e
Mor
ali
tyt
alksaboutt
hest
ateofy
ourmor
alst
atur
e.
Thement
ali
tyt
alkaboutt
hest
ateofy
ourspi
ri
tualunder
standi
ng
WhytheResponsi
bil
i
tytalkaboutt
hest
ateofy
ourassi
gnmenti
nthe
ki
ngdom andfort
hekingdom

Oneoft
hemi
stakeswemakei
stomi
stakespi
ri
tual
i
tyasmor
ali
ty

Thefruitofspir
it
ual
it
ymaybemor al
itybutmorali
tyisnotspi
ri
tual
i
ty.
Morali
tytalksaboutt
hestateofyourgodlycharacterwhyspi
rit
ual
it
ytal
k
aboutthest at
eofyourhunger
,lovefortheper
sonoft hespir
it
Yourmoral
i
tyi
smeasur
ebyhowyouhandl
emenwhyy
ourspi
ri
tual
i
tyi
s
measur
ebyhowyouhandl
eGod
Spir
it
ualit
yisnotal
sospiri
tualr
esponsibi
li
ty,
commi t
menttot
het
hingsof
thespir
itcanbethefr
uitofspir
it
ual
itybutnotspi
ri
tuali
ty

Spiri
tual
i
tyishungerandl
ovefortheper
sonoft hespiri
twhySpiri
tual
responsi
bili
tyi
sthecommitmentandpassionforthethingoft
hespi r
it.
Hungerforthepersonoft
heSpiri
tisdi
ff
erentfrom apassionfort
he
thi
ngsoft hespi
ri
t,somemenlovetobewiththeworkofGodi nthepubli
c

180
pl
acebutdi
dnotlovetobewitht
hepersonofGodi
nthesecretpl
ace.They
onl
yhavespi
ri
tualr
esponsi
bil
i
tybutdonothav
espi
ri
tual
i
ty.

*Thefir
stthingthatdefinesyourspir
itual
it
yi snotChurchact
ivi
ti
es*,but
yourl
ifewithGodi nthesecretplace,
(Spirit
ualit
y)whythesecondist he
manifestat
ionofthelif
eofGodi nyoui nt
hepubl icpl
ace(moral
ity
),the
thi
rdistheunderstandingofGodbyy oubef oreGodandmen(ment al
ity
)
andthelastistheassignmentofGodbyy ou(responsi
bil
it
y)

1.Sodon'tmisplacespi
ri
tual
itywi
thmoral
i
tyandresponsibil
i
ty,y
oucanbe
mor al
andnotspi r
it
ual
,butwhenyouarespir
it
ualyouwillbemoral,
and
thatmoral
it
ywi l
lnotbeself-
madeiti
sanexpressmanifestat
ionofthef
rui
t
oftheSpir
it
.
2.Don'tmisplacespir
it
ual i
tywit
hResponsibi
li
ty,
trul
yspir
itualresponsibi
li
ty
i
saf r
uitofspir
it
uali
ty,
y oucannothaveahungerf orGodint hesecret
placeandnothav epassi onfort
hethi
ngsofGodi nthepubl icplace,but
youcanhav epassionf orthethi
ngsofGodi nthepubli
cplacewi t
hout
havingahungerf orGodi nthesecr
etplaceandthatiscal
l reli
gions.

Thati swhyatt i
meswheny ouseesomer el
igiouspeopley ouwillt
hinkt hey
arespi r
itualbutmov eclosert othem inthesecr etplace,youwi l
lknow
clearl
yt hattheydon'thaveanyl ifeinthesecr etplace.Theyonlyhav e
reli
giousact ivi
ti
esinthesecr etplace,theycall i
tmor ni
ngdev oti
on,quite-
ti
me, buti fyouDr awclosery ouwi l
lseet hattheyareonl ydoingthatthing
tofulfil
lallr
ighteousness,hungert odoi tisnol ongertheir
.Tobespi r
it
ually
ali
veandact i
ve,manythinki ti
sbyhav ingmor espiri
torbeingf i
l
ledwi t
h
mor espi ri
t,no,i
tisbymor eeternall
if
e, i
tisbybei ngf i
l
ledwithmor elifeof
God, themor eabundanty ouhav eeternal l
if
et hemor eyouar eburning
spiri
tually.

Jesussai
dinJohn10:
10t
hathecamet
ogi
vel
i
feandl
i
fei
nabundance,

181
thati
sthereisonet hi
ngt ohavelif
e,andt herei
sonethingtohaveiti
n
abundance.Manyr eli
giousChrist
ianpeopl ehav
elif
e,becauseonceyou
saveyoualreadyhav eeternall
if
e,butIfyouhaveli
feandy oudon'
thaveit
i
nabundant ,youbecomer el
igi
ousInsteadofbeingspir
itual

Mor espiri
tdoesnothel py ourspi r
it
ual l
if
e,i
tonlyhelpsy ourmi nist
eri
all
if
e
andal sohelpsy ourcharacterli
fe,becausemor espir
itmani f
estsasagi ft
ofthespi r
itandast hefruitofthespi ri
t,t
hatiswhyt hebiblesay sthespir
it
quickenedy ourmor tal
body ,spiri
tdoesnotqui ckeny ourspiri
t,i
tisalif
e
thatquickensy ourspir
itbutspiritquickenyourmor talbodyandwhent hat
happensi tenablesyourbodyt odosuper naturalt
hingsnat ur
all
y

Sotoyourspi
ri
tual
i
ty,i
tisl
if
e,t
oy ourmorali
tyandresponsi
bil
i
tiesi
tis
Spi
ri
t,Whytoyourminditi
sli
ght(revel
ati
onalli
ght)

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Onthelastpage,
wearetal
ki
ngabouttheblessi
ngoft
hei
nnermanknow
asgracewhichmani
fest
sinfourdi
mension

1.Inspi
ri
tual
it
ybecauseoft
heabundanceofl
if
ewer
ecei
vei
nChr
ist
Jesus
2.Inmoral
it
ybecausewearefil
ledwi
ththespir
itofGodwithi
nwhi
chwe
recei
vei
nChr i
stJesusmani
fest
ingasthefr
uitofthespi
ri
t
3.I
nresponsi
bil
it
ybecamewearealsof
il
ledwi
tht
hespi
ri
tofGod
manif
esti
nguponasagiftoft
hespi
ri
t
4.I
nment al
it
ybecauseourhear
tisf
loodedwi
tht
her
evel
ati
onall
ightof
Chr
istandthi
ngsaboutthemindofGod.

Wehavetalkedaboutthedi
ffer
encesandconnectionsbetweenspi r
it
ual
i
ty
andmorali
tywehav ealsot
alkaboutt
hediff
erenceandconnect i
on
bet
weenspi r
it
ual
it
yandspiri
tualr
esponsi
bil
i
ty.Nowt othelastpointwhi
ch
i
sthedi
fferenceandconnecti
onbetweenspir
itual
i
tyandment ali
ty..
.

Justasy
oudon'
tmi
spl
acespi
ri
tual
i
tyf
ormor
ali
tysoal
soy
oudon'
t

183
misplacespir
it
uali
tyf
ormentali
ty,
youcanknowmuchaboutt hethingsof
thespiri
tandnotknowtheGodoft hespir
it
*Ev enthoughmentali
tyhasan
advantageinspir
it
ual
it
yjustasmor al
i
tyhasanadv ant
ageinspir
it
ualit
ybut
never-t
he-l
essmental
it
yorthestateofmindsetisnotspi
ri
tual
i
ty

Ify
ouhav eagoodpostur
eofthestat
eofmi ndset
,youcaneasil
y
comprehenddeepthi
ngsoftheki
ngdom,youcaneasi l
yunderst
andthe
mov eofGodinever
yseasonyoucaneasil
ybeusedbyGodi never
ynew
mov e,
mindyounotinever
ymov ebutev
erynewmov e.

Therear
ement hatGodusedt ostartamovewhytherearement hatGod
usedtopreserv
eandmai ntai
namov ef
ort
heconti
nuit
yandconsi st
encyof
i
t.Whenitcomest ost art
ingamov eGodusedmenwi t
hagoodst at
eof
mind,menwi t
hal ar
gemi nd,
menwhoar enotnar
row-minded,
ment hatar
e
fl
exi
blewhoeasi lyadaptt ochange,menwhohaveovercometraditi
onand
caneasi
lyUnder standt henewthingsGodi
sdoingeventhoughit
contr
adi
cttheexper ience

Whywhenev erGodwant st
osust
ainandmaintainamov eherai
sesmen
withdeep,ri
gid,andstr
ongchar
acter
,menwithst at
ure,
withamoralwayof
l
ife,Whocant eachitandli
vei
tasapracti
calexampleandpassitacr
ossto
anothergenerat
ion?Thesearet
hepeoplePaulrefertoi
nthebook
of..
..
..
2themoty2:2

Ki
ngJamesBi
ble
Andthet
hingsthatt
houhasthear
dofmeamongmanywi t
nesses,
the
samecommi tt
houtofai
thf
ulmen,whoshal
lbeabl
etot
eachother
salso.
Sotobeginamov eGodrai
semenwi t
hspi r
it
ual
it
yandmentali
tyand
commi ssi
onwit
hresponsi
bil
i
tywhyt
or et
ainamov eGodrai
semenwi t
h
spi
ri
tuali
tyandmoral
it
yandcommissi
ont hem wi
thther
esponsibi
l
ity
.

184
Don'tgetmewrongmoral
it
ymustbeal
i
festy
leofever
yoneusedbyGod,
butIam tal
ki
ngofthef
ocusofGodi
never
yseason

Wheny oulookattherev
ival
of1970t hatgi
vebi
rt
htoourcur r
entfatheri
n
fait
h,menthatGodusedbyt hem ar
emenwi tht
hewidemi ndset
(ment al
i
ty)
,
theycanunderst
andthenewmov eofthei
rti
me,t
heybreakoutoft he
tradi
ti
onoftheort
hodoxChur chest
henandbecomeav esselGodusedt o
championthePentecost
almov ement.

Mostoft hoseChur chesthatthereviv

al ofthe1970sgav ebi r
thto,theold
churchesoft hatt i
met agthem antichri
stthenbecausei twasar ev
ival
mov ementt hatbegi nstoseet hatnothingiswrongwi thladiesnotwearing
trousers,l
adiesusi nghearing.Theybegi nthemov eofprosper i
tyata
continentall
evel andf i
ghtagainstthedoct r
inethatatt
achespov ertytobe
thefruitofgodlinessandhol iness.
..Ourcur r
entfather
sinf ait
hwer ethe
mostcont r
oversialpreacheroftheirti
me.

Becausebef or
et hereviv
al,themar kofspir
it
ual itywast haty oudon'tuse
heari
ngandat tachment ,youdon'
tliveagoodl ife, theywer esohar shon
l
adiesandr i
chpeopl easi ft
heyareuncleant hings.Butt hanksGodf orour
curr
entfatheri
nf ait
hnow, t
hentheywer eallyout ht hen,theybeginto
shakethecampuswi thanewmov e,i
twasl i
kest rangedoct ri
nethen,and
Godwasabl et
ouset hem becauseofonet hing! !Theirlargement ali
ty.
Theyrelyonencount ernewandhi gherlightoft heirtime

Thatiswhywhenr evi
val want stobegi
n,watchoutforwhatt heexisti
ng
Churchar ecal
l
ingstr
angemov ementandheresyamongt hey out
h, watch
outforthemov ementthatt heoldchurchi
scondemni ng,i
tisinthemi xtof
thatmov ementyouseer evival
,rev
ivali
salwaysstr
anget othemot her
Churchbecauseitcontradictsthei
rexperi
encetheytagitheresy,
andt ryto
stopthemov eandoncey ouar ewhoembr acethemov erefusetoli
stento

185
t
hem,
theycal
lthem r
ebel
l
ion.

Whatismypoi nt,menwhoar ewi ret omai nt

aintheoldrevivalyouknow
them withthemessageofmor alitywhymenwhoar ewiretostartthenew
mov ethatgav ebirt
ht oreviv
alyouknowt hem withacont r
ov er
sial
messagebecauset hei
rfocusfir
sti snotmor al
it
y ,
thei
rfocusf i
rstisa
mentali
tywhi chistheseatofi deol ogy.Becausewhenanewmov ement
begi
ns, t
hemessagei snotthefirstchangeofchar act
er,i
tisachangeof
mindset,nottofirstcorrectcharact erbuttocorrectmindset,changethe
mindsetofmen, changet heperspect iveofmen, wheny oubegi ntoseethi
s
amongt hey outhjustknowt hatr evivalhastobegi n

Revi
valdoesnotfir
stproduceachangeofcharact
er,i
tproducesachange
ofmindset.Becauserevol
uti
onusuall
ypr
esiderevi
valandrevol
uti
onal
ize
aret
hoset hatGodusedtobeginanynewmov e

*Rev oluti
oni
stsarethosewhocanbreakoutoftheoldsystem t
ostart
somet hingnewthatwi l
lbeopposi
tet
ot heol
dmov ewiththeradi
calspir
it
whicht henewmov ewil
lhavetheabi
li
tytopr
ovi
defreedom andabet t
er
l
ifeforagener at
ion.*

Becausei fsomethi
ngisanewmov eitmeansi ti
sdi f
ferentfr
om theold
mov e,isnotaconti
nuationoftheoldmov e,newmov eofGodi sa
cont inuati
onoftheagendaofGodandnott hecontinuationoftheagenda
oft heChur ch.Thepurposeofthenewmov eiswhent heagendaoft he
Chur chi sbecomingdiff
erentf
rom theagendaofGod, thereisalwaysan
urgentdemandf rom heaventorai
senewment hatwillfi
rstexposethe
erroroft heboldmov eandsetthecorrect
ioninplace

Butt
hemomentt
henewmov
eisest
abl
i
shedandt
henewgener
ati
on

186
comingacceptit,thenGodbegi nstor ai
semenwi t
hthemessageof
moralit
y,t
opreventt herevivall
essi tcanleadtolawlessnessbecause
revi
valusual
l
yleadst ol
awl essnessi fi
tisnotproperl
yguided,wecansee
whyt hechur
cht hatexperiencest hebestglobalrevi
valofthei
rti
mei nt
he
bibl
eisthechurchofCor i
nthians(1cor1- 7-
9)andthatisalsothemost
l
awlessChurch.(1cor3)

Thatisaf act,
manyt hinkrev i
valpr
oductholinessnosir!
!!Revivalusual
ly
producelawlessnessi fcarei snottal
king,i
tonlyproduceshol i
nessand
ri
ghteousnessi fcareistalking,i
swhyaf terrevi
valGodusual l
yraisemen
withsounddoct r
inewi t
hadeepmessageofmor ali
ty,
Youcanseewhy
aftert
hefirstrevival
,lawlessnesswantt obegininActchapt er6butt he
Apostlesquicklyfindsolutionstoitbybeendev otedtothemi nist
ryofthe
Wor dandpr ayerandt heBi blesaysthechurchwasgr owingi ntheapostle
doctri
ne

Youcanalsoseethereasonwhyafterther
ev i
valof1930Godhastoraise
amovementcall
edScr i
ptur
eUnionforthepreser
v ati
onoft
herev
ivalwit
ha
messageofmorali
ty,y
oucanalsoseewhyGodsendpaEl t
ontoNigeri
ato
putor
derandbalancetotheapost
olicandpropheticmovementt
hatbegan
i
n1930

Afterther evi
val of1970alsotherewast hisextremelawl essnesson
prosper i
tywhi chisthemajordoctrinethatbri
ngsr eproacht othegloryof
theChur cht i
l
l todayinthesi
ghtoft hesociety.Thatiswhywhent henew
revivalbeginsi nthi
sseason, t
hefirstt
hingitbeginstoat tackisthe
doctrineoft i
thing,fi
rstf
rui
t,seedsowing,andmanyher eti
csdoct ri
nes
attachbymeni ntothegooddoct r
ineofprosper i
ty.

Therev
ival
ofthi
sseasonnowshouldwatchoutfori
mmortal
i
ty.Justas
ther
evi
valoft
he70sproducesgr
eedinessandcorr
upti
oni
nthebodyof

187
Chri
stduet otheext r
emeoft hedoct r
ineofpr osper
it
y,thi
snewmov eof
thi
sseasonshoul dwat choutofimmor ali
tyduetotheextremeofthe
doctr
ineofgrace.(Ispeaki nprophecy )ift
eachersandpreacher
sof
morali
tyandpr acti
calri
ghteousnessdi dnotrisebetweennowandt henext
tenyears.Thenat i
onwi l
lknowChur cht obethehouseofi mmorali
ty
i
nsteadofi mmor al
ity
.

Becausetheweaknessoft hepastmov ei
salway st hestr
engthofthe
curr
entmov e,whytheweaknessofthiscurr
entmov ewil
lbethestrengt
h
ofthenextmov eofGodbecausei ft
hesamemi stakeander r
orrepeat
i
tselff
rom onegenerati
ontoanothergener
ationint hebodyofchristit
meanst hatnewgenerati
onhasnottoexperiencer eviv
al.

Becausewhent herevi
valofthe70sbegi
n,thefi
rstthingitbegi
nt oat
tack
i
ntheirmotherChurchoftheirt
imeist
hedoctri
neofhear ingand
att
achment,thedoctr
ineofladi
esnotweari
ngtrousers,andthedoctri
neof
povert
yaskeyt oheavenofwhichourmotherChurcht hem havea
misunder
stoodBibleverseonthedoct
ri
netheyholdunt oandbelievet
hem.

Becauset hosear etheext remet hattherev i

valof1930wenti ntoduet o
propheticmani pulati
oncl aimingGodspoket othem thatany onethatused
thehear i
ngasal adywi l
lgot ohel l
,somecamewi thamani pul
atedv i
sion
ofheav enandhel l cl
aimingt oseemanyl adiesinhell becausetheyused
heari
ngsandat tachmentandweart r
ouser s.
..I
twasar evivalt
hatgav e
bir
thtopr ayerwi t
houtt heknowl edgeofGod' swor d.
.andt hedevil
took
advantageofi ttomani pul atemanydoct r
inesforthem. ..ThefewBi bl
e
versetheycl ai
mt oknowandbui ldchur chdoctrineon, i
twasascr i
pture
withwrongi nterpretat
ionandappl i
cation

Onheari
ngandatt
achmenttheyhol
duntofi
rstPet
er3:
9and2themot
y2;9
..
..
.onpover
tyasayar
dst
icktoheavent
heyholduntot
heBi
blever
sethat

188
say si
tiseasyforacamel t
opassthroughthemi ddl
ethant herichmanto
enterintotheki
ngdom ofGod.(Mathew19: 23)Whyonl adiesnotweari
ng
trouserstheyhol
duntothebookofDeut er
onomy22: 5,
onl adiesnot
enteri
ngt hepul
pitt
heypicksomeScript
ureinshadowf rom theold
testament

Whent herevi
valofthe70scamet hatgav ebirt
htoourcurr
entfat herin
fai
th,itshar
elightt
ot hatBi
blever
se,thenitwasaser i
ouscont r
adi ct
ion
betweent hethenyouthwhoar enowourf atherinf
ait
h,andthet henol d
fatheroffai
th.Theycal l
ourcurr
entfatherinfai
thnowrebell
ion,justas
theyar ecal
li
ngusrebelli
on.

Youcanseewhyt her
eisnot hi
ngtheyoutharedoingnowt hatourcurr
ent
fat
herinfai
thdidnotdowhent heywereyout
h, t
hatiswhyy oucannever
seedaddyDav i
dOy edepo,daddywaleoke,daddygbileakani,
daddyEnoch
Adeboye,Daddykumuy ital
kingtotheyout
hinangerorl ay
ingacurseon
youtheventhoughtheyknowy out
hareatt
ackingthei
rdoctri
nebigtime..
..
Why ?Becausetheyknowt heydidthesamethingwhent heywereyouth.

Thatiswhy ,youwillneverseeourfatherinfai
thtal
ki
ngandt hati
sagreat
mat ur
ityontheirsi
de.Itisthegenerati
onwhor oseaftert
he1970reviv
al
thatknowsnot hingaboutt hemoveof1970andt hemov eofthi
sseason
thatarespeakinginbitt
ernessagainstt heyouthoft
hisseasontotag
them rebel
li
ongener ati
on..Andwhatt heycallr
ebel
li
onisamar kofrevi
val
..

Soithashappeni nthepast .I
twi ll
alsohappenbet weenusandt he
generati
onthatwill
champi onthenextmov e.BecauseI twasaftermany
yearsthatmanyofurcur rentf
at hersinfaithbegi ntoreconci
lebackwith
theoldchurchinlovebecauset hehi ghestper centageofthem brokeout
withwarfrom thei
rmotherChur ch, t
heynev erreceivedanyblessingor
prayerfr
om thethenmot herChur chy ettheypr osper,sonobodyshould

189
t
hreat
enuswi
thf
earnomancancur
sewhom Godhasnotcur
sed.

I
tiswhenGodisnoti
nvolvedi
nthi
scur
rentmov
ethatanymanofGodcan
t
hreat
enyout
hwithacurse.

TheBui
ldi
ngoft
hei
nnerman

Chapt
erEl
even
_
___
___
___
___
___
_
TheBl
essi
ngoft
hei
nnerman
_
___
___
___
___
___

Oneoft hegreatesthi
ndrancesingett
ingGodi swhenamenencount er
goodi nthecostofseekingforGodwhenhehasnoty etf
oundtheGod, and
thishasmademanyt osettl
ef orsi
l
verinthei
rlif
ewhent her
eisgoldahead.
I
nabili
tytoknowt hedif
ferencebetweenwhati sgoodandwhati sGod
makesmanysi nceremenwi ththehonestpursuitofGodsett
lef
orlessin
l
ife.

Attimeswheny ouseet hetestimonyofsomepeopleclai

mingt oserveGod
aswhatt heycall
thei
rrewardf orseeki
ngGod,youwil
lknowt hatthi
sone
hasbeendecei v
edbyt hedevilonhisjour
neyofseeki
ngfir
stthekingdom
tothinkGoldi
sGod.Af terdenyingallt
oseekGodforyear'
sifally
oucame
backwi t
hisGoldthen,youmi sstheGod

190
Theul t
imategoalofseekingsomet hi
ngist ofi
ndi t,
sotherewardof
seekingfi
rstt
hekingdom isnott heotherthi
ngst hatwill
beadded,the
rewardistofi
ndwhaty ouareseekingandsear ching,y
ouareseekingthe
kingdom,andy ouhavenotf oundthekingdom ifyouar enowshari
nga
testi
monyofwhatwi llbeaddedwheni ti
sobv i
oust hatyouhavenotfound
thekingdom thenyouhav ebeendeceived

Att i
meswheny ousawt hesuddenwithdrawalofki
ngdom pur
suitofsome
whent heylai
dholdofgoodt hi
ngsaftermanyy earsofdedi
cat
ionyoumay
betempt edtoaskaretheyseekingGodf orgood,i
sitt
heGodoft hings
theyloveoriti
sthethi
ngsofGod,

Butthefacti
sthatisnotthatmanyoft hem di
dnotl
ov eGod,i
tisnot
becausetheywithdr
awf r
om theirf
erv
encyjustli
kethat
,butt
heinabil
it
yto
knowt hedi
ffer
encebetweenwhati sGodf r
om whatisGoodmaket hem
sett
leforGoodandt hi
nkthatisall
aboutofGod

Trul
yGodi sgoodbutgoodisnotallaboutGod,Theult
imat
eblessinga
beli
evercangetfr
om GodisnotwhenGodgi vesy ougoodt
hingsbutwhen
Godgi v
esy ouGodsthi
ngs.Goodthingsaredi
ffer
entfr
om God'sthi
ngs,
youreceiv
eGoodt hi
ngswithyourhandwhyy ourecei
veGod'
st hi
ngswit
h
yourheart
.

SoIknowy ouarer i
chbutIt el
lyoutogof orGod,Iknowyouhaveagood
car
, wi
thagoodr eputat
ioninsocietybutIintr
oducetheul
ti
mateGodt o
youtodaywhoist hecreatorofthosethatmadeul t
imateGol
d.Trul
y,men
cel
ebrateyoubecausey ouhav egoodthingsbutthehostofheav
enwi l
l
nevercel
ebrat
eyouunt ily
ouhav eGodt hings

191
I
fGodcal lsy ouaroy alpriest
hood,cany oujusttakeajour
neybackint
othe
ol
dt estamentt oseet hedi f
fer
encebetweent heinher
it
anceGodgiveto
I
sraeli
tesf r
om theinher i
tanceGodgi v
est otheLev i
teandthepr
iest(t
his
i
sthepi ctureofChristianandnoneChr isti
an)

ThereisapromisehangingupontheheadofthedecedentofAbr aham of
whichweknowt obeent eri
ngint
othelandofCanaan.Weal lknowt he
magnitudeofthi
sgreatblessi
ng,i
twasthebestbl
essinganymancan
recei
vefrom Godbaseont hei
runder
standi
ng,t
heylongf ori
t,waitf
orit
prayfori
tlaborf
or40y earsandfi
nal
ly
, t
heygott
othel andful
l ofmil
kand
honey

ButsuddenlyGodt oldtheLev i
teandt hepri
estnottobepar t
akerofthis
Inher
it
ance.Thislooksl i
kebadnews, whatcoul
dbegr eaterthanland
flowi
ngwi t
hmi l
kandhoneyt hattheyused40y earstoattai
n.Whatcould
begreaterthanapol i
ti
calpositi
on,businessopport
unit
ies,company
managingdi r
ector,
agl obal
mi nist
rythatyouhavebeeni magining,what
couldbegreaterthanthat,

ButsuddenlyGodsaysthereissomethi
nggreat
erthathewantstogi
vet
o
thepri
estandLevi
tethereisanult
imategol
dgreat
erthanmil
kandhoney
andGodsai dIwi
llgi
vemy sel
ftothepri
est,
Iwil
lmakemy sel
fthei
r
i
nheri
tance(Deut
eronomy18: 1-
2)

OtherIsr
aelit
escanhav eothermater
ial
sblessings,butf
ortheLev i
teand
pri
estIwillgi
vemy sel
ftothem.Thatisthereissomet hi
nggreat
ert han
good,Godi sgreaterthanGod.WhenGodgi vesy ouanydimensionsof
spir
it
ualblessinghismi ssi
onisnottoBlessyou, Godmissi
onist omake
youareBlessing

192
Wheny ourpr
oblem i
ssolvedyouareblessedbutwheny ouaresolvi
ng
probl
emsy ouar
eabl essi
ng.Neverall
owt hegoodthi
ngt ot
hinkthatisal
l
aboutGodbecausethegreatestmater
ialblessi
ngi
slessert
hanthel i
stof
spir
it
ualbl
essi
ng

Anyt
hingthatcomesfrom aboveisabov eall
,sowhent heblessi
ngthat
comesf r
om aboveenteri
ntoyourheartisgreatert
hant hegoodthi
ngs
bel
owt henenteri
ntothehand.Theblessingthatyoureceiv
ewi t
hyour
hear
tisgreat
erthantheblessi
ngyour eceiv
ewi thyourhand

WhenGodbl essyouwit
hthespi
rit
ualblessi
ngyour ecei
veitwithy
our
heartwhywhenGodblessyouwiththemat er
ial
blessingyourecei
veitwit
h
yourhand.Whatyourecei
vewit
hy ourhandisgoodbutwhaty our
eceive
withyourhear
tisGod

AndwhenGodwant stoblessyouheblessesy ounotwit

hmat er
ial
bl
essi
ngbutheblessedwithspi
ri
tualbl
essing.Becausespi
ri
tualbl
essi
ng
i
samagnetthatattr
actsmateri
albl
essi
ng
Butmat
eri
albl
essi
ngcannotat
tractspi
ri
tual
blessi
ng

Thati
swhyGodsaysint
hebookofDeut
eronomyt
hatIam t
heonet
hat
gi
vesyout
hepowertomakeweal
th

Note:
:
::whatGodgaveisnotweal
th,
becauseyourecei
veweal
thwi
thy
our
handbutrecei
vepowertomakewealt
hwithyourheart

Butmayonlyrecei
veweal
thi
nthei
rhandandtheyset
tl
ethere,
thi
nkingthat
i
sall
,theyf
ail
toknowtherei
sareal
m wherewhatyourecei
veisnotjust

193
wealt
hbutpowert omakeweal t
h,.Amanthathaswealthcanloseitduet
o
anyunforeseencir
cumstancebutwhenamanhast hepowertomake
wealt
hev enthoughyoutakeawayallt
heweal
thinhishand,aslongasyou
cannottakeawayt hepowertomakewealt
hinhisheart
,hewillmake100
fol
dofwhathel ostagai
n

Becauset hethingt hatcontrol

st hephysical i
sspiri
tualsowheny oul
aid
holdoft hespi r
itual t
hemat ernalbegi
nt of oll
owy ou..I
fyouareworki
ngin
thesecul arandy oucarryspiri
tualbl
essing, Godbegi nstoblessy
our
organizationbecauseofy ou, i
ftheybymi stakesacky ou,t
heysack
progress, thesackf avor,t
heysackconnect i
ons

Sowhent al
kingaboutspi r
it
ualblessi
ngiti
snotonl yforaful
l-
ti
mepast or,
i
tisnotonl yforthosewhoar epr i
estsbycall
ing,i
tisforal
lbel
ievers
becauseal lbel
iever
sarepr i
estsbynature.
..
Josephwasnotcal ledintothe
ministr
ybuthewaswor ki
ngi nthesecul
arwithspiri
tualbl
essi
ng...Andthe
Bibl
esay shismast erknewt hatGodhisblessinghishousebecauseof
Josephandhel ovehimt hemor e..
.Andhefindsfavorinthesi
ghtofhi s
mast er
.

Soyoudon'tneedtoprayforfavor,y
ouprayforspir
it
ualbl
essi
ng,and
goodnessandmercybegintof ol
low.Sotheobli
gati
onofseekingfi
rstt
he
ki
ngdom tofi
rstl
aidholdofthetreasur
eofthekingdom i
sforall

Becausethi
sist
heonewayotherev
eryt
hingcanbeaddedi
nki
ngdom way
becauseasi
defr
om Godt
hereisnot
hingdesi
gnthaty
oushoul
dpursue.

Evenyourassi
gnmentorvision,
youar enottopursuet
hem youar
eonlyt
o
recei
vethem,t
heygrowasy oupur suetheki
ngdom ofGod..
.Ther
eisno
twokeytogrowami ni
str
y,justgrowy ourgr
ace,mini
str
yautomat
ical
l
y

194
gr
ow,
growi
nanoi
nti
ngy
ouseet
her
efl
ect
ionasmi
nist
eri
algr
owt
h,

WhatDi
dGodsayconcer
ninggoodnessi
nthebookofPsal
m?

Hesaidgoodnessandmer
cyshal
lfol
l
owus,
hedi
dnotsayweshal
lpur
sue
goodnessandlai
dhol
dofi
t
.
Butmanyhaveusedthei
rti
mepr ay
ers,f
asti
ngt
opursuegoodnessand
whent
heylai
dholdoftheGodnesstheyprai
set
hatGodisgoodallt
heti
me

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
ert
wel
ve
_
___
___
___
___
___
_
Wi
sdom andr
evel
ati
on:
thebui
l
dingmat
eri
al
_
___
___
___
___
__

Not
e::
:wi
sdom andr
evel
ati
on:
thebui
l
dingmat
eri
alsoft
hei
nnerman.

Ephesi
ans1:
17.
..
.(
..
..
..
.)

Wisdom i
sthekeytomater
ialbl
essi
ngwhil
erevel
ati
onist
hekeyto
spi
ri
tual
blessi
ng.
IfGodwantsyoutober
ichingracehebl
essesy
ouwi
th

195
r
evelat
ionwhi
l
eifhewant
syout
ober
ichi
ngr
adehebl
essesy
ouwi
th
Wisdom

Thati
sifGodwant syout oberi
chinGodheblessesyouwi t
hr evel
ati
on
whil
eifhewantsyoutober ichi
nGoldheblessesyouwithwi sdom.You
cannotseparat
espiri
tualbl
essi
ngfrom r
evel
ati
on,becausethemor ethe
eyesofyourunder
standingareopenthemoreyougrowi ngrace

Howdoesgracemul
ti
ply
?TheBi
blesay
sthr
ought
heknowl
edgeofhi
m
(2ndPet
er1:3-
5)

I
fitisthroughtheknowl
edgeofthi
ngs,y
oudon'
tneedrevelati
onyouonl
y
needwi sdom,butoncei
t'
sthr
oughtheknowl
edgeofHimi tcanneverbeby
wisdom andy oucannev
erbetaughtbymen,i
tisdesi
gnedt obeby
revel
ati
on

Theknowl
edgeofHimisdi
ff
erentf
rom t
heknowledgeofthi
ngs.Sowheni
t
comestoknowi
nghim,Godofthenewtest
amentdidnotdesignmanto
teachy
ouabouthi
m,hewantsyoutoknowhim byyour
sel
f.

Ift
hisisGod'splanwhatar enowtherolesofteacher
..
.Godonlypl
ant
men(t eacher)toteachyoutounderst
andGodbutnott oknowhiminthe
newt estament.
.wheni tcomestoknowinghim, t
hisi
swhatGodsai d
concerningthati
nt henewtestament.
..
..
..
.

Andtheyshal
lnott
eachever
ymanhi snei
ghbor
,andever
ymanhisbrother
,
say
ing,KnowtheLord:
foral
lshal
lknowme,fr
om thel
eastt
othegr
eatest.
Hebr
ews-Chapt
er8:
11

196
I
nt heoldtestament,t
heroleoft het
eacheristoteachyoutoknowGod,
butinthenewt estamenttheroleoftheteacheri
stoteachyouto
understandGod.Ifment r
ytost andi
nt hegapbetweeny ouandGodt o
teachyout oknowGod, hewil
l endupleadingyoutoanotherfor
m of
rel
igi
on

Whot aughtyouhowt oknowy ourbi

ologi
calfat
her?Doanyofy our
brot
her st
eachyouhowt oknowy ourparent?Youonlygr
owupt oknow
them foryour
sel
f,al
lyoujustneedtodot oknowyourparentv
er ywell
ist
o
bebornbyt hem andgrowupundert hem.

Buti fyouarebornbyyourpar entbutdidnotgr owwithy ourparent,

y our
brotherwhogr owwithyourpar entandknowt hem byexperiencewillhave
toteachy ouhowt oknowy ourf at
her.
..Andt hisi
snevert hewillofyour
father.Samet oGod,wehav emanybel i
ever
swhoar ebor nbythespi ri
tbut
donothav eanyrel
ati
onshi
pwi t
hthespi r
it
,theydon'tgrowwi ththespi r
it
sot heydon'tknowthespir
it,eventheydon'tknowhi svoice

Buti
fwearet
ofol
lowGod'
spl
anfort
henewtestament
,All
wejustneedt
o
dotoknowGodi
stobebor
nbythespi
ri
tandgrowupwiththespi
ri
t.

Hi swil
listobri
ngy ouint
otheknowl edgeofGodbyexper i
ence,heplans
thathedoesnotneedanymant oteachy outoknowhi m,hedoesnotwant
yourbrother
sbornbyt hesamespi r
ittost andasani nt
ermediar
ybetween
youandy ourfat
herhewant syoutoknowhi mforyoursel
fandbyy oursel
f.
..
thi
sIswhati scal
ledexperi
ent
ialknowl edge,whichisthesecond
dimensionofrevelat
ional
knowledge.

197
Thefir
stdimensionofrevelati
onalknowledgeislight,
thati
swhenal i
ghti
s
rel
easedintoyouri
nnermant hroughinspi
redteachingorpreachi
ngand
bri
ngy ouint
oacer t
ainspiri
tualunder
standing,howy ouknowy ouknow
youcannotexplai
ny oujustknowy ouknow,

Youdon'tknowbecausey oureaditint
heBible,youknowandconf i
rmiti
n
theBibl
e.Whiletheseconddimensionofrevel
ati
oni swhenthespi
ri
tbri
ngs
youintotheexperi
enceofit,
thi
siswhatiscallencounter
..
thi
sisnotwhen
Godbr i
ngsli
ghttoyou,iti
swhenGodbr ingsyoui nt
oli
ght

Thesearethedi
mensionsPaulwastalki
ngaboutwhenhesaidhedidnot
knowifhewasinthespir
itort
hefl
eshbutheknowhewascaughtupi nto
thi
rdheavenandwhathesawwasunl awfult
ospeak.(2cor12:
1-6)

Whilet hethir
ddi mensionofr evelati
oni swhent hehol yspi r
itbeginsto
rev
eal themy st
eryt oyouintheBi ble,thatisyouareknowi ngt hr
oughwhat
i
sint heBi ble.I
sl i
kegetti
ngrev elat
ionf rom t
heletterofPaul tothe
Cori
nt hiansChur ch,Pauldi
dnotwr iteabookofCor inthianst oyou,he
wrotei ttothechur chofCori
nt hians,thebookofCor inthians,Galati
ansis
notawor dofGodt oyou,isawor df r
om Godt ot hechur chofCor i
nthi
ans
thr
oughPaul .

ButHolySpi
ri
tcanuseitt
ospeakt
oy ou,
andunt
ilt
heHolySpir
itusei
tto
speaktoyouthel
ett
erofPaul
toCori
nthi
anst
helet
terofPaul
cannotgive
youli
fe

I
fyouactonity ouar
eonlyactingonlet
ter
sandi tki
ll
ethbecausetheGod
ofthenewtestamentdidnotdesigny
out oknowhi m bybook,nomatt
er
howholythebookmaybe, Ist
andtobecorrect
edont hat.
Butyoucan
underst
andhim bybook,butyoucannotknowhi m bybook

198
Thosei
nthedaysundert
heoldcovenant
,thehol
ybookiswhatisgi
vento
knowGodbutinthenewtest
amenttheHolySpir
iti
swhati
sgiventoknow
God

Whi
l
ethehol
ybooki
sgi
vent
ounder
standGod
I
nt heol
dtestament
,theydon'
thavethegr
acetounderst
andGod,because
thei
runder
standi
ngissti
ll
inbondage,t
hei
runder
standi
ng(soul
)hadnot
beensave

Butforus,oursoul(reasoni
ngfacul
ty)hasbeensavingsowecango
beyondknowi ngGodt ounderst
andGod. Sointhenewt estamenty oudon'
t
needamant oknowGodbuty ouneedamant ounderstandGod, youdon't
needthebibletoknowGodbuty ouneedBibletounderstandGod, youdon'
t
needteachers,spi
ri
tualbooksorwri
teupt oknowGodbuty ouneedthem
tounderst
andGod.

Andthepurposeofunder
standi
ngGodisdif
fer
entf
rom thepurposeof
knowingGod.WhenyouknowGody ougrowandmulti
plyingr
acebutwhen
youunderst
andGody ougrowinmatur
it
yandhowtouset hegrace.

Fait
hmakesy oureceiveGod'sgr ace(Eph2:
8),humi
li
tymakesyoureceiv
e
moregr ace(James4: 6),
revel
ationalknowledgemakesy oumul
ti
plyin
Gracewhyspi ri
tualunderst
andingmakesy outousedgracewi
thout
abusingit.
..

Thatiswhywhatpr oducesspi
ri
tualmaturi
tyinmani snotrevelati
onal
knowledge,i
tisspi
rit
ualunder
standi
ng,revel
ati
onalknowledgepr oduces
spi
ri
tualgrowthbutnotspir
it
ualmaturi
ty.I
tisaspir
itualunderstandi
ngthat

199
pr
oducesspi
ri
tual
mat
uri
ty.

Knowl edgeistogracewhil
eunder
standi
ngi
stomat ur
it
yAndwheny ou
seeamant hatknowsGodbutdidnotunder
standGody ouwil
lseei
tin
histalkandhisaction.
Hisgr
acewil
lbemarv
elousbuthistal
kandacti
on
willbechil
dish,

Ifyoumovearoundyouwi
llseemanypastor
sli
kethat,
Buti
sitpossi
blet
o
alsounder
standGodandnotknowGod,yessir
,iti
sver
ypossi
ble

Forinstance,
manyofmyf ol
l
owershaveaperfectunder
standi
ngofme
mor ethanthosel
i
vingwit
hme,butthosel
i
vingwi t
hmeknowmebutmany
ofthem donotunderst
andme.

Therear emanyclosetomephy sical

lybutover
-fami
l
iar
it
ydonotal l
ow
them tostudymyt eaching,sobecauseofthattheyl
acktheunder
standi
ng
ofme, andf r
om myobser vati
ons,Iknowsomewhohav ebeenfol
lowing
myt eachingfort
hepasty earshehadnev ermeetmephy si
cal
lyandhe
understandsmet oast agethatheknowswhatIcandoandknowwhatI
cansay .

Therewasat imesomeonepi ckmyt eaching,removedmynameand

ministr
ytoputt henameofhi smi ni
stry
,andmakehi mselft
heaut hor
..And
oneofmyf oll
ower sr
eadthet eaching,andhesai dthi
sispast orbanjo'
s
wayofwr i
ting,shestudiesfurtherandjustfeltthi
spastorisnott hewriter
ofthiswri
te-up, t
hisi
spurel
ypast orbanjo'
swayofexpr essing..
.Andshe
pi
ckst hewr i
te-upandforwardsi ttome, guesswhat!!!I
twasmybookt i
tl
e
"t
heol dmanmustdi e".

200
Thegeneraloverseerj
ustchangest heti
tl
e,changest
hefi
rstparagr
aphand
l
astparagraph,andleav
estherest.Igothisnumberandpr
ivatechathi
m
whichheapologizedandweset tl
et hecaseinlove
Whatismypoi
nt,
someonewhohasnott
omeetmephy
sical
l
ycoul
d
under
standmet
osuchext
end!
!!
!!

Ibetyoutherearepeoplecl
osetomephy sicall
ywhocanneverdiscover
that
.Whati sthedi
ff
erence,t
hepersonwhodi dnothaveanencounterwith
meunder standmewhi l
ethosewit
hmeov er-
famil
i
ari
tydonotal
lowt hem
tounderstandme

Youcanseewhysomeonewi l
lbeworki
nginpower ,
inmiraculousyetv
ery
chi
ldi
shinhi
swayofoper at
ion,f
ull
ofer
rorthatgoesbeyondcommon
sense,
why?Heknowst hepersonofGodwhobr inghimintotheeconomy
ofpowerbutdi
dnotknowt hewayofGodsohecoul dnotenterint
othe
economyofspi
ri
tual
mat uri
ty

Samet oGod, knowledgeofthenewt est

amentisapr oductofencounter
most l
ybyr evelat
ionwhichleadstosomeper sonal
spi r
it
ualsacri
fi
cedone
i
ngr aceandt heendpr oductissupernat
ural
dimensions.While
understandingisapr oductofst
udyingandtheendpr oducti
smat uri
ty

Sowehav esomebel i
everswhoar espiri
tual
lymaturebutl ackgraceand
wehav esomewhohav egr ace,ful
lofgraceli
ketheChur chofCor i
nthians
butarebabies.
Whatist hediff
erence,encounteri
smi ssingintheli
feoft he
personthatunderst
andsGodbutl acksgracewhiledi
ligenceinstudyingis
missingintheli
feofsomeonet hathasgracebutlackmat urit
y

Buti
tisbestt
ohav
egr
aceandal
sobemat
urewi
thi
t,t
hisi
sthemy
ster
yof

201
globalrel
evance.Youwi
ll
embr aceGodatagl
oballev
elify
ouhavegr
ace
throughknowledgeandalsounderst
andGodt
hroughstudyi
ng.

Mywr i
ti
nggr aceisapr
oductofanencount
erintheyear2014.
..Butthatis
notenought ostar
taminist
ry,
lesst
hemini
str
ywi l
ldi
euntimel
y ,
Ineedt o
begi
ntost udytounder
standthewayofGod.Studyhowmyl i
fewi l
lnot
bri
ngreproachtothenameofGod

Studyal lt
hecharact
ersofmenthatwalkwit
hGodi ntheBibl
e,getbooksof
ment hatwalkwit
hGodwi t
hatrackrecor
dinthepastandthephysical
,get
themessageandl i
stentomenwhohav eatrackr
ecordofworkingwith
God, gatherdif
fer
entknowl
edge.Thi
si showmenunder st
andGodi nthi
s
kingdom.

AndwhenyouknowGodbyr ev
elat
ionandunder
standhi
m byst
udy
ingy
ou
wil
lber
ichi
ngraceandbeusefulf
orGod.
Sot
akenot
eoft
het
hreeandt
hei
rrol
e.
1.Rev
elat
ion
2.Spi
ri
tualunder
standi
ng
3wi
sdom

Revelat
ionbri
ngsyouInt
ot heeconomyofspi
ri
tualblessi
ng,spi
ri
tual
underst
andingbri
ngsyouintotheeconomyofspir
itualmatur
it
ywhy
wisdom bri
ngsyouint
otheeconomyofmat eri
alblessi
ng.
Sohav
eamat
eri
albl
essi
ngi
nabundanty
oumusthav
ewi
sdom

ManymenofGodhav
egr
acedmor
ethandaddyoy
edepo,
MikeMur
dock,

202
My l
esMunroebutyetarenotweal
thyast
hem.Mindy
ou, t
heymayberi
ch,
becausey
oucanthav egraceandbepoor
,oncey
ourgraceissol
vi
ng
probl
emsyoucan'tbepoor.

Buty
oucanhav
egraceandnotbeweal
thy
,menli
kedaddyoyedepoarenot
ri
cht
heyar
ewealt
hy.
Why?Therei
saconnect
ionbet
weenwisdom and
weal
th

Solomonwast her
ichestmannotbecauseheisthemosthardwor
kingman
butbecausehewast hewisestman.
Siri
fyouwanttoberi
chinGoldpray
forwisdom whi
lei
fyouwantt oberi
chinGodprayforr
evel
ati
on.

Thatiswhy95per
centofmyprayerpoi
nti
sinEphesi
ans1:17.
..Those
aroundmeknow,thatGodshoul
dblessmewiththespi
ri
tofwisdom and
revel
ati
on.

Becausethatisthetwokey sofent
eri
ngint
othereal
m ofthi
ngsper
tai
ning
tol
ife(mater
ialblessi
ng)andgodli
ness(spi
ri
tual
blessi
ng).
Byr
evel
ati
on,
youenterint
othereal
m ofthi
ngspertai
ningt
ogodli
ness
whi
l
ebythewisdom youenteri
ntot
herealm oft
hingspert
aini
ngt
olif
e.

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
ert
wel
ve

_
___
___
___
___
___
___
__

203
Wi
sdom andr
evel
ati
on:
thebui
l
dingmat
eri
als.
_
___
___
___
___
___
___
__

Sti
l
lontherolesofthereali
tyofwi
sdom andrev
elati
ont
oy ourinner
man.Wisdom iswhenyouknowwhaty ouneedtoknowandwhaty ouneed
todoinothertoli
vephysical
lywel
l
,nat
urall
ywell
,andmateri
all
ywell

Thati
swhyifwisdom doesnotappeart
oy ouinthestat
eofconfusi
on
whereyouneedtodecideonwhattodo,yourdecisi
oncanl
andy ouina
probl
em t
hatwil
lendupinregr
et.Why,r
evelat
ionhelpyout
oknowwhat
youneedtoknowandwhaty ouneedtodoi nothert
oliv
ewellspi
rit
ual
l
y?

Sincey ouar et
woi nonethephy si
calandt hespir
it
ual,onyourphysi
call
if
e
wisdom i stheprinci
palt
hingwhyony ourspir
it
ualli
ferevel
ati
onisthe
principalt
hings.Thati
swhyj ustasifwisdom didnotappeartoyouony our
deci si
onovery ourphysi
call
ife,y
oucanendupi napr obl
em thatwil
ll
ead
tor egret

Soalsoi
frevel
ationdoesnotappearatthestat
ewherey ouneedt ohol
d
unt
owhatt obel
ieveyoumayent eri
ntoconfusi
onduetodi ff
erentdoct
ri
ne
andbegi
ntobelieveintheworksofthelaworyoursel
f-
ef f
ortorevenenter
i
ntothewrongbel i
eft
hatcanlandyouinhellwhi
chiseternalregr
et.
Becauset
herol
eofwisdom i
stobr
ingy
out
oar
eal
m wher
eyouwi
l
lknow
whattodoanddowhatyouknow

Whyr evelat
ioni
stobri
ngy outoarealm whereyouwil
lknowwhatto
beli
eveandhol dunt
oandbel i
eveandholduntowhaty ouknow.I
nothert
o
l
iveandpr ospermater
ial
l
y,youmustunder st
andwhatyouneedtodowi t
h
yourli
fe,andwhatyouneedt odowithyourti
me...
andthati
swisdom

204
Whyinothert
opr osperspiri
tuall
yyoumustknowwhatyouneedtobel
i
eve
wit
hyourheartandwhaty ouneedtomeditat
eonwithyourmi
ndandwho
youneedtoservewi t
hy ourli
febecauset
heoutcomeofRevel
ati
oni
sfai
th
andworshi
p(service)andnotl awandworks

Wi
sdom i
stoact
ionwhatr
evel
ati
oni
stof
ait
h.Theact
ionofwi
sdom i
s
mor
eofwhatyouneedtodo

Whyt heacti
onofRevelat
ionismoreofwhaty ouneedt osurrender,
deny
andsacrif
icebaseonyourfai
th.Spi
ri
tualt
hingsarenotaboutwhaty ou
needtodo, whenyoubegintoteachmenwhatt heyneedtodoasa
sacri
fi
cewheni tcomestothi
ngsoft hespir
it
,youarealreadybri
nging
them outofthedepar
tmentofspiri
tual
it
yintothefacult
yofreli
giosi
ty

Onthingofthespir
it
,youdon'tteachmenwhatt heyneedt odo,yout
each
t
hem whatChr i
sthaddoneandt eachthem whattheyneedtodenytoenter
i
ntotheeconomyoft heblessingthatcomeswi t
ht hesacr
if
iceofChr
ist
.Thr
eef ocusontheteachingofthenewt estamentifyouwanttoent
erinto
t
heeconomyofmani fest
ation

1.Knowi
ngwhaty
ouneedt
osur
render
2.Knowi
ngwhaty
ouneedt
odeny
3knowi
ngwhaty
ouneedt
osacr
if
ice

Therear
ediff
erencesbet
weent
het
hree(wet
alkmor
eaboutt
hedi
ff
erence
onthenextpage)

205
Nowt
othepoi
nt

1.Knowingwhatt
osur
render
?Theli
feyouhavebefor
eyouencounter
Chri
st.
..Oncey
oumeetChri
styoumustsur
rendery
ourli
fet
oreceiv
ehis
l
ife,

ThelifeofChristi
sdif
ferentfrom eternalli
fe,justasyourli
feyouar
eto
surr
enderi sdi
ffer
entfr
om y ourbi
ol ogicall
ifewhi chi
st hel
if
eofyour
body.Presenti
ngyourbodyasal ivingsacr i
ficeisdiff
erentf
rom
surr
ender i
ngyourli
fe

Thisiswher emanymakemi stakes,youdon'tneedtosurr

enderyourli
feto
receiveeter
nall
i
fe,youonlyneedtobeliev
einChr i
standrecei
veeternall
i
fe,
eternalli
fei
snottheli
feofChristi
tistheli
feofGod, f
oryoutoenjoythe
mani fest
ati
onoftheli
feofChristyoumustsur r
enderyourl
if
e

Now!Whati sthediff
erencebetweenyourli
fethatyouneedt osur
render
andyourbiologi
calli
fewhichisthel
if
einyourbody? .
.Ifyoucan
underst
andt hi
s,youwill
knowt hedi
ff
erencebetweent heli
feofChri
stand
eter
nalli
fe.Theli
feofChristi
scall
edeverl
asti
nglif
e.

Ever
lasti
ngl
ifei
sdif
fer
entfr
om et
ernall
if
e,oneenabl
esyoutol
iv
eli
ke
Chri
stinnat
ureanot
heroneenabl
esyoutolivef
orChri
sti
nthe
assi
gnment(seeyouonnextpageformoreonthat)
Becauseet
ernal
li
feisj
ustt
heopposit
eofbi ol
ogicalli
fe,t
heroleof
biol
ogi
call
i
fetoyourbodyi
sthesamer ol
eofet ernall
ifet
oy ourspir
it
, f
or
yourbodyt
obealiv
eandgrowheneedsbi ologi
cal l
if
ewhyf oryourspiritt
o
beali
veandgrowheneedseter
nall
if
e,justasfoodi swhatthebiological

206
l
ifeinyourbodyneedstogrowsoalsoeter
nali
nfor
mation(revelat
ional
l
ight)i
swhatt heeter
nall
if
einyourspi
ri
tneedstogrow.Lightisthefood
ofthespir
it
.

Whatbecomesawor dInt hephy si

cal realmisli
ghtinther eal
m oft hespiri
t,
l
ightisthelanguageofet ernit
ywhent hatli
ghtisreleasedintothehear tof
manbecomesawor doncei tiscommuni catedwiththemout hoft heman
.SowhenGodsay ssurrendery ourli
fe, hei
snottalkingabouty our
biol
ogicall
i
f ehei stal
kingabouty ourpl an,y
ourcareer,yourambi t
ion,and
whenGodsay sr eceiv
edt hel i
feofChr istheissayingreceivedyourpot ion
i
nt heplan,career,andambi t
ionofChr ist

Becauset
hisi
sthepl
anofChr
istoncey
ouar
ebor
nagai
n.
Andthathediedf
oral
l,
thatt
heywhichli
veshouldnothencefor
thl
i
veunt
o
themsel
ves,
butuntohi
m whichdi
edforthem,androseagain.

2Cor
int
hians-Chapt
er5:
15
I
ttakethel i
feofChri
sttoli
veforChri
st,
youcanseewhymanyChr i
sti
an
haveeternalli
febutnotl
ivi
ngforChri
st,
tothem whatitmeanstol
ivefor
Christi
stogot ochurch,beaworkeri
nthechurch,at
tendallpr
ogr
ams, be
fai
thfuli
ntit
hingandinvolv
einachurchproj
ect

ButcanIasky ouaquest ion!!Tobehonestwi t

hyouisthatthepurpose
whyy ouwerebor n.Areyout el
li
ngmet hatt hepurposewhyy ouwereborn
i
stobeawor kerinthechur ch,at
tendallprograms,befait
hfuli
ntit
hingand
par
tici
patei
nt heweekl yprogram anddie!!Thosearejustrel
igi
ousor
spi
ri
tualact
ivi
tiesthathavesomegoodadv antageifyouaredoingthem
spi
ri
tuall
yandnotr eli
giously

207
Doingt hatact
ivi
tyspiri
tuall
yi stodot hem i
nl oveandwi t
ht hepassionof
Christwhyt odot hem r
eligi
ouslyi stothem outoff earoreyesservi
cenot
will
i
nglybutgr udgingl
yorst ruggle,Now, whatisthepoint!
!!Doy ouhave
thelif
eofChr i
st?Becausey oucannotmani festitunti
lyousurrenderyour
l
ife.

Whati
sthedi
ffer
encebet
weeneternall
if
eandtheli
feofChri
st,
?Eter
nal
l
if
emanif
estasnatur
e,whydoestheli
feofChr
istmani
festascall
i
ng

Oncey ourecei
vesalvationi
tmeansy ouhavereceiv
edet er
nall
ifewhyonce
youreceiv
eacal l
ingitmeansy ouhaverecei
vedthelif
eofChr i
st.
Mindy ou,
youdon'tneedtosurrenderyourli
fe(pl
an,ambit
ion)torecei
veeternall
i
f e,
butt
of uncti
oninkingdom assignmentyouneedt osurr
enderyourlif
eto
manifesttheli
feofChrist

Withet er
nall
ife,
youli
vethel
i
feofthekingdom wit
houtstrugglewhywit
h
thelif
eofChr i
styoudotheworkofthekingdom ef
for
tl
essly.WhenI
receivedeter
nalli
fehemakemebor nagainwhywhenIr eceivedthel
i
feof
Christhemakemeawr it
er

SoIasky ou!
!!
!Wheny oureceivethelif
eofChr i
stwhatdoy oubecome?Or
l
etmesaywheny our eceivethelif
eofChr istwhatareyourdesi
gnto
becomethatyouf ai
ltobecome, becauseofy ourunwil
li
ngnessto
surr
enderyourli
fe(car eer
,plan,pursui
t,andambi t
ion)

Thatyouhaveet
ernalli
fedonotmeany oucandothewor
kofthekingdom,
et
ernall
if
eistoproducethenatureofGodinyoubutt
odoet
ernal
wor kyou
mustsurr
enderyourli
fetorecei
vetheli
feofChr
ist

208
Mi ndyou,y oudon'tneedt osurr
enderyourli
febef or
ey oucanr ecei
v ethe
l
ifeofChr istwhichisyourcalli
ng,butoncey oureceivetheli
feofChr istif
youdon' tsurrenderyourli
fe,t
hel i
feofChri
stwhi chisyourcalli
ngcan
nev erbefruit
ful.Howwi l
lIknowt hatIhavereceivedthelif
eofChr istand
sur r
endermyl i
fe?!!
!Yourpursuitwil
lchange,yourcareerwillchange, y
our
planwi l
lchange. .
.BecausethelifeofChri
stcamewi t
hhi splanand
assignmentopposi t
etoy ourpl
anandambi t
ionsbecausehi swayi snot
yourway

Iplant obeanest at
esurvey
or, Christplanstomakemeawr i
ter,t
her ewas
atimeIwast rytodothetwot ogether ,
Iwasl i
vi
ngf orChri
standlivingf or
self,Iwast r
yingtousedcommonsenset odokingdom works,thi
nki ngI
willbewor ki
ngsoasnott osuf ferandal sobedoingGodwor k..
.Fort hose
seasons, Iexperi
encethemostf rustrat
ionofmyl if
e.Itcanbeeasyt olive
forselfandsucceedev enwithet er
nal l
ifeonceyouhav enotreceivedt he
l
ifeofChr ist
,thati
sonceChristhasnotcommi tt
edanyassignmenti nto
yourhand

Ther
eisadif
fer
encebetweenwhenyourgener
alov
erseascommit
assi
gnmenti
ntoyourhandandwhenChri
stcommitassi
gnmenti
ntoy
our
hand
Wheny ourgeneralover
seascommi
tassi
gnmenti
ntoyourhand,
youcan
bepart
-ti
mewi thit
,youcanbedoi
ngtheassi
gnmentandbeworkingi
nthe
secul
ar

Butoneoft
hegr eat
esti
nsul
tsofthehighestorderinthekingdom isfor
Chri
stt
ogiv
ey ouanassignmentandy ouwantt obepar t-
ti
mewi ththat
assi
gnment
.,becausenosolderentangl
ehimselfwi t
ht heaff
airofthe
ci
vil
i
anandpleasethemasterthatsendshim (2theoryoty2:
4)

209
NASB1977
Nosol
dieri
nact
iveser
viceent
angl
eshimsel
fintheaf
fai
rsofev
ery
dayl
i
fe,
sot
hathemaypleasetheonewhoenl
istedhi
m asasoldi
er.

Ampl
i
fiedBi
ble
Nosoldi
erinact
iveserv
iceget
sentangl
edi
nthe[ordi
nar
ybusi
ness]af
fair
s
ofci
vi
li
anli
fe;[
heavoidsthem]sot
hathemaypleasetheonewhoenli
sted
hi
mt oserv
e.

Il
ovet
hewayt
hemessagev
ersi
onputi
t

Asoldi
erondutydoesn’
tgetcaughtupinmaki
ngdeal
satt
hemar
ket
place.
Heconcent
rat
esoncarryi
ngoutorders.(v
s4)

Therearedi
ffer
encesbetweenasol
derondutyandasol di
erinpr
epar
ati
on,
asolderi
npreparat
ioncansti
ll
becutupwit
ht heaffai
rofdaytodayl
i
fe
becauseisnotyeti
nfull
acti
veser
vicewi
ththekingdom busi
ness

Buti
sariskofy
ourDest
inywhenChri
stcall
syouandcommissi
onsy
ouf
or
anassi
gnmentandyour
efusetosur
renderal
ltobef
ull
-t
ime.

WhenChristcal
lsy
ouitmeansyouhav erecei
vedtheli
feofChri
stbecause
thel
if
eofChr i
stmani
festhasagi
ftbutifyoudon'
tsurr
enderyourl
ifehe
cannotsendyouandtobesentmanifestastheanoint
ing.

SoChri
stcal
ledyouj
ustknowt
haty ouwil
lendupinful
lti
me, t
herei
s
not
hingl
ikepart
-t
imewhenChr
istcall
syou.Don'
tbui
l
ddoct r
inetocomf
ort

210
yoursel
fduetoyourinabil
i
tytosurr
enderal
l,
embr acethesuff
eri
ngfora
season..
.WhenImeanf ul
l-
ti
me,Idon'
tmeanf ull
-t
imepast or
,Imeanbeing
ful
l-t
imeint
heassignmentGodhascal ledy
oui nto,eit
heri
nthemi ni
str
yor
i
nt hesecul
ar.
Iti
sal
soariskwhenChri
sthasnotcommit
tedassi
gnmenti
ntoy
ourhand
andyouwanttobeful
l
-ti
meoutofzeal
..
.Youwil
lbefr
ust
rat
ed

Sofrust
rat
ioncomeeitherwhenChr istgi
vesyouanassignmentandy ou
arenotful
lti
mewi t
hit
,orwhenChr i
stdidnotcommitassignmentintoyour
handandy ouwanttobef ullt
imewithit.
IbegyouifGodhascal l
edy ou
i
ntoanyassignmentdon'tlettheworksuff
erinyourhand,duetofearof
suff
eri
ng,youknowwher ey oushoul
dhav ebeenhowt owishyouar eful
l
ti
mewi t
hthekingdom assignment

Ifyoulovetobef
ull
time,somemi
nist
ri
esrequi
reaful
l
-ti
mepastor
,you
canapplyandtheminist
rywi
ll
ber
esponsi
blefory
ourpaymentand
provi
sion,
Tounder standthedif
ferencebetweenwhenGodcal lsyouuntofullt
ime
andwhenami ni
str
ycalledforafull
-ti
merifGodcall
syouintoful
lti
met he
ministr
yy ouareworkingforcannev erdet
ermineyourprov
isi
on,thefacti
s
thatyouwi ll
notevenneedt hei
rprovisi
on,becauset
heyarenottheone
thatcall
sy ouint
ofullti
me

Sothefi
rstt
hingaboutspi
ri
tual
real
msistosur
rendery
ourl
i
feandr
ecei
ve
thel
if
eofthespir
itwhichi
stheofChri
st.
Mi
ndy
ouwear
etaki
ngont
hreet
hingsat
tacht
orev
elat
ion

1.Knowi
ngwhatt
osur
render
2.Knowi
ngwhatt
odeny

211
3.Knowi
ngwhatt
osacr
if
ice

Nowseey ouonthenextpagetoknowwhattodenyandwhatt o
sacri
fi
ce.
Somesaywhattosacrifi
ceisf
ood,It
ellyoutodayfasti
nghas
nothi
ngtodowit
hnoteatingfoodbecausei
snotgivenforpl
easure,i
s
giv
enbyGodsot haty
ourbiol
ogicall
i
fecansur
viv
ei nyourbody

Seey
ouont
henextpagef
ort
hat

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
ert
wel
ve

_
___
___
___
___
__
Thewi
sdom andr
evel
ati
on:
theBui
l
dingmat
eri
als
_
___
___
___
___
__

Wehav ebeentalki
ngaboutt heacti
onofwisdom andrevelat
ionandinthe
l
astteachi
ngwebegi ntounf
ol dt
hatwhenitcomest owisdom iti
sabout
knowingwhaty ouneedt odoanddoingwhaty ouneedtoknowwhywhen
i
tcomest orevelat
ioniti
snotaboutknowingwhatt odoordoi ngwhatyou
knowitaboutknowi ngwhaty ouneedtodeny

Andundert
hat
,ther
ear
ethr
eef
act
syouneedt
oknowwhi
char
e

212
1.Knowi
ngbyr
evel
ati
onwhaty
ouneedt
osur
render
2.Knowi
ngbyr
evel
ati
onwhaty
ouneedt
osacr
if
ice
3.knowi
ngbyr
evel
ati
onwhaty
ouneedt
odeny

Getthi
st odaytherearediff
erencesbetweensurr
enderandsacr
if
iceand
ther
earedi ff
erencesbetweenwhatt osurr
enderandwhattosacri
fi
ces.
Anythi
ngi nyouorwi t
hy outhatisnotofGod,whichyouhol
duntoarethi
ng
yousurrender,whyanythinginyouorwiththati
sofGodwhichyouhold
untoarethingy ousacr
ifi
ce

Thati
s,
Surrenderi
srel
easingawaywhatyouholduntowhichy
out
hinky
ouneed
thatyoudidnotneedandthatGoddidnotneed.
..
Sacri
fi
ceisgivenoutwhaty ouneedandal sowhatGodneedswhi chy ou
nowuset omeett heneedofGodi nsteadofyourneed.
Soanythi
ngt hat
Goddidnotprovideforyou,youdon'tsacri
fi
ceitt
oGod, i
fyoudoisnot
acceptabl
e,i
sthesacrif
iceofCain,t
hatiswhyy oudon'
tsacri
fi
cey ourli
fe
toGodbuty oupresentyourbodyasal iv
ingsacri
fi
ce

Why ?Becauseyourbodyisgi
ventoyoubyGodbuty ourli
fe(yourpl an,
yourambiti
on)Isnotgi
vetoyoubyGod, i
sasel
fi
shlife,l
i
feofsel f
,itdoes
notcomef rom God.
Anythi
ngGodasksyoutosur
render,itisbecausey ou
areholdi
nguntowhatisnothisown,andhewant
sy outot hrowitawayt o
recei
vewhatcamef rom hi
m

WhywhenGodasksy outosacri
fi
ceiti
snotbecausehewant
stogiv
eyou
bet
tert
hings,
iti
sbecausehegaveyoubet
terthi
ngsalr
eadyf
orhi
sused
andpur
poseandheisdemandingitfr
om you

213
Therearepeopl
ethatGodwantt
hem todenyt
hei
rjobwhyt
her
earepeopl
e
thatGodwantthem t
osacr
if
icet
hei
rjob.
Youmustbeablet
oknowthe
dif
ference

IfGodi saski
ngy out osacrif
iceyourj
ob,hedidnotsayyoushouldresign,i
t
onlymeansGodwant st ousedthatyourj
obtoachievehispur
poseorGod
wantt ousey oursalaryforhiski
ngdom.WhywhenGodasksy outo
surrenderyourjobitmeanshewant syoutoresignbecausehehast ogive
youadi vi
nejoborassi gnmentbecauseGodcannott akeanoffer
ing,t
ithe,
orseedsowi ngf r
om t hejobhedidnotgivet
oy ou

I
nabil
it
ytounderst
andthedif
fer
encebetweenthet
wo(whatt
osacri
fi
ce
andwhattosurr
ender)hav
emadesomer esi
gnandgot
oBibl
ecol
legeof
whichsuchacti
snotwhatGodissayingtothem
Godissayi
ngtheyshoul
dsacr
if
icenotsur
renderbutt
heymi
spl
ace
sacr
if
icesf
orsurr
ender.

Iwasonceanest at
esurvey
ori
nthelandofAbuj a,Ir
esignbecauseGoddi
d
notaskmet osacri
fi
ceheaskmet osurrender
,meani nghewasnotthe
onethatpr
ovidethejobf
orme,Igotitoutofhiswill
andplanforme,he
al
readyhasworkedformeandthatisallIam doingnow

Onceyousacr
if
icesomethi
ngi
tmeansGodneedsthethi
ngsGodis
demandi
ngit.
Forinst
ance,
yousacr
if
icey
ourbodyandsur
rendery
ourl
i
fe

Goddidnotneedyourl
if
ebutheneedy
ourbodySot
oyourbody
,you
pr
esenti
tasal i
vi
ngsacri
fi
ce

214
Whytoy ouli
fei
sadeadlif
e,y
ousur r
enderi
ttorecei
veabett
erl
i
fe.When
yousacri
fi
cesomethi
ngisnotbecauseGodwant stogi
veyouabet
ter
t
hing,i
fyousacri
fi
ceyourmoneyisnotbecauseGodwantstogi
veyou
moremoney
Thepurposeofsacr
if
icei
stor
eleasei
tdot
hepur
poset
hatt
hingwasgi
ven
toyou
Si
mpl
e
Themoneywasgi v
ent oyoubyGodf orapurpose,sacri
fi
cei st
ogivei
t
backtoGodfort
hatpurpose.Yourbodywasgi ventoyouf orapur
pose
sacr
if
icei
stogiv
ey ourbodybacktoGodf orthatpurpose(Romans12:1)

PleasureiswhenwhatisgiventoyouforGod'spurposeisbeenusedf or
personalgainandsel
fi
shnessandsatisf
acti
onofy ourlust
.ThatiswhyI
haveani ssuewit
hallt
hisdoctr
ineof10percentoftit
hingandclaim 90
percentisyourownbecausetenpercenti
swhatGoddemands

Whatki
ndofchi
l
dishment
ali
tyi
sthat
Themoney ,
thej obwasgi vent oyouf orpur
poses,everykoboofwhati s
giventoy oumustbespentaccor dingt opurposeandthatiswhati scall
ed
sacri
fici
al l
if
e.Lear ntoknowt hedifferencebetweengiftandreward, when
Godr ewar dsyou, iti
syoursandf ory oursel
fbutwhenGodgi vesy ouagi ft
,
i
tisnotf orper sonaluse,iti
sf orkingdom purpose,I
tisforserv
ice,itisto
blesslif
eint heKi ngdom.

IfGodgivesy ou10,000USDy oufir

staskGodist hi
sarewardorgif
t,i
fiti
s
agift
,iti
sf ooli
shnessandignorancetobepay i
ng10percentandclai
my ou
arefai
thfulti
ther,agif
tisatoolforser
viceandifyouunder
standhowt o
useitforthepur posemoregiftbegint
of l
owtoy ou.

215
Buttherewardisf
orper sonal,youcanbuythemostexpensivecarfr
om
reward,
youcanbuyj etfrom rewardGodisinsupportbecausehethat
l
abormustbet hefi
rstpar t
aker,youcanchoosetopayt enper
centtothe
Godwi l
levenappr
eciateit,becauseyouaregiv
entit
heoutoft her
ewar dof
yourLabour
Butf
ir
stknowist
hatagoodj
obisagi
ftorr
eward,
?ifi
tisagi
ftf
rom God,
i
saninsul
ttobecl
aimi
ngyouar
epayi
ng10percent

Justi
magi
nemesayi
ngIam giventenper
centofmywrit
inggr
acet
oGod
back,
andhol
dunt
o90percentofthemyster
yandrev
elat
ionGodusgav
e
men.
AsIrecei
vedIreleased,becauseiti
sagift
,andthemoreIrel
easedthe
moreIrecei
ved,samet oanygi f
tGodgivestoyoubeitmater
ial
sblessi
ng
orspi
ri
tualbl
essing,themor eyourel
easethemoreyourecei
ved
Somewi l
lrecei
verevel
ati
onandt heybecomest icktoitandst ingingwi t
hit
,
theykeepituntilt
heypubli
shitoffi
cial
ly
, theycannotj ustreleasei ton
socialmediabecausetheydon'twantanot herpersontopi ckit,t
heyhol d
ontowhatt heyrecei
vebygraceandbecauseoft hattherealm of
Revelati
onwasshor tuponthem.Themy steryofflowi
ngi nRev elationi
s
notfasti
ngandpr ayer,
themy st
eryisjustr el
easedwhaty ouhav et obless
l
ife,themor eyourel
easethemor eyour eceived

Butift
herev
elati
oni sf
oryou,youcankeepit,
thatisnotagift
,thatmaybe
arewardofyourlabori
nfasti
ngandpr ay
erandoncey oureceiv
edityou
candowithi
tany how.Butwheni tcomestogi
fts,
youdon'tlabortorecei
ve
them y
ouonlylabortorel
easethem,

WhenPaul sayshel abormor et hanthem al

l
, i
tmeanshel aborsi n
r
eleasingt
hegr aceher eceiv
edf r
eel
ymor ethantheyall
,thatiswhyheget s
r
esultsmorethant hem all
.Ot hersarebusylabor
ingt or
eceive,theythi
nk
t
hegi f
tisbyfasti
ngandpr ayer,butPaulwasbusyl abor
ingtor el
ease,and

216
hi
swor
kcountmor
ethant
hem al
l
.

I
nt henewt estament, ourlaborisnott or eceivefrom God, Christhas
l
aboredsot hatwecanr eceiv
ef rom Godourl aboristor el
easewhatwe
havebeenr eceivedfreely.Forinstance,thiswi sdom andr evelati
onIam
rel
easi
ngt oy ounowi sagi f
t,Irecei
v editfreelyfr
om God, butittakes
hoursoflabort owrit
e, t
y peandedi tbefor eitgetstoyou, Ihav ebeenon
thi
ssamewr iteupnowwor ki
ngoni tforov er4hoursjusttosendi ttoyou,
thati
sthenewt estamentl abor,toreceivei sfree,i
tisbygr acet hrough
fai
th,l
estanymanshoul dboastbutt oreleasei ti
sbyl abor

Soy
oudon'
tLabourt
obegr
acedi
nthenewt
est
ament
,
youonlylaborwitht
hegrace,y
oudon'tsacr
ifi
cetobegrace,yousacri
fi
ce
wi
ththegr ace.Sacr
ifi
cetobegracei
soldtestament
,sacri
fi
cewiththe
gr
aceisthenewt estament
Thati
swhyt hatSolomonkil
led1000ramsforsacri
fi
ceasaburntoff
eri
ng,
andbaseont hatHeavenopenonhim andGodaskhi mforanybl
essi
ng.
Thatdoesnotmeany oushouldbuil
ddoctr
ineonthat.

I
fyout r
yt hatint
henewt est
amentheavencl
oseonyoubecausedoi
ngt
hat
i
stor i
diculethesacr
if
iceofChr
istbecauset
hedeat
hofChri
sthas
r
eplacedanybur ntoff
eri
ng
thatiswhyi
nthenewt
est
amentt
it
hingdonotopenheav
eni
tcl
ose
heaven

Tit
hingdoesnotsenddevourerawayitat
tract
sdev ourerbecauseisan
i
nsulttothef
ini
shedworksofChr i
st,
isaninsul
ttot hesacri
fi
ceChr i
stpai
d
tothinky
ourti
thi
ngisthekeytoyourprosperi
ty.BecausetheBiblesayshe

217
becamepoorsot hatyoucanber ich,
(2cor8:9)sonoty oupaytit
hesot hat
youcanber i
ch, underthelawy oupaytit
hetober i
ch(Malachi3:
13)under
graceChristbecomepoorsot haty oucanber i
ch,(2cor8:9)andift
he
sacrif
iceofChristmakesy ourich,outofyourstingi
nessy oucanbegiven
Godt enpercentbecauset oyou90per centisyourown(chai rmanof
self
ishnessassoci at
ionofAfri
ca)

ifitisbyyourti
thi
ngy ouarerich,
areyousayingChr i
st'
ssacri
fi
ceof
becomi ngpoorforyoursakeisinvainandofnov alue?Ifi
tisbyyour
ti
thingwhydoeshenowbecomepoor !
!Whythesilenceont hesacr
if
icesof
Christandloudonyoursacrif
ices,todothati
stocl oseheavenofgrace
upony ourhead

Ifyouknowwhati tmeanst obeunderanopenheaveninthenew

testamenty ouwillknowt hatmateri
albl
essi
ngisnottheevi
dencethaty
ou
areunderanopenheav en.Youcanbev oi
dofGraceandbemat eri
all
yri
ch.
Ifamat eri
al bl
essi
ngi sakeyt haty
ouareunderopenheaventhenmany
unbeli
ev er
swhoar eri
chcl eanl
yandarealsounderanopenheaven

Jesussaidtothechur
chofLaodiceanwhi
chisthepict
ureofmany
churchesi
nthisgener
ati
onthatyouthi
nkyouareri
chbutyouarepoor
.
(rev.
3:17)
..
.Theyarer
ichincashbutnotr
ichi
nChrist,

Materi
all
ytheyarer
ichbutspi
ri
tual
lytheyar
epoorbecauseJesussaid
theyarenotcol
dnothot.Showmet hespi
ri
tual
blessi
ngmani f
est
ingi
n
yourli
feandthr
oughyourli
fe,
Iwill
showy ouifyouareundercl
oseheaven
oropenheaven

Makeyourr
esearchver
ywell
ifyouar
eastudentofthenewtest
ament,In
ev
erypl
ace,r
icheswerement
ionedi
nthenewtestamentGodneverspeak

218
goodabouti
t,andi
neverypl
acepoorwasment
ionedi
nthenewt
est
ament
Godwassayingsomet
hinggreatabouti
t.

SeeJames2:
5
5Li
stentome,dearbr
other
s:Godhaschosenpoorpeoplet
ober
ichi
n
f
ait
h,andtheKi
ngdom ofHeaveni
sthei
rs,
(Li
vi
ngBible)

NewI
nter
nat
ional
Ver
sion
Li
sten,mydearbrot
her
sandsist
ers:HasnotGodchosenthosewhoare
poorintheey
esoftheworldt
ober i
chinf
ait
handtoinher
ittheki
ngdom
hepromisedthosewholov
ehim?

Seet
hemessage
Vs5List
en, dearfr
iends.I
sn’
titclearbynowthatGodoper
atesqui
te
di
ff
erent
ly?Hechoset hewor
ld’sdown-and-
outastheki
ngdom’sfi
rst
ci
ti
zens,
wi t
hf ul
lri
ghtsandpri
v i
leges.

Youcanseet hatGodoperat
equit
edi f
ferentl
yinthenewt estament,and
yetthechurchofAfri
canhav
enotunder stoodhowGodoper ates.Study
James2f r
om verseoneyouwil
lknowt hatthisBi
bleverseisnottalki
ng
aboutspir
it
ualpovert
yorpover
tyofthespi r
it
,heistal
kingaboutfinanci
al
povert
y.

Isittosupportpovert
y?No, butt
oopeny oureyesofthepoort
hatt
hereis
mor etomaterialbl
essing,
therei
sabetterblessi
ngthatcanmaketheri
ch
cli
mbat r
ee-l
i
keZaccheusbecauset heywantt oseeyou

219
Thereisagreat
erblessi
ngcallspiri
tualbl
essi
ngthatcanmaket heri
chto
behappytohostyoui nt
heirhousebecausey oucarrythesol
uti
ontothe
probl
em moneycannotsolv e.Godspl ani
snotforthepoortoadmirer
s
theri
ch,hewantstodosomet hi
ngtot hepoort
hatwillmaketheri
ch
admirethepoorandalsoadmi retobepoor

Thati
sGodwantstodosomet
hingt
hatwill
maket
her
ichwantt
obepoor
,
andnott
hepoorwantt
oberi
chwhat!!
!!
!Yessi
r
Godwant storendertheval
ueofmammonmeani ngl
ess,hewantstomake
moneyt heli
sttopi
cthechurchshouldt
hinkoftalki
ngabout.but,
unfortunatel
y,t
heChur chmissedthemessage,thechurchiseventheone
exalt
ingmoneyandpl acepl
acesitbysi
dewi t
hGod

Thechurchi
sdesignedtobeaplacewhereweshouldbeteachi
ngtherich
howtobepoorsot hatt
heycanberichi
nfai
thbecausei
tisthepoorthat
hasbeenordai
nedtober i
chi
nfait
h.(James2:
1-5)

Thisist hemessaget hatmakest her

ichestoftheFir
stChur chint hebook
oftheactsur renderalltheirwealthtotheapost l
eFeet,
notbecauset hey
aregoodi ngi venorgiveni nlovebutbecauset heyhaveunder stoodt hat
theirgreaterblessi
ngisgr eaterthanmat er
ial
blessi
ngcal l
edaspi ri
tual
blessingandi tisthepoort hathasbeenor dainedtoberichint hisspirit
ual
blessing..
.ThisisthegoodnewsJesussai dhehasbeensentt opr eachto
thepoor .

TheSpiri
toftheLordi
suponmebecausehehat
hanoi
ntedmet
opr
each
thegospelt
ot hepoor
;

Luke-Chapt
er4:
18a

220
Andthegoodnewstothepoori
smenti
onedinJames2:
5thatt
hepoor
hav
ebeenordainedbyGodtoberi
chi
nfait
h
Andoncey oucanber ichinfait
hy ouwillberichi
ngr acebecauseGr ace
comesthroughfait
h,thatisfait
hist hecurr
encytobuygr aceinthemarket
ofthespi
ri
t.Iam 10y earsol
di nChristnow,andIhav enev erseenapastor
preacht
hisgoodnewst othepoor ,manyoft hem knowi t,t
heyhaveread
James2:1-5buttheywi l
lneverpreachoni t
..
.Andt hef i
rstgospelChri
st
wasanointedtopreachistot hepoor

Tell
i
ngthepoort hathewil
lbemat eri
all
yri
chisnotthegoodnews, giv
en
thepoor53key stoberi
chisnotthegoodnews, thegoodnewsi stotell
thepoorthathehasbeenordainedt oberi
chinfai
th(James2:5)Andonce
thepoorcanbelievehehasbeenor dai
nedforagreaterbl
essi
ngwhi chisto
berichi
nf ai
th,
thenextist
obegint oteachhi
m howt oberichi
nf ai
th

Howdowegether
e?

Wear etal
ki
ngaboutt
hediffer
encebetweenknowi ngwhattosur
render
andknowingwhattosacr
if
ice.Seeyouont henextpagewherewet al
k
aboutknowingwhatt
odeny ,i
twil
lshockyoutoknowt hatf
oodisont he
l
ist

221
 Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
ert
wel
ve

_
___
___
___
___
___
___
___
__
Wi
sdom andr
evel
ati
on:
theBui
l
dingmat
eri
al.
_
___
___
___
___
___
___
___
_

Sti
ll
ont her
eal
i
tyoft
hedi
ff
erencebet
weenwhatt
osur
renderandwhatt
o
sacri
fi
ce

AndIsaidinthepastpagethatIam 10y
earsoldinChristnow,andIhave
neverseenapastorpreacht
hisgoodnewstothepoor ,manyofthem know
i
t,t
heyhav er
eadJames2: 1-5butt
heywil
lneverpreachonit.
..

Jesussaidhehasbeenanointedtopreachthegospeltothepoor!
!(Luke
4:18a)Thequesti
onwhatisthegospeltothepoor?Becausethegospelto
thesinneri
sdif
ferentf
rom t
hegospeltothepoor,t
hegospeltothesickis
diff
erentfr
om t
hegospeltothepoor

Nowthequest
ioni
swhati
sthegospel
tot
hepoor
.?Theansweri
sin
James2:
1-5.
..

Vs5a.Hear
ken,
mybel
ovedbr
ethr
en,
Hat
hnotGodchosent
hepooroft
his
worl
drichi
nfai
th,

222
Tel
li
ngt hepoort
hathewil
lbemateri
all
yri
chisnotgoodnews,gi
venthe
poor53key st
oberichi
snotthegoodnews,thegoodnewsistotel
lthe
poorthathehasbeenor
dainedtoberi
chinfai
th(James2:5)
Andoncethepoorcanbel i
evehehasbeenor dai
nedf oragreat
erblessing
whichist
ober i
chinfait
h,oncethepoorcanknowhei snotunfor
tunate,
oncethepoorcanknowt hati
tisnotbecausetherichareunderGodf avor
morethanthem,thenthegoodnewshasbeenpr eachedtothen

Nowt henextist
obegi ntoteachthepoorhowt ober i
chinfait
h.Teaching
thepoorhowt oberichincashisnottheteachingofthekingdom, i
fyou
haveacallint
oteachingminist
ryandyoucl ai
my ourcal
li
ngi stoteachthe
poorhowtober ich,
y ouhavenotlostyourcal
li
ng,butyouhav elostyour
mandate,youhav el
ostyourmessage,

Trulycalli
ngi swi t
houtr epentance,butyoucanloseyourmessage,when
youl ostyourcal l
ingy ouwi l
lnotbeont hepulpi
tanymore,butwheny ou
l
osty ourmandat ewi thoutlosingyourCall
ing,y
ouwillbebusyonthepulpit
,
withdi ff
erentmi nistrat i
onbutwheny oucheckyourr
ecordinheaven,you
willdiscoverthatheav endidnotrecognizewhatyouarebusydoingon
earthandt hedev i
l hassuccessf ull
ydonet hi
stoomanygoodandgi f
ted
eloquentmi ni
stersofGod.

ThefirstApost l
esar eourfatheri
nf ai
th,theyaret heonest
hatl
aidthe
foundationofthemessageoft henewt estament ,nowshowmef rom
Mathewst orevelati
onwher etheapost l
egat herthepoorandbedoing
deli
verancefrom t hem fr
om they okeofpov erty,
showmewher ethe
apostl
eor ganizet eachi
ngforthepooronhowt ober ich

Theyal
lexper
ienceaseasonofl
ack,
thequest
ioni
showdot
heyov
ercome

223
i
t?Theycal
luponthechur
chesthatar
erichtocontri
but
et ot
heneedoft
he
Chur
chthati
sexperi
enci
ngalack(1cor16:1-
10.2cor8:
1-10Gal
ati
ans2:
7-
10)

Theydidnotorgani
zeanyprayerorvi
gilf
ort
hechurcht
hatisexper
ienci
ng
fi
nancial
lack,
theyonl
ycol
lectfrom t
hosewhohaveinabundanceandgive
tothosewhodidnothave
Therealteachingonprosper
it
yisnothowt omakethepoorr
ichbygiv
en
them pr
incipl
esbuthowt omaketherichshar
ethei
rwealt
hwi t
hthepoor
sothateveryonewil
lhavethi
ngsincommon.(Act242-47)

Wher
edowenowmov
eoutoft
het
rack?
.
Whodoest hedevilusetobri
ngt hestrangegospel t
othebodyChr i
st,
whichgener at
ionmaket hemselftheimageofLaodi ceanint hi
sgenerati
on,
Paulsai
di fanyonebr i
ngstousanot herGospelasidefrom theonewe
pr
eachlethi m beaccursed.Weal lseethemiraculousdimensi onsofJesus,
hecastoutdemons, healt
hesick,buthenev erdidanyfinancial
br
eakthroughf oranyone

Thatyouar eprayi
ngapr ayerofbreakthroughsforsomeoneandr esul
tis
fol
lowingdonotmeanGodi sinv
olved,ifIgiveyoucutlassandaskyouto
usedtocutat reeifyouusedittocutay am,youwi l
lgetaresul
tbutbeen
thefactthatyougetresult
sbyusi ngittocuty am donotmeany ouusedit
accordingtomywi ll

Samet oGodpower,nev
erleti
tenteri nt
oy ourheartandheadthatresult
s
witht
hepowerofGoddonotmeant heGodoft hepowerapprovewhaty ou
aredoi
ng.Ther
earepoorpeopl
eint hedayofJesus, showmeany onet hat
Jesusdidfi
nanci
albr
eakthr
oughfor!!!
...
.why ?Becauseaccor
dingtot he
pl
anofGodt hepoordonotneedabr eakthrough,t
hepoordonotneeda

224
mater
ialbl
essi
ng,
theyneedt
ober
ichi
nfai
th,
tober
ichi
nfai
thi
sthei
r
i
nheri
tance

Andtoberichinf
aithishi
gherthant ot
her i
chincash,meaningbyGod'
s
cal
endar
,thepoorarethemostf or
tunate.
..Butt
heinabil
i
tytoknowto
makethem looki
nferi
ortothemselves
Becauseoncethepoorareri
chi
nfait
hhewi llaut
omat
ical
l
yberi
chi
n
cash.
..
isamat t
erofpat
ient
sandti
me...BecauseIsal
awofthespi
ri
t
(Matthew19:29

Andany onewhogivesuphishome, br
others,si
ster
s,f
ather
,mot
her
,wi
fe,
chi
ldren,orpr
opert
y,t
ofoll
owme, shal
lreceiveahundredti
mesasmuchi
n
ret
urn,andshall
haveeter
nall
if
e.(Livi
ngBible)
Richinfai
thwil
latt
ractri
chingraceandri
chesi ngracewi
llaut
omat i
cally
attr
actri
chesincash.Soinsteadofusgat
heringthepoorandbet eaching
them howtober i
chinfaith,
wearebusyteachingthepoorhowt oberichin
cash,andthati
sami splacedpri
ori
ty

Wenowbegi nt ocondemnt hepoorthatthereasonwhyt heyarepoori

s
becauseoft heirpovert
ymentali
ty,
sot oy ou,
y outhi
nkyouareri
ch
becausey ouhav ear i
chmental
ity.
Youhav eforgott
enthescr
ipt
uret
hat
saysbreadisnott hemenofunder standing,meaningtherear
emenwi t
ha
ri
chment ali
tyandhery etpoormaterial
ly
, whybecauset i
meand
chance(opportunit
y)hasnotcomet heirway

Somewi l
l sayhiscal
lingistoteachthepoorhowt oberichmater
ial
l
y,who
gi
v eyouthatcall
ing,Godordev i
l,angleofGodorangelofdar
kness.
Those
arethedeceitf
ulcall
i
ngt hatthedev i
lhasplant
edi
ntothebodyofChrist

225
Thechurchisnotaplacewherey outeachthepoort ober ichisaplace
whereyouteachtherichtobepoorsot hattheycanber i
chinfait
h.When
Jesusenter
edthehouseofZacchaeus, hedidnotgot heretodiscusshow
Zacchaeuswil
lberichercl
aimingthatmoneyi spower ,whenhef ini
shed
wit
hZacchaeus,Mr.Zacckaeusdidnotgoi ntoinvestmentbuthebegant o
shareal
lhehaswi t
ht hepoorbecausehehasseent het r
uer i
ches

Mycryf ort
hechur
chofthisgener
ati
onisthei
nabil
it
ytoknowt
he
di
ffer
encebetweentr
uerichesandunri
ght
eousmammonYoudon'tr
ecei
ve
tr
uericheswit
hyourhandy our
ecei
veitwi
thyourheart
Youdon'tgett
ruer
ichesbypr
inci
pleyougetitbyfai
th.Andthi
str
ue
ri
chesiswhatGodwantstogi
v et
ot hepoorbecauseitcanonl
ybe
recei
vedbyfai
th

Andt hegoodnewst othepoorist

hattheyhavebeenordainedtoberi
chi
n
fai
th.Theri
cheryouareinfait
htheri
cheryouarei
nt r
uer i
chesandthe
ri
cheryouareintrueri
chestheri
cheryouarei
nmat eri
alsblessi
ng

Youcanhavemater
ial
blessingwi
thouthavi
ngt
ruerichesbutyoucan
nev
erhavetr
ueri
chesandr emai
npoor.Tohavetrueri
ches(spi
rit
ual
bl
essi
ng)youmustbepoorbutoncey ouhavei
tyoudon'tremainpoor
,that
i
sthegoodnews

ThatiswhyJesussai
ditishar
dfort
herichest
opassthroughthis
processthant
hepoor(Mathew19;
23).
Youcannotruntheraceofmat er
ial
bl
essingandspir
it
ual
blessi
ngatt
hesamet i
me,youmustsurrenderoneto
fi
rstseekone

Andi
fyout
hinky
oucanbesmar
ttof
ir
stpur
sueamat
eri
alt
hingandcome

226
backtopur
sueaspi r
it
ualt
hing,youareoperati
nginthehighestf
orm of
sel
f-
decept
ion.
..I
tisseeki
ngfir
st,notseeksecondthekingdom ofGod.
Becauseitiswhenyoufi
rstseekthespi
ri
tualbl
essingthatever
yot her
thi
ngwillbeaddeduntoyou.
Thisisthet
rueteachi
ngandpr eachingofthe
Gospelthatwelostandt
urnourselft
omot i
vati
onalspeaker,

Ifnotbecausewelostthemessageandl ostt hegospelhowwi l

l aso-call
ed
pastorbeteachi
ngthechur chhowt omakemoney ,i
sthatwhatt heChur ch
hasturnedto?Thelastti
meIcheckt herealm ofthespiri
t,1mill
onsy ears
i
snotenought ounfold1per centoftherevelati
onav ai
l
ablei nChr ist
.Ifwe
areshortofRevel
ati
onandwi sdom ofChristletuskeepqui et,i
fy ouar e
notloadedanymorewiththet hingsper
tainingtothespiri
tual r
ealmsgo
backtothesecretpl
aceTr ulyyoumayhav ethecall
ing,butdoy ouhav ethe
messageandi fyoudon'thavet hemessagey oucannothav ethemant le.

Arewenott ohavemoney!.
..
,iti
swheny ounar rowyourmindt othi
s
teachi
ngt hatyouwil
lthi
nkthati
smysubmi ssion.Mysubmi ssioni
s,
anythi
ngGodsai dhewi l
lbeaddedisnotdesignedt obeat opicinthe
church,seven-
steptohavethem isi
rr
elevantteachi
ngofthehi ghestorder
..
.
Becauset heonlyonekeyisMathew6:33

InGod'smi nd,mat eri

alsblessingisnotsomethi
ngt obetalki
ngabout,iti
s
desi
gnedt onat urall
yfoll
owi ftherightt
hingsar
et al
ki
ngaboutanddi scuss
andpur suit
.Thechur chisnotapl acewher ewet al
kabouthowt ober i
chin
cash,isapl acewher ewet alkabouthowt oberichinfai
th.
..Thatiswhy
theteachingoft hekingdom t othepoorisgoodnewwhyt otherichi
tis
sadnews(mat h9: 22)

Whenay oungr
ichmancamet oJesust
oaskhim whatt
odotoinheri
tthe
ki
ngdom whatwashisresponsewhenJesusgi
vehimtheanswer,
theBibl
e
sayshewassad,becausehehasmanyt hi
ngshei
sholdi
nguntowhichhe

227
needst
osur
render
.

Letmegiveyouamy st
ery,anyri
chesy ouhaveoutsi
deChr i
stonceyougot
bornagai
n,youdon'tusesuchrichestobuildGodskingdom orexpandthe
gospel
,whatyoudowi thiti
stousedi ttofeedthepoor,y
oushareitwit
h
thepoor,
pickupyourcrossandf ol
lowChr i
st,i
fyougivesuchmoneyt o
Godbusinessisnotacceptabl
e,isnotasacr i
fi
ce.

ItiswhatGodpr ov
idesforyouthr
oughchri
stthaty
ouusedhassacr i
ficed,
butwhateveryouhavewithoutChr
isty
oudon'tsacr
if
iceityousur
render
them..
.Thenfoll
owChr i
standbetaughthowtober i
chinfait
h

Thechurchisnotaplacewherewetal
kabouthowtohavemoney,i
sthe
placewherewetalkabouthowtousemoneybecausemoneywil
lnat
ural
ly
foll
owtoourwayi fy
ouseekfir
stt
hekingdom,sohowtonowusedthem
fortheki
ngdom canbethemessage,not7keyonhowtohavei
t

Seekfir
stspiri
tualblessing,t
hatisourinheri
tancei nChr i
st,oncey ou
recei
veit,paythepr i
ceoft i
metogr owitthent hemat er
ialblessingwi l
l
surel
yfoll
owy ou. Doy ouknowt hereasonwhymanygener al overseasare
ri
ch?Iti
sbecauset heyar espi
ri
tual
lyri
ch,butst udyt hei
rprocessbef ore
theyenterint
ot hateconomyofspi ri
tualbl
essing, theyfi
rstsur r
enderal l
andbecomepoort ofoll
owChr i
st,t
heyallhav eat estimonyofpov erty.

Thefactisthaty
ouwil
lfi
rstbecomepooroncey
ousur
renderal
ltof
oll
ow
theprocessofbecomi
ngrichinfai
th.

I
twi
l
lfi
rstl
ookasifyourl
if
ewantt
odestr
oy,butdon'
twor
ry,
isaJour
ney
t
oberi
chinfai
th,
isajour
neyt
obespi
ri
tuall
yri
ch

228
Andthefacti
sthaty
oucannotbespi
ri
tual
l
yri
chandbemat
eri
all
ypoor
,is
notpossi
ble
Whatourcur rentfat herinfait
hbecomei sforev erybel i
ever
,justt
hatthei
r
dimensionsmaybedi fferentfr
om yoursbecauseev eryoneisnotcall
ed
i
ntoChur chbusi ness, butinrespect
iveofyourcallingandassi gnmentin
l
ifeeit
herintopol i
ticsori ntoAcademicthereisaspeci f
icandunique
spir
it
ual bl
essingt hatsuchassi gnmentneed, beli
ev ersarenotwirebyGod
torul
eanysect orofl i
fewi t
hcash, i
tisbyfai
th,thej ustisordaint
oli
veby
fai
th.

Forpeopleofthewor l
dwhattheyneedt ostartabusinessi
scapit
al,butfor
bel
ieverswhattheyneedtostartabusinessisfai
th.Youthi
nkmoneyi s
whaty ouneedtolunchyourmusicalbum orpublishyourbookorstartyour
businesswhatyouneedisnotmoneywhaty ouneedisfait
h,

Andonceyouhavef ai
th,hedoesnotattr
actmoney,f
ait
hattractspir
it
ual
bl
essi
ngandspiri
tualblessi
ngatt
ractmoneyorthemateri
alsthingyou
need.
ThemainteachingthattheChurchhasl
ostishowtober ichinfai
th
Nowt
hequest
ionhowcanIber
ichi
nfai
th.
..

Justbef
oll
owi
ngt
hist
eachi
ng.

229
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ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

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ert
wel
ve
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_
Thewi
sdom andr
evel
ati
on;
thebui
l
dingmat
eri
als
_
___
___
___
___
_.

Wehavebeent
alkingaboutt
herol
eoft
heChurchi
nteachi
ngbel
i
ever
s
howt
ober i
chi
nf ait
handnothowtoberi
chi
ncash.

BecausebyGodsstandard,t
helastt
hingy oushoul
dthinkofifyouarei
n
Christonwhatyouneedtoachi
eveany t
hingismoney,butifyouare
outsideChr
istt
hefi
rstt
hingtot
hinkoftoachieveanythingi
smoney

Ify
ourv i
sionist i
eddownwi thoutanyactuali
zationandtheyaskwhyhave
younotcar r
youtt hevisi
on,theli
stst
atementt hatyoucomeoutofy our
mouthasabel ieveri
stosayi ti
sbecausey oudon'thavemoneyorhelper
becausether easonisjustonlytwo1.Iseit
hert hevisi
onisforan
appoint
edt i
me2.Ory ouarenotr i
chinfai
thtocar ryoutt
hev i
sion

Ourreal
ident
it
yist
hatwearebel
iev
ers,
notwear
ebil
li
onai
res,
bil
li
onai
re
meansmenwhoar eri
chincashwhybeli
ever
smeanmenwhoar eri
chin
fai
th
Sowhatshouldbeourshamei swhatwearemakingourgl
oryi
nthebody
ofChr
ist
,becauseiff
inanci
alpr
osperi
tyi
sthegai
nofbeenbornagai
nthen
wil
lar
enotdiff
erentf
rom anunbel
iev
er,

230
Whatshouldnowbeuntoourgl
oryiswhatwemadetobeuntoourshame,
abel
ieveri
snolongerbol
dtobeidenti
fi
edasmenoff
ait
h.Nowletusbegi
n
t
hejourneyunt
ohowt oberi
chi
nf ai
th,

Manyknowhowtohavef
ait
h,(Romans10:
17)
..
..
)butmanydonotknow
howtoberi
chi
nfai
th.
Onceyouhav
efai
th,
youwil
lsurel
yhaveav
isi
on,buthavi
ngfai
thi
snot
enought
ocarr
youtt
hevi
sion,t
ocarr
youtt
hev i
sionyoumustber
ichi
n
fai
th

Topullanydown,castoutanythi
ng,
mov eamount ain,youonlyneedt o
havefai
thli
keamust ardseed,butt
obuildsomethinghav i
ngfai
thlikea
mustardseedisnotenough,youmustber i
chinfai
thThedi ff
erence
betweenhavi
ngfait
handber i
chinf
ait
hIssomethingast hediff
erence
betweenhavi
ngmoneyandber i
chi
ncash,someonet hathas10USD
homeandabr oadhasmoneybuthei snotrichi
nDol lar,Sametohav i
ng
fai
thandberichinfai
th

Thekingdom ofdar knesshasbeenr enderedpower l

essbyChr i
sttoastage
thatj
ustthatyoudon' tneedbi gfaithtofightbigdev i
l
, afai
thli
keamust ar
d
seedisenought odeal wi t
ht hem,butt obui l
dthekingdom ofGodonear th
goesbeyondt hefaithoft hemust ardseed. Wheny ouhav efait
hitshowsi n
yourconfessi
onbutwheny ouar erichinfai t
hitshowsi nyourconv i
cti
ons,
eventhoughev eryoneandev eryt
hingisgoi ngoppositeandunpl easantyou
holduntowhaty oubel i
ev e.Notever yconfessionisfrom convict
ion,i
fyou
digdeepitiswhenf aithistestedthaty ouknowt heconfessionthatIsfrom
convi
cti
onandt heconf essi
ont hatisnotf rom convi
ctions

Becauset
her
eal
frui
tofr
ichesi
nfai
thi
snotaconf
essi
on,
ther
eal
frui
tof

231
havingfai
thmaybeconfessi
on,butwhenI
tcomestori
chesinf
ait
hthe
fr
uitispat
ience,
rest
,andpeaceofmindev
enthoughi
nstorm
Ifyoulookatthepr
ay erfer
vencyofmanyf rom t
herealm ofthespir
it
clai
mingtheyareprayingforhoursitisj
ustamani fest
ati
onofl ackoffait
h,
whywheny ouseesomewhoj usttalktoGodi nfewminutesov eranissue
andclosethechapterisapuremani festat
ionofdeptoffaith.

Becausewheny ouseeamanwhohasent eredhi

srestheisrichinfai
th.
Wheny ouseeamanwhomakesnohast ei nanyt
hinginl
ifeheisr i
chin
fai
thwhenyouseeamanwhobel ieveshelpdoesnotcomef r
om menhe
onl
ycomest hroughmenhei sr
ichinfait
h.Becausethisunderstandi
ngwill
makey ounotmanipul
ateyourwaybef or
eanymanorwor shipanymanby
thi
nki
ngwithouthimyoucannotsurv i
veinlife

1.Becausewheny ouareri
chinfai
th,itmanif
estasknowingwhattodo
baseonGod'swill
,howt odoitwast odoitandwhentodoi t
..
.God'
smind
towardthi
sfour
-quest
ionisthesecrettoki
ngdom success.
2.Wheny ouar eri
chinfait
hitwi l
lbecomer ichingrace,andwheny ouare
ri
chingrace,ment hatneedy ourgracewi l
lbedr awntoy ouandasy ouare
aff
ecti
ngthem positivel
ywiththegr acetheyaret heonesthatGodwi l
luse
topromotey ourvi
sionbecauser i
chesi nfai
that t
ractgraceandgrace
att
ractmenandmenat t
ractmoneyt oyouwheny ourli
feissur
rounded
wit
hment hatyourgraceisaffecti
ng, Godwillsurel
ytouchsomeoft heir
heartt
oblessy oubackmat erial
ly
Nowt
hequest
ioni
showcanIber
ichi
ngr
ace
Thefir
stisthatbeforeyoucanberi
chinf
ait
hy oumustbeordai
nedf
ori
t
andthatyouarebor nagaini
snott
hekey,t
haty ouarebor
nagai
nist
hekey
tohavefait
h,butthatisnott
hekeytoberi
chinf ai
th

TheBi
blesay
siti
sthepoorwhoar
ebor
nagai
nthathasbeenor
dai
nedt
o

232
ber
ichi
nfai
th(James2:
5)

Sot hesecondi
stotakenotet
hattohav
ef ai
thi
sdi
fferentf
rom beenr
ichin
fai
th,youcanhavefai
thandnotr
ichi
nfait
h.Tohav
ef ait
hcomebyhear i
ng
thewor dofGodfr
om man
Buttober i
chinfai
thdonotcomelikethat
,toberichinf
ait
hfi
rstcomeby
consi
stentstay
ingalonewit
hGodforfell
owshipinthesecr
etpl
acewhich
enabl
esy outorecei
vefrom Goddi
rect
lyconsi
stentl
y
Tohavefait
hcomebyhearing,
andtoberi
chinf
aithalsocomebyhear
ing,
butwhatyouhearwhenyouarehavi
ngf
ait
hisdi
fferentf
rom whaty
ouhear
whenyouarebuil
dinghowtoberi
chinf
ait
h

2.Whoy ouhearwhenyouarehav
ingf
ait
hisal
sodi
ff
erentf
rom whoy
ou
hearwhenyouaregrowingt
oberichi
nfai
th

Tohav ef
ait
hyouhearpr
eachi
ng,
whyt
ober
ichi
nfai
thy
oubegi
ntohear
teachi
ng
Fai
thcomebyhear
ingt
hewor
dofGodt
hatcomest
hroughpr
eachi
ngwhy
toheri
chi
n
I
nf ai
thcomebyhear i
ngthewordofGodthatcomesthr
oughteachi
ng.
Thatispreachi
ngr
eleasefai
thi
ntoyouwhyteachi
ngbui
ldfai
thinyou

Therearedif
fer
encesbetweenpreachingandteachi
ng,
preachi
ngis
procl
aimingwhyteachi
ngisexpl
aining.Soi
fyouwanttoberichi
nfai
th,
the
fi
rstt
hingyoumustpayat t
ent
iontoi swhatyouhear
Whyt hesecondthi
ngyoumustpayat t
enti
ontoiswhoy ouheart
heremust
beapar tner
shi
pbetweenthehol
yspiri
tinateachert
eachingy
outhrougha
teacherandthehol
yspir
iti
nyouteachi
ngy oubyyoursel
ftomakeyourich

233
i
nfai
th

Whent heholyspi
ritisbuildi
ngy ourfai
thhemakesy ouencount ergood
teachert
ofoll
owt heirteachingandmat eri
als,butonceitisgettingt
oa
stagewhereholyspiritwantsy outober i
chinfait
hhet akesy oudeeper
andbegintoteachy ouhi mselfandtheteachingofat eacherwhohas
simil
ardeal
ingtobet heconf ir
mat i
onofwhathol yspiri
tisteaching
Atthisstage,youwil
ldiscoverthatnomat terhowamanofGodi spopular
youjustdon'tseeanyreasont ofoll
owhi steachi
ng,
becauseatt
hatstage
histeachingisnotconf
irmingy ourrev
elati
on

Becauseatthi
sstageyouarenotreadytol
osewhatyoubeli
evebecauseit
i
snotf l
eshandbl
oodthatreveali
ttoyou,t
heteachi
ngofanyanoi
nted
fl
eshandbloodcanonlybeaconf i
rmati
onofwhatyouhavebeentaughtby
thehol
yspir
iti
nthesecretpl
ace,onceyoubegi
nt oj
our
neyint
othisreal
m,
i
tmeansy ouareonthepart.

Soev
ent
houghf
ait
hcomesbyhear
ing,
iti
shear
ingwhat
?Andhear
ingwho?
Hear
ingwhat
?Teachi
ngorpr
eachi
ng

Heari
ngwho?HolySpi
ri
tthr
oughateacheraloneorcombinati
onoft
he
hol
yspir
itt
hroughat
eacherandt
hefulldi
rectteachi
ngofthehol
yspi
ri
tin
you

Therear
ediffer
encesbetweenwhent heholyspir
itteachesy out hr
ough
menandwhent heholyspir
itteachyoudir
ectly
,tohav efai
thi ti
shear i
ng
thewordthr
ought hepreachingofmen,t obuil
df ai
thitishear i
ngtheword
thr
oughtheteachingofmenwhyt ober i
chinfait
hitishearingt heteachi
ng
ofthewordfrom themouthoft heholyspir
itdi
rectl
ybyy ourself

234
Thisi
snotwhenholyspi
ritgi
vey oui
nst
ruct
ion,li
kedothi
sdon' tgothat
.Chri
stdi
dnotcall
theholyspir
itani
nst
ructorwhocommandsust odo
thi
sordothat,
thehol
yspiri
tisnotacommander ,heisateacher,chr
ist
sai
dhewillt
eachusallt
hings,nothewi
lli
nstructyoual
lthi
ng

I
swhentheholyspiri
tbeginstot eachyouper
sonall
ythatyoubegintoget
r
ichi
nfai
th,i
ttakespersonalrevelati
ontoberi
chinfai
th,soIaskyouwhat
i
sthehol
yspiri
tteachi
ngy ou?Idi dnotsaywhati
stheHol ySpi
ri
ttel
l
ing
y
ou,butwhati
st heholyspir
itteachingyou

Thisisthegr eat
estblessi
ngmanybel ieversdonotunder stand,
yearswe
havebeenbusyr eadi
ngbooksonhowt oheart hev oiceoftheholyspir
it,
andt hati
snott hefocus,becauset hedev il
hast akenadvantageofthi
st o
bespeaki ngtomanypeopl eandt heyclaimt heyar ehearinghol
yspiri
t,but
i
fy oucansi tdownandunder st
andhowt obet aughtbyt hespir
it
,andallow
himt oteachy ouallt
hings..Kai!
!!Youar eblessedal readybecausethe
teachingofthespiri
tiswhatpr oducer ichesinf ait
h

Whatisthehol
yspir
itt
ell
ingyouaboutyourvi
sionisnotthequesti
on,the
quest
ioniswhati
stheholyspir
itt
eachi
ngy ouaboutyourvi
sionisthe
quest
ion?
Tel
li
ngyouwhattodoisdif
fer
entfr
om t
eachi
ngyouwhattodo,
tel
li
ng
youwhattodoputyouundert
helawwhyteachi
ngyouwhatt
odoputyou
undergr
ace

Teachi
ngmakesy
our
ichi
nfai
th,
tel
l
ingpr
oducei
nst
ruct
ion,
teachi
ng
pr
oducegr
ace

235
SoIaskyouwhatist
heholyspi
ri
tteachi
ngy oui
nthesecr
etpl
acewhen
youareal
onewit
hhim,abi
dingbythoseteachi
ngiswhatmakeyour
ichi
n
fai
th

Letmeshowy
ouascr
ipt
ure(1j
ohn2:
27

Butyouhav er
eceivedtheHol
ySpiri
t,andheliveswi
thinyou,inyourhear
ts,
sothatyoudon’tneedanyonetoteachyouwhati sr
ight.Forheteaches
youallt
hings,
andhei stheTrut
h,andnol i
ar;
andso, j
ustashehassai d,
youmustl i
vei
nChr ist
,nev
ertodepartfr
om him.(Li
v i
ngBi bl
e)

Ifyouhav enotcomet othisdimension,y oucannev erberichinf ai

th, i
tis
theper sonalteachingoft heholyspiri
ttoy outhatproduceconv ict
iont o
decideony ourv i
sion.Andt oenteri
nt otheeconomyoft hi
sitr equiresa
l
ongt imeofbei ngalonewi thhiminthesecr etplace,shortyour sel
fupf rom
thephy sicalwor l
dandopensy ourselfupi ntothespi r
it
ualwor ldinthe
secretplace,consi stencyonthisforlonghour sev erydayi sthekeyt obe
richinfaith,y
oucanseewhyi tcanbehar dforar i
chmanf ul
l ofbusi ness
activ
itytot r
avel t
hrought hepart,t
her oadi ssonar row

Onlyafewunder standt hewayoff ait

h, onlyafewarelivi
ngbyt he
pri
nci
pleofMat thew6: 33,fearofwhatt oeat,fearoft
omor rowhav e
mademanyt oLostt hejourneyoffaith,wenowhav ethousandsof
bel
iever
sinabr oadway ,havingt
hesamebel i
ef,t
hesamemi ndset,
the
samepr i
nci
plesofachi evingmat er
ialthingswiththepeopleoft hewor
ld.
Youarenowwaiti
ngfort
heHolySpi
ri
ttotelly
ouwhattodowhenhis
missi
onist
oteachyouwhattodo.
Wherey ourwr
it
ingmateri
alwi
l
lbefull
,
whereyouwi
ll
bebusywr i
ti
ngthet
eachi
nganddeal i
ngoftheHol
ySpi
ritI
n
abook

236
Andthef
actisthatt
oachieveresultf
rom t
his,
theHolyspi
ri
twi
l
lfi
rstt
each
yout
osurrenderwhatev
erthati
st aki
ngawayy ourt
ime
Thi
siswher
edenycomesi
n

Wet
alkaboutwhatt
osur
render
,wet
alkaboutwhatt
osacr
if
ice
Andt
hel
asti
swhatt
odeny
Seeyouonthenextpaget
oseethestr
uctur
eoft
het eachi
ngofthehol
y
spi
ri
tonwhattodenyandther
oleofdeny
ingtor
ichesinfai
th.

Youwil
lseewhyofat r
uththatt
hedenyaspectwi l
lleady out
osurrender
manythi
ngstofocusandthiswil
lsurelyl
eadtopoverty.Andthepurpose
ofpov
ertyi
ssothatyoucanbequal i
fiedandordai
nedt oberi
chinf ai
th.

Yourememberhowwegothere!
!Wearet
alkingaboutt
hethr
eeact
ionsof
revel
ati
onwhi
chare1.Knowi
ngwhatt
osurrender2.Knowi
ngwhatto
sacri
fi
ce3.Knowi
ngwhattodeny

Wet
alkaboutwhati
tmeanst
osur
render
,whati
tmeanst
osacr
if
ice
Nowwhatdoesi
tmeant
odeny
Howdoesdenyl
eadt
omyr
ichesi
nfai
th?

Seey
ouont
henextpage

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ngYourI
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thebui
l
dingmat
eri
als
_
___
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___
___
_

Wehav ebeentalkingabouttwomaj orreasonswhyt hespiri

tualblessingi
s
notf i
ndingexpressionintheli
feofmanyChr i
sti
an.
Thatisevent hought he
easiestthi
ngtor eceivefr
om Godisaspi ri
tualbl
essingandthemaj or
blessingyourneedi nli
feisthi
sspir
itualbl
essingandy etasimport antas
thisblessi
ngmay be,aseasyasitmaybet oachi ev
ei t
,yett
hel i
feofmany
Chr i
sti
anisvoidofi t

AndIaskwhatcoul
dbet
her
eason?

Andi nt helastpage,webegintotalkabouttworeasonst hatleadtothe

empt i
nessofspi rit
ualblessi
ngintheli
feofmanywhi chthef i
rsti
sthe
i
nabi l
itytoknowt hatyoudon'tneedtodoany thi
ngtor eceiv ethespir
it
ual
blessingy ouonlyneedt obeli
eveeveryt
hingandhav eit.Thati sthei
nabil
i
ty
toknowt hatiti
sat aboointhekingdom tobepay i
ngt hepr icetogetwhat
Christhaspai dthepricetogivecanhinderyouraccesst or eceivei
t,

Sothefi
rstr
easonwhymanyChri
sti
anisvoi
dofgracei
sthatt
heydon'
t
knowthatal
lisbyf
ait
h,somest
arti
nfai
thandendinwork,
(Gal
ati
ans:
3:1-
3).

238
Somest artinworkandwanttoendi ti
nfait
h,youseethem buil
dinga
doctri
nethatwhenyoustartpr
ay i
ngyoufir
ststar
tmechanicalandt hen
enteri
ntospeed..
.Andal
lthesearejusthumanexperiencesthattheybuil
d
doctri
neon..
.Whatthebi
blesay sist
hatiti
sfrom fai
thtofai
th..
.Notf r
om
work(mechanical)t
ofai
th(grace)

Nowt othesecondseasonwhymanyar enotmanifest

inggr ace.Andthe
secondreasonwhymanycoul dnotmanif
estspi
ri
tualblessingisthatmany
donotknowt helawofmanifest
ati
onofspir
it
ualbl
essing,thelawof
recei
vi
ngisdiff
erentf
rom t
helawofmanifest
inggrace

Manyknowt helawofreceivi
ngbutdonotknowt helawofmani f
estat
ion
andthismakest hem beloadedbutnotneeded.
Theyknowt hatbyfait
hyou
recei
vegracebutbyfaith,youdon'
tmanifestgr
ace.
..Youcanseewher e
thebalanci
nglies

Iti
sbydeny i
ngselffrom whatist
aki
ngawayy ourti
mel eadi
ngtodi
vided
att
enti
onthatdeterminesyourmanif
estati
onofgrace.
Letmeshowt his
spi
rit
ualunderst
anding,inthenewtestamentanyt
hingthatcomest
hr ough
Chri
stdoesnotcomet oyouliket
hefruiti
tcomestoyouasaseed

Iti
si nt
heoldt est
amentt hatanythi
ngoranyspir
itualbl
essi
ngt hatcome
throughangelscanl andony ouandbegintomani f
estimmediatelytheold
testamentgracecomeandgo, i
tdoescomet ostayinthem permanently
,it
camet orestupont hem usedthem, andgo,i
tdoesnotcomet odwel l
in
them, i
tcomest orestont hem.

Buti
nthenewt
est
amentopposi
tei
sthecase,
ify
our
ecei
veanygi
ft
,spi
ri
t,

239
orimpartationinthenewt est
amentandy oubegi ntomani f
estitthe
secondday , y
ouwi l
llosei
twithi
naf ewday sormont hs,becauseittakes
ti
met ounder standhowt omaintai
nandgr owgr ace.Anygiftorspiri
tual
blessi
ngst hatcomet ostaywithyoupermanent l
ygrowi nyout o
mani f
est
at i
ongr aduall
yandnotsuddenl
y,y oucanent eri
ntomani festat
ion
suddenly
, buttheprocesst ot
hatsuddenmani festat
ionisusuall
ygr adual

Isli
kediggingawell,y
oucanmeetwat ersuddenlybutf
rom whereyou
star
tdiggingtowherey oumeetwateri
tisgradual.
Sametograceitdoes
notgrowov erni
ght,
itcancomeintoyousuddenly,mani
festsuddenl
y,but
betweenthedayhecamesuddenl yandt hedayhemani f
estsuddenl
ythere
arelongti
mepr ocesses

ittakest
imet ogrowgracet
omani f
estat
ion,
andt i
metogrowi ti
sthet i
me
otheract
ivi
ti
es,l
ikej
obs,busi
ness,car
eerwil
lbedemandingfrom you.You
cannowunder st
andwhatluke8:14issayi
ngthatsomerecei
vedthewor d
butthecareofli
feandthepl
easureofli
fedonotall
owthem tobearfruit

Li
vi
ngBi
ble
Theseedamongt hethornsrepr
esentsthosewholi
stenandbel i
eveGod’s
wordsbutwhosef ait
hafterwardischokedoutbyworryandrichesandthe
responsi
bil
i
tiesandpleasuresofl
ife.Andsotheyar
enev erabletohel
p
anyoneelsetobeli
evetheGoodNews

Ampl
i
fierv
ersi
on
Andasf orwhatfellamongt hethorns,
theseare[t
hepeopl
e]whohear,but
astheygoont heirwaytheyarechokedandsuf focat
edwitht
heanxiet
ies
andcaresandr i
chesandpl easuresofli
fe,andt
heirf
rui
tdoesnotr
ipen
(cometomat uri
tyandperfecti
on) .

240
Meaningtheyhav
efait
h,andt
hatshowsthattheywi
ll
havegr
ace
but
..
..
..
..
.Hmmm Ilovethewaythemessageversi
onputi
t.

14"Andtheseedt hatf
ell
intheweeds-well
,thesearet
heoneswhohear ,
butthentheseediscrowdedoutandnothi
ngcomesofi tastheygoabout
thei
rli
vesworryi
ngabouttomorr
ow, maki
ngmoney ,andhavi
ngfun.

Showmeamanwhoi sbusymaki ngmoneyandhav i

ngfunIwil
lshowyou
amanwhocannev ermakegrace, showmeamanwhoi sbusyrunni
ngt
he
raceofmater
ial
blessi
ng,Iwi
llshowy ouamanwhowi l
lj
ustbenormal
Chri
stai
nandhisli
fewil
lbevoidofspi ri
tmani
fest
ati
on

Youcanseewhyi tlookasi fitisonl yaf ull

-t
imepast ormani f
estinggrace
andsuper nat uralonly,supernaturalismeantf orall
notonl yfull
-t
imepast or
,
butitisfull Ti
met hatunderstandst hatt hekeyt osupernaturaldimensions
i
st odenyy ourselffrom anythingt akingawayy ourti
meandf ocuson
thi
ngsoft hespi r
it.AndGodpl anist hatev enthoughy ouar ecall
edinto
secular,
ther emustbet heseasonofy ourli
fewher eyoumustdeny
mat er
ialracet akingawayy ourtimet ofocusonspi ri
tualracef ul
lti
met o
enterint
ot hemani f
estati
onofspi r i
tualblessi
ngy ouneedt of ulf
il
lyour
assignmenti nthesecul ar.

Thatisifaseasonoft otaldedicati
ondi dnotappeary ourl
i
fewi t
h
undivi
dedat tent
ionwhichrequiresyout oputallyourtimepressi
ngint
o
thi
ngsoft hespiritIdoubtifyouwi l
lbeabl etost
rikeachordinthereal
m
oftheSpi r
it
, t
hatiswhyitiseasyf orthi
sseasont omeety ouwheny ouare
sti
l
l si
ngle,thati
swhenmuchr esponsibil
i
tyisnoty etmuchupony our
shoulders.

241
Thi
sseasondoesnotexcl
udet
hosei
nthesecul
ar
Therear
espirit
ualbl
essi
ngsyouneedtogoint
othebusinessworl
d,gi
ftof
thespi
ri
tisnotonlyformi
nist
ry,
ther
eisagi
ftofthespi
ri
ttogoint
o
busi
ness,gointoacademi
c,andmanysecul
arsector
s.

Seet
hisBi
blev
erse.
..
Exodus28:
3

3Andthoushaltspeakunt
oall
t hatar
ewi
sehear
ted,
whom Ihav
efi
l
led
wit
hthespir
itofwisdom,t
hattheymaymakeAaron'
sgar
ments

Sother
eisaspi
ri
tual
blessi
ng(Spi
ri
tofWi
sdom)f
ort
hosecal
li
ntof
ashi
on
desi
gni
ng

Seeanot
herone.Exodus31:
3

3.andIhavefil
l
edhim wi
ththespi
ri
tofGod,i
nwisdom,i
nunder
standi
ng,
andinknowledge,
andinall
mannerofworkmanshi
p,

Thi
sisspi
ri
tual
blessi
ngf
ort
hosecal
li
ntowor
kmanshi
pori
ndust
ry

Sospirit
ualblessi
ngisnotall
aboutpowert ohealthesickorr ai
sethedead,
that.I
sjustoneoutofmi l
l
ionsofspir
it
ualgrace.Therear espiri
tual
blessi
ngsy ouneedtogointopoli
ti
cs,ther
eisaspir i
tualblessi
ngcall
powert ogetwealth.
..

Becausebef
oreGodwi
l
lgi
vey
ouanyassi
gnmentbei
tint
hemi
nist
ryort
he

242
secul
ar,hewi
ll
fir
stgiveyouaspiri
tualbl
essingf orthatassignment.I
tis
onlywhenGodisusingyouunconsciousl
ybutnoti ntended,thati
s,you
canbeusedbyGodf orjusthav
ingmat er
ialblessingt hathasnorootor
backi
ngofthespir
it
ualworld

Youcannowseet heproblem ofmeninl

uke8:14.
..Theydon'
tbearf
rui
t,
theyhavetheseedbutthecar eoft
hisl
if
edidnotall
owi tt
ogrowto
manifest
ati
on,becausefruitmeanmanif
est
ati
on
Theyknowt hatfai
thcomebyhear i
ngandgr acecomebyf ait
h,andt
hati
s
whytheyarehear i
ngtheword,t
heyreceivetheword,thewordbecomes
fai
thi
nthem, thefait
hattr
actgr
acetot hem,thegracegrowtobear
l
eaf(r
eli
giosit
y)butitdoesnotbearfr
uit(manif
estati
onofthesuper
nat
ural
)

Andther
easonisjustt
hatt
hesamehoury ouneedtomakemoneyi
sthe
samehouryouneedtomakegrace(spi
ri
tualbl
essi
ng)

Foryout osucceedfi
nanciall
yyoumustwakeupear l
yandgotot heplace
ofworkandst ayther
eforlike6-8hourseverydaysameaswhati ttakesto
makei tspi
ri
tuall
yandenterintomani f
estat
ion,youmustwakeupi nthe
morningandent eri
ntothesecretplacewithGodf orhour
sconsistent
ly
everydaylessyouarejustjoki
ngwi thall
thi
sy ouronehourmorning
devoti
onaleveryday.

Mendonotent erintoportal
s,likethatinthereal
m oft hespir
it
,youcansee
whyitcanonlybeeasyf orthepoort orunaspiri
tualracethantherich,
y ou
cannowunder standwhyChr istsay stojour
neyintother eal
m of
super
natur
al,t
hef ir
stIstodenyal l,youhavetoleftal
l,andatthetimey ou
aredoi
ngthis,youwi l
lfi
rstenterintothereal
m ofpov ert
y

243
Pet
ersai
dwehav
edeni
edal
ltof
oll
owy
ouwhatwear
eourgai
n..
.
Mat
hew19:
27
ThenPetersai
dtohi
m,“
Wel
eftev
ery
thi
ngt
ofol
l
owy
ou.Whatwi
l
lweget
outofi
t?”

Vs28
AndJesusr epli
ed, “
WhenI ,t
heMessi ah,shallsituponmygl oriousthr
one
i
nt heKi ngdom,*y oumydi sci
plesshallcert
ainlysitontwelvethrones
j
udgi ngthet welv
et ri
besofIsrael
.29Andany onewhogi vesuphi shome,
brothers,si
sters,f
ather,mother,wi
fe,chil
dren,orpr oper
ty,tofoll
owme,
shallreceiveahundr edti
mesasmuchi nreturnandshal lhaveeternal
li
fe.

Thi
siswhatwecal
lthegospeloft
hecross,
thi
sist
hemostdi
ff
icul
taspect
oft
hegospel
,i
tisf
orsoldi
ersofChri
st.

Becausenosol
dier
sentangl
ethemsel
veswi
tht
heaf
fai
rofday
-to-
dayl
i
fe
andpleaset
hei
rmaster
.

NewLi
vi
ngTr
ansl
ati
on
Sol
dier
sdon’
tgett
iedupi
ntheaf
fai
rsofciv
il
ianl
if
e,f
ort
hent
heycannot
pl
easetheof
fi
cerwhoenl
i
stedt
hem.(2themoty2:
4)

NotetheBiblev
erse,hedoesnotsayanyci v
il
ian,t
hegospel ofthecrossis
notforci
vil
i
anChristi
an,i
snotforChrist
ianwhosettleforthebalanced
Chri
sti
anlif
e,Manypastorsemphasizesacri
ficebuttheydon'tpreachthe
gospelofdenyi
ng,thegospel
ofMat thew19:27-29totheirmember s

244
Doy ouknowwhy ?;
thegospelofsacri
fi
ceisalwaysagaintopastorandhis
minist
rywhentheypreachit
,youhearthem sayi
ngsacri
ficeyourmoneyt o
Godbecausesacrif
icehavetodowi t
hgivi
ngmoneyt othechur chsoit
paysthem.ButGospelofsacr
ifi
cedoesnotbringyouint
osuper nat
ural
,the
real
gospelofthecrossisnotsacr
if
iced,i
tisdenyi
ng,i
tisgiv
enup

Thesacrif
icet
hatbri
ngsyoubl
essi
ngChristhasdoneit,t
hedeni alt
o
manifestt
heblessi
ngisy
ourchoi
ce.
Andt hegospelofsurrenderisal
so
di
ffer
entfrom t
hegospel
ofdenyi
ng,any
thingyousurrenderyoudoesn'tgo
backtoitagai
n

Butdenyi
sforaseason,
itist
oachi
eveapurpose,
youarenotdeny
ingy
our
fat
her,
mother
,busi
ness,orwi
fef
orli
fe,
iti
sforaseason
Pet
erneverdenyhi
sfamil
yforl
if
e,butwhenhebegant
hejour
neyhedeny
hi
sfamil
y,butwhenheenter
sint
omani f
est
ati
onhebegi
nstocar
ryhi
swife
al
onginminist
ry

Present
lyIandmymum ar ebestfriends,butwhenIfini
shedmyNYSCi n
2015andgott herev
elat
ionofthisgospel oft
hecross,andchoosethepart
shefoughtmesomuch, butforay earIdenyherbecauset hi
sismydestiny
,
butnowshei shappytobecal landi dent
if
yast hemotherofPstBanjo
Ayeka

Sothej ourneyofthecrossisfortheseason,butifyoucanshar einthis

suf
f eri
ngy ouwil
lshareintheglory(Romans8: 17)Youwillsurel
ysuffer,
Petersaidaf t
eryouhavesufferedforawhile,Godwi l
lest
ablishyou(fir
st
Peter5:10)foranyonewhol ovesthethingsofthewor l
dorf oranyonewho
hast hefearofpovert
ygospel ofthecrossisahar dthi
ng

245
Twothingsmaket
hehi
ghestper
cent
ageofbel
i
ever
srej
ectt
hegospel
of
thecr
oss

1.Thel
oveofmoney
2.Thef
earofpov
ert
y

Someitisnotbecauset heylovemoneyt hatiswhytheyarebusyr unni

ng
ther
atrace,butbecauset heyfearpover
ty,andthefearofpovert
yisthe
begi
nningofther atrace.Butifyoucanfacepov ert
ywithboldnesstowill
begi
ntorunar ightraceofDest i
ny,manyChr i
sti
ansareafr
aidoftomorrow
morethanthewayt heyareaf r
aidofthedev i
l

Noonei ssayingpov er
tyisgood,butbecar
efulwit
hal l
thesemenofGod
whopr eachy ououtofdeal i
ngandmakei tl
ookasi fyouaregetti
ngit
wrongt hatiswhyy ouarepoorduetothei
rlackofdecrement.
IfIseeyouI
canpredi cti
fy ourpover
tyisdeal
ingforaseasonorbecausey ouare
gett
ingsomet hingwronginyourseason

Ify
ouar egr
owi ngspir
it
uall
y,youarehav i
ngspir
it
ualtesti
monyt hatis
noti
ceablet
omen, andyetyouarepoorf i
nanci
all
ypleasebepat i
ent ,
iti
s
deal
ingfort
heseason, youarenotgettinganyt
hingwr ong.
Butifspiri
tual
ly
youarenotbalanced,nomanifestat
ionofanygraceandf i
nanci
allyyouare
notalsobal
anced,don'tbedeceiv
ed, i
tisnotdeali
ng,youaresur elygett
ing
somet hi
ngwrong

Sotherearebalanci
ngtot
heteachingofpov er
ty,
youdon'tj
usttal
kpeopl
e
outofit
,doingthati
sli
kegat
heringtherawmat eri
algol
dandbet el
li
ng
them f
ir
eisev i
l
.Trul
yfi
rei
sat oolfordest
ructi
onbutforgol
d,iti
satoolf
or

246
pr
epar
ati
on.

Samet opovertyther
eareseasonGodall
owitf
oryourpr
eparat
ion,andt
he
wrongst epyoucantakeatthi
sjunct
urei
stoal
lowall
thi
sprosperi
ty
preachertopreachyououtofthi
sseason

Gol
ddoesnotstayinafi
reforl
ong,soalsoGodcannotal
lowyoutost
ay
i
npover
tyf
orlong.Butpr
epareyourmindthatt
her
eisaseasonfori
t

Why
?Theansweri
sinRomans8:
17

Andsincewearehischil
dren,wewi l
lshar
ehist
reasur
es—foral
lGodgi
ves
tohisSonJesusi
snowour stoo.Butifwear
etosharehi
sglory
,wemust
alsoshar
ehissuf
feri
ng.(li
vingBibl
e)

NewLi
vi
ngTr
ansl
ati
on
Andsincewearehi
schil
dren,wear
ehi
shei
rs.I
nfact
,toget
herwi
thChr
ist
,
weareheir
sofGod’sgl
ory.Buti
fwear
etoshar
ehisglor
y,wemustal
so
shar
ehissuff
eri
ng.

Youcanseet
her
oadt
omani
fest
inggl
oryi
nChr
istJesus

247
 Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan
Chapt
ert
hir
teen
_
___
___
___
___
___
_
Bl
oodsacr
if
ice:
thel
anguageoft
hei
mmor
tal
_
___
___
___
___
___
_

Therealsacri
fi
cethatstri
kesachordintherealm oft
hespiri
tisnotseed
sowing,i
tisnotsacri
fi
cialgi
vi
ng,i
tisnotconsistentt
it
hing,
iti
snotfasti
ng
butbloodsacri
fi
ce

Iwil
lbedoingJusticetot
hesacri
fi
ceoft hatr
eli
giousspi
ri
tasexalt
edin
thebodyofChr i
stabovethebl
oodsacrif
iceoftheLordJesuswhichhasno
eter
nalrel
evancebutwekeepondoi ngthem thi
nkingi
tprovokesGodto
acti
on,notknowingitonl
ymakeusr el
igi
ous.

Andt hefi
rstIwi
l
lbet
alki
ngaboutistheover
-emphasi
sonthesubj
ectof
fast
ingfoodasasacr
if
icethatcount
sinthespi
ri
tualr
eal
m

AndIsai
dthi
stoy
ou,
thaty
ourf
ast
ingf
ooddonocounti
nther
eal
m oft
he
Spi
ri
t

WhenIseemenboastingaboutf
ast
ingIl
ookatt
hem wi
thahi
gher
per
spect
iveandIseemenwhoar easl
avetof
oodwhom Godnowputi
n

248
t
hedi
sci
pli
neoff
ast
ing

Becauseanyt
hingthati
snotevilorsinf
ulthatt
hehol
yspi
ri
taskyoudeni
es,
i
nmostcases, i
t'
smeant hatt
hingsasbeent aki
ngawayy
ourti
meand
heart
,youhavebecomeasl av
et othatthi
ng

I
tisgetti
ngtoastagewher
eify
oudon'
tdoi
t,eati
t,wat
chi
torgoon
Facebookyouwil
lnotbeok

Soi
fthati
syou,
theny
ouseet
hehol
yspi
ri
taski
ngy
out
odenyi
t.

Andaf t
eryouhav eobey edtheHolySpiri
t,i
gnorantofthepurposewhyt he
hol
yspi r
itasksyout odenywi l
lnowmakey outoturnitt
odoct ri
neandbe
att
ackingthosenotobey i
ngthesamesacr i
ficesasthosewhoar enot
spi
rit
ual.
Idon'tknowt helastti
met heholyspiri
taskmet ofast,becauseI
am notasl avetofold,attimesIforgott
hatIhav enoteaten,i
tiswhen
someonenowment i
onsfoodtomyhear ingthatmysubconsci ousmind
wil
lpickitandremi ndmeIhav enoteat i
ng

I
tbecomesev enworstifIam theonlyoneathome, becauseifyouwantto
puni
shmej ustaskmet ocook, Icanbeathomeal oneforthr
eeday sand
hedri
nki
nggar r
iandbiscui
t,notbecausethereisnotfoodbutthei
risnot
ti
me,butt
hereisnotimet obesi tt
ingdowninthekit
chenfor30mi n

Sowhatismypoint
, Iam notaslavetofood,sotheholyspi
ri
thardlytell
met of
ast,
foodnevermakesmenotspi ri
tual
s,i
nfactasIam wr i
ti
ngt hi
s
toyouGodismywitnessesf oodisi
nfront,Iwaseati
ngwheni nspir
ati
ont o
wri
tecameuponmeandi nstant
lyIst
opt hefoodandbegintowr i
te,I
for
gotthef
oodther
e, i
tbecomescool itwasafterl
ongmi ni
sterwhenI

249
fi
nishedwri
ti
ngthatIwentbackt
omyf oodbecausef
oodcannothi
nderor
di
st r
actmyrel
ati
onshi
pwiththehol
yspir
it

Showmewhatt
heholyspi
ri
tisaskingyout
ofastanddeny,Iwil
ltel
lyou
whaty
ouar
ealr
eadyaslav
eto,isitTV,
soci
almedia,spor
t,orf
ood

Foodtot
hebodyisl
ikefuel
toacar
,denyyoursel
ffr
om eat
ingi
sli
ke
denyi
ngacarf
rom f
uel,
theengi
newil
lnock.

Justasyourcarcanknocki
fyoudon'
tfeel
itsoal
soy
ourbodycab
knockdownifyoudon'
teat

I
fy ouknowt hepur
poseoffoodtothebodyandy ouabidebythepurpose,
theGodoft henewtestamentwil
lnotasky outofast.
.I
tiswhenyouabuse
thepurposeoffoodthatGodofthenewt estamentbegintotr
eatyouasa
babyandputy ouunderschool
masterwhicht el
l
sy ouwhattodoanddon' t

Foodi sforpurposesandnotforpleasure,onceyoubegi
nt oeatfor
pleasure,sur
elyy ouareababy,youhavenotmast er
edyourappetit
e,you
arealreadyfeedingthefl
eshsoy ouneedtobet aughtf
astingbecauseyou
areabusi ngthepurpose.
FoodiscreatedbyGodt ofeedthestomachand
nottof eedtheflesh,sot
hatyourbodycanhav ethestr
engt htodoGod
assignment ,
meani ngyoueatforpurposesandnotforpleasur
e

Sot hef ocusoff ast

ingi
snotfood,iti
stogetyourattent
ion,togety outo
focussoi fyoucanachievethatandunderst
andhowt oeatforpurpose
theny oudon' tneedtofastf
ood.Fasti
ngfoodisforthosethatlacksel f
-
control.Letmet ellyouonemy st
eryofnewtestamentspiri
tuali
ty,anylaw
youseei ntheBibleandyouareconscioustoobeythem, youwillendup

250
str
uggl
etoobeythem,butwhenyout
akeyourmi
ndoutofitandjustbe
fr
eeandnatur
alwithy
ourlov
elyGodyouendupl
i
vingspi
ri
tuall
if
enatural
l
y
wit
hease.

Becausey oudon'
tdothingsinthenewt estamentbecauseiti
swr i
tt
enin
theBible,
youdoitbecauseitiswr i
tt
eniny ourheartbytheHolySpir
it,
what
i
swr i
tteninyourhear
tbecomey ournatureandy oufoll
owitnatur
all
ywhy
whatiswr i
tt
enintheBiblebecomepr acticeandy oufol
lowitwit
hstruggl
e.

Havey ounot i
cet hati
tisthedayy ouplantofastt
hatyoufeell
ikeeat i
ngal
l
thefoodi nchickensrepublicinonehourbutadayy oudon'
tplantof astat
ti
me5p. my ouhav enoteat i
ng.Why?Becauseoncey ouputyoursel
funder
thelaw,youar ecalli
nguponspi ri
tual
struggl
eony our
sel
fbecauset he
consciousnessoff asti
ngar oseappeti
tesinyouandalsoarosereli
gious
pri
dewi thitwithoutwardf al
sehumi l
i
ty

Youwil
lnowbegint
ost
ruggl
etopr
ay,
str
uggl
etost
udybecausey
ouar
e
notcomfor
tabl
e

Becausethef acti
st hatifyouwanttoenjoyspiri
tualt
hingsfir
stthi
ngisto
l
etsomet hingbeiny ourstomach, whythesecondi st
ol ety
our
atmospherebeconduci v
e,thatisyourenvi
ronmentmustbeconduci v
e,let
therebeaf aninthatroom Ifthefanmakesy ousleepthensleep,sleepin
thepresenceofGodandwakeupt oconti
nueyourspiri
tualactinthesecret
place.Spi
ri
tualli
feisnotast ruggl
e,,i
tisnotpracti
ced,i
tisli
fe.

Itisnotspir
it
ualpracti
ceiti
sspir
it
uall
i
fe,soyoudon'tpr
acti
ceit
i
ntenti
onall
y,youli
veituncommonlyandnaturall
y,i
sawayofl i
fe.
Youare
notanaturalmant hati
stryi
ngtobespir
it
ual,
y ouar
easpiri
tualmanthati
s
tr
yingtobenat ur
al.

251
Youcannotenj
oyfel
lowshipwiththehol
yspir
iti
fyouarenotcomfort
abl
e
wit
hyourbodyandwithyourenvir
onment,ory
ouaref i
ll
i
ngsl
eeping,
and
youwanttobeshi
ti
ngy ournat
urebytryi
ngnottosleep,

Youcannotenjoypray
ingi
fyouar
ehungr
yandy
oucannotenj
oyst
udy
ing
i
fyouarefast
ingfood.

Someonesaysifyouarewaiti
ngonGody ouneedf ast
ing,
whichGodar e
youwaiti
ngon?Whydowel iketocar
ryt
heol dt
estamentment ali
ty?I
sit
Godthatisi
nyoualreadyt
hatyouarewaiti
ngforortheoneint heheaven
abov
ey ou

Becausethemi
ndsetofmanyisthatt
heGodt heyar
epray
ingt
oisi
n
heavenabovet
hem sotheyneedtowaitonhi
mt ocomedown,t
heyt
hink
thewayhedealswi
thAdam isthewayheisdeali
ngwit
hus
Thosear
ereal
i
tybef
oreChr
istcame

Inthenewtestament,
youdon'
twai
tforGod,Godi
st heonewai
ti
ngf
ory
ou,
hisdoorisopenfory
ouatanyti
me,hesaidi
fyoudrawtohim,hewi
l
l
surel
ydrawclosetoyou,
hehassetbefor
eyouanopendoor

Theconceptofwai
ti
ngupont
hel
ordi
snotwai
ti
ngf
ort
heLor
diswai
ti
ng
wit
hthelord

Wai
ti
ngf
ort
hel
ordi
sdi
ff
erentf
rom wai
ti
ngwi
tht
hel
ord

252
Towai twi
ththel or
disthathei
swithyoualoneandy
ouandhim ar
ein
seri
ousdiscussion.
Youcannotli
vehim al
onether
esoyouar
ewaiti
ngwit
h
him andenjoyi
nghispresence.

BecausewhatGoddesi gnmostisf
ell
owship,t
hatistobealonewit
hhim,
sowheny oucreat
ethatatmospher
ewi t
hinafewmi n.,y
ouseehimin
manifest
ati
on.Sothefocusi
snotfood,butyourheartandy
ourti
me,

Fasti
ngi snotdenyi
ngfood,
iti
sdenyany thi
ngt
akingawayyourti
mef r
om
focusingontalki
ngtoGodinthesecretpl
acecal
lprayer.
Any
thi
ngyoudeny
purposebecausey ouwantt
ohavet i
mef orGodandwi t
hGodthatthi
scal
l
fasti
ng,

SowhenGodi nit
iat
esfasti
ngintheol
dtest
amentthefocusistogetthei
r
att
enti
on,i
tisnotbecausenoteati
ngmakethem spi
ri
tualorconnect
ed,
*whatmakesy ouconnectedi
ssi mpl
yavoi
dingwhatmakesy ou
di
stract
ed*

Yousai
dbutJesussai
dthi
sgoet
hnotoutexceptbyf
ast
ingandpr
ayer
(Matt
hew17:21)

Eventhoughanyst udentofspir
it
ualr
esearchwhohasstudytheol
d
manuscriptwhereal l
bibl
eversi
onwastranslat
edyouwil
lknowthatJesus
didnotsaythisstatement,i
twasaddedbymenwhoar eputt
ingt
heir
rel
igi
ousmi ndint
ot heBibl
eandt r
ytomaket heBi
blesay
swhatisintheir
mind.

253
Butify
ounowi nsistduetoyourlevel
ofspiri
tualresear
chthatsuch
stat
ementsareast atementofJesus,Thati
si fy
oucl ai
m Jesussaidt
his
goethnotoutexceptbyfasti
ngandpr ayer
,thenwhatkindoff ast
ingi
s
Jesustal
kingabout

Whati
sJesus'
def
ini
ti
onoff
ast
ing?
.SeeI
sai
ah58:

Li
v i
ngBi bl
eIsaiah58:
6-7No,thekindoff astIwanti sthaty
oustop
oppressingthosewhowor kforyouandt r
eatthem f ai
rl
yandgivethem
whatt heyearn.Iwantyoutosharey ourfoodwit hthehungryandbring
ri
ghtintoyourownhomest hosewhoar ehelpl
ess, poor,
anddesti
tute.
Clothethosewhoar ecold,
anddon’ thidefrom relati
veswhoneedy our
help.

Thi
sisthewordwhi
chisChri
sthi
mselfspeaki
ngt
hroughpr
ophetI
sai
ah
her
e.Yousai
dbutJesusfast
edfor40days.

Hol
ySpir
it
,di
dnotl
eadJesusi
ntot
hewi
l
der
nesst
ofastf
or40day
s(l
uke
4:
1-2)

Heleadshi
mt her
et obetempt edoft hedev
ilandtheBibl
esayf ort
hat
seasonhedi
dnoteat ,
andi ti
sbecauset heplacewheretheholyspir
it
l
eadshimtowasadeser t
,meani ngtherei
snomeanofeat i
ng,cooki
ngor
buyfoodi
nthatplace,t
hatisev enthoughyouwanttoeatthereisnof ood.
Someonei
ssay
ingagai
nthatbutMosesf
ast
edf
or40day
s.

WhenMosesf
astedf
or40daysthemissionisnott
ogoandfast,
hedid
notl
i
vehomewit
hthemindsett
hatIam goingon40day
sfasti
ng..
.Heonl
y

254
wenttothepr
esenceofGodandhelosti
nthatreal
mfor40dayswhichcan
happentoyoui
fGodtakesyoutot
hatreal
m,therei
snothi
ngsacr
if
ice
aboutt
hat

Thoset hatwentinto40daysfast
ingintheBiblenoneofthem didi
t
i
ntentional
lywit
ht hemindsetoff
asti
ng, t
heyonlygotlosti
nGod
presenceandcamebackwhenGodr eleasethem.Icannotjusti
magine
howwet urni
tint
ot hedoctr
ine

Whatismypoi nt
,ar
ewenott ofastfood?whynot,fast
ingfoodhav e
enoughmedicaladv
antage,andital
sohelpstoburnfact.Butnoteati
ng
havenospi
ri
tualadvant
age,itonl
yhav eanadvant
agewheneat ingis
becomingadistr
act
iontoyourspiri
tuall
i
fewhenfoodismaki ngyoulose
focusonGod

Becausethefasti
ngthathasaspir
it
ualadvant
ageisnotdeniedselff
rom
eati
ngbutdenyselff
rom anythi
ngtaki
ngyourtime,any
thi
ngt aki
ngaway
youratt
enti
on,andanythi
ngtaki
ngawayy ourhear
tfrom f
ocusingonGod

Soy oucanfastrelati
onshi
pi fi
tIsthemaj orobjectofdi
stract
ion,youcan
fastsoci
almediai fi
tisyourfocusofdi str
acti
on,thatisifyoulackt hesel
f-
controlt
ofocusonl yonthi
ngst hatwillbenef
ityourli
feonlyonsoci al
medi a.
Buttell
i
ngmet hatfasti
ngfoodi sasacrifi
ceinthespiri
tualwor l
dis
apur ei
gnorantthatyoudon'tunderstandwhatcounti nthespiri
tual

Bloodsacri
fi
ceandsoul
sacri
fi
ceistheonlysacr
if
icest
hatcounti
nthe
real
m ofthespi
ri
tbot
hinthereal
m ofli
ghtandthereal
m ofdar
kness

Bl
oodsacr
if
ice:
thi
siswheny
ousur
rendery
our
sel
ftobeki
l
ledory
ou

255
sur
rendersomeonet
obeki
l
ledandhi
sbl
oodbecomesav
oicei
nther
eal
m
oft
hespiri
t

Soulsacr
if
ice:t
hisiswheny ousur
rendery
oursel
ftobeusedforan
assi
gnmentoft hespi
ri
t.
..Thisi
swhatitmeanstopresenty
oursel
fasa
l
ivi
ngsacri
fice

Thebloodsacr
if
icei
stopresenty
our
sel
fasdeadsacr
if
iceandf
orusi
n
Chri
stJesushasdonet
hisforus

Whyt hesoulorl
if
esacr i
fi
ceist opr
esentyour
selfasaliv
ingsacr
if
iceand
youdot hi
sforchri
stf
ormaki nghi
sbloodasasacr i
fi
ceforhi
m.Thathis
bloodisspeaki
ngforyouint hereal
m ofthespi
ri
twhyy ourl
if
eisspeaki
ng
forhi
mi nthephysi
calrealm

Itiswheny oudon'
tmakeyourli
fet obespeakingforhim onearththaty
ou
aret r
yingt
osubmitanot
hersacrif
icebefor
eGodl i
kef asti
ng,sowingseed
claimingyouarepr
ovoki
ngGod, Il
aughedaty ourspir
ituali
gnorance

Ifi
tisnotbl
ood, i
tisnotsacri
fi
ced,event houghyougi
veallyourmoneyto
thechurchproj
ectitdoesn'tcounti
nt her eal
m oft
hespir
it
,wet al
kmore
aboutthatl
ater
.Youcanseet herevel
at i
oncai ndi
dnotknowbutAbelknew.

Sotheonlysacri
fi
ceGoddemandi
ngf
rom y
oui
syourl
i
fe(t
hati
sal
l
)
pr
esentyourli
fetobeusedbyhi
m.

256
 Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
erf
our
teen
_
___
___
___
___
___
Rewar
dandgi
ftoft
hei
nnerman
_
___
___
___
___
___

*
Gett
hisandgett
hist
oday
,thatt
her
ear
edi
ff
erencesbet
weengi
ftand
r
ewar
d,*

WhateverGodgav et
oyouforyouandyourf
ami
lyi
sar ewardandyoudon'
t
ser
veGodwi t
hi twhi
leWhatev
erGodgaveyouf
orothersi
sagift
..
.Thi
sis
whatyouservedGodwith!

Somewi ll
sayser
veGodwithyourmoney.
..Thatstat
ementisnotanew
covenantstat
ement
,Thequesti
onis,
ist
hemoneyagi f
torreward,
becauseyoudon'
tserv
eGodwi t
hyourmoneyint henewtestamentyou

257
serveGodwit
hhi
smoneyi
nyourhand.
.Thati
swhyIaski
fthemoneyi
sa
gif
torarewar
d?

I
fiti
sar ewardGodoft henewcov enantdoesnotdemanditfr
om you,
he
gavei
ttoy ouforyouandnotf orhi
m, hedidnotneedy
ourti
theonthat
.You
mustknowt hedif
ferencebetweentheblessi
ngGodgav ey
ouf ory
ouand
thebl
essinghegav eyouforhim.
Onei
sapr
oductofy
ourl
aboranot
heri
sapr
oductofChr
istLabour
.

WhateverGodgavey ouforot
her
shedemandsal
lfr
om y
ouback,
iti
sagif
t
gi
ventoy ouf
orhim becausewhatev
ery
oudotot
hepeopley
oudoitto
Chr
ist(seeMatthew25v s40)

“Andt heKing(Chri
st)wil
lanswerthem,‘Don’
tyouknow?Wheny oucared
foroneoft hel
eastimport
antofthesemyl i
tt
leones,
myt ruebr
othersand
sist
ers,youdemonstrat
edloveforme.’
(thepassionver
sion)

Sotoser veGodwi t
ht hegi
fthegav et
oyouistoservemenwi t
hitanditi
s
agiftbecausey ourecei
veitf
reel
y.Sothegi
ftiswhatyourecei
vedbaseon
thesacri
ficesofChrist,
whytherewardiswhatyourecei
vedforser
ving
yourgener at
ionwit
ht hegi
ftyourecei
vedf
reel
yfrom Chr
ist
.

Sother
ewardi
swhatyougetf
orlabor
ingwit
hyourgif
t.Thegi
fti
sfr
om
Godthr
oughChr
istt
oyouwhytherewardi
sfrom Godthr
oughmentoyou

Yourecei
veagiftwi
thyourhear
tbecauseiti
sinv
isibl
ewhyy
our
ecei
vea
rewar
dwithyourhandbecausei
tisvi
sibl
eandmat eri
al

258
Getthis,
anybl essingthatcomesf rom thespi
ri
tthr
oughChr isttoy ouis
notarewar d,itisagift
,youcannotpayanypr i
ceorsacrif
icetor eceiv
e
anyt
hingf rom Christ
,doingthatisabiginsul
ttothecrossofChr ist.
Butany
bl
essingt hatcomesf rom thespiri
tthr
oughment oy ouisarewar d, man
doesnotj ustblessyouwi t
houtanyr easonorcondit
ion,t
hebl essingof
mant oyoui sapr oductoffav ort
hatcomest oyoubasedonwhaty ouhave
donetot hem, fort
hem orint hem

Butfavorfr
om Godcomet oyoubaseonwhatChr i
sthasdonef oryouon
thecross,t
hati
swhyi tiscal
ledgrace,meaningfavoryoudon' tdeser
ve.
Whenamangi vesyoufavor,
y oudeservei
t,Goddidnotor dainamant o
blessyououtofpit
y,i
famanbl essyououtofpity,
thebl essi
ngi snota
newt est
amentwayofr ecei
vi
ngabl essi
ngfrom Godt hroughman, menis
designedtobl
essyououtoff avornotoutofpity
,

Thisi
sthesi mplewayyougetgi
ftsandrewardsaccordi
ngtokingdom
pri
nci
ples.Yougetarewardbyusingyourgi
fttoserveyourgenerat
ion,
You
getagiftbecauseChri
stusedhi
slif
easasacr i
fi
ceforgenerat
ions

WhenGodgi f
ty ou,youdon' tneedt orejoice,menthatyouaresentt o
shouldst ar
trejoici
ng, butwhenment haty ouaresenttobegintoblessy
ou
i
nr eturnforusingy ourthegi ftinyoutoser v
ethenfreel
ythenyoushould
startrej
oici
ngbecauset hatistherewar dofy ourl
abor.Wheny ouseea
manr ej
oici
ngbecausehei sgi f
ted,i
tissi mplybecausehishearti
s
corrupted,hedoesn' tunder st
andt hepur poseofthegifti
nthekingdom,the
gifti
snotat ool forpleasure,itisatool forservi
ce

Secondly,i
tisnotat oolforself
ishservi
ceiti
satoolf
orsel
flessand
sacri
fici
alservi
ce,thati
st odieisforyourgai
nwhytoli
veisforthegai
nof
thosebenefit
ingfrom yourgraceandgi ft.
Sowhatshoul
dgiveyou
happinessistherewar dofyourser v
icewitht
hegif
toneart
handi nthel
if
e

259
t
ocome

BecauseIhavesaiditti
mewi thoutnumber ,t
hatGoddidnotgi v
eyouagift
becausehelovesyou,hegav eyouagi ftbecausehelovesthoseheis
sendi
ngyout o,sodon'tl
etthegiftent
ery ourheadandthinksyouare
favor
it
eofGodt hatiswhyGodbl essy ouwi t
hagifti
tisbecausethosehe
i
ssendingyout oarefavor
it
eofGod.

Goddidnotbl essChr
istbecausehel ov
eChr i
sthebl
essChristbecausehe
l
ovethewor l
d, WhenGodl ovesyouhedi dnotbl
essyou,heusey ouasa
sacr
if
iceforthegenerati
onhel oves,
hemakesy ouablessi
ngt othosehe
wantstobless

Isj
ustlikeamanwhoget sasoldiertopr otecthi
schildr
en,hegav et
he
sol
dieragunandabul letprovestoattackanddef endhi schil
drenwhen
anyattackcamef r
om theenemy ,
Iasky out hegi
fttherichmangav etothe
sol
dierisitagi
ftbecausehel ovesthesol deroragiftbecausehelovest
he
chi
ldren?Iti
sbecausehel ovesthechildren!

SoanygiftandIam benefiti
ngfrom y
ou,thegifti
tisnotbecauseGod
l
ovesyou,itisbecauseGodl ov
esme, andi fGodgif
tmeandy ouar
e
benef
it
ingfrom thegif
t,i
tisbecauseGodl ovesyou

Youmustl ear
ntoknowt hediff
erencebetweenthegi
ftGodgiv
etoyou
becausehewant stouseyouandt hegif
thegav et
oyoubecausehelov
es
you.Thati
swhyi ti
sverydangeroustousegift
stodet
erminedGods
fai
thful
nessinyourli
fe

Thequest
ioni
swhati
sthebl
essi
ngt
hatf
oll
owsamant
hatGodi
susi
ng?

260
Whatisthebl
essi
ngt hatfol
lowswhenmenar eusedbyGod, wheny
ou
begi
ntoseethoseblessingsthenyoucansayGodisfait
hful
to
you.
Becausewhenitcomest orewar
ding,
iti
snotbasedonfait
handgr
ace,
i
tisbaseonfai
thf
ulness

Thereisadiffer
encebetweenfait
hfulnessandright
eousness,Goddonot
rewardanyonef orr
ight
eousnessonear th,
hedoesnotdemandour
ri
ghteousnessbuthedemandsourf ait
hful
ness.Forhimtoblessuswi
th
anygifti
sbaseont heright
eousnessofChr i
stwhyf orhi
mt orewar
dusis
baseonourf ait
hful
ness

Fai
thf
ulnesshastodowi t
hwhaty oudowit
hthegif
tgivent
oy ou,
how
youusethegif
t.Becauseiti
spossibl
etousedGodgif
tinyourwayandi
t
i
salsopossibl
etousedGodgi f
tinhisway

Unfaithful
nessisusingwhatGodgivest
oy oufr
eel
yinyourwaywhy
fai
thfulnessisusingwhatGodgivestoyouinhi
sway.Thati
swhythe
l
anguaget owelcomeaservanti
st obecall
edafai
thf
ulser
vant
,nota
ri
ghteousser vant(Matt
hew25:21)

261
 Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
erf
our
teen
_
___
___
___
___
__
Thegi
ftoft
hei
nnerman
_
___
___
___
___
__

St
il
lont
hegi
ftoft
hei
nnerman.

Fi
rst
,youmustunder
standt
heset
hreespeci
fi
cbl
essi
ngsoft
hei
nnerman
now

1.Thegi
ft
.2t
her
ewar
d.3t
hei
nher
it
ance

1.Thegi
ftbecauseGodwant
stousey
ou
2.TheRewar
dsbecausey
ouar
efai
thf
ulwi
thHi
sser
vice
3.I
nher
it
ancebecausey
ouar
eamat
uresonofGod,
thati
syourr
ightf
or
bei
ngasonofGod

Thatisagif
tbecauseyouar
eusedbytheSpiri
t,r
ewardbecauseyouare
ser
vingtheSpi
ri
tfait
hful
l
ywhyi
nheri
tancebecauseyouarebornbythe
Spi
ri
t
I
fyouarenotbor nbyt heSpir
ity
oucannothavethisthr
eebl
essi
ng,isnota
bl
essi
ngf ort
hoset hatarebornoneart
h,i
tisablessi
ngfort
hosethatar
e
bor
nagain,sot hepostureandtheposi
ti
onofyourinnermanist
he
det
erminantfactor

262
Thosebornonearthmayhavetal
entwhi
chisthebl
essi
ngofthei
rspi
ri
t,
buttheycannothavet
hegif
toftheSpi
ri
twhichi
sthebl
essi
ngf r
om t
he
Spi
ri
t
Ther
ear
ethr
eedi
ff
erentgi
ft
syoumustknow

Thegi
ftf
rom God
Thegi
ftf
rom Chr
ist
Thegi
ftf
rom t
hespi
ri
t

1.Thegi ftofGodisagif
tfrom Godt heCreatort omanthecreat
ureonce
youar ebornonearthyouareentitl
edtothis,theyarecall
edt
alent,or
extraordi
naryabi
li
ty,
every
onehast his,t
hoset hatyouseemani f
estingt
hei
r
tal
entar ethoset
hatusedtheirti
met odevelopi twhythoset
hatlookasif
theydon'thavearethosethatusetheirt
imet obedoi ngwhatotherare
doingandnotwhatt heyshoulddo.

Thatiswhyy oudon'tusewhatismani f
esti
nginyoutodeter
mi newhatyou
have,whatismanifesti
nginyouisjustwhatyouusedyourti
met ogrow
outofmanyt hi
ngsiny ousotalenti
sagi f
tfr
om Godthecreatortothe
creat
ure,ev
erycreaturehavethei
rtal
ent,bot
hman, pl
antandanimal

2.Thegif
tofChri
sti
sagiftf
rom Chri
stt
othebodyofChr
istf
orki
ngdom
serv
ice,
thati
syourassi
gnmentdeter
minetheoney
ouhave,

3.Thegif
tfr
om theSpi
ri
tistot
hosebor
nbyt hespi
ri
tforkingdom l
iv
ing,
thi
soneisaninher
it
ancegiv
entoyounotbecauseyouareaser v
antof
Chri
st,
butbecauseyouar
esonsofGod,gif
tofthespi
ritdonotdeter
mi ne

263
yourcal
li
ng,
thi
siswheremanybeli
ever
smakemist
ake,
iti
sthegi
ftof
Chri
stknowasaminist
eri
algi
ftt
hatdet
ermi
nesy
ourcal
li
ng

Thatyoucanseev isi
ondoesnotmeany ouhav eapr opheti
ccall
ing,son
anddaught eraretoseev i
siononcet hespir
itrestsupont hem.I
sjustli
ke
someonewhocandr iveacar!Doest hatmeany ouareadr i
verby
prof
ession?Thaty oucanheal thesickdoesnotmeanGodi scal
li
ngy ou
i
ntohealingmi ni
stry,
lear
nt oknowt hediff
erencebet weeny ourgif
tand
youri
nher i
tance,andalsolearntoknowt hedifferencebetweengi f
tand
reward.

Thegi
fti
sforki
ngdom ser
vice
I
nher
it
ancei
sforki
ngdom l
i
ving
Ther ewardi
sfordi
li
gentf
aithful
nessi
ntheki
ngdom ser
vice.
Int
hel
ast
teaching,
weexplai
nthedi
fferencebet
weengi
ftandreward.

*
Andwesaidgi
fti
sgivenbaseonthesacr
if
iceofChr
istwhyt
her
ewar
d
i
sgi
venbaseonyoursacr
if
icef
orChr
ist
.*

Sothegi
fti
nyourl
i
f eisaproductoft
hepr
ayerofmen,
thati
syouar
ejust
ananswert
otheprayerofmen

*Soyoudon'
trecei
veagi
ftbecausey
oupr
ay,
your
ecei
vei
tbecausemen
pray
*

Thatiswhyi
nmostcases,nott
hosethatpr
ayf
orrev
ivalt
hatGodusedf or
rev
ival
,Godwil
lj
ustbr
ingsomeonefr
om nowher
ewhononot hingabout
rev
ivalt
oanswert
heprayeroft
hoset
hatknowsomethingaboutrev
ival

264
andpr
ayf
orr
evi
val

Thatiswhymostoft herevi
val
ist
sdonotknowt heyarerev
ivali
sts,t
hey
don'tknowal ongti
meawai ti
ngrevival
ishappeningthr
ought hem because
theyarejustaproductoftheprayerofmenwhodesi retoseeGodmov ein
anewway .

Soyoudon'
tprayforagift
,youcanpraytobeusedbyGod,butChr
ist
hi
mselfdet
erminestheassignmenty
ouwi l
ldoforhi
m andt
he
assi
gnmentdeter
minethetoolsorgi
ftyouwil
lrecei
vefr
om hi
m.
Butwhenitcomestor
ewar
ding,
andi
nher
it
ancey
oumustl
ear
ntodemand
i
t,youmustlear
ntopr
ayf
orit
Attimeswet endtoaskwhydi dGodallowmetobeaski ngbeforehebless
me, didhenotknowmyneed, ?Iti
swheny ouareachil
dt hatGodblessyou
withoutyouaski ngforitbecausebythenGodiscommi ttedtoyourneed
event houghy oudon'taskforit
.Butasy oumatur
etosonshi p,y
oudon't
askf oryourneed,youaskf oryourri
ghtandthi
sistheinheri
tance

Getthi
syourprayerpoi
ntisoneoft
heway
sGodmeasur
esyourspi
ri
tual
maturi
ty,
itshowsifyoureal
l
yknowwhaty
ouneedandi
fyouknowyour
ri
ght
.

Asondoesnotaskf orhi
sneedheasksf orhisright,i
tist
hebabyt hatasks
forhi
sneed,thati
swhyt heprodigalsondidnotaskf orhi
sneed,heknows
asasonhei senti
tledtohisri
ght.Heisprodi
gal notbecauseheasksf or
hisri
ght
,heisat r
uesonbecauseheasksf orhi
sr ight
,heonlybecomes
prodi
galbecausehewast eshi
srightandinheri
tance
Meani
ngheisnotmatur
eenoughtohol
dhi
sinher
it
ance,
meani
ngheask
f
ortheri
ghtt
hingatt
hewrongti
me

265
Sot heemphasisisthatheaskfortheri
ghtthing,
thef i
rstchi
ldwasnot
behav i
ngli
keason, heisbehavi
nglikeaslav
ei nhi
sf atherhouse,hei
s
tr
yingtokeeprecordsofright
eousness,andthefatherishappierwhenyou
arefreetohimthatwheny ouareconsciousofnotof f
endinghim

Hepr ef
areyoutohav eat r
ackrecordoffall
i
ngandfail
i
ngandapologize
dail
ythantrynottooffendhiminf ear
.Becausetr
uehumili
tyi
sbuil
tina
stat
eoff al
l
ing.Thatiswhyt hebestwaytoenjoyGodistobeyoursel
f
beforehim,don'
ttrytobelikeChri
stbeforehim,y
ouaretobeli
keChrist
beforemenbutwheni tcomestodealingwithGodlear
ntobey our
sel
f,t
his
i
showt oenjoyspi
rit
uali
ty
ThenatureofChri
stisnotgiventoyousothatyoucanstandbef
oreGod
i
ngloryiti
sgiventoyousot hatyoucanst
andbeforethemaninhonor,i
t
i
sthebloodofChr i
stthati
sgiventoyoutostandbefor
eGodsol eant
o
beyoursel
finthesecretpl
ace

SoGodwant sy outoaskf oryourri

ght,
andi ti
sy ourri
ghttorecei
vea
rewardaft
erdili
gentlaborfortheki
ngdom itisalsoyourri
ghttorecei
vean
i
nherit
anceafteryouhav egrownintospir
it
ual maturi
ty.
Soyoumust
underst
andthet worightsyouhavewithGod, fi
rsttherewardofyourl
abor
secondtheinheri
tanceofy oursonshi
p.
NowIt
hinky
oucanseet
hedi
ff
erencebet
weeni
nher
it
ance,
gif
t,and
r
ewar
d.
Thegifti
sagr ace,
rewardandi
nheri
tanceisyourr
ight.Therewar disyour
ri
ghtnotbaseony ourr
ight
eousnessbutbaseony ourfai
thf
ulness,your
ri
ghteousnessdoesnotcounti
nthecourtofthespir
it
,butyourfait
hfulness
count

Whyi
nher
it
ancei
syourr
ightbaseonwhoy
ouar
e(asonoft
heSpi
ri
t)

266
 Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
erSi
xteen.

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_
Thesi
noft
hei
nnerman
_
___
___
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_

Iwascounsel ingoneofmyf oll

owerswhocamet ov i
sitmeatat i
meandI
tol
dhimt hatIhav ebeeni ncourtshi
pforthepastthreey ear
sandmyf iance
hasnev ersleepov ernightinmyhouse, heshoutedthathowcome, Looki
ng
atmywayofl i
fe,knowi ngful
lyIam notalegal
isti
cpr eacher,
whom people
arefr
eet oappr oach, heknowsIhar dlypr
eachonsi n,hewassurprisedto
hearthatfrom me.

Hethought ,
formenottobepreachingonf
or ni
cat
orI tmustbebecauseI
am i
ndulgingini
t,hewassurpr
isedwhenItoldhim beforemenstayi
ng
wit
hmet hatmyfiancehasnev
erslepti
nmyhouse, eventhoughIdwel
li
n
anapart
mentt hatther
eisfr
eeroom asi
defrom myper sonalbedr
oom.

*Ihar
dlypreachonsi
nbecauset
alki
ngaboutsintoyourf
oll
owerswi l
lnot
stopthem fr
om si
nni
ng,
itonl
yst
opst hem f
rom doi
ngiti
nyourpresence*

267
Iwill
ratherpackmyf oll
ower swhoseemeasament orandli
vebyexampl e
beforethem, t
hant eacht hem onsi n,Iwi
llratherteachthem Chri
standt he
real
it
yoft hethingoft hespiri
twhi chcanmaket hem seethemselvesthan
teachthem onsi n,Itr
ymybestt ol i
veapr acticalri
ghteousli
febefor
emen
butIdon'tteachitIwillratherteachont her i
ghteousnessofChr i
stand
makemyl if
eal ivi
ngepist l
ethatmencanr ead.

Havey oueverseeJesusteachinghisdisci
plesonsin?becausenoone
l
ivespermanentlyabovesinbyteachingthem aboutthesi
n,theydr
opsi
n
byteachingthem aboutChri
standwhathehasdone.

Peopleunderyoucandr opsintemporari
l
ybecauseyoupr eachhel
landthe
consequenceofsint othem,butthatfearcannotki
llt
hepowerofsi ni
n
hi
m. Wheniti
sf earthatleadstogodl
ysorrow,suchgodlysorrowcannot
l
eadt ogenui
ner epentance.

Becausenosi nnerl
ivessi
nbecausehewaspr eachedto,youcanbesav ed
becausey ouarepreachi
ngto,butnoonedr opssinbecausesomeonet old
hi
mt hatsomet hi
ngisasin.Andtobesavedi sdif
ferentf
rom droppi
nga
si
nfulli
fe,tobesavedistobeli
eveinJesusandaccepthi m asyoursav
or
butthatisnotanautomaticti
ckettobefreefrom si
nfulnatur
e

Thatyourecei
veet
ernall
if
eintoyourl
if
eisnottheaut
omat i
cti
ckett
obe
fr
eef r
om thel
if
eofsini
ny ourl
if
e.Sonooneli
vessinbecauseyouar
e
preachi
ngsintohi
m,iti
sbecausesomeonepreachesChristt
ohim

Youcanacknowl
edgesinifsomeonetol
dyoui
tisasinbutyoudon'tdr
op
si
nbecauseyouaret
old,y
ouwi l
lendupseeny
oursel
fgoingbacktoit

268
agai
nandagai nevent
houghyouarenotwi
ll
i
ngtosinanymor
ebecause
youarevi
olat
ingthepr
inci
pleofgr
aceasaneter
nal
recommendedvacci
ne
toover
comeweakness

Wheni tcomest odr oppingsiniti

sbygraceandspi ri
tualmaturi
tyordivi
ne
encounter.I
fitissinbecauseofy ourweakness,youov ercomeitonlyby
grace,andifitsi
nsbecauseofy ourspi
ri
tualage,youov ercomeitby
spir
itualmaturi
ty,whyifitisbaseondisobedientyouov ercomeitbygodly
sorrowthatleadstor epentancebaseonencount erduet oGodskindness
whodonotwantanyonet operish.

Soasapr eacherl
earntoknowifthesinsomeoneiscommi t
ti
ngisbaseon
temperamentalweakness,
spi
ri
tualage,orwil
l
ingl
ydi sobedi
ent.
Don'tj
ust
seeeveryonefal
li
ngint
osintobeasi nnerorl
overofsin

Soify
ouf i
ndyour
selfl
i
vingaboveonesi
n,justseey
oursel
fassomeone
whohasbeenhelpedbygracedon'
tseeyoursel
fbet
tert
hanother
swho
st
il
lst
ruggl
e.

Becausewhot oldyou,youarebet t
er?Justbecauseyoudon'tf
orni
cateand
masturbat
et oyou,youareholy.BecauseallwetagtohesinsinAfr
icais
for
nicat
ingandmast urbati
ng,inthesightofGodthereisnodif
fer
ence
betweenforni
catorandy outhathaveunforgiv
enspir
it.

Inthesi
ghtofGodallsi
nisequal
,andifyoursi
sjustonl
yexaggerat
ion,
mindyou,youdon'
tl
iebutyouexaggerat
e,youarenotdi
ffer
entfr
om
someonesmokingcocainei
nthesightofGod

SoGoddi
dnotmeasur
esi
nint
ermsofpr
act
icehemeasur
eiti
nter
msof

269
natureandbecauseoft
hat,weareall
onebef or
eGod.Becauseweal l
hav
e
thenatureofsin,
andwedon'tov
ercomet henatur
eofsi
nov er
night
,we
overcomeitgradual
l
ybythepoweroftransfor
mation

Iprefert
ohandlemi nistr
yli
keJesuswhonev erpreachaboutsi
ntohis
foll
owersbutli
veitasanexampl ebeforehisfoll
owerbecauset
heissueof
sinisnotaboutpractice,i
tisaboutnature,t
ell
ingsomeoneabouti
tisnot
thesolut
ion,buttel
lingsomeoneaboutt hegraceofourlor
dJesus,t
he
l
ov eofGodandt hesweetf el
l
owshipoft heholySpir
iti
sthesol
uti
on.

Fornicati
ngisasoldasCai nandAbelbutJesusnev ertal
kabouti tt
ohis
disci
ple,butheli
vesitasanexampl ebefor
ehisdiscipl
e.Thaty ouar
e
preachingholi
nessdoesnotmeany ouarehol
y ,
youmov eclosertothatso-
call
edhol i
nessandr i
ghteousnesspr
eachersyouwillbesurprisedtoknow
thattheyarejustanotherPhari
seesofthi
sgenerati
on.

Theytal
kaboutsininpubli
cjusttogai
napubl i
creputat
ionasapr eacher
oftr
uth.
Buttheyfai
ltoknowt hatnoonedropsinbecausetheyaretaught
aboutsi
n,theycandroppubli
csinbecausetheyaretaughtaboutsin,but
youseethem inpri
vatesi
n

Youdon'tpointmentosnakebi t
ingt hem,youpointthem tothesnakehang
onthetree,t
hisi
sthemy sterygi
v ent ousonhowt oov ercomesin.
Christi
s
thesnakehungont hetr
ee,letust al
kaboutthatsnake, nott
hesnakeof
masturbati
onbit
ingtheyouthoft hesedays,focusthem ont hecr
oss,not
ontheground

I
ssingood?No, butnooneli
vessi
nbecauseyoutol
dthem t
he
i
mplicat
ions.
Tel
lment hatsi
nist
hekeytohel
l
, t
hatdoesnotki
l
lthesi
nful
desi
reinthem.

270
Abrotherwholiveswit
hmeshar etomeaf ewmont hsbackt hatsincehe
hasbeenwor ki
ngwithmeandl i
vingwit
hmehi sli
feasbeinghol yand
ri
ghteous,
thathehasbeenfreefrom f
all
i
ngintofor
nicat
ion,Ineverpreach
si
ntohi m,Ihavenevert
oldhi
mt heconsequencesoffor
nication,butmy
l
ifepeachtohim

Sot alki
ngaboutsi nonlymakey ourcongregati
onnottodoi tinyour
present ,
sot heyappearbef
oreyouashol yandr i
ghteousbutknow- how
theyappearbef oreGodwhoseesal lthi
ngs.I
fyouwanty ourli
fetobe
empt yofgracetrytobecarr
yingtheconsciousnessofHol i
nessand
ri
ght eousnessbef or
eGod,becauset hebloodofChristi
sallthatweneed
tostandbef orehim.

Give30dangerofmast ur
bati
onitwil
lonlymakethem stopitfor2weeks
andy ouseet hem stari
ngtesti
monywi t
hy ouhowy ourmessagedeli
ver
them, butj
ustbepat ientwhentheygobackt oi
ttheywillnotcomebackto
tel
lyouagai nthattheyhavebeencaughtbacki nt
ot hewebof
mastur bat
ionagain

Becauseinfor
mat iononlyhel
psy outoknowsi nbutcannotdel
iveryou
from si
n,del
iverancefr
om sinful
natureisthewor koft
hespiri
t.Chri
stdid
notcomet odeliveryoufrom t
henatureofsin,hecametodeli
very oufr
om
thepowerofsi nbuttheholyspir
iti
stheonet hatcametodeli
veryouf r
om
thenatureofsin.

Andthemessageonthefearofsi
nandt heconsequencesofsingiv
e
st
rengt
htothepowerofsininman'
slif
ewhyt heteachi
ngont heloveof
Godrender
sthepowerofsinpowerl
ess

271
Not
etheset
hreef
act
saboutsi
n

1.Thepowerofsi
n
2.Theconsequencesofsi
n
3.Thenat
ureofsi
n

Thi
sthr
eei
sthepr
obl
em ofmanbef
oreChr
istcame

Chri
stcameanddealwiththenumber1and2.Andwhent hehol
yspir
it
camehebegintodealwit
hnumbert hr
ee.Ifyoudon'tteachmehowChr i
st
deal
swi t
hthepowerofsinandconsequenceofsin,youcannotteach
them t
odropinandseethendowithdivi
nestrength

Seeyouonthenextpaget
oseeGoddesi
gnpl
anonhowhechoosest
o
bri
ngusoutofsi
n

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan

Chapt
erf
our
teen
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noft
hei
nnerman
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272
Tel
l
ingsomeoneaboutt
henewnat
urei
nhi
mist
hekeyt
oov
ercomesi
n

Becausefir
st,menneedtobeawarebytheconsci
ousnessthatt
heyar
e
ri
ghteousnotthemessagewit
htheconsci
ousnessthatt
heyare
unri
ghteous.
Onceyouarebornagai
nlear
ntoseeyoursel
fthewayGod
seesyou,andnotthewaymanseesy ou

Somemessagesmakey ouseeyour
selft
hesaidmanseesyouwhyther
e
aremessagesthatmakey ouseeyoursel
fthewayGodseesyou.
Goddoes
notseey ouasasinneronceyouarebornagai
n,ev
enthoughmenmay
do.ButGodseesyouasasai ntwhoneedstogrowtoperf
ecti
onand
mat ur
it
y.

Thatababydef ecat
esonthebedov er
nightdoesnotmakehim agoator
pig,heisyoursonwhoneedstogrow.Goddoesnotseey oufrom t
he
practi
ceofsinandtheouterman,heseesy oufr
om thenat
ureofChri
sti
n
youandt heinnermanful
lofpot
enti
altogrow

WhenGodseesmenf
rom t
heout
ermanhecal
l
sthem f
lesh,
mor
tal
man,
(Genesi
s6.
3)

3AndtheLORDsai d,
Myspiri
tshal
lnotal
way sst
ri
vewithman,*forthathe
al
soisfl
esh*
:yethisdaysshal
lbeahundredandtwentyyear
sbutwhenhe
begi
nstoseeusfrom thei
nnermanhecallsusholynat
ion(1stPeter2:9)

NewI
nter
nat
ionalVer
sion
*
Buty
ouar
eachosenpeopl
e,ar
oyalpr
iest
hood,
ahol
ynat
ion,
God’
s

273
speci
al*

WhenGodseesthemanf r
om out
ermanasaf leshhegavethem bookof
t
helawi
nthei
rhandbecausewhatthefl
eshneedbeforeChr
istcameis
t
helawbutwhatthef
leshneedaf
terChr
istcameisdeath
SowhenGodseesusasf leshintheoldt
estamenthegavemanabooki
n
thei
rhand.Butwhenhebeginstoseeusfrom t
heinwar
dmanhewrit
ethe
l
awi nourmindandgiv
eushi sSpir
it

Theprobl
em ofsi
nwasnotcausedbyy
ou,
sot
hesol
uti
oncannotbe
causedbyyou.

Threet
hingsaret
hemajorf
act
orthatcont
ri
but
est
oyoursi
nful
li
feandt
wo
thi
ngsaretheonl
yper
manentsol
uti
on.

1.Si
nful
li
fe
2.Si
nful
body
3.Si
nful
ear
th

Thatisthefal
lofAdam bringsusint
ot heeconomyofsi
nful
natur
eandthe
resur
recti
onofChristbr
ingsusintotheeconomyofnewnatureButwhen
Adam fell
hefelli
ntoarealm,whichisfrom t
hegar
denofEdentotheear
th.

Sooneoutofourpr obl
emshasbeensolvedwhenwereceivethenewlif
e
thatbri
ngsusintot
heeconomyofthenewnatureSothefir
stprobl
em is
thatAdam l
ostthedivi
nenat
ureandwerecei
vedthedi
vinenatureback
throughChr
ist

274
Thesecondproblem i
sthatAdam fel
li
nthi
ssi
nfulear
th,hefel
lfr
om the
gardenofEdenintot
hismor t
alear
th.
Andthet
hir
disthatourmortal
body
becomecorrupt
edbey ondrepai
r.

Andi tisdeathorRapturethatwill
solvethesecondandt hethir
dpr obl
em
oftal
kingusoutoft hissi
nfuleart
handt akingusoutofthissinf
ulbody,
becauset heearthhasgonebey ondrepair
,ithasbeenmar kedfor
destr
uction.Present
lywear emenwi thnewl i
febutinfal
l
ingearthwhere
thedevilrul
es,wehav eanewl i
feintheoldbodyandt heoldearth.

Inourfl
eshdwel
l
snogoodthi
ng(Romans7:
18)andonear
thf
ull
of
i
niqui
ty.
Sowehaveanewli
fe,
weneedanewbodyandweneedanew
envi
ronmentt
ocomebacktother
eal
it
ywelosti
nAdam.

Don'tl
etanyonedecei
veyounowthatyoucanbel
ikeChri
stonearth,
we
areonlygrowi
ngintoi
tgr
aduall
yunt
ilweseehi
m aft
erRaptur
ebeforewe
canbel i
kehiminthef
ull
real
it
yofwhatGodhasinmind.Weonlyseehim
i
nagl assyshadownowandthatmakesusknowinpart.

Andwill
knowi npartmeani
ngourtr
ansfor
mat
ionwi
l
lbei
npar
tbutwhen
weseehi
mf acetoface,
weshallbel
ikehim

Seef
ir
stJohn3:
2

Dearfr
iends,
nowwear echi
l
drenofGod,andwhatwewillhav
enotyet
beenmadeknown.Butweknowt hatwhenChri
stappear
s,weshal
lbeli
ke
hi
m, f
orweshallseehi
m asheis.(
NIV)

275
Sot
hef
ull
real
i
tyofbei
ngl
i
kehi
misnotnow,

Sotobecomel ikeChr
isti
samat t
erofhope(seev
s3)i
tisaft
erRapt
ure
buttheprocessisamatteroff
ait
hnowwhichbegi
ntomanif
estnowas
tr
ansfor
mat i
on,

Buttheendoftransf
ormat
ioni
snotonear
ththati
sthemosttransf
orm
manonear t
hint het
imeofhol
i
nessandri
ght
eousnessst
il
lneed
tr
ansfor
mation
ThankGodf ortheli
feofourfat
heri
nfai
ththatwet agt
hefat
herof
hol
inessbutthefactist
hattheyst
il
lal
lneedtransf
ormati
onj
ustli
keanyof
usaslongast heyareonearth

Why?Becauseweknowi
npar
t(1cor13:
11)ourt
ransf
ormat
ionwi
l
lonl
ybe
i
npart
TheBibl
esaysi
nverse12thatf
ornowweal
lseeI
mper
fect
lymeani
ngour
tr
ansf
ormati
onwil
lalsobei
mperfect

1cor13:
12
Fornow,weseethroughaglass,dar
kly;
butt
henf acet
oface:
nowIknow
i
npart;butt
henshallIknowevenasalsoIam known.

Somev er
sionsaysweseethroughimperfectl
ensesandthewayyousee
thi
ngsarewhatdeter
mineswhaty oubecome,thati
swhyt r
ansf
ormat
ion
comeswhent heeyesofyourunderst
andi
ngopent osee.

SoTobel
i
keChr
ist
,youneedt
hreet
hing

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1.Newl
i
fe
2.Newbody
3.Newenv
ironment

AndGodhasmadeprovi
sionforthesethr
ee,butwehav
eonl
yrecei
vedone
butwear
ewait
ingandhopingfortheremindi
ngtwo.

1.Wehav
erecei
vedet
ernal
li
fet
hroughChr
istJesus
2.Butwehav
enotr ecei
vedet
ernal
bodyy
et,
Godpr
omi
sesusanewbody
(Phil
i
ppi
ans3:21)
3.Godal
sopr
omi
sedusnewear
th(r
evel
ati
ons21:
1)

Soweneedanewl if
eandanewbodyandneweartht
oover
comethe
real
it
yofsin.
Butfornowandasl
ongastheeart
hremai
nsweareonl
y
growingt
omat ur
ity,
nomanoneart
hissinl
ess,
nomanoneart
hiswit
hout
sin.

1john1: 8say sifwesaywear ewi t

houtsi
nwedecei veourself
.Thatyou
arenotmani festi
ngonedoesmeany ouarewithoutone,i
tisbecausethe
circumst ancesandt empt at
ionhavenotbroughtitout
.Yoursmaynotbe
fornicati
ngormast urbat
ing,butyouhaveyourweakness,youhav eyour
struggles,don'tcomeandbeact ingli
keangelMichaelbef
oreus.

TheBiblesaysi
fwesaywear ewithoutsi
n,wemakeoursel
vesali
er.
Ifon
eart
hwecanbef reef
rom si
nthent her
ewill
notbeaneedforbl
ood
provi
sions,
butGodmakestheissueofbloodtobeneweverymorni
ng,he

277
makeshi
smercytobeneweverymor
ning,
hemakeshi
sgracet
obe
av
ail
abl
eall
daybecauseheknowswearemenwit
hinf
ir
mity
.

Andt
heBi
blesay
sJesusunder
stoodouri
nfi
rmi
ty.
Arewetonowconti
nueinsi
nbecauseoft
his,
wear
etocont
inuei
n
fel
l
owshi
pbecauseofthi
smessage.

Wearetoconti
nuegr
owi
ngbecauseoft
hismessaget
hati
showy
ou
shoul
dthi
nk.

Takenot
eoft
het
hreepoi
ntsonceagai
n

1.Thenewl
i
fe
2.Thenewbody
3.Thenewear
th

Theproblem oft
heoldl
ifehasbeensol
vi
ng,sowehaverecei
vedthenew
l
if
e.Buttheprobl
em oft
heoldbodyandtheoldear
thhasnotbeensol
ved

Wearelikesomeonewhohasr
ecei
vedt
henewl
i
febuti
sst
il
li
ntheol
d
bodyandsti
ll
int
heoldear
th

Trul
yonceyourecei
veanewlif
esinisnolongeri
nyourspi
rit
,yourspir
iti
s
asholyasGodandthati
showGodseesy ou,Goddoesnotj
udgey ouby
thewaymanjudge,manlookattheout
sidebutGodlooksattheinsi
de.

278
Godjudgesy oubyt hepur
it
yofyourspi
ri
t,sobef
oreGod,oncey ouar
e
bor
nagai nyouar easaint
.Sosi
nisnolongerinyourspi
ri
t,buti
nour
mort
al bodyliessin.

SeeRomans8:18.ForIknowthati
nmet
hatisi
nmymor
tal
body
,noti
nmy
spi
ri
t,buti
nmortalbodydwel
l
snogoodt
hings

Thegoodthi
ngisinmyspir
itet
ernall
ifei
sinmyspiri
tbutt
heprobl
em i
s
mybody.
Thatis,
sinhaschangelocat
ionfr
om ourspi
ri
ttoourmort
albody
Paul
conf
essest
hati
nourmor
tal
bodydwel
lnogoodt
hings.

Sot
hei
ssuenowi
sthat

1.Ther
eissi
ninourmor
tal
bodyandwhati
sthewayout
.
2.Ther
eisi
niqui
tyonearthandhowcanwel
i
veont
hatEar
thbef
oredeat
h
orRapt
ureandbewithoutsi
n
Sowhatisthetemporar
ywayoutbef
oreChr
istcomest
ogi
veusanew
bodyandtakeustothenewear
th?

Howdowehandl
esi
n?

Seey
ouont
henextpagef
ort
hat
.

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erf
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Iwil
lberoundi
ngupthi
sbookgr
aduall
ybyusi
ngittoanswersome
quest
ionsrai
sedbyt
helov
eroft
histeachi
ngbaseontheprevi
ouspage

*Inthatpage, Irai
sedapointinoneoftheparagraphst
hatyoumustknow
thedifferencewhent hereasonforthemanif
estati
onofsi
ninabeli
everi
sa
productofweakness, ori
tisaproductofspi
ri
tualageori
tisapr
oductof
will
fuldisobedience*

Andbaseonthatpoi
ntsomeoneasksmet
ogi
vemor
eexpl
anat
iont
othe
di
ff
erencebet
weenthethr
ee.

Nowt
hisi
stheanswer

*Weaknesses*iswhent hethi
ngy oudon'twanttodoy oufindyoursel
f
doingit,
thatist
hespiri
tiswil
li
ngbutt hefl
eshisweak.Forthesinner,
the
spi
r i
tisdeadthesoulisinbondage,andforthebodyisinslaver
ythatis
whyi ti
sthesinf
ulli
fetheywanttodot hattheyf
indthemsel v
esdoing
becauset her
ewill
isinvol
vedandt hei
remot i
onisal
soi nv
olved.

280
Butforthesai nt,thespiri
tisal
ive,t
hesoul i
ssavedandthebodyi sfr
eebut
weak,meani ngt heirspir
iti
snotwi l
li
ngt odot hesinf
ull
if
ebutthef l
eshis
weaksot heyfindt hemselvesdoingit.
Sof orthesi
nner,
thespir
itisdead
thei
rsoul(wi l
l)isi nthebondageoft hedev ilsot
heydoast hedevil
i
nstructthewi llandt hei
rbodyisinslaverytoobeywhatt heevi
lthough
i
nstruct

Butforbeliev
ers,thei
rspir
ithasrecei
vedet ernall
if
esot hei
rspiri
tisal
iv
e
thei
rsoul(will
)hasbeensav edmeani ngt hepoweroft hei
rchoiceto
choosegoodi nsteadofevilhasbeenr estored,sotheycanresi
stany
thought
st hatthedevilbr
oughttotheirmi nd,butbecausethefl
eshi sweak,
oncethethoughtcamet othem,itpar
t nerwi t
hthefleshandarosedeep
desir
efrom thefleshtofi
ghtagainstthespi ri
t

Sothespi
ri
tfi
ghtagainstt
hefleshandf
leshagainstthespi
ri
tsot
haty
ou
wi
ll
notdothewillofGody oudesir
e(Galat
ians5:15-
16)

Sowhenthebatt
lear
osebetweenthespi
ri
tandt heflesh,
thewinnerwil
l
det
ermi
neifthefl
eshissti
ll
weakuntori
ghteousnessandst r
ongintosi
n
ort
hefl
eshisweakinsinandstr
ongint
orighteousness

Becauset heprobl
em ofmanybel ieversisnotthei
rspiri
t,t
heirspir
ithas
receivedeter
nalli
fe,iti
snotthei
rsoul whichi
st hecenteroftheirwil
land
decisi
on,thei
rsoul hasbeensavingsot heytr
yt ousethepoweroft hesave
soul t
ochoosegoodbutt heproblem ofmanybel i
eversintheflesh.The
fl
eshi sweak.Thepr obl
em i
sinRomans7: 18thatinourbodydwel l
nogood
thi
ngs

281
Soyoursoul
isnowbetweenthebornagai
nspir
iti
ny ouwholovet
odot he
wil
lofGodandthefl
eshwholovetodothewil
lofthedevi
l.
Sotheprobl
em
ofbel
iev
ersi
sthatourbodyi
sweaknotthatt
heirbodyisi
nbondage

That
,thatyouaremastur
bati
ngdoesnotmeanyourbodyisint
hebondage
ofsi
n,yourbodyhasbeensetfr
eebutsti
l
lweak,I
tisj
ustli
keacri
ppleman
whojustrecei
vedhi
sheali
ng,ev
enthoughthel
egisheal
ingbutt
helegis
st
il
lweak

I
sli
keasi ckmanwhoj ustr
ecei
vehisheal
i
ng, t
hatiseventhoughhehas
r
eceivedhishealing,butyouwil
ldi
scovert
hatthebodywi l
lsti
l
l beweak,
he
wi
llgainhisstrengthbackwitht
imeashebegi nstoeat,t
hecrippleman
wi
llgainstrengthbackt ohi
slov
eashebegi nstopract
icetowor k

Thisi swherether oleofpr

act
icecomeinast hekeyt oenabl
ethefleshto
dot hewi l
lofGod, thati
sbegi
ntopract
icet
ol iveri
ght,begi
ntopracti
ce
ri
ght eousness.Mindy ou,y
ouarenotpr
acti
cingi tt
opleaseGod,doingthat
i
st oputy ourselfbackundert
helawyouarepr acti
cingitj
ustasababy
pract i
cetowor k.

Mindy
ouasy oupr
act
iceyouf
all
,butwheny
ourr
ight
eousf
all
sev
ent
imes,
t
rytor
iceagai
nandwork
Mindyou,i
tisr
eli
gioustotr
yt opract
iceri
ght
eousnesswhent
hegracehas
notbeengiv
enwhent hespi
rithasnotrecei
vedeter
nall
i
feandthesoul
has
notbeensaveandthati
soldt est
amentforyou

Thelawofrighteousnesswasgiventothem whentheyhavenotreceived
thel
ifeandnatureofr i
ght
eousnesssotheyaretr
yingt
opracti
cewhatt hey
cannotdo,theyareliketr
ipl
ement r
ytowork.Iti
snotpossibl
e.Because

282
t
hecri
ppl
emancanbet hi
nki
ngofpr
act
ici
ngt
owor
kshemusthav
e
r
ecei
vedst
rengt
htot
hislegf
ir
st

Sof orus,
wehav ereceiv
edst r
engthtoliveright
eouswi thourbody ,butthe
bodybeginstosubjecttopracti
cesot hathecanmast ert heactof
practi
calr
ight
eousness.Mindy outhepur poseisnottopl easeGod, you
pleaseGodonlybyf ai
thint
hef ini
shedwor kofChristbutt hepur posei sso
thatyoucanrepresentGodbef oremen.Becauseunt il
y ourpur gey oursel
f
purenotbeforeGodbutbefor emeny oucannotbeav essel untohonor

Andoncey ouarenotav esseluntohonor,youcannotbeusedbyGodf or

honorabl
eassignment .
Whenmenbegi ntonoticeunri
ght
eousi nyou,then
youbegintobecomeav esseluntodishonor,
Thesubjectofav esselunto
honorordishonorisnotdeter
mi nedbyGod, i
tisdeter
minedbymen
becausebeforeGodt hebloodofChr i
stmakesy ouanhonor abl
esonbut
theBloodcannotcov eryoursinbeforemen.Whatcov er
sy oursinbefore
mani spract
icalr
ight
eousness.

Thatiswhyy oumustl ear

nt opr
acti
ceri
ghteousnessnotsothatyoucan
berighteousnessbef oreGodbutsothatyoucanber i
ghteousnessbefor
e
man. I
tislawlessnesst ot
rytobeli
vi
ngthewayy ourbeforemancl ai
ming
youdon' tcare,y
oumustt rytoputofft
hingsconcerni
ngtheoldman, beit
anger,lust,f
orni
cation.Mindyouasyoutrytodoityoumayf all
,agai
nand
agai
n, don'tfeelcondemned,

Chil
drendidnotf eelcondemnwhent heyfal
lint
hecostoftr
yt owork,
they
fal
landriseagainunt i
lweallmasterhowtophysical
l
ywork.Sameto
ri
ghteousness,i
tI sawalk,youmustlearntoworkinri
ght
eousness.I
fyou
fal
landy oufeelcondemni tmeany ou'
reundert
helaw,sono
condemnat i
ontot hem areinChr
ist,
Youar
enoti
ncompet
it
ionwi
thany
one,
youar
enotmeet
ingt
argetbef
ore

283
God,
don'tcarr
ythemi
ndsett
hati
fyoucanl
i
ver
ight
eousl
ythati
swhen
Godwil
lblessyou

Doingthatorthinkingthati
stoputy our
selfunderthelaw, t
he
ri
ghteousnessofChr isti
swhatbringsallt
heblessingy ouneed.Your
practi
ceofr i
ghteousnessisnotbecauseofany t
hingitisbecausethati
s
yournewi denti
ty,youaretr
yingt
ol i
veouttherealidentit
yinyou.

Sothepurposeofthepract
iceisbecauseyourbodyisfr
eebutweak, i
f
yourbodyissti
l
linsl
averyyoudon'tneedpract
ice,
youneedgrace,But
oncethegracehascomewi thi
n, t
hegracegrowbypract
ice,
thegraceof
anythi
ngyourecei
vegrowmypr acti
ce

I
fyourecei
vethegracetostudy,i
tgrowsbypr act i
ce,
ifyourecei
vethe
gr
acetowrit
edev ot
ional
orbooksi tgrowbypr acti
ceIfyourecei
vethe
gr
acetofast,
itgr
owsbypr acti
ce,i
fy ourecei
vet hegracetoli
veri
ghtal
so,
i
tgrowsbypracti
ced

Youmustbeint
ent
ional
aboutthepract
ice,
ify
oufal
lri
seagai
n.Ir
epeatt
he
pur
poseoft
hepracti
ceisbecausey
ourbodyisfr
eebutweak

Therearediff
erencesbet weenwhenabodyi si
nbondageandwhenabody
i
sf r
eebutweak.Butoncey ourconscienceisal
ivetoknowthatthisissin
andy ouar
ewi ll
ingt ocomeoutofi t,
yout ryi
tbutfal
l,
agai
nandagai n,iti
s
asignthatthatpar t
icul
arsinisaweaknessandGodseet hesincerit
yof
yourheart
,hedidnothat ey ouifyoufallagai
nandagainyourfall
ingdidnot
stopGodf r
om bl essingyouwithanybl essi
ng

Don'
tl
ett
hedev
ilcomeandt
ell
yout
hatt
her
easonwhyy
ouar
enot

284
workinginthesupernatural
isbecauseofthatsin,
nosir
,ther
earemany
peopleinterr
iblesi
nmor ethanyouworkinginthesuper
natural
because
theanointi
ngisapr oductofcal
li
ngandelecti
onandnotapr oductof
holi
nessandr ight
eousness,

SoifGodwant stocallyouandanoi ntyou,hedoessobecausey ouare

weak, becauseGodal wayslov emenwhowi ll
knowt hatt
hisisnotthe
productoft hei
rfasti
ng,ri
ghteousness,andholinessbutaproductofgrace,
Godr esiststheproudandgiv egracetothehumbl e.Idosaythedayoncei t
beginstoent eryourheadthatiti
sbecauseofwhaty oudot hati
swhyGod
i
susi ngy ou,Godwi l
lbegi
ntodepar tfr
om y ou

NoScr
ipt
uresaysGodr esi
stssi
nnerbutheresi
ststhepr
oudandgi ves
gr
acet
othosewhocanacknowl edgeandbehumbl ethatal
ltheyneedis
gr
ace.
Sojusttr
usti
nt hegrace,
beli
evethatt
hesoluti
onisgr
aceandhi s
gr
aceworkmostinthatyourweakness,

Don'
tfor
gethowwegother
e

*
Wear
etal
ki
ngaboutt
hreedi
ff
erentki
ndsofbel
i
everi
nsi
n*

Wej
ustf
ini
shedt
alki
ngaboutabel
i
everwhosi
nsbecauseofweakness

Seeyouonthenextpagewhereweshall
tal
kaboutt
henextt
wo..
whi
chisa
bel
iev
erwhosinsbecauseofspi
ri
tual
ageandabeli
everwhosi
nsbecause
ofwil
lf
uldi
sobedi
ent

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Wear et
alki
ngaboutthedif
ferencebetweenthesinthatmanifestsi
nyou
basedonweakness,t
hesint hatmanif
estsinyourbaseonspiritual
age,
andthesi
nt hatmani
fest
siny ourbaseonwi l
l
fuldi
sobedient

Wehav et
alkedaboutt
hef i
rstonthelastpagewhi
chissi
nthatmani
fest
baseonweaknessandIsaidt hi
sisasituat
ionwher
ethethi
ngyoudon'
t
wanttodo,youfi
ndyoursel
fdoingit
Andthesecondisthesinthatmanif
estsinyourbaseonspirit
ualage,t
his
i
swheny oudon'tknowthatsomethingiswrongory oudon'
tseeanywr ong
wit
hiteventhoughiti
swrong,thi
sisbabyforyou,theyarejustf
reeanddo
whattheyfeeli
sri
ghtorwrong,notwhatisr
ightorwr ong.

Ther
eisadi
ff
erencebet
weendoi
ngwhati
sri
ghtorwr
onganddoi
ngwhat

286
y
ouknowi
sri
ghtorwr
ong

Babyonlydowhatt heyknowt ober i

ghtoutofmanyri
ghtthingssoasthei
r
spi
ri
tualknowledgeincr
easet hebegintodi
scernmorethi
ngt hati
sri
ght
andwrong.Becausespir
itualwisdom,knowledge,
andunderstandi
ngist
he
evi
dencetomeasur espir
itualgrowt
h
Spi
ri
tualknowledgemakeyouknowtheactofGodwhyspi
ri
tualwi
sdom
andunderstandi
ngmakeyouknowthewayofGod
Spi
ri
tualknowl edgemakeyouknowGoodandev il
whyspir
it
ualwi
sdom
andrevel
ationmakey ouknowGodwi l
lfr
om goodwil
l
.Sotobeababyist
o
l
ackspiri
tual knowl
edge,
wisdom,andunder
standi
ngwhichist
hekeyt
o
spi
ri
tualmat urit
y

Babiesar
eknownf orthreet hi
ngs.1.I
gnorance2.Fooli
shness.3.And
abuseofthi
ngsduet olackoft heknowledgeofpurposeandv al
uet hatwhy
Godcannotcommi ti
nher i
tance,anoi
nti
ng,andsomespi r
it
ualblessingi
nto
thei
rhand(Galat
ians4:1-3)becausetheywillwast
eitandabusei t

Andthekeyt
otheignor
antint
hem i
stogr
owi
nknowl
edge.
Thekeyt
o
fool
i
shnessi
nthem i
stogrowinwi
sdom

Whythekeytotheabuseofpur
poseistogr
owinunder
standingAndGod
l
ovesbabyChri
sti
ansbecauseofonethi
ng,
andthati
sinnocent

Theyarepureinhear
tbutnotpur
einact.
,theymaynotbepur
ei nactbut
theyarei
nnocenti
nactandbecauseofthatGodsaysIwri
tet
oy ou
chil
drenf
oryoursinar
eforgi
venforhi
snamesake(1stJohn2:13)
Andatt
hisst
age,
thei
rsi
nisf
orgi
venbecauset
heydon'
tknowwhatt
hey

287
aredoing.Fort
hefi
rstsetwhichist
heweakone,y
oursi
nisf
orgi
ven
becausethespir
iti
swill
ingbutthef
leshi
sweak
Whyf ort
hesecondgroupwhi
chisthebabyChr i
sti
any oursi
nisforgi
ven
becauseyoudon'
tknowwhatyouaredoing.Thatisthefi
rstsetwhichi
s
theweakone,Chri
sthascompassi
onont hem becausethespiri
tiswil
l
ing
butthefl
eshi
sweak

Whyfort
hesecondsetwhi
chisbabyChr
isthav
emer
cyonthem because
t
heydon'
tknowwhattheyar
edoing.Tot
heweakGodhav
ecompassi on
whyt
ot hebabyGodhaveMercy

Whati
sthedi
ff
erencebet
weenmer
cyandcompassi
on

*
Compassionist
hesympat
het
icpi
tyandconcer
nforthesuff
eri
ngsor
misf
ort
unesofot
her
switht
hewil
li
ngnesst
ohelpthem outofi
t*

Whil
eMer cymeanki
ndandf or
giv
ingtreat
mentofsomeoneforhi
s
wrongdoi
ngwit
hawill
ingnesstoover
lookthepuni
shmenthedecei
ves
f
rom you

Sothecompassi
onofGodonusmakehi
m wantt
ohel
pusoutofthesin
whyhismercymakeshi
mfor
giv
eusoursi
nandremov
etheconsequences
wedeserv
e

Meaningy oucanhav
emer cyonsomeonewi t
houthavingcompassi
on,that
i
sy oucanf or
giv
esomeoneofhi ssinoverl
ookthepunishmenthedeser
v es
butwithoutfi
ndi
ngsolut
ionstohisprobl
ems.Meaningy ouhavemercybut
youdon'thavecompassionandthisisGodforyouintheoldtest
ament

288
I
nt heol
dt est
ament ,
Godshowmer cyheforgi
vessi
n,byt
heshar
ingofthe
bloodofananimal asatonementf
orthesi
nbutGoddidnotf
indsol
uti
ons
totheproblem oft
heirsi
n

Butforusi nt
henewt estament,Goddidnotonlyshowmer cyhealsoshow
compassi on,
meaning,heshowsusmer cybyforgivenusoursi
n,t
heblood
ofChristpayforoursi
nandGoddi dnotstopt
her ebuthegaveusnew
hear
t,her emovesourstonesHeart,hegaveusanewspi r
it
,hegaveus
newlifeandhegav eushi sSpi
ri
t,i
nadditi
on,t
ost rengt
henusandteachus
howt ocomeoutofsi n

SoGodhascompassi ononusbecausewear eweakandhehasmer cyon

usbecausewear ebabiesbefor
ehim whoisgrowingint
oper fect
ion.And
forme,Iwi
llal
way sr
emai nbabybef
oremyheav enlyfat
her,befor
emenI
maybemat urebutbeforeGod,mayInevergrowoutofbaby ,becauseIjust
l
ov et
obesleepingonhi sl
ap,Ij
ustl
ovetobemy selfbefor
ehim

ICanbeclai
minghol
i
nessandri
ghteousnessbefor
emanwhichisgood
butbefor
ehi
m, Ir
emainbaby
.Sothathi
smer cycanbenewovermeevery
morning

Beforemen,Imayappearst
rongbutbefor
eGodmayIneverappearstr
ong
ti
llr
aptur
ecome,becausehegavegracetotheweak(
humbl
e)hisgrace
workmostinmyweakness,Igotohim wit
hmyweaknesstocovermewi t
h
theclot
hofgrace

Threethi
ngsIneedi
nmylif
e,t
hegar
mentofgrace,t
hecapofmercy,and
theshoeofcompassi
on,
witht
heset
hreeIam goodtobecomeanyt
hing

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Godwant
smet obecomeinl
i
fe.Sowehav
etalkedaboutt
hef
ir
str
eason
whysi
nfi
ndexpressi
oni
nmanwhichi
sweaknesses

Wehavetal
kedaboutthesecondreasonwhysi
nfindsexpr
essi
oni
nman
whi
chisbecauseofspi
ri
tualage.Nowtothet
hir
dpointwhichi
swi
ll
ful
di
sobedi
ent
.

Bui
ldi
ngYourI
nnerMan
Chapt
erf
our
teen
_
___
___
___
___
___
__
TheSi
noft
hei
nnerman
_
___
___
___
___
___
__

St
il
lont
het
hreedi
mensi
onsofmani
fest
ati
onofsi
ninmanl
i
fe

Wehav etal
kedabout
,si
nthatmanifest
sbaseonweakness,
wehav
eal
so
t
alkedaboutsi
nthatmanif
estsbaseonspir
it
ual
age
Nowt
othet
hir
dpoi
nt.

Andt
het
hir
d*i
sthewi
ll
fuldi
sobedi
ence*

Disobedi
enti
nthenewt
estamentisnotwhenyoucommitsi
norfall
int
o
si
nitiswhenyouknowt
hatsomethingi
sasinandGodhasgivenyouthe

290
manifesti
nggracetoli
veabovethesinbutduet
ot hegainofthesiny
ou
takeadvantageoftheki
ndnessandloveofGodtodoy oudesi
re,
youtake
advantageofthefreegr
acetodoy ourwil
l,y
out
aket hegracefor
l
av i
sci
ousness,thi
siscal
leddi
sobedient
,iti
swi
ll
fulsin.

Oneofthebadnat
ureofmanistheabi
l
itytoabusegr
aceandt
akethe
si
mpli
cit
yofsomeoneforgr
anted,
wedoi tt
omanandi ti
sapi
ctur
eof
whatwedotoGod.

ThisiswhatPaulmeanwhenhesaidyoucannotcont
inuei
nsinandsai
d
graceshoul
dincr
ease.TheBi
bledi
dnotsay,
youcannotconti
nuein
weaknessandsaidgracewi
ll
abound.

TheBibledi
dnotsayyoucannotbeababyandsaidgracewil
labound
.Yourweaknessdoesnotreducegr
acey
ourweaknessisther
easonwhy
gracecomesbecausegraceworkmosti
nthatweakness

Soifmastur
bati
onisaweakness,Itel
l y
outodayt
hatitcannotreducethe
graceofGodinyourl
if
e,i
tist
hegr aceofGodthatwil
lreducei
t.Sincan
notkil
lgr
aceinyouiti
sgracethatkil
lsthesi
ninyou

Thepowerofsi nhasbeenrender
edpower l
esssosincannol ongerkil
l
grace.Butwil
lf
ulsincanki
llgr
acebecauseatthi
sstageiti
sintenti
onal
si
n, i
tisthesi
ny ouwanttocommitthatyoufi
ndyoursel
fdoingit.

I
fy oursinisbaseony ourspir
it
ualage,
isinababy ,thati
tisbaseonthe
factthatyoudon'tknowwhaty ouaredoing,suchsindonotkil
lgr
ace,
it
doesnotaf fectgr
aceandi tdoesnotaf
fectanoint
ing

291
Thaty ouarebabyat t
ractgracetogr ow, t
haty ouareweakattractgraceto
best rong,
butwheny ousinwill
ful
lyy ourejectgracefory
ourself.Themaj or
sinthatstopsgraceiswi l
lf
ul,knowingt hatsomet hi
ngissin,
thecapaci t
yt o
overcomei ti
siny ouandy ouknow andy etyoucommi tthesinbecause
yout akeGodgracef orgranted,thatiswhati tmeanst oconti
nuei nsinand
thi
nkgr acewil
labound(Romans6: 1)

Toconti
nuei nsi
nisdif
ferentf
rom fal
li
ngintosin,
ify
ouf al
li
ntosingrace
aboundgraceaboundsmuchmor ebecausewher esi
naboundgr ace
abound.TheBibl
edidnotsaywher esinneraboundgraceabound,gr
acedo
notaboundwher esi
nnerabounds,graceaboundswher esi
nabounds
(Romans5: 20)

Sotofal
lint
osi
n,agai
nandagai
n,i
sdi
ff
erentf
rom cont
inui
ngi
nsi
nagai
n
andagai
n.

Tof allintosinisbaseondoi ngt hesi

ny oudon'twantt odo,eventhough
youf allintothatmast urbationev erydayasl ongasi tappearsbefor
eGod
thatthewi l
li
ngnessi sthere, t
hatt hespiri
tiswil
lingtocomeoutofi tbut
thefleshi sweak, graceabound. Butasituati
onwher ey outhi
nkbecause
Godi sl ovely
, Godiskind, yout ookadv antageofi tt
ogoi nt
osin,again
andagai n,youar ekill
ingthegr aceofGodupony ourl
ife

Wil
li
ngful
ldisobedi
enti
sar
ebel
l
ionbef
oreGod,
thi
siswhatmakessoul
di
ff
erentfr
om Dav i
d

Davi
dsinisbecauseofweaknessandspir
it
ualaget
hatiswhyoncehe
di
scover
sthesin,hegoestodeeprepent
ance,
hegoesintogodl
ysorr
ow,

292
hehasaconcret
espi
ri
tandthi
siswhatmakesGodal wayshavemer cyand
compassiononhi
m,Davi
dwasamant hatunder
standsthekeythatopens
theheav
enofmercyandcompassi
onofGodandt hi
sishowGodwant sus
toli
ve

Butfort
hekingSaul
,hewasreject
edbecausehissinisr
ebel
li
on,heknows
whathewantstodoiswrong,heknowstherightbuthewentaheadanddo
thewrong.Whenyoudothi
s,youtamperwiththemercyofGodov ery
our
l
ife

Youviol
atet
hepr
otocol
ofmer
cyandcompassi
on,
youl
ostt
hesur
ekeyof
Davi
d

Therearemanypeoplet hatGodhast aki

ngawaythekingdom outoft
heir
headlikeKi
ngsaul,Godhast akentheminist
ryoutoft
heirhead,Godhasto
takeawaytheassignmentoutoft hei
rhandbecauseofthissi
ngleact
(wil
l
fi
llsi
n..Asi
nofrebell
ion)

Trulythecal
lofGodiswit
houtrepent
ance,buthi
sassi
gnmentiswith
repentance,
themandatei
swithrepentance.
Youcanhavethegif
t,havet
he
callandyetGodwil
lnotcommissionanyassignmenti
ntoy
ourhand

Soyouar
ejustusi
ngt
hegiftt
odowhatyouli
ke,y
ouknowt hatGodisnot
l
eadi
ngyoutodoanyt
hing,
theheav
enofmini
str
yiscl
ose.
..Every
thi
ngis
dr
y,

Youthi
nktohavethegif
tinusist
obeli
eveGodiswithyou,y
oucanhav
e
thegi
ftofGodandforhavi
ngtheGodofthegi
ft
,becausetohavet
he
mandateisev
idencet
hatGodiswithy
ouandyouar ewithGod

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Don'
tshowmethegi
fti
nyourl
i
feshowmeGodsmandat
einy
ourhand,
showmewhatGodhascommitt
edint
oyourhand,

AndifGoddidnotcommi tany
thingintoyourhandandyouareclai
ming
Goddoes,itwi
l
lshow,therewil
lnotbespeed, ther
ewil
lnotbeGods
backi
ng,menwill
notseewhaty ouar edoing,
therewi
ll
beast r
uggle
becauseyouar
etryi
ngtobewhaty ouarenot

AnotherDavi
dhasbeenanointedf ortheassignment,youcansti
l
l hav
et he
gi
ftandthecall
sbutyounol ongerhav et
heassignment .Why?Not
becauseofthesinofweakness,notbecauseoft hesinbaseony our
spi
rit
ualagebutbecauseofwillf
il
l i
n,youtakethegraceofGodf orgranted
Thi
siswhatGodsai
dconcer
ningt
hem

Trul
ywebeli
ever
sdonotneedt
ofearGodbutweneedt
ohonorhi
m,t
he
honorofGodi
sthebegi
nni
ngofwisdom

WhentheBi
blesayst
hefearoft
heLordist
hebegi
nni
ngofwi sdom,
the
r
ightwor
dfr
om theHebr
ewwor disnotf
ear
,iti
saref
erence

Andt
hewor
dref
erencemeanst
oacknowl
edge,
tohonor
Sotherighti
nter
pret
ati
onoft
hatBibl
ev er
seistheref
erenceofGod,the
acknowledgmentofGodinal
lyoudo,thehonorofGodisthebeginni
ngof
wisdom
Fearofanyonedoesnotbri
nganywi
sdom,therearesomescr
ipt
urethat
weshouldlear
ntoallowcommonsenseshouldleadustor
eachitt
oget
therootoft
hemat t
er

294
Therei
snotaconnectionbetweenf earandwi sdom,fori
nstance,i
fy ou
noti
ceanydi
mensionofwi sdom inanyel dersandyouhonort hem,that
honorwil
lmakethem drawy oucloserandbet ell
ingyoudeept hi
ngsf rom
theweal
thofexperi
ence.Soi nt
henewt estament,wedon'tfearGod, but
weknowGODt hathonoristhebegi nni
ngofanygoodt hi
ng

Anexampleofamant
hathonor
sGodmosti
sDav
idSoawi
l
ful
sini
sabi
g
di
shonort
oGod
SoGodknowswhent hesi nisbaseonweaknesswher et
hespiri
tiswil
l
ing
tochooserightbutt
hef l
eshisweakwhichmaket hi
ngsy oudon'
twantto
dotofindyoursel
fdoingit.Godknowswhent hesinisbaseony our
spi
ri
tualunderst
andi
ngwhi chmakesy oudowr ongthi
nki
ngy ouaredoi
ng
ri
ght.
..

AndGodknowswheny
ousi
nint
ent
ional
l
y
Fort
hosewhoar
eweakwhaty
ouneedi
sgr
ace
Fort
hosewhoar
ebabyandspi
ri
tual
immat
urewhaty
ouneedi
sgr
owt
h
Whyf
ort
hosewhoar
esi
ngi
ngwi
l
li
ngl
ywhaty
ouneedi
srepent
ance

Takenot
e

Thef
ir
stneedgr
ace
Thesecondneedgr
owt
h
Whi
l
ethel
astneedr
epent
ance

Andi
fyouf
all
int
othi
sthi
rdset
,ki
ndl
ypr
ivat
echar
tmef
oroneononet
alk

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Becauseoncet
her
eisl
i
fet
her
eishope
Thi
sist
heEndofbui
l
dingt
hei
nnerman

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eyoual
l

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