Kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God

The kingdom of heaven is church. It is the extension of kingdom of God (that operates in heaven) on earth. It is a means through which God's will is being carried out on earth at heaven's pace. In the church, everything is possible- 'thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven'. 

 

Jesus took his time to describe the kingdom of heaven - how it will grow from a tiny seed (Matt. 13:31-32), how the enemy is going to penetrate and how God will separate the wheat from the tares (Matt 13:24-30). 

Sometimes, both (kingdom of God and kingdom of heaven) are used interchangeably, however after the second coming of Christ, only kingdom of God will be applicable. Luke 22:16 'For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.' 

In the church, God's will could be done without interference of enemies. Devil did all it could to stop the Messiah, Jesus had to move from one place to another; but in the church, there is unimaginable advancement but the gate of hell could not prevail. 

The kingdom of heaven is the kingdom of the Holy Spirit. God operating an impenetrable system (just like that of heaven) on earth which is already dominated by devil. The Church is a wisdom of God. 

The kingdom of God is in you, it is righteousness, peace and joy in Holy Ghost. The kingdom of God simply mean the reign of God and the Bible says it is within you. It is evident in 3 ways. Your relationship with God (righteousness), with your neighbour (peace) and with yourself (joy in the HS). The reign of God has been in existence since the earth began, it is in Abraham, and it goes beyond this earth; we will dwell in it in heaven.

Church and the different denominations

The church is a thousand days that has become one day. 

There are different denominations. People often wonder if its not the same God and purpose that the different denominations serve. 

The way of God is mysterious and very different from that of man. To produce John, God made him to grow up in the wilderness but Jesus was made in the temple and home. Both of them had different approaches to things but same view and purpose. However, their disciples never understood, they were antagonistic to one another. Same way it is with the members of the different denominations. 

In those days one event will take its time and then lead the way to another event and it took thousands of years for redemption to come. Imagine John and Jesus fulfilling destiny at the same time, that would save months/years (instead Jesus had to wait for John to be through). But in the church there is a quickening effect (imagine both father and son ministries running in the same town at the same time; years being saved, Elijah and Moses would not have to transcend generations to speak directly with Jesus; what a great wisdom of God in church). 

Each denomination stands for something and the HS is making each one to fulfil her purpose in her own way; at the end of the day, every thing will culminate into an ever standing dynamic single body of Christ. Every true ministry is ordained by God and it will last, no matter what happens. 

There is power in church, that is why the church can never fall, that is why nothing will be impossible for the church. Think about this, every bits of God evolving and coming together as one and Jesus being the head. Wow!!! This is just unthinkable.  

In conclusion, the church is one, the denominations show the different phases of evolution/revelation in the church and each stage/phase is built to stand the test of time fulfilling a continuous destiny.

The switch of Praise

Only the living will praise the lord, let everything that has breathe praise the lord. Psalm 115:17.  

There is a link between life on earth and praise. There is no record of the dead praising God; Angels do not praise, they worship. Praise is dynamic, intriguing, worship is repetition. 

It is a weapon of battle. Praise has been used by great men of faith as powerful weapon. 

The truth is there are certain times a fight is not yours and at such time what you should do is to invite God to do the fighting by praising Him. Instances of such conditions are; 

1. When God sends you on errands, and u encounter difficulties. 
2. When for God, you just could not take the next step. 
3. When in the process, the other party defiled the name of God 1Sam. 17:47. 

What to do when the battle is the Lord's. Praise. God inhabits praises. And wisdom teaches us to turn every battle to God's battle Romans 12:20-21 'Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.' The same way an enemy can turn the battle against you by using God (case of Balaam and the Israelites) you too make the battle God's battle by heaping coal on your enemy.

How to get your miracle in your church services

People go to church for different reasons. Some for influence, some to serve God. Some because they want to catch someone's attention. None of this matters, so long it is the house of God, God is there and what matters is what you get in church. 

Some think they can only be blessed when they are in certain churches. I tell you today, so long you go to a faith church, you can get blessed. 

And some wonder why they are not been blessed despite the fact that they have been in church for a long time while new converts are getting all the testimonies.  

It really does not matter what church it is, all you can ever need is already there and you just need to tap them.  

A lesson from Cain and Abel, and the woman that dropped her widows might Cain and Abel brought sacrifices to God one was accepted the other was not. Why? Abel's sacrifice defined the moment, it was designed as though it was special. The day must have been an ancient Thanksgiving day. He brought the first and the fattest of his farm produce. Cain's sacrifice defines nothing, he just took part of his animals ( though not the skinny ones as some believe). There was nothing special, it was just like business as usual. 

When you appear before God, it doesn't matter what brings you, what matters is how you seize the moment as though it is unto the Lord. The widow felt the presence of God and dropped all (which was indeed not much) as though it is unto God cheerfully. 

What matters is how you hold that determining moment (the blessing is always for the last man standing). David despite being a king danced like a common man Nothing is ordinary during service and no service is ordinary, understand it and seize the moment as though it is unto the Lord. Appear ready, bold and serious before God and no blessing will elude you.

How to minister to God

The atmosphere of God longs for you the way a man long for a woman. He misses her and he beckons to her, while she too feels it in her spirit, such a connection!. 

Jesus withdrew himself to go and pray but he ended up spending the whole night Luke 6:12 (He wanted to go but God's Spirit did not let him) In the beginning, God came down at the cool of the day when He couldn't see Adam. 

Man is a special being, the missing link between the creator and the creatures (all creatures await our manifestation). Even the angels depend on us to understand the wisdom of God. We are the only being that can reach unto the heart of God. We can touch the heart of Jesus and make him stand. Acts 7:56. We can make him smile, we can make him feel satisfied, we can make him angry. Genesis 6:6. We have a direct tie to his heart; we are the only being He cannot completely ignore no matter how much we wrong him. It was easy for Him to punish the fallen angels for eternity, it was easy for Him to destroy animals, but He cannot stand a falling soul (John 3:16). 

He loves you, long for you. So you have a duty to him, that is, you are to minister to Him. How? 

1. By exercising your faith, 

2. True worship, 

3. By interceding (Genesis 18:17-19). 

When you minister to God, God will feel your presence, that is when He feels you are alive.

The act of hearing from God

First of all, how do human hear one another? How did language evolve? 

Early humans communicated with symbols which come in different forms and because of our uniqueness, we were able to develop our complex languages. Don't be too surprised, the serpent might not have communicated with Eve with words but rather with symbols. 

God could come down to our level regardless of how primitive our language may be just as human could study and communicate with other inferior beings. 

We see use of ephods in the Bible used by people who have consecrated themselves and who have trained themselves on how to understand a probability sign medium through which the mind of God concerning an issue could be known. 

However hearing from God is what you develop when you walk with God, you get used to Him and you get to feel His opinion on things and with faith it transcend to what feels like a voice or any other feeling. The truth is God has divers ways through which He can communicate. 

The more exposed you are to the way God speaks with you, the better you are at mastering it. Abraham could hear the voice of God, even see angels and follow it directly; whereas a man like Gideon despite seeing an angel needed confirmation that it was from God (cos demons could present themselves as if they were angels of light). 

Unlike popular belief, it is better to ask for confirmation if you are not sure. God is always ready to provide you with more proofs (if its truly from Him), even Abraham, at first , needed proofs, he asked (Gen. 15:1-5,8.) and God gave it to him in a way that he could not doubt. Peter recognised Jesus at once but Thomas shamefully needed more and he got it.

What is Trinity?

Trinity is a terminology that is not found in the Bible but used to aid our understanding of the Godhead - the Father, the Son and the HS. And we understand from the Bible that these three are one. 

In the beginning we understand that God the Father used the word 'let us'.

It is easy to understand and it is wisdom. The same way it was for man that the woman was taken out of man and the two remain as one, so it is with the son and HS with the Father. Wisdom presented 3 personalities in the Godhead to us in redemption. 

Roles 

The Father proposes. 

The Son arranges the order of things. 

The HS accomplishes it (Job 26:5, Ps 104:29). 

The Father approves it (it is good). 

The Father is not complete as Godhead without the Son and the Spirit. 

The Spirit is an aspect of Godhead formed into a whole. The HS is the power of God. 

The Word is an aspect of Godhead formed into a whole (Proverb 28:22-23). The word is the wisdom of God. 

The Father is the head; both the HS and Son are subject to the Father and all the 3 of them are one 

The Father is always in need of companion. 

Both the Spirit and the Son cannot leave Him at the same time. When one is on assignment the other stays with Him. 

When Jesus was sent, both the Father and the Spirit were together (Isaiah 48:16). 

Before the HS was released to commence His ministry, Jesus had to go to the Father. In the beginning when the HS was hovering the face of the sea, the Son was with the Father (Genesis 1:2, Proverb 8:30, John 1:1,3).  

The ministry of HS. 

Monitoring and ensuring what God has set in place. 

There is no difference between OT & NT manifestations of HS but some things are different- God was far away in OT but very near in NT, so most things were known in minute part in OT but in NT we know better (it is just a matter of how much understanding man is capable of knowing). 

However for the HS, it does not matter if God was far away or near, He does His work (people of faith still received Christ even before he came, Hebrews11:23-26) thereby producing fruit. But the closeness to God matters to man- hope, assurance of the promises of God, fulfilment of Gods promises; making it possible for the weak to understand God (expanding the kingdom of God). 

In the NT we understand that our spirits were recreated, they became alive, able to relate with God. Likewise, we understand that the HS now dwells in us.

Keys

HS- Holy Spirit

OT- Old Testament

NT- New Testament