The Union of the Spirit We Have (Part 1)

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right in. I want to thank God for this opportunity

to bring the world to us. I want to thank the

pastorate as well for this opportunity and I

urge you to pay attention, to participate and

to be blessed. Amen. Today we're going to be

looking at some words what I've been teaching

on, which was the supernatural nature of the

Christian gathering. And one of the things that

we said there was that what made this gathering

supernatural is because the Holy Spirit is here.

Praise the Lord! Because the Holy Spirit dwells

in the inside of us. So, today we want to look

at the union of the spirit that we have, or the

union of the Holy Spirit that we have. Before

we dive into that especially, I would like us

to look at so many things that will entrench

you, so many things that will bless you. That

is, how those locations and some names or some

places in the Bible translate to God's plan.

Praise the Lord! How does places and names of

places translate to God's plan? How does that

reveal God's plan? Praise the Lord! If you understand

these things, it will save us a lot of things.

It will save us from being manipulated. It will

save us our money. It will save us so many things.

Praise the Lord! Matthew 28. Also, we are going

to look at 1 Peter chapter 2, verse 9. We are

1 Peter 2:9

also going to look into how we have become that,

or how we are that, that is, how we are a chosen

generation, how we are royal priests. Praise

the Lord! Is that God's plan or we just came

into it? Praise the Lord! Has that been God's

plan or did it just happen in the New Testament?

Praise the Lord. Matthew chapter 28, verse 18

Matthew 28:18–20

to 20. Verse 18 said, And Jesus came and spoke

to them, saying, All authority has been given

me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make

disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the

name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy

Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that

have commanded you and know and meet you always,

even to the end of the age. Mark chapter 16 verse

Mark 16:15

15 said, And he said to them, Go into all the

world and preach the gospel to every creature.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved.

But he who does not believe will be condemned.

And these signs will follow those who believe.

In my name they will cast out their demons. They

will speak with new terms. They will take up

sacraments and if they drink anything deadly,

it will by no means halt them. They will lay

hands on the sick and they will recover. So then,

after the Lord has spoken to them, he was received

up into heaven. and sat at the right hand of

God, and they went out and preached everywhere,

the Lord walking with them and confirming their

words through the accompanying of signs. Amen.

John chapter 20 John chapter 20 verse 19 to 23

John 20 · chapter mention John 20:19–23

Verse 19 said, Then the same day at the evening,

being the first day of the week, when the doors

were shut, where the disciples were assembled

for the fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood

in the midst of them, and said to them, Peace

be with you. When he had said this, he showed

them his hand and his side. Then the disciples

were glad when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said

to them, again, peace to you. As the Father has

sent me, I have also sent you. When he has said

this, he breathed on them and said to them, receive

the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any,

they will be forgiven. If you retain the sins

of any, they will be retained. Praise the Lord!

We have been looking at these in our previous

teachings. The pastors have been teaching us

these things. We said that this is the great

commission and the thing that God has given believers

to do. This is God's intention for every believer

that we go and make disciples. We go and we teach

the gospel. We go and we show the power of God

in healing, in casting out demons. Praise the

Lord! As a result of following His instructions.

Praise the Lord! So this is the Great Commission

and from this place where we read, from Mark

16, we see that this is also the last moment

where the disciples physically saw Jesus. So

He was giving them a command. Like I said, we're

going to look at a few things and what they mean

to the intention of God. So in that Matthew 16,

28, verse 19 says, he said, go therefore and

make disciples of all nations, baptizing them

in the name of the Father and of the Son and

of the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord. So we see

here, Jesus said to them, they should go and

make disciples of all nations. So we see all

nations in this place. Praise the Lord. And in

Mark, he says, all the world, Mark chapter 16,

Mark 16 · chapter mention

verse Mark chapter 16 verse 15, right? We see

Mark 16:15

all the world. Praise the Lord. So what does

all nation mean? Praise the Lord. What does all

nation mean? All nation is the world has her

at nose. Has her at nose. P -A -S -H -O -T -H

-N -O -S What does all nation mean? I will also

read in Luke, in Luke chapter 24. Luke chapter

Luke 24 · chapter mention Luke 24 · chapter mention

24. Like I said, just pay attention and you will

understand what we are doing. 24 and verse 47.

He said, our repentance and remission of sin

should be preached in His name to all nations

beginning at Jerusalem. Okay? So we're going

to look at all nations and we're going to look

at why He said they should begin at Jerusalem.

What does that mean? Praise the Lord. Does it

mean that they cannot start from Syria? Does

it mean they should not start from somewhere

else? Praise the Lord! Why start from Jerusalem?

Praise the Lord! Why start from Jerusalem? In

John chapter 20, verse 23, that talks about if

John 20:23

you forgive the sins of any. Praise the Lord!

So that any day is talking about if you forgive

the sins of anybody that is anybody in the world

Same thing are saying all the world praise the

lord So as you're preaching if you forgive the

sins of any in all the world their sins will

be forgiven praise the lord So we're going to

focus our teaching like I said on all nations

and why does he say they should begin? At jerusalem,

praise the lord all nations right So, I said

that all nations is the word ethnos in the Greek,

right? We see that also in Luke chapter 24. Let's

Luke 24 · chapter mention

go back to Luke chapter 24. The earlier verses

Luke 24 · chapter mention

before, where we read earlier, the earlier verses

in verse 24. And certain of these who were with

us went to the tomb and found it just as the

women had said. But hearing they did not see,

praised the Lord, then He said to them, awfulish

ones, on slow of heart, to believe all that the

prophet hath spoken, but not the Christ, to have

suffered these things, and to enter his glory.

Verse 27 now, it says, Beginning at Moses and

in all the prophets, He expounded to them in

all the scriptures the things concerning Himself.

Praise the Lord! And we also looked at this place

and we saw that what Jesus did was that He taught

them through the scriptures. Praise the Lord!

He did not lay hands on them and say, receive

knowledge. Right? He taught them in all the scriptures.

So Jesus taught them in all the scriptures, right?

And we said that Jesus did not just start teaching

them anything He felt like teaching them. Rather,

He taught them, as the scripture says, from the

entirety of the scriptures. He said, from beginning

and Moses and in all the prophets, He expounded

to them in all the scriptures the things concerning

Himself. And we have looked at that word, expound,

Right? So, Jesus translated to them, in essence,

what has been said. So, we can also say that

in the four gospels and also in the epistle,

what we have here is translations or interpretation

of the scriptures. That is, from Genesis to Malachi.

Praise the Lord! So, because Jesus came and He

spoke the things concerning Himself from the

Scriptures. Praise the Lord! So, you can write

this. Translations are words which give interpretations,

right? Translations are words which give interpretation.

That is, giving meanings to words that are spoken

in other places. in other cultures, in other

languages, in other contexts. Praise the Lord.

He expounded to them in all the scriptures the

things containing himself. They said, beginning

at Moses and in all the prophets. In verse 45

of that same Luke 24. Verse 45. And He opened

their understanding that they may comprehend

the Scriptures. The New King James would say

that He opened their understanding that they

may understand the Scriptures. Praise the Lord.

Right? So, the word to understand, right, it

means to read the Scriptures together. That's

in His saying that they may comprehend. Right?

That place comprehend means that the Scriptures

are read together. is the greek word sunay your

my let me spell it s -y -n -e sorry s -y -n -i

-e -m -i it means to read the scriptures together

which means that the scriptures do not contradict

praise the lord so when he says that He opened

the understanding that they may comprehend the

scriptures, is that the understanding they had,

there was no contradiction. Praise the Lord.

The scriptures do not contradict. It was read

together. Praise the Lord. It was read and interpreted

together. It also means that the scriptures,

right, they mean the same thing. They're not

saying different things. Praise the Lord. So

when you begin to see that something is contradicting

what is said in other places, it means that you

need to read it together. Praise the Lord! The

scriptures do not contradict themselves. It means

the same thing. So Jesus understood how to read

the scriptures properly. Praise the Lord! He

understood what it means to read the scriptures

properly. In verse 44, He said to them, that

all things must be fulfilled which were written

in the law of Moses, the prophet and the sons

consigning me. Praise the Lord! So every teaching

he was giving to them, he was teaching them from

the entirety of the scriptures. Praise the Lord!

He was reading it together, so they are able

to comprehend. They are able to understand. He

read it through. In verse 47, as we said, he

said, And that's what the Savior now said, that

repentance and remission of sins be preached

to all nations beginning at Jerusalem. As we

said, why begin at Jerusalem? Why don't we start

from Utopia? Praise the Lord. Since we saw that

there was Utopia in the Scriptures, why didn't

they start from Utopia? Praise the Lord. Why

did they start from Jerusalem? Why Jerusalem?

So beginning from Jerusalem is also the same

word we see in verse 27 that talks about beginning

at Moses and in the prophets. Right? It's the

same thing that we see there. Acts chapter 1

Acts 1:8

verse 8. Why Jerusalem? They say, but you shall

receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon

you and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem

and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends

of the earth, that is all nations. Praise the

Lord. So why is he telling them that there will

be witnesses from whom? From Jerusalem. Why Jerusalem?

Praise the Lord. So we must understand, right,

that location or if you like, Geography is also

part of theology. To be able to understand the

scriptures properly, you cannot neglect locations,

things that are said in certain places. For you

to be able to interpret properly, you have to

understand that geography has a huge part to

play in theology. Praise the Lord! Why Jerusalem?

John chapter 4, verse 19 to 20. In secondary

John 4:19–20

school, by the way, geography was my best subject,

right? I could, during our way, one thing you

can be sure is that we can write the textbook

for you the way it's written, right? Because

we had a very good geography teacher, same as

Uncle Shola, he's a lot. This is my first introduction

to the Yoruba people. Praise the Lord. He was

a very, very good man. Why Jerusalem? John chapter

John 4 · chapter mention

4, from verse 19 to 20. That is the Samaritan

woman. He says, and the woman said, Sir, I perceive

that you are a prophet. Our fathers worship on

this mountain, and the Jews say that in Jerusalem

is a place where one ought to worship. Why did

the Jews say that Jerusalem is a place where

one ought to worship? Praise the Lord. So, it

means that if you find a location, right, or

you see a location in the Bible, right, there

is a meaning to it. So there is a meaning to

the word Jerusalem, and it's referred to also

from the Old Testament. Second Samuel chapter

2 Samuel 5 · chapter mention

5, 7 and 9. So, nevertheless, David took the

stronghold of Zion that is the city of David.

And David dwelt in the stronghold and called

it the city of David. And David built all around

from the mills and inward. Praise the Lord. So

Zion is in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. Zion is

in Jerusalem. And we see that Addo Azak, right?

or Zadak, in Joshua chapter 10 verse 1, we see

Joshua 10:1

that Jerusalem had a king, praise the Lord. Joshua

Joshua 10:1

chapter 10 verse 1. We see there that Jerusalem

had a king, praise the Lord. But then, before

then, we have also known that there was a king

of Salem praise the Lord the Jerusalem is not

just one word praise the Lord there was a king

of Salem Genesis chapter 14 verse 18 Genesis

Genesis 14:18 Genesis 14:18

chapter 14 verse 18 now Melchizedek the king

of Salem brought out bread and wine he watched

the priests of God Most High. Praise the Lord!

That word, Melchizedek, should trick me off.

Thank God I'm able to call it properly nowadays.

Melchizedek is the King of Salem. Praise the

Lord! We also saw that David prophesied about

it. Psalms 110, verse 1 -4. Psalms 110 from his

Psalms 110:1–4

1 to 4. Psalms 101. The Psalm of David, the Lord

said to my Lord, sit at my right hand, till I

make your enemies your first two. And the Lord

shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion.

rule in the midst of your enemies. Your people

shall be volunteers, or willing, some other scriptures

would put, in the days of your power, in the

beauty of his holiness from the womb of the morning.

You have the dawn of your youth. Verse four.

The Lord has sworn I will not relent. You are

a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.

Praise the Lord. according to the order of Melchizedek.

So Jerusalem is a place, right, and it has a

king, right? We also saw that David built houses

there, praise the Lord, or the city of David

in that place. So we also see a prophecy here,

right, about how they're going to be a priest

according to the order of Melchizedek, right?

Melchizedek is the king of Salem, which we know

as the king of righteousness and justice. Praise

the Lord. So we see how important this is. Isaiah

Isaiah 40:9

40 verse 9. Isaiah, more on Jerusalem, Isaiah

Isaiah 40:9

40 verse 9. Isaiah chapter 40 verse 9. O Zion,

Isaiah 40:9

you who bring good tithing, get up in the high

mountains, O Jerusalem, you who bring good tithing,

lift up your voice with strength, lift it up,

be not afraid, say to the city of Judah, behold

your God. Praise the Lord. Behold your God. And

there have been several teachings on good tiding,

right? The word good tiding there is the word

basea, right? B -A -S -A -R. It's pronounced

basea. B -A -S -A -N, right? And good tiding

is about the kingdom of God. Praise the Lord.

The good tide in the air is about the kingdom

of God. It's a behold your God. So the concept

of Jerusalem is that of a kingdom. Praise the

Lord. The idea of Jerusalem is that of a kingdom.

It's a kingdom of peace. Praise the Lord. It

is the kingdom of peace. Praise the Lord. it

is the kingdom of peace right its war or sorry

its weapon is also that of peace praise the lord

its weapon is also that of peace so by speaking

of them to begin at Jerusalem in Luke chapter

Luke 4 · chapter mention

4 so Luke chapter 24 from verse 47 right It is

Luke 24 · chapter mention

because Jerusalem is a geography that has a theology.

Praise the Lord. It has a meaning. Praise the

Lord. It is not just like any other city. It

is different from every other city. It is about

the kingdom. And it is the kingdom of peace.

Praise the Lord. So when he says they should

bring good tidings about the kingdom, It's a

sign that it is about peace. The message is peace.

Praise the Lord. So the people understood what...

So it's a different kingdom from every other

one. They knew that the gospel was the gospel

about a kingdom. Praise the Lord. So when he

says, beginning at Jerusalem, he knew that it

was about a kingdom and a kingdom... has king.

And the king is for the whole earth. Praise the

Lord. It is not just a kingdom for a king for

Jerusalem, but for the whole earth. And he's

also a kingdom of peace. So he says beginning

at Jerusalem means that the message, right, and

the location are related. Praise the Lord. The

location is that of peace. The message is that

of peace. praise the lord is that of the kingdom

of god the message and the location is related

to each other jerusalem is a place of peace so

beginning at jerusalem it is saying it is a gospel

of peace praise the lord it is a gospel of peace

do you understand do you understand So when he

says, beginning at Jerusalem, he's saying that

Jerusalem is a place of peace. It is the gospel

of peace. The message and the location are related.

Romans 10 verse 15. Romans 10 verse 15. I say,

Romans 10:15 Romans 10:15

how shall they preach unless they are said? And

it's written, how beautiful are the feet of those

who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad

tidings of good things. He says what? Who preach

the gospel of peace? Praise the Lord! Who preach

the gospel of peace? Or the gospel, if you like,

of Jerusalem. Why? Because Jerusalem is a place

of peace. It is a kingdom of God. So, Jesus has

brought peace and what He is reconciling men

to Himself. So, when He says they should preach,

He is telling them that you have preached the

gospel of peace, or beginning at Jerusalem, it

is the gospel of peace. Praise the Lord! So,

we now see how the location is related to the

message. Right? So, but let's not get it wrong.

Right? Just like some of you will see later how

some of the disciples, they understand what he

was saying. So, Jerusalem now, or Jerusalem is

a parable. Praise the Lord. Jerusalem is a parable.

Praise the Lord. And, but the message is a reality

of what he's saying. Praise the Lord. What is

a parable? Anybody want to help us? Jerusalem

is a parable. Jerusalem is communicating something.

It is not a thing itself, but it's communicating

something. Jerusalem is a parable, but a message,

and the message is a reality. So by saying, beginning

at Jerusalem, he's saying the kingdom of peace,

righteousness, and joy. Romans chapter 14 verse

Romans 14:7

7 describing Jerusalem Romans chapter 14 verse

Romans 14:17

17 rather Romans chapter 14 verse 17 for the

Romans 14:17

kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking

but righteousness peace and joy and the holy

ghost praise the lord It is also the description

of what Jerusalem is. It is about the kingdom

of God. So Jerusalem is a parable that has a

message, but the message is a reality of it.

Praise the Lord. So what then do we do? So as

a child of God, do you go and start preaching

from Jerusalem now? Praise the Lord. We don't

start from Jerusalem. Why? because we have Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. We don't go to Jerusalem

or we don't start from Jerusalem because we have

Jerusalem. That is, we have the peace of God.

We have the joy of God. We have received forgiveness.

We are righteous people. That is what he represents.

So beginning at Jerusalem, Jesus was using a

location to teach them something. He was using

a location to teach them about the peace that

God has brought. The realities of the kingdom.

Praise the Lord. Acts chapter 1. Let's go back

Acts 1 · chapter mention

there again. Acts chapter 1. Acts chapter 1.

Acts 1 · chapter mention Acts 1 · chapter mention

And verse 3 would tell us. He said, Who's speaking?

Who's seeing Peter? Sorry. Acts chapter 1. Verse

Acts 1 · chapter mention

3. to whom He also presented Himself alive after

His suffering by many infallible proofs, being

seen by them during forty days, speaking of the

things pertaining to the kingdom of God. Praise

the Lord! Speaking of the things pertaining to

the kingdom of God, verse 6 now. Therefore, when

they had come together, They asked him saying,

Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom

to Israel? Praise the Lord. Will you at this

time restore the kingdom to Israel? Praise the

Lord. We see here that they got it wrong. Praise

the Lord. What he was teaching them was that

the gospel or the peace that is coming is for

the whole nation or that ease is for the whole

nation. The message is for the whole nation.

But we see here that they are asking him, will

you again restore the kingdom to Israel? So Israel

or Jerusalem is a parable, like I said. And then,

but the message is the reality. Verse seven,

he says, he said to them, it is not for you to

know time and season which the father has put

in his authority. Right? So no. Praise the Lord.

Basically, that's what he's saying to them. No,

there is nothing like that. Verse 8, now. But

ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has

come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me

in Jerusalem, and in Judea, and to all the ends

of the earth. Praise the Lord. So this is a kingdom

he's speaking about. Praise the Lord. Verse 8

is a kingdom that he's talking about. To the

ends of the earth. Praise the Lord. So we have

looked at Jerusalem. Now let's look at all nations.

All nations. Psalms chapter two. Psalms chapter

two, verse six to eight. Yet I have set my king

on my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree,

the Lord has said to me, you are my son, today

I have begotten you. Ask of me and I will give

you the nation for your inheritance and the ends

of the earth for your possession. Praise the

Lord. Verse 6, sorry, verse 8 says what? He says,

I will give you the nation for your inheritance

and the ends of the earth. So, the nation there

is the world of the Hebrew word Goy. G -O -Y.

Right? It is also for heeding. Some other scriptures

say, I will give you the heeding for your inheritance.

Praise the Lord! I will give you the heeding

for your inheritance. So, inheritance is showing

the territory of a king. Praise the Lord! that

the hidden are also his territory. Praise the

Lord. They belong to him. See, I will give you

the hidden or the nation for your possession.

It's the word goy, G -O -Y. So, that word is

used for gentile or other nations. Praise the

Lord. That word is used for gentiles or other

nations apart from the Jew. Praise the Lord.

So Jesus has always emphasized that Him and His

message is for all the nations. Praise the Lord.

His message, He has always emphasized that Him

and His message has always been for all nations.

So let's follow that word, go ahead and see some

things about all nations. Genesis of the third

verse five. From these, the coastland people

of the Gentiles were separated into their land.

Everyone according to their language, according

to their families, into all their nations. Praise

the Lord. The Gentile or nation is a word, Goyle,

in that place. So at this point, the nation of

Israel had not been born. Genesis 10 verse 5.

Genesis 10:5

At this point, the nation of Israel as not they

were not bonded okay so but before now we have

also had you know we have had abel people that

worked with god praise the lord we have had the

people and several others who had worked with

god god had men which he had worked with right

and in these places if you keep reading down

He talks about, he's known as the nation of,

or the 70 nations. Praise the Lord. The 70 nations,

right, before the foul of Babel. The 70 nations.

So God had men that he was working with even

before Israel was born. So before the nation,

Israel, before the nation of Israel, God was

dealing with the nations of the world. every

nation. Praise the Lord. Genesis chapter 12 verse

Genesis 12:1

1 and 2 verse 3 Genesis chapter 12 speaking of

Genesis 12 · chapter mention

Abraham Genesis chapter 12 verse 1 Now the Lord

Genesis 12:1

said to Abraham get out of your country From

your family from your father's house to the land

that I will show you and I will make I will make

you a great nation and I will bless you and Make

your name great and you shall be a blessing rest

three And I'll bless those who bless you and

I'll cost those who cost you and in you all the

families of the earth Shall be blessed. Praise

the Lord. So in you all the nation shall be blessed.

In Genesis chapter four, Genesis chapter 17 verse

Genesis 17 · chapter mention

four. We see that word again. As for me, behold,

my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father

of many nations, many nations. The word again

going. Verse 6 now. I will make you exceedingly

fruitful and I will make nations of you and kings

shall come from you, nations and kings. In verse

16, speaking of Serak. And I will bless her and

give her and give you a son by her. Then I will

bless her. and she shall be a mother of nation

kings of people shall come shall be from her

praise the lord verse 20 mother of nation verse

20 as for ishmael i have heard you behold i will

bless him and i will make him fruitful and will

multiply him exceedingly it shall be god twelve

princes and i will make him a great nation, great

nation. Genesis chapter 22 verse 18. In you,

Genesis 22:18

in your seed, all the nations of the earth shall

be blessed because you have obeyed my voice.

So God's intention is for all nations. Praise

the Lord. God's intention is for all nations.

So Israel's goal is to bring all the nations

to the promised Messiah. There is a lot. Israel

wants to bring the people to the promised Messiah.

Right? They were supposed to be a servant people,

people that brought people to God. And we see

that that also reflected on how Moses related

with the nations. Praise the Lord. So it's like

saying, you are saved so that others will be

saved. Praise the Lord. That is the role that

they are playing. We see how that relates, how

Moses relates with the nations. Remember, the

nations had priests and prophets, right, before

Israel. Numbers 11 verse 11. We see how This

Numbers 11:11

Seventy Nation we saw earlier, what we call the

Seventy, how it is also, we see it in the writings

again, of Moses. So Moses said to the Lord, Why

have you afflicted your servant? And why have

I not found favour in your sight, that you have

laid the burden of all these people on me? Verse

16 now. And the Lord said to Moses, gather to

me seventy men of the elders of Israel whom you

know to be elders of the people and officials

over them, and bring them to the tabernacle of

meeting, and they will stand before me." So we

see here again, right? He's bringing up seventy

men of seventy elders. Exodus chapter 24 verse

Exodus 24:1

1. now he said to moses come up sorry come up

to the lord you eron nabdad and abu and 70 of

the elders of israel and worship from afar praise

the lord 70 elders why 70 elders exodus chapter

They said, And you shall be to me a kingdom of

priests and a holy nation. These are the words

which you shall speak to the children of Israel.

And we saw earlier that who was a kingdom of

priests before now. We saw that Melchizedek was

the kingdom of priests before now. Why is 70?

So we have 70 men or 70 elders which represent

the 70 nations that was there before now, praise

the Lord, or before Israel came or were born.

So this, the message, right, shows the message

and the mission shows that it is for 17 nations.

That is for all the nations. Praise the Lord.

It is not just for Israel. It is for all the

nations. So in Luke 9, we saw that Jesus chose

12 disciples, which represent the 12 tribes of

Israel. But then in Luke 3, verse 1, we saw that

Luke 3:1

He appointed 70. Praise the Lord. After this,

the Lord appointed 70 others also and sent them

two by two before His face into every city and

place where He Himself was about to go. Praise

the Lord. So if we follow that Luke chapter 10,

Luke 10 · chapter mention

Luke chapter 9, which the Lord selected or sent

Luke 9 · chapter mention

the 12th. We will see the reference in Matthew

Matthew 10:5–8

chapter 10 verse 5 to 8. Matthew chapter 10 verse

Matthew 10:5–8

5 to 8. This 12th, Jesus sent out and commanded

them, saying, Do not go into the way of the Gentiles,

and do not enter the city. of the Samaritans.

Praise the Lord. They said, but rather go to

the lost house, go to the lost sheep of the house

of Israel. And as you go, preach saying, the

kingdom of heaven is at hand. They say, heal

the sheep, cleanse the leopards, raise the dead,

cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely

give. Praise the Lord. So we see here that he

says to them, do not go to the Gentiles. praise

the lord but then it's not the same instruction

he gave to the 70 praise the lord look chapter

10 always one and two look chapter 10 he says

after these things the lord appointed 70 others

others also and send them two by two before his

face and he says into every city praise the lord

there is no go to the jews alone go everywhere

right and place where he himself was about to

go. Verse two. Then he said to them, the harvest

is truly great, but the laborers are few. Therefore

pray the Lord, pray the Lord of harvest to send

out laborers into his harvest. Praise the Lord.

We see that he's sending or he says to them that

the harvest is indeed plenteous. Praise the Lord.

Verse five now. He said, whatever house you enter,

first say peace to this house. So he's telling

them go everywhere, whatever house, right? Anywhere

you go to. We see the same thing in verse eight

and verse 10. He said, whatever city you enter

and they receive you, each such as they said

before you. So whatever city you enter, verse

10 now. He said, but whatever city you enter,

and they do not receive you, go into the street

and say, praise the Lord. So we see here again

that whatever city, which means that the message

was for the entire earth. It was for every man.

It was for everybody. So the idea that Jesus

said to them, go into all the world, right, was

not invented by him. Praise the Lord. So when

he says, go into all the world, it was not Jesus

that started saying that from Matthew. It has

been there in Genesis. Praise the Lord! So he's

already telling them to do the things that we

are reading. Praise the Lord! He was telling

them to go to do the things that we are reading.

It was not new. It was not the first time. It

being in the four gospels, it's not the first

time. Praise the Lord. So this is the great commission

which has been seen in Genesis and in Exodus

and in all the prophets. Praise the Lord. So

God did not just change his mind. Praise the

Lord. He did not have a change of heart in the

four Bospels and he started telling them, go

into all the world. It has always been there.

Praise the Lord. It has always been there. Matthew

Matthew 28 · chapter mention

chapter 28. Verse 19, all nations, the message

of Jerusalem. The message of Jerusalem, the message

of peace. I remember we said that the King of

Jerusalem is Melchizedek who is not a Jew. There

is a lot. Matthew chapter 4 from verse 12 to

Matthew 4 · chapter mention

17. Matthew chapter 12. Matthew chapter 4 from

Matthew 12 · chapter mention Matthew 4 · chapter mention

verse 12 to 17. Matthew chapter 4 from verse

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12 to 17. Now when Jesus heard about John, that

John has been put in prison, he departed to Galilee.

Living in Nazareth, he came and dwells in Capaniel,

which was by the sea in the region of Zebulun

and Natsali, that it may be fulfilled, which

was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, the

land of Zebulun, the land of Natsali, by the

way of the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of Gentiles.

Praise the Lord. Galilee of Gentiles, 17. From

that time, Jesus, Begin to preach. Repent for

the kingdom is at hand. Praise the Lord. Why

did we go to Galilee of the Gentiles verse 16?

Why did it start from there? Why did it start

preaching from there? Praise the Lord. So, why

they said Galilee of the Gentiles, now what Gentiles

is what? Galilee of the nations. Praise the Lord.

Galilee of the nations. Galilee of the nations.

So Jesus started preaching from where? Galilee

of the nations. It is a place where the foreigners

and mixed people are. Praise the Lord. He didn't

start from a town where it is all Jews. Right?

He started from a place where it is foreigners.

It is people that mixed Jews. People that you

regard as maybe not original or maybe they are

too mixed. They married from a different place.

It is a place where different people come. Right?

It's a mixed environment. Like some people will

say that London is a city of something. You know,

mixed people. People from everywhere are there.

Praise the Lord! It's the same thing as what

Galilee of the Genchai. Praise the Lord! So,

Jesus began to preach from the nations. Praise

the Lord! He went to where... that he may be

fulfilled, remember what he said earlier, that

he may be fulfilled that which was written in

Isaiah. Like I said, God's intention or God's

message has always been for the entire nation.

So we know the song, I love the man of Galilee.

Praise the Lord! Jesus is from Galilee. Right?

So when you say that, you are saying that...

Jesus is the saviour of the world, Galilee of

the Gentiles, Galilee of the nations. So this

text is also referenced in Isaiah, Isaiah chapter

Isaiah 9:1

9 verse 1 and 2. Isaiah chapter 1, Isaiah chapter

Isaiah 1 · chapter mention Isaiah 9:1

9 verse 1 and 2. Nevertheless, the gloom will

not be poured upon her who is just as when the

first He likely esteemed the land of Zebuli,

the land of Netzali, and afterward more heavily

oppressed by her, by the way of the sea beyond

Jordan, and the Galilee of the Gentiles. Praise

the Lord. Verse two. The people who walk in darkness

have seen a great light. Those who dwell in the

land of shadow of death, upon them a light has

shone. Praise the Lord. So we see that that's

where this Matthew was gotten from. It is a message

for the entire world. Praise the Lord. He started

to preach from the darkest of places. Praise

the Lord. To show that the message is for everybody.

Isaiah chapter 42 from verse 6 to 9. I the Lord

Isaiah 42 · chapter mention

has called you righteous. and I will hold your

hands, I will keep you and give you as a covenant

to the people as light to the Gentile. Praise

the Lord. Verse seven now. To open blind eyes,

to bring out prisoners, to bring out the prisoners

from prison, those who sit in darkness for the

prison house. Verse eight. I am the Lord, that

is my name and my glory I will not give to another

nor my praise to carved images. Behold the former

things has come to pass, a new thing I declare.

Behold, sorry before the spring forth I will

tell them, I will tell you of them. Praise the

Lord. When he says new things he's talking about

new creation. Praise the Lord. It is speaking

of new creation. So we see that this message

is not new. It's a go and make disciples of all

nations. Jesus is saying, right, or he's telling

them that he's just reminding them of the call

that God has put upon them. There's a lot. Jesus

gave the great commission from the same Galilee

of the Gentiles. Matthew chapter 28 verse 7.

Matthew 28:7

So we also see that when Jesus is telling them,

Go and make disciples, He also went to the same

place which He started from. Praise the Lord!

Matthew 27 ,38 -7. Go quickly and tell His disciples

that He has risen from the dead, and indeed He

is going before you into Galilee. There you will

see Him. Behold, I have told you. Verse 10. Then

Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid. Go and

tell my brethren to go to Galilee. There they

will see me. Verse 16. Then the twelve disciples

went into Galilee to the mountain which Jesus

had appointed for them. Praise the Lord! So before

he gave them the great commission, he also went

there to the Galilee of Gentiles. of the nations

praise the lord to tell them how important this

message is not just for the jews right it's for

the whole earth praise the lord so this geography

or these things we have looked at is instrumental

to the message right it means that the message

is for the whole world right it's saying that

think about the nation So when he says, when

they were there and he's telling them, go into

the world, he's saying, think about everybody.

Praise the Lord! So he's saying to them that

the gospel does not understand ethnicity. Praise

the Lord! It does not understand that you're

from Rwanda. It does not understand that you're

from Nigeria. It does not understand, it does

not discriminate. Praise the Lord! So, and we

must not in any way transmit human culture to

it. Praise the Lord. It does not discriminate.

It's for the whole world. Which means that the

gospel is culture blind. It does not discriminate

cultures. Praise the Lord. Make disciples of

all nations. The gospel is not English. It is

not Swahili, right? The gospel is not your ethnicity.

It's not Nigerian. Praise the Lord. The gospel

is for the entire world. So the church ought

to be a point for all nations. Praise the Lord.

The church ought to be a point for all nations.

So you and I have believers who do not, or brethren

who do not speak the same language as we presently

speak, or as you speak. Praise the Lord! But

we have a natural language in the Spirit. Hallelujah!

We have a natural language in the Spirit. So

we must get used to it. So you don't come to

church and you say, Oh, these people... Some

of them are Nigerians. I don't really like to

flow with Nigerians. Some of them are from Zimbabwe.

I don't really know. Praise the Lord! It is for

all nations. The gathering is a gathering of

nations. We gather as a gathering of people from

different places. The message we preach is for

everybody. Praise the Lord! So, just two more

minutes and I'm out. So wearing a suit is not

in Christ. Okay? This thing I wore now is not

in Christ. Right? Wearing a suit is not in Christ.

It transcends that. You don't bring your cultures

or the things that you believe in. Praise the

Lord. Or wearing garments. Most of you wear white

garments. Right? It's not in Christ. And then

in closing, Matthew 28 verse 20 says what? Teaching

Matthew 28:20

them to observe all the things that have commanded

you and law am with you. Teaching them the edashko.

So when you preach, right? What we do when we

preach is that we are forming new patterns in

people's life. When you sit down and you hear

the word of God, you are forming new patterns.

That's why we encourage you to come to church.

Praise the Lord, right? You are forming new patterns.

The more you hear the Word of God, the more you

begin to see changes. You begin to see people

differently. Praise the Lord. The more you begin

to talk differently, the more you begin to act

differently. The gospel is for the whole world

and it can influence the whole world. And it

will influence the whole world. Praise the Lord.

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