Manifesting the Kingdom of God 5 | The Believer's conference 2025 day 2

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Amen. Exodus chapter 33. Exodus 33. Please, let's

Exodus 33 · chapter mention

pay attention. Verse 18. And he said, give me

New King James. And he said, please, show me

your glory. Show me your glory. Show me your

glory. What is the glory of God? There's something

so much that... Moses desire, he desire to see

the glory of God. What is this glory of God?

What is this glory of God? Now, the word glory

in Hebrew is the word kabod. K -A -B -O -D. Kabod.

K -A -B -O -D. And it's used in the scriptures

for a plethora of things, for many things. It

can refer to wealth, riches. It also means an

office or status. Splendor. Wealth, riches. It

also means an office. Status or splendor. This

was what Moses, he says, I want to see, he says,

show me your glory, show me your glory. And we've

said that this glory, you know, is not, Moses

has seen, has walked in power, he has walked

in the miraculous. So, when it comes to, you

know, the miraculous and power, he has walked

in it. And let's look at the response of God

in verse 19. Verse 19. Then he said, I will make

all my goodness pass before you and I'll proclaim

the name of the Lord before you. I'll proclaim

the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious

to whom I will be gracious. And I will have compassion

on whom I will have compassion. So we will see

the word goodness. Goodness meaning good things.

Good things. God will make his good things pass

before Moses. This means that Moses will see

ahead of time. You know, proclaiming the name

of the Lord has to do with the works of God.

Has to do with what God will do. The name of

the Lord refers to what God will do. His goodness

has to do with, you know, what God will do. The

good things that come from God. These good things

include His graciousness. His mercy. His compassion.

His graciousness and compassion. That is God's

saving grace. God will make Moses to see ahead

of time. In verse 20, God said, you cannot see

my face. You cannot see what? You cannot see

my face, for no man shall see my face and live.

And oftentimes, this verse is translated that

if you see God, you will die. If you see God

face to face, what will happen to you? You will

die because nobody, this verse is saying that

nobody can see God and live. You cannot see my

face and live. You cannot see my face. You cannot

see my face. God said you cannot see my face.

John wrote this in John chapter 1 verse 18. Let's

John 1:18

look at John chapter 1 verse 18. About seeing

John 1:18

the face of God. You cannot see my face. John

John 1:18

chapter 1 verse 18. It says no one has seen God

at any time. That means nobody has seen God physically.

At any time. Amen. Nobody has seen the face of

God. Physically at any time. No one has seen

the face of God. Physically at any time. But

who? The only begotten son. Whom is in the bosom

of the father. He has declared him. So has anyone

seen God? Physically at this moment? No. Right?

Physically, no one has seen God. But how only

the begotten son has seen him. This means that

the only agency by which we can see God is in

Christ. Hallelujah. The only means by which we

can see God is who is in Christ. So the word

my face or the word face is a Hebrew word panim.

P -A -N -I -M. P -A -N -I -M. Which is used for

physical appearance. Is used for physical appearance.

So, what Moses was asking for is that he wants

to see God in the flesh. What Moses is asking

of God in verse 18 is that he wants to see God

in the physical form. As a man. He's aware by

his dealings with God that God will become a

man. Right from the writings we see even in Genesis

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1, you know, verse 1, you see an idea

that Moses already have about what God wants

to do. That is, God will manifest himself in

man. So this is what Moses was yearning to see.

He wants to see God physically. He has seen God

in visions. He has had encounters of visions.

He has had God speak to him and in different

ways, but now he wants to see God how? He wants

to see God physically. Now from the phrase, no

man shall see me and live, does not mean that

when you see God, you will die. That's not what

it means. As I said, this has been wrongly interpreted

oftentimes. The word or the phrase unleaf are

translated from the Hebrew word, let me spell

it, H -A rather, H -A -Y -A. H -A -Y -A. It means

kept alive. It means to be kept alive. It means

to be kept alive. The phrase unleaf means to

be kept alive. Same is used in Genesis chapter

Genesis 3:22

3 verse 22. Genesis chapter 3 verse 22. Where

Genesis 3:22

that word is used, the Lord said, Behold, the

man has become like one of us to know good and

evil. And now unless he put out his hand and

take also of the fruit, the tree of life, and

eat, And live forever. That's the way it is.

And live forever. To be kept alive. And live

forever. Also in Exodus chapter 1 verse 16. Exodus

Exodus 1:16 Exodus 1:16

chapter 1 verse 16. And he said. When you do

the duties. Please. Let the verses be there.

And he said, when you do the duties of a midwife

for the Hebrew woman and see them on a bedstool,

if it is a son, then you shall kill him. But

if it is a daughter, then she shall what? She

shall live to be kept alive. That's where that

word is also used in the scriptures. So the way

it is translated, it shouldn't be no man shall

see my face. And what? And live, but it should

be rather no man shall see my face and not be

kept alive. Do you understand what I did here?

No man shall what? The word there is kept alive,

to be kept alive. To be kept alive. No man shall

see my face and not be kept alive. Because when

you see God, what happens to you? You have life.

Hallelujah. When you see God, we see Moses teaching

that in Numbers 21 verse 9. We saw it earlier

Numbers 21:9

on Numbers 21 verse 9. You also see Moses using

Numbers 21:9

this concept. So Moses made a bronze serpent

and put it on a pole. So it was, if a serpent

had bitten anyone, when he what? When he look.

All right? This is Moses' teaching. When he look

at a bronze serpent, he will do what? He will

live to be kept alive. At what? At looking at

the serpent, he will be kept alive. That is where

Jesus made reference to, in John 3, verse 14

John 3:14–15

to 15, making reference to the idea of looking

and being kept alive. John chapter 3, verse 14

John 3:14

and 15. And Moses, as Moses lifted up the serpent

in the wilderness, even so, Moses, son of man,

believed it up, that whoever believes in him

should not perish but have everlasting life.

So looking simply means believing and being kept

alive. When you look, and then you live. Hallelujah.

You look, and you live. So Moses wanted to see

the glory of God. That is, God manifested in

the flesh. He wanted to see the fulfillment of

God's promise. God becoming a man. But God said,

not yet. Amen? Because it is not yet time. It

is not yet time. This is what the scripture says

about the prophets. The prophets of all. They

long to see this day. They long to see this particular

event. Luke chapter 10 verse 23. Luke chapter

Luke 10:23 Luke 10:23

10 verse 23. The prophets that wrote in the old

times. They long to see this particular event.

That was what Moses was longing to see. Then

he turned to his disciples and said privately.

Bless the eyes. Blessed are the eyes which see

things you see. For I tell you that many prophets,

which prophets? The prophets that are in the

prophets, the Moses, the prophets, and the kings,

King David, and others. For I tell you that many

prophets and kings have desired, have desired

to see what you see. What did they see? They

see the Messiah physically. They see God in his

physical appearance. They long to see God. They

long to see him manifested in the flesh because

they have prophesied. By revelation, God has

helped them to know that God will become man.

Isaiah will speak about the humanity of God becoming

a man. Daniel will speak about it. We saw yesterday.

God will become man. They long to see and have

not seen it. And to hear what you hear and not

heard it. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 10. Peter will

1 Peter 1:10

make reference to this same. 1 Peter chapter

1 Peter 1:10

1 verse 10. Of this salvation, the prophets have

inquired and searched carefully. Who prophesied

of the grace that will come to you? Searching

what? Searching what? Or what manner of time?

They were looking for what time is it that this

will happen? The salvation is about God becoming

a man. The manifestation of God in the flesh

for the salvation of mankind. Searching or what

manner of time the spirit of Christ who was in

them was indicating. We've explained this. We

said the spirit of Christ was what? Was on them,

right? Because at this moment, Christ, The spirit

of Christ cannot live in them because these have

not yet been glorified. So the spirit of Christ

who was on them was indicating when he testified

beforehand the suffering of Christ. How did it?

He testified to the prophets concerning the sufferings

of the Christ and the glories that will follow.

To them it was revealed, not to themselves, but

to us. They were ministering the things. which

now have been reported to you through those who

have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit

sent from heaven, things which angels desire

to look into. Angels desire to look into. From

this day that he encouraged them, he says, therefore,

ride up. The loins of your mind be sober and

rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to

be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus

Christ. Hebrews 11 verse 13. This is what Moses

Hebrews 11:13

longed to see. God manifested. He longed to see

God in the flesh. These all died in faith. Who

are these people that all died in faith? All

the men that have lived before our time, they

all died in faith, not having received the promises.

So it was a promise in the writings of the prophets.

It was a promise that the Messiah would come.

It was a promise that God would become a man.

But having seen them afar, Moses was able to

see from afar. God was able to reveal to Moses

by revelation. They see afar. Having seen them

afar of where I showed of them. Abraham saw from

afar. Isaac saw from afar. Jacob from afar. They

all saw by revelation what God will do. Similar

with Joseph and all the prophets. Embrace them

and confess that they were strangers and pilgrims

on the earth. For those who say such things declare

plainly that they seek a homeland. And truly,

if they have called to mind that country from

which they had come out, they will have had opportunity

to return. But now they desire something better.

That is a heavenly country. So what they saw

was what? Was the resurrection reality. The kingdom

of God. The real promised land. He says something

better. They desire a better. Therefore God is

not ashamed to be called their God. For he has

prepared a city for them. This city is not an

earthly city. God showed them something. But

they never received it while they were alive.

We see John testifying also of seeing the glory

of God. John chapter 1. John chapter 1 verse

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1. It says in the beginning was the world and

the world was with God and the world was God.

Verse 2. He was in the beginning with God. Now

jump to verse 14. He was in the beginning with

God. Verse 14. And the world became what? The

world became flesh and dwell among us. And what

happened? and we beheld his glory. Does it look

familiar to what Moses was asking for? To see

the glory, the glory of God? It says, and the

flesh, that is the God that was in the beginning,

became flesh and dwell amongst us. And we beheld

his glory, the glory as of the only begotten

of the Father, full of grace and truth. Full

of grace. and truth. Moses desire to see this

reality. He was hungry to see this fact, to see

this reality. So, back to Exodus. Exodus 33.

In verse 18. Look at Moses' request. He said,

please show me your glory. And this is God's

response. I will make my goodness to pass before

you. and I will proclaim the name of the Lord

before you. I will be gracious to whom I will

be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom

I will have compassion on, whom I will have compassion.

But he said, you cannot see my face, for no man

shall see my face and not live. And the Lord

said, here is a place by me. and you shall stand

on what? On the rock. Here is a place by me,

and you shall stand on the rock. Verse 21. God

says, here is a place by me. By me. Here is a

place by me. So the word place there is a Hebrew

word, makom. M -A -K -O -M. A place. Markham.

Which means where to abide. It means an abode.

An abode. Here in me is a place to abide. And

it is the same word as mone in Greek. A dwelling.

John chapter 14 verse 1 to 2. Let's see where.

John 14:1–2

John chapter 14 verse 1 and 2. It is the same

John 14:1

word used in John chapter 14, verse 1 to 2, but

John 14:1–2

in the Greek. It says, let not your heart be

troubled. You believe in God, believe also in

me. In my Father's house are many mansions, dwellings.

If it were not so, I would have told you. Right?

I go to prepare what? A place for you. This place,

talking about in God, in Christ's reality. Hallelujah.

So God for us says, you shall stand on the rock.

You shall stand on the rock. You shall stand

on the rock. Please, I'm taking this gently and

slowly so that we will comprehend. Look at verse

21. And the Lord said, here is a place by me.

We know what that place is, right? And you shall

stand on the rock. You shall stand on the rock.

Stand is the word natab. N -A -T -A -B. Which

means to be founded upon. Does this sound familiar?

To be founded upon. You shall be founded upon

the rock. Right? It is the same thing as I will

build upon. In Matthew 16 verse 18. Let's look

Matthew 16:18

at Matthew 16 verse 18. And on this rock I will

Matthew 16:18

build my church. I will build my church. On this

rock I will build my church. Similar idea. Which

means to be found upon. It is the same. I will

build my church. I will build upon rather. These

words were spoken ahead by Moses. What we see

Jesus speaking as he always will say that. The

words. That Jesus was speaking where the words

that were already in scripture. And the prophets

and men that have lived before have prophesied

those words. They've said the things that Jesus

will say. They've prophesied the things that

Jesus will do. They've speak in promises what

Jesus will accomplish. Verse 22. So it shall

be while my glory pass by that I will put you

in the cliff of the rock and will cover you with

my hand while I pass by. Cover you with my hand

while I pass by. Speaking of God's hand in salvation,

the hand referring to God's hand in salvation.

This describes God's salvation plan. It's a description

of God's salvation plan. The rock. Moses called

the rock salvation. He called the rock salvation.

Deuteronomy chapter 32. Deuteronomy chapter 32.

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Verse 3 and verse 4. For I proclaim the name

of the Lord. Ascribe greatness to our God. He

is what? He is what? He is the rock. Who is the

rock? Who is the rock? Let's go back. For I proclaim

the name of the Lord. What is the name of the

Lord? The works of God, right? Ascribe greatness

to our God. Continue. Verse 4. He is the rock.

God is the rock. He is the rock. His work is

perfect for all his ways are justice. A God of

truth and without injustice. Righteous and upright

is he. Look at verse 15 of that same Deuteronomy.

Jump to verse 15. But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked.

You grew fat, you grew thick, you are obese.

Then he forsook God who made him and scornfully

esteemed, who? Scornfully esteemed what? The

rock of his salvation. Scornfully esteemed the

rock of his salvation. He called the rock salvation,

right? He called the rock salvation. The rock

of his salvation. The rock of his salvation.

So in Matthew 16 verse 18, Jesus said, upon this

Matthew 16:18

rock, I will build my church. Meaning that upon

salvation, meaning that at salvation, meaning

that at the resurrection, what will happen? He

will establish his church. Upon salvation, he

will establish his church. Salvation is in a

person. Salvation is a person. Salvation is in

Christ. Upon salvation, he will establish what?

He will establish his church. He will establish

his church. So, do we have clarity? What Moses

was seeing, what Moses was speaking. So which

church is Jesus talking about? Which church is

Moses talking about? Where are we going to see

the church? From Moses' writing, right? Which

church is it that Jesus is talking about? Again,

from Moses' vocabulary, the church is the word

kahal. Kahal. Which means what? The assembly

of Israel. The assembly of Israel in the writings

of Moses. The assembly of Israel after the Exodus.

We said this one week or two weeks ago about

the will of God, right? And we said that the

will of God is for an assembly. The deliverance

of the people of Israel. To establish an assembly.

An assembly of the men of Israel. And that assembly

is where we got the word church from. Kahal.

The word church. The assembly of God's people.

And what was the purpose? That God will make

known. His knowledge upon the face of the earth.

He made them his assembly. And then the desire

of God is that this assembly will be a kingdom

of what? Of priests. Prophets. Kingdom of priests

and prophets. Assembly of God. The church. Church

becomes, the church is actually the kingdom of

God. The church is what? The church is the kingdom

of God. So we are in the kingdom of God. God

is our king here. Hallelujah. So the church or

the kingdom of God or the family of God, the

people of God are a product of what? Of the resurrection

of Jesus Christ. Are the product of the resurrection

of Jesus Christ. Upon this rock, upon the salvation

of men, upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The church is established. The family of God

is established. The people of God, you know,

are formed from the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

That is where we got our identity. So if Jesus

mentioned church, there is no church without

the exodus. All right? There is no assembly without

the exodus. The exodus simply means salvation.

Exodus means deliverance. Exodus means redemption.

For there to be a people of God, for there to

be a people that God will name as his people,

possession, there must be what? There must be

a redemption. That was what God told Moses. To

go to Egypt and do what? And deliver. Egypt therefore

becomes a type of what? Of bondage in scriptures.

Egypt refers to captivity. Egypt refers to sin.

Pharaoh will be seen as Satan. It's a picture.

Who hold and keep the people of God in captivity.

And we see deliverance from Moses, the type of

Jesus. Deliverance from Moses. Salvation. So

that the kingdom of God will be established.

So that God will have a special people. A priest.

A people that are his own possession. A people

that will declare the works of God. Upon this

rock. Upon salvation. Upon this rock. I will

build. I will establish. Those that come out

of the world. Those that will come out of sin.

Those that will come out of the bondage of Satan.

Those that will be delivered from the culture.

You know, Egypt has a culture, right? Egypt has

a civilization. Egypt has a way of life that

is not the will of God. So God's deliverance,

because the people of God were kept under subjugation.

They were kept under what? Captivity. They were

slaves. They have no right of themselves. They

have no freedom. So God is delivering them so

that they will worship him in truth. So that

they will worship him. So that they will have

fellowship with God. So that God can inhabit

his people. That is what we will see in the wilderness.

God will come in the form of cloud to be with

them. All this Moses was writing was a teaching.

It was happened practically, but it's also a

teaching. Hallelujah. It's a teaching of our

reality today. It's a teaching concerning what

God... Will do. In us. Egypt. Pharaoh. Is a typology

for sin. Satan. And the world. And we see our

deliverance. Our exodus. From sin. Our exodus

from sin. From Satan. From the world. Now we

have come out of the world. Amen. We that are

born again, we that are believers, who have received

the message of deliverance, who have put our

trust in Jesus Christ, have been translated from

the kingdom of darkness, which is Egypt, and

then into the kingdom of God's marvelous light,

where we enjoy fellowship with God and with fellow

believers. We share. In unity. Hallelujah. We

share in what? We share in oneness with God.

And you see, Moses will tell them. That whenever

they celebrate the Passover, right, they should

do it in numbers, in a family. Right? And we've

explained what the bread is. What is the bread?

The Spirit of God. Meaning that we'll share in

the fellowship of the Spirit together. Hallelujah.

Meaning that we'll be in unity in Christ. That

it's a family matter. It's a family matter. We

have come out of the wall. We are the church

of God. We are the church of God. We are the

church of God. And you will say the gates of

hell shall not prevail against it. Hades shall

not prevail against it. So we are the church.

The gate of hell shall not prevail against means

that the church has overcome death. We've prevailed

against death in Christ. We've died with him

in baptism. Paul will explain that exodus, baptism

by the Red Sea. Amen? And we are alive in Christ

Jesus. We have come out of the world. We are

the church of God. Moses saw ahead of time. He

saw ahead. God was willing to show him. But he

didn't enter. He didn't partake in it because

it was not yet time. He didn't see God physically.

But in Christ, we see God manifested. Hallelujah.

We see God manifested. We see God revealed. We

see God becoming a man, being revealed to us.

Jesus is what? Jesus is the glory of God. Jesus

is the glory. Of God. God be manifested in the

flesh. And where does he lives? He lives in the

believer. Alright. The glory of God. Is seen

in Christ. And Christ lives in you and I. In

the form. Through the Holy Spirit. Through the

Holy Spirit. So, we can now read Matthew 18 with

an understanding. Matthew 16, rather, with an

understanding. That the rock here, right, that

the rock here will be the rock that Moses spoke

about. That the church here will be the church

that Moses explained. And we'll see the reality

today that we are the church. Hallelujah. Now

in Colossians. Colossians chapter 9. Chapter

1 verse 9. Paul would say for this reason. For

this reason. Since the day we heard of it, we

do not cease to pray for you and to ask that

you may be filled with the knowledge of his will

in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. That

you walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him,

being fruitful in every good work. In every good

work. That is the desire of God that we become

fruitful in every good work, increasing in the

knowledge of God. Strengthen with all might according

to his glorious power for all patience and long

-suffering with joy, giving thanks to the Father

who has qualified us. He has qualified you. He

has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance

in the light. We are no longer in darkness. We

are no longer in Egypt. We've been qualified

and we are in the light. Hallelujah. He has delivered

us from the power of darkness. How did he deliver

us? Through the Exodus. Through what Jesus has

done. He has delivered us from the power of darkness.

And he has conveyed us. Into the kingdom of the

son of his love. He has brought us into the kingdom.

Whose kingdom is it? The kingdom of the son.

Of his love. In whom we have redemption. Through

his spirit. The forgiveness of sins. Amen. Through

his spirit. The forgiveness of sins. The blood

is what? The blood is spirit. Do you agree with

me? Have we explained this before? The blood

is what? His spirit. Through his blood, through

his spirit, the forgiveness of sins. He is the

glory of God. Do you understand what I just did

here? He is what? The image of the invisible

God. He is the expression of God. In human form.

Amen. He is God. Manifested in human form. Why?

For our forgiveness. That is why God became man.

We talked about it yesterday. Our redemption.

For our redemption. He is the invisible. The

image of the invisible God. The first born. Over

all creation. For by him. All things were created.

That are in heaven. And are on earth. Visible

and invisible. Whether thrones or dominions.

Or principalities. Or powers. All things were

created through him. For him. And he is before

all things. And in him all things consist. Verse

18. Look at verse 18. And he is the head of the

body. Alright? He is our leader. He is our God.

He is our father. He is the head of the church,

of the body. What is the body? The body is a

church. Who is the beginning? The firstborn.

From the dead. That in all things. He may have

preeminence. He may have. Dominion over. For

it pleases the father. That in him. All the fullness.

Should dwell. It is God's plan. That all the

fullness. Of the Godhead be seen in Christ. And

by him. Reconcile. All things to himself. Through

Christ, reconciliation is made to God. And by

him to reconcile all things to himself, by him,

whether things on earth or things in heaven,

having made peace through the blood of his cross.

These things on heaven and things on earth, he's

talking about people here. Then he brought you

and me. Verse 21, you see the reconciliation?

And you who were once, who once were what? Were

cut off, were cursed, were alienated. And enemies

were in the mind. Remember? The mind, the wise

and the prudent of this world, where did they

reject God? In their mind, in their thinking,

in their thoughts, right? We are ones like them,

alienated and enemies in our minds by wicked

works. What is the work of God? To believe in

Jesus. What is the works of Satan? To not believe.

Disbelief. By wicked works. Wicked works is unbelief.

Because everything that you see, That is, wickedness

is a product of unbelief. So, wicked works. Yet,

now he has what? He has reconciled us. He has

brought us into a fellowship. So we are in that

rock. Are we in that rock? Are we in that kingdom?

Are we in salvation? Yes. He has reconciled us

in the body of his flesh. In the body of his

flesh. What is flesh? In Christ's reality. In

the spirit, right? Through what? Through death.

To present us holy and blameless. above reproach

in his sight. So before God, we are what? We

are holy. We are set apart. Set apart is for

what? It's for a purpose. To be set apart is

for a function. So we are set apart for God for

a function. We are blameless. Okay? That is our

truth about us. We are blameless. Above reproach.

In his sight. There is no condemnation to us.

We are perfect before God. Based on what Christ

has done. In the flesh. In the spirit. In his

sight. If indeed we continue on faith. Grounded

and steadfast. And are not moved away. From the

hope of the gospel. Which you heard. Which was

preached. To every creator. Under heaven. Of

which I, Paul, became what? Became a minister.

Amen? Paul also experienced this and he became

a minister of sin. What did we say was being

a minister? A steward, right? A steward. A minister.

Someone that serves, that ministers. Ministers

the message. Verse 24, and I now rejoice in my

suffering for you and fill up in my flesh what

is lacking in the affliction of Christ for the

sake of his body, which is a church. A church

is the body of Christ, of which I became a minister,

according to what? According to the administration

from God, which was given to me for you. To fulfill

the word of God. Verse 26. Word of God. The mystery.

Which has been hidden from ages. Which was not

disclosed to them. Which was not disclosed to

them. The idea of God becoming man. A mystery.

Which has been hidden from ages. From generations.

But now. Has been revealed to who? To his saints.

Who are his saints? We are his saints. From the

resurrection. We are his saints. To them, God

willed to make known. Hallelujah. Now, if you

are sleeping, wake up. Open your eyes and look

at your scripture. Verse 27. To them, God willed.

To make known what? What are the riches? Do you

remember we talked about good things? God said

that he will make what? His goodness, right?

To pass. The good things, the riches has to do

with everything that is in salvation. Moses saw

it. God showed him from afar, from a distance.

And here it says, The mystery that has been hidden

from ages and from generations, but now has been

revealed to the saints. To them God willed to

make known what are the riches of the glory,

the riches of the glory of this mystery among

the Gentiles. Stop and think. To them, God will

to make known what are the riches of the glory

of his mystery among the Gentiles. Who are the

Gentiles? Huh? Unbelievers. So God's desire is

to make known what? The riches of the glory.

Of his mystery. Before the Gentiles. Which is

what? Which is what? Which is Christ in you.

The hope of glory. Amen. Which is God in man.

Is Christ in you? Are we now in the glory of

God? Amen? God desire to do what? To show himself

through us to the world. He wants to show his

splendor, his power, his authority, his riches

through your life, through my life to this generation.

The Gentiles are the unbelieving people of this

generation. God's desire is to manifest his riches,

to display his splendor in our generation through

our lives. That is God's desire. He says to them,

God will to make known. The next verse, verse

28. Him we what? How will you know? Him we preach.

By preaching. By preaching. warning every man,

and doing what? And teaching every man in all,

what? Wisdom. Now, this is all wisdom here. Let's

have context. All is not always all in the Bible.

We know that, right? There's a context to every

word, all. The context is the wisdom of God,

the wisdom of the Spirit. Alright? In every man,

in all the wisdom of God, that we may present

every man furnished in Christ. Established in

Christ. Founded on that rock. That is a perfection.

Amen? That is a perfection. Every man perfect

in Christ. Every man established in Christ. The

perfection is that of Christ in Christ. It's

on that rock. To this end, I what? I also labor,

striving according to his working, which works

in me mightily. That is why we labor. That is

what we have been called unto. We've been called

unto to do what? To labor mightily. To ensure

that our generation, the Gentiles in our generation,

come to the knowledge of this mystery. The mystery

has been accomplished in us. And God's plan is

to establish them also in this reality. That

is why we are here in Catartismus. That is why

we gather so that we will know, so that we will

be equipped, so that we will be empowered to

do what? To display the splendor of God, to display

the glory of God, to display the works of God,

to display what God has done, to proclaim what

God has done. Hallelujah. That is the plan of

God for us. That is the plan of God for everyone

who believes. All of us who believe. He wants

to display. He wants to make a display. And that

is true preaching. Amen. That is true preaching.

I wish we have much time. Could have seen how

to manifest the kingdom. Could have seen how

we will manifest the kingdom. You know? We manifest

by binding and losing. Amen? Now, binding and

losing is not... For those of you who have done

it, we are in, what do you call it? We know what

binding and losing is. Because he has given us

access to that kingdom. He has given us the keys.

He has given us authority. He has given us access

into the kingdom. I don't know whether you have

stayed up in your heart. I don't know whether

you've seen what God wants to do with our lives.

I don't know whether you've been brought into

the plan of God, the desire of God, the purpose

of God, what God wants to accomplish with us.

See? The glory of God is not new Mercedes Benz,

my brother and sister. Don't believe us have

better cars than you, let me tell you. There

are many ways you can get cars. Somebody can

commit fraud and buy a better, a good car. Build

beautiful houses. So when we say glory, we're

not talking about suits, clothes. Oh, I can see

glory. That's not the kind of glory we're talking

about. Amen? Have we defined what the glory of

God is? So what are you to show them? Are you

to show them how rich you are? The unbelievers

of this world, they have money. Amen? The unbelievers

of this world, they have riches. The unbelievers

of this world, they have certificates. The unbelievers

of this world, they have the resources of this

world as well. So that is not what you show to

them. That is not what you show to them. You

show to them the works of Christ. And I can assure

you that it's a demonstration of the spirit and

power. Through the miraculous, that is how we

manifest. Amen? Through the miraculous power

of the Holy Ghost. That is God's intention. And

I see God bringing us to that level of knowledge.

Pastors will teach us how to function in these

gifts. Who display the glory through the gifts,

the equipment that he has given us. We will see

what we have in Christ. We will see how to be

activated to function in this that we have in

Christ. It is yours by right because you are

in Christ. It is ours by right because we are

in Christ. So the world must see Christ through

our lives, through our ministry. Hallelujah.

Through our ministry. Through our ministry. As

I close, let me read Ephesians chapter 3. As

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I close. Ephesians chapter 3. So I want you to

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be expectant more. We are just starting. I just

lay foundation. Believe me, God is about to do

greater things in this place. Hallelujah. Say

we are made for greater works. We are created

for better works. For greater works. Hallelujah.

It's going to be greater and better through our

lives. Hallelujah. What I mean better means permanent.

Amen. That is what God is going to use our lives

to do. What you do in people's life is going

to be better. It's going to be permanent. God

is going to use you to put a mark in people's

life that will be eternal. Amen? Your mission

is an eternal mission. No riches can pay for

what you are created to do. Hallelujah. That's

God's work in us, through us. Eternal work of

salvation. Paul will also say for this reason.

Chapter 3 verse 1. Ephesians 3 verse 1. For this

Ephesians 3:1

reason. What reason? For which reason? Should

we look at the reason? Let's look at the reason.

Chapter 2 verse 19. So that we will read chapter

3 together. For what reason? Now, therefore,

you are no longer strangers and foreigners. This

is the reason. But fellow citizens, what? And

members of what? Of God's family. Of God's, the

household of God. Having been built on what?

On the foundation of the apostles. Built on the

rock. What is the foundation of the apostles?

Jesus Christ. Is it a rock? Right? Having been

built on the foundation of the apostles and the

prophets, where did we see them? Let me ask this

one now. Yes, this one is a good place to ask

the question. Having been built on the foundation

of the apostles and the prophets, which apostles

and prophets are these? There will be edification,

sir. Take note, Pastor Victor. Having been built.

These are the New Testament in court, right?

Apostles and prophets. Having been built on the

foundation because they are the foundations,

right? The foundation of the apostles and prophets.

Jesus Christ himself. Meaning it is their message.

Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.

Have we been talking about a rock, a corner,

a stone? In whom the whole building, which building?

Upon this rock I will build my, right? In whom

the whole building being fitted together grows

into what? A holy temple in the Lord. In whom

you also are being built together for a dwelling

place of God in the spirit. So this church is

what? Is in the spirit. My brothers and sisters,

this church is spirit. Amen? In fact, put church

equals to spirit. That is the formula. You are

spiritual. Amen? We are spiritual. We are spiritual,

but we are on earth. Heaven on earth. The kingdom

of God manifested where? On earth. Hallelujah.

For this reason, now we've known the reason,

right? We've seen the reason. For this reason,

I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus, for you,

gentiles, indeed, if you have heard of this dispensation

of the grace of God, dispensation means administration,

not dispensationalism. Okay? Dispensation here

is what? I asked somebody about what dispensation?

The person read Ephesians 3 verse 2. So I have

Ephesians 3:2

to correct it. Even if you have heard of the

dispensation of the grace of God, which was given

to me for you. The dispensation means what? The

stewardship of the grace of God. The administration

of the grace of God. The leadership of the grace

of God that you have. How that by revelation

he made known to me the mystery as I have briefly

written already. Okay? By which when you read,

you may understand my knowledge in the mystery

of Christ, which in other ages was not made known

to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed

by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.

New Testament apostles and prophets. That a Gentile

should be fellow heirs of the same body and partakers

of his promise in Christ through the gospel.

Okay. Of which I became a minister according

to the gift of the grace of God given to me by

the effective working of his power. To me, who

am less than the least. Of all the... Of all

the saints, this grace was given that I should

preach among the Gentiles the word... Look at

what they call it. Is there another word for

this? Is there any translation? Unsearchable

riches of Christ. Any translation? NLT, what

does it say? Endless treasures. Where is these

treasures located? In the spirit. Endless treasures.

It's not money in the bank. Sorry, if you are

looking for that treasure there. Though, yes,

okay, okay, okay, yes. I was choosing, go back,

go back. I love this NLT. Go back to that NLT.

I love the way it says. See, I was choosing to

explain. Correct. Everyone, this mysterious plan

that God, the creator of all things, has kept

secret from the beginning. Let's read it in NLT.

God's purpose. It's plainer. It's much more clearer.

It's more explained. God's purpose in all this

was to use where? Hello? What's God's plan? To

use who? Who is the church? Who is the church?

I am the church. You are the church. You are

built on the rock. Hallelujah. God's purpose

in all this was to use the church to do what?

To display his wisdom in his rich variety to

all the unseen rulers. Huh? Who are the unseen

rulers? Rulers, authorities, in the heavenly

places. I don't like places. Just say in the

heavenly. This was his eternal plan. Hallelujah.

Now he has carried it out through Jesus Christ,

our Lord. Amen. Because of Christ and our faith

in him, we can now boldly and confidently, we

can now come boldly and confidently into God's

presence. We are already in God's presence. You

don't go out of God's presence. We are already

in God's presence, right? So please, don't lose

heart because of my trials. He's speaking to

them. I am suffering for you, so you should be

honored. You should feel honored. When I think

of all these things, I fall on my knees and I

pray to the Father, the creator of everything

in heaven and on earth. What is his prayer? I

pray from his glorious unlimited resources. He

will empower you with inner strength through

his spirit. Hallelujah. Then Christ will make

his home in your hearts and you trust him as

you trust in him. Your roots, will grow down

into God's love and keep you strong. And may

you have the power to understand, as all God's

people should know, how wide, talking about the

riches, how long, how high, how deep is his love.

May you experience the love of Christ. Though

it is too great to understand fully, then you

will be made complete with all the fullness of

life and power that comes from God. Now, all

glory to God, who is able through his mighty

power at work within us to accomplish infinitely

more than we might ask or think. Glory to him

in the church. and in Christ Jesus through all

generations forever and ever. Amen. Give me that

20 in the King James. I didn't understand how

to explain this one. Give me the 20 in King James.

Now to him who is able to do through who? Through

us. Hallelujah. Now to him who is able to do

exceedingly above all things that we ask or think

according to the power that worketh where? Where

is the power? It's in you. By the spirit. It's

in us. Hallelujah. Above all things. Go back.

Above all things. Above all things that we ask.

Or think. Unto him that is able to do exceeding.

Abundantly above all things that we ask. Or think.

According to the power. There is a power that

is at work in you because you are in the spirit,

because you are in the body of Christ, because

Christ lives in you. There is a union between

us and Christ. In us. Verse 21. Unto him be the

glory in the church by Christ Jesus through all

ages, world without end. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah.

I just want us to just close our eyes and respond

to this by praying and asking God, I've seen

your work. I've seen your work in my life. I've

seen you establish me on the rock. I've seen

you build me in Christ. I know what this rock

is. The rock is salvation. The rock is Christ.

I know what this church is. I know why the church,

your desire is to show, to display through the

church. That I will accomplish your task in my

generation. That I will accomplish your task

in my generation. That I will fulfill your will

and your purpose in my generation. And we do

that by preaching. We do that by preaching. We

do that by preaching. Pray for yourself. Pray

for yourself. Pray for yourself. They are doing.

what God has ordained you to do. That we are

doing what God has ordained us to do. That we

are establishing his work. We are, through us,

the wisdom of God in Christ is displayed to the

Gentiles. Please pray for yourself. Pray for

yourself that you do the will of God. There will

be activations in the subsequent sessions. Hands

will be laid on you in the subsequent sessions.

Prophecies will be made on you in the subsequent

sessions. But it's to the end that you do the

will of God, that you do the work of God. That

you walk in the realities of Christ. Pray for

yourself. Pray for yourself. Listen to what Paul

said in 1 Corinthians as we are praying. 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 9:16

9 verse 16. 1 Corinthians 9 verse 16. Let me

1 Corinthians 9:16

read from Good News Translation. Good News Translation.

It says, I have no right to boast just because

I preach the gospel. After all, I am under orders

to do so. It's an instruction to preach the gospel.

I am under orders to do so. And how terrible

it will be for me if I don't preach the gospel.

In other words, war is me if I don't preach the

gospel. Verse 17. If I did my work as a matter

of free choice, then I could expect to be paid.

But I do it as a matter of duty because God has

entrusted me with what? With this tax. God has

entrusted you with a tax. So war is you. War

means trouble is you if you don't preach the

gospel. Glory unto Jesus. Father, we find ourselves

in your will and we do your will. Thank you,

Holy Ghost. Thank you, Jesus. You can also explore

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