Manifesting the Kingdom of God pt. 5

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So today we're going to continue in the manifestation.

The kingdom of God. And we're going to be looking

at priesthood. Manifestation. The kingdom of

God. And we're going to be looking at priesthood.

Priesthood. Numbers chapter 18. Numbers chapter

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18. Proverbs 1 to 7. Then the Lord said to Aaron,

you and your sons and your father's house. with

you shall bear the liberty related to the sanctuary,

and you and your sons with you shall bear the

liberty associated with the priest. Also bring

with you your brethren of the tribe of Levi,

the tribe of your father, that they may join

with you and serve you while you and your sons

are before the tabernacle of goodness. They shall

attend to your needs and all the needs of the

tabernacle. But they shall not come near the

article of the sanctuary and the altar, lest

they die. They and you also. They shall be joined

with you and attend to the need of the sabbatical

of meeting, for all the work of the sabbatical.

But an outsider shall not come near to you. Praise

the Lord. And he said, You shall attend all the

duties of the sanctuaries and the duties of the

altar, and that there may be no more rods on

the children of Israel. Praise the Lord. Verse

6 now said, Behold, I myself have taken your

brethren, the Levites, from among the children

of Israel. They are a gift to me, a gift to you

given by the Lord, to do the work of the tabernacle

of meeting. Therefore you and your sons with

you shall attend to your priesthood for everything

at the altar and behind the veil, and you shall

serve. And I give you priesthood. to you as a

gift for service. And the outsider shall not

come near. Sorry, the outsider who comes near

shall be put to death. Praise the Lord. Manifesting

the kingdom of God. Praise the Lord. So we see

here that God was giving Aaron and his sons the

facts of the priesthood. He gave them to be people

who would serve God in the sanctuary, in the

tabernacle, in the altar. These are the people

responsible to do the things of God, him and

his sons and his brethren. They are particular

people. They are not from the tribe of Judea.

They are not from Manasseh. They are not from

any other tribe in Israel, but particularly these

people. This is who God has saddled the responsibility

of taking care of the altar, of bringing sacrifices,

of sacrificing to God and doing everything. related

to the altar. This is what God has restored on

them. Praise the Lord. They will serve the needs

of the sanctuary. They will perform the duties

that is their real. And an outsider shall not

come near what they do. And the outsider here

is not talking about somebody who is not of the

tribe of Israel. He's talking about a different

tribe. Somebody else from another tribe cannot

come and do the responsibilities. That they are

doing. Praise the Lord. They cannot come and

do this responsibility. If not, they are going

to die as a result. The disobedience of that

would mean that they are not going to be alive

anymore. So why did God commit this priesthood

to these people alone? Why did it? Is it God's

intended plan for his people that a tribe would

become a priest to him? Is it his intention from

the beginning? Is that what God has ordained?

Or is that what he has desired? Praise the Lord.

So let's look at God's plan on signing priests.

Were they particular people? Is he going to just

be a tribe? Or is he going to be the whole nation?

Or is he just going to be a man? Praise the Lord.

Exodus chapter 19. So the children of Israel,

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having gone through Egypt, have come out and

they have seen many... miraculous things that

God has done. God has delivered them with a strong

hand. God has defeated their enemies. They have

seen the hand of God. They have been fed in the

wilderness. They drank from the rock. They have

eaten manna and God has fed them from food from

on high. Their clothes were not worn out. They

have seen the greatness of God. They have seen

that which God has done for them. And so when

we come to Exodus 18, from verse 3 to 6, it says,

then you shall be a special treasure to me above

all people. For all the earth is mine, 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. Praise the Lord. So

the intention of God from the beginning was that

the entirety of Israel would become a nation

of priests. They would become a holy nation to

God, a treasure to God. They will become a people

that God treasures. Because he said this thing

to them, not after something else has happened,

a lot of things have gone wrong. But immediately

as they are coming out, God made it clear what

his intention was for them. That they are going

to be a special people above every other person.

That the nation will see them and know that truly

this is the people of God. Praise the Lord. This

is the people of God. And he says to them that

if they will obey his voice, if they will hear

him, if they will believe the thing that he's

saying, they are going to be a treasure to him.

They are going to be a nation, a holy nation,

and a kingdom of Christ. Praise the Lord. So

Manasseh is supposed to be a kingdom of Christ.

Judah is supposed to be a kingdom of Christ.

They were supposed to be, they're supposed to

be a kingdom of Christ too, where God dwells.

Praise the Lord. So in other sense, God was seeking

a relationship with everybody. Praise the Lord.

God was seeking a relationship with every one

of them. He didn't just want Levites. He didn't

just want the tribe that Aaron came from or Moses

came from to be these people who will stand before

him perpetually. But it should be that people

of every tribe or the tribe of Israel will become

a nation of priests. A holy nation to be with

special people. to priests. But then why did

we see that he then gave instructions to Lubach?

Why did he particularly then speak to Aaron and

his brethren consigning priests to him? He wanted

them to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.

That was his intention from the beginning. So

he made it clear to them, I want to have a relationship

with you. I want to have an interaction with

you. I want to have fellowship with you. That's

my intention. I didn't just want one person or

Moses to just come before me. I want everybody

to come before me. I want everybody to hear my

voice. I want everybody to understand my ways.

I want everybody to see the things that I will

show to them. Praise the Lord. So God's original

plan was for his people to be a kingdom of Christ,

to be a people of Christ and an only nation to

him. But then we see, so... We see, and a good

example of that we can see from also Genesis,

where this type of priesthood that God was seeking

to have with these people came about. Genesis

Genesis 14:18

chapter 14, verse 18. Then Meshizedek, king of

Salem, brought out bread and wine, and he was

a priest. of the Most High. And he blessed him

and said, blessed the Abraham of the Most High,

possessor of heaven and earth. Praise the Lord.

He said, blessed be God Most High who delivered

your enemies into your hand and has given and

he gave him a sight of all. Praise the Lord.

So we see also that this king was an example

of what God was intending. for his people to

become like. He said he's a priest of the most

high. Praise the Lord. He was royalty. He was

a special person, right? But also somebody who

has the ability to perform the duties of a priest.

Praise the Lord. So he was not just somebody

who was going to take instruction from the priest

and then do as a king or execute. But he was

somebody who knows the intention of God and has

the power to execute. Praise the Lord. He was

somebody who knows. The intention of God. He

knows the things to do. He knows what God demands

from these people. And so he also has the power

to execute because he's royal. Praise the Lord.

So we see example of that. The king of Salem,

right? He's described as a chief ruler, right?

Somebody who is a principal officer to execute

the things of God. Praise the Lord. So we see

that this priest has the ability to bless the

people, right? He has the strength to bless Abraham.

He blessed him because he has royal power. He

can give blessing. Praise the Lord. So God's

intention was to make them a nation of priests.

So why didn't that happen? Why is it that we

now see that it was Levi that he was talking

to? Exodus 23. So Exodus chapter 20, we see that

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the children of Israel have gathered underneath

the mountain and God was going to give them instruction.

God came to have this fellowship. Praise the

Lord. Remember, we read 19, where God declares

His intention consigning what He wanted. He wanted

them to be a kingdom of peace. He wanted them

to be a holy nation, a treasure to Him. So in

verse 20 now, we see that they have come to have

this fellowship. They have come to interact with

this God. They have come to start the thing that

God intended for them. Praise the Lord. And so

God then begins to speak. And then from verse

19, sorry, from verse 18, we begin to see. He

said, Exodus 20, from verse 19, from verse 18.

He said, when the people saw the thunder and

the lightning, And they heard the trumpet and

saw the mountain in smoke. They trembled with

fear. They stayed at a distance and said to Moses,

Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But

do not have God speak to us or we will die. Praise

the Lord. So we have seen that God has desired

that these people should come. And when they

came, they started making a different confession.

When they had the voice of God or when they came

to God, they started to have a different, they

started making different choices. So in a sense,

they didn't want to have this interaction. They

didn't want to have this relationship. They wanted

somebody to be between them and God, somebody

who they would listen to because they didn't

want to hear God for themselves, but somebody

who would mediate for them. And that's what Moses

was for them. Let him hear and speak to us. Praise

the Lord. And say, for we will die. But God had

called them to the mountain, or God had called

them to come underneath the mountain, know that

they were not going to die. Praise the Lord.

So there was, God's intention was clear, but

the people decided this is what they want to

do. We don't want to have this interaction with

you. We don't want to have this type of relationship

with you. So God desired a fellowship from them,

but then they desired something else. They refused,

we saw in the studies that we did. They refused

the proposal of God to have a fellowship with

them. They refused the proposal to have that

fellowship with them. We saw that in the gospel

in Deuteronomy. They refused this invitation

to have fellowship. That's why we see then that

the children of Aaron and his brothers have now

taken the responsibility to be ministers, to

be people. who would carry out the responsibilities

of God. Praise the Lord. So this is too much

for them, what they have seen. It's so thunder,

it's so lightning. It was much for them. It was

something that they cannot bear anymore. So they

appointed Moses. They said to Moses, you speak

to us and we'll listen to you. Become our mediator.

Become that person who will stand between us

and God. Praise the Lord. And I imagine that,

and according to the studies that we have done,

We know that the people that have stayed with

God or the people that stay with God are people

that become like God. Praise the Lord. People

that stay with God are people that become like

God. We saw that in Matthew chapter 18, right?

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Where because of the revelation of Christ, Peter

knew who he was. Praise the Lord. So the people

that stay more with God, the people that interact

more with God, are people that become more like

God. So if you're somebody who has decided that

you want to be studying the Word of the Lord,

if you're somebody who has decided that you want

to be praying, you want to seek the face of God,

the more you become like God. If you're somebody

who decides that somebody else should speak on

behalf of God to you, you will never grow. Praise

the Lord. You will not know the intention of

God. Because Moses went to the mountain. Praise

the Lord. Remember how he's experienced, how

he started his own. He saw a burning bush, right?

He was scared at first, but he received an invitation

and he accepted it. And since then, he has gone

and he has interacted with God. How is it that

he hasn't refused that? So it wasn't too much

for Moses. So it's not too much for anybody who

stays with the Lord. It's not too much for anybody

who stays in the place. A fellowship with God.

Because they will know that God is not trying

to kill them. Because they will know that God

has good plans for them. Because they will know

that in this fellowship would make me the thing

that God expects me to be. Praise the Lord. So

they appointed Moses to be a mediator, to be

somebody who would be between them and God. So

then we see that then the Levite were appointed.

Moses also is on the tribe. of Levi. So, we see

that the Levi then were appointed to negate to

the people who would perform or who would be

ministers of God because they have given that

responsibility to Moses and God respected their

decision. We saw from our studies, right, that

God respected the decision they have made. So,

they gave the Levi to serve at the altar. I will

begin to see some of the services that they render.

Some of the services that a priest renders. Deuteronomy

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chapter 20. Deuteronomy chapter 20, verses 1

Deuteronomy 20:1–4

to 4. He said, When you go out to battle against

your enemies and see horses and chariots and

people more numerous than you, do not be afraid

of them, for the Lord is with you, who brought

you up from the land of Egypt. So it shall be,

when you are on the verge of battle, that the

priest shall approach and speak to the people,

and he shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, today

you are on the verge of battle with your enemy.

So this is the thing that the people are missing,

right? Because a minister or somebody who is

a priest is somebody who is saddled with that

responsibility to give assurance, to tell the

people. of the promises of God, to remind them.

So when there's trouble, the priest comes and

he tells them that God is with you. How does

he know that God is with them? Because he has

been with the Lord. He has been in the service

of the Lord. So the priest will come and encourage

them. The Lord is with you. So the priest speaks

to the people. They speak life to the people.

When there's fear, they come and they speak to

them so that they are encouraged. They strengthen

the people. It reminds the people of the presence

of God. That God is not far from them. Praise

the Lord. That God is not far away from them.

That their troubles are not too big for God.

That the thing that they're facing is not above

God. He said, God is with you to save you. Praise

the Lord. God is with you to save you. So these

are the duties of what a priest does. He's there

to strengthen the people. He's there to give

them assurance. of the promises of God. He's

there to encourage them. Praise the Lord. We

see also in Malachi, Malachi 2, verse 7. Praise

Malachi 2:7

the Lord. So the priest also is somebody who

keeps knowledge. He keeps knowledge. The people

come to him to seek for... The Lord. You see,

he's a messenger of the Lord. So the priest speaks

the word of the Lord. Praise the Lord. The priest

speaks the word of the Lord. A messenger of the

Lord. He speaks the counsel of God to the people.

He's a messenger of God. So the original plan

of God is that his people become a kingdom of

priests. Praise the Lord. So when they go to

battle, they will not need somebody else to come

and tell them. The presence of the Lord is with

you. They will know that the presence of the

Lord is with them because they have been in fellowship

with this God. Praise the Lord. So that they

will not need somebody to monitor them. Oh, did

I do this wrong? Or did I not do that wrong?

Because they know because they have been in fellowship

with the Lord. His intention is for them that

they are well aware of the things that He has

desired. Not that somebody else will come and

tell them. If that person didn't say it, they

will do something else. Praise the Lord. So they'll

therefore need somebody to keep chasing after

them, to keep running after them, to keep telling

them, that thing is wrong, this is wrong, because

they have no idea. Praise the Lord. So his intention

is that all of them know, all of them have fellowship,

all of them have interaction with him. Praise

the Lord. We see also that David, although he's

not from the tribe of Levi, he did minister.

Praise the Lord. So if the plan of God was not

that the people should... be a kingdom of priests,

then something would have happened to David.

He gave, he did sacrifices to the Lord. We see

in 2 Samuel 6, verse 12 to 20. 2 Samuel 6. We're

2 Samuel 6:12–20

going to read verse 13 and 17. 2 Samuel 6, verse

2 Samuel 6:12–20

12 to 20. We're going to read verse 13. So it

was when those who bear the ark of the Lord had...

So they brought the ark of the Lord and set it

in the place of the tabernacle that David had

erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings

and peace offerings before the Lord. And when

David had finished offering burnt offerings and

peace offerings, he blessed the people in the

name of the Lord of hosts. So we see here that

David, as a king, he did this sacrifice. He did

the work of a priest. So we see that that is

the intention of God. Because if that is not

the intention of God consigning them, something

would have happened with him. Praise the Lord.

So let's see this priesthood in the New Covenant.

This priesthood in the New Covenant. So as we

saw, the king of Salem had come, right? Who was

somebody that was greater than the tribe of Levi

or somebody who was greater than Aaron. And he

came in the order of a royal priesthood. He came

because he was a king and a priest. Somebody

who was greater than what Aaron was. Because

Aaron was just a priest. But we see that Jesus

served or came as a greater high priest. We see

that in Hebrews chapter 6. Hebrews chapter 6

Hebrews 6 · chapter mention Hebrews 6:20

verse 20. So Jesus served as a greater high priest.

Hebrews chapter 6 verse 20. Where the four runners

Hebrews 6:20

have entered for us. Even Jesus having become

high priest forever according to the order. of

Melchizedek. Praise the Lord. So he served a

greater purpose as a greater high priest that

will be reconciled to God. So he mediated between

us and God. Praise the Lord. And that mediation

was not one that he would make us continually

need, but he would have, he sought that he came

to create or to bring back that relationship

or the original plan of God. So Jesus, the work

of Jesus, or the priesthood of Jesus, eclipses

the Aaron's priesthood. Praise the Lord. So the

work of Jesus has brought us, as we saw in John

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chapter 3, right? He has brought us the dominion

of God, right? It has brought us the royal power

of God. It has brought us the forgiveness of

sin. It has brought us the power of righteousness.

Praise the Lord. The ability to be reconciled

to God. to be one with him, to be one spirit

with him. He has brought us to the kingdom of

God. Praise the Lord. So this is what Christ

has done for us. In John chapter 3, we see that

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we're able, because of the work of Christ, we're

able to experience the kingdom of God. We're

able to see the kingdom of God. We're able to

see the power of God. We're able to see the salvation

of God because of the work that Christ has done.

In John chapter 3. Proverbs 3 to 8. Right? We're

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able to see that the work of Christ has brought

us the ability to experience the kingdom of God.

Praise the Lord. So did Israel's failure stop

God's plan? Did their failure or their refusal

to His proposal of fellowship stop the intention

of God? Praise the Lord. No. Because of what

Christ has done. Because of what Christ has done,

we're able to be To be brought back to that original

intention of God. That is to be a nation of priests.

To be a royal priesthood. To be a treasured people.

To be a holy nation. 1 Peter chapter 2, verses

1 Peter 2:4–5

4 to 5. Come to him as to a living stone rejected

indeed by men and chosen by God and precious.

You also as living stone are built up a spiritual

house, a holy priesthood to offer up. spiritual

sacrifice acceptable to God through Jesus. Praise

the Lord. So because of what Christ has done,

we're able to offer a spiritual sacrifice. We're

able to offer a spiritual sacrifice through him

that is acceptable to God. So the failure of

Israel or the failure of the people of Israel

has not, didn't stop the intention of God. Did

not stop the intention of God because of what

Christ has done on the cross. Verse 9. He said,

but you are a choosing generation, a royal priesthood,

a holy nation, his own special people, that you

may proclaim the praises of he who called you

out of darkness into his marvelous light. Verse

10. Who once were not a people, but now the people

of God, who had not obtained mercy, but now have

obtained mercy. Praise the Lord. So the original

plan and intention of God did not stop because

Israel had seen or Israel had refused to accept

the invitation of fellowship. Praise the Lord.

Because of Christ, that initial arrangement is

still present. Because of Christ, that initial

intention of God is possible for the children

of God. Praise the Lord. Because he said the

same thing that he was saying to them. that there

will be a people that are a treasure to him.

And he says, you are a special people. So that

has not stopped the intention of God. Revelation

Revelation 5:9–10

chapter 5, verses 9 to 10. But he sang a song

saying, You are worthy to take the scroll and

to open its seal. For you were slain and have

redeemed us to God by your blood out of every

tribe and tongues and people and nation. He said,

you have made us kings and priests to our God

and we shall reign on yet. Praise the Lord. See,

he has called us. Can we go back to the previous

verse? He said he has redeemed us by his blood.

It's out of every tribe, right? Out of every

nation. So you see, there's no longer limitation.

It's not just the children of Levi. It's not

just them that have that access to God. Out of

every tongue and every nation and out of every

people, you see, he has made us king and priest

to our God. Praise the Lord. He has made us.

So this is not, this speaks of an identity. Praise

the Lord. This speaks of an identity. He has

made us kings and priests to our God. Praise

the Lord. He has made us royalty to our God and

we shall reign on the earth. So in the sacrifice

and in the things that Christ has done, every

of God's people have received this polytheism.

to be kings and priests on the earth. Praise

the Lord. Because of what Christ has done, we

have received this calling. This is not if I

accept it or I reject it. Praise the Lord. As

long as you are in Christ, this is a calling

that is upon your life, to be king and priest

on the earth. Praise the Lord. So God's initial

plan was fulfilled in Christ. You are now royal

Christians. It's the people that now can serve

and manifest. The power of God. The presence

of God. Praise the Lord. We can serve and manifest.

We can serve and execute. Below the intention

of God, we can execute. Praise the Lord. We have

the power to execute. We have the power to execute

the will of God on the earth. We have the power

to be a blessing to people. Just like Mashiach

said, to bless people. To say you are blessed.

Because we have that power to bless. To teach

people the word. We saw the duties and the roles

of priests. He said that they keep knowledge.

Praise the Lord. They give instructions to the

people. We have that power to teach. We have

the ability to teach. We have the ability to

bless people on the earth. To remind people of

the promises of God. Praise the Lord. To remind

people of the promises of God. To strengthen

those who are weak. Praise the Lord. To strengthen

those who are weak. To preach the gospel to the

lost. Praise the Lord. To preach the gospel.

So this is the thing that we have in Christ.

He has made us kings and priests on the earth

because of what Christ has done. Praise the Lord.

So his original intention of fellowship has been

restored. Praise the Lord. His original intention

of promise has been restored in Christ. We have

the ability to fellowship. We have the ability

to approach his throne of grace. Praise the Lord.

There will no longer be fear. There will no longer

be, oh, we heard the sound of thunder and we

are afraid. There is a strength now to approach,

to stand before him. Praise the Lord. To speak

with him, to fellowship with him. We are a royal

Christian. He said a chosen generation. And a

lot of us know the song. We are a chosen generation.

We run with it. And we dance with it. And we

move around with it. But sometimes we like the

idea of being special. We're not actually acting

specially. We like the idea of, oh, I'm not part

of these people. There is a higher calling. There

is a higher something. There is a higher dimension

to my life. But then, we don't know how to then

execute this higher dimension in our day -to

-day life. Praise the Lord. He said, you're a

chosen generation. A people that are set apart.

A people that once did not know God, but now...

have obtained mercy. A people that understand

the intention of God. Praise the Lord. A people

that understand the intention of God. We're royal

priesthood not because we are singular. Right?

We're royal priesthood because it is who we are

and the manifestation should be clear. Praise

the Lord. The manifestation should be clear.

So what is stopping us from fulfilling these

realities? These things that we have said. And

he said he has made us kings and priests from

yet. To execute his judgment, to execute his

intention. Praise the Lord. To serve, to bring

deliverance to people, to be a blessing. God

is stopping us from this fellowship. So God wants

us, he wants this fellowship from us. Praise

the Lord. He has made us. So we shouldn't refuse

this fellowship by how we behave or how we live

our lives. Praise the Lord. We shouldn't refuse

this fellowship of the Father. It's a fellowship

with the Father. John chapter 1, verse 1 to 4.

John 1:1–4

John chapter 1. Sorry, 1 John chapter 1. So that

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which was from the beginning, which we have had,

which we have seen with our own eyes, which we

have looked upon, our hands have handled, consigning

the word of life. The life was manifest and we

have seen it and bore witness. and declare to

you that eternal life, which was with the Father

and was manifest to us, that which we have seen

and had, we declare to you, that you also may

have fellowship with us. And truly, our fellowship

is with the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.

And these things I write to you, that your joy

might be full. Praise the Lord. It's a true fellowship,

it's that we have fellowship with God. and Jesus

Christ. Through fellowship is that we have fellowship

with God and with Jesus Christ. So we're just

going to look at mediators. So as the people

refused the proposal of God, they made Moses

the mediator between them and God. So somebody

who would speak on their behalf. Somebody who

is in the middle to say what their intention

is. what the plan of God is and declare it to

them. Praise the Lord. So somebody will speak

to God, conciling them. But because of what Christ

has done, we are able to speak to the Father.

Praise the Lord. We are able to speak to the

Father. We are able to speak to the Father. We

can now approach the throne of grace where we

can speak with God. Hebrews 4, verse 14. It's

Hebrews 4:14

a saying then that we have a great high priest

who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the

Son of God. Let us hold fast to our confession.

For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize

with our witness, but was at all points tempted

as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore

come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may

obtain mercy and find grace. and find grace to

help in times of need. Praise the Lord. So we

are able to come to God. We are able to come

to God because of what Christ has done. So the

mediation of what Christ has done for us allows

us to come to God. The mediation of Moses did

not allow the people to come to God. Praise the

Lord. There was a block. There was something

that was blocking. them from having fellowship.

But the mediation of what Christ has done is

that we can now come boldly to God because of

what he has done. So it therefore means that

we can hear God for ourselves. Praise the Lord.

It therefore means that we can hear God for ourselves.

It therefore means that the intention of God

is that your pastor teaches you the word, shows

you the things of God, but he should not be your

mediator. Praise the Lord. He should not be The

one that hears God for you. Praise the Lord.

God intends that at some point, with understanding,

you are able to hear Him. You are able to fellowship

with Him. Praise the Lord. You are able to fellowship

with Him. That you are able to come to Him. There

are some people that only know what their pastor

says. My pastor said this, my pastor said that,

my pastor said that. But there is no fellowship.

You don't know what God says concerning your

life. You don't know what God says concerning

your situation. You don't understand. the things

of God, because you have refused to fellowship.

You have refused to take advantage of that which

has already been given to you. He has made us

kings and priests. So are God to reign on the

earth. Because you have refused to take advantage

of fellowship, you will always seek to hear God

from your pastor, or from a brother, or from

somebody who sees you on the road and says, hey

you, I see this, I see that. Baby, you don't

fall on your knees and start crying. Praise the

Lord. I remember some time, some years ago, when

they are giving the word, I'd be asking, is that

not a word for me? Why is it that somebody here,

they're giving word to this person, that person?

How is it that somebody is not giving me nothing?

And a few occasions, I do receive the word, but

why is it that it's only this person that receives

the word? They are praying and they pass the

CIA. This is what God is saying concerning your

life. I'm going through a lot. Pastor, hear something

for me. Praise the Lord. But that's not the intention

of God. God intends that you hear Him for yourself.

That you are the person that hears Him for yourself.

It means that you take the responsibility of

fellowship. You take the responsibility of fellowship.

That you see that something is going on, you

pray about it. Praise the Lord. You pray about

it. There is a strength that comes from corporate

prayers, right? We're able to pray from now,

from morning till evening, most of the time because

we are here all together. Praise the Lord. But

God wants you to hear Him for yourself. He wants

a one -on -one interaction with you, that you

also know Him, that you know how to pray concerning

your situation. Praise the Lord. That you know

how to pray concerning your situation. That you

know how to pray concerning your situation. When

you see that something is going on in your environment,

you pray about it. You study the word of the

Lord about it. Because in doing that, you will

be able to execute His plan and purposes on the

earth. That you will be a priest to your family.

Praise the Lord. That you will be a priest to

your family. Some of us, if our parents know

what some of us know now, our life maybe will

be far better. We have not gone through the levels

that we are born through because they committed

us to pastor. You teach my type. Praise the Lord.

Or they committed us to schools. Schools teach

my children this, teach them that. We don't know

the teachers are going through a lot. Praise

the Lord. And they have many other children that

they will take care of. Right? You don't pay

attention to them. So that you be a priest in

your family. Praise the Lord. That you be a priest

in your family. You're the one that hears God.

If you are not yet hearing, you are hearing.

Praise the Lord. God, there is a crisis you are

looking for, which is important with you, by

the way. But you also know how to pray. Praise

the Lord. And we saw prayers the other time.

And we said that the first thing that prayer

does is that it helps you, you as a person. Your

challenges used to come and go. If you think

about it, they come and they go. The biggest

one you have faced, Right? It has come and it

left you. Praise the Lord. But you were still

there. So it changes you. No matter how difficult

the challenge is, it's that you take the time

to have fellowship. You take the time to seek

the face of God. Because in that, you are able

to execute the plans of God concerning your life.

Praise the Lord. You are able to hear the plans

of God concerning your life. So the people feared

because... He saw thunder and lightning. The

more you fellowship with God, the more fear will

go away. Praise the Lord. The more fear will

go away. I remember one time, the house I was

staying, there was a problem. Somebody was, I

don't know whether he was sick or he was seeing

something. He was in his room. He seemed to be

seeing things. Praise the Lord. And he was panting

too much. They called everybody. Everybody was

running. All of that. They came and called me

downstairs. I came up. I said, what's going on?

I saw somebody in the room. Logically, I was

asking you, how did you come to this room and

somebody started having problems? What happened

between them? But I saw the guy. He was really

going. He was not breathing properly. So many

things were happening, right? And he was seeing

things. I don't know what he was seeing, but

he was seeing things and moving around, right?

The first thing that will enter my head is, I've

seen this movie before. You have watched it in

Nigeria, right? And you see that somebody is

seeing things. Praise the Lord. So I thought

about it, thought about it. They fear, what can

I do? I started to pray, right? I start to pray.

I start to pray. I start to pray. And I prayed

and prayed and prayed and prayed. We needed to

take him to the hospital. How frightening it

was that the people don't want to help. They

were like, that is in that building. I called

him. I said, look, this person is not breathing

properly. We need to take him downstairs. But

the situation was looking like, if you touch

this guy, maybe what is following you will follow

you. Right? So they didn't want to come at all.

Like, there were boys there. They didn't want

to come. And this guy was like me. We need to

take him downstairs. Right? It was ladies that

helped carry him down. Praise the Lord. It was

the ladies in that house that helped carry him

down to the car. Right? He did. They had to take

him to Nigeria, but he was fine. Praise the Lord.

At the end of the day. So, there's so many things

that will come and will happen. You will not

understand it. Right? You will even, you would

fear about it. But when you know that, what else

do I know? I'm not a doctor. There's nothing

that I know. I cannot diagnose anything. I just

have to pray. Praise the Lord. I just have to

pray because that is what I understand. That

is what I know. Praise the Lord. That is what

I know. And there's so many people they could

have called. There's so many people they have

called, right, that refuse to go there. So the

more we fellowship with God, the more fear will

go away. The more you fellowship with God, the

more fear will go away. The more you know God,

the revelation of God is the revelation of you.

You find yourself in God. We saw that in Matthew

16 -19. And then to the people that are priests,

he says that their portion is the Lord. In Numbers

18 -20, he says that God is their portion. Praise

the Lord. It means that God will take care of

them. The people that work in that office, that

God takes care of them. That God is their portion.

He takes care of them. So what is stopping you

from manifesting? Your priest, what is stopping

you from manifesting that which is given to you?

Is it fear? Is it your lack of fellowship? There's

very little that we will be able to do or somebody

can be able to do for you, even in terms of prayer

and all of that. But if you learn how to fellowship,

you will discover that as somebody is saying,

there's a problem here, you'll be hearing, for

me, this is what God is saying. I've had this

thing clearly because you have prayed. Praise

the Lord. You have prayed. You have prayed. There's

some issues in your life that I'm sure you know

that God has not revealed it to any pastor. And

you know. Because he's telling you that you have

to deal with it. You have to pray. You have to

study. You have to seek my face concerning this

issue. You need to stand up and begin to act

like that which you have. Praise the Lord. So

our priesthood is restored in Christ. A kingdom

of priests to serve. our God, to execute His

judgment on the earth, in our lives and the people

that are around us. Praise the Lord. Let's just

open our mouth and just begin to bless the name

of the Lord. If today's message was a blessing,

share it with a friend. Till next time, be blessed.