The Kingdom of God 17.09.23

Kingdom of God. Amen. Last week I spoke to you about the signs

of the end times. All right, And as children of God, it's

important for you to know the kingdom that you are in, because there is

a predefined journey in the Kingdom of God. And the end of the Kingdom

of God on earth will be that Christ Jesus will come and take the Kingdom

of God on earth to heaven. I hope you understand. So you need

to understand and know where you are placed in the Kingdom of God. You

are not just a Christian. Do you understand? You are not just a

Christian. The moment you repent and confess the Lord Jesus as Lord over your

life, you become born again. So a man came to Jesus. His

name was Nicodemus. He came to Jesus and was trying to give Jesus funds

that, oh, I know you are a man and from God, because

the things you do and the things you teach, no one can do it

except God is with him. And Jesus said to him, you must be

born again. And Jesus said, except you are born again of water and

of spirit, you cannot see the Kingdom of God. He says, you

can't enter into the Kingdom of God. Do you understand. And so Jesus

when he came, many of the things he spoke about had to do with

the Kingdom of God. And how many of you know that If Jesus spoke

about the Kingdom of God, then indeed the Kingdom of God is important.

Amen. If when he came he spoke about Instagram, then he means Instagram

will be important. But thanks me to God, he didn't talk about Instagram

or TikTok. He spoke rather about the Kingdom of God. Amen. And

so, as children of God, we need to know what the Kingdom of

God is. We need to understand what the Kingdom of God is. We

need to understand what the purpose of God is. John erstand. We need

to understand so that we don't live our lives anyhow, because the moment you

become born again, you are no longer in the world system. But now

you are in the Kingdom of God. God has drafted you into his kingdom.

Amen. And so Jesus answered to him and said, most assuredly,

I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the

Kingdom of God. Amen. So the Kingdom of God is not like kumacy

that everybody can go to kumacy unless you are born again, you can see

and unless you are born of water and spirit. Go to the next vesta.

How can a man be born when he is old? Because Nicodemos was

an old man, he had gray hair, he was an old man.

Can he? So is he? Because Jesus was talking about kingdom things and

Nicodemos was can now, he didn't understand. So he says, can an

old man enter his mother's womb again to be born again? He was taking

it literally, but Jesus meant a spiritual rebirth, he said most assuredly.

Unless one is born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into

the Kingdom of God. Amen. And so baptism is important for you to

enter into the Kingdom of God. You need to be baptized in the Holy

Spirit to be able to enter into the Kingdom of God. Amen. And

so let's look at Matthew Chapter six, Verse No. Matthew six thirty three.

Let's look at the Vest thirty two, and then will come to the

Vest thirty three. I just want to do an introduction. Let's look at

verse thirty one and then will come. Yes, he says, therefore,

do not worry, saying what shall we eat? What shall we dre?

What shall we wear? Next verse? For after all these things the gentiles

seek, please give me another version, give me the message version. If

you have a message. After all these things the gentiles seek, he said,

step your life in God's reality, God's initiative, God's provision. So

let's go to the staty two of the message. He says, People who

don't know God and the way he works, they fast over things, over

these things. What shall we wear? What is the latest trending thing?

What shall I get to wear down? My friends will think highly of me.

People who don't know God and they don't know the purpose of God,

they make a big fast over these things. Amen, It says that,

but you know both God and how he works. Those who are born again,

we know God and we know how God works. Please ask your neighbor

do you know God? Ask them again, boldly, do you know God?

And do you know how God works? What did they tell you?

They know something? Amen? For us who are born again, we know

God and we know how God works. Do you understand? So we don't

first over things? What we will weigh. We don't fast over how what

we will eat. We don't fast over what is strending, because we know

who God is and we know how God works. Amen. Can I hear

an amen? Or other people in church today or they've gone home? I

can see some people, but their lives are not moving. Can I hear

an amen? Oh? This amen is suffering from question? Can I hear

a healthy? Amen? Is getting the It's not there yet? Give the

Lord a better Amen. You didn't eat this morning. You're not eating.

I also know eating, but I'm preaching and I'll eat till we close.

Change the understand. So I'm expending more energy and more spirits than you.

So you have to respond. Amen, Let's look out best thirty three,

He says, steep your life in the new king Change. Verson says that,

but seek ye first, the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. Seek

ye first. Right seeking is not looking. I hope you know that seeking

is different from looking. Those who mind gold, who mind diamond box sides

and a lot of rascious minerals, they don't go looking. They go seeking.

Sometimes it takes them years of exploration in order to find that this area

has gold. Here you understand. It takes seeking to find things that are

precious. It takes seeking. Some of you. I know you don't like

looking for things. When your mommy tells each other they go and look for

that thing, you just go and do seating and come. I didn't find

it because it is not in your nature to seek for things. You just

want the thing to be there. You go now there, you see it,

and you pick it. But when it comes to the Kingdom of God,

seeking is part of it. Amen, Seeking is part of it.

Can I yearn Amen, please tell your neighbor. Seeking is part of it.

So it says that bad seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his

righteousness, and all these other things shall be added onto you in the Hebrew

rendering of the scripture. What it means is that when you seek God first,

you become a magnet that attracts all these other things. You understand.

So for you, what you need at this stage in your life is for

you to be able to pass your exams so you progress to the next level

of your life. If you fail your exams now, it means you are

denying yourself a good future, you understand. But if at this stage you

can seek God first and his righteousness. What it means is that you will

attract good grades. So you see your friends who come and give testimonies,

God give me distinction. They are seeking God first and his kingdom. They

are seeking the righteousness of God first. So God causes them to attract good

things. God causes them to attract good things. Amen, let's look at

the messaguation for the first thirty three. It has steep your life in God

reality, God reality, God initiative, God initiative, God provisions. Don't

worry about missing out. The thing with being a Christian, being a born

again Christian who loves God, is that not everybody will like you. Do

you understand Not everybody will like you. So it's whether you want people to

like you or you want God to like you. The choice is yours.

Not everybody will like you. They will give you names. They'll call you

names. They'll call you Papa Christopher, they will call you Papa Criffe,

they will call you Christo, Christo. They will give your names. Oh,

they'll call you Mary, Mary, Madra, virgin friends eating. They

will call you something. You understand they will call you something. But you

need to counter all joy when they call you that because you are suffering persecution

for the namesake of God. I hope you understand. So don't worry about

missing out. You will find all everyday human concerns will be met, all

your needs will be met when you seek God first and his kingdom. I

hope you understand. Yes, So seeking God first and his righteousness is a

priority for every Christian. If you are not seeking God first and his kingdom,

you are behaving like a refugee or an illegal immigrant. Who knows what

an illegal immigrant is. When you watch the news, you see they will

say that, oh, they legal immigrants are becoming too many. So the

illegal immigrants from Africa, they will take a boat on the Mediterranean and head

towards Italy or Spain. And when they get that, they world jump out

of the boat and run into the city. I mean, I don't know

what, you don't know where you're going to. And you see the moment

they run is that they catch all of them and they deport all of them

back. And they are some too who say I'm going for a conference,

I'm going to school. And when they go, they were hiding the aunties

room and they will come out there for two years. They are illegal immigrants,

do you understand? So every kingdom has citizens, Every kingdom has what

every kingdom has citizens? How many of you are citizens of Ghana? You

are citizens of Ghana? Why? Because you're born here, your parents probably

are citizens and so you as citizens? How many as citizens of the UK

or they've all traveled, they've gone to school. How many assistants of Nigeria.

It's assism of Nigeria. Why are you assizenm of Nigeria because you're born

there? Your parents are Nigerians, so you're assistant of Nigeria. You understand.

You can be a citizen of America. Everywhere they are legal resident people,

so they are citizens. They own a right to the place, you

understand. And then there are legal immigrants who are maybe from Ghana. They

say that I'm going to work in the US. I'm going to work in

Nigeria. I'm going to work. So they give them legal resident permits to

allow them to live there and to wake you understand. And there are illegal

immigrants who enter it up by stow away or based on false pretense. So

don't take somebody's documents and enter and use their antis documents to be working that

is an illegal immigrant. So in the Kingdom of God, there are citizens

in the Kingdom of God. The citizens in the Kingdom of God, they

seek the interests of the kingdom. I hope you understand. And because you

are a citizen of the Kingdom, God has made you an ambassador. You

are not just a citizen in the kingdom. Every citizen is an ambassador.

And what do ambassadors do. Ambassadors look out for the interests of the home

country. So, as an ambassador, you represent Christ wherever you go.

As an ambassador, you represent the Kingdom of God, wherever you go.

As an ambassador, you represent the purpose of God wherever you go, the

will of God wherever you go. But you see illegal immigrants and legal immigrants.

They don't care about the home country. All they care about is that

I need to get medicare, I need to get a job. I need

a place to stay, I need food to eat. Always I need always

give me, give me, gim me, gimmy, always give me.

So they are name is gimme, mister, gimme, missus, gimme.

They are always taking, taking, taking, you understand. But ambassadors expand

themselves. They serve the purpose of the Kingdom of God. Amen. And

so God wants you to start to have the kingdom mindset. Please tell your

neighbor begin to have a kingdom mindset. Begin to have word a kingdom mindset,

because you are in a bigger kingdom than you know. You are not

just in a church. You are not just a member of Action Chapel International.

You are not just a member of another church. You are not just

a member of the youth Church. You are part of the Kingdom of God.

You are a citizen in the Kingdom of God. And because you are

a citizen in the Kingdom of God, you are a minister of reconciliation.

God has made you an ambassador. So when you go to school, you

need to represent the kingdom there. Do you understand You need to represent the

purpo of God there. You need to represent the will of God. There.

What is the will of God that all men should be saved? So

we're spoken about anakasu compel them to come. There's a feast that God has

prepared and so as an ambassador and a seventh of God, he has sent

you to go and bring them in. So you are an ambassador. You

need to represent Jesus wherever you go. Amen. So, as a kingdom

citizen with a kingdom mindset, when they are a bunch of ten people and

we listen to them talking, we should know that, yes, you are

a citizen. You're a kingdom citizen. We should know that you are a

born again believer who has a kingdom mindset. You cannot be like everybody else.

You are not called to be like everybody else. Amen. And so

God has made you special. Amen. And so let's look at Marthy chapter

thirteen in the New Testament, Jesus spoke forty six forty three parables. Forty

three parables, okay, And I'll need you as a reading assignment. I'll

need you to read Batite chapter thirteen. It talks about many of the parables

Jesus spoke. And out of the forty three or forty six parables Jesus spoke,

Jesus spoke thirteen of them. Thirteen of them relates to the Kingdom of

God. One three relates to the Kingdom of God. So it tells you

how important the Kingdom of God is. It tells you how importance the Kingdom

of God is. And so in verse one, the Bible says, and

Jesus went and sat by the sea. Next verse, and a great multitude,

a great multitude. Now, a multitude is a number of people who

are about five thousand, So more than five thousand people a great So it's

not just a multitude of multitudes about five thousand. And so if he says

a great, then it means it's more. More and more. They came

to Jesus. They came together to him, so that he sat in a

boat, and the whole multitude stood on the shore. So they were standing

on the sea shore, and he was in a boat. Next yas,

and he spoke many things to them in parables. He spoke many things to

them in parables. Now, what is a parable? A parable is used

to represent or to explain spiritual things by liking it to earthly things, processes.

And so if you read you studied thirteen, you see that Jesus liking

the Kingdom of God to a farmer, to a soler. Jesus were often

liking the Kingdom of God to something else, to a piece of land,

to treasure. He was liking it to thinks that you can relate to.

I hope you understand. And so Jesus said, behold as soa went out.

A soa went out so talking about a farmer. So a farmer with

a bag of seed went out. Next verse, and as he sold,

some seeds fell on the wayside. As the soa sold the seeds, some

of the seeds fell by the wayside. And the Bible says that, and

the birds came and devoured them. So the seeds that were supposed to fall

on good ground, some fell by the wayside, and immediately birds came and

ate them. Next verse. Some fell on stony ground where they did not

have much earth, and they immediately sprang up. But because they had no

depth of earth. Next verse, but when the sun was up, they

were scorched, and because they had no roots, they withered away. Okay,

they withered away. So the seeds that fell on rocky ground or stony

ground, it grew quickly. But because they had no roots, when the

sun came, the sun scorched and he beat it, and then he died

and withered away. Next verse. And some fell among thorns. Some fell

among thorns. How many of you have been pricked by a thorn before?

Yes, you see, it's very painful. Some of the seeds fell among

thorns, and it also sprang up, but the thorns choked the seed.

It choked. As the tree was growing, the thorns choked it, so

it couldn't grow beyond a certain measure. And even the fruits that I bore,

the thorns kept choking it. So he killed a seed next ways.

But it says that other seeds fell on good ground and yielded a crop.

Other seeds fell on good ground and yielded a crop, some a hundred fold,

some thirty fold, some sixty four. And so in this parable,

Jesus was explaining the heart conditions of people in the Kingdom of God. Remember

I spoke to you about citizens of the Kingdom. We have legal residents,

we have illegal immigrants, we have refugees. So this shows the four heart

conditions of people who are in the Kingdom of God. You understand. But

the purpose of God for us is that it will be fruitful and multiply.

And so the heart condition that God has prescribed for us to have is the

good ground. Because by having a good ground, when you receive the seed

of God, you begin to be fruitful. Can I hear an amen?

Amen? And so Jesus explained these four heart conditions that people have in the

Kingdom of God, all right. And the first one he explained is that

the words the seed that the soua sold, The seed that the soa sold

is the word of God. The seed that the soua sold is the word

of God. So it is the word of the Kingdom. How many of

you know that every country has a constitution. How many of your study government

or social studies. How many of you have I've seen the constitution of Ghana.

Have you seen the constitution of Ghana. You've seen a constitution of Ghana.

It gives a legal framework of how things can be done. So anything

that is done outside of the constitution makes it illegal. So it is illegal

to sell drugs, to sell hard drugs. The constitution frowns on it.

So when the police catch you, they will send you to court, and

because you have infringed on the constitution, you'll be jailed for many years.

To understand. So the parable he spoke, the seeds that the soul are

sold, where the word of God. It is the word of God,

the word of the Kingdom. So it is the constitution of the Kingdom of

God. You understand. And so the Kingdom of God has a constitution too.

And the constitution is the Bible is aware of God because the King,

who is God Almighty, he's the one who has spoken. So the words

in the Bible are the words that come from the King. And how many

of you know that every word that the King speaks is law. So because

God has spoken, it has been recorded as a constitution for us to live

our lives by it. Amen. So living your life away from the Word

of God will mean word you're trespassing, you are infringing, and the benefits

that in the Kingdom of God for you, you'll not be able to be

a beneficiary of it. Can I hear an amen? Amen? And so

the Word is the word, the seed is the word of the Kingdom.

Amen. And So the first one that fell by the wayside is that there

are some people when they hear the word of God, the word of God

has not benefits them. The Word doesn't benefit them because the moments they hear

the word of God, the enemy comes and steals the word out of their

heart. Remember, the wayside is a heart condition. It's a heart condition.

So those are Christians who don't have the Word in them at all because

the moments they hear the word of God, the Saytan comes and steals the

word out of their heart. Why because they are more interested in worldly things,

not kingdom things. They're not interested in kingdom things. They only they

are church goers. How many church goers we have you, They are churched.

They only come to church, but they are not really interested in the

Kingdom of God. They're not interested in things of the Kingdom of God.

They are just they just come to church because Chalad they are compelled to come

to church. And so when they hear the word of God, it doesn't

benefits them in any way. Amen. And so the enemy snatches away what

was sown in their hearts. So it doesn't matter how powerful the pastor preaches.

It doesn't matter how many scriptures the pastor gives. It doesn't benefit because

the devil comes to steal the word out of their heart. Amen. And

those who receive the seed by the wayside are those types of people. Amen.

But he who received the seed on stony places, on stony ground,

stony ground, stony ground, this is he who hears the word of God

and immediately receives it with joy. Those type of people are the loudest people

in church. When the pastor is preaching. Oh, preach on, preach

on, when the choir singing, oh, sing on, sing on,

sing on. They are the loudest people in church. They receive the word

of God with joy. They are the ones that have the loudest amen.

They are the ones who are always clapping. There's a man in the main

change. Tell him. I said that when the Pa Papie is preaching.

He was, oh yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. You'll

be giving fans. You'll be preaching Papa is preaching. There are people like

that. They receive the word of God with joy. But guess what,

because their hearts are stony, the word of God benefits them only for a

short while. So while the world remains in them, they are with full

joy. But the moment the issues of life appear, the moments some through

drivers scratches their car, they forget that they are Christians. They will get

down and insult the guy, and if they don't stop him, they will

stand them and fights and say, hey, oh let me my jib.

You understand, he will forgets that he's a Christian because when the issues of

life happen, they compromise, you understand. So for our assistance, those

whose hearts are stony and can't receive the word of God for it to benefit

them when things become hard, a little hard where they need to learn to

trust God. Then when the foolish boy calls them no, then they are

going like duck links. Amen. So God doesn't want you to have the

heart of the wayside. It doesn't want you to have the heart by the

stony heart. Okay. The next one is that because they have no roots

in themselves, they enjoy only for a short while. So those are the

type of Christians. You see them coming to church for a short while,

but then you see that they will disappear for a long time because the Word

is not deeply rooted in them. And now, he who received the seeds

among the thhones is he who, when he hears the word of God,

the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of the riches choke the word and

he becomes unfruitful. So those who the seed falls among the phones are those

who receive the word. And because of the cares of life. This one

is mainly for the grown ups who are growing, but it can apply to

you too. Because of the cares of life, Oh Chale, the deceitfulness

of this world, the riches of this world. Oh Chali, what is

trending? How do I need to dress? How do I need to look?

Should I do some kola in my eyes? Should I do this?

You know, so that I'm accepted that the deceitfulness of this world, the

things that are trending, deceives them. And so because it deceives them,

it chokes the Word of God out of their lives. And it doesn't the

word of God doesn't benefits them at all. And so you see that when

tribulation comes, when trouble comes, they can easily give up on God.

When trouble comes, they will tend their backs on God. When trouble comes,

they will forget about God, and they will say, oh, let

me find another solution some way. When I find that solution, I will

come back to churche. Amen. God doesn't want you to be that type

of person. Amen. But what he wants you to be is the person

with the heart of a good ground. And the good ground is that which

receives the word, and the word takes root. So the good ground receives

the word of God. And because your heart is the gates to your spirit,

you receive the Word in your spirit, and you meditate on the Word

of God. So always and at all times you have a reference in the

Word of God for your life in the Kingdom of God. Those who are

profitable in the Kingdom of God are those who have good hearts, of good

soil that receives the Word, and the Word grows in them. It takes

root, the Word grows and bears fruits. If you plant tomatoes today in

one man time, your expectation is that the tomato seeds you planted should grow

and it should begin to bear fruit. In the Kingdom of God, God

expects that the Word you are receiving should bear fruit. It should be fruitful

in your life. I hope you understand. So please tell your neighbor for

free. God expects you to be fruitful. Please say to your other neighbor,

God expects you to be fruitful. Amen. And so that is what

God wants for us. Amen. God wants for us to be fruitful.

Let's go. Joshua chapter one, vs. Eight. Joshua chapter one,

verse eight, and this is moses admonition to Joshua. It says that by

the law the book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth. But

you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do

according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your

ways prosperous. For then, who will make your ways prosperous? You?

For then you, because you have the Word of God in you, because

the Word of God is profitable to you, you will make your ways prosperous.

Then you will have good success. The purpose of God for you and

I in the Kingdom of God is for all of us to have good success.

It is not God's will for us to fail. God expects us to

have good success because the word of God that He gives to us daily can

bring us to the place of good success. Amen. Can we look at

the message version for this and it says that, and don't for a minute

let this book of revelation be out of your mind. Don't let this book

of revelation be what out of your mind. Ponder and meditate on it day

and night. Ponder and meditate on its words day and night. Think about

it. Let it consume you. Let it be one of the things that

consumes you. Don't let it be the boy who lives your neighbor, who

are fine, boy who don't let him be the one who is consuming you.

Let the Word of God be the one the thing that is consuming you.

Meditate on it day and night, making sure you practice everything written in

it, not some making sure you practice everything that is written in it.

Then you get where you are going. Then you will succeed. Amen.

I believe you all want to succeed in life. Don't you want to succeed?

You want to succeed. This is the secrets to success in the Kingdom

of God. The secret to success in the Kingdom of God is the word

of God. By meditating on the Word of God, letting the word of

God consume you, you prepare your spirit, you prepare your heart to receive.

Then it becomes profitable to you. Amen. And so if you want

to succeed in this life, this is the secrets to your success in the

Kingdom of God. Because in the Kingdom of God, the rules of success

is different from outside in the world. The rules of successes that go to

school, learn hard, apply yourself to your courses, and you will succeed.

And it's a principle that works. So there are many doctors out there

who have gone to school. There are many engineers who have gone to school.

There are lots of people who have gone to school. But guess what,

in the Kingdom of God. The principles of the world don't really work

in the Kingdom of God. It is the principles of Heaven that work.

So which school did Papa go to? How many of you know Papa's classmates?

Proper didn't go to school. He went to class three. He didn't

go to class four. But it's papast successful. He's very successful. President's

invite him for dinner. How many presidents have invited for dinner? Okay,

Prime ministers invite him when he goes out there, he's honored like a president

because of this secret, which is having a good heart condition that can receive

the word of God. And so what you are seeing around him is the

fruits of the Word of God in him. Amen. And so please tell

your neighbor for free. That is time to develop a kingdom mindset. Oh,

I didn't hear you say anything. I didn't hear you say anything.

Amen. It is time to develop a kingdom mindset. It is time to

stop thinking small, because the Kingdom of God is not small. Do you

understand. The Kingdom of God is vast. The Kingdom of God is huge.

But if you apply yourself to the things that God has written concerning his

kingdom, you will have good placement in the Kingdom of God. So you

can be a small boy in your neighborhood, even in your family, nobody

respects you. But I see, when you apply yourself to the things of

God in the Kingdom of God, you be highly respected. You'll be highly

value to be highly on it. Do you understand. And so if you

want God to take pleasure in you, you need to apply yourself to the

things of the Kingdom. Amen. And so finally I want to give you

one last parable that Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God in Martin chapter thirteen,

forty four Matthew chapter thirteen, verse forty four. And Jesus against spoke

a parable and said, the Kingdom of God is like hidden treasure. It's

like treasure hidden in the field for years and then accidentally found by a tresspasser.

The treasure was found by a trespasser. You see those boys who will

beholding that trolley and they'll be going from house to house looking for metal,

house anything. You leave outside. If you leave your bicycle, houside your

character and put it inside. If you leave your watch, imagine or character

and put his side, and he will take it and go and sell it

for scrub. So the Kingdom of God is like treasure in a field that's

a trespasser wandered on and found he saw it. And when he saw it,

he says that, and the finder is a static what a find,

and proceeds to sell all he owns to raise money to buy that field.

So the Kingdom of God is precious that when you find it, you can

sell everything in order to buy into it. Jo understand, the Kingdom of

God is precious. So when he saw that there was precious treasure in there,

he went to sell all his things and came to buy that small purcel

of land because it was precious. Indeed, So please tell your neighbor for

free. The Kingdom of God is precious a man, and it's a great

privilege to be a part of this kingdom. Amen, it is a great

privilege to be a part of this kingdom.