Righteous Invasion of Truth

Dr. Abel Damina: Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, praise the Lord. Abel Damina is my name. I want to welcome you to this broadcast, a time of learning, a time of unlearning, and a time of relearning. The essence of this broadcast is to bring to you the revelation of Jesus Christ. The mandate of God on our ministry is the revelation of Jesus, reintroducing Jesus to this generation, equipping the believer to know who you are in Christ, what you have in Christ, and what Christ can do through you.

So get ready, fasten your seatbelts today. We're going to adventure in the scriptures. The scriptures tell us in John 5:39, Jesus speaking to the Jews, said, "You search the scriptures for in them you think you have eternal life, but they are they which testify of me." The Bible is Christocentric. It's a message centered on the person of Jesus Christ.

So get ready today as we traverse through the pages of the scriptures, unveiling Christ so we can reveal your true identity in Christ. Because once you know who you are in Christ, then you will know what you have in Christ, and then you can be able to know what Christ can do through you. It gives you a life of fulfillment, a life that is purpose-driven so you can make the impact you were designed to make in this life through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Call a friend, call a loved one, tell somebody to tell somebody to hook up right now as I take you into that service where the spirit of our God is already moving. Happy listening.

John chapter 5 verse 39. In Christ realities. "Search the scriptures for in them you think you have eternal life and they are they which testify of me." Verse 40, "And you will not come to me that you might have life." So the essence of study or the reason for the writing of the book called the Bible is to unveil the person of Christ.

The Bible in John chapter 1 verse number 1 says, "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God." Just like your thoughts precede your writing, so in the beginning was the thought, the idea that precedes the writing. There must be an idea, an image, a thought, a knowledge, or a wisdom before you begin to write.

The Bible says, "In the beginning was the word." This is why John calls him the word. Of course, Jesus never said "I am the word." It was John's coinage. It was John who called him the word. Notice, when he calls Jesus the word, it's restricted only to John's writings, except Hebrews chapter 4 verse 12, who also repeated once calling Jesus the word.

Hebrews chapter 4 verse number 12, "For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." So the writer of Hebrews also called him the word. Except for that one mention, John exclusively is the one who refers to Jesus as the word.

In 1 John chapter 1 verse 1, "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and our hands have handled of the word of life." John repeats it again in Revelation chapter 19 verse 13, "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood, and his name is called the word of God." His name is called the word of God. That is John's writing.

So John chapter 1 verse 1, "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God." Why did John say that? John said that because the word "word," which is *Logos*, *L-O-G-O-S*, *Logos* means a thought, an idea, or a thinking pattern. That which precedes speaking is called *Logos*.

So he is called *Logos*, which means he precedes the scriptures. He precedes the scriptures. So he says, "They testify of me." The scriptures testify of me. That word "testify" is a strong word in the Greek. It refers to something that you witness, something that you witness.

So Jesus could not have come after the prophecies. For the scriptures to testify of him means he predated the scriptures. You don't testify of someone who has not yet come into existence. You only testify of someone that has been. So Jesus called the scriptures his testimony.

So Jesus must have existed before the prophecies for them to testify of him. So he is called the word. That is, when you put the scriptures together from Genesis to Malachi, at this point in time, when you put everything together, both individually and collectively, the word is Christ. That is, when you put everything together, the message is Christ. This is the thought behind this. This is the truth behind this word. This is the person of Jesus Christ.

In Luke chapter 24 verse 25 to 27, Jesus speaking to those disciples on the way to Emmaus said to them, "Oh fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory?" And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

So if you observe carefully, it is pointing to the same thing: "They testify of me." Notice what Jesus did there in that teaching. He expounded. The word "expounded" is where we get the word "hermeneutics." Hermeneutics for those writing is spelled as H-E-R-M-E-U-T-I-C-S, hermeneutics, taken from *hermeneuo*. In the Greek, it means to interpret or to explain.

The scriptures mean that the Old Testament will need explanation. The Old Testament must be explained. The word "hermeneutics" is used for signs, symbols, and figures of speech. Hermeneutics is used for signs, symbols, and figures of speech. It means the writing of the Old Testament requires interpretation. It requires interpretation. Not interpretation of language, but the understanding of the message.

Jesus said, "I am the message." He said, "Ought not Christ," that is, Christ is the explanation of the scriptures or Christ is the interpretation of the Bible. That's why Paul will say in 1 Corinthians chapter 2 verse number 16, "We have the mind of Christ." We have the mind of Christ, which means the word "mind" is the same word for comprehension. We have the comprehension of Christ, that word "mind." That is, Christ explains the scriptures to us.

We have the mind of Christ. That word "mind of Christ" refers to the epistles. The epistles are the understanding of Christ. That's where we get an understanding of the scriptures. So we began to examine the book of Acts yesterday. We began to look casually into the book of Acts and we will give it a more serious approach because it's key to know how things were explained.

Jesus had risen from the dead. Then we have the book of Acts, which is 28 chapters. And if you want to read the book of Acts, you just need to read 10 chapters a day, you finish it in two and a half days. 28 chapters. That's how easy it is to read the Bible. Why I'm taking time to explain the book of Acts is because I discovered that a lot of false explanation of scriptures came from the book of Acts.

A lot of error in explaining scripture emanated, originated from the book of Acts. So if we understand the progression in the book of Acts and the use of words and what they mean, it will really help us to understand the scriptures. My job as your pastor is to make you understand the scriptures. That's my whole lifetime assignment: to make you understand this ancient book that contains eternal truth called the scriptures. That's my fundamental job.

And if I'm taking care of you as flock, I will not take care of you as flock by coming to your house to eat. I take care of you as flock by making you understand scriptures whichever way, however, whatever style, whatever strategy. If I have to run, if I have to jump, if I have to dance to make you understand it, that is my job as your pastor, to understand the scriptures.

The Bible says "Feed the flock." What do you feed the flock with? You feed the flock with the word. The word is the interpretation of the scriptures, and the job of the pastor is to make you understand scriptures.

A pastor told his church, "I know I cannot teach the Bible. I know I cannot teach the Bible because I am not a teacher." And the members came back to that same church next Sunday. It's like a pilot saying, "I know I cannot fly the plane, but let us fly." You will still sit in the plane? A pastor that cannot teach the word of God, cannot teach the Bible, is a driver who cannot drive on the driver's seat.

The Bible says a bishop must be apt to teach. He must be able to teach. In the Greek, the word "pastor" is used by Brother Paul in Ephesians 4:11 as a pastoring teacher, pastoring teacher. He gave apostles, prophets, evangelists. If you observe, it is only pastor that have the conjunction "and teacher," which means the pastor is a pastoring teacher. 1 Timothy 5:17 calls him a laborer in word and doctrine. So a pastor can't say "I can't teach, but I can give you *rhema*." *Rhema*? That's a laugh.

So let's look at a subject matter before we get to Brother Paul's revelation of identification. Let's look at the new birth or being born again. Did you notice that in the book of Acts, in the entire book of Acts, you won't find there a word used like "born again"? Not even one time. There's no mention of the word "born again." You won't find the word "new creation" in the book of Acts. It doesn't even come, not even in a prophecy in the whole book of Acts.

Look at Jesus' words in John chapter 3 verse 3, Jesus speaking to Nicodemus. "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Verse 4, "Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?" Verse 5, "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."

Verse 6, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit." Verse 7, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again." Verse 8, "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the spirit."

In verse 6 when he says "born of water and of the spirit" is the *kai* rule: "born of water, that is, the spirit." He didn't say "born of the water," but he says "of the spirit." So water will be symbolic of the spirit. Water is symbolic of the spirit. So water was used to symbolize the birth of the spirit.

So Jesus establishes something: that there is something called the new birth, that is, being born of the spirit. It will amaze you that that terminology did not come out at all in the entire 28 chapters of the book of Acts, as serious and important as that word "born again" is. John 1:12, Brother John writing, he says, "But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."

So we are born again. We are sons of God. You believe, you receive. "As many as believe, to them gave he power, even as many as believe on his name." Now notice the book of Acts. Let's see how they addressed themselves. In Acts chapter 1 verse 15, "And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples and said (the number of names together were about 120)."

So they addressed themselves as disciples. Bad translation. The word there is the word *Adelphos* in the Greek. *Adelphos* in the Greek is used for "brethren." That's the way it should have been in that verse 15. *Adelphos*, brethren, all right? Taken from *Delphos*. *Delphos* means "the womb," the womb. That is, folks that have a single parentage, used for mothers.

That word is "brethren," *Adelphos*. It's also used for Jews. So we have the word "brethren" used here. Another word is the word "believers." The book of Acts chapter 5 verse number 14, "And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women." Note, the book of Acts, the word "believe" a couple of times. For example, take down the statistics. "Which believe" is mentioned 30 times. "Just believe" is mentioned 10 times. "Believest" mentioned 3 times. "Believing" mentioned 24 times.

Notice there's a word used so commonly and we use it today as well. It's the word "a disciple" or "disciples." That word is used 215 times in the Bible. Just once in the Old Testament, Isaiah 28:11. All right, that word is mentioned just once in the Old Testament. In Acts, the word "disciple" and "disciples" is used 131 times in Acts. The word "disciple" and "disciples." Notice, it's not mentioned at all in the epistles, the word "disciple." Yet it was prominent in the book of Acts, but it's not even mentioned in the epistles.

And we will find out why. It's a word used majorly in the four gospels and then subsequently in the book of Acts that says something to you. That communicates something to you. That the book of Acts can in the form of language and communication be classified with the four gospels.

The interesting thing is that the epistles were written within the same history that the book of Acts captures. The word "disciple" is the word *mathetes*, *M-A-T-H-E-T-E-S*, *mathetes*. The word *math*, *M-A-T-H*, is an ancient word used for a mental effort, math, mental effort. To think through something, to think through something. It deals with a thought pattern, the word math.

So the person called a disciple is someone who follows in his mindset, someone who follows in his mindset. That's a disciple. Interestingly, it was used by the Jewish rabbis when they have a disciple. What they do with that disciple, they give you the Torah, and then you memorize it and you have to know the words of the Torah by heart literally. You are able to communicate it very well.

Secondly, it reflects in how you dress and how you speak and how you behave, your mode of behavior. Because the word "disciple" is *mathetes*. The key word is how you think because the thinking part is what affects all other things. A disciple is one who follows in his thinking. You can't be a disciple just because you're always around me. You can even become a liability by being around me and somebody far from me can be a disciple because being around me doesn't make you a disciple.

What makes you a disciple is your mind is following. Your mind is attending to the things I'm teaching and because your mind is attending, what I'm teaching is molding your mindset. So your mindset begins to affect your behavior, your attitude, and your character. So a disciple is not one that is around. A disciple is one that follows in his thinking.

Now it was used so many times in the four gospels and predominantly in the book of Acts, but notice that while the book of Acts use the word "disciple" so much, it doesn't make reference at all to the new birth. Not a single teaching, not a single teaching in the whole book of Acts on the spirit of adoption. Not even a mention. Not a single teaching, not even by mistake in the book of Acts on our sonship. Not a single teaching.

The book of Acts, no information on the new birth, but majors on believing or it refers to believers as disciples, one who is learning to be like, learning to think like, a disciple. But not a single reference on the new birth even in their prophecies. That shows you that prophecies are dependent on what you know.

But curiously, let's look at Peter's epistle. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 23, "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever." Look at 2 Peter chapter 1 verse 4, "Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."

The word "divine nature" or divine light, "partakers" means to fellowship with. That is, you have access to. A partaker means to fellowship with or to have access to. Now 1 Peter 1:23 where we first read used the word *Spora*, *S-P-O-R-A*, *Spora*, while Brother John used the word *Sperma*, *Sperma*. So Brother Peter used the word *Spora* for "born again" while Brother John used the word *Sperma*.

In 1 John 3:9, see where the word *Sperma* is implied. "Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin for his *Sperma*, seed, for his seed, *Sperma*, remaineth in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God." So *Sperma* will refer to the heredity, the sperm where the child comes from. Peter didn't use that, it's John that used that.

The sperm where the child came from, but Peter uses *Spora*. *Spora* is a seed. It's used for origin or parentage, *Spora*. That is, when the word "being born again not of corruptible but of incorruptible seed" was used by Brother Peter, it is used for heritage or origin. He uses the word "incorruptible," which means it cannot perish. It cannot perish.

Incorruptible heritage, incorruptible parentage. Look at the word "incorruptible" is the Greek word *aphthartos*. It's spelled as *A-P-H-T-H-A-R-T-O-S*, *aphthartos*. It's used in Romans 1:23, used for God: "And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to the corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things."

Used for God. He calls man "corruptible," he calls God "incorruptible." Look at 1 Corinthians 15:52. "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." The body at rapture. Same word, *aphthartos*.

In 1 Peter 1:4, he says it's an inheritance that fadeth not away. It means it cannot change. It cannot change. It means the minute it is born, it cannot change. It remains that way. It cannot grow, it cannot change its shape, and it cannot diminish. Incorruptible. Another place that word is used is in 1 Timothy 1:17. "Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever, Amen."

The word "immortal" is the same word for incorruptible. So he says we are born again of an immortal seed. Same word for God in Romans 1:23 and 1 Timothy 1:17 used for God. And he says our bodies will just be like that, cannot diminish, cannot change, incorruptible, *aphthartos*. It means it will remain in the same state. It will not age, it will not increase, it will not enlarge, it's just the same. It will not develop new colors, it will just be the same, immortal, incorruptible.

How many of you know that God never grows up spiritually? He never grows up spiritually. Why? He's incorruptible. He's immortal. He's the same. He says the man who is born again remains the same. Incorruptible seed. 1 Peter 3:4, "But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."

Talking about believing women. Hidden man, so there's a man in the heart. The outward man goes to the salon, the outward man dresses, the outward man does makeup. Okay, we have pictures of the outward man. We can even go and make photographs of the outward man. But the inward man is incorruptible. The man inside is incorruptible. The man inside is immortal.

The man inside has a resemblance in God, a resemblance in God, and that man is born of God right where you're seated right now. Once you got born again, you are born of God inside. You are the man that is incorruptible. So 1 Peter 1:23 is the parentage, the origin of the man that is born again. It's the origin of incorruptibility, that is immortality, that is, that man inside cannot die.

The word "born again" that Peter used is different from the word "born again" that Jesus used. They will eventually arrive at the same spot of course, but you know the concepts are different. When Jesus used "born again" is the word *gennao*, to originate from, *gennao*. Jesus said, "You know *anothen gennao*," is from above, what is new, newness, born of water, which is the spirit, *anothen gennao*.

Jesus was talking about the flesh and the spirit. That which is born of the flesh and that which is born of the spirit. So Jesus is referring to the new kind of birth and we're going to be born of the spirit. Born of the flesh refers to Adam, born of the spirit refers to the new creation. So he uses the word *anothen* used for what is new, used for what is from above, *anothen gennao*.

Peter used the word *anagennao*, *anagennao*, which refers to being fathered. So Peter's "born again" refers to being fathered. That is the source, the origin. Peter's words are stronger than the ones Jesus used. Origin, to be fathered. Jesus used newness, okay, a new birth or that which is from above. Even though Jesus explains it further, he calls it "born of the spirit."

So which one is the same as what Peter said? "Born again" or "born of the spirit"? "Born of the spirit." So Peter's epistles explains John 3:3. He uses "born of an incorruptible seed," and that's why Nicodemus was confused. "Shall I enter my mother's womb the second time and be born again? How?" So Jesus explained, "born of the spirit."

So rather than Peter use "born again," he explains it by using "being born of the incorruptible seed," which explains John 3:3. That to be born of the spirit, what we mean is that you are born of an incorruptible *sperma*, *spora*. You are from a divine parentage. You can't die. Inside you is immortality. You can't increase, you can't decrease, you can't change, you remain eternally like that forever.

1 Peter chapter 1 verse number 3, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." So we will see why Jesus' word and Peter's word are not the same. But Peter explains "being born again" by using the word *anagennao*.

So he explains it better because Peter's teaching mentions "born again" and mentions "born of an immortal origin." Being born again, not of corruptible seed, and he goes further, "but of an incorruptible seed." So he takes Jesus' words and expatiates on it further, but the book of Acts gives us no idea of this.

Look at James 1:18, "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." Notice again that the word "Christian" was used twice in the Bible. Twice. Acts 11, 1 Peter 4. So the word "Christian" was not a word consistently used in those times to refer to believers.

James 1:18 talks about being born of God. "Of his own will begat he us." 1 John 3:1, see the way Brother John will use it. "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not." The word "behold" is "see it."

So we find being born again later on in 1 John 5:4, "Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world." Look at that 1 John chapter 3 verse 2, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God." Now are we the sons of God. Born of God, born of the incorruptible seed, "of his own will begat he us." But the book of Acts didn't mention it at all.

So the book of Acts uses the word "children," "children." Acts 4:27, "For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together." "Thy holy child." Actually, the original didn't use "child." The original uses "servant." Your holy servant Jesus.

Acts 2:39, "For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." The word "children" there is the word *teknon* in the Greek. *Teknon* means "seed." Acts chapter 20 verse 25, "And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more."

Then Acts 5:21, "And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel." So in the whole of the sermons Stephen preached in Acts chapter 7, he kept saying "children of Israel," "children of Israel."

Acts 9:15, "But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel." Acts 10:36, Brother Peter: "The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all)." See Brother Paul? Brother Paul also used "children" there. Acts 13:26, "Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent."

All right now, so Paul is preaching. The word "children" was used for Jews, and "children of Israel," or "children of Abraham," or "children of the prophets." But Brother Paul used it differently in Acts 13:32. "And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 33: God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee."

So again, Brother Paul used the word "children" for the Jews. Acts 3 verse number 13, "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go." The word "Son" there used for Jesus by Peter.

Now Acts chapter 3 verse 26, "Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities." Acts 7:56, Stephen: "And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God." Talking about Jesus.

Acts 8:37, when Philip was preaching in Samaria, "And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." Acts 13:33, "God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee."

So the whole book of Acts does not recognize either the new birth, the new creation, our rights and privileges as God's children. That is why that book cannot be a doctrinal material. I'm still working. Yet a lot of doctrinal confusion emanates from how people saw or still see the church in the book of Acts. You even hear people say, "Let us be like the believers in the book of Acts. Let us emulate the believers in the book of Acts." Those were baby Christians finding their way, finding their way.

And if you observe, there was no spiritual growth in up to chapter 13. It was as Brother Paul came in, he began to hold heavy teaching meetings where they would teach from morning till evening, where they would teach from evening to midnight. Somebody would fall down and die, they raise him back to life, give him a seat, and continue teaching till morning. It was out of that intensity of teaching that people were called Christians for the first time in Antioch.

After Brother Paul has taught for one full year, there were fruits and evidence of spiritual growth, then the people in the city say "No, these people look like Christ. Let us call them Christians." It took intensive teaching to bring out the realities of the people to the place where it could be obvious and where they could enjoy their relationship with God.

Remember also there's no reference to being called the children of God. The only terminology used in the book of Acts was "believers," "believe," which was not often used in the epistles. Let me show you the book of Acts so you understand where we're going, and I'm rounding up.

Look at the issue of tongues, tongues. That's why many people don't speak in tongues. That's why many people are not confident to speak in tongues. That's why many people are ashamed of speaking in tongues. That's why many people when you start speaking in tongues, they'll say, "I thought the Bible said 'He that speaketh without interpretation let him keep quiet'?"

Is my mouth your mouth? My mouth is not your mouth. Am I using your mouth to talk? Did I say you must stay where I'm talking by force? If you can't, go now! I'm not speaking it for your benefit. "He that speaketh in tongues speaketh not to men." I'm not speaking it for you. "He speaketh to God." Me and my Father talk. What business do we have with you? You better go and talk your own. And if you cannot talk in tongues, talk in English or use your dialect.

You even hear Christians apologizing for speaking in tongues. And the reason is because of the confusion that originated from their understanding of tongues from the book of Acts. The way the book of Acts presents tongues, it has a tendency to mislead, but also create a lot of dark areas.

Look at the issue of tongues at face value. When you read the book of Acts, a lot of people think 120 people were in the upper room. So when they were shouting, people now surrounded them and began to hear them speak. But as you study well, you discover the upper room was not even where they gathered. The upper room was the bedroom. So when somebody doesn't understand that, he will call his church Upper Room Assembly. That is Bedroom Assembly.

Pentecost happened in Solomon's Porch. Okay, now. But as you study, you also discover that it looks like, you know, they were somewhere, then the Holy Ghost just fell, bam, and people started speaking, and people downstairs heard the language and ran upstairs, and Peter stood up and looked through the window and saw the crowd. So now let me ask all of you a question to think about.

Is it possible for 120 people to speak language and the crowd hear them? Because these people were 120. Is it possible for 120 people to be talking at the same time in their language and people hear them? It's not possible. So already that is deleted.

Then remember, remember, when Peter spoke, which language did he use? How come everybody heard him? Since there were languages, since all of them came like United Nations: Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Efik, Ibibio, everybody was gathered there. So which language did Peter use and there was no interpreter?

So which means people were not gathered from different nations. Pentecost was a feast of Jewish people. So when they are celebrating Pentecost, everybody goes back to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast. Think about that.

So we've established that the book of Acts does not give us details that concerns our rights, our privileges, the new birth, the new creation, sonship. It's all missing in the book of Acts. And I'm going somewhere with that. Amen. Is it clear? And when you begin to understand the limitations around the book of Acts, it will help you appreciate more why you have the epistles because we're going to bring all of that out. That's why on our way to the "In Christ Realities," we are traveling through the books so it will be clear, so we can value what we have in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah.

Say with me: I am born of an incorruptible seed. On my inside right now, I have a status as a son of God. Immortality, incorruptible. It does not fade away. What I carry does not diminish, does not increase. It has an eternal status. I didn't hear a powerful amen! Say on my inside right now is the reality of God. I'm born of God. I'm born of the spirit. I'm a man of the spirit. I didn't hear a powerful amen. Hallelujah.

Let's just pray in tongues for a few, one or two minutes. In the name of Jesus. Father, we pray for everybody under the sound of my voice whose hearts are open, whose ears are open to receive the engrafted word. Revelation knowledge keeps growing big on your inside, veils fall off, clarity comes by the word in the name of Jesus. Barriers are terminated.

We speak to sickness and disease, you are terminated in the name of Jesus. Sick bodies be healed. Be healed. Sick bodies be healed. Satan, take your hands off of that body in the name of Jesus. Take your hands off. Body be healed. Body be healed. And where you need a miracle, receive a miracle. Receive a miracle. Receive a miracle in the name of Jesus.

Father, we rejoice that your word is life, your word is light, your word is blessing to us. Thank you for grace, thank you for the blessing, and thank you for answered prayer in Jesus' precious name. And every believer says that amen on a note of finality! Are you excited? Can I hear some rejoicing for 10 seconds in this house? Glory to God! Somebody shout Amen!

The word of God is life. The Bible tells us, the entrance of God's word giveth light, and it giveth understanding to the simple. As you keep listening, the light of God's word rises out of the rightly divided word of truth, illuminates your mind, illuminates your heart, and brings you face to face with your realities in Christ Jesus.

In Ephesians chapter 3 verse 4, Brother Paul speaking about the mystery, the Old Testament, he said, "Whereby, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ." So there is a knowledge in the mystery of Christ. The word "mystery" is the word *musterion* in the Greek. It means that which is concealed.

And then he says "How that by revelation," the word "revelation" is the word *apokalupsis*. It means that which is revealed. So the revelation of the scriptures unveils the mysteries. Revelation is the New Testament, mystery is the Old Testament. But it will take reading and learning to come to a place of full understanding, precise and accurate knowledge.

Brother Daniel will say, "I understood by books." So there's a place of books in equipping you soundly with the message of Christ. Brother Paul wrote to Timothy, he says to Timothy, "Till I come, give attendance to reading." Jesus speaking to those Jews says, "You do err because you know not the scriptures nor the power of God." Oftentimes, Jesus will say to the Jews, "Have you not read?" is the word *anaginosko* in the Greek, it means "Are you reading and not paying attention?"

I want to quickly recommend for you a plethora of books I have written. They are written with an intent to bring you doctrinal clarity, answer your questions doctrinally, and bring you to a place of accurate understanding, a precise knowledge of Christ and you in Christ. I want you to order for those books today. The number and the list of books available will be read to you right now, and if you call today, we'll be glad to make sure you get a copy or more copies of the books so you can enrich your spiritual life and enrich your walk with God and build a quality relationship with Jesus Christ, where you're also able to teach others the same truths you have learned to liberate them and bring them to the fullness of God. Glory to God!

Guest (Male): Dr. Abel Damina has authored several insightful books that bring clarity to the foundational truths of Christianity. These include: Understanding the Spirit, Soul, and Body; Winning the War; Money with a Mission; Understanding Relationships, Marriage, and Family Life; Prayer That Works; Higher Life: Redeemed to Reign in Life; and The Priesthood of Jesus. To order, please call 240-367-6201 or email pciusregion@gmail.com. We trust you've been blessed by today's message. For prayers, counseling, or to obtain the complete teaching and books, please call 404-789-7207, or 404-670-2085, or 404-453-5562, or 240-367-6201. We look forward to having you with us again tomorrow. Remain in His grace and be blessed.