Righteous Invasion of Truth

Dr. Abel Damina: We give thanks to the Father, who has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. Who has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son, in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace.

We also, as lively hope, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices. We are built up the spiritual house, a royal priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices unto God by Jesus Christ. By him, therefore, let us offer our sacrifice of praise. Let us offer our sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is the fruit of our lips, giving thanks unto his name.

Father, we rejoice this morning for this great fellowship. We rejoice that we have come together as a great family. Thank you for this gathering this morning. We thank you for Jesus, the rallying point of our gathering this morning. We thank you for our pastor, the shepherd over this house. We thank you for the pastor of this house, even our Papa, Dr. Abel Damina. We thank you for our Mama. We thank you for this great gift to us and to this generation.

Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you for the fellowship in the mystery of the gospel. Father, we give you praise. Thank you for giving us wisdom of the spirit. Thank you for wisdom of the spirit. Thank you for revelation in the knowledge of your word. Father, we thank you for the glory, the glory that we have enjoyed in this house, the glory of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ, the glorious gospel of Christ.

We thank you for the success of thirty days of glory and power, and the glory and the blessing of the gospel throughout thirty days of glory into this homecoming. Father, we rejoice. We rejoice with joy unspeakable, full of glory. So we rejoice this morning as we settle to continue to look into the perfect law of liberty, the counsel of God communicated to us by our pastor. This morning, we rejoice that our eyes of understanding are enlightened.

We thank you because the whole house is flooded with revelation knowledge. We thank you for the grace upon the life of our pastor, utterance to minister the word, utterance to speak the counsel of God, utterance to bring to us the purpose and the plan of God. We declare that throughout this homecoming, utterance like never before is granted our pastor. He speaks the gospel as he ought to speak. He ministers as he ought to minister.

He speaks the word and teaches the word with clarity. He speaks the word with boldness. The word is flowing out of his mouth by the power of the Holy Ghost. Every word that comes out of his mouth is good to the use of edifying. We declare that this homecoming has come as a new season, a season of refreshing. This homecoming comes as a new season, a season of refreshing as we sit at the feet of the Master, and the counsel of God communicated to us through our pastor.

All of us, we are all refreshed. For this is the time of refreshing. It is a season of refreshing. We all be fired up. We all be stirred up to do the work of ministry. We are not forgetful hearers, but we are doers of the work. We are not forgetful hearers. We are doers of the work. We are not deceiving ourselves. We hear the word. We do the work.

Father, we thank you because as we receive teaching, as we receive instruction, we are rising as a mighty army to take over the nations of the earth. We are rising as a mighty army to preach the word and preach it in and out of season. We all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, we are changed into that same image. We are changed into that same image from glory to glory even by the Spirit of the Lord.

This morning, we declare as we behold your word as taught us by our pastor, we are changed. Change is happening in this house, in all the nations of the earth. We are changed and we conform to the image. We conform to the image of the word. Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds that ye may prove what is that good, what is that acceptable, what is that perfect will of God.

This morning, we declare that we are transformed. Our minds are renewed. As many as will listen to the word preached this morning and preached out of this ministry by our pastor, there is a change happening in everybody, in everybody’s life. Thank you, Father. A change is happening. Wrong mindsets are corrected. Things are set right that were wrong.

The word of the Lord is a weapon of our warfare, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds, casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalted itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

So we declare this morning as our Papa is teaching the word, by the power of God’s word, imaginations, every thought in the minds of men that are opposed to the gospel, every thought in the hearts of men that are against the truth that is preached in the gospel, we bring them subject to the obedience of Christ. We cast them down. Religious spirit, we cast them down. We bring down the doctrines of men and doctrines of devils. We bring them to obedience of Christ.

We declare that the word of the Lord is spreading like never before. The word is spreading like never before. The word of the Lord is having free course, and the word is glorified in all the nations, in the hearts of men. Nothing hinders the word. Nothing can stop the word. The word is penetrating to the uttermost part of the earth. The word is penetrating. The word is entering everywhere it access until the whole earth is covered with the knowledge of the glory of God as the waters cover the sea.

We declare in the name of Jesus that men will give heed to the gospel that is preached out of this house. Men will give heed to the gospel. We declare that men will come with meekness to the gospel this morning as it is written, receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your souls. We declare this morning that men will receive with meekness the word that is preached this morning. With meekness, men will grasp the word. Men will allow themselves to be impacted by the word. Raise your two hands above your head and let's just thank God for the answers. Let's thank God for what is happening, what he is doing. Father, we give you praise. Thank you, Father.

Guest (Male): In the name of Jesus, somebody shout glory! Shout glory! Our Bishop is in the house this morning. Our Mama is in the house this morning. The mother of this nation is in the house. The mother of this city is in the house. Somebody shout glory! Good morning, Papa. Good morning, Mama. We celebrate you. We honor you. We love you. We appreciate the gift of God in your life. Are you ready this morning? Lift your two hands above your head. Put them together with a joyful shout. Let's receive our Papa, Dr. Abel Damina.

Dr. Abel Damina: This place is more than Christmas. Glory to God. Father, we rejoice and we thank you for this another opportunity to fellowship. Thank you for everyone in the building this morning, everyone online, everyone on television, everyone on radio. Thank you that we have access into the deep things of God by the Holy Ghost. So we speak words which the Holy Ghost teacheth.

We rejoice that beginning from today as we begin our Homecoming conference, thank you that grace abounds in this place. Your people are built up, equipped, edified. Lord, we are stirred up to serve your purpose. We are stirred up to serve your will. We are stirred up to serve our generation with the grace of God in the name of Jesus.

We decree that this morning, burdens and yokes are destroyed. Whatever is not planted by God is rooted out. This week will be a week of encounters, a week of supernatural experiences, experiences in the Holy Ghost. This week will shift times and seasons in the name of Jesus. We declare that long-standing expectations will be manifested.

We call the things that be not as though they were. The nations are open to the gospel. Each ministry here finds expression. Together, we fill the earth with the fragrance of Jesus's grace as the water covers the sea. Father, we give you praise. We declare that as your word comes forth continually, there's no error in this environment. There's no limitation in this atmosphere.

Thank you that the Holy Ghost is at work within us, among us, and through us in this conference. We rejoice that by the end of this Homecoming week, nobody leaves here the same way they came. We give you praise, glory, and honor for answered prayer. In Jesus' name we pray, and every believer says a powerful amen.

Lift your right hands to heaven. Let's release our faith together as we say these words: I am born of God. I am born of the word. The word of God is my nature. I do not struggle to do the word. I do the word naturally. Therefore, today, I will understand the word of his grace. I will be built up. By the end of this service, I will never be the same. Never, ever be the same again. In Jesus' name, and every believer says a powerful amen.

Are we excited to assemble together again? Now go ahead and celebrate our fellowship together this morning. Glory, glory, glory. Help me walk around to five, six, ten people. Shake somebody, hug somebody, greet somebody. Tell them you will be blessed because I came. You will never be the same after this week. Greet somebody you have not seen for one year and just greet them.

That's why we came to fellowship, to connect, to meet one another, to see one another, and to rejoice in all of the goodness, the love, and the mercy of Jesus. Glory, glory, glory. This week is going to be a week of fellowship, a week of prayer, a week of teaching, a week of prophecy, a week of the gifts of the Spirit. It's going to be Holy Ghost week. Glory to God.

Turn to your neighbor and say, "I'm stirred up." Tell your neighbor, "I came with something for you and I will give you before this service is over. You must collect woto-woto." So it's Homecoming 2025. It begins this morning. Grab your pens, your notebooks, your Bible. You can be seated this morning as we get into the word of his grace.

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We're still going to deal with a few things on the character of God in salvation. I'm not yet done with it, so we're going to get into that this morning. Hebrews the second chapter, the first to the fourth verse. Hebrews chapter 2, from verse 1 to 4.

"Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;"

We're looking at salvation and we're zeroing in on the sovereignty of God because we're examining the character of God. How important is the subject of salvation to Christian living? In 2 Timothy chapter 3, verse number 15, brother Paul says to Timothy on the subject of salvation: "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus."

So the scriptures are able to make you wise unto salvation. Here Paul is talking to Timothy, and he makes an outstanding statement: that from a child, you have known the holy scriptures. That word there, you know "holy scripture," I'm sure you already know what that is: Genesis to Malachi, the holy scriptures. Of course, we know that the holy scriptures refers to the writings of the Old Testament.

Now the epistles were called the holy scriptures, even though they were called most especially revelation or wisdom. Look at Romans 16:25, the way they refer to the epistles. "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began."

Pay attention: "According to the revelation of the mystery," the *apokalupsis* of the *musterion*, the unveiling of the mystery. So Paul said, "My gospel, that is the preaching of Jesus Christ. And the preaching of Jesus Christ is not just calling Jesus Christ. It is according to the unveiling of the Old Testament. The unveiling of the Old Testament is my gospel, which is the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the mystery which was kept secret since the world began."

So the epistles, therefore, explain the Old Testament. He says, "Thou hast known." The word there is the word *eida*. It means you have intimate knowledge. It’s not just merely conscious of the holy scriptures. No, something he has seen, something he has intimate knowledge of. He has come into contact with the holy scriptures. And notice how he puts it together: "the holy scriptures," speaking of the whole material, that this man has known the whole material, the holy scriptures.

Now look at what knowing the holy scriptures had done to Timothy. He said, "which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." So he binds the holy scriptures together in the concept of salvation. The holy scriptures are not together in prosperity. The holy scriptures are not together in marriage. The holy scriptures are not together in any other thing, but in the doctrine of salvation.

The holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto—unto, so the destination of the holy scriptures is salvation. Unto salvation. This salvation is through faith which is in Christ Jesus. So the entire thread that ties the scriptures together is salvation. That's the thread that ties the scriptures together. Again, look at the way brother Peter made a commentary on the writings of brother Paul. In 2 Peter chapter 3, verse number 15.

"And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you." He is commenting about the Pauline revelation, the Pauline theology. And of course, you see the way Paul uses the phrase, "According to the wisdom given to him." According to the wisdom given unto him, our brother Paul. There's a *sophia*, there's an insight.

There's wisdom given to brother Paul where Genesis to Malachi is concerned. He has a wherewithal with those books. There's a wisdom given to him as he has written unto you. Which means the entire wisdom of brother Paul on Genesis to Malachi has been written. He has written it. So if you will read his writings, you will come by the whole wisdom given to him, that insight that was not commonplace, that insight given to brother Paul.

That's why in Ephesians chapter 3, verse 3 to 5, Paul is commenting on that wisdom himself. "How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)." It’s not just general knowledge. You may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ.

It’s not just "I have knowledge." No, this knowledge is specific. It’s in the mystery of Christ. Verse 5: "Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit." This wisdom is not in other ages as it is now revealed. And "now" is not now. "Now" is then when Paul was speaking, when Paul was communicating.

He talks about the wisdom given to him. Look at that 2 Peter chapter 3, verse 16. Let’s see this wisdom given to brother Paul. "As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction."

So Peter acknowledges that the writings of Paul are scriptures. He says, "which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures," because these ones are scriptures just like the other scriptures, "unto their own destruction." In 1 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 10, brother Paul continues to talk about this wisdom given to him.

"According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon." He didn't say, "We have laid the foundation." He said, "I have laid," because the foundation is this wisdom given to me from Genesis to Malachi.

So by this wisdom, I have taken the teachings of Christ from Genesis to Malachi and laid the foundation. So the foundation of the New Testament church is apostolic, laid by the teachings of the apostles of the Lamb, and specifically in this context, brother Paul. "I have laid the foundation as a wise masterbuilder. I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon, but let every man take heed how he buildeth thereon."

So Peter is acknowledging this, and look at what Peter calls it. He calls it salvation. "The longsuffering of our God is salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul." That the peculiarity of what Paul knew was about salvation. The peculiarity of what Paul knew was about salvation. He says, "which he has written unto you."

Now he didn't say they cannot be understood, but "hard to be understood." It means it will take labor, a lot of labor to understand. It’s not just easy-easy. No, it’s a lot of work. Now the question of salvation was so vital. Observe from Acts chapter 11, there were two major church conflicts in the apostolic church, very sharp contention.

Acts chapter 11, the contention was why did Peter go to the house of Cornelius to go and give them what was exclusive to the Jews? Why did Peter share with Gentiles, infidels, what only belongs to Jewish people, which is salvation? And Peter began to explain to them, "Who was I to stop God? The same thing that happened to us in Acts chapter 2 happened to these people. I wasn't even in control. I was still speaking when there was manifestation. Who was I to withstand God?"

So they accepted it because they thought it was just a one-time experience, it will not happen again. So they said, "Okay, in order for those people that had that experience to be part of us, these are the conditions." Then in chapter 15, the conflict continued because it never stopped. In fact, it started from Acts chapter 10 where Peter saw the vision of the four-footed beasts and he was asked to rise up, kill, and eat. And he said, "How can I kill what is unclean?"

It was an issue. They summoned Peter, but they didn't really settle the matter. So it resurfaced again in Acts chapter 14 and 15, and Paul arises and he goes to the Gentile community. Now in Acts chapter 15, the issue of who can be saved came up. So they said the Gentiles can be saved, but the Gentiles cannot be saved without circumcision.

The Gentiles can be saved, but they cannot be saved until they become Jews. They have to become Jews first. Then when they become Jews, they can now be qualified to be saved. That was the condition they put on salvation. That's how serious salvation is within the confines of scripture. Notice again, it was salvation that was the issue.

They said Paul said they should not follow Moses, and they were also saying that his doctrine of salvation was faulty. It was very rough, that contention. Then in Acts 22-23, what was the issue again? The Jewish Christians had with Paul, the issue was still on the same matter, that Paul was saying in the synagogues that they should not follow Moses.

Now they didn't have a problem with the fact that he was a brother, but they were saying that his doctrine of salvation was faulty. I'm sure in our day they will be shouting heresy, heresy, heresy, even though they cannot explain what that word is. So they didn't have any problem with Paul, but they had a problem with what he was teaching. They even wanted to kill him. They wanted to take him out.

So salvation was a very major issue. You know, someone wonders, why "Soteria" every year? Soteria 1, Soteria 3—don’t you have something else to teach? If you know, you will know that Soteria is everything to teach. In church history, you'll find that it has always been a major issue. So salvation, therefore, is the theme of the Bible. Some people think when you're talking salvation, it's a message for new converts. No, it is the major theme of the Bible. The entire scripture revolves around salvation. It is the major theme of the Bible.

Christianity is a historical practice. It started over two thousand years ago, and within that period, there were issues that had arisen about the subject of salvation, even until date. So that's why we started looking at the sovereignty of God. Now in church history, if there's anything that has brought issues doctrinally, it’s the sovereignty of God. If there's any issue that has been a major issue of concern in the body of Christ, it's the issue of the sovereignty of God.

So we began to look at the sovereignty of God in these thirty days of glory. Let me tell you the idea we have about sovereignty. That is, what role does God play? And so we have issues of sovereignty about God. When we say God is sovereign, you know, God is sovereign. He can do this, he can do that. He does whatever he pleases. So when there's something we cannot explain, we just say it's God's sovereignty.

Who are we to question God? God has just done what he pleases, and who are we to question God? God has taken away just like he gave. Who are we to question God? He killeth and maketh alive. Who are we to question God? If God does it, he can undo it. Who are we to question God? You are just a rebranded Muslim because that's exactly what the Muslims believe.

The Muslims believe that anything that happens is God. So you are not different. You are just a Muslim wearing a suit, because the belief system is the same. The mindset is the same. Who are we to question God? You are driving in a car, you have an accident, and you die. All the Muslims there will shout, "Allah Akbar." Who are we to question God? And they will conclude, "God has done what he wants to do. Who are we to question God?"

So when things happen in our lives that we cannot explain because we are not scripturally equipped to explain them, we conclude it's the sovereignty of God. And so those kinds of summations have raised atheists out of the church who are fed up with this God who seems to have identity crisis as in, and he is in need of a psychiatric doctor.

This God that looks sick. This God that has a bipolar problem that needs medical experts to attend to his mental health. So people can't seem to reconcile with this God. One moment he's happy, one moment he's angry, he kills everybody. One moment he's happy, another moment he's angry, he makes everybody suffer from COVID.

One moment he's happy, another moment he's angry, he causes disaster, an entire city is submerged under water. One moment he's happy, another moment he's angry, he makes the sun shine and burn off the skins of everybody in a particular city. What kind of God is this? And then we that are supposed to be custodians of the knowledge of God, we conclude: who are we to question God?

And I remember the one they used to tell me when I was a young boy. When we ask, they will say the secret things belong to God, but the ones he has revealed, they are for us and our children. So when you pray and things don't happen, you too are thrown into a dilemma where you begin to question: God, are you even there at all? Is there even God? Does this God exist? Because I can't seem to wrap my head around it. And these are very fundamental issues, and it's all tied to this sovereignty of God.

Now more than that, we begin to ask questions like, what did God say about himself? So let's begin the journey. Exodus the third chapter, the fourteenth verse. Exodus 3:14. "And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you." I AM THAT I AM.

Now in the Hebrew language, there are no vowels. It simply means "I am, I will be." I am, I will be. That's the closest the Hebrew captures. In ancient Hebrew, to call God’s name, you have to shower. You have to go into the shower and wash. Then when you come out, you say Yahweh. If you have need to say Yahweh again, you go back and shower. That’s how much importance they attributed to the name of God.

In Exodus chapter 6, verse 1. "Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land." Next verse. "And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord." Next verse. "And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them."

He makes a distinction. By my name God Almighty, El Shaddai, was I known to them. But by my name Yahweh, was I not known to them. They know me as God Almighty, they know me as El Shaddai, but they don't know me as Yahweh. And we saw what Yahweh was: that Yahweh is the explanation of the incarnation of Jesus. That is God. And when that word was used for God the first time, it was as touching deliverance, the word Yahweh.

He didn't use that word for the first time as touching the control of affairs. The first time the word was used is as touching deliverance. It was not as touching the control of all things. He used it in the light of redemption, not in the light of how he controls things. And we saw that as we studied along, we said the basics of hermeneutics will be question number one: is it in the Bible?

Question number two: if it is written, then we have a duty to exegete, to explain it. Now in explaining it, we will answer: what is the grammar used? In explaining, we will decipher: what is the grammar that is used here? What is the vocabulary? What are the tenses? What is the figure of speech? Is there any figure of speech in this context? And how everything is communicated to us.

Because if it is God’s will or if it is God’s word, it will not be visions. If the word of God was visions, there'd be no problem. After the first vision, we wait for the second one. But since it is committed to writing, we must pay attention to what is written, applying all the rules of written material.

So Jesus is God. John chapter 1, verse 1 and 2. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men." In him was life, not death. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

Verse 2: "The same was in the beginning with God." Now, verse 2 is Genesis 1:1. John 1:2 is Genesis 1:1. "In the beginning was the Word." Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning..." "The same was in the beginning." So John is explaining Genesis in John 1. "In the beginning." So the incarnate word which is Jesus is referred to as well.

Elohim is plural and always speaks about deity. So if Jesus is God, then there are certain things that constitute being God. Number one, you must foreknow things. Some say, "You know we are gods." I say you are not God in anything. He said, "No, we are gods." I say, "So you are a God?" He said, "Yes." I say, "Okay, what will happen tomorrow by 11 o'clock?" He was looking at me. I said, "I mean, just tomorrow, not ten years from now. Just tomorrow, 11 o'clock." He was still looking at me. I said you are not God.

God will not only tell you, he will give you the picture, because he sees it. That is where God settles your matter. If you are God, you must foreknow things. Number two, you must have omniscience as God. Number three, you must have omnipotence as God. And then number four, you must be omnipresent. Very vital.

So when we say God is sovereign, the word "sovereign" is English, and in English sovereign means one who is independent of control and one who is independent of external influence. He can't be controlled, he cannot be influenced. He is sovereign. He is God all by himself, does not take instructions from anybody and does not consult anybody to do or to be who he is. He’s in a world of his own. He knows the end from the beginning, and he knows the beginning from the end. And so you cannot control sovereign.

Whenever you hear God is sovereign, it deals with one who decreed everything. That is, he decreed things and they happen. But always find out from the scripture how he is described. Again, we have what we have is the written word. So in this series, we're examining a number of key words: number one, foreknowledge; number two, predestination; number three, election; number four, counsel; number five, the will of God.

We're going to look at all of these in this service and I hope in the second service. These are very key things that can question the entirety of your existence if you don't understand them: foreknowledge, predestination, election, counsel, the will of God. So we'll examine them one by one in scripture. Because what I see with people who use this word is they carry their philosophy and impute it into what the scripture is saying.

And you're not supposed to impute your philosophy on the scriptures, because the scripture already has its own mind. The scripture has a mind. The scripture is not ignorant. The scripture contains its own mind and is in control of its own message and communication. So when you approach the scriptures, you must approach the scriptures from a position of neutrality, allowing the scriptures to tell you what it is thinking, allowing the scriptures to tell you what it is thinking.

But scripture speaks for itself like I said. So let's begin. Ephesians the first chapter, the fourth verse. Ephesians 1:4. "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love." He had chosen us in him—take note of—before the foundation of the world. Take note of that.

Matthew 25:34. "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." The kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. He has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world. The kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Then 1 Peter chapter 1, verse 18 to 20. "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you."

Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. He was foreordained before the foundation of the world again. Now the way that word sounds, "before the foundation of the world," it sounds like God, before anything happened, he decreed them. So everything that happened is his decree.

And that is when you see the word "the will of God," or what God does. And so many times you find people stranded because they're waiting to know what the will of God is. So it talks about a decree or a statement that is final. That is, it has been so made to happen, that both the evil texts or evil things, it doesn't exist. The only time the word is used is when it must happen. In the context of when decrees, things like that, is used like decrees.

Let's look at a few. Psalms chapter 2, verse 7. "I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee." I will declare the decree. I will declare the decree, referenced in Hebrews 5:5 and Hebrews 1:5. I will declare the decree. Look at Job chapter 28, verse 26. "When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder." When he made a decree for the rain.

Now the notion that God decreed how things will go for each person before they came into the world, who will be saved, who will not be saved, is not supported by scripture. That notion is not supported in any way by scripture. Anywhere like just Psalm 2:7 we read, the decree there is the resurrection of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus.

Then we have seen other uses of decree. Psalm chapter 38, verse 10. "My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me." Then give me the book of Psalms again, 148, verse 5. "Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created." He commanded, and they were created.

Proverbs 8:29. "When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth." When he gave the decree. Jeremiah chapter 5, verse 22. "Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?"

So outside of Psalm 2:7, all the other references have nothing to do with salvation. Only Psalm 2:7 has to do with the resurrection of Jesus. Every other time, it has nothing to do with salvation. All right. Now, Genesis chapter 1, verse 1 and 2. You have what they call the extra-biblical teaching on pre-Adamic age, which is actually a funny theology.

Because he says the world was without form and void. The world was without form or the earth was without form and void, which in the Hebrew is *tohu-va-bohu*. It means nothing. It’s showing you that God actually was responsible for the earth. So in Moses’s narration, which was actually a vision because Moses wasn’t there in Genesis, Moses was born in Exodus chapter 2, verse 2.

That was the picture he had. There was nothing. So God called the earth out of nothing. The word *bara* in the Hebrew, out of nothing. That is, there was no pre-existing material. When God created the earth, there was no pre-existing material from which God used to create the earth. So he created the earth out of nothing. *Bara*. Nothing was existing in the world.

So the word *bara* means to create out of nothing. So there was nothing, and he didn't say the Lord reformed the earth. There was nothing. He created it out of nothing. Look at Genesis chapter 1, verse 6 to 8. "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day."

Now in the Hebrew, that expression means an expanse, an expanse of heavens. It seems to explain the universe. But again, Moses’s words are not as absolute. So when he says God created, he actually created everything existing. That’s why he is God. So we now ask, what about angels? We have very little information about angels, but we can deduce and carefully so.

So apparently in referring to the stars, stars can have a reference in scripture to angels, but ultimately we know that angels were created. Because Colossians chapter 1, verse 16 tells us so. "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him."

Thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, all things were created for him and by him and for him. So to be created means in time, in time. Anything before the foundation of the world is God. Anything created in time can't be God. So anything within time is a creation, and anything created is within time. Anything within time is a creation, and anything created is within time.

So we can safely say that in the book of Genesis, angels were created in the beginning. There cannot be an angel before the foundation of the world. Look at Job 38, verse 7. That’s why I said stars can be used for angels. Read for me Job 38:7. "When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" Now in the Old Testament, sons of God refers to angels. When the sons of God shouted for joy.

Notice verse 4, Job 38, verse 4. "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding." Where was thou? Because you know the book of Job is the first book that was written. The first book is not Genesis. The first book is Job. The Bible is not arranged in the order of first, second, third book. The first book that was written is Job.

That's why in the book of Job, you won't see the law of Moses. Because when Job’s book was written, Moses was not born, so there was no law of Moses. So that's why you will find a lot of foundations of creation communicated in the book of Job. He says, "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare thou if thou hast an understanding."

Verse 5: "Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?" Verse 6: "Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof?" He’s asking him, "Do you know any of these things? Were you there? Where were you when the cornerstones of the universe were put in place?"

So that's why I said we can deduce from stars, okay, plural, stars. Then he now said sun, singular, moon, singular, but stars, plural. So angels were created. Look at Isaiah 24:21. Pay attention. "And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth." The host of the high ones that are on high. So angels were created.

The host of heavens refers to angelic beings. Look at Revelation chapter 4, verse 6 to 8. "And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle."

The fourth beast was like a flying eagle. Okay. Talks about wings, beings that have wings. Okay. Beings that have wings. Isaiah 6:2-3. "Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory."

Why three holies? Why not two holies or one holy or five holies? Three holies because Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Father, Son, Holy Spirit. And observe, is the seraphims with wings. So we saw the fourth beast with wings, making reference to angels. Then look at the book of Jude, verse 9, referring to angels. Jude, verse 9, it’s just one chapter.

"Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee." Michael the archangel, like an archbishop. Archangel means chief angel. Chief angel. Okay. Then Revelation 5:11, you can read at home, many angels. Then Revelation 12:7.

So when we talk about the host of heaven, we're referring to angelic beings. And you know the heaven is heaven, not the atmospheric heaven up there. In Hebrews chapter 1, verse 7, we have the unique description of angels. Hebrews 1:7. "And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire."

His angels spirits, and those angels are ministers, flames of fire. Then Hebrews 1:14. Are you still in the building? Hebrews 1:14. "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" They are all cherubim, seraphim, all winged angels, plus they are all of them ministering spirits sent forth to minister to those who shall be heirs of salvation.

That's their mission. Their mission is towards man. So angels was man-ward. They are to help man. They don't help God. Angels were created as a separate existence. God created angels, host of heaven, morning star. Then God now created humanity. Genesis 1:26. "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

So the plurality, "let us," was used because of the Godhead. Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Elohim. Moses used it in Genesis. In Exodus, the word "let us" is not used that much. Elohim is plural, which emphasizes the fact that we actually have the Godhead, and Jesus is the fullness of the Godhead in a bodily form.

Let us make man. Now Moses uses two words. Genesis 2:7. "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Man became a living soul. So he explains the details. Dust of the ground, that is the body. The word "breath of life" is the word *ruach hayyim*. *Ruach*, R-U-A-C-H, *Hayyim*, H-A-Y-I-M. It means *ruach* spirit, or air, or unseen reality.

The *ruach*, all right. So the spirit of a man is the unseen reality of that man. And then man became a living soul. The Chumash translation of the Hebrew says, "Man became another speaking spirit." Another speaking spirit. In fact, another Hebrew commentary said, "Man became an animating force." An animating force. Now that word "living soul" is the Hebrew word *nephesh hayya*. *Nephesh*, N-E-P-H-E-S-H, *hayya*, H-A-Y-Y-A-H.

He had used that *nephesh* for animals. So now he had to make a distinction between man and animal by using the word "a living being." A living soul. That's the distinction. Man is a living soul. It shows you man will have a unique quality. It means man will have a unique identity different from animals, because man is a living being. His body from the dust of the ground, breath of life into him, he now became an animating force or a living being.

So man will have a spiritual part of him. So what makes man? Spirit, soul, body. Man is spirit, soul, body. The three together is what makes man man. Spirit, soul, body. So the uniqueness is that man at creation is different from animals. He is *nephesh hayya*. Man has emotions. Man has intellect and man can think. He has volition, he can act. He has volition, man can act.

In the creation of man in God’s sovereignty, he made man a living being. Notice the man that sinned was not a sinner when he sinned. Notice the man that sinned was not a sinner when he sinned. That is why when he sinned, something changed. I'm teaching here. That's why man was not created a sinner. Uh-uh. When he sinned, something changed. He was not a sinner when he sinned.

So there was something unique about man. God didn't make a sinner. God made a living being, a living soul. He is *ruach nephesh*. Man is *ruach nephesh*. God now gave man authority over—now that says something. Man had authority over. Also, you discover the Bible makes distinction between spirit and soul. Spirit and soul have a distinction.

Hebrews the fourth chapter, the twelfth verse. "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged 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." Piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit.

So soul and spirit are not two different entities but can be distinguished by the word. The word can distinguish the soul from the spirit. But they are not two different organs. That's why the soul is called the spirit of your mind, because they are together, but the word of God can distinguish the spirit from the soul. In man’s spiritual constituent, you have spirit and soul distinguished.

Look at 1 Thessalonians 5:23. "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." Your whole spirit and soul and body. So it’s spirit, soul, and body that makes man whole. The body without the spirit is dead. The spirit without the body is not man.

There has to be spirit, soul, and body. That is a whole man. So man is the spirit, soul, and body. The spirit is the *pneuma*. The soul is the *suche*. *Suche* is P-S-Y-C-H-E, *suche*. *Pneuma* is P-N-E-U-M-A, *pneuma*. P-N-E-U-M-A, *pneuma*. *Suche*, P-S-Y-C-H-E, soul. Then body is *soma*. *Soma*, S-O-M-A. Never used as the same.

Look at 1 Corinthians 15:44 to 45. "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body." There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. Next verse, 45: "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit."

The first man Adam was made a living soul, he is soulish. Man is soulish. Last Adam was not made. In the original, the last Adam, "that made" is in italics, it’s not in the original. The last Adam, a quickening spirit. The first Adam was made, the last Adam was not made. The last Adam, a quickening spirit. He’s a life-giving spirit.

So there is the word natural which is *suche*, *suchekos*, and then there is spiritual which is *pneumatikos*. Spiritual, *pneumatikos*, soulish, *suchekos*. The constituents of the man. Then 1 Corinthians chapter 2, verse 14. Pay attention, you will soon see how all of this comes together.

"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." They are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them, the natural man. That's the soulish man. Now notice when he says the first man, a living soul, it means he was soulish. He has departed from how he was created.

So now he is Adam from the fall. So why will you need distinction to show us that there was something distinct about man? The first thing he did, the first thing man did is in Genesis 2:19. "And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof."

To see what he would call them. God didn't tell man what to call them. God brought Adam to see what he would call them. Whatever Adam called them—now remember at this point he has not sinned. Now look at the word "whatsoever," that shows you someone that was given a free will. So man is a creation with a free will.

If you don't have a free will, you are not man. Anybody without a free will is not man. Man is a creation with a free will. That's how God designed it, even before the fall. Now he sure had a free will. He says whatever he calls it, he didn't say whatever he called it is the will of God. He didn't say whatever he called it God called it, or whatsoever God called it he called it. He says whatever he called it, it was so.

It is, you know, for us to see the kind of being God created, because you need to know what kind of being you are. Now so we can say man is a free moral agent who was given, as it were, an autonomy. Man is a free moral agent who was given, as it were, an autonomy. He was to rule over. He was to procreate, and he had a wife that he will procreate with.

He didn't say, "And God took Adam and trained Adam to be with Eve." No, he said, "And Adam knew his wife." So which means in Adam was some level of knowledge of his environment. There was a deposit of intelligence in Adam such that without going to school, he had enough names to give to all animals in the planet. Not because he had the life of God, but just because that's the kind of creature God created.

That's why you cannot say that an unbeliever who invented cure for COVID doesn't have the wisdom of God. So which wisdom is that? All this innovation of cars, innovation of space shuttle, Elon Musk going to outer space examining Mars—all that is the wisdom of God. He may not be born again, but that does not deny him the wisdom of God for the benefit of all. Why? God loves man.

Medical inventions, scientific inventions, technological inventions, agricultural inventions and innovations, you know, all the inventions on earth, whether from a believer or non-believer, is still the wisdom of God at work. That's why you can't say medical science is against God. No, sir. Medical science is a branch of God's healing power.

So if you are a doctor, you are a partner with God in healing the sick. If you are a nurse, you are a partner with God in advancing the goodness of God. Because healing is God’s goodness. He went about doing good. What kind of good? Healing all that were oppressed. So whenever a doctor is releasing that injection into your bum-bum, it is part of the goodness of God going in there.

Don’t feel bad that they gave you medicine to swallow. It doesn’t mean you don’t have faith. In fact, swallowing medicine means you have faith. If you didn’t believe, you would not take it. Now I feel like I’m teaching in this service. Oh yes, God heals supernaturally. I believe in miracles. I believe in the healing power of God. But why disturb the healing power of God if I have the natural things that will take care? I can well spare my prayer for other areas where there are no natural solutions.

And then I can take advantage. I don’t have to pray and say, "Father, I’m going to service. Should I wear a stripe tie, or should I wear a multi-design tie?" God will tell me you are very stupid. So with all the things I put inside your head, you are disturbing me to show you which tie to wear? That's why nobody prayed to wear what you wore. You stood up, you liked what you saw, you wore it. You have come to church and you're happy with yourself. And if you're not happy with yourself, that's your cup of tea.

I'm teaching good? Somebody shout, "God is good!" Just like there is wisdom for technology, wisdom for electricity, wisdom for technology, all that wisdom is the same with wisdom for medical science. It's just that there are some diseases that have demonic support. So you need supernatural to dismantle them. I feel like I’m teaching here. Yeah. There are some diseases that are an oppression of the devil, and there are some diseases that are deficiency in diet and lifestyle.

It’s not every disease that is Satan. Some disease is your stupidity. Not stupidity as an insult, but stupidity as a lack of knowledge. Because fools is actually stupid. I want to close. We’ll continue. I'm going somewhere. How many of you know we have not gone there? There's somewhere I’m taking you to. I'm just beginning. I'm beginning now to cruise, but I have to close. I have to close, so we continue in the next service.

Because there's really something I want to bring out to you, something that will take you to a whole—liberate you and just bless you. Because we've got to settle this sovereignty of God. What is the will of God? What is the counsel of God? What is the foreknowledge of God? How do they come into play in a man’s life? And how do they come into play in the circumstances of life? That's where I'm going.

And we will get there. But I need to lay all this foundation to get there. How many of you understand what I'm saying? God wants you well. That's why he gave you land, and he gave us plants. That's why there were herbs in Eden. The herbs in Eden were for the body. They were for the body so that the body is able to heal itself by support from where the body came from.

And can you imagine, the way God created the human body, this God is too much. Do you know that the human body, given everything it needs, will heal itself? Yeah, it will heal itself. Sometimes you see the doctors say, "We don't know what to do, it's beyond medical science." Then you come home and somehow, somehow, you start eating something without knowing, and all of a sudden your body is beginning to overcome the situation.

What happened? You stumbled on what your body needed to re-engineer itself. I was looking for Dr. Gabe, but he is missing. His clock that is sitting on his chair, the clock couldn't give me information. I need a medical vocabulary, a medical language to drop. Because when you use the right language, it comes out *pua*. I like *pua-pua* things.

So if you go to a doctor, don't feel bad. Some of you when you want to swallow medication, you go and hide inside the room so they will not think you don't have faith. Who are you fooling? If you need to take your medicine, take it. Say, "I hear you." Medicine is not an enemy of God. Even when we lay hands on you, keep taking your medication until you're okay. When you're okay, you will know you're okay because the prayer and the medication will work together.

Jesus prayed for Peter’s mother-in-law. You would think because it’s Jesus after prayer he will say, "You can go now, madam." He said, "Come, is there food? Give her food to eat now because this prayer will need food to get this body well." I’m teaching good. "I will bless your bread, I will bless your water, then I will take sickness away." So before I take sickness away, your bread and your water must be blessed.

Are we teaching this morning? Because we’re dealing with the human body. We’re dealing with you as a person, how God planned for you to be, how God planned for him to be where you are concerned and where this planet is concerned and where your functionality in this planet is concerned. So you have maximum success in fulfilling the purpose of God for your life.

Glory to God. Say, "I’m a masterpiece. God created me. And beyond that, I am the workmanship of God created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before ordained that I should walk in them." Stand on your feet this morning.

I’d like you to hold your neighbor. Let’s pray for a few minutes for one another. Speak over your neighbor this morning. Speak over their bodies. Let's just believe God for miracles and healings this morning. Anybody that is sick, any condition in this building, any condition on television, on radio, any condition where you are. Let's believe God for a miracle, creative miracle, restorative miracle, curative miracle.

Pray for your neighbor’s body, that their bodies are well, their bodies are strong, their bodies are renewed. He reneweth your youth like an eagle. Whatever is not planted by God, we rebuke heart conditions, we rebuke high blood pressure, we rebuke sugar diabetes, we rebuke bone disease, we rebuke liver and kidney conditions, we rebuke every oppression. We come against ulcers. We come against ulcers, every symptom that contradicts the word of God.

In the name of Jesus, and Jesus healed them all. Your sight is restored. Your hearing conditions are corrected by the power of the Holy Ghost. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Lift your hands and begin to give him praise. Begin to thank him for miracles, for healings. Begin to thank God for correction, cure. Thank God for restoration. I rebuke the fear of death. I rebuke the voice of death. I rebuke every satanic harassment.

I come against imaginations. I come against thoughts and reasonings that contradict the word of God. I cast down imaginations. I cast down imaginations. I bring every thought under subjection to the obedience of Christ. Every condition in your body is corrected right now supernaturally. Father, we give you praise in the name of Jesus. Can I hear that amen like thunder?

He said whether which one is easier: to forgive you your sin or to heal you of your body? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power to not only forgive but to heal. Stand up, take your mat and go. And the man walked out of that place. The same way you receive the forgiveness of sin without sweat, without begging, without pleading, the same way you receive miracles. The same way you receive your healing.

Every organ of your body that requires a replacement, every organ in your body that requires a replacement. It takes a healthy man to serve the purpose of God. So I speak over you as your amen is coming like thunder: receive a miracle for your body. Receive a miracle for your body. Receive a miracle for your body. Every condition is corrected. Every condition is cured.

Receive, receive, receive. Your body is well and strong. Your organs are renewed and refreshed. Every condition is corrected. You're healed in your body. You're healed in your mind. You're healed in your mind. I cast down imaginations. Every fear, every voice of fear, every voice of fear is silenced right now in the name of Jesus.

You will live and fulfill God’s purpose. Death has no hold over you. Death has no hold over you. You spirit of death, I rebuke you right now. We resist the devil and he flees. Sick bodies are healed in this building, online, on television, on radio. Sick bodies are healed right now. And the prayer of faith shall heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he shall be forgiven. I command you, rise up right now in the name of Jesus!

Thank you, Father, for answered prayer. In Jesus' name we pray, and every believer says that amen on a note of finality. Now go ahead and celebrate your healing. Do what you couldn't do before. Celebrate your healing. If there's anything you couldn't do before, do what you couldn't do before. Your body is well. Your body is healed. Your body is restored. Go ahead and celebrate your healing.

Glory to God! Glory to God! And affliction shall not arise the second time. It ends and it ends forever. You're healed and made whole. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Glory to God! Glory to God! Glory to God! And I speak over you: supernatural age reversal. Twenty-three years younger, twenty-five years younger, forty years younger. What food cannot give you, the Holy Ghost is making it happen.

The Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwelleth in your body, therefore your body is rejuvenated, revitalized, renewed, refreshed. Receive it in the name of Jesus! It is done, done, done. In Jesus' name we pray, and every believer says that amen like thunder.

Glory! Oh yes. Oh yes. Oh yes. Joy in the Holy Ghost! Joy in the Holy Ghost! Joy in the Holy Ghost! Glory to God! Hallelujah. Grab your honor offering so we close this service now. Grab your honor offering so we close this service now. Hallelujah. In the second service, we'll take time to recognize all the men of God, all our leaders and men of God that are here. We'll do that in the second service. But I tell you man, this place is on fire. If you’re watching, start coming. If you're on the road, move faster. Glory to God!

Online, the banking details are scrolling. On television, the banking details are scrolling. Thank you for giving to support what we do together. We reach the ends of the earth. Lift up your offerings, let’s pray. Father, we give in faith, we give with joy. Our hearts are elated because we have experienced the reality that is in Christ. Christ is our reality. So we thank you that as we give, more people will come into this joy, into this reality. Thank you that as we give, Lord, continually, we continue to shut down the mouth of falsehood. The truth of Christ prevails in the nations. Thank you for answered prayer. In Jesus' name we pray, and every believer says a powerful amen.

Glory to God! Online, we're about to sign you off, but you don't want to miss the 11 o'clock service. Get more people to hook up. It’s going to be very exciting as we continue our adventure understanding the sovereignty of God. We love you guys. 11 a.m. GMT plus one on all platforms. All right. The baskets are before us. Hit the music, let's do it as we worship Jesus, the risen Lord. Praise God!