Righteous Invasion of Truth

Dr. Abel Damina: Thank you for the truth that is in your word. Thank you that revelation knowledge is granted us tonight. Whatever is not planted by God is rooted out. Your people are built up, edified, equipped, and by the end of this service, Jesus is glorified. Thank you for your blessing among us tonight. In Jesus' precious name. 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. Amen.

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We began yesterday to look at salvation, and we have been looking at a very particular question that I told you we will be answering in the course of this first set of teachings. We are in that and we are going to continue. I want to read from 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 15.

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. Salvation through faith in Christ. Salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. The scriptures will be the study of salvation through faith in Christ.

The next verse says all scripture is given by inspiration of God, the breath of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction. The word doctrine is teaching or explanation which will bring evidence, reproof, and which will also bring correction, a resetting of the mind, and which will also bring instruction in righteousness.

We began to look at this subject of salvation in a person. Yesterday, we took time to look at Abraham because we are still looking at whether God demanded human sacrifice. Did God demand that somebody has to die in order for salvation to be obtained? We began to travel through the life of Abraham and Isaac, and we saw that Abraham taking Isaac to Mount Moriah was Abraham examining himself and proving to himself how much of what he has learned as faith being the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

We are going to look at the book of Hebrews again, chapter 11 verse 17. By faith, Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac. He that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Next verse, of whom it was said—and I asked you to underline the word only begotten son—of whom it was said that in Isaac shall thy seed be called. Next verse, accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from whence also he received him in a figure.

Notice that by Genesis 21 verse 12, Ishmael was born. So, when he said thy only son in Genesis 22 verse 2, the only son wouldn't be Ishmael or wouldn't be Isaac because Abraham didn't have an only son. He had sons, which will mean when God said thine only son, it was a teaching service. God was communicating something to Abraham. That is the child of promise. Don't forget that at this time, Hagar is a figure of speech, Isaac is a figure of speech, and Sarah is a figure of speech.

Take note of the statement accounting, which is the Greek word logizomai. Logizomai means recording with something. He accounted. When God said that to him, Abraham took account. He took account or he recorded or took account that God was able to raise up Jesus from the dead. Because he took account of that, he received Jesus's resurrection in a figure.

Look at it, accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from whence also he received him in a figure. This means everything was figurative, the Greek word parabole. Parabole means figurative or a parable or an analogy. He received him in a figure. This was figurative. It was not literal. It did not really literally happen.

He received him in a figure was not the real resurrection. It was an analogy of that which will happen when Christ dies. In Abraham's mind, he pictured resurrection, meaning he understood the lesson that was communicated to him when God preached the gospel before to him concerning the resurrection of Christ. Abraham understood.

What was happening here was a painting of pictures like nursery school children. This is a cow; you draw an animal. This is a goat; you draw an animal. You don't just write "this is"; you draw pictures. When teaching people whose understanding is limited, you use analogies or figures of speech to communicate with them. That is why Jesus was always using pictorial explanations. To know that Abraham understood, he now brought Isaac out and took Isaac on a journey to confirm what he has been taught.

I do not expect you to think like Moses because Moses wrote Genesis. Moses added, "Now I know you love me." That wouldn't be God. God will not wait for you to act on something, then he will now say because you have acted, I know. Is he ignorant? He knows the end from the beginning. He knows the beginning from the end. He wouldn't wait for Abraham to act for him to react. For him to react is no more God.

That "now I know you love me" was the addition of Moses or Moses's impression because that in no way describes God's character. God knows everything, and it is not your action that makes God know. You don't educate God. Then he is no more God. He knows everything.

He received him in a figure. That word "received him" is the Greek word komizo. In the Greek, it means to receive back like recovery. You will see the use of that word in Matthew 25:27. Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received, I should have komizo mine own with usury.

Another place you will see the use of that word is 2 Corinthians 5:10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Another place you will see the use of that word is in Ephesians 6:8, knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive, komizo. He received back.

You will see the use of that word again in Colossians 3:25. Because of time, you can read at home Hebrews 10:36 and Hebrews 11:39. Komizo means to receive back. Komizo here will be a figurative expression, not literal. It did not really literally happen. He received him in a figure was not the real resurrection. It was an analogy of that which will happen when Christ dies.

Don't forget, Jesus now exposes Abraham to us in John 8:56. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad. He rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad. It was Abraham who did it himself. It was Abraham who did it himself. The young lad that followed him did not understand. Abraham said the Lord shall provide himself, himself. God and Abraham dealt with pro, the things that were going to happen. Our prosphero will be to bring out what has not been brought out.

Let me ask you a few questions because I want to dig into some deep things again tonight. The first question I want to ask you is: was God requiring a sacrifice? Abraham going to Mount Moriah, was it God requiring a sacrifice? Can I hear a very confident answer?

Guest (Male): No.

Dr. Abel Damina: Second question: was it Abraham's display of what he understood about what God told him?

Guest (Male): Yes.

Dr. Abel Damina: God was rather telling Abraham what he was going to do. What he was going to do, not what he has done, but what was going to happen in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. It is not foreknowledge, neither is it a foreshadowing of what God wants. God was not demanding something from Abraham. Rather, God was explaining what he will do. God was explaining to Abraham what he will take responsibility for. What he will take responsibility for.

For example, some scriptures to help you here will be James 2:21. Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Was not Abraham our father justified? He uses the word anaphero, not prosphero. Anaphero when he offered Isaac upon the altar. That word offered is anaphero, not pro. Then in verse 22, seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

What James is dealing with here is spiritual growth. Because Abraham had believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness, in the course of his growth in God, he came to a place where he had to work out what he had learned. He had to work it out, not as a prerequisite for him to be saved or to be called a righteous man, but because he is already called a righteous man.

Pay attention and see what happens here. In verse 22, seest thou how faith wrought—the word wrought is the Greek word sunergeo. Sunergeo means to cooperate or to synergize, to work with. It means there was faith and that faith was demonstrated in his actions. Chapter 15 of Genesis, verse 6, Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness. What did he do in Genesis 22? He demonstrated what he had believed. In 15 he believed, and in 22 he demonstrated what he had believed. Genesis 15 is salvation. Genesis 22 is spiritual growth. Spiritual growth is a function of knowledge.

His faith was working together with his actions. The book of James is a book of spiritual growth. It is not a book of salvation. When you study the book of James, don't look for salvation there. Rather, look at the book of James with the eyes of spiritual growth. He is not saying you're born again by works. He is only saying, let us see the proof that you're born again by works. The Bible says we are saved unto good works. We do not do good works to be saved. Now that we are saved, salvation produces in us good works.

Abraham believed God. That is why he was called a friend of God. In James 2:22, seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? The word teleioo. Teleioo means mature. He was maturing by his actions. You are born again by faith, but you mature by works. His works show maturity. Not "I believe." "I believe" is not maturity. "I believe" is salvation. It is works that show maturity.

It is like somebody says, "I am born again, Jesus paid it all, I can no more do anything else." They say evangelism. "Don't worry, Jesus will save the lost." They say Bible study. "Don't worry, we don't need Bible study, Jesus has done it all." As a believer, I am saved forever. I am happy to just be here. They say giving. "No, there is no need for giving, Jesus gave himself." That person is not growing. That person has become born again but totally irresponsible.

He is plagued with the plague of gross irresponsibility. We are saved by faith, or by grace through faith. However, after we are saved, salvation moves us to good works. That is what the book of James addresses practically. Show me your faith without your works, and I show you my faith by my works. He says you say you have faith and a brother is hungry, and instead of you to give him food to eat, you lay hands on him and you say, "In the name of Jesus, mengolota." Mengolota does not put food in the stomach, my friend.

You've got some food, and instead of you to give your brother to eat, you keep your food and you're praying for him. Show me your faith, your salvation, without works of maturity, and I show you my salvation with my works of maturity. Am I teaching good here? A lot of people who say they understand grace and they preach grace, that is their predicament. They just say, well, I'm saved by grace, and they get trapped there and they don't grow at all. Abraham believed God in chapter 15; in chapter 22, he was working out his salvation. He was working it out by proving to himself that he has understood the message that got him saved. You are saved unto good works.

Look at verse 23 of James. And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God. That statement "friend of God" was lifted from 2 Chronicles 20:7. That is a long time. That shows his depth of walk with God at that period. He walked with God in understanding till he was called a friend of God back then.

Now we have sorted it from Abraham's instance that God was not the one who required human sacrifice. Have we settled that? Who was going to Mount Moriah with Isaac? Who was proving something? At whose instance was Isaac carried? And who brought Isaac back? Who was responsible for all that experience? Was it God? Did God need anything from it? Did God gain anything from it? Who gained everything from it? We have established before the law that the requirement of God was never human sacrifice. God never required human sacrifice. He was only demonstrating to Abraham what God will offer.

Before the law, did God require human sacrifice for sin? Human sacrifice was not also required under the law. It was not required before the law and it was not required under the law. We can prove it quickly. Leviticus 18:21, under the law: and thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God. I am the Lord. Human sacrifice was forbidden. It was said under the law that human sacrifice was used by idols.

Leviticus 20:2, again: thou shalt say to the children of Israel, whosoever he be of the children of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech, he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. Punishment for human sacrifice. The word "seed" there is son or child. 2 Kings 23:10: and he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. Nobody will make his son or daughter.

Jeremiah 32:35: and they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech, which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind that they should do this abomination to cause Judah to sin. Offering of one's children as sacrifice was called an abomination. 2 Kings 16:3: but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. It was an abomination.

2 Kings 17:31, human sacrifice was an abomination; it was a requirement by idols: and the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 2 Kings 21:6: and he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards. He wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger. He made his son pass through the fire. That is human sacrifice.

The practice of human sacrifice to appease was demanded by idols. Offering human sacrifice to appease was demanded by idols. Jeremiah 7:31: and they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. So far, we have read that people's children were being used as sacrifices and it was an abomination and it was a service to idols.

Deuteronomy 12:31: thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God, for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods, for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. Deuteronomy 18:10: there shall not be found among you anyone that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination or an observer of times or an enchanter or a witch. Ezekiel 20:31: for when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you. Notice: sons, daughters, children. It's obvious that offering human beings as sacrifice was not allowed under the law.

Remember again that the golden thing we're dealing with here is Jesus said everything that is in the law will be fulfilled. The question we're dealing with here is: was the death of Jesus a demand under the law? That is what we're dealing with. Question: was Jesus's sacrifice therefore allowed by the law? But Jesus said he was going to fulfill the law. Jesus's sacrifice was not demanded by the law because under the law, to sacrifice human beings was an abomination to the Lord. Is that true?

Once again, that is the pattern we have read so far. To offer your children is an abomination. That is the consistent thing we have read: mostly sons, then your sons and your daughters. Let's read other texts. Psalm 106:34: they did not destroy the nations concerning whom the Lord commanded them. We started from Jesus saying he was going to fulfill the law. In our minds, we think that God wanted a human sacrifice, someone without sin to die for the sinner. No one was without sin, and God was going around shouting, "I need blood! I need blood! I need blood!" That is the picture we have always had in our minds.

God was going on a research for blood, blood that was sinless and blood that could be sacrificed for man's sin. That's the picture in our minds. Not every kind of blood. "I need pure blood! I need blood!" As if God is a vampire, Dracula. "I need blood!" When you used to watch it in the night, you carry a pillow, you cover your eyes, and then you will still look again. Who is sending you? You are sweating all by yourself. God is going around: "I need blood! Man has sinned! I need blood!" That's the picture we have in our mind, but something is wrong with that picture.

Psalm 106:38: and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. Key word, innocent blood. When you see the word "innocent blood" used in the law, it means murder. Ezekiel 23:37: that they have committed adultery and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons whom they bore unto me to pass for them through the fire to devour them. Another abomination here.

Jeremiah 19:4: because they have forsaken me and have estranged this place and have burned incense in it unto other gods whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents, with murder. Child sacrifice was referred to as murder, innocent blood. To offer your children will be idol worship. Look at Exodus 23:7. Keep thee far from a false matter and the innocent and righteous slay thou not, for I will not justify the wicked. The word righteous there is the Hebrew word tsaddiq, someone who has not done wrong, someone who is innocent. The Old Testament forbade human sacrifice.

Jesus was not fulfilling a sacrificial system of the Old Testament because there was no requirement for human blood. He was not fulfilling a sacrificial system of the Old Testament. Every child sacrifice or human sacrifice, as in offering children or your sons or your daughters, is called innocent blood. But however, there was judicial killing under the law. There was. And if you mark them, they were not sacrifices. They were judicial killings under the law which were not sacrifices. Pay attention. Sacrifice will mean someone dying for your deed. Sacrifice will mean someone dying for your deed. There was no such requirement under the law. When Jesus died on the cross, he was not fulfilling a sacrificial demand under the law.

If he was not fulfilling a sacrificial demand under the law, were there judicial killings under the law? Yes. Now, let's see it. Deuteronomy 19:10: that innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. How can you picture a God that wants human sacrifice? The exception here is that under the law, if you kill somebody, you are killed by justice. If you kill somebody, you are killed by justice. That killing is not sacrifice. That killing is judicial.

There is sacrifice and there is justice. There was death required by the law but not as sacrifice, as justice. Having said that, let's go to this popular scripture, Deuteronomy 21:22. What is the sin that was worthy of death under the law? Murder. Murder was the sin that was worthy of death under the law. If a man is guilty of murder, he will be killed. There was death as justice, not death as sacrifice. Deuteronomy 21:22: and if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree. A sin worthy of death. Verse 23: his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that night, for he that is hanged is accursed of God, that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

That death will not be sacrifice; it will be justice. He commits a sin worthy of death. Deuteronomy 19:5 and 6: as when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve and lighteth upon his neighbor that he die, he shall flee unto one of those cities and live. This is not planned death. This is accidental death. You're cutting a tree and the axe head flies out of the axe stick and chops off somebody's head. When you see that, there is a loophole in the law, and that loophole says if you take off to another city, by justice, you will not die. Accidental death.

There is justice and there is the sacrificial system. The sacrificial system was to their idols. For sacrifice for sins on behalf of others, the blood of human beings was not required. But for justice and judgment, death was required. For human sacrifice for somebody's offense, the blood of humans was not required. But for justice and judgment, death was required.

Now, let's look at Jesus. Where does he fit in because he said not one jot of the law will pass without being fulfilled? The question now is: how do we pass Jesus through this system and he will not be making the law void? Was Jesus a child? He was not a child. Question two: was he innocent? Because they say he shall not offer innocent blood. But was he innocent? 2 Corinthians 5:21: for he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Was Jesus innocent? 1 Peter 2:24: who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness, by whose stripes ye were healed. Was Jesus innocent?

Jesus was not innocent because he had become sin. He had become sin. You can't call somebody who is sin innocent. He had become sin. He bare our sins in his own body. That's no more innocent. He bare sins; he was made sin. Four scenarios we read and we're going to choose one. Listen carefully. First scenario: if you kill an innocent child as sacrifice, it's murder. Two: if you kill an innocent child as killing, maybe accidental, it's murder, not as sacrifice. Three: if you kill an adult guilty of capital offense, it is justice. Four: if you kill an innocent adult, it's murder.

Which number does Jesus's death fall under? Three. Capital offense. Sin. Capital offense. The wages of sin is death. Jesus is worthy of dying for his capital offense in that he became sin and bore our sins. That is not sacrifice. That is justice. That is justice. Can an innocent adult sacrifice himself? Jesus made himself guilty. Jesus made himself guilty and pronounced himself guilty. Can I pay a debt for another person under any law? Under the law, under any law, can I pay a debt for somebody? Yes. Nigerian law, American law, Japanese law, Chinese law, Singaporean law, Australian law, can I say okay, this person, I want to pay for you? Is it allowed? I can do that; there's nothing wrong with that.

Can I take somebody's bullet as a bodyguard and that will not be wrong? I'm walking with you and there is a gunshot and I protect you and the bullet hits me. Can I do that and it is not wrong? What if a child runs into a car, and as the car is about to hit the child, I took the hit for the child? Will that be wrong or right? A car is coming to hit a child and I felt for the child. I decided since this child is just like four or five, me, I have reached sixty years old, the child should have the opportunity to reach sixty like me. I took the hit of that child. Is there anything wrong with that? What if I assume a blame for somebody? Somebody is supposed to be blamed and I took the blame for him. Is there anything wrong with that?

Did the law of Moses teach mercy? Matthew 23:23: woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law. There are weightier matters than tithe. There are more serious issues than tithe. All these people that go "tithe, you must pay tithe, don't listen to Dr. Damina, he said you should not pay tithe, that man is from hell, you must pay tithe." There are weightier matters of the law than tithe: judgment, mercy, and faith. These ought you to have done and not leave the other undone.

Did the law of Moses teach mercy? Yes. But the practitioners of the law omitted it and pretended that mercy does not exist. Because they are hypocrites. Under the law, what they do is, anyone that they are not good at, they cover it. The one that they are good at, they amplify it. You know the woman that was caught in the act of adultery. She was caught in the very act. Does a woman alone commit adultery? For a woman to commit adultery, there must be a man. If a woman and a man are committing adultery in the very act, why did they pick only the woman and leave the man? Selective morality.

That is how the law functions. Under the law, you downplay your weakness and amplify your friend's weakness. That is why Jesus would say to them: he that is without sin, cast the first stone. And what happens to everybody? Everybody disappears because no man shall be justified under the law. That is the predicament of moralists. When you bring them face to face with the law, they have no standing.

Look at how Jesus describes his death. John 15:13: greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. That a man lay down his life for his friends. We have cleared that Jesus' death was not required as a sacrifice under the law. John 15:13 describes his death as lay down his life for. Lay down his life for. He didn't lay his life to fulfill God's demand. He didn't lay his life to fulfill the demand of the law. Rather, he laid down his life for. The car that was coming to kick that small child, when I saw it, compassion rose. I laid down my life for, not by requirement from anywhere.

Jesus describes his death as laying it down for. Mark 10:45: for even the son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. A ransom for. Lay down his life for. A ransom for. Two key words used. Two prepositions: for, for. It's key, huper. For. Those are the two prepositions in redemption: for and on behalf of. The word ransom is the Greek word lutron. It is used to purchase freedom for slaves. Lutron used to purchase freedom for slaves.

If he gave his life to purchase freedom for slaves, to say that he gave his life as a requirement of God will mean that God was the slave owner. God is not. God doesn't own slaves. God doesn't have a slave yard. Jesus did not die as a sacrifice for God. It was not God that demanded the sacrifice of Jesus. Another word is anti, instead of. Huper and anti. Lay down his life for and instead of. If God did not put anybody in bondage, it means he never required a ransom.

The only person that will demand a ransom is a kidnapper. When a man kidnaps, as long as he has the kidnapped in his possession, he demands a ransom from the owners of the kidnapped. He will not release his prisoner until his ransom is paid. If it is God demanding ransom, then it means that God is the kidnapper. Is God a kidnapper? Whom the son sets free. How can the freedom giver be the kidnapper?

God was not the slave owner. The death of Jesus did not satisfy the wrath of God. The death of Jesus did not satisfy the wrath of God because there is no wrath in God. Wrath is a work of the flesh. Is God in the flesh? No. So, there is no anger in God. There is no anger to appease, there is no anger to quench, there is no anger to satisfy. The death of Jesus did not appease the wrath of God because lutron is to pay ransom for a slave and that slave is owned by someone, and God does not own slaves.

Guest (Male): I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep, on behalf of the sheep. Anti-huper. On behalf of the sheep. As the father knoweth me, even so know I the father, and I lay down my life for the sheep. Verse 17: therefore doth my father love me, because I lay down my life that I might take it again. Verse 18: no man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my father.

Dr. Abel Damina: God did not require Jesus's death. God does not use death. God did not want blood from Jesus or anybody. He is not a demon. God does not demand death, and God does not use blood. He doesn't need it. I lay down my life for my sheep and I pick it up. No man taketh it from me. I'm not doing it to satisfy anybody. Amen.

Guest (Male): Amen.

Dr. Abel Damina: Blessed tonight? I'm going to dig further tomorrow. We are on a course. You get ready to unlearn and relearn a lot of things, but by the time we are through, you will be more confident in what Christ has done for you. Can somebody shout Hallelujah? Stand on your feet, let's close this service tonight. That's all I've got for you. Turn to your neighbor and say, "Hey neighbor, I have come to know and to believe the love that God has for me." Now tell your neighbor, "Neighbor, God does not use death. God does not demand blood. And God does not need blood."

Guest (Male): Neighbor, God does not use death. God does not demand blood. And God does not need blood.

Dr. Abel Damina: Amen. That's God's character. He doesn't demand blood, he doesn't need blood, he doesn't use blood, and he doesn't use death. Death is an enemy of God, and God does not do business with death. That's why when those gentlemen said, "Let us command fire to come down from heaven and wipe them out," Jesus turned and rebuked them. Who do you rebuke in the Bible? You rebuke demons.

He rebuked them and he said to them, "You know not what manner of spirit you are of, for the son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." And they went to another city. God's program was amended by man's resistance to God's desire. God is not a tyrant; he's a loving father. For God so loved the world. Thank you, Lord, for your love. Greater love has no man than this, that a man will lay down his life for his friends.

We want to find out then if God didn't need blood, God didn't need death, why then did Jesus not just tell the devil, "Leave them alone, all of you come here"? We'll find out tomorrow and the day after. Then we will find out when Jesus shed his blood then, who received the blood? Who collected that blood? And what gave the person the audacity to collect the blood? Are you ready for this time? Somebody shout, "I have come to know and to believe in the love of the father." Hug yourself and say, "God loves me like this."

Guest (Male): I have come to know and to believe in the love of the father. God loves me like this.

Dr. Abel Damina: Glory! Glory! Glory! Lift your right hand. Father tonight, thank you for revelation knowledge flowing in this house. We declare darkness is totally shut down in the name of Jesus. Greater light rising in our hearts, greater light rising in our spirits, greater light rising in our understanding. The eyes of our understanding flooded with light in the name of Jesus. And every yoke of bondage, every mental captivity, every sickness, disease, and every yoke of slavery that the enemy has used in afflicting anyone, lose your holds right now in the name of Jesus.

Sick bodies be healed. Be healed. Be healed. The work of your hands, blessed. Blessed, blessed, blessed. And we decree that as we continue to enjoy this glory and enjoy the abundance of God's grace and enjoy revelation knowledge equipping us for the best life on earth, I decree that no one is denied access into these depths in the name of Jesus. Thank you, Father, for grace. Thank you, Father, for the blessing. In Jesus' precious name, and every believer says that amen on a note of finality. Go ahead and celebrate what you have in Christ Jesus.

Guest (Male): Amen!

Dr. Abel Damina: Hey guys, we're signing you off, but you don't want to miss tomorrow. Grab a friend, a loved one, a family member. Don't watch alone, don't hook up alone. Make sure there are people with you. You can begin a campus in your house with these thirty days of glory. Just begin a campus, bring your neighbors every evening, hook it up on television and get everybody in your compound to watch. Let's cover the earth.

We are the light of the world. The world lieth in darkness; we're the only light they have. Let's gather people to tabernacle around this light, and let's make sure that everywhere we are is illuminated with the light of God's word. We look forward to connecting with all of you tomorrow, and until then, enjoy the grace of Christ. Let's celebrate viewers around the world. You hit it, let's do it as we give and celebrate.