Transcript: Kingdom Culture - Raising Ambassadors that will colonize the world Part 1
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God's word is alive and powerful. It is sharper than any double edged sword. His word can cut through our spirits and souls and our joints and marrow until it discovers the desires and thoughts of our hearts. Join apostle Emmanuel as he takes us on a journey into the word of God. It is time to encounter God, be transformed by his word, and empowered by his spirit. Kingdom culture hyphen raising ambassadors As you know that the vision of this ministry is to propagate the gospel of the kingdom to the end that a kingdom minded soldier, a kingdom minded army is raised. Our assignment is to propagate the gospel of the kingdom to the end that we raise the kingdom minded army. And in doing so, you must understand that we are not just alive on this earth to chase propagate survivor. There is something far more serious going on than just waking up, hitting, hustling, building a career, getting married, and dying. I believe that's a very, very useless way to live life.
We are part of a divine timeline, a story offered before time began. Time itself is only a tiny dot inside the eternal circle of God's reality. That means as real as time feels to us, it is actually a very small slice within the vast eternal realm of God. God is not a being within time. He is the author of time. That is why Psalms 90 and verse two says, before the mountains were born or before you brought forth the whole world from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. God is eternal. He has no beginning. He has no end. And everything you can see, everything you can touch, everything you can experience, all of it exists within God.
So the Bible says in the book of Acts chapter 17 verse 28, in him, we live, we move, and have our being. You see, in him, we live, we move, and have our being. Everything exists inside of God. And you have to understand that the entire project called man, as glorious as it is, is not even God's first project. Before man ever appeared in Genesis one, God already existed in his fullness. The angelic realms, the council of heaven, the throne room, all of that predates man. So whilst it is true that God deeply loves mankind, our story is not the first chapter of eternity. Rather, we are a divine insertion. We are placed on the stage of time for a specific role within a much larger drama that is unfolding. So man was designed to function within time, but time is temporary.
Everything that we do, our waking up, studying, working, marrying, parenting, starting a business, all of it exists inside of time, and it exists in cycles. Days, months, seasons, lifetimes. And even nature reminds us of this. Crops grow, then they wither, then they die. Cycles. Humans are born. They live, and then they die. And every cycle is a countdown to something either a divine fulfillment or an end that is empty. Time is not neutral. It is either building towards your destiny or away from your destiny.
That's why Ephesians five verse 16 says, redeem the time because the days are evil. That means time can be redeemed. Time can be wasted. Time can be lost. If you waste a year, for instance, you you waste a year chasing things that don't matter to heaven, that's not just a year that you have lost. You have lost moments in eternity. If you waste a year chasing things that perspective. Because even though you are functioning inside time, you must learn to interpret your life from an eternal lens. Because when our journey on earth ends, we will all return to that timeless realm where we came from. And how you lived here will determine what you've become there.
You will then be shocked to find out there are many things you have amassed here that will not count at all in eternity. Second Corinthians chapter five verse 10 says, we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. We must hold appeal so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. That means your time here is a test of alignment. Did you just exist, or did you live onto the will of the father? This is where the true value of time comes in. In the nations. Time in. Time is not precious because it is long. A matter of fact, when you understand time, you would know what I call the brevity of time.
Time is not precious because it is long. It is precious because it is your only chance to end eternal status. You don't become significant in heaven because you lived up to 95 years old. You become significant when your moments in time registered weight in eternity. Think of it this way, that your time on earth is like a divine internship, like a probation period so that the value of your ten, twenty, fifty, seventy, or even hundred years on earth is determined by how well you align your decisions with heaven's design, Not by how much you gathered, not by how popular you were, but by how obedient, how yielded, how fruitful you were even when no one was watching you, when no one was clapping for you. What time? That thing you call your time, to die before your time. What is the meaning of your time? You learned In fact, he lived a fuller life in heaven's perspective than many people who are currently 80 years of age who have not even discovered what God wants them to do. Have the question is not that the man died.
It is, did he finish the work he was given to do? That's the question. Did he even start it? Does he even know it? Because the moment life ends in this realm and you transition into eternity, what you become in eternity is based on these indices. How did he live his life on earth? How did he maximize the time that was given unto him? That time is a gift? Don't you know even life is a gift? Don't you know that life is an entrustment?
It's a trust. It's a gift. If an entrust, that mean that you will be asked how you used it. Death is not the end. It is only a transition. It is a doorway from this earthly realm into an unhending existence that we call eternity. Heaven is real, and hell is real. You know, we rarely hear that method again in the body of Christ. But let me tell you now, heaven is real. Hell is real.
And when men die, there is cessation of spirit from the body, but the spirit your spirit still has intuition. It remembers everything you did whilst you were alive. Some people think that when they die, they will just start living as another entity, and everything that they have done on earth will just be wiped off. That's not what happens. The real you is your spirit. So when you die, that spirit is separated from the body, and the spirit continues to live on. So the spirit So people ask questions like, when you go to heaven, will I know my father? You will know. It is you. It is you.
Just like it is your spirit. Session of hell called Abraham's bosom. That was what paradise was. That's why when Jesus taught the thief, today, you will be with me in paradise. Was it heaven? Jesus went the place of torment and paradise in hell. Try and stay with me. Or understanding is enlightened. Because the real you is spirit. Now people think that when you die and you go to heaven, that's what there is.
But listen to me. If you do not accept Jesus as lord and savior, your destination is hell. It doesn't matter how good of a person you are. Jesus to Lazarus' burial. Jesus told him, I'm Martha. He says, ah, you will see Lazarus again. Martha said, we know we will see him again. We would definitely see again. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Our time on earth, whether it is eighteen, ninety, or even hundred years that you spend.
Heaven or is it hell? Because those who go to hell, it is eternal damnation. That means sorrow and pain forever. Unending soul, unending pain, unending anguish, it doesn't finish. Can you see that? In other words, when a man dies, the dust returns to dust. The spirit of the man returns to God who gave it. Are you seeing that? John eleven twenty five and twenty six, Jesus speaking says, I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet he shall live.
And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. He's talking about the death in the body. No. He's saying that you will never die and that you have received. Zoe, this is a powerful promise of life beyond the grave for those who put their faith in Jesus. Now I made a statement earlier. I said I said, how you live your life here determines what you become in eternity. And many of you, you don't understand what I said. The reason is because a lot of people operate under the assumption that simply making it to heaven is the only goal for the believer. And that once you are there, everyone experiences the same quality of life.
You just see father Abraham and you see When I get to heaven, oh, I'll just see all of them. Even hardcast, there's questions that make content over it. But when you study scripture, you will find that this is not true. The bible teaches that there is a quality of life that begins when we enter eternity and will not all be the same. Just as there are different levels of light amongst the stars, there are varying degrees of glory and reward awaiting all sin eternity in heaven. Directly tied to how we lived our lives here on earth. So in first Corinthians 15 verse 41 to verse 42, Paul was speaking and he says, there is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars. It means the sun have its own glory. The moon have its own. Can you compare the glory of the sun and the moon?
And then another glory of the stars. And noticed even amongst the stars, the stars differ in glory. The first line next verse now says, so also is the resurrection of the dead. That means when the dead resurrect, there are different glories. Can you see what I'm saying? Some will appear the glory of the sun. Some will appear the glory of the moon. Some will appear the glory of the stars, and the bible says even amongst the stars, there are different glories. Different radiations of the light. The says, now if anyone builds on this foundation, the context here is judgement.
Right? If anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hair, straw. Verse 13 says, each one's work will become clear. For the days, speaking of the judgment day, we'll declare it. Can you see that? Because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test everybody's work. What sort of work it is? Please stay with me. If anyone's work which he has built on endures, he will receive a reward. This is in eternity.
This is not in time. The one we stand before God in judgement, everything that we did and built will be tested with fire. And if anyone's work endures, he will receive a reward. Verse 15, I want you to watch this very carefully. If anyone's work is burnt, watch this. He will suffer loss. Who will suffer loss? The man whose work is burnt. Is that not so? Will suffer loss.
But he himself, that is the man, will be saved. Did you see that? You didn't see that? The man is saved. That means the man is not in hell. The man did not go to hell. The man is so? And of the holy angels. In other words, even in eternity, there is shame. Not shame from sin because sin was washed away, but shame from waste, from realizing that you lived eighty years and never lived according to purpose, that you got to heaven.
Yes. You did. Your name is in the book of life. Yes. It is. But you brought nothing with you. No fruit, no souls, no obedience, no sacrifice. Only length of years. Years wasted. Shame is possible in Canada.
When men stand before God and realize what they could have become, when the scrolls are opened and men stand before the great monarch of Zion, and the angels begin to read what was I am saying that your eternal rank, your brightness is being determined now by your decisions, by your opinions, by your faithfulness, by your sacrifices in this life. It's like a man who gets into university. Everyone may gain admission, but not everyone graduates with honors. Everyone may receive salvation, but not everybody will receive the same crown. This is why Paul says in daily dance three and verse 14, I press toward the mark for the walks through this world without understanding this eternal lens, he will waste time thinking that he's living. He will measure life by comfort. He will measure life by the applause of men. You will measure life by money and miss the real thing. Because in heaven, life is not defined by length. It is defined by obedience.
That is why in John in first John chapter two and verse 17, the bible says the world and its desires will pass away. But one who trust the will of God lives forever. So imagine two people. One is 75 years old and has lived a quiet, safe life. Never really surrendered anything to God. Never really worked in purpose. Just grew up, went to school, wrote jam, wrote different things, got a job, also through life, came to church, was a believer, maybe even joined the workforce. Registered in eternity. That's why David said in Psalms 19 verse 12, teach us to number our days. That we may apply our heart, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Wisdom. Teach us to number our days. He didn't say give us more days. He said teach us to use the one you have given us wisely. That was the prayer. So the prayer should not be, God, give me a long life. That's good. But it's not enough. The prayer should be, God had life to my days. So that every week, every day, every hour counts for something.
Because when your time here is over, and it will be, Your moments don't just disappear. They go ahead of you like incense, like offerings. They stand before the throne of God. Because in eternity, your will not be measured by what you get. It will be measured by what you gave. Many of us understand giving just from the standpoint of prosperity. That was what happened to God in his. The angel told him your giving has risen to God. In Philippians four and verse 18, it was Paul that was speaking. Paul says, indeed, I have all and I abound.
I am full. Having received from a a perphredators, the things that you sent, the Bible says, it has risen unto God as a sweet smelling aroma, acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. The people that were giving did not know that it was what they were doing. So when we speak of the kingdom, we're not talking about church activities. We're talking about the measurement of your life in light of God's eternal purpose. Listen to me, everybody. The day will come when every man will stand before that light that knows no corruption. And your resume will be opened. I'm not spending time on that. But what will happen is the rapture.
And then the bible teaches us that after the rapture comes the tribulation. And after the tribulation comes the great judgment. Is that not so? So there is the rapture. Whoever believes will also be raptured, and then the judgment will come. That means that the rapture comes before the judgment. It is not judgment before rapture. There are some people who already won't believe in tribulation. Whichever one you believe, it is still not judgement before rapture. It is rapture before judgement.
At least you've heard the Bible, so don't you believe that? Rapture because you have eternal life. The book of life simply means the book of those who have eternal life. Are you with me? Your name is there. That's the reason why you were raptured. So when we appear before judgment, you have already been raptured. We will no longer judge you by whether or not your name is in the book of life. Because what qualified you for being raptured was because your name was there. Next verse.
Watch this. I saw the dead. Can you see this? I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God. One day, I will open to you what small and great means. Standing before God. Watch this. And books were opened. The Bible then says, and another book was opened, which is the book of life. So you see two kinds of book.
The first is books. The second is the book of life. Believers focus on that. And we miss out books. But continue reading. The Bible says the dead were judged according to their according to their by things which were written where? In the book. You were not judged by things Us. In other words, I was not yet formed. I had no form, but your eyes had already seen me.
And the Bible says, in your that it might be written did you hacked out? How many of that that it might be written did you fulfill? Or did you just live a life just as you wanted it? You put a mansion mansion by yourself. You erect structures for yourself. Were you in tune with God? Were you in tune with what God wanted to make out of your life? What God led to do with your life? Were you in tune with heaven's agenda for your life? Would now be compared with the book that now captures how you lived all your days.
Would now say how many of what is here according to what was written in the books. Your works documented. Their works has nothing to do with the accomplishment in the atrium. It has to do with how much of their lives were lived according to purpose. Their works there is their obedience, their yieldedness to the will of God, their commitment to finding out what was written about the revelational account. So you see their life from heaven's perspective in Hebrews. That's why in Genesis, you would find that when the angels came and told Sarah that she would conceive, Genesis account says, Sarah laughed. Sarah lied. Sarah mocked. It doesn't check your earlier words.
That's not what matters in eternity. It looks for the weight of your obedience. The fragment of your trust. The pen so you're moved in faith. The resonance of your sacrifice. The melodies of your trust. How in tune, how aligned is your life with the prophecy that was written? Our in tune and our line is your life with the expectations of God. Because it's an assignment. A man that God had in mind, a problem you were created What chords?
You see, respiratory realm is like a grand symphony, and every life is like an instrument. And just like a keyboard has many keys, only certain notes strike in the heart of God. And there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, it is very necessary. Just like a human child, a healing, favor, protection, all of these are part of your inheritances. But that's not where the journey ends. Even the greatest gift that we have received, which is the gift of forgiveness of sins and salvation, is meant to bring us in overcome the wicked one. At this stage, your posture shifts. You are no longer just asking, God, what can you give me? Instead, you begin to ask God, what do you need me to do?
Because after working with him long enough and seeing that he never fails you, you begin to wonder, does God have desires too? Is there something breaking his heart? And in that search, discover that God has frustrate everything that God wants to do, everything that God is doing. And the moment you see that as you mature, you enlist yourself in the army. The Bible says that people shall be willing in the day of thy power. Wickedness in high places, controlling men in this city. And God begins to tell you, that is what is standing in the way of my purposes being done in this realm. I am beginning warfare. A warfare not for food. A warfare that his kingdom come and his will be done on earth at its ease in heaven.
Hear me? How much more is glory? That's why God withholds direct interference. It's not weakness. It is mercy. Because it's it's just too big to interfere. Imagine trying to correct an ant Too many beams in Christ. So when millions gather in churches, the cry is still, Lord, give us bread. Whereas the cry of heaven is, who shall I send? And if we know the cry of heaven and we are aligned, when we gather in our millions, our cry will be, Lord, send to me.
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