Facing Life in Tough Times Day 3 | 20TH SEP 2021

[Music] do [Music] hello it is nice to be here it's wonderful to be here thank you our viewer both here in church and wherever you are watching us from this is a very powerful evangelistic campaign that is coming to you live from mcgorry central here in miguri kenya remember we have a very wonderful program that is outlined for you that just for your spiritual growth we have very beautiful programs i am happy to host you together with my sister i am evans ander and i am naomi roosevelt welcome to today's session and those of you who have managed to be here in person feel most welcome fail at jesus feet we have just ended the children's section and sister cella kimani has taken the children through the story and she has told us that with prayers everything is possible and up next we have very wonderful pieces of music that are coming here from our charismas but before then remember we are live on youtube at hope channel kenya you can also find us live on facebook at hope channel kenya also we remind you to keep on tweeting at hope underscore kenya sister naomi there is a call center and that is number is and the call center is zero seven nine eight triple seven triple zero i will repeat zero seven nine eight triple seven triple zero call make your prayer request and those of you who have already given their lives for baptism we thank god if you want to be baptized can we make that con and we will be praying with you and if you are tuning in today for the first time we want to remind you that we have had wonderful sessions we have had family life and main summons evans okay let us remind ourselves of the speakers that we have we have pastor samuel missionary who is our main speaker he is handling summons and we also have pastor elizabeth mokoro who is handling family life progress they are very beautiful program that we would not wish to to be left out of this one yes and we were told yeah there is no quitting your marriage must work the marriage has to work if you want to give up we are going to shoot you okay now before then remember to send us a messages remember to send your prayer request with them through the number that is rolling down in your screen and then you are going to be catered for we can also organize for your baptism wherever you are and also here in miguel central for those who will be with us live so stay tuned don't even tap the knob of your screen because they are very wonderful things that are coming and lined up for you so ready we have our correspondent yeah but just before they come yeah there are some of the feedback that is coming up and somebody is asking if the man is foundation of the family if the man is not there what happens i am sure that stay tuned we have learned and we will continue to learn and our main speaker also taught us that though we are born in this image of adam that is given to sin we are in desperate need of the grace of god so we want to pray that as we sit through these [Music] 11 days remaining we will find god's grace that will give us the power to face life during tough times be blessed as we welcome the charisters stay tuned thank you welcome dear viewers we're to our song session together with the congregation we request you to join us in the singing we are going to do song number 99 so together everybody bring your hymnal next to you so that we may do this song together god will take care of you in everything be rest assured that god will always take care of you no matter what you face in life welcome [Music] is [Music] is of you god will take care of you through every day all the way he will take care of you god will care of you [Music] will take care of you [Music] god will take care of you god will take care of you through every day all the way he will take care of you lord will take care of you [Music] all you may need he will provide will take care of you nothing you ask will be night god will take care of you god will take care of you through every the day he will take care of you god will take care of you [Music] [Music] oh [Music] take care of you he will take care of you [Music] thank you god will always take care of you in everything that you go through we welcome you to join us in the next song that is song number 487 487 in the garden i come to the garden alone [Music] [Music] i come to the garden while the tear is is me and he talks with me and he tells me i am [Music] was never known [Music] [Music] within and he walks with me and he talks with me no [Music] [Applause] his voice to me as he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me ever the situation god will take care of you so just tarry in the presence of the lord that was beautiful music from our charisters some very beautiful pieces of items we have on yellow sd church choir they will be followed by our migori south youtube choir and we'll also have miguri central youth choir yes it's going to be beautiful it's going to be blessed to stay in the presence of the lord and be 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[Music] my is me god [Music] oh is [Music] is [Music] one two three hello [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] yes [Music] [Music] foreign foreign [Music] foreign a man a man a man and thank you for those pieces of music we are very much blessed there is a song that touched me that god is looking for them that are going to stand firm for their faith indeed we have been so much blessed thank you our choirs for such presentations oh yes and now we are going to that moment oh yes i know you are waiting i'm waiting too it's family life time of course elder jared will coming in for the prayer but before then just in case you're tuning in right now there's something that touched me yesterday that god is the foundation of the family the man is the foundation of the family and when the man is absent god steps in so this cliche events this cliche that as women have that i can do without the man is not is can you say with me is it's no so stay blessed i am sure you are going to be blessed i want you to remind you of our sign language interpreter that is sister jill cheng may you keep on tweeting i want still to remind you to keep on tweeting talk to us send us your messages our call center number is zero seven nine eight triple seven triple zero send us your messages send us your comments tweet us we are live on facebook at hope channel kenya we also live in youtube at hope channel kenya oh yes and we have bible study guides in case you need any you can pick on your way out for those of us who are live within the church and also we have counselors in case you have issues in your marriage and you need somebody to talk with you you can call us and there are counselors who will be able to pray with you our pastor will be here to pray with you and i am sure you are being blessed and at the end of this we'll be reading some of the comments uh okay some of the comments okay we'll be bringing it live and to you how people are commenting stay tuned don't even touch the number of your screen because we have very wonderful programs thank you good evening viewers to those who are in the congregation good evening it's another time we want to introduce another program this is family life ministries this one is going to be brought to us by pastor elizabeth mokoro pastor elizabeth mohoro comes to us from central central nyan field whereby she ministers pastor elizabeth mokoro is married to mr george mokoro together they are blessed with five beautiful children this time now we want to listen to what she is bringing to us pastor elizabeth mokuro has preaching as a call to her pastor elizabeth mukuro has family life ministry as a portion to her may god bless you as you listen to what she's bringing to us before she comes up we have sister adeline miak who is going to offer special prayer for her may god bless you a good evening viewers and congregates in church in a special moment let's believe and pray father lord we come before you this evening in a mighty way lord jesus want to glorify your name for the gift of life i want to thank you lord jesus for taking care of us throughout the the days and we've come to this moment in a special way father aunt commits our pastor elizabeth before they thy presence father that you may bless him with a word from above that when she speaketh to thy people may we receive souls that will come before thee and say that they have met jesus christ this day and they'll continue to stand by your name forever until you come lord jesus wanna thank you for the viewers wanna thank you for the congregants that are in church right now that you may touch them to lord jesus your spirit this day and be thus now forever more for i pray this trusting i believe in jesus holy name amen the lord is good yeah you have tears that we can see let me have a few of you smile if all of you do not know how to smile the lord is good and all the times once again we have an opportunity to be able to meet like this children of god children of one family and be able to be fed by christ himself the subject i want to handle this evening is a motive very controversial it requires a holy boldness i pray that the holy spirit will speak to us i have titled it the sort of mitigation impurity the sodomitish impurity allow me recap a few things that we have learned before lucifer led a rebellion in heaven and this rebellion sparked a fierce war between him and christ the word of the lord says that michael and his angels fought with the dragon that is relation chapter 12 and the dragon and his angels fought but they did not prevail nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer some people have asked what if the devil repents today there is no place for them any longer so lucifer and a third of the angels are expelled from heaven and then god creates man for his own glory that after test and trial the human family might become one with the heavenly family it was god's purpose and still is his purpose to repopulate heaven with the human of family like we saw malachi makes it very clear that he instituted marriage not just because he needed a human family but a godly human family and so up is our multiplication space and god expects that we will not just produce any humans but we will produce and raise godly humans because it is ungodliness it is disobedience that led to the expulsion of lucifer from heaven and if god must repopulate heaven with the human family then they must be a godly people they must be obedient people so the man being the foundation of the family like we saw it yesterday if this foundation is weakened the whole family comes stumbling down so we must seek to god we must seek to protect the foundation of the family jealously i don't have to repeat that like we saw it yesterday from aidan the devil understood that if you want to destroy the family unit if you want to destroy the church if you want to destroy the nation if you want to destroy society you only need to render the foundation which is the man useless and weak and the whole thing comes down and he's so sad at how he's closing in on us and we cannot see it there is another strategy that the devil has used since the antediluvian world to destroy the marriage institution and family unit spirit of prophecy calls it the sodomitish impurity that is the book testimonies on sexual behavior and so apart from heterosexuality heterosexuality is when you find attraction and you have romantic feelings towards a person of the opposite sex so apart from heterosexuality today the world talks of homosexuality and other sexualities which include bisexual a sexual pansexual aromantic polysexual hetero flexible homo flexible name it it is it is it is he the world believes that sexuality is a spectrum and that orientation can change over time so you can identify as a female today as you grow into old age you can change from a female and believe you are a male and believe you are a bisexual and believe you are it can change as he has goba so on one extreme is the female and on the other extreme is the male in between these extremes is a spectrum of orientation that an individual is allowed to choose and identify with which you and i are required to respect so you don't begin telling people why are you gay you are required the world expects you to respect them that is their choice and i can assure you even god respects their choice so much that he allows their results to stand until the day he will come back the belief that heterosexuality is the only sexual orientation is termed by the world as a religious belief and a myth to be demystified so if you ascribe to heterosexuality that is a religious belief it is a myth we need to demystify it that is how the world holds it i speak as a mother and i speak as a parent cognizant of the fact that my very own children might succumb to this evil so i'm sensitive homosexuals are just evil for as long as they're not in your house the day your son comes back home and tells you i'm gay your eyes begin to bulge the day you're called in school and told come take your child we have expelled her she's a lesbian and you don't know what to do and so i know that i also have children and they might succumb to this sensuality that corrupts the whole man and which must be separated from the religious experience we must separate it i choose to speak this evening as one in the world and not of the world get me clear if you profess to be in the world and not of the world then the discourse tonight will not condemn you but produce a godly sorrow that should lead you to repentance if you are just in the world and not of the world but if you have the word we can fight after i'm done from the pulpit out there the state of things as exists today existed before the flood and before this destruction of sodom and so do not be ignorant to think that homosexuality and other sexualities is a new phenomenon it is not it's not a new phenomenon in this world it dates back to the anti-deluvian world the world before the destruction of earth by flood it was there if you are hearing it for the first time is because you live in the village but today they have baptized it the lgbtqi plus agenda it's a sexual immorality that those of the world are coercing the church to accept and normalize we might as well need to discard our conversion in christ to be able to accept it and normalize it but for as long as we are in christ jesus we will fight it to the bitter end there is nothing as bitter as finding out that your husband is not dating another woman but dating another man hey and the man calls you and tells you i know how to give him dry you are majimaj where are we headed hey they say company competitors a year genesis 1 27 28 the bible has it god created the male and female then blessed them and said to them be fruitful and multiply feel they are and subdue it as god initiates marriage in genesis chapter 2 it is between one man and one woman that technically means marriage is monogamous marriage is heterosexual in fact polygamy has been normalized and accepted but it is sanitized adultery yeah some of us come from those homes but our time has come we must put an end to it and it should not continue yeah we must end it we helped we have to so it locks out polygamy it locks out homosexuality and all the spectrum you might think of that you'd want to debate about any other thing apart from heterosexuality is a threat to marriage and family institution and unit if all of us became homosexuals what we are saying is the multiplication of humanity ceases and then what happens humanity faces extinction when yeah if all of us must be homosexuals then there's no reproduction we face extinction number two it means there is no godliness outside of heterosexuality for the word of the lord says categorically allow me read it first corinthians i think so chapter 6 that is the word of the lord speaking not myself you can fight with god 6 9 10 says do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of god do not be deceived should be brilliant enough neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers no homosexuals nor sodomites no thieves no converges no drunkards revilers extortioners will inherit the kingdom of god and so homosexuality and other forms of sexual immorality and vices are unrighteous and cannot be entertained in the kingdom of god praise the lord it's a direct attack that thwarts the plan of god for both quantity and quality it's unfortunate that this thing has caught up with everybody including church members including the clutch i understand the church is quiet no one wants to talk about it how do we begin to talk about it the devil is a liar he comes to steal he comes to kill he comes to destroy so spouses are no longer complaining of a man seeing another woman but a man seeing another man and a woman seeing another woman for sexual satisfaction church members need not be entangled in this evil that is practiced under the gap of sanctity [Applause] but we need to fast we need to pray striving honestly to overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony hallelujah we must overcome it because our children are in it we are not talking about strangers out there we are talking about our very own in this thing not one particle or sodomite is impurity will escape the wrath of god at the execution of the judgment our use will be defiled their thoughts will be degraded their souls polluted unless their barricaded with the truth and we must preach it as it is else we lose our church let me move very fast is there not enough transpiring about us to show us the dangers that beset our past everywhere i've seen wrecks of humanity broken down family holders broken up families there's a strange abandonment of principle the standard of morality is lowered and the earth is fast becoming a sudden very fast homosexuality not only exists in hidden lands it not only exists among popular professors of christianity but it is sad to say that it also exists with some who profess to be looking to the coming of the second the second coming of our lord jesus christ they believe christ is coming but they still entangled in it and they're saying there's nothing wrong in it [Applause] for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life that speaks to the universality of our salvation that permits paul to now move to the hip and lands and talk of the life and death and resurrection of jesus christ and as he ventures into the roman territory he describes a situation of degeneracy of morals almost without parallel in human history romans 1 that's where we are i'll do a quick reading chapter 1 18 27 for the wrath of god is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness because what may be known of god is manifest in them for god has shown it to them for since the creation of the world his invisible attributes are clearly seen being understood by the things that are made even his eternal power and godhead so that they are without excuse because although they knew god they did not glorify him as god no was thankful but became futile in their thoughts and their foolish hearts were darkened professing to be wise they became fools and changed the glory of the incorruptible god into an image made like corruptable man and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things therefore god also gave them up to uncleanness in the last of their hearts to dishonor their bodies among themselves who exchanged the truth of god for the lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the creator who is blessed forever amen for this reason god gave them up to vile passions for even their women exchange the natural use for what is against nature likewise also the man leaving the natural use of the woman [Music] which again it might take bonding their last for one another men with men committing what is shameful and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due i want to tell you paul said nothing that the greek and roman writers of the age did not themselves say so he's not attacking the romans he's saying what their writers have also said and so the world in which paul is getting into it was an age when things seemed as it were out of control like it is out of control today tacitus says of that period i am entering upon the history of a period rich in disasters gloomy with wars rent with seditions savage in its very hours of peace seneca says it was an age stricken with the agitation of a soul no longer master of itself things are out of control it was an age of unparalleled luxury in the public parts of rome the hot and cold water rain from silver tops the floor of the sacca sarena had been screamed sprinkled with gold dust gold dust instead of sawdust a man called caligula look at the kind of luxury they were in juvenile said bitterly a luxury more ruthless than war broods over wrong finally it was an age of unparalleled immorality there had not been one single case of divorce in the first 520 years of the history of roman republic the first roman recorded as having divorced his wife was spurious cavalias ruga in 234 bc but now as seneca said it women were married to be divorced and divorced to be married vice did not stop with the crude and natural vices society from top to bottom was riddled with unnatural vice 14 out of 15 roman emperors were homosexuals they suppressed truth in unrighteousness although they knew god they did not glorify him as god nor were they thankful as paul puts it but became futile in their thoughts and their foolish hearts were darkened professing to be wise they became fools for this reason paul says god gave them up to vile passions the statement of phrase giving them up to [Music] has no angry irritation in it but it's a wistful sorrowful regret as one who has done all that he can and can do no more because he recognizes the gift of free will he gave to man that not even god himself can interfere with it is your choice you're free to choose god respects your choice who are we not they had a passionate desire for forbidden pleasure the desire that makes men do nameless and shameless things it is in this kind of world it is in this kind of territory that paul was eager to preach the gospel and it was there that he was not ashamed of preaching the gospel of christ hallelujah in that kind of environment he was not ashamed the world needed the power that would work salvation and paul knew that nowhere else than in christ did that power exist and so immediately rottenness that surrounds us there is still hope praise the lord it's all rotten yes but there is still hope there is freedom in christ jesus homosexuality and other sexualities you can talk about does not need a therapy it does not need counseling sessions we are talking of a demonic spirit the best our schools can do is expel suspend no solution beyond it the best our churches can do is remove from membership nothing beyond that and as we continue to do it there is more recruitment within the church [Music] a young man calls me and tells me i want to see you say okay let's meet in church receipt and he says i want to get married i said ah you want married or counseling you say no no no he tells me pastor i am gay but i want to sort this out before i marry because if i marry it will turn me into a bisexual i have daughters four of them i pray that the coming of christ is sooner before they get married to marriageable age it's rotten this does not need counseling sessions it does not need therapy it needs deliverance through prayer and fasting hallelujah hallelujah church for paul says our weapons for the weapons of our warfare are not kennel but mighty in gold for putting down strongholds casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of god bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of christ there is power in the name of our lord jesus christ praise the lord the minute you submit to his power the minute you submit to his presence he has the power to transform you from within outside i introduced to you this man called jesus the savior of the world our redeemer and our lord may the lord bless us in jesus name our father in heaven there is no life apart from you it gets messy it gets rotten complicated and satisfying but when we live in you christ life is beautiful amid is the rottedness in our society that is quickly turning into a sodo the devil has introduced homosexuality and every other sexuality that they call a spectra into our formless it is threatening the very foundation of marriage and family institution and the unit but we know oh god there is none beside you you are almighty you are all powerful restrain evil that your children may see eternity for a soul that is struggling in this vice and evil and willing that they may come to you tonight from wherever they're listening i committed into your hands your transforming power is enough to be able to cause a change in their lives once they accept you it is no longer them that leaves but christ in them that lives thank you because you are only hope may your name be glorified forever is our prayer in jesus name amen what a wonderful presentation i really like if i was somebody i would i would not have missed any of this teaching there is something so powerful that we have learned from today's family life lesson nami can you just in a girl what is it that you learned today oh yes it's one of those moments that you sit still and say like paul would say oh wretched man that i am but you see we have been told that there is hope in christ jesus amen there is hope in christ jesus for our families for our youth for everyone irrespective of how depraved the world is and we thank god for that thank you uh come continue continue being with us because there are very many more of such lessons that will be coming to you for these entire two weeks remember the pastor that has just spoken is pastor elizabeth moguro and she'll be handling our families so well so we are having choirs that are coming now oh yes we have onialo coming up with one song and another choir the migori south east choir coming for another item keep on stay tuned and thank you [Music] is [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] yoga [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] yeah me [Music] is is [Music] [Music] is foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] is [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] um is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is okay [Music] [Music] [Music] julia [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] mom [Music] is [Music] [Applause] me [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh okay [Music] [Music] though each baby [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] wherever you are across the globe or here at mcgorry central church we would wish to welcome you to the everlasting gospel brought to you via hope channel kenya and radio terumbeta fm the speaker of the hour is none other than pastor samuel messiani pastor samuel missiani is an ordained pastor coming to us with a wealth of experience in pastoral ministry evangelism communication media name it i believe i by the grace of god you won't regret having listened to him and even viewed him over hope channel kenya as we start pastor messiani let's come forward as we pray together pastor michiani is married to dr eunice missionary pastor caribou allow us pray as we start the program gracious everlasting father in heaven we thank you and adore you for who you are in our lives father we thank you for this moment you have granted us to be here so that we may listen to you as your man servant comes forward to break the word of life further may you speak to us through him in a mighty way as you have done before we pray this in jesus name amen we thank god who has given us the grace to be here again for those who are here with me i also want to acknowledge uh the people who are in the audience here including the president of ronan conference paston gorey is with us here in the audience thank you so much for joining us live at this place and from wherever you are as you have been told we are here in migori city migori's central church it's a beautiful place if you have never visited migori please find time to visit this beautiful place as usual we start with a word of prayer we are praying for people because we believe in the power of prayer prayer changes things when all else fail do not forget to pray for god is still on the throne we have a team that will be praying here daily morning evening even as i am standing here they are hidden somewhere praying and reaching out for you so please you can send your prayers we will lift them before god and we are trusting god for the answer today we are praying for richard from kericho richard is scheduled for a kidney transplant that it cannot take place due to lack of finances think about that as i'm praying if you're praying with me and you have resources ask god if you want you to participate in this good helps to this man richard we are also praying for josephine from nairobi and josephine has just gone surgery and she's still in the theater as i'm talking to you at kenyatta national hospital we are thanking god that this surgery is going on well as we are getting it here and we are lifting the family in prayer and of course just finn and last for today we are praying for tobias tobias is right here with us in migori praying that god will help his voice to open up now some of these things as we pray for you also continue visiting with your doctor so that if god wants to use the medical experts to restore your voice he will if it is beyond them and he wants to do it miraculously we are asking the lord to do that so let's pray now heavenly father we are lifting richard from ritual before you it needs kidney transplant lord we are even praying that you can heal that kidney even without transplant and if you must go through it lord then find the means the resources for this man that you may continue living give them hope and come to their aid because you are a god who is able we reach out to this family we reach out to josephine from nairobi who is undergoing surgery as we are praying may your grace be manifested be with the hands and the minds of the sergeants and the team that is working on this individual josephine and we are praying lord that everything will come out right for your glory father we are thanking you for the day when we will not need surgery again because you have promised us new bodies bodies that will not die nor get sick but at this time lord as we are waiting for the soon coming of christ grant this child of yours healing that comes from you and grant the doctors the wisdom to complete that which they have started in a successful way for your glory we are praying for tobias lord this man needs his voice back lord grant him his voice back that he may continue to praise your name if there's anything that needs to be checked up in him lord provide guidance and let your will be done so that your name is glorified in the lives of these individuals and in the lives of those whom we are praying for in the prayer chamber let your name be glorified now as we move into the message for today in jesus name amen i promised you yesterday that we shall be giving gifts to our listeners who are able to answer our questions correctly now today we are beginning with three questions and the first five people to respond i believe there is a number on the screen where you need to respond to the first five people to get them right will receive a gift from us and that is guaranteed question number one based on what we have covered in psalms 51 verse 1 to 6 a david described sin as iniquity transgression and sin true or false i repeat true or false in psalms 51 when you read verse 1 to 6 david mentioned sin as iniquity transgression and sin true or false question number two true or false john 3 17 says that god did not send his son into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through him is that true or false or i'm reading a different text last question we read somewhere during our presentation that that which is born of flesh is flesh and that which is born of spirit is spirit true or false was that text from luke 3 6 john 3 verse 6 or revelations chapter 3 and verse 6. i repeat that which is born of flesh is flesh and that which is born of spirit is spirit is that text coming from luke 3 verse 6 john 3 6 or revelation chapter 3 verse 6 the first five people to respond correctly that's a gift for you thank you very much pay attention for today and you'll get your gifts rolling down to you as soon as we can today is an exciting day because the message that god has given me to share with you is a message that has blessed my soul and i'm already rejoicing even before sharing it with you i'm already excited because if this message cannot excite you then i don't know what will ever excite you tonight we are talking about the everlasting gospel the good news of the kingdom of god the good news of the reign of god is what we want to talk about today shall we pray again father let the holy spirit take charge of my voice and let the holy spirit bless our listeners all over the world with the understanding of the everlasting gospel it's my prayer in jesus name amen uh just to recap a little as we enter into this message for those of you who are joining us for the first time we summarized our study on sin and it was important for us to know what the bible says about sin and our helplessness so that we can appreciate the everlasting gospel all that you have done up to this point was to prepare us so that when god gives us the good news we can say that's what i want this is a good god i love what god has done we talked about seven definitions of sin but they can be summarized into three basic categories and number one is seen as nature that's the sinful flesh that we have that which jesus said that which is born of flesh is flesh you cannot change it you cannot make it better you cannot improve on it it remains as it was our nature is sinful and the text you can read is romans chapter 7 verse 18 which tells you that sin dwells in us in our nature sin is not what people do to you sin is what dwells within you in other words some of you might think that the devil makes you sin i think in the day of judgment some of you will be surprised because the devil will stand up and say my friend when you committed that sin i was so far away i was so far from you what i'm trying to say is that because of who we are in our nature even if the devil is asleep you will still continue to sin because sin is in our nature number two is our mind when we're dealing with the desires and the motives we learned that god does not just judge us by our behavior god looks at the heart and we learn from jeremiah chapter 17 verse 9 that the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked your heart and my heart is corrupt as a matter of fact according to the bible let me show you how corrupt your heart and mind is i always include myself in this because it is true of me and it is true of you if you turn to the book of mark the book of mark and chapter 7 and we read from verse 21 the bible says from verse 20 that what comes out of man defines the man then verse 21 says fall from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts adulteries fornications murders thefts viciousness wickedness deceit lewdness and evil eye blasphemy pride foolishness all these things all these evil things come from within and defile a man in other words your problem and my problem is the problem of the heart it's not somebody else who causes you to sin beloved your heart and my heart is rotten beyond healing and that is in our nature and there is nothing that you can do about it you may try to change your behavior but modifying your behavior does not transform your heart so that's the scene of the mind the desires and the motives and i give you a passage to go and read go and read romans chapter seven read verse seven and eight as you continue you'll find the apostle paul talking about covetousness lust and he says when you give him a commandment the commandment that says thou shalt not covet that's the very moment he starts doing the very thing that the word of god is saying he should not do and then finally it can be reduced to performance and these are sinful acts what we call the transgression of the law so these are the three categories into which you can reduce all those seven definitions of sin that we went through that is nature the sinful flesh mind desire and motives and performance sinful acts all those put together brings us into a place of helplessness but today i want to share with you what god has done the law of god condemns all the three categories of sin or any one of them whether the sin of the nature it's condemned by god whether it's be what you're thinking it's condemned by god whether it be your performance is performed is your performance and mind are also condemned by god so we come into this world and because we come with this nature i mentioned you before we are born already condemned in other words your performance cannot change the condemnation that is there because of your nature that's why the bible says that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of god but here is the good news the gospel is god's power the bible says paul writes in the book of romans chapter 1 and verse 16 and he says i am not ashamed of the gospel of christ for it is the power of god and to salvation to everyone that believeth to the jew first and also to the greek now the right of this book romans paul himself was a man who who grew up as a keeper of the law of god he says that when it came to the keeping of the commandments of god nobody could blame him he had even grown to be a member of the sanhedrin as a very young person but paul when he was met by christ and he came face to face with the spirit of god and was convicted of sin and converted paul realized that he was the chief of sinners and so he turns in his writings and he says that i glory not in myself i am not ashamed of the good news of christ because he discovered that this is the power of god unto salvation why for therein is the righteousness of god revealed from faith to faith as it is written that is romans chapter 1 verse 17 that they just shall live by faith in other words god has done something that brings salvation to those who are ungodly god does not condemn you beloved because of what you have done as we have already said before that a mango tree produces mangoes not in order to become a mango tree but because it is already a mango tree and we interpreted that to mean that you are committing sins you don't become a sinner simply because you have committed sins that you commit sins because that is who you are by nature when you condemn fish in water from drinking water i think you are making a big mistake if you tell fish to come out of water and start flying you will be very unreasonable because it is not in the nature of fish to fly now when it comes to you and i if we are confronted with the commandments of god the 10 of them that says don't don't don't don't commit adultery don't lie don't uh kill don't do all these kind of things don't covet and that's the hardest one if i tell you that the day you do those things you will be you will die then you are dead already because even before you are told not to do them you are already committing them what am i trying to say i'm trying to say that god has given us the ten commandments but here's the good news about them god knew that you and i cannot keep them he knows that you cannot keep them but he still gave them to us why because he had the everlasting gospel that was coming the commandments bring us into a position where we shut up i cannot look at you as a sinner you cannot look at me at a sinner as a sinner because when we come before the law of god you find yourself guilty i find myself guilty we humble ourselves and we look for salvation not from within ourselves that we look for salvation from outside of us that is one of the roles of the ten commandments to show us the character of god and when we are faced when the holy spirit brings home to us the meaning the true significance of the ten commandments we all realize that we have fallen short of the glory of god that all have seen but here is the good news the bible says in matthew chapter 24 and verse 14 and this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and the bible says and then the end shall come this is jesus himself speaking to the disciples who wanted to know when the end of the world would come he told them of so many calamities that would take place he said there'll be pestilences like what the world is going through right now a coveted 19 and all others that have gone before but he says this will not bring the end of the world he said the gospel the good news about the kingdom of god shall be proclaimed and then the end shall come notice he said we are proclaiming the gospel as a witness to all the nations of who god is mark chapter 1 verse 14 verse 15 jesus began his ministry and the bible says now after john was put in prison that's john the baptist jesus came into galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of god and saying the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of god is his hand repent ye and believe the gospel repent change your mind turn around because the kingdom of god is here but the scriptures that i've given you tells us very very clearly that the good news is about the kingdom of god jesus announced the kingdom of god he said the kingdom of god is here that what kingdom means the reign of god so it's called the everlasting gospel that's our theme for today the good news the everlasting gospel it's everlasting because it's about the character of god it's everlasting because he has been there from the beginning and will be there in the end it's about the kingdom of god the reign of god god introduces himself as god who is the beginning and the end his alpha and his omega is from everlasting to everlasting and because god is from everlasting to everlasting and exists in eternity now his good news is an everlasting news in other words the character of god has not changed the grace of god has not changed the righteousness of god has not changed the goodness of god has not changed god's character is from everlasting to everlasting and the good news is the revelation of who god is in his character and so it's about the reign of god never forget this the good news is not just about your salvation the good news is about the kingdom of god and from today onwards we'll be talking about the kingdom of god why is it such a good news for us that's the thing we are going to follow because it's only as we understand our place in the kingdom of god that we will be able to face life with courage you know the bible says you'll know the truth and the truth will set you free beloved knowledge is key to understanding knowledge is key to your privilege your freedom knowledge is key to your relationship with god knowledge is key to your life i'm repeating this over and over again because there are people who come to church and the moment they sit in the church they stop thinking i want you to do me a favor when you come to listen come with your mind god wants to relate with you in a rational way the bible says come and let us reason together our god gave your mind first and foremost so that you may be able to relate with god in an intellectual in a rational way so from now onwards i want you to think and think things through with me about god we have said already that in adam all sinned but what god has done for us is in christ jesus so today we are going to talk about a concept that i want you to grasp very quickly it is called biblical solidarity there is something that corporate responsibility and those who run companies those who are managers those who are big organizations you do understand what corporate responsibility is all about there's a time when the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer does something that is child that creates a a responsibility or a liability on the entire company and you cannot say that that was done by the chief financial officer or it was done by the chief executive officer when somebody is in a position of responsibility what he does influences or affects everybody within that corporation let me put it in a different way when when one country is playing playing football with another for example let's say kenya is playing with uganda you have 11 kenyans who step into the football field and eleven ugandans for that matter is just an illustration that for this illustration because i'm a kenyan i'm going to make kenya's call fast so they play and kenya's course and everybody back in kenya rises up and says we have scored and you look at them they're all excited because those 11 people are not representing themselves they are representing us therefore when they score we have scored then they continue to play and in second half uganda manages to score one and all the kenyans become little sad but it's hoping that we'll score again fortunately because i'm the one organizing this game kenya's cause again somebody should say amen and we rise again and we rejoice because not only one of them scored all of us have scored because of the principle of solidarity or corporate uh existence they represent us we are one with them and thank god that's the end of the game so we have one hallelujah and therefore kenya has won and we are all rejoicing now in the bible there is something like that we call it biblical solidarity and the book of hebrews chapter 7 explains how it functions in the book of hebrews chapter 7 the bible is trying to explain to us or to the jews specifically that the the priestly ministry of jesus christ is of a higher level than the levitical ministry and to do that the bible is using a person called melchizedek or king of salem or king of peace uh malki sadek is the man who appeared to abraham after abraham have gone after the people who took his his team captive you can't read that in the book of of genesis abraham followed those people and he brought back the animals and everybody and then he met melchizedek and he offered gifts sacrifices to melchizedek he also gave a tithe to melchizedek and then the bible reasons out that when it comes to tithing and gifts it is the lower person who gives to the higher person so if abraham gave tithes to melchizedek then it means that the ministry of melchizedek is higher than that one of of of abraham now abram was not a priest in this order but somewhere along the line paul is saying that the ministry of levy is of a lower one than the ministry of melchizedek and then pray tell why how does levy come into the picture you know that from abraham we have isaac from isaac we have jacob and then from jacob we have levi so how is he tying both and the argument in this book is that when abraham gave tithe to melchizedek levy who became the priestly family was still in the loins of abraham hence the bible says that levy also gave tithe to melchizedek therefore the priestly minister of melchizedek is higher than that one of levi but the ministry of jesus is after that of melchizedek there's a biblical reasoning there that brings out to us the concept of biblical solidarity what abraham did levi that comes from the fourth generation also did in the same way the bible is teaching us that because of our union with adam what adam did because we were all in the lines of adam has affected all of us this is what we have learned so far and that's why the bible tells us in first corinthians 15 and verse 22 this concept of biblical solidarity that sin came by one man in adam because he sinned in adam all die so this is how it works out god created all men in adam and then satan ruined all men in adam romans chapter 5 verse 12 first corinthians 15 21-22 romans chapter 6 verse 23 but here is the good news god brought the gift of life to all men in christ this concept is biblical truth this is what you and i must fully appreciate before we can walk in life with our heads up no matter what happens you need to know for sure the relationship of being in adam and being in christ and the consequences the bible says that one trespass of the one man brought condemnation for all the bible says the disobedience of that one man adam brought death upon all many were made sinners and death came through sin in the same way of solidarity god brings christ and christ is referred to now as the second adam the last adam and the second man and this is what god does in christ one act of righteousness jesus was born and the bible says he lived a perfectly righteous life he did not commit sin not even once the bible says that jesus took our sinful nature upon himself he took us upon himself he entered into the world the same way we do through breath even though he was born of the holy spirit he took upon himself our fallen human nature he had the experiences that we go through he was tempted more than we are just as we attempted the bible says yet he did not commit sin not even once that's why the bible says in the book of john john chapter 14 and verse 30 jesus says the prince of this world notice he calls the devil the prince of this world why because and in adam we are all slaves of sin he says the prince of this world is coming but he has nothing in me there was not one sin that the devil could point in christ he lived a perfectly righteous life that act of righteous living of christ brought justification that brings life to all the obedience of the one man his obedience to god he obeyed god even unto death the bible says in philippians chapter 2 and uh from verse 5 onwards that when jesus found himself as a man he humbled himself before god to obedience even the obedience of death yea even death on the cross beloved that obedience of jesus christ the one man is now making many righteous now look this is how it works god puts jesus christ and jesus christ first of all adam breaks the law adam since death comes then comes in jesus christ and in christ god gives us what is called grace and grace beloved is god doing for you that which you cannot do for yourself grace somebody says is god's riches at the expense of christ another person says grace is god's great revolutions as christ enters when grace comes and i need to say a little more on the grace of god beloved because many are confused about the grace of god i'm going to say more in the days to come about the grace of god but in the beginning i want you to know that the grace of god is not something that just began with jesus christ in a sense that is true because jesus is god and he's a gracious god but the grace of god is as eternal as god himself the bible says that grace was given to us from the foundation of the world you know i want you to think i said you need to think with me today the bible says that adam the day you eat this you shall surely die and yet we see that after committing sin adam did not die pray tell what happened god said adam would die but adam did not die instead he lived i believe after 930 years and many lived somebody lived up to 900 609 years what happened to the word of god this is what the bible tells us that grace was given to us from the foundation of the world what does that mean it means that the moment that adam died the moment that adam sinned instead of him dying the bible says in the book of revelations that jesus is the lamb of god that was laid from the foundation of the world here here what the word of god is saying clearly it means that when jesus was forming adam he knew very well what adam would go through he knew that man would sin and if you are asking me why they did not stop it stay with me for the coming future presentations i'm gonna show you why god could not stop it for the same reason that has never stopped you from committing the sins that you have been committing same reasons that is who he is a god who will not force himself in or on you he will never force you to do anything god is love we are going to explore that in the future but we are seeing god making adam jesus is said to be the one who created the world and so when he was forming adam from the dust of the earth he was already seeing the end from the beginning his alpha and omega and that is good news it also means let me move that even when he formed you he knew your end from the beginning that's one more reason why you should not worry about your life because it is already in the hands of god your beginning and your ending is in god you just need to walk with god every day hallelujah somebody and so when he was creating adam he knew what would happen but the bible says that the love of god was laying from the foundation of the world what does that mean in practice it means that jesus had already taken the place of adam and that's why instead of adam dying it's the lamb that is slain but that which was learned from the foundation of the world was finally slain physically on the cross of christ before that he was teaching us how it was going to happen we call it the sanctuary message and i'm going to deal with that in future so i want you to stay with me in this presentation i want to walk you into what god has done so that when you appreciate god then you do it from understanding from knowledge because the bible says that this is eternal life that they might know you the only true god and jesus christ whom you have sent beloved it is lack of the knowledge of god that is causing us so much pain in the world today it's god's will that you should know him you need to know that grace was given to us from the foundation of the world in christ jesus from the day adam committed sin he did not deserve to live not even one day so is you and i sometimes you wonder you see people do things that you feel so so should die and then god continues blessing them the bible says that the light of god the sun rises for the wicked and also to the right person his reign just falls on on all because god it is written in the book of ezekiel that god is not willing that a sinner should perish god is not willing he wants all to repent we commit sin in different ways that we are all sinners this is why i say do not sit on anyone's sin if you are in that person's position and situation who knows you might have done the same thing what we need to do is lift up the sinners point them to christ who alone can bring conviction and lead them to repentance and give them eternal life so grace was given to us from the foundation of the world when grace comes in then righteousness steps in grace reigns the bible says that where sin reigned grace reigned much more where sin ruled unto death grace of god came romans 5 20 and 21 and grace reigns through righteousness and leads to life this is what christ brings in the sin grace righteousness life that's why he says beloved that i came that you might have life and that you might have life much more abundantly what christ gives to us is not ordinary life but his own life the zoy life the god-like life his own life is what he shared with us on the cross of calvary so the secret of life in the kingdom of god is the grace of god when jesus says that the kingdom of god is here it's as if he's saying the grace of god is here beloved grace recreates the new life of the kingdom in us grace transforms the life through the seed of abraham grace provides the environment where love can germinate and we see this in the life of jesus christ giving thanks unto god the bible says i'm reading to you now what has happened because of the grace of god the book of colossians chapter one it's an interesting book that i want to explore with you today it brings to us the kingdom life and it is this kingdom life that gives us power to face daily living when we are united to christ we have seen the life of adam what adam brought his death we have seen christ what christ has brought is life he has brought grace righteousness and life now let me walk you through as to how you enter into the kingdom of god the bible says that giving thanks unto the father which has made us meet to partake of the inheritance of the saints in the light who has delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear son in whom we have redemption through his blood even the forgiveness of sin this is colossians chapter 1 verse 12 to verse 14. and i want you if you have read it i want us to go back and analyze what this passage is telling us about the kingdom of god number one the passage is telling us that god has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance in the saints in other words in our union with christ leave alone our union with that damn where we are condemned but in christ where we are declared righteous you are qualified to be a partaker within of the inheritance that god has for his sins number two that passage is saying that god has delivered us from the power of darkness this is something that god has already done for you and me in our union with christ number three the text is saying that god has conveyed us other translation says god has transferred us or god has brought us into the kingdom of the son of his love that word is key into in other words as a child of god what we are hearing god's telling us in christ jesus is not that if you do this or the other you'll be saved in christ jesus god has accomplished certain things that are so true so powerful so exciting that in this one man god has already brought us into the kingdom of god and then the bible says we have redemption through his blood beloved what god has done for you and me in christ if you take time to meditate on it to think about it you will never be the same again first corinthians chapter 1 verse 30 says that of him that is of christ god has made him to be our wisdom god has made him to be our righteousness god has made him to be our sanctification and redemption and all these things are spoken in the past tense in what the greeks called they already stands it's not what god will do for you beloved the good news is not about what god will do it's about what god has already done for us in christ it is accomplished it is in this one man god has done all that and the bible says in ephesians chapter one the bible says that we were chosen in him the bible is saying that we are accepted in him the bible is saying in ephesians chapter 2 verse 6 that in union with christ god has raised us up from the dead god has made us to sit with christ in the heavenly places so in christ jesus what the bible is saying is that whatever is true of christ is true of you because of our solidarity with christ but this is the good news i am rejoicing in it if you don't want to rejoice there at home that's your problem but for me i'm rejoicing and i'm calling you to rejoice because salvation what god has done for us in christ is like doing accounting they tell me that accounts is the only exact science let me explain to you in accounting they have i'm not an accountant so if i are please take it easy with me but they have something called one side you enter the other side you also enter so if you have a credit on this side you put your debits on the other side and so you have if if you want to balance it and you said that all that are on one side is 14.5 billion 0.51 billion then on the other side to balance your account books or you are uh bookkeeping if you want to balance them 14.51 balances with 14.51 on the other side 14.40 balances with 14.40 on the other side and i've been told very clearly that accounting you don't just round off figures you don't say this is 14.4 you know in my in primary mathematics or arithmetic you are told that 14.4 you can round up to 14. 14.5 you top it up you can round it up to 15. you don't do that in accounting because 14.4 can be 14.4 billion now 0.4 of a billion 40 percent of a billion is a lot of money and that's why in accounting you look for the finances where they are and you are very very exact i think i'm right about that i did a little of bookkeeping and i know that is true now what the bible is talking about in our salvation in christ is like doing accounting you can't read romans chapter 6 verse 11 he uses the word reckon whatever is true in christ reckon enters into your book keeping that it is true of you let's summarize has christ died so you have died is christ's reason so are you written reason is christ ascended so are you is he accepted by god so are you is he loved by god so are you is he reigning so are you in other words what is true of christ our representative our the head the new head of humanity is true of you and i already what this means in practice is that when you see what god has done and you realize that god is not judging you and me according to what you we have done in ourselves when you realize that god is relating to humanity only in two people in adam and in christ and you are in adam by birth you had no choice there you came the way you did you had no choice you are going to die when you don't want to die that's our union with adam the good news there is that god is not judging you according to that god is wise god knows beloved that you had no choice in being born the way you are born that's why to be a racist or a tribalist is just nothing but foolishness and ignorance nobody chooses his mother nobody chooses even his father you are born where you are born and you have no choice in that what you have choice in is your destiny where you are going to spend eternity and this is why the bible says that even though we come by nature in adam when it comes to in christ you have a choice and this is the beauty of love love gives you choice love cannot be forced god can never force you to love him neither could he force adam to remain faithful to him but god has revealed himself in christ for us in that while we were yet ungodly while we were yet sinners the bible says that christ died for the ungodly here is the manifestation of the love of god while we were enemies of god god reveals his agape love and he came down and sought us and found us and lifted us up and cleansed us and then made us to sit with christ in the heavenly places beloved if that is not grace then tell me what is why did god do that come for the next presentation i will tell you the deep things of the gospel why god has done what he has done beloved grace that god gives us is also power grace reigns through righteousness god gives us grace that not only saves us not only delivers us from the kingdom of darkness and brings us into the kingdom of light but that same grace also gives us power to say no to sin according to titus chapter 2 and verse 11 and we will continue exploring that into the future because what we want you to experience is facing life with courage living in such a way that nothing can bring you down death in the family cannot bring you down disease cannot bring you down poverty cannot bring you down lack of finances trouble at home marriage divorce you name it whatever it is it cannot take the joy of the lord out of your life because your joy is not based on what is happening around you your joy is based on who you are in christ jesus and then colossians will tell you that because these things are true you died with christ colossians chapter 3 verse 3 you have been raised with christ therefore set your minds on things above not things on this earth because you have died and your real life is christ and when christ shall appear then the bible says you will also appear with him in glory so today i've shown you the goodness of the gospel that you are not only in the kingdom but you are raising with christ you are seated with christ you are beyond reach of the devil did you hear what i just said you are beyond reach of the devil because you are seated with christ in the heavenly places but that which is true in christ you receive by faith alone you need to invite jesus into your life today you need to say thank you lord for what you have done for us in christ jesus you need to appreciate the gift of god in christ and we call it faith faith comes by hearing hearing the word of god hearing with understanding that which you have heard today is true check it out from the word of god and when you are grateful to this and you invite jesus into your life the holy spirit comes to live in you and you start experiencing the kingdom life the life of power the life of grace the life of victory life that cannot be brought down truly living fully living abundantly living is only possible when you receive god back in your life and you start to allow him to abide in you and you'll never be the same again my friend i want to pray for you that you should allow grace to reign in your life give grace a chance grace gives us power to say no to sin i want to ask you have you given grace of god a chance in your life grace brings the joy of the holy spirit and we need joy in our lives today there's so much pain you might even be having pain as you are listening to me you might be going through grief as you're listening to me you might be suffering from loneliness as you are listening to me there are all kinds of pain in this world so much shattered dreams but i'm here to tell you today right now that the grace of god can still bring joy in your life the grace of god can still lift you up from where people have left you somebody might have said no to you you might have experienced rejection and somebody makes you feel as if you are worthless in the sight of god in christ jesus you are accepted and exalted and all you need is to bring the grace of god in your life and you'll never be the same again let me pray with you heavenly father how i pray that somebody within the reach of my voice [Music] may just look up to you and say thank you for your grace thank you for bringing me into union with christ a place of acceptance a place of cleansing a place where even the vilest offender who truly believes from that moment receives a pardon a place of new beginnings a place where we can know who we are our true identity in christ a place where we can live in the midst of threats of sickness disease and death we can live with our heads up because we know that christ is our life and when christ shall appear then we shall also appear with him in glory i pray that somebody will be filled with the holy spirit tonight somebody will never be the same again because they have received your grace as it is in christ may glory and honor be unto you for this we ask in jesus name amen i want to invite you to continue tuning in and i want to invite you to continue writing to us and tell us if these messages are blessing you we want to know and share with you more uh turn in your records and tomorrow answer the questions and we shall give you the gifts that we have for you god bless you until we see you tomorrow [Music] the lord is [Music] he will draw your keys jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh yes we have conquered the world because christ has raised us up and sat us in the heavenly places beyond the reach of the devil that was a powerful someone and i believe you have been blessed now we want to read some of your comments thank you all who who are watching and i know you may read some of the comments on facebook i thank you so much because some of us are watching us live on facebook these are some of the few comments watching live from ambassador kenya the one is church very powerful god bless you that is calvin then we have lilian mora also following from mombasa we also have this gentleman that is following us from committee that is nick mutinde and many other comments that are coming for them that were watching us live on youtube and facebook oh yes we have jackson o'doyle tuned in from doha we have uh lillian award watching from nairobi we have naomi mora watching from lake summer and many many ad number are watching from doha teresa and yamura watching from nairobi we are glad that you kept in can you send your prayer request and if you are in the sanctuary we have prayer request boxes put your prayers in and let's keep the conversation going i was your host naomi roosevelt and i am evan sarender let's meet here 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