Rediscovering The Original Role and Purpose of The Church | Dr. Myles Munroe

thank you for joining us for another power-packed message provided by monroe global incorporated and monroe global comm we transform followers into leaders and leaders into agents of change we hope that this message is a blessing to you as you advance your life and discover your purpose now let's go into the message today you want to talk about this subject of Kingdom representation we're gonna focus on understanding and rediscovering the original role and purpose of the church we're talking about the kingdom and what the church is in relationship to the kingdom of God I begin with just a few comments with regarding the context the original and ultimate goal of God for man was the establishment of his heavenly kingdom on earth through his sons that one sentence explains the entire Bible the original and ultimate goal of God for mankind was to establish his heavenly as the invisible kingdom on earth that's a physical place through his sons that's us that's all God wanted Jesus stated very clearly what his mission was in Luke chapter four verse 42 let's read it he said I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also because that is why I came Luke chapter 4 verse 43 I must preach the gospel of the kingdom to all the other towns also because that is why I came Christ is not wanting you to guess his assignment he's not wanting you to guess his primary objective now you would have thought that he would have said I must preach the gospel of Calvary and my death on the cross and the blood I was shared for your salvation and I will be buried three days rise again and that's why I came because that is the message the church has been preaching for the past two thousand years Jesus said that's not the good news the good news is not really Calvary it's not the good news give an example because I think you may get a little concerned with the statement all right suppose you inherited five million dollars would you like that the bank has five million dollars that belongs to you you haven't gotten it yet in the process somebody somebody stole your bank book and they've been defrauding you they have been imitating your signature and stealing your money and you've been living in poverty because you could not get the money that belongs to you five million dollars I come into your life and I said look I have a way to get you five million dollars back I'm going to go to the guy who got your bank book I'm gonna take it from him so you can get the five million dollars now what do you want you want the bank book or the five million dollars seen as a businessman you know what to think see this difference the bank book is not money the money's were in the bank you don't want a book you want the money a lot of you got checking books right now but you ain't got no money the book is not the money the money is the stuff in the bank so here I come I go to the guy's house who has your ma your checkbook I bind him I bind him in in the house tie him up and took the book from him and I come back to you now when I came to you first what's the good news you can get your five million dollars back the good is not you can get your checkbook back that's the process what you want is the money you don't want the book you want to get to your money well Jesus came to bring back to us the kingdom of God Calvary was getting the book back Christ says no man enters a strong Mans house unless he first binds the strong man but that's not all then the next statement says and takes the spoils see something y'all just bind the devil I don't bind there when I take what he been keeping from me matter of fact he already bound Christ behind him but to get to kiss to go and collect the stove and the refrigerator and the CD playing always thought that belongs to you is a difficult job for God to do to get people to go and get this stuff you're not saved just to go to heaven you are saved to establish the kingdom lordship of God on earth to take control of the planet that's why Jesus went to the cross so God's goal was to bring the kingdom that we lost back in vogue to bring it back to earth effectively now and he does it through this great information we got from Christ Christ as I came to do it to declare to preach that the kingdom of God of heaven has returned good news now watch this look heaven Luke 12 Luke 12 verse 32 says do not be afraid little flock for your father has been pleased to give you the kingdom not to give you born again we keep thinking that the goal of God is to born you again that's not the goal of God born again is a part of the means to an end that is why if you read the four Gospels carefully Jesus never preached born again not once never preached it and he never made a statement about it except once and he never spoke it to the multitudes he never preached it to the crowds he mentioned born again once to an old man two o'clock in the morning now the question is what made him mention born again cuz the old man asked him a question the question was how can I enter the kingdom of heaven the answer came accept you be born again you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven so born again is not the end or the goal born again is the process into the goal the goal of the kingdom of God so being born again is your passport into a new country and government it's incredible that many people are citizens but don't know their rights they don't take advantage of their privileges this is why look at the statement again do not be afraid little flock it is my father's pleasure he's pleased to give you what the kingdom God wants you to have King Dom look at the word look at the word slowly King Dominion the father is pleased for you to be a king who dominates God gets pleasure when you take charge of your environment in charge of your future in charge of your destiny God gets pleasure from that God is pleased when you are not under the circumstances and this is why many of us miss the entire gospel the good news is you can get the kingdom back let's start with the kingdom in the church real quick I'm gonna go too fast in this segment it's a write fast the church and the kingdom are not synonymous because you are a member of a church does not mean that you are experiencing the kingdom and many many pastors and Christian leaders have not taken the time to separate these two things it's a matter of fact they don't preach kingdom hardly ever what is the church what is the kingdom well the kingdom existed before the church found in Matthew chapter 25 verse 34 and thirdly the key to the kingdom was the influence of heaven on earth by the Holy Spirit through the agency of mankind so God always wanted the kingdom to be here and it existed before the church let's see if that's true this verse in Matthew 25 you can read in a minute but that's what God wanted he wanted the kingdom and the kingdom was here before the church the fall of man caused the departure of the Holy Spirit from the spirit of man and therefore man lost the kingdom influence over the earth God wanted to influence the world by the Holy Spirit through man and when man lost Holy Spirit man lost the heavenly influence on earth because the Holy Spirit was God's connection between heaven and earth without the Holy Ghost you have no connection between heaven and earth so what God really wanted was for us to represent his kingdom if I'm removing too fast could get the tape all right what is the kingdom of heaven very important question in the Bible there two statements you read all the time in the four Gospels even in Paul's writings one statement is could Kingdom of Heaven the next statement of the kingdom of God these two statements are not the same the Kingdom of Heaven and the King of God are different dimensions of Kingdom and me explain with him in the kingdom of heaven is the domain of heaven where the king who is God himself he rules there and he reigns so the kingdom of heaven is what a domain it is actually a territory it's a place in that domain he exercises Authority and power over the territory so the kingdom of heaven is is the place where God has direct influence control and rulership heaven in the statement kingdom of heaven heaven is referring to the place so whenever you see the term kingdom of heaven in the Bible used by Jesus of Paul they are referring to the place where God is ruler and king over the territory a good way to examine example again is let's use the Bahamas if you tell people that I am from the convent of the Bahamas you're not talking about the government are you what are you talking about you're talking about the country the place so you go to a far country and you tell people I am from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas it doesn't matter who's the government you don't care which party is in power or if that statement has nothing to do with losing power he's referring to the sovereign power of the nation but that's what it means when it says the kingdom of heaven kingdom of heaven means the rulership domain of the place called heaven everybody with me now the next state when you find the Bible is this statement the kingdom of God what is the kingdom of God the kingdom of God is different the kingdom of God is any domain where the rulership influence and authority of God is in effect for example here in the Bahamas again in the Bahamas a beautiful country please come and visit us in the Bahamas we got over 700 islands and keys about 36 of our islands are inhabited they say maybe a little less now well we got in Nassau in New Providence the central governing sea where the government rules from all of these islands are called the Bahamas but the government is on one Island now the government has established local government bodies in the other islands to execute the government's administration in those countries in those islands so when you go to one of our other islands in the Bahamas you are still under the government but the government is actually in Nassau Bahamas but in Andros or a neutral arbiter or wherever you live in the Bahamas there's a place called a local government office that is called the government of the Bahamas is where the local government office local what government it's not called the common of the Bahamas it is called local government office that is where the government who happens to be in the power they impact influence and affect what's happening in that local area that's what kingdom of God means King of God means God kingdom is dominating an area are we okay so what God wanted was to stay in heaven just like the government stays in Nassau but to impact earth just like the government impacts calabash be but ground without going there the government stays in Nassau we don't move that assembly to each Island so we can govern it do we we remain in Nassau or the government remain central but it sends out its influence through local government and everything that's in the headquarters goes through local government impacts the settlement God wanted the exact same system still does when they asked Jesus how should we pray crisis here's how to pray prayer means petition here's what petition God for here's how to act and what to ask for he says what our Father and he locates God he's not on earth he says God doesn't move around for planet to planet you know when you read the book of Revelation interesting it when you read the judgments on the earth the judgments God never gets involved follow me when God judge the earth God never left heaven never got involved he had these big giant creatures called angels one came at a ball of fire next came with a bowl of farming nets came with a bowl of flood and they began to pour stuff on the earth God get local government man I really came to rule an earth crisis here's God's program for Earth our Father who is not on earth but he's in the headquarters called heaven holy is your name reverence and respect him and then the next request is what thy kingdom come Thy will influence intention be done where on earth how just like it is in heaven I'm trying to get at something I'm trying to shred it different between the church and the kingdom local government is not the headquarters we just came up from Savannah Georgia we're driving through the city and our chauffeur said that's the Federal Building of the United States now what he was telling me was here is a state called Georgia with a town called Savannah and in that town Washington has a house there two types of government in America some of you may not know them don't know that there's called the federal government and then their state government state government is the government that covers the state like Florida or like Georgia but federal government is the big government that governs the whole United States and in every state the federal government has a building that belongs to them and in that building are all of their staff workers and their heads of departments and they execute Washington's will in the state now that building what follow me is in every state and in every city in America there's a federal building federal government they the Federation of the United States they control the whole place they are the headquarters they are in Washington Washington never moves it stays there it is always present it never leaves Washington but in every city it's felt its impact is felt through the federal offices and buildings thy will be done on earth territory just like it is in Washington Kevin so the church is not the headquarters the church is not heaven the church is heavens local government the church is God's administrative department on earth to execute heavens dictates in this territory that's Church we show you something very practical is this clear by the way let me say something real deep this is deep ah have you ever heard of Washington recalling a federal office shutting down federal offices do you ever have a complete federal department left the state and when the Washington can't wait to get there no the very purpose for the establishment is the state so we only gonna get this this is important see a lot of you guys when we are forget to cuz I don't want shore up here that your child wait to leave your responsibilities lazy people don't want to run the territory don't want to take charge at a state called earth jesus prayed you know and he is the Secretary of State here illipe ready for a father do not take them out of the earth if the church leaves then earth has lost heavens influence I am NOT talking about your demon nation sorry your denomination denominators are not God's local government in heaven there's no record and God customer says Baptist panic and Methodists Episcopalians charismatic Mormon you gotta get no less matter of fact Jesus says something very interesting he's Secretary of State you know he knows what's going on he says many were saying Lord Lord but based on my list I don't know them people claiming to represent God he says that you do not on my list so the church is not the kingdom it is the kingdom's local arm of government let me put it this way Matthew 25:34 says this then the king will say to them when it's right blessed are you by my father take your inheritance what is your inheritance the kingdom which was prepared for you how long before the foundation of the world so the king was yet I mean the kingdom is here before the church now let me just take something here very interesting what is the church I want everyone to right now this is important what is the church because you see most of us we think that the church is this building with the steeple with some pews and some pulpits with some choirs and some hymn books and and some rituals and some candles and some incense and some crappy hands and sing in and and dancing that's not the church what is the church when I found out what the church was I felt stupid Matthew chapter 16 verse 18 first words of church mentioned by Jesus here's what he says and I tell you that you are Peter that means Petros small stone and I will build I say and upon this rock that we're rock there is Petra it means Boulder Mountain so he called Peter pebble but he says the statement you made what is what would he put would it be to say towered the Christ he says upon this statement you made I'm gonna build my church I'm not gonna build it all you Peter you are just a pebble what I need is a slab I need a you don't build buildings on pebbles you build them on foundation he's upon this statement that you made that I am the Christ I'm gonna build my church so the church is not built on Peter he's just a pebble it's built on the statement he made Christ that's why the Bible says all two-port reading he says that Christ is the foundation and no other the foundation any man they accept I was in labor just Christ he's also the chief Cornerstone that keeps the whole building together I will build my church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against everybody Hades right away Hades down please in the King James Version the word hell is there I want to correct you please quickly there are three words for Hell in the Bible when you read the King James they don't distinguish them that's why you misunderstand the Bible the King James a good translation but not the best the three words that the King James trying to hell are different first word is Hades second word is she all third world is Gehenna here Jesus uses a specific word he says the gates of Hades will not prevail against it Hades referring to write it down it means the grave it means death he says my church death cannot destroy it if Satan kills my people they'll come back again lord have mercy what a what a kingdom to be a part of when you become a citizen of God's kingdom you become powerful and more powerful than death everyone that died in your family in Christ will be raised again in the kingdom of God death has no power over the citizens praise God that is why Kingdom people Kingdom people live recklessly they live believing big things they don't mind losing big because they can't lose so they try big things it's Kingdom people he says no debt could stop this church now what is church let's find a way to use the word he uses the word ecclesia ekklesia interesting word write it down the word ekklesia is a Greek word from the Hebrew word Jesus used and it has a meaning it means called out ones keep writing it means called out ones it is also the name that was given write the statement down by the Roman government to Caesars cabinet you get it it seized his cabinet write that down so the word ekklesia was not invented by Jesus Church was a common word used by the government it came from the Greek concept of government and the word ecclesia was the name the Roman Emperor gave to the group of people that he personally chose to be with him now let's talk about our government or the United States government let's see how they choose to govern it watch me this is very important very important now when I said important I can't really say something important verily verily I say unto you notice how cabinets are chosen cabinets are never voted in Oh hallelujah and that's the word ecclesia cabinets are chosen solely by the ruler the king or the President or the Prime Minister no one chooses the cabinet the leader chooses the cabinet he chooses them himself is this so important you don't vote people into equus eeeh you better find God because if we had to vote for you to become a believer you got enough enemies there keep your guard Charlie God if you know what I know but I God you wouldn't put a no channel preacher who shot you know what he did if you knew his background you won't let him be no elder I found out something also the leader who choose his cabinet ready for this he can reshuffle any time he wants which means God might put you in the jurors department one day keep you there for three years and decide I shuffle him and shuffling usually takes place when the cabinet minister a producer oh Jesus have mercy if you don't work when God give you your talent you don't come back with ten instead of five got a reshuffle you the more you work for God the more God keeps it close in the cabinet equus here is the word which means called out ones they got a whole new folks out there in the in the husband sembly but you call out just a few that is the group that is called ecclesia in the roman government that's why Christ could not say upon this rock I will build a church or the church he couldn't say that because there were other judges let it be quite sickening catch what I said see if I say this is my watch then it means what there's a mother watches around but this one is what mine he said upon this statement I am the Christ I'm gonna build my necklace here Caesar got his I have mine Caesar is Lord I am Lord he got his kingdom I got my kingdom his kingdom headquarters is up on earth my kingdom is not of this world but I got the same set up lord have mercy and my objective is to take over not only the earth but to take over Caesars kingdom so that I will be the king of all the Kings whoever kind of king there and he plans to do it through his necklace II now the Roman Empire lasted the longest in history they lasted over 200 years pax romana they call it why was seasons umpires so powerful and so effective can I can I answer the question for you it's important because it helps explain why Jesus didn't come until season was in power so Jesus couldn't come before season because there was no Empire established on earth that was exactly like the kingdom of God so God will build then the kingdom was established like his sort of any sent his son when his son spoke he would use words and concepts that people can understand one of the things that made Caesar so powerful is this right here when you study the kingdoms of the world in history there five of them five great civilizations one the Egyptian but to write is now history decision number two was the Assyrians number three was the Babylonians and number four was the Greeks and i'ma five was the Romans we are now post-roman out of Rome came Europe which came these small empires like Great Britain France Spain and the Baltic States and they began to explore the world and take over different parts of the world that's how the Bahamas became a reality England came and took over this island Spain came and took over Cuba France came and took over Haiti they began to take over stuff all came out of the Roman Empire why didn't God send Jesus during the time of Pharaoh the Egyptians because Pharaoh did not have a kingdom set up like the kingdom of God why didn't God send Jesus during the time of Assyria because the Syrians did not set up the kingdom fled the kingdom of God why didn't God send Christ during the time of Babylonians because their kingdoms were set up in the same structure like the kingdom of God why didn't God center during the Greeks the Greeks were never set up like the kingdom of God why did God say in the fullness of time I sent for my son full of the time means everything is in place the setting is right why did God do that when the Romans took over because the Roman Empire was the only Empire that did something that was unique every Empire before the Romans whenever they took over territory they would kill the people and then were whoever's left they took him back to their nation of slaves so they would conquer and then raped the country and take the people with the spoils back to their nation that's why Daniel for example was a slave in Babylon they took all the slaves they conquered and brought him back to Babylonian Babylonian culture and made them slaves Pharaoh had slaves took them out of the country Priam the Egypt made him slaves the Romans were the first ones who didn't do it that's why they last so long the Romans went into a territory took over the territory but never took the people out they did they did the opposite they sent people in you'd get it later they set up an exact replica of the kingdom of God Caesar said I'm not gonna leave Rome but I'm gonna rule the world so he took over territory left the people in the territory but he sent a governor with a cabinet representative to the territory Pilate for example was a governor sent from Rome no governor was local they all came direct from Rome right they have to have Caesars mind sees his attitude see this plans they were possessed by Caesars thoughts they thought like season so when they came to the territory their job was to make the territory just like Rome when God saw that God says in the fullness of time I sent for my son born woman born under the law and he made redeemed also under the law every word that Jesus used listen to me carefully was understood by the people of his day that is what caused the problem and that's what caused him to be attacked they understood him he did for example he said I am Lord now they're going to be one Lord in every Kingdom so the people complain this is if you are Lord and we report you the season because we have no Lord but Caesar he's as well I can't unload myself I am Lauren and I do have a kingdom but it's not of this world now he's using another word that they understand he says and I find the confession I am the Christ I'm gonna build my cabinet oh they heard him he says and my cabinet is is more powerful than Caesar's cabinet you see when Pilate dies he finished but Peter when you die you coming back it's a real government so Jesus said through the agency of his church he will reestablish the kingdom of God on earth so the purpose for creating the church was very simple to Jesus here's what it is the church is a chosen appointed called out group of people just like the Roman government cabinet if you are born again believer today I am here to tell you that you are or a government official now it's tough to get that through your head when you go to work tomorrow can you imagine you can walk in your job and say good morning everybody the Honorable so-and-so has just arrived to work oh come on the Bible says he will crown you with honor my job in this ministry is to train you for the work of your ministry to get you thinking correctly people treat you the way you treat yourself man you're taught to be some of the folks in our cabinet right now you group with them am i right yeah the folks in Kaufman in the Bahamas some of you know them well but when you meet them you let us say mr. minister you cannot call them by their first name because the position they are in you own a company no more in their official capacity your attitude to what I'm gonna be different well that's why God sent this word to you this morning he's telling you that you are a government official and you represent a government that is higher than the government in the Bahamas in America in Jamaica in Haiti so when they picked me up in a Rolls Royce the other day I sat back and then my wife and I said I say you know I deserve every single liquidus I apologize for that and they drove me free days man in the Rolls Royce oh hi everybody hi my wife is oh hey if you talk cheap look cheap act cheap smell cheap people that give you cheap gifts you are a government official saving me I am a government official so when you walk out of here there are two sides to that appointment one if you are a government official you got to act the part so you kinds of trust if you like walk around super super smart see use government official now you dignified you Kingdom stuff y'all talk to me man you don't trust you get up and get your clothes all mess up yes come on official you know what you realize you gotta change your talk change your walk change your attitude change the way you fix your bedroom how you full of your clothes is the government officials bedroom I don't think you see any cabinet ministers in our country go into the store t-shirt hi are they shy now some got a bit of work they still working with some of them but there is a training they must go through and that's what the church is for to train the Saints for the work of their ministry until they come to the full image of the statue of Christ they never you sitting next to official stuff so sit up straight I said up straight nice straight straight good for your posture y'all ever see the Queen sitting now you study her you never see us motion that you hear like somebody on she's always up right back straight boys you know that's that's etiquette that's royal etiquette I just saw y'all come in a nice hat so I say boy that's nice every rose in the garden and you had phrase - no hurry click what's this the church number 2 is a living organism of mankind the government is not buildings is it it meets in buildings but it's people do you know what we call the House of Assembly we don't call it the government doing what we call it the government building ain't government building the church buildings are not the church people got a little bit you know knocked out of their heads when I introduced this place to the Bahamas if it was our name we call ourselves The Diplomats Santa takes it honey no church you're right the building is not the church this where the diplomats meet to discuss kingdom policy what is this a government building it's a government building we are ambassadors you mean you have to do diplomatic work diplomacy is I expertise that's what you are the church is so spooky if you don't know what it is anymore these are spiritual they stupid man they're only good enough on Sunday yeah what this on Mondays gonna do nothing can't work in the boardroom can't work in the business can't accept it nothing can divas money can't manage their own bad behavior can't manage their loins can't manage nothing spiritual on Sunday and stupid on Monday man we are a powerful diplomatic core can i any men anyhow living organism number three write this down the church is the legal agency of god on earth the legal agency of god on earth the government of the nation is not the legal agency of god god established authorities but his agency is the church what is an agency an agency is a as an organization that services you for someone else you know they've got insurance agencies ok the step between insurance agency and then insurance company two different an agency is a company that's working for another company maybe in Canada somewhere insurance company is using an agency to service the Bahamas and you give them your money take money send it back to Canada get it it's amazing easiest thing in the middle but that's exactly what the church is the church is not the government of God it is the agency through which the government works we service the world for God so when the world wants to do business with God they shouldn't go direct to heaven this was a come to the agency you sitting in that office on that construction job now plumber you supposed to introduce the government to the people your job lord have mercy you our student the school becomes your territory to influence you are a teacher you are God's agency those students they should meet God through you the church is God's agency number five before the church is the administrative arm of God's government on earth practical stuff a administration when God wants to hear some people he sends his administrators to take care of it laying you lay hands on the sick he says and I will raised him up you lay hands on them I will raise them up you the agency I am the sauce you don't heal no body you just set up the situation for me you get your hands on their heads set it up for me good now I must send resources through you and the person gets healed that's why you can't take the glory when a person gets here it goes to the government I'm a five I like this one the church is God's diplomatic core on earth diplomacy is our responsibility we represent the heaven on earth and finally the church is heavens earthly Senate you know when the senators agree things become law you know that because of whatever you agree on earth heaven will do no matter how much bills the most assembly may pass and make me make me create they got a Senate to the Senate and the Senate decides if it becomes law God says look I got a lot of things I want to do on earth but I sent it to my Senate first and if my Senate agree on it it happens on earth some of y'all can get it yes if some of you folks could see so that's why even though God want to bless you heal you deliver you prosper you you can do it until he gets somebody to agree with you cuz use the Senate hallelujah boy ain't get the keys yet we can get the keys probably around October but I take my mind is blowing right now he's going like a thousand miles out the keys just blew my mind the way the Senate works some of you getting to be livid right now don't even know it the Word of God going into you you understand in this and you can deliver right now lift your hands the Lord thank you that you elevated me to Authority and to the Senate of God whatever I agree on will happen today may have any to shall touch and agree concerning anything where on earth it shall be done our fathers in heaven he releases it alright now this last list here once you get this for real real quick the goal of the church that will make it 10 minutes and all of the church is to serve as God's agency to call men back to their sauce what do diplomats do they represent a government and their job is to represent their government to the place they are in that's the goal of the church goal of the church is to call humans back to God through the Secretary of State he Jesus Christ and to restore their heavenly citizenship through the Holy Spirit and thereby establish his kingdom on earth in their presence and to do it presently in this time that Senate is important it explains the entire work of the church the church's job is to go and bring citizenship back to people who lost citizenship from heaven when Adam sinned he cut off citizenship God sent his son back Secretary of State to bring back the agency to establish citizenships again so that we can have all the rights and privileges that are written in this constitution right here in my hand and that's what God wants for you and the church's job is to bring people back to that citizenship I put a conclusion here in essence the church is the means and the Kingdom is the end we've made the church the end come to church and that's it that ain't true your responsibility is to go out of this government building and to enter every discipline of life that you work in and to invite citizens back to their original Kingdom prepared for them before the world began so they can defy death and live prosperously in the earth now the church has made itself the end rather than the means and this is wrong we worship the church instead of worship the god of the church we are so bent on keeping our traditions we don't want God to interfere with them we organize our services we got them all typed out God you better not touch this wait a minute you work for me I don't work for you I'm the government Matthew 15 verse 1 Jesus says you've made your traditions more important in the law of God we began to worship the things that are supposed to be the means some of y'all still writing sorry with that what's the mission of the church the mission of the church is to represent the government of God on earth and to serve as what I can't hear you let's say it out loud all together read the whole thing the mission of the church is to represent the government of God on earth and to serve as ambassadors of heaven recruiting citizens for the kingdom of God is that simple enough that's what we here for whether it is business politics nursing teaching mechanics media computer science whatever area you are in you are set there to be an ambassador to recruit citizens back to the kingdom of God and these people you're recruiting are simply citizens who lost their passports that's why the aliens God sent you to naturalize their immigration status Ephesians 3:10 said it real clearly it says his intent speaking of God was that through the church the manifold wisdom of God will be made known to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms according to his eternal purpose through whom the church God wanted the rulers in the heavenly realms to know what he is like through the church how long did he have this idea it was his eternal purpose the church was not God's recent idea 2,000 years ago Adam was Church Adam was God's first cabinet he was God's first secretary on the earth he was God's first rack and Eve joined the cabinet later and then they got together and they decide to declare independence from the government of God when you declare independence that means you cut off relationship so now earth is ruled by people who ain't got no contact with the government in heaven and now man is under some rulership that is not godly so God sent back his son to reconnect you back to heaven citizenship is what this is all about the Ministry of the church the church the five minutes the church as an organization does not go to to the world but exists to train the Saints to go it's important please write that down please the church itself does not go to the world it trains his agents to go to the world you know those of you sell insurance you all know what they say you wait for insurance agency the company doesn't go they send you and you go talking to people you knock on doors you visit people at work you talking about insurance that's what the church is for this building is very me I am an undersecretary of state I work for the government my job is a train you as diplomats and agents to go out and to recruit people to buy into the assurance of heaven so your pastor is not really supposed to make altar calls the altar calls will be made at your desk or at that mechanic job over that computer you're talking to somebody over the water machine or at lunch you take somebody out that's the altar call you bring them here for me to train them so without why I try Jaden growing who's you and growing it ain't grown cuz you ain't going we've trained the Saints to work the ministry and so the church sends our agency's agents number two Ephesians 4:10 it was he who gave some to be apostles the prophets evangelists pastors and teachers to work to prepare God's people for works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up and prepare you to go you build the body up every week this place should be growing every single week there should be somebody coming into the citizenship I'm a Salesman trainer go out and share what you learned today to the people on your job this week tell them about their rights that they can gain in citizenship tell them the good news that they can regain authority over their circumstances it's on the good news that there is nothing that God withhold from them if they walk uprightly with him Ephesians 6 I close on this verse I want to get to a list when we pick up the next week Ephesians 6 19 says pray also for me Paul is asking the church to pray for wherever I open my mouth words may be given me so that I will fell asleep make known the mystery of the gospel for which I am keep reading and I'm past the door in Chains pray that I may declare it felis leo said was it look I'm an ambassador and I'm changed up to change up to Jesus I belong to the government he's the pray that I would have the right words to fell asleep declare the information about my government wherever I go pretty prayer for yourself that's pretty loud go pray also for me that I may open my mouth words may be given to me so that I will fell asleep make known the mystery of the good news for which I am an ambassador in Chains pray that I may declare it fell asleep as I should this week that's your job the government is depending on you the government loves those citizens who are hiding because they not legitimate illegal immigrants always hide they hide in ba rooms and discos and zoos they hide all over the place they hide in car seats in the night they hide in base houses they they know they're illegal they afraid of the light go to them and tell them the government is not angry at them the government has paid the price thank you once again for listening to this message as we hope that it has been a blessing to you our goal is to show you new paths and opportunities so that you can discover your purpose it is your love support and partnership that makes Monroe global possible please visit us online at www.noventri.com [Music] you

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Length: 59min 34sec (3574 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 10 2019