UNDERSTANDING

RIGHTEOUSNESS

Pastor Christian Oyakhilome, D.Sc, D.D, Ph.D.

A JEWEL OF INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS ONE CAN EVER

FIND ON EARTH
 Your understanding
of righteousness is
your greatest weapon
on earth

Pastor Chris
Oyakhilome, D.Sc, D.D, Ph.D.

Audio Tape 1
We are beginning a new series of teaching as I always say you can never actually finish on a subject on
the Word of God. Theres always so much to learn but at a given period there is so much that you can
take and then later on you learn on the same subject. From today I want to begin on sharing things from
the word of God learning how to turn hopeless situations around. Changing hopeless situations around.
Are there such things as hopeless situations? If there are hopeless situations is it actually possible to
change them? Is it at all possible to turn them around? Are there hopeless situations? I think there are.
From mans stand point there are hopeless situations. Someone can be in a predicament in a place where
dont know where to turn. Where you dont know what to do. A confusing state of such that there is no
way out. We find ourselves in a position that the only thing we can do is to let go. We just allow
ourselves to keep floating and say whatever the outcome maybe it is ok. Because we dont think there
is any way out. Could there be a change? Maybe its a home. Maybe a financial situation. Maybe a
health situation. Material physical or psychological anything. Something with your job, school,
university, children family. Could there possibly be a way out? You know someone said onetime I dont
want my hopes to be raised please. Let me just know that there is no way. Dont try to raise my hopes
because I feel very bad if you raise my hopes and things dont work out right. Maybe for some people
thats the way they think. Better not to raise my hopes if you raise my hopes and things dont work out
I feel very bad. What if what if just for one moment there could really be a change. A positive
change. What if there could really be a miracle? Have you ever considered it? Just what if? People like
to ask What if it doesnt work? The real question is What if it works?! Just what if it works? So whatever
the situation there may be could there possibly be a way out? A dependable way out. Thats what the
subject is all about. If there is what is our role in it? Is there anything I could do for the situation to
change in my family, my job, in my school, marriage anything. Is there something I could do? Someone
said Ive done everything!! Sir you have only done all you knew. Is it possible that something you dont
know but if you did know could just change everything? Is it possible for one moment? Something that
you dont know? What if that, that thing you dont know is the very thing that could change it? What if
that there is just one step closer and that one step is the step you dont know nothing about? Do you
know in our lives a lot of times there is where we get! When you get to the end and theres no way out
and there is just one more step that you havent taken and that one step is what you dont know nothing
about. If you knew may be you would have done it. Sometime its that one step you think will not work
youve heard of it youve thought about it but the only thing you thought about it was that it will
not work. Have you ever found yourself in that situation? Youve tried everything else about something

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youve been trying to do and a thought came to you to do it this other way and you thought Oh no that
wouldnt work. If this didnt work and that didnt work and the other one didnt work this wouldnt
even work. And then you just somehow youve almost given up and you just say Welll.. it wouldnt hurt
to try that last one. At least to satisfy myself that I didnt leave nothing out. Then you just pushed that
button and it worked!! And you say My goodness I thought about it all the time. Why didnt I do it?
Has that ever happened to you? Do you know in things about life that happens all the time!!! Happens
all the time! Thats why we want to study to find out is there something I could do to effect a change?
There are scriptures that are suggestive that there could possibly be a miracle for you. There may just
be a way out and I want us to look at those scriptures briefly. They are familiar scriptures thing youve
read all your life but they just seems to suggest that there could be a way out. I hope you read them
yourself and make up your own mind. May be a miracle is on the way for you. May be just may be
when you are through studying this well be sure. Is it at all possible? May be just may be. May be its
you this time around a miracle may be knocking at your door.

There is a woman by the name of Sarah and at old age she didnt have a child. She was married to a
man who was now old also and the Bible says that it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
The doctor said bye bye you are gone. You cant have a child anymore. Its too late. They gave up. One
day the old husband was sitting outside
of the tent door and 3 men were
passing by and he ran after them and
said Hey I know you are on a long
journey. So why dont you come and
eat and drink for a while. And they
said Alright! He was talking to 2 angels
and the Lord. They turned in and sat
down and watch what happens here.

Genesis 18:9-16 And they said unto

him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he
said, Behold, in the tent. (10) And
he said, I will certainly return unto
thee according to the time of life; and, lo,
Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. (11)
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after
the manner of women. (12) Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old
shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? (13) And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore
did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? (14) Is any thing too hard
for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and
Sarah shall have a son. (15) Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And
he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. (16) And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward
Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

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I love God. Hes not like some people think He is. Sarah laughed. If that would be a man he would have
said Sarah!!! You think I cant hear you? Fire on your head! Fire! Fire!! But the Lord is wonderful.
He doesnt even talk to her. He knows shes behind the door and He knows that shes laughing. And
then He says Abraham, why is your wife laughing? And Sarah freezes right behind the door. Is anything
too hard for the Lord? Is there anything too hard for the Lord? I said you may just be now in the
presence of a miracle. Hallelujah! Is there such a thing too hard for the Lord? The woman laughed.
Then Sarah denied saying I laughed not. And the Lord didnt say In my presence?!? Even while Im
here you are telling lies? Watch what He says No you laughed. And didnt keep on pressing Sarah No
no no.. I cant be waiting.
Tell the truth. I want you to
understand the kind of God
we serve. Hes not like some
people try to make Him look.
Hes not as mean as some
people think. God is
wonderful. Some people tell
us Are you trying to give
people an excuse for
sinning? Are you trying to
water down the message? It
is a fearful thing to fall into
the hands of the living God!!!
We all fell into the hands of the living God and He didnt burn us. He saved us. The Bible says Romans
3:23 For
all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. John 3:17 For God sent not His Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. People who preach judgement
they dont know the worth of a human soul. If they knew everyday they would cry on their knees for
those they felt have gone off the way. You can only show that you know God by praying for them. If
you condemn then you dont know Jesus. Look here Sarah denied because she was afraid. The Lord
didnt say Now in the day of judgement you will remember these words. He didnt. Peter denied Jesus
and after the resurrection Jesus sees Peter and Jesus doesnt even remind him of what he did. Jesus
didnt say Simon Im back! I told you Ill come back. He said Simon do you love me? Simon said Yes
Lord I do. And Jesus didnt say Ahhhhh Not again. Once bitten twice shy Simon! Did He say that?
No. What did He do? He gave Peter the responsibility. He doesnt even remind him. The Lord didnt
even say Simon I know what you did but Ive forgiven you anyway. He didnt even talk about it. Love
does not take record of wrongs. Some people have a diary. A woman can take a book and say In 1956,
this was only 7 months after the wedding. I will never forget what he did to me. After the birth of my 3rd
son in 1962.. What the husband did in 56 and 62 and 65. Some men are the same too. They just dont
say theirs. They keep it inside burning inside. You want to be like the Lord Jesus you have to make
some real good changes. To be free. How wonderful is it to be free. Not holding things against people.
When you hold things against people you are bound. You are bound by those things which you hold
against people. You are in greater trouble that people who have offended you. Usually you are more
unhappy than they are. Such people havent known the Lord. He says is there anything too hard for the
Lord? Dont you think by Sarahs laughter that shes saying Dont try to raise my hopes.

You see theres another woman in the Bible and she didnt have a child and she was old and the husband
was old and the prophet was asking his servant What can we do for this woman? And the servant said
Shes rich and shes got everything she wants. The prophet said Try and find out what we can do for
her. The servant came back and said Hey! She doesnt have a child plus that the husband is old. When
the woman came back the prophet said Thus saith the Lord according to the time of life you are going
to have a son. And she said Dont you lie!! Anyway she had a son. As the boy grew up he went out
with his father one day and came back and died. You know what she did? She didnt cry! She just
Where is that prophet? She got the address and went after him. The prophet asked How is it woman?
She said Its well! Prophet asked How is with your husband? She said Its well! Prophet asked How is
it with your son? She said Its well. But come! The prophet went. Then she said Didnt I tell you not to

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lie to me?! I was better off without a son now you give me a son and the boy dies. How am I better off
now? Its better not to have than to have and lose it. You know I agree with her. You dont know what
it is to lose it if you have never had it. The prophet said Now I know what the matter is. Woman relax
your boy will live again. Hallelujah! The boy lived. Sometimes it is more comfortable not to have your
hopes raised at all so you just stay in your comfort zone and nobodys trying to stir your nest and telling
you that you can have a better job, telling your family could become something or anything like that.
Leave me where I am. Im alright. No. You are not alright. I want to tell you something about God. God
is looking for opportunities to bless you.

2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the

LORD run to and fro throughout the
whole earth, to shew himself strong
in the behalf of them whose heart is
perfect toward him.

Those whose hearts are after Him.

Hes looking for opportunities to bless
them. What is the opportunity? Every
human need is Gods opportunity to
bless. When you look out for a human
need understand that God wants to
meet that need. The problem is the
invitation. Hes at your door when He knows you got a problem. Just to let you know that He loves you
and wants everything to go well with you.

Look at the man David. Hes from the family of Jesse. Jesses family wasnt so well to do. They were
an average family but they had a good lineage that could have made them somewhat big but they were
average. The mans an old man now and everybody in town knows among the old men Jesse really goes
for an old man. If you are a notable old
man in town and you have a boy 17
years old what does that suggest? You
probably didnt marry too early.
Because you have a son 17 years old
and its not that you have 20 children.
According to the Bible Jesse was
known to be an old man in town. Now
this young guy is taking care of his
fathers sheep and if there were many
sheep and it were a big business I trust
the eldest son would have been in
charge. The big ones have gone to
school and have joined the army. Now
this young man David is doing
this. A prophet of God
announces that from this family
God has decided theres going
to be King in Israel. How would
you feel, you, tell me how you
would you feel if your brother,
if you heard tonight 9pm news
on NTA there was an
announcement that your brother
has just been appointed
secretary general of the United
Nations? You already have

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your Visa!! I know what you are thinking. You are going with him in his very first trip and you are not
coming back! Imagine this Jesses family is not too buoyant and not too known except for the daddys
age and some prophet comes and says The next king of Israel is coming from this home. You know it
will change the status of the family overnight. Can God do such a thing? You may just be from a family
where the highest person the highest level attained so far from that family is someone who was able to
pay for one room where he brought you and your siblings up and grew old until he went back to the
village. Thats the highest in that family. You struggled and borrowed money and you dont even think
that you have a lot of chances for a good job even now you dont have a job. So you are thinking maybe
is it possible that God might just raise you up? What about in a family where everything was alright.
You remember your daddy was super and you had everything and somewhere down the line he lost he
job and couldnt get a better one and you then grew up in another condition and now things are going
down and down and you are now like youve never had anything in your life. You know that you just
dont have nothing. So hard to get food. But you know you have lived somewhere higher than that
before. Things just went down when daddy lost his job. Every day the hopes have gone down. All the
friends are gone now. And you dont even know what to pray about. Where do help come from? Is there
a way out? Is it possible? Im looking at all this? Is it possible at all? Have you ever been distracted by
your needs.
Here you are you are worshipping God and you just love God and learning the word of God and the
gifts of the Spirit but every once in a while you get a distraction hey your finances are not going well
you dont have a good job. Has that ever happened to you?

Let me read you something from the Bible. They may just let you know whether or not is it possible for
things to change. Its a story about a woman Hannah by the name. Every year she went with her family
she was the second wife in the home and every year as they went for the yearly feast and met other
families. You know how some people are they talk about how their children are until you feel like you
better give birth to children now or you die. They talk so much about their children their children their
children oh God. She was living in this condition and they were looking at her and was saying You dry
stick. You couldnt have nothing. No matter what the husband did she couldnt feel anything. She just
said I dont have nothing no matter what my husband gives to me. He couldnt love me without children.
The husband tried and said Hey dont worry you are more to me than anything in the world. And she
said I know you are not telling the truth. One day she broke down. Is there a way out? One day when
everyone was going home she stopped and sneaked out. Went straight to the temple. She fell on her
face before God. It matters you know God for yourself! This woman was fed up all the promises and
sufferings and she broke down there in the presence of God and began to pray. You know the story she
got what she wanted. What I want you to notice is the words that came out of her mouth when that
miracle happened.

1 Samuel 2:1-2 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is
exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
(2) There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like
our God.

You remember that song? It was written by Hannah!

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 1 Samuel 2:3-5 Talk no more so
exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy
come out of your mouth: for the
LORD is a God of knowledge, and by
him actions are weighed. (4) The
bows of the mighty men are broken,
and they that stumbled are girded
with strength. (5) They that were full
have hired out themselves for bread;
and they that were hungry ceased: so
that the barren hath born seven; and
she that hath many children is waxed

feeble.

You know when God does something for you that

thing is more to you than the multitude of others
somebody has out of natural power. She says the
barren has given birth to seven. As far as shes
concerned this one child is seven for her. And the
one that has many children has become weak and
feeble. Its great when you can shine because
God has been with you. Ok what made me bring
you here is the next verse.

1 Samuel 2:7-8 The LORD maketh poor, and

maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. (8) He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth
up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne
of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

He doesnt care how down in the valley you are. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth up
the beggar from the dunghill to set them among the princes and make them inherit the glory. He can
bring you out of obscurity. The pillars of the earth belong to the Lord and set the world upon them. If
He can do that He can do anything with your life. Years ago I read these things again and again to
myself. Take this scripture and say it to yourself.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them
among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory

Let us go to the New Testament portion of the Bible. A man whose son had an evil spirit and it was an
epileptic spirit that will cast him into the fire and sometimes into the water. Hell start foaming in his
mouth. He brought the child to Jesus and couldnt find him and brought him to the disciples and they
tried to cast the spirit out and they couldnt. Now Jesus came.

Mark 9:20-23 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare
him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. (21) And he asked his father, How long is
it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. (22) And ofttimes it hath cast him into
the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us,
and help us. (23) Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that
believeth.

Does that include your case? Someone once said Does God heal stomach pains? Or fever? Will God
heal you? You know why she had to ask that question? Because every time you look at the posters and
it says BRING THE BLIND BRING THE DEAF BRING THE LAME. So she thought if my case

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is not serious maybe God wouldnt do anything. If it is not very serious God will tell you Go to the
doctor my friend. What do you think? No. There is no small matter. God loves us all. Our challenges
are unique to us as individuals and God responses to us as individuals. When God deals with you He
deals with you as though you are the only one on earth. He never compares you to another. Never. The
only reason God tells us about others is to let us know that if He did it for them Hell do it for you.
Something else I found out in the Bible that even if it is never done to anybody else and you are the
first one to come up on the scene with that kind of unique problem, you will have a unique solution. It
was never heard that anybody wanted to cross the Red Sea but God did it one time first time for
somebody. Even if your case is so new, Hell do it for you.

Luke 1:26-32 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee,
named Nazareth, (27) To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of
David; and the virgin's name was Mary. (28) And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou
that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. (29) And when
she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this
should be. (30) And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
(31) And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name
JESUS. (32) He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall
give unto him the throne of his father David:

The boy is not even born and the angel says The Lord God shall give him the throne of his father David.
Have you come to believe in God this way? My Papa can do anything. With that consciousness you are
never in a hurry in life. You are not our hustling. Be relaxed. The Bible says that those who have entered
into His rest have ceased from their struggles. There is that confidence that goes in you by the power
of Gods Spirit that gives you that which you desire. They just cant but give it to you. You show up
and they just give it to you. Ahh its you pleasure doing business. The other guy comes and Please
whatever you can do please. Ive been out of job for 5 years! I dont know what to do. Please. Never
go in that direction. God doesnt like it. If my Lord cant give it to me nobody can give it to me. But
He can do anything. And if He wouldnt give it to me, I dont want it.

Luke 1:34-37 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? (35)
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power
of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee
shall be called the Son of God. (36) And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a
son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. (37) For with God
nothing shall be impossible.

Even the angel is bragging on the power of

God! Watch it! Look even your cousin right
now is 6 months pregnant thats the
woman they said was barren! Go check her
now. Me and God just got through with her.

Thats Gabriel talking. You have to brag on

the power of God. That devil says You are
not going to get it. And you say Hey shut
up! Shut up! Shut up! Go check out David and find out how he
got it. Check out Abraham Isaac and Jacob.

Mark 11:13-14 & 20-24 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might
find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs
was not yet. (14) And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.
And his disciples heard it. (20) And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree
dried up from the roots. (21) And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold,

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the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. (22) And Jesus answering saith unto them,
Have the faith of God. (23) For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain,
Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe
that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. (24)
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them.

How would you feel if when you were coming to church on Sunday morning you saw me outside the
gate pointing at a tree and talking to it? Some of you would wonder whats gone wrong! The disciples
were alarmed. Jesus spoke out loud. Not talking in his mind. He said Tree, nobody will eat from you
anymore. No more fruit. Disciples heard it and Jesus went his way. Next morning they saw the fig tree
dried up from the roots.
(23) For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and
be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which
he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. (24) Therefore I say unto you,
What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
When do you believe that you received? When you see? No! When you pray. When you pray you
believe that you received them. And you shall have them. Notice Jesus didnt say What things soever
ye desire believe that you receive them. Thats not what He said. What things soever ye desire, when
ye pray, believe that ye receive them.
Your future is in your hands. You better believe it. Trouble is if you dont believe it - you wouldnt do
anything about it. Its not enough to believe that God is going to do something. You have to do
something. Someone said God works in mysterious ways His wonders to perform. No! God doesnt
work in mysterious ways. The Bible never says that. Its the devil that works in mysterious ways. Gods
not mysterious to His children. He has given us an understanding to know the mysteries of the kingdom
of God. To be mysterious is to be strange. Not to be understood. Nobody knows what you are up to.
Thats just like the devil.
You dont need to know whats going to happen to you in future so that you can change things or get
ready for those things. Your future walks in you.

There are many people who think that one day God is going to do something about their case. Its
wonderful to think like that because it helps them to escape responsibility. Now you can relax on your
recliner and put all responsibility on God. The Bible doesnt say if Pastor Chris shall say unto this
mountain. Put your name there. Your life is in your hand. You cant blame anybody now. No matter
how deep the valley is you can come out.
Some say Sometimes God takes us into trouble. Those things are not true. The Bible doesnt say When
I take you through the fire you shall not be burnt. He said When you go through the fire...
God put me in that trouble to show the devil who He is. The devil already knows who God is. Dont
you understand? Why is God using us as lab rats?
All the time. The Lord brought me here for a purpose!
Yeah!
You got fired from your job for a purpose!
You failed your exams for a purpose!
Your wife left you for a purpose!
Your child died for a purpose!

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Oh my God What a purpose!
So Gods just playing games. He puts you here and gets the devil to run after you and traps the devil
again. Who do you think He really is? We explain many things and thats the reason many dont have
miracles because they have every answer for every purpose. Its for a purpose you lost your job. 5 years
God is still working for that purpose.
Its like Im praying for that child this year and the child doesnt show up thats for a purpose! So
God is planning twins for the 2 years. I claim twins in Jesus name. One child for each year. And that
year goes by and Lord triplets in Jesus name. So now they are believing for 5 because its 5 years now.
Im not so sure that every time that
husband prays that the wife is saying
Amen. 5 at once!! Im sure she stopped
praying with you after 2. She stopped
saying Amen.
You know what people are trying to
do? They are trying to blame God for
it. They are claiming from God what
God didnt give them last year. Its all
wrong. If it didnt worked the way you
knew why dont you try and find out
the way it works. You are too proud to
say I was wrong. There are too many
people talking about faith who dont even know what faith is. The word of God can be proved. Prove
all things. Hold fast that which is good. You have to prove it. I dare tell people if I cant prove it you
have the right not to believe. I was sent with credentials. I cant say God sent me and cant prove it.
Anybody can say that!!
I believe that the devil is a real person and God is a real God. When Bible talks about angels they are
real and when the Bible talks about miracles they can be proved. I believe that. Cant be talking and
talking. When you say God heals the sick ok there are many sick people prove it. Sometimes some
people dont like it but you know in your soul you know it. Inside you, you know it. Truth is actually
you like what Im saying if only you could prove it. Why cant you prove it? Because you are busy all
over the place busy playing busy shouting and busy singing songs you shouldnt be singing and
watching films you shouldnt watch and you have no time to talk to the Holy Spirit and let him teach
you. You are busy reading everything but the Bible and reading your mind into the Bible and trying to
make the Bible say what you want to say. So all you can come up with is excuses. Some Christians get
sick and they hide it. Im not sick Im tired. Where is brother Daniel? He is very tired! Why cant he
just come up straight? If I did get sick I would say Im sick. But Im not going to get sick Ive not
been sick for many years and I will not be sick. Sure!
Did you know you really could change things? You say I believed and I tried. Stop for a moment. Is it
possible that there is something you missed something that was so important. Why dont you stop and
think again and study again through the Bible. We learn the word of God in different phases spiritually.
We learn it in our babyhood stage, then adolescent stage and our fatherhood stage. None of these is
limited to how long youve been in there. Its how long youve been in the word. Its not how long
youve been born again. How long have you been in the word studying and putting it into work and
growing thereby and in the process of time through the Holy Spirit you will learn a lot of things. No
man can really teach you but by the Holy Ghost. Dealing with issues of life we have to understand what
Jesus said is real.

(22) And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have the faith of God. (23) For verily I say unto you,
That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and
shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass;
he shall have whatsoever he saith. (24) Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

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Have you come to the point in
your life that you can deal with
any particular issue? Have you
gained the confidence that no
matter what you face you can
change it? Nothing shakes you
anymore! You just know that
you can change it. Thats what
God wants from us. He doesnt
want a victim. He wants us to be
in charge. Nothing can destroy
you except the ones you let.
What a place to be.

Matthew 17:14-18 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man,
kneeling down to him, and saying, (15) Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore
vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. (16) And I brought him to thy
disciples, and they could not cure him. (17) Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and
perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither
to me. (18) And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured
from that very hour.

Next time you see someone

epileptic think about this. No
need to say he was born that
way. No! The Bible says Jesus
rebuked the devil and he
departed out of him and the
child was cured from that hour.
Epilepsy is caused by the devil.
Id rather believe Jesus. No
matter what the books say. If
He rebuked the devil it can
happen today. Thats what you
ought to do. Put your hand on
that boy and say You devil of epilepsy come out in the name
of Jesus!

Matthew 17:19-20 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him
out? (20) And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye
have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder
place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Tell them about unbelief? Its not easy to accept. For Matthew, Andrew, Philip?
Why couldnt you get it? Because of your unbelief! You may not like it. Stop making excuses for
yourself. A lot of times things are so spiritualised that the message loses its power because you have all
the answers. Be bold enough to go into the Bible and find out why it didnt work so that the next time
you will have it. Im not afraid to make a mistake. If I did make a mistake Id go to it. I didnt write it.
I will go back to the Bible and find out how it will work next time.

If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder
place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

I havent met someone yet who has not had an exciting life and hasnt had this scripture in his life.
When you have this in your life your life will always be exciting. Nothing shall be impossible unto you!

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How then can your soul be cast down? When you have this you are ready for anything and you are
confident. Every day you are on top. You have the note of victory in your voice. Even when you have
one pair of trousers and one shirt. When you are ready to get out you press that thing you have the
whole world. You look like the whole world is yours. Nothing shall be impossible unto you. You are
not posing for anybody you just have confidence in your soul. Knowing who you are. Happy about you
thats all. You dont feel you are defeated or behind anybody. Behind who? When nothing shall be
impossible unto you.
A new policy comes you think someone is witch hunting you. Does it matter? You can change things.
They may say people like you dont qualify. You say it doesnt matter I just change the rules. Amen.
They say We only give promotions every 2 years. I just change the rules. Why? Psalms 75:6-7 For
promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. (7) But God is the
judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Promotion comes from God. The very fact they say you cant is the reason you should. Nothing shall
be impossible to you. You think this is a joke?
Ill tell you what to do. Tonight you just say Nothing shall be impossible unto me. Anything is possible!
Then get into meditation of what you have to deal with first. Write it down in a book. Nothing shall be
impossible unto you and then face it. Anything is possible. Its between you and the Word. Forget the
others around you. You live for God.
I cant trust people to pray for me. I know there are people praying for me but I dont know what they
are saying. Somebody may be saying O God straighten him up! Who knows? But I can trust me because
I know what I say when I say. I dont rest on their prayers.

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 Concerning revelation:

If it is true, its not new;

If it is new, its not true.

Apostle Dr. Terry Mize

Audio Tape 2
James 5:16-18 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (17) Elias was a man subject to
like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the
earth by the space of three years and six months. (18) And he prayed again, and the heaven gave
rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

That doesnt mean that I come to you and tell everything Ive done wrong and you tell me everything
youve done wrong. Neither does it tell us to confess to the priest. It says to learn where our faults are
and say to the other Im sorry I made the mistake. When we wrong each other. Unforgiveness and
refusal to own up your wrong which means therefore you perpetuate your wrong can keep you sick.
The prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available dynamic in its working. The prayer
of a righteous man. We are talking about changing hopeless situations around. Can we change them for
our good? Yes! The prayer of a righteous man can make that happen. The prayer of a righteous man
makes tremendous power available. But then it is the prayer not just of anybody but not of a
righteous man!
The question then again is are you righteous? If you were righteous you could pray a prayer that will
work. Why do we need someone to pray for us? Because we believe that that ones prayer will be
effective. Sometimes we do not have confidence in our own prayer.
I read to them the author of the commentary on this Bible. He is my dear theological friend and I like
to introduce to you my professor doctor theologian and what he believes about the subject of healing.
See this is one of my best Bibles. Ive a lot of them and this is among the best. What am I saying? Even
among the best you have to really be careful! Its got a lot of beautiful nice stuff in here but even then
he says some things which make me want to spit. You will feel the same in a moment. He is making
his commentary on the subject of healing here on James 5:14-16

James 5:14-16 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: (15) And the prayer of faith shall save
the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
(16) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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I want you to observe what the Bible does not say. The Bible says in verse 15
1. The prayer of faith shall save the sick.
2. The Lord shall raise him up.
The Bible doesnt say the Lord shall save the sick and the prayer of faith shall raise him up. The Bible
says the prayer of faith shall save the sick and the Lord shall raise him up. Which means its not the
Lord that shall save the sick but the prayer of faith shall raise him up. Otherwise he would have said
the Lord shall save the sick and raise him up. There is a great difference my friend.
Before I get there Id like to read the mans commentary on this subject on healing. I said its one of the
best. You see anybody can study the Bible make notes on the Bible, go to any college or any school
and get the hermeneutics and homiletics and come out of school and quote scripture and analyse them
and still dont know them. You have to have revelation. Revelation is given to a man without a material
medium. Listen to my friend. My friend after all I love his commentary I just dont like this kind. Listen!
Im reading from his commentary
When a Christian is sick he should confess his known sins and God may heal him.
Somebody is wondering whats wrong with that? Nothing! Just listen to this. Im touched by this man.
Although God does not always choose to heal He sometimes does.
I mean.. How can anybody go to Bible School and come out with this stuff? But thats what they
taught him and thats what hes trying to teach us. Do you know that a lot of Christians believe this?
This man is a Christian I read his commentary. Hes a wonderful Christian. He is. Im taking him up
here. See he is not here so nobody is going to write me a letter. I dont criticize nobody. You can
know if I had his book and he has gone through all these and written all these chances are he must be
quite elderly too if hes not gone to heaven. Because this commentary has been here a long time. So
he should know better than I but thats mans way of thinking. God doesnt think that way. It is by
revelation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Listen to this now.
When a Christian is sick he should confess his known sins and God may heal him. Although God does
not always choose to heal He sometimes does. The prayer of faith discerns Gods will and perseveres
until it is accomplished. Gods will however is not to heal in every case and true faith can discern and
accept that.
In other words if you are
expecting a miracle you are
doing the wrong thing. True
faith ought to be able to know
whether God is willing to heal
and he may not want to heal. If
God wants to heal you Hell
heal and if not He wont but
have faith and stay still. You
cant push God.
How dare you!
Thats coming from the holy
book. Is there any wonder why
people read the Bible and study the commentary and come back unbelieving? That thing is right there.
You dont have to go to the book store. You get a Bible and you have this stuff thrown in there and its
as though it is Bible. This is a commentary by a man who hasnt studied the subject. I dont mind that
he believes it and I feel sorry for him but Im not happy that he put it in the book. Now hes going to
make a lot of people believe the same thing. Whats his problem? He does not understand the Gospel
of Jesus Christ. Many people dont. They say the Gospel according to St. Matthew and they think

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everything that Matthew just wrote is what it is. That gives you the Gospel if you find it. What is the
Gospel? The Gospel is the good news of Christs salvation. What is it? How can be this Gospel to tell
us that God sometimes chooses to heal and sometimes doesnt and if you have true faith you can accept
that.
I love R.W Schambach. One day a lady came to him and said I want you to pray for me. Im sick. I
believe God put it on me to make me humble. So the preacher laid hands on her and said Father give
her more of it to make her more humble. She said No you dont!! God wants you to be more humble.
Humility is a virtue and God wants you to have it. Hes trying to get a point across to her. God doesnt
use the devils tools.

Acts 10:38 Jesus went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God
was with him.
All that Jesus healed were oppressed of the devil. Ohh no this is not the devil this is simple malaria and
do you mean to tell me when a mosquito bit me the devil actually bit me?
No sir! No devil came to you. I want to tell you something. The mosquito was never made to transmit
that germ. So why does it do it? Now you are asking the right question.
I said the man has a problem with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He doesnt know it. When we pray to God
to heal us God does heal because God is an eternal being and God actually does work in the now and
He works through the Holy Spirit, through His word and through us. Truly speaking in the legality of
it God does not heal because God has already healed. So He does not heal. In the Gospel of Jesus Christ
God is not giving you what you are asking for because He has already given it to you before you knew
to ask for it.
When you pray for a job God is not giving you a job. When you pray for a house God is not giving you
a house. When you pray for the good things in life God is not giving them to you. Now when you pray
and you receive it then we go Oh Thank you Father! God has done it. He has done it. See we are
looking at it from the wrong side. From the wrong perspective. Because He didnt has done it because
He already actually had done it a long time ago. But you didnt know and when you prayed you opened
up your faith and by your faith you received to you what God had already made available to you through
Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. 1 Corinthians 3:21 - For all things are yours; You have to understand
the Gospel of Jesus Christ is real.
The man Jesus came and

Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
That was prophetic Isaiah looking to the cross. Jesus hadnt come yet and Isaiah was looking at it and
says Isaiah 53:3-4 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with
grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (4)
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten
of God, and afflicted.

Then Jesus came and on the cross and He is dying and while He is being wounded and the word that
the prophet said is now coming to pass. Finally the man dies and is credited to my account. So it is as
though I died on the cross. The Bible shows us that the disciples couldnt understand this. They were
looking but couldnt understand. Then He was buried and was raised from the dead. Peter was looking
at all this. Several years later he wrote to the churches.

1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to
sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
He looked back on the cross. You know some people say every time you take the Holy Communion
Jesus is dying again for you. When they eat the bread they think its the very flesh of Jesus and the
very blood of Jesus. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the Bible does not say so. Jesus doesnt die again

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for you. Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Now if Jesus dies every time when you take the Holy Communion, Jesus is trying to bring you out of
condemnation again and again. Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Now if Jesus dies every time when you take the Holy Communion, then you have to be justified by
faith again. To be justified again mean that the last justification has been nullified. Hebrews 9:28 So
Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear
the second time without sin unto salvation.
Now here Christ was once offered does not mean like once upon a time. It means Christ was once and
for all offered to bear the sins of many;
The guy who said sometimes God heals and
sometimes He doesnt. That man does not
understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Now what
does he not understand about the Gospel? That
Jesus came and died? No thats not the problem.
He does not understand the
subject of righteousness. That is the big
word of the Gospel that most people dont
understand. Thats what they need to understand.
We read in James 5 that the effectual and fervent
prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous
power available. If you have been praying and
your prayers are not effective the chances are you
do not understand the subject of righteousness. How is a babe qualified in the scripture?

Hebrews 5:9-13 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them
that obey him; (10) Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. (11) Of whom
we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. (12) For when
for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first
principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong
meat. (13) For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a
babe.

Why does he use the word unskilful? Its the same word used to refer to someone who is using the
sword skilfully. Everyone who uses milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness. The word of
righteousness or the doctrine of righteousness is the sword of the spirit. That man cant apply the word
of God. He cant use it in the crisis of life because he is a babe. He cant fight the battles of faith because
he uses milk.

Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of
use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Reason of spiritual exercise have their spiritual senses exercised to discern both good and evil. That
means by living in the word by acting on the word and by doing the word they have their spiritual senses
exercised. There more you exercise your muscles the tougher they are. Strong and tough. Spiritual
sensed are that way too. The more you exercise the tougher they are. More sensitive they become.

1 Corinthians 3:1-3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal,
even as unto babes in Christ. (2) I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were
not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. (3) For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is
among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

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Ive been to some places and Ive felt like Paul talking to the Corinthians. I just couldnt talk. You
start experiencing real lonesomeness because they cant communicate at your level. I had to give them
baby food. A lot of Christians they need baby food. But you cant stay there.
There are three levels. The natural man one who is not born again. Then there is the babe he is born
again but a lot of times he also acts like the natural man because he walks in his senses. Then there is
the spiritual man the spiritual man the Bible says he understands. Like John in his first epistle divides
the child of God into 3 groups. Babies I write to you little children who have known the father in 1
John 2:13. They know God as their heavenly father. Then he says young men because you are strong
in 1 John 2:14. They say we are going to have this in Jesus name they are strong. Then he says to the
fathers of the church in 1John 2:13 you have known the father. This time its experiential knowledge.
They have a lot of faith and a lot of patience in them. Growing in Christ. You dont become a father
overnight or by your longevity.

Natural man (Not

born again)
Men Babe in Christ
Born again
Christian
Spiritual man in
Christ

Pauls classification 1 Corinthians 3

Natural man (Not

Little Children
born again)
Men
Born again
Young men
Christian

Fathers

Johns classification 1 John 2

When you become spiritual you dont walk like men.
How do you know whether somebody is spiritual or carnal? It matters on the doctrine of righteousness.
The difference is not whether youve been here a long time. The difference is whether you understand
the doctrine of righteousness. This man with all the commentary Im telling you is a babe. He may not
like to hear it. Im not talking about definition of righteousness. Im talking about the subject of
righteousness. Every day we are living according to our understanding of the doctrine of righteousness.
Your faith can never go beyond your understanding of righteousness.
You dont grow in righteousness. When you are born again you are as righteous as Jesus is righteous.
Righteousness is a gift. He became sin who knew no sin so that we might become the righteousness of
God.
You see a babe can have anything happen. Elijah was called a righteous man. Elijah commands fire to
come out of heaven and fire comes from heaven and lights up the sacrifice burns up. He slaughters all
the false prophets 450 of them who were in that Jezebels table. Right now he is Gods man and
everybody knows that Elijahs God is God. And then after that great victory someone comes and

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whispers Elijah, Jezebel is mad now. She was not in town when you killed all her prophets. She says
shes going to make you like one of them. What does Elijah do? He flees. And he gets somewhere and
starts crying. Oh God what is this? Jezebel has killed all your prophets and Im the only one left. She
wants to kill me too. What am I going to do? Thats a man who God answered his prayer before all
Israel a moment ago. He runs away just for hearing Mrs. Ahab Jezebel by name is coming after him.
He says to God Oh God take my life. It is better for me to die! Then go back to Jezebel. Shell help you
answer that prayer! He wasnt honest. If he really wanted to die he would have gone to her.
Im showing you the kind of man that God uses here as an example of a righteous man.
There is nothing that offends God as much as unbelief.
Unbelief spits in His face. The first set of people that go to hell in Revelation 21:8 are No.1 the fearful
No.2 the unbelieving before the adulterers, murderers, idolaters and liars. The chief qualified for hell is
the fearful followed by the unbelieving. Who has committed the highest sin? Elijah! Hes afraid of a
woman and hes unbelieving too.
So what is righteousness? Gods definition of righteousness.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord.
Does it say one of the gifts of God is eternal life? It says the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord. God is going to give you anything this is it. This will encapsulate all of the gifts
combined. It means you have got everything else.

Romans 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive
abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Does
it say they who are given? Or they who receive? Its one thing to be given and another to take it. Its
not the giving side that has the problem it is the receiving side. If you receive or you dont receive is
the question. Giving God gives to everybody. They who receive abundance of grace and of the gift
the the gift. The gift righteousness.
Romans 6:23 the gift of God is eternal life.
Romans 5:17 the gift of righteousness
Therefore the gift of righteousness is the free gift of God which is eternal life.
Righteousness = Eternal Life.
Eternal life does not mean living on on on everlasting life. Everlasting forever this year the next year
and the next year and the next 100 and the next millennia and so on and on and on. Even though the
guy is not fine. Hes just living. Thats not what hes saying. Righteousness is eternal life.
Righteousness is the nature of God. It is that life of God that qualifies Him to be who He is. That life
and the nature of God that gives a man the ability to stand in the presence of God, in the class of God
without a sense of guilt, inferiority or condemnation. Whatever God does is right. We dont know what
is right or wrong until God says it because He is the standard for rightness. You cannot improve on
perfect because He is perfect.
English could not give us a better word than eternal life. Its called Zoe. Its the God kind of life. You
have the plant life, animal life, and celestial life for angels and there is the kind of life that God has and
God is. God is life. That thing that makes Him God is called Zoe. That life is life with righteousness.
That life cannot and doesnt know defeat. That life cannot fail or go under the pressure. When it bears
upon a thing it comes in as God.
They who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life. How else can they
live but reign? Because they have in them the life of God. They can stand in the presence of the

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adversary without fear. They can stand in the presence of the almighty God without fear. Its a gift. You
cant work for it. The day you proclaimed Him Lord over your life you were transferred from the
domain of darkness and catapulted to the kingdom of Gods dear son. Those who live in the Kingdom
of Gods dear son can live there by virtue of Zoe which is the life and nature of God. That thing that
makes him right. The only way you can please God is to have that life. You cant get it some other way!
People say Im working on it. I want to please God first and come. If you could you wouldnt need him.
This is the kind of life that gives you the confidence the faith to pray and expect and answer from
heaven. When you say I command the sickness to go! Or command a demon to go? How could you say
that with the spirit of dominion? The Bible says He has made us Kings and priests unto God and His
Father.
Thats the reason a man like Smith Wigglesworth can have the devil come into his room, pulls him off
of his leg and he wakes up sees that its the devil and says Nothing? Is that you? And goes back to sleep
and hes not scared. Thats how Peter said to the man Silver and gold have I none. Such as I have give
I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. Thats how Paul could tell a man Stand
up on thy feet and doesnt pray. The man leaps and walks.
Effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available dynamic in its working.
You can blow anything up just by praying. See what righteousness is? When you dont understand the
subject of righteousness your faith is weakened. Oh Father you said in your word You are trying to
take Him to task.
Those who use milk are unskilful in the doctrine of righteousness. What is milk?
Brother, God is going to make a way where there is no way! Amen.
He divided the Red Sea! He will divide it for you! Amen.
The Lord shall turn your darkness to light!
Amen.
Thats milk. Its time you start looking for
the strong meat.
When you understand righteousness you
are not saying The devil is after me! You
are saying Where is that devil? Thats
what happens. You no longer accept let
sleeping dogs lie. That devil is not
sleeping. If there is no trouble you make
one. Thats what happens to you when you
understand righteousness.
They that receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness. Grace is in abundance. Paul writing
to Timothy said 2 Timothy 2:1 Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. In other words take
advantage of the grace. People are looking what not to do? Just to be ok.

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They which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life. Reign in this
life not in heaven. We are not reigning in
heaven at all. There are no subjects to reign
over in heaven. We will go to heaven but we
are not going to reign. We will go there for
the marriage supper of the lamb and we are
going to be rewarded and crowned. Then we
come down with those crowns back to the
earth for another millennium 1000 years of
peace. An angel from heaven will get a hold
of that devil and put him in the bottomless
pit and he will be descending for 1000 years.
After the 1000 years he will be brought back
out again. Someone said Why again oh? I
can tell you that another day. So we will
reign in that 1000 years and we will reign again in
the new heaven and the new earth. There will be a new earth. This one will be burnt up with the works
on it. Gone forever. Thats another subject

Christianity is the
only form of worship in
which the object
worshipped dwells
within the worshipper
T.L. Osborn

Audio Tape 3
Understanding righteousness is so important because we read in the Bible about a man who was given
to us as a reference of a righteous man.

James 5:13-18 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. (14)
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: (15) And the prayer of faith shall save the sick,
and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. (16)
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual
fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (17) Elias was a man subject to like passions as
we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space
of three years and six months. (18) And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth
brought forth her fruit.

Did you notice the Bible didnt say when you are afflicted? Or when someone is sick among you? The
Bible says if any among you afflicted. So to be afflicted or to be sick is not expected. He doesnt expect
us to be afflicted or to be sick. But it is possible for someone to be afflicted or to be sick.

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People read their minds and their feelings into the Bible. They read their own experiences into the Bible.
All my life Ive known people who were sick. I have even known pastors that were sick. That is not the
Bible. The Bible is not
something you have
experienced in your own home
or among your friends. The
Bible is the word of God. You
should not teach for doctrine
the experiences of men.
Here the elders of the church
dont mean people who are
grey headed. It means people
who have come of age. What if
the elders get sick? Sure
enough that one is not an elder.
The elders dont get
sick.
Understand this. It is wrong for
a Christian to be sick or to be living in sin or to be poor. I know you only agree with the middle one. It
is possible for a Christian to be tempted. As long as he has not fallen into it he has not sinned. In the
same manner it is possible for a Christian to have a symptom of some sickness. As long as he has not
given into it he is not sick. To be sick is a confession of inability. When you say I am sick that is when
youve fallen into it. Just as you fight against a temptation you should fight against that symptom
without giving up. You may not see money in your bank account. Until you confess that you dont have
or you are poor you are not poor. Do you understand? Just as you fight other temptations you should
fight poverty.
I was reading an article yesterday where an archbishop said he has problems believing in the
resurrection of Jesus Christ. Its difficult to know what to make of that. An archbishop?! He has come
to a point in his life he has problems believing in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The very foundation
of Christianity. Without the resurrection there is no Christianity. A lot of people who say they are
Christians dont believe in the resurrection. If you dont believe in the resurrection in the Jesus Christ
you are not a Christian. You cannot be a Christian without believing in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Romans 10:9-10 if you confess with your mouth the Lordship of Jesus believing in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead you are saved. How can you confess the lordship of someone over your life
who is not alive? I think the archbishop should be disrobed. What do you think? But you know it really
doesnt matter. Hes still not born again. They may call him an archbishop but inside him he is not born
again. He is still in the world. Knowing the theology of the Bible has nothing to do with eternal life.
Sickness is not something natural. It is
not a part of our lives. We dont have
to be sick. We should not be sick but
Gods people sometimes do get sick.
So what do you do? They have to learn
how not to be sick anymore. As you
journey on learning the word of God
understanding more of the word of
God you get to know how not to be
sick. Otherwise why did Jesus die?
Why did He do all these for? People
have never asked that question.

(15) And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up;

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The Lord already saved the sick long long time ago. He saved the sick when He saved the whole world
through Jesus Christ when He died for us.
Have you heard somebody say Im trying to get my healing. If you are trying to get your healing you
just played into the devils territory. Because you are not going to get it. You cannot get it. Raise your
right hand up. Are you sure thats your right hand? Does that belong to you? Are you trying to get your
right hand? If you have it you dont have to try to get it. The word of God has to be lived. It has to be
practiced. You have to put it to work. If the Bible says you were healed then you were healed. So dont
try to get it.
When you dont accept your fault and you walk in resentment it can keep you in sickness. Every child
of God should walk in forgiveness. Christianity is not that way.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Here is where we got to righteousness. We want our prayer lives to be working. We want to make sure
that when we pray our prayer is effective. I dont want men just talking and not knowing that someone
is listening to me out there. I want to pray and be heard and answered. There are lot of people who pray
and dont expect answers. Prayer is a part of their religion. So they say: I havent said my prayers yet.
So they go and say their prayers.
Our Father, which art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth
as is is is in heaven
As is is is in heaven!! They dont even know what it is!!
Or they go
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. And blessed the fruit of
thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God..
Im not making fun of them. But thats ignorance gone on rampage! Thats not prayer. Jesus said to
pray to the Father in His name. You dont even pray to Jesus. People dont listen to themselves when
they pray. They talk too fast. How can you pray to Jesus in the name of Jesus? O Lord Jesus.. in Jesus
name. He didnt hear himself. Hes just talking. Hes used to talking. Making prayers. The more
religious he feels inside the more he feels like hes doing great. Study the Bible and understand prayer.
The effectual and fervent prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available dynamic in its
working. Power to do the impossible. Arent
you glad that you were not left helpless? Jesus
said I will not leave you helpless and He didnt.
Its the prayer of a righteous man.
There are people who want prayers from
anybody and everybody. Doesnt matter pray to
your god everybody can call on his god.
Whatever name you call him pray. Some say
There are different sources to that god but there
is one god. This medium or the other doesnt
matter we all go there. That is not true. You
ought to know that. How do you know? Because
I believe the Bible. Why do you believe the
Bible? Because the Holy Spirit bears witness
with my spirit. It is way down deep in me. I can prove it. Jesus Christ was raised from the dead to be
proved that He is the Son of God.

Romans 1:3-4 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David
according to the flesh; (4) And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit
of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

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He was proved to be the Son of God with power through the resurrection. No one like Him. If you
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God then there are no other ways to the Father. It is not possible
to believe in Jesus Christ and believe there is also other ways to God. Because that very Jesus you
believe in said that there is no other way. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,
and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Again
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Ok lets go back. So the The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
So if I were a righteous man my prayers would work all the time. God hears righteous men.

17) Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,

Subject to like passions? Meaning Elijah was like anyone of us.

and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three
years and six months. (18) And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought
forth her fruit.

Hes giving Elijah as an example of a righteous man. But look at Elijah. I told you the other day how
Elijah ran from a woman. He was afraid like anybody else. That is Gods prophet. Then Elijah said O
God kill me and let me die. See he wasnt very honest. If he wanted to die he should have gone to
Jezebel. Thats the man called righteous. He ran away from Jezebel and told God a lie. He didnt stop
there. He was also self-righteous. He had an holier than thou attitude. He said O God all your prophets
have bowed their knees to Baal and Im the only one left. In other words Im the only righteous man
around. The Lord said I have for me 7,000 men who have not bowed to Baal. So where was Elijah and
how come he didnt know that there were 7,000 people who have not bowed? I had a guy come to me
one day and he said to me I heard about your programme and it was wonderful. I was surprised that
these things are going around here and I didnt know. God needed to obtain permission from him to do
signs and wonders through me. Think about it. Thats the way folks are. If it is not happening among
them its not real. Watch those miracle workers. They are fake. Why? Because its not happening among
them. So it has to be fake. Because if it were real God will tell them because He revealeth His secret to
His servants the prophets!
Look at Elijah now. God says Elijah is a righteous man? Look at this Elijah
1. Hes afraid of a woman and is running away.
2. Hes not telling the truth.
3. He is self-righteous.
He is overqualified to be thrown into the lake of fire. How can God call this man a righteous man?
Let me tell you what your idea of a righteous man is. Ok? If you were righteous, I believe you always
be living on the mountain. In the presence of the Lord. I believe you will fast night and day. If you are
a righteous man I believe if you walk on the street your feet will not touch the ground. Come on now?
I believe you cant look around. I believe you cant call people by name.
People dont understand Gods definition of righteousness. What is the Bible definition of
righteousness? Stop reading our mind into the Bible!
Righteousness is not the same thing as sinlessness.

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I found out those who preach against sin are the ones who commit the biggest sins. Jesus didnt send us
to preach against anything. He sent us to preach the Gospel. Tell the people about the Good News of
Christ Salvation. If it is not Good News then it is not Gospel. If you are not preaching the Good News
you are not from Jesus Christ and you have another boss.
Somebody said to me You are trying to make it sweet. You are watering down the message! Its not a
message its called the Gospel. Its got to be good. A young lady came to me onetime and said I have
questions!! I said Whats the matter? She said Is it correct for Christian women to be putting on
trousers? I said Whats wrong with it? She said According to the book of Doo-tu-ronomy a man
should not She was quoting scriptures. Then I looked at her because she wasnt being proud. She just
didnt know. I took the time and explained everything to her. By the time I was through I asked her Is
it right for Christian women to wear trousers? She said Theres nothing wrong with it. I asked Would
you like to wear? She said Hmm hmm..
There is no Christian fashion. There is no such thing as Christian fashion. God never anointed any
Christian tailor. I mean the anointing of the Holy Ghost is not for tailoring. Do you understand? The
fashion guys they know what to do. This is not what they used to wear some 100 years ago. They know
what to do. They just get rid of all these things you are wearing and put shorts. Everywhere shorts. By
the time you see the president of the United States of America coming on shorts, the first reaction is
What is all this? Until you want to buy something and you cant find anything but shorts everywhere
and there are so many people wearing and nobody is saying Heyyyy. What are you going to do? Youll
wear it before long. What it teaches us is moderation. In other words dont be so far behind that people
will say Whooo are you still wearing this? And dont be so ahead that they say AAAHHH!! We just
need to get covered cool. We dont have to set the pace of the fashion industry.
Righteousness is not defined in the Bible as sinlessness.

Righteousness means right standing. Meaning you can stand in the presence of the one before whom
you have that right standing without a sense of guilt, inferiority or condemnation. It means you are
accepted the way you are in the presence of the one before whom you have right standing. Thats the
definition of righteousness. That definition comes because of what brings it.

The Bible says Romans 3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before
proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;(++ Psalm 14:3=Psalm 53:3) People
like to see such scriptures just to prove that they are not so far behind because nobody is ahead anyway.
Why cant you see everybody over on the other side?
God Almighty is the righteous God. If He is not righteous He cannot be God. He is got to be righteous
to be God. He shouldnt have the ability to do wrong. Wrong or error cannot be found in Him. One who
can tell that God made a mistake must know better than God and therefore that one who knows better
than God is qualified to be God. By the time he is declared to be God it must mean He is faultless He
cannot do wrong or to find wrong or error in Him. It is His nature to be right. He cannot not be right.
Anything He does is right. He is the reference point of defining what is right. It is not possible for
anyone to be righteous. Nobody could be righteous because nobody could come into that class with
God. It is not possible for anyone to be righteous.
In the Old Testament He gave them laws. By those laws they found out that they were so far behind
and how sinful they were. They realised that there was no way out. The more they knew the law the
more they found out their mistakes. Then God provided a way for their sins to be covered by the
sacrifice of bulls and goats to cover their sins. Until another year.

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God could only credit
righteousness when a man
pleased Him.
When you read Genesis 15 you
find that Abraham pleased God
and God credited to Him
righteousness. He believed in
the Lord and the Lord counted
it as righteousness. That was
the best God could do to count
it for righteousness. To put it to
their account. The sins of the
Old Testament folks could
be covered with the
blood of bulls and goats.
Abraham had right standing
because of the righteousness
credited to him by God. Why?
Because of his faith in God. So
God gave Him righteousness.
Abraham could stand in the
presence of God. So God could
walk with Abraham. Thats
how all of those great men that
you read in the Old Testament
God gave them right standing the ability to stand in His presence by crediting to their account
righteousness. Their faith answered for their righteousness. When they sinned they sacrificed animals
and the High Priest sprinkled blood on the mercyseat. Then for the next year they would be free from
sin. From that Day of Atonement. Until the coming year. That time again they had to have another
sacrifice. Because a remembrance of sins were brought again.
In the New Testament this is big! The Bible tells us. You must understand that this scriptures are real.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new.

That is a new species. Someone who had never existed before. In your body you are the same you.
Thats the house you live in. Man is the spirit who has a mind that lives in a body. Just like you are a
man who read books that lives in a house. The house is not you and the books are not you. Your
reasoning is not you. Dont be a slave to your reasoning.
When you are in Christ you are a new creation. This new creation the Bible says is from God. This new
creation is recreated in righteousness and true holiness. [Ephesians 4:24]
Christianity is the birth of a man in the presence of God and in God. He is born in Gods
presence and He is born in God.
When a man is born into this world he is born into spiritual darkness. [Ephesians 2] That is why Jesus
said you must be born again. [John 3] When a man is born of his mother and his father he is born into
spiritual darkness. He is born of the flesh into this world but spiritually he doesnt have the life of God
in him no matter how they train him in religion. He will be a well-trained religious man or a woman.

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When you are born again the Holy
Spirit has imparted His life to your
human spirit. He has come to share His
divine life with your spirit. He puts the
very life that He has. The very life God
has. The very thing that made Him God
is now imparted to that man.
Man has the human life in him when
born in to this world. When you were
created you had the capacity to contain
the divine nature. You had the capacity
to receive into you the very life and
nature of God. That receiving of that
life changes what you have on the inside.
Im out of time.. We will go on next time.

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 Not that faith saves thee; for faith
never saved anyone, and yet no one was
ever saved without faith. It is by grace
through faith

Apostle Dr. John Alexander Dowie

Audio Tape 4
The Word is working mightily in me..
The Word is working mightily in me
No matter what the circumstances what feel or see The
Word is working mightily in me

We are dealing with changing hopeless situations. Changing the circumstances of our lives to suit us.
The Lord Jesus said we can do it and gave us the right to do it. He let us know that we can be happy as
we choose to be. Glory! What a life! We talked about this until we got into the subject of righteousness.
Because we found out that one of the ways to turn hopeless situations around is to pray effectively but
then we found that showed us that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man is the one that works.
So if we want our prayers to work we have to know something about righteousness.

James 5:15-18 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if
he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. (16)
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,
that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much. (17) Elias was a man subject
to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it
might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of
three years and six months. (18) And he prayed again, and
the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man makes

tremendous power available, dynamic in its working.
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If it is the prayer of a righteous man that works then it is
important that we are righteous not in our own sight but in the
sight of God. If it is God who is going to hear the prayer it
doesnt matter how many people say you are righteous. They
are not the ones whos going to answer the prayer. So it matters
that God says that you are righteous. If God says you are, then
it means that He will answer. If God says you are not He is not
going to give any attention to your prayer.
God told us here that it is the prayer of a righteous man that
works.
So it must be the righteousness from His stand point. It must be
righteousness from Gods own perspective. It must be
righteousness from the way God sees it. It cannot be
righteousness as man defines it but as God defines it. The
smartest thing is to go to His book and find out what it is and
whether or not we are righteous. So we have a good spiritual
thinking to do.
Why did Jesus come? Why did He come to
die? Why did He have to do it? If He died for
my sins and if I can go back and live in my sin
then He hasnt done any job. If He died just to
provide us forgiveness then thats not good
enough because after Ive been forgiven Ill go
back and do the wrong stuff again. Then do I
need to get forgiveness again? Eternal
forgiveness? Then theres frustration because
if I always have to go to Him and say Here I
come one more time and He says Well I knew
you would. That kind of redemption will not
be adequate. So it has to be something better
than forgiveness. So Jesus didnt come just to
give us forgiveness. He came to give us something more. Forgiveness is one of the goodies. Theres a
lot more.
You know theres a difference between the old and the New Testament. People served God and
worshipped God in a different way than we do today. Not because now we are in a new age. Not because
we are in an era of technology. It is because their worship and their way of worshipping God was
founded on a covenant. There was a covenant. There was an agreement and God said its this way and
they had to do it that way. Then again God came in with a new covenant in the blood of Jesus Christ.
He has given us a new way of living. Hebrews 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath
consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

When you get to know these things you cannot have the down life. You may hear about it and you may
see it in some folks but not for you.

Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in Gods sight:
for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

By the law of the Old Testament nobody is going to be justified because he law could not produce life
or make them perfect. Because the kind of redemption they had in the law was not complete. The man
was always in bondage to sin. He lived in condemnation. Have you found someone saying Well I keep
the ten commandments and I think thats going to get me in. No by the deeds of the law no flesh be
justified in Gods sight. Can you see that? Sometimes people want to know exactly what to do. Can you

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write down what I should not do? They want to know how close they can get to sin. They want to know
where they should stand. A lot of people want to live the right life. The trouble is most of them are not
well informed.
For by the law is the knowledge of sin.
When there is no law there is no sin because sin is the transgression of the law. The breaking of the law.
If there is no law there can be no sin. There is no law to break.

Romans 3:21 But now a righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by
the law and the prophets;
A righteousness from God is manifested. This is a different kind of righteousness. He calls it
righteousness from God is revealed.
By the deeds of the law as they tried to be righteous by obeying the law of Moses God said they
couldnt. They always failed. Because they broke the commandment. They broke them.
If you study Romans chapter 7 and 8 with extreme diligence, you will see that man with his fallen nature
cannot keep the law no matter how he tries. An unrighteous man born with an unrighteous nature
cannot keep a righteous law! (You cant make a cat to bark. Only dogs bark.)
A man is not a thief because he has stolen. But a thief whether he has stolen or not will definitely steal
because he is a thief. A thief who has not stolen is still a thief.
A sinner whether he/she has sinned or not is a sinner.
Why?
By one man Adam sin entered into the world, and death resulted because of sin. Death passed
upon all men. (Romans 5:12)
When there was no law, sin was present with men but that sin was not counted against them.
(Romans 7:8)
When the law was given sin revived. Sin came into light. We got to know what sin is by the
law. Example:: It is when God said Thou shalt not covet Thats how we got to know that it was
a sin to covet. (Romans 7:9) So by the law is the knowledge of sin. (Romans 3:20)
The law is holy, commandment is holy and righteous and good. (Romans 7:12)
But the man is carnal and made a slave to sin (Romans 7:14)
Therefore even though the man is willing to obey the holy law, he fails to perform it because
in him is carnality and is a slave to sin. (Romans 7:18) Why? This is the principle which fights
against the man bringing him into captivity to the law of sin which is naturally in him. (Romans
7:23) He wants to but he cant.
So the man doesnt do what he knows is right and does the things he doesnt want to do.
Although he doesnt do, what he knows is right he agrees that the law is good. Which means
the man is not the one doing the evil things but the sin which lives in him. It is the sin which
lives in the man that makes the man commit sin. (Romans 7:15-17 & 19-20)
The law has shown that it is the sin which dwells in man that makes him not do the right things
and make him do the wrong things. So man is a prisoner of sin controlled by sin which is in
him making him commit sin. What a miserable person is man? Who shall rescue him from this?
(Romans 7:23-24)

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Ok lets go back to Romans 3.

Romans 3:21-22 But now the

righteousness of God without the law
is manifested, being witnessed by the
law and the prophets; (22) Even the
righteousness of God which is by
faith of Jesus Christ unto all and
upon all them that believe: for there
is no difference:

This is a new kind of righteousness. It

is not the righteousness that Moses
preached. It is not the righteousness that the children of Israel wanted. There is a new kind of
righteousness. This kind of righteousness cannot be attained or achieved by the works of the law but by
faith. (22) Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all
them that believe: for there is no difference: Did you notice? Unto all and upon all? Meaning it is
given on one hand and bestowed on the other hand. This righteousness is given and bestowed upon
them who believe. Genesis 15:6 says that Abraham believed God and it was credited to him for
righteousness. It was set to his account. It was imputed unto him as righteousness. God spoke to him
and he dared believed God so God gave it to him as righteousness.
Now the Bible is telling us that there is a new type of righteousness and yet the old one is given to
us free!
Unto all and upon all. Upon all because it is credited to us. It is bestowed on us. It is imputed to us. And
beyond that it is first and foremost given to us!
Youll catch it.

Romans 3:23-24 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (24) Being justified
freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Notice the word freely!

Now justified means you are declared not guilty. It means to be declared righteous. The man is justified.
This guy has done all the wrong things you can think about and he is charged to Gods court and he
gets there and stands in the presence of the Almighty God and God says Yeah. Ive looked into the
matter and he is not guilty. I want you to understand this. This is not the same thing as forgiveness.
Justification means that the man has been acquitted declared not guilty. Blameless. Forgiveness is to
pass over an offense. To let it go. I know you did it but its ok now. I will go over it and not punish it.
Ill just forget it. That is forgiveness. But you did it. Here in justification God says You didnt do
nothing.. You look at this and the human mind cant accept it. Its too good to be true. How can God
say you are declared not guilty?
If you declare a guilty man to be not guilty the judge who declared it is wrong. Is that right? So is God
wrong? Is God unrighteous for declaring a sinner to be a man who is not guilty at all?
Alright lets look at something. This is one of the most beautiful verses in the whole Bible.

Romans 3:25-26 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare
his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
(26) To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of
him which believeth in Jesus.

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To prove Gods righteousness in this dispensation I say, that God is righteous by being the justifier of
the man who believes in Jesus
To prove Gods righteousness in this dispensation I say, that God is righteous by being the righteousness
of the man who believes in Jesus.
He is my righteousness. The Lord my righteousness. Do you get it?
He declares the sinner un-condemned. God remains righteous by declaring the sinner not guilty.
Anybody who justifies a sinner is unjust. If you justify a sinner or a wrong doer you are unjust. But here
is a miracle. God is the justifier of the man who believes in Jesus.
Where is boasting then?
You didnt do nothing. You just came into the courtroom and you dirty sinner. You knew you. The
judge said Ive heard the case. Hes free. Free? How? He is not guilty? Why? Because Jesus paid? NO!
NO! NO!
That will shock you now! Notice justification is so big you have to understand it.

Remember Romans 3:24 Being justified freely

If its because Jesus paid, then it is not free!!!
Justification is not redemption. Redemption means someone paid for your debt or sins. This is
justification.
Remember always that the lesser is included in the greater.
London is inside England. That does not mean all of England is London. The lesser is included in the
greater. Redemption is included in justification. London in included in England.
Justification is the biggest one. This is the big thing in Christianity.

Redemption = delivered by paying a price.

Forgiveness = looking over a committed offence.
Remission = blotting out of sins. Wiping off and giving a clean slate.
Justification = declared that he has not committed the offence.
Go through the tape again if you need clarification. Its worth it. Your understanding of righteousness
is your greatest weapon on earth.

Now how do you get this righteousness? Ill tell you. (24) Being justified freely by his grace through
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Yes its connected to the redemption alright but hes telling you that this one you didnt pay anything
for it. Hallelujah!

Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ:

In redemption it means to deliver or to save by paying a price. The price that was paid for our redemption
is the precious blood of the Lord Jesus. There is the legal side of our redemption and there is the vital
side of our redemption. This is what you must understand.

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The legal side the man paid for us. 2 Corinthians 8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty
might be rich.
Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the remission of sins: 1
Corinthians 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's.

He bought us with a price. He bought the whole field and the field is the world and He paid the price
for the whole world. Everybody! By the price of His own blood. He didnt buy the Christians.
Im talking about Matthew 13.
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who saw a treasure in a field and when he saw that treasure he
didnt go and buy the treasure. Because if
he had offered money for the treasure the
one in charge of the field would say Ahh! I
didnt know there was a treasure in my
field. Why didnt he just buy the area where
the treasure is? He bought the whole field
not because he wanted the field, but
because he wanted the treasure. Bible lets
us know that the treasure is the church and
paid for the whole world. He paid for all of
that to get the church. Having paid for our
redemption the devil has no any claims
anymore over anybody. Anybody. Everybody now is Gods property. This is our authority in preaching
the Gospel everywhere and anywhere because Jesus Christ bought the whole field. Sometimes they say
Dont convert people of other religions. Firstly Christianity is not a religion and secondly we come
from the one who paid for everything. He owns everybody and so were telling the devil to turn them
loose. Let them go because they are Gods property.
Now when you receive the Gospel and understand the legal side of redemption, and understand that the
man paid for you all of these will happen at an instant. Its not necessarily step by step one thing after
the other. You received that redemption by accepting the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He died for you.
Romans 10:9-10 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10) For with the heart
man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

No matter how much you pray. Save me save me! You will never be saved. You may try to repent of
your sins. Salvation is not repentance. A sinner cannot repent. Jesus said to the Jews to repent because
they already had a covenant with Jehovah. The others the gentiles the pagans and the heathen had no
covenant with Jehovah. So how can then repent? Repent of what to where should they repent? They
were estranged from the covenants of promise and alienated of the commonwealth of Israel having no
hope without God in this world. (Ephesians 2:12) They cannot repent.
Repentance is not in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The sinner cannot repent.
Sinner = One that is not born again. The sinner has not heard the Gospel.
Transgressor = One who breaks the law. Transgressor has heard the Gospel and rejected it.
Ok lets get back. To repent means to turn away from the wrong that you are doing to the right. A sinner
cannot from the wrong things to the right things. It is absolutely impossible for if he could he would
have never needed redemption. You can just ask him to change. Jesus didnt have to die on the cross.
The Lord Jesus said that repentance and remission of sins be preached in His name among all nations
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repentance. He told the children of Israel to repent. Why could the message of repentance be given to
Israel by Peter? Because Peter saw them as Gods people of the covenant. They were already in the
covenant. They belonged to Jehovah and somewhere along the line they made a detour and Peter is
trying to tell them Come back to Jehovah! Repent and turn away from these things and turn back to
Jehovah. Thats repentance.
The sinner one who is not born again cannot repent. Because in the eyes of God, the sinner (one
who is not born again) doesnt do right or wrong the sinner is dead! In the eyes of God the sinner is
dead. In the mind of God what the sinner need is a new life. He cannot repent. The reason is he
doesnt have it in him to turn. He doesnt have what it requires to turn from wrong to right. He needs a
new life he needs to be recreated in Christ Jesus. He has to be born a new. Hes got to be a new
person.
So when people say We are calling Nigeria to repentance! It is an error. Nigeria as a nation has never
had a covenant with Jehovah.
Let me show you Gods description of a sinner:

Ephesians 2:1-3 who were dead in trespasses and sins; (2) Wherein in time past ye walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air (the devil),
the spirit (satan) that now worketh in the children of disobedience: (3) Among whom also we all
had our manner of life in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and
of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Those who are not born again are still there. I want you to know how God sees them.

Ephesians 2:12 .without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers
from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

They are without God in this world. Do you know what it is to be without God? They may use His
name. He calls them strangers from the covenant aliens. When you have a description of a sinner like
this you want to preach to them. You want to tell them. The guy who is not born again and he doesnt
understand and hes laughing he doesnt
know where he is going? Its not hell. Hell
is not the last point of call for the sinner
(one who is not born again).
Hell is a place of suffering but that place of
suffering will be thrown into the Lake of
Fire which is worse than hell.

Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus

ye who sometimes were far off are made
nigh by the blood of Christ.

Now we are near Him. We are not far away. We are not hopeless. We are not without God. We are now
a family with God.

Ok lets go back to Romans 3.

Romans 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

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Justification is free. Its not that Jesus died to pay for that justification. No! We were justified freely.
When you accepted the Lordship of
Jesus Christ over your life and
proclaimed Him Lord over your life
accepting His redemption by His blood
that was legal from that hour of your
proclamation of the Lordship of Jesus
over your life, satan lost his hold on
you, he lost his authority over your life
because you made Jesus the Lord of
your life. As Jesus became the Lord
over your life He broke the power off
of the devil over your life. He got you
out of the domain of darkness. He
delivered you.

Colossians 1:12-14 Giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us qualified to be partakers of
the inheritance of the saints in light: (13) Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
and hath transferred us into the kingdom of his dear Son: (14) In whom we have redemption
through his blood, meaning the remission of sins:

When we proclaim the name of Jesus

over our lives for our salvation we
were transferred by our Lord Jesus
from the power of darkness into that
Kingdom of God. In the Kingdom of
God we are given what it takes to live
in the Kingdom of God. The life of
Almighty God is imparted to our
spirits as soon as we come into His
Kingdom we do not come in as
servants, or as slaves, or as sinners for
no sinner can be found in His kingdom.
He brought us in as His children and
gave us life. For which cause now Jesus the first begotten of the Father who is now our elder brother
literary is not ashamed to call us brethren. (Hebrews 2:11)

Jesus = Child of the Holy Spirit born of a virgin. (0 to 30 years)

Jesus Christ = Anointed one or the Messiah. When John the Baptist laid hands on Him the
Holy Spirit descended on Jesus. (30 to 33 years)
Christ = Jesus Christ and the church which is the body of Christ. Jesus Christ is the head and the
church is the body.
NOTE:

Jesus Christ on the cross as the lamb sacrifice.

Jesus Christ raised from the dead as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Jesus Christ was born again.
(Acts 13:33) proved to be the Son of God by the resurrection of the dead. (Romans 1:4)

We are now one family. Some are in heaven and some are on earth. (Ephesians 3:15)
This spiritual place is called Zion. Heaven is in Zion. Heaven is a place in Zion.

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When a man is in Christ. Christ is also the name of that Kingdom. It is also called Zion. As Christ is
the name of the one who saved us. 1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into
one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made
to drink into one Spirit.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new.

If any man be in Christ he is not what he used to be. He is a new creature. Old things are wiped
away and all things have become new. He is a new species. He may look the same and feel the
same and even have the same memories of the past because its his spirit thats born again not the
body nor the mind.

As far as God is concerned he is a new creation. Because he is a new creation he doesnt

have a past!

Its not something that Jesus had to do again. When we were born sons of God we were born with
righteousness. A redemption from Jesus Christ that could not give righteousness by birth or that
could not give eternal life will be a failure. Because thats the only way you can have power over
sin. Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but
under grace.

What does that mean under grace? People think it means we are just being forgiven. If not, if not, if
not of grace. They think that God has a hammer and hes about to hit you and ahhhhh.. and He calms
down and say Well. For the grace of God. Thats the way they figure God. Paul didnt think that way.
In 2 Timothy 2:1 Paul said take advantage of the grace. You have to understand it to take advantage.

Romans 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive
abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) The
gift of righteousness is the life of Almighty God.

Remember we talked about the sin nature. That thing which makes a man sin who doesnt want to
sin in Romans 7?

Ok

Righteousness is the nature of God. That is the God kind of life. It is His nature to be right.
He cannot be wrong. He has given us His kind of life. No you cannot but do right.

So why do we do wrong then? Why is it possible for a Christian after receiving the life of God to
do something thats wrong?
Because hes been here a long time. Hes trained his mind in the way of the world. His spirit is
born again and his spirit has the nature of God but his mind is still being ruled by the things that
are of this world. Thats why the Bible says in Romans 12:2 to renew your mind. Be not conformed
to this world by renewing of your mind. That is called working out your salvation with Godly
reverence. So weve trained our minds wrongly all these years so now we are now in the process
of growing in Christ. Learning new things and unlearning the ways of Egypt.

Proverbs 11:9 Through knowledge shall the righteous ones be delivered into their inheritance.

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You will come out of that struggle through knowledge. When you discover who you are, you begin
to walk that way. This is one of the reasons that you have to understand righteousness. If you dont
understand righteousness the devil will whip you at every count. You have to know this. You have
to know what belongs to you in Christ Jesus and stand your ground.

Hebrews 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a
babe. When you dont understand the teaching about righteousness you are maturing. You do not grow
in righteousness because it is a gift. You are as righteous as God is. You greatest weapon on the face of
the earth is your understanding of righteousness.

Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of
the devil.

Ephesians 6:14-17 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the
breastplate of righteousness; (15) And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
(16) Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts
of the wicked. (17) And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word
of God:

Sword of the spirit is the word

of God in the mouth of a child
of God. Sword of the spirit is
the sword of that human
spirit. Greek word for mouth is
stoma the sharp edge of a
sword. To do battle against
forces of darkness. Not
fighting against them but in the
fight of faith. Its a fight of
faith! Which means you must
know your rights.

Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. I
love R.W Schambach. Thats the best way to explain this scripture.

Think of a Boxer who fights for the championship. Usually their wives dont come to watch the match.
They dont even watch it on TV. By the time of the match they usually engage in some knitting to take
their minds away from the fight. So this boxer is fighting for the Million Dollar championship. So he
fights and fights and breaks his ribs and cheekbones and has cuts in his face and finally he wins. Hes
the champ now. He comes home with the million dollar cheque and tells his wife Honey, this is what I
got. Put this in our joint bank account. Now this is the champion who has conquered. He is a conqueror.
His wife is more than a conqueror! Thats the point. She did no fighting nor took no beating but has the
million dollar joint account with her husband. Same thing in Christ. Jesus Christ went on the cross died
for us conquered the world, conquered satan, conquered death and sin and has the keys of hell and death
and gave us the victory. Romans 8:17 joint-heirs with Christ. Christ and His bride. So now all you
have to do is to cash the cheque. You dont need to fight the battle. The battle is over. The only fight is
to cash the cheque which is the fight of faith. When you have an attack, dont fight. Stand your ground
on the promise of God which is the cheque. That woman doesnt go to fight if she needs money. She
has faith in the cheque and that the cheque is real and trust what the husband told was true and goes to
the bank and gets the money. Same in our fight of faith. We say Jesus died on the cross for me. He was
raised from the dead and proved to be the Son of God. I am in Christ. I have the life giving life which
is the Zoe life. Life that produces life. Life which needs no supply from outside. Its a fountain which
flows from within. I put my trust and hold on to my confession and cash the cheque. Thats the fight of

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faith. You dont have to do nothing. Just cash the cheque! There is nothing to conquer. We are more
than conquerors. The battle is won!

That life that has been given to us is the rightness of God in the human spirit. When you are born
again that thing that is fulfilled in your life that impartation of divinity of your spirit is the
rightness of God. That comes to you by nature. That very nature of God that character of divinity
in you produces right-standing in the presence of God. We are partakers of the divine nature.

2 Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye
might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through
lust.

When you get here you are not going to ask God for things anymore. What are you going to ask Him
for?
Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of
use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

That is to say they know when the devil is giving them the wrong is thought. They know when the
prayer request is the wrong one. The devil is whispering You better pray about this right now. You
better ask God to give you money. You better possess your possessions. We are not trying take back
what the devil took. Thats unscriptural. We are not trying to take back what the devil took because
Jesus already got it back! You dont know who we are. Thats why you are talking that way. We are
not trying to fight to get. The devil knows who we are. We are the ones that need to know who we are.
This is what righteousness gives us. Right-standing in the presence of God. You can stand in the
presence of God without a sense of guilt, inferiority or condemnation. It is an ability. It is in you. You
are born that way when you were born again. You have become a member of the family of God. You
have become a child of the Heavenly Father.

That righteousness gives you the ability to stand in the presence of the devil and all the cohorts of hell
without a sense of intimidation. Thats why we cannot be afraid of the devil. When you understand
righteousness you cannot be intimidated. Righteousness gives you the mastery. This is the life of a
Christian. We have the ability and the power of attorney to use the name of Jesus Christ which is the
greatest name there could ever be. No demon hatched out of hedis can stand against us. When you
understand righteousness it gives you the spirit of dominion. Everywhere you go, there is no fear. There
are Christians who are asking for deliverance. They dont understand righteousness. So they need to be
delivered today and tomorrow and on and on. They need special prayer because they are babes. 1
Corinthians 3:1-3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal,
even as unto babes in Christ. (2) I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were
not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. (3) For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is
among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

What was their problem? They couldnt understand righteousness. Thats the life that has brought us
into the presence of the Father. We dwell there now. We live there now. We are not sinners! We are
called the very righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21 For He (God) hath made him to be sin for
us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Jesus was NOT made a sinner for us.

Jesus was made sin for us.
If Jesus were made a sinner for us we would have become righteous people.
Jesus was made sin for us so that we became the righteousness of God. We became that very
thing which makes God right.

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We havent applied these things in our lives. Listen Jesus was not made to be a sinner. He was not
made to be a sin offering. He was made to be sin. That very nature that makes a man commit sin.
The very embodiment of sin. Jesus was made that thing so that we might become the righteousness
of God. We did not become righteous people. We became the righteousness of God. We became
that very thing which makes God right. Jesus was the righteousness of God. (Hebrews 1:3) Then
He died for us buried for us when God raised Him up we were raised together and now seated
together with Him on the throne (Ephesians 2:6). So we have become the brightness of Gods glory
the effulgence of Gods glory. We are the brightness of His Kingdom. We are now the symbol of
Gods righteousness. We are Gods credentials of His righteousness. In other words what makes
God righteous is us. It is free. The gift of righteousness. Those who receive it have become masters
over devil demons.

What we have to do is to train ourselves in this. Get to know this. Train ourselves in this
understanding. Get to talk it. There is a language for the child of God. We dont speak according
to the world. 1 Corinthians 2:7-8 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden
wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: (8) Which none of the princes of
this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

We cannot say I may fail.. because we do not fail! The babe has not understood this. He talks his fear,
he talks his lack, he talks his inability. Hes still speaking from the wisdom of this world. The world
has taught him a language. He says I am scared. In Christ we cannot be scared!

Here is the power of God. The power of God is the wisdom of God.

Thats why James said Count it all joy when ye fall into diverse tests.

Count it all joy.

I want you to get the Word of God

in your heart till fear and doubt has
no power over you. Let the Holy
Spirit always move: Speak in
tongues. The very establishment for
me is the Word of God. It is not on
any other line.

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Audio Tape 5
The bible says its the heathen, the unconverted, the sinners, one who are not born again that is hopeless.
We read that during the last service. They are hopeless and without God in the world. (Ephesians 2:12)
Someone who is not born again is in deep deep trouble. Its not even the issue of hell. No its not even
hell. Because hell is a place of waiting. Its a place of suffering but it is a place of waiting. Thats not
the last place for the unconverted. He still has to go to the lake of fire which is different from hell. Hell
has fire. The lake of fire doesnt have fire! It is fire. Its liquid fire like lava. Its all fire. The bible says
that hell will be cast into the lake of fire. So hell is small compared to the lake of fire. Thats the main
place and theres nobody there yet. Nobody has gone to the lake of fire yet because hell is where some
people could have gone to. Hell is a place of torment a place of no return but they are going to go all
together with the hell to the lake of fire. Thats big trouble. On earth the Bible says that the unconverted
is without God and he is hopeless and is estranged from the covenants of
promise. His alienated from the life of God. Thats terrible. So when you
think about those things youll realise why we must preach the Gospel
because there is no other way. The Bible says there is no other name under
heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12) Outside of
Jesus its no way out. Jesus said I am the way, the truth and the life. No man
cometh to the Father but by me. So anybody can go through any other way
but you are sure not getting to the Father. You are going to get some place
else. There are people who dont like that. But thats their trouble. Jesus
already said it and I believe Jesus.
So we got to talking about
righteousness because if we
are to change hopeless
situations we must have the
qualification to be able to do that. Number one
qualification is righteousness. I want
to go a step further and look at righteousness a bit
more.
So we got here from James 5 remember?

James 5:16-18 Confess your faults one to

another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much. (17) Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he
prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years
and six months. (18) And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth
her fruit.

We found out that Elijah was given as an example of a righteous man and from knowing Elijahs life
from the Bible we knew he was not a perfect man in terms of his actions. So God must have a different
definition of righteousness. So we began to
study that. We have found a few things since
then. Righteousness is the nature of God. No
one could be righteous because
righteousness is a characteristic of divinity.
Righteousness is the rightness of God. It is
the quality of being right. If you can be
wrong somewhere you cannot be righteous.
The very fact that you can come up wrong
with something means that there is
unrighteousness with you. No one could be
righteous. Only God. So righteousness

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could only be associated with the divine one. God Almighty. Praise the Lord. He is the only one that is
righteous. Nobody could be.
So in the Old Testament God gave the children of Israel laws and He expected obedience. They tried
but they failed because they did not have it in them to obey righteous laws. They fell short.
Go to Romans 3:23.

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

This very scripture I memorised it when I was about 8 years old. Its
been in me ever since. You know if you attended a good church
when you were much younger, by now you should know you gained
quite a lot. You may not have liked it when they forced you to go to
church. At least there are some things you must have picked from
there and you look back and you say Thank God. I see people today
during the Loveworld Ministerial College exams they are trying to
cram the books of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. I learnt that
before I was 12. They put it in us. Praise God. I think it worked.
Maybe it didnt work for some fellow out there but it worked for me.

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of

God;
So the glory left them. God
was the only one who was
righteous and so He decided
to do something about it.

Romans 3:21-22 But now a

righteousness from
God without the law is
manifested, being witnessed
by the law and the prophets;

There is the righteousness from the law where you have to

qualify for it. You have to prove that you are guiltless but they couldnt. So God brought another
righteousness. Now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested. There is a righteousness
from God without the law.

Romans 3: 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon
all them that believe: for there is no difference:
(24) Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Everybody has sinned and come short of the glory so God comes in and justifies everybody through
Jesus Christ.

Romans 3:24-27 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
(25) Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his
righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; (26) To
declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which
believeth in Jesus. (27) Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but
by the law of faith.

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So where is boasting then? No need for the holier than thou attitude that some people carry. Its not
because of your good fasting, its not because youve got a lot of scriptures in your head, its not because
youve been in Sunday School since you were young, its not because you have not murdered like the
other guys, its not because you have not stolen like others where is boasting then? No need to boast.
It is excluded?
By what law? Law of works? There is a law of works. The law of works says I give alms to the poor. I
pray 7 times a day. I read the Bible 5 hours a day.
You remember the two guys who came to the house of God? One guy was asking God for forgiveness.
He wouldnt even raise his head. The other guy smiled and said What else could I do for you? Ive been
so wonderful. I give alms for the poor. Ive done so much. You must bless me of course! Jesus said The
publican went away justified and the Pharisee who was boasting remained there without justification.
What is Jesus saying? That every day you want to pray you say Who am I?? No!! Thats not what Jesus
is trying to teach you. People always try to get the wrong stuff out of what Jesus said. Jesus was not
saying every time you want to pray out your head down dont raise it up and say Oh forgive me! Here
I am again. Poor wretched sinner. Thats not what He is teaching us.

A righteousness without the law. It had been brought to light. A righteousness without looking at your
works. He justifies you freely by His grace. Romans 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded.
By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Faith is a law. Well talk about that some
other time.
Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude
that a man is justified by faith
without the deeds of the law.
Is it possible to be justified without
works? Emphatically yes. Look at it
right there.

Romans 3:28 Therefore we

conclude that a man is justified by
faith without the deeds of the law.

Go to Romans 4

Romans 4:1-3 What shall we say

then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? (2) For if Abraham were
justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. (3) For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

Abraham believed God. He didnt work so hard. Thats what Paul is telling us here. What does the Bible
say? The Bible doesnt say Abraham worked so hard and it was counted to him for righteousness. The
Bible says Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Righteousness was
awarded to him for his believing.

Its great to believe. Its wonderful to believe. There are people who say Well I dont believe it. Im very
hard to convince. Nobody can just convince me like that! Im hard o. You know what God does? God
doesnt try to convince you. Hell leave you. James 4:6 and Proverbs 3:34 God resisteth the proud,
but giveth grace unto the humble. Hell leave you with all your pride and boasting. Go to the next guy.
Do you want me? And the guy says crying Yes Lord! And the Lord just fills him. Thats the way God
is. Hes not out there to prove Himself. He is God. Who put the sun there and who out the moon?
Theres sufficient proof. You dont believe that? Leave it alone.

Lets go back to Romans.

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Romans 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

In other words when you work for it or qualify for something by virtue of your deeds the reward doesnt
come to you as a gift. It comes to you as a payment. So you are owed and someone has to pay you. That
person is in debt. So they have to pay you.

Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him (God) that justifieth the ungodly,
his faith is counted for righteousness.

To him that does not work but believes on God who justifies the ungodly that mans faith is counted
to him as righteousness.

God who justifies the ungodly. This man in ungodly and God comes in and says You are righteous.

You see? No matter how religious you may be or no matter how you are trained in the Bible or how
many collars you wear or how long your robe may be if you cant believe this you dont have a
Gospel. This is the Gospel. Its no Gospel, if you could just do well, if you just could qualify or if you
just could be righteous and God will bless you. Thats not Good News. Everybody knows that. Thats
not Gospel. If you were told if you work and Ill pay you thats not good news because you ought to
be paid when you work but they say everybody come!

Romans 4:5 But to him that

worketh not, but believeth on
Him (God) that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted
for righteousness.

The man whos been evil and

ungodly then he has faith in
Jesus the blood of Jesus
Christ speaks salvation for his
poor lost soul. When that man
extends his faith toward God,
God looks at him and wipes
away all of his past and counts him a righteous man for
having faith in the blood of Jesus.

Some people say Those people say they are Christians but they are not even perfect! That fellow says
hes a Christian but I dont think he is.

Does it matter what you think? That man has a gift. The gift of righteousness. God has credited
something to his account.

Look at it. These two guys are coming up here and they know each other. They stand here and a man
comes and says Whats your name? and he says My name is John James. Then he says Good John
James, 10 million dollars just got credited to your bank! Here are the papers come sign this. So John
James has signed and his friend Robinson is looking at him. I know you! You dont have nothing. You
are poor! Then John James signs the document and takes the papers with him and he doesnt look
different. His still in the same old clothes and Robinson is looking at him but this guy is saying Wow!
Im rich! And Robinson says You dont look like it. It doesnt matter what he looks like, theres
something in the bank. Do you understand? It doesnt matter what I look. That news changed my life.
Hallelujah! Robinson you just watch me.

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We may not look righteous. It doesnt matter what we look. We may not feel righteous. It doesnt
matter how we feel. So long as we endorse this news. Endorse it for yourself. Ive endorsed it. I
am righteous doesnt matter what you think I am righteous.

Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith
is counted for righteousness.

Someone said Faith is not important. Holiness is!

Without faith you cannot be holy.
Someone said Faith is not everything, without love..
Brother without faith you cannot have love.

The Bible says in Hebrews 11:6 Without faith it is absolutely impossible to please God. You cannot
please God without God.

Now look at this.

Romans 4:6-8 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God
imputeth righteousness without works, (7) Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are
forgiven, and whose sins are covered. (8) Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute
sin. (Psalm 32:1-2)

Paul is quoting from the Old

Testament.

In the old covenant their sins

were covered for a year. After
the sacrifice that great day of
atonement you could walk
away Whoo Im free! Until next
year.
But in the New Testament our
sins are not covered. People say
My sins are covered with the
blood of Jesus! We are not
covered in the blood of Jesus.
Our sins are not covered in the blood of Jesus. Our sins were washed away. Not covered. They are not
there anymore.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be
not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of
themselves with mankind, (10) Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (11) And such were some of you: but ye are
washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit
of our God.

Such were some of you but you are washed, you are sanctified you are justified in the
name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

Its not a promise. We are not going to get this when we get into the sweet by and by. This is NOW! 1
John 3:2 NOW are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that,
when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.

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How could god produce sons who are unrighteous? It doesnt make spiritual sense. How could it be?

People are struggling to get what God has given to them. Man cannot be righteous. So what does
man do? He has to take unto him the righteousness of God. In Christ Jesus man becomes all
that God wants him to be. This is the Gospel!

Gospel is not Do very well, live very righteous and youll go to heaven. Everybody knows that. If I
could make it, Ill get to heaven. Thats not good news. But tell me you dont have to qualify just accept
Jesus Christ, confess him the Lord over your life receive His qualification (Hes already done the exams
He lived the life you ought to live and died the death you ought to have died).

Romans 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier
of him which believeth in Jesus.

In other words God unveils His righteousness by declaring a man who is unrighteous to be
righteous! Its out of Gods righteousness that He declares an ungodly man righteous. God is
qualified to do this.

Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ:

Peace here doesnt mean quietness. You know when two nations that have been at war and now theres
peace between them.
God gave us His righteousness, so we could become like Him and be at peace. We are at peace with
God now.

Righteousness is the rightness of God which is the nature of God that is imparted into the human spirit.
It is the life of Almighty God imparted to your spirit. Aside from that that righteousness gives you
rightstanding. Once you have that righteousness imparted to your spirit, now you can stand in the
presence of God, you have access.

Romans 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice
in hope of the glory of God.

Which means we can come to the door and God is not going to say Hey what are you doing here?
You unrighteous and unholy fellows? No. You just walk in. Now you are in His presence. We have
access by faith into this grace wherein we stand we dont go out anymore. We have come to abide.
We have come to rest. We are there now. Standing in the presence of God without a sense of guilt,
inferiority or condemnation rather it gives us boldness in His presence.

Ephesians 2:18 For through him we both (Jews and Gentiles) have access by one Spirit unto the
Father.

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We dont need to go through nobody to go to the
Father. We are in the presence of the Father now by
Jesus now. We dont pray through anybody but the
name of Jesus. We ask in His name. Free access.
You can talk to Him all by yourself.
This is the same God who stepped on Mount Sinai
and burnt with flames, great sparks just for
stepping on it and the children of Israel were so
scared. They said Moses please tell God to stop
talking. There were thundering and lightning and the
Bible tells so terrible was the sight that even Moses
was afraid that day. You know people they talked
about God and they dont know Him. If He showed
up, you wouldnt faint. You are finished!

Ephesians 3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of Him.

See why we talk the way we do? In Him we have boldness and access with confidence. Hallelujah!
How can know this and keep it to yourself. If you really know it you want to tell everybody and you
feel sorry for everybody who dont know it. Did you notice? In whom we have boldness and access
with confidence by the faith of Him Not my faith by the faith of Him. By His faith as in Galatians
2:20. Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in
me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me,
and gave himself for me.

His faith imparted to my spirit. By His faith working on my behalf that He could trust that if I would
hear, I would believe and it will work for me.

Hebrews 12:2 says Jesus Christ the initiator and the consummator of my faith who for the joy that
was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame.
Jesus Christ knew that if I would hear that He died for me I would have faith in Him and follow Him
so for that joy He had faith in me and died for me. He had faith that I would believe Him and went
ahead and died on the cross.
See why your prayers can work? Because you are in His presence. You dont come to Him anymore.
You came that day you gave your heart to Christ. You dont have to come anymore. People say Father
we come to you in the name of Jesus No you dont. When did you go?
These are babies and they are unskilful in the word of righteousness. They have no experience in the
doctrine of righteousness. They do not understand the doctrine of righteousness. They dont know it.
So their Christian life is when things are going alright God is wonderful and when things start heating
up Pray for me!!!

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of need.

Here when Paul is saying Let us therefore come boldly what is he saying here? Understand Paul.
Understand his perception. Paul is not saying here Lord I come boldly. Dont come. You are there. What
Paul is saying here is Come up bold.

Here we both are in the presence of Daddy and Im saying Daddy I want this and that and I want to
do this and the other guys is saying Daddy.. Daddy.. I just want you to know.. I just want you to know
that I have this plan of you know I just want to.. I want to you know Daddy I hope you understand

And Daddy says Come up bold.. Speak up!

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Daddy is not telling him to come into the room because hes already in the room. I like it in the
Rotherhams Emphasised Version:

Hebrews 4:16 [Rotherhams Emphasised Version]

Let us then be approaching with freedom of speech, unto the throne of favour

You have freedom of speech to talk to God to obtain mercy in the time of need.

Dont start begging and pleading. Come up bold! Talk bold. He wants to hear your voice. 1 Corinthians
3:21 says all things are yours. So talk boldly.

He gave us access. When are you going to use it? You come in dont go away anymore. If I were you I
wouldnt go out anymore. We dont go back. Stay right in.

Psalms 16:11 in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Why would I go out? To where again? Hebrews 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also
hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

Outside His rest there are

struggles. Im not going there
anymore.

I am the righteousness of God.

We are His trophies. Did you
know that? You may look at
you now and say What am I?
Ill tell you. You are the
righteousness of God in Christ
Jesus. The trouble with a lot of
Gods people is that they dont
know who they are. They have been told for so long to struggle and get better. You couldnt get
better. You cannot improve on perfect.

What do you do? Now start training yourself in that life. You cannot be a better human being. If
you are human you are human.

We do not grow in righteousness. We do not become more righteous. Righteousness is the

nature of God.
We can only increase in our understanding of the subject of righteousness.

When a baby in born he is human. He cant walk. That doesnt mean he is not human.
When you are born again you are righteous. Then you train yourself in this life that God has
given you. Which is also known as the salvation of the soul which we work with Godly
reverence. Your spirit is imparted with righteousness then you work it out. (Philippians 2:12)

Philippians 3:7-9 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. (8) Yea
doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my
Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win

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Christ, (9) And be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but
that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

And be found in Him I want to be found in Him. When the Lord checks us and looks at us examines
us I want to be found in Him
Not having my own righteousness which comes from qualification by works but I want to be found
with the righteousness which is from God by faith. I dont want my righteousness to answer for me I
want Gods righteousness to answer for me. I lay down my righteousness I count it as dung but I win
the righteousness of God and I take that to myself I want to be found not in my righteousness but in
Gods righteousness. So if you want to examine my righteousness, then look at Gods righteousness. I
couldnt improve on perfect because Gods righteousness is perfect.

Im wearing His robe. The robe of righteousness. He has given us His righteousness. A righteousness
from God without the law is manifested. And I take it.

Righteousness produces faith. Romans 10:17 Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of
God. But righteousness produces it.

Romans 9:30-33 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after
righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. (31) But
Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
(32) Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For
they stumbled at that stumblingstone; (33) As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone
and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

The Gentiles who didnt care about righteousness they have attained the righteousness i.e. the
righteousness of faith. But Israel the Jews who followed after the law of works have not attained to the
law of righteousness. Why? Because they didnt seek it by faith but as it were by the works of the law.
Those who wanted to get the righteousness through their own qualifications they couldnt get it. Why?
Because they sought it not by faith but by the works of the law.

In other words even if you did everything right without receiving Gods righteousness it still
wouldnt be enough.

They think because theyve done their works now God should bless them and take them in. Do they
know God? No!! Do they love God? No! But they have done the works according to the law of Moses.
2 Corinthians 3:6 the letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life. They say I havent killed, I havent stolen
I havent told much lies so therefore I am better than 95% of the whole world population so I should
make it to heaven. That particular righteousness is human righteousness which in the eyes of God is
like filthy rags. In the eyes of God when a man brags or boasts about his righteousness its like a filthy
rag the literal meaning is like a used toilet paper. In the eyes of God when someone talks like that about
his righteousness, he is like a used toilet paper to God. (Isaiah 64:6)

Philippians 3:9 - And be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the
law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

When people want to pray and they want results, they think Ive been ok last week. I have not sinned
last two weeks. I want something from God. Im going to fast 1 week and I dont want anything to
damage this relationship with God.
So they are praying and checking themselves. 1 week and have been cool. You know what they are
doing? They are like Israel, trying to attain righteousness by their own qualifications. Brothers and
sisters it will not work. It will fail.

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God doesnt answer you because you didnt sin last week, last month or last year. He doesnt answer
you because your good works outweigh your bad works.

There is only one reason God answers you. God answers you because He sees you righteous. He gave
you His righteousness and so on His part He sees you complete in Christ. Hes not looking at your
wrongs.

Somebody is saying Are you telling me that if I do something wrong God will answer my prayer? YES!

Are you telling me.. that we can go on and live anyhow?

Listen Gods people dont live anyhow. I dont understand people who are trying to straighten people
up. Straighten up yourself. The word of God straightens you up. The Word of God shows you who you
are and you say Am I that? And God says Yes you are. And you answer that call and stand up on that
and you become that man.

Someone asks Is that a license to sin?

You were sinning even before the
license was given. So what difference
does it make? The children of Israel
broke the law even when they were
under the law, so now the law is
abolished does that mean you are
called to sin. The person who asks that
question is not truly born again. He
doesnt have the inner righteousness in
him. The righteous man does not need
a law. When you confess Jesus as the
Lord over your life that does it. That
was a confession not a mockery.

God is not saying if you dont straighten up with this I am not going to answer your prayer. If the
Lord ever told you that He will not answer your prayer that contradicts His word and you can take
Him up on that. 2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God in Him (Christ) are yea, and in Him
Amen. He will never tell you This time I will not answer!

Someone said I was praying and a voice spoke to me and said if you dont take that thing away I will
not answer you!
That was not the Voice of God. He will not say I will not answer you.

1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according
to his will, he heareth us: (15) And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that
we have the petitions that we desired of him.

Anything according to His will It means ask anything according to His Word! For example dont
say to the Lord Father I want to go and live on Mars. You know why? Because the Bible says If any
two or three shall agree on earth.. Now when you get out of the earth and you stand there in Mars,
God is not going to answer any agreement prayer there. You are in trouble!

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Psalms 115:16 The
heaven, even the
heavens, are the
LORD'S: but the earth
hath he given to the
children of men.

Luke 18:1 that men

ought always to pray,
and not to faint;

When you function on

earth you are
functioning as
men. When
you pray Men ought
always to pray because
God ought always to answer.
When you get out of the earth to live someplace else He gave the earth for men to live and you go
someplace else you dont pray there because the prayer will be heard when you are on earth. When
you go there brother you are in trouble.

Take it seriously. If I said that at NASA theyll try to arrest me. Im not against them I like what they
are doing because it will benefit the whole world. But they are talking about living there. Im not
moving!! Glory!

When you are born again you are declared righteous. You are born that way. You dont have to get it
again! When you were born again you became from that very hour the righteousness of God in Christ
Jesus.

Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness
quietness and assurance for ever. The work of righteousness is peace.
The effect of righteousness is stillness and confidence.

In this life you

have assurance
forever. No more fear or
worry because
righteousness is producing
that effect in
you.
Hallelujah!

Quietness calmness a
place of rest.
Isaiah 30:15 in quietness
and in confidence shall be
your strength:.

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Hebrews 11:1 - Faith is the substance of the things hoped for. The confident assurance that we
do not see is real. Thats coming from the effect of righteousness. So the effect of
righteousness is faith.

When you know you are righteous you would pray a prayer that will turn things around
because there is no fear, or lack of assurance anymore. There is stillness and assurance. No
more fear or doubt. Is it going to happen? No! There is a calmness. Stillness. There is assurance.

The work of righteousness shall be peace.

The effect of righteousness shall be stillness and assurance not for 2 days for ever. Amen.

God hears you because you are in His presence. The only problem Gods people have when they pray
and dont get answers is not God who is not answering. Now if you have done something wrong or you
are living in sin and the answers are not coming I want to tell you its not because God is not answering!!
Its you! God has answered you couldnt receive because your heart was not right. You are the one who
is not walking in faith.

Faith works by love. (Galatians 5:6)

When you are faith is not working, dont look at Gods side.

Its like youve got a radio and you tune that thing and nothing is coming up. So you take the telephone
and call Radio Nigeria. Hello could I speak to the Managing Director? I cant get anything on my radio
whats wrong with all of you?? Why arent you not transmitting anything???

The guy on the other ends says Check your device brother!

The problem most likely is to be on your side.

God is not trying to answer your prayer. He already passed it into law. Whatsoever things ye desire
when ye pray, believe that ye receive them and ye shall have them!
When you ask Him He will not answer. If He did that I want to ask Him a question.

1 Corinthians 3:21-23 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; (22) Whether
Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come;
all are yours; (23) And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

Those who live on milk. That

milk says Ask and it shall be
given you. Seek and ye shall
find. Knock and it shall be
opened unto you. When you
grow up you discover no need
for to ask that kind of asking.
What you need is to take what
belongs to you. When you grow
you discover what youve been
asking has been made available
to you all the time. When you
are a little kid Mommy water!
Im hungry! As you grow up
you say Mommy and she says Go get it. Now you can open the refrigerator by yourself. You can boil
that water fix your breakfast.

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As you grow in Christ you dont say Oh God give me! Youll find that it has been given to you all the
time and by your faith you take that which belongs to you. So you say In the name of Jesus devil take
your hands off my money.. Father thank you for my job. I got a new job. I thank you for my children.

When you are a child you say Father protect us tonight. When you grow up you say I banish every
damn devil from this place in the name of the Lord Jesus. Theres a difference. When you are travelling
you dont say Father protect us as we go and come through again. You say I declare the road free from
accidents today in the name of Jesus!!

I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus Sin has no power over me!
I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus Sin has no power over me!
God has already accepted me Im His, His very own!
God has already accepted me Im His, His very own!
Great it is to dream the dream;

When you stand in youth by the

starry stream.

But greater thing is to fight life

through;

And say at the end the dream is true.

Pastor John Osteen

Audio Tape 6
If I know that I am a righteous man then I know that my prayer will work but if I do not know whether
or not I am a righteous man I would have doubts. If I know that I am unrighteous I dont even have a
right of appeal. Here studying the word of God weve found out something about righteousness and we
are learning to understand righteousness from Gods point of view.
Righteousness is not primarily right living. Right living is the product of righteousness. A lot of people
think that righteousness from the Bible means right living. No. Right living which you may call as
righteousness as a synonym is only a product of righteousness. Righteousness gives us right-standing.
Right standing is the ability to stand in the presence of God or a qualification to stand in the presence
of God without a sense of guilt, condemnation or inferiority. Then righteousness produces the rightness

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of God in the human spirit. The ability to do right which is the character of God. Living right.
Righteousness itself is a nature. Its the nature of God.
We talked about righteousness as a legal conferment righteousness as something God has to give
legally it is reckoned to us legally and also that righteousness is a nature. We were declared righteous
legally. Hallelujah. Because of what Jesus Christ did for us. That is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We were
declared righteous.

Romans 3:21 But now a righteousness from God without the law is manifested, being witnessed
by the law and the prophets;
Hes talking about a righteousness apart from the law is manifested. This righteousness is not
attained or achieved by the works of the law but by hearing of faith.
There was a righteousness of
God that came because you
qualified for it by the works of
the law. You had to live right to
get that kind of righteousness
you had to do right things to
become righteous. That was a
certain kind of righteousness
but now the Bible says the
righteousness of God without
that king of qualifications
through the works of the law
has been unveiled.

Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon
all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Now you have the righteousness by faith. What do you mean by faith? This means that because of what
Jesus Christ did for us we have become righteous.

2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died
for all, then were all dead:
If one person died for everybody, then everybody died. Because He died for everybody. In other words
if somebody paid for everyone then everyone has paid. We dont owe anything because somebody paid
for us. 2 Corinthians 5:15-16 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth
live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. (16) Wherefore henceforth
know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now
henceforth know we him no more.
Hes talking about we used to know him as a Jew. We knew Him after the flesh now henceforth know
we Him no more. We used to recognise people according to Are you a Gentile? Are you a Jew? Are you
an American or Indian or a Nigerian? Now we dont recognise anybody according to the flesh. We
dont look at the flesh. We look at what Jesus did for you.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new.
It doesnt matter what he looks like whether hes black or white or yellow or purple. If he is in Christ
he is a new creation. He may have juju marks on his body doesnt matter now. May have come from
a lineage of native doctors or witch doctors dedicated to juju. Now that he is born again he is a new
creation doesnt have to go back and say I remove this marks. Dont need that.
I hear that some people say that they need to be rededicated because they were once dedicated to juju.
Thats wrong. The day you came into Christ you were severed from the past. Hallelujah! Completely.
You are no longer connected to that past. You dont need to go back and start praying about your past.
If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things are passed away. The Bible doesnt say old
things shall pass away old things are passed away including the juju marks. The marks remain in your

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body but the covenant between or your daddy and that juju or the demon is gone forever. You dont
ever have to pray about it anymore.
They say you have to be released from the curse. Your great grand pa was under the curse and you come
from a place that has been cursed. So you have to be released from that curse. When you are born again
you are automatically released from every curse. Because the Bible says that you are called to inherit a
blessing. You cannot be even cursed anymore.
If any man be in Christ he is a new creation. He may not feel that way but he still is. He may not think
he is but he sure is. Do you understand? Old things are passed away and all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:18 And all things

are of God, who hath reconciled us
to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath
given to us the ministry of
reconciliation;
Now if you have something in your life
which is not of God you can rebuke it
and tell it to leave you. Because all
things now are of God. All the new
things that have come into your life are
of God. If you ever turn around and
find something that you think is not of
God, something that hurts or binds or
demeans you you have the right to tell it to go and its got to go. James 4:7 Resist the devil and he
will flee.

2 Corinthians 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing
their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
God is not mad at them. God is not imputing their trespasses against them. Not counting their sins
against them and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:20-21 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you
by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. (21) For he hath made Him (Jesus
Christ) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
God made Jesus to be sin. He bore our sins and became sin for us. He became the very embodiment of
sin. The very nature of sin. Not only did He bare our sins He was made sin with our sins. The reason
for Him being made sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of God. As our sins were laid
on Him, His righteousness was laid on us and He became sin with our sin and we became righteous
with Him righteousness. This was all legal. It was legal for God to make Him our sin bearer and by
becoming our sin bearer to become sin. John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
How come Jesus likened Himself to a serpent? That whosoever that looketh unto him shall be saved.
He became sin that we may become the righteousness of God. It was legal because the one who did it
was born of divine blood. Romans 3:23 All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. For man
to be delivered God had to send one who was not corrupted with the sin of Adam. So Jesus was born
of a virgin. Being born of a virgin the life of a sinful man was never transmitted into Him. A woman
doesnt give life to a baby. A woman only gives the body to a baby. The life of a child comes from the
man. Jesus received His body from Mary but received His life from the Word of God. The Word became
flesh and dwelt among us. He was never corrupted by the sin of Adam. He was perfect. John 14:30
the prince of this world (satan) cometh and hath nothing in me. So He couldnt die until He laid down
His life. John 10:17-18 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might
take it again. (18) No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it
down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

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If it was legal for God to make Jesus our sin bearer, and thus become sin for us it was also
perfectly legal for Him to make us His righteousness bearer and therefore become His
righteousness.
Romans 3:23-26 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (24) Being justified
freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: (25) Whom God hath set forth
to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins
that are past, through the forbearance of God; (26) To declare, I say, at this time his
righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

In the Old Testament they had the covering of sins because they had to sacrifice bulls and goats for their
sins. Atonement means the covering of sins. Their sins were covered by the blood of that bull. The
Bible says that it was not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. (Hebrews 10:4)
The sins were only covered for a year. Sins were not taken away.
In the New Testament the sins are not covered. The sins are washed away. Remitted. Completely
removed. Washed away. Not covered. I still remember what I did!! God doesnt remember! How can
He not remember something I can remember?? Thats why He is God! Nothing is impossible with Him.
Your mind is still harbouring that thing. You still have it in the film of your mind. But God doesnt have
it. How come? When God says it doesnt exist it doesnt exist. Now can God see it in your mind? Yes
He can but He doesnt have a record of it. How can this be possible? Luke 18:27 - The things which are
impossible with men are possible with God.

Romans 3:24-25 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
(25) Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his
righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; What
does it mean?
Someone says Well that means things which are past, God has forgiven men all the sins which I
committed before I was born again. What about the ones I committed after I am born again?
Thats not what he is talking about here. Hes talking about the sins that were covered under the blood
of animals through the forbearance of God until Jesus came. Hes talking about all the sins from Adam
till Jesus came. They are all washed away!
You have a similar scripture in Hebrews.

Hebrews 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death,
for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called
might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Lets go back to Romans

Hes talking that it was perfectly legal. To legally make Jesus sin for us and by that legally make us
righteous.

Romans 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier
of him which believeth in Jesus.
Here at this time means in this dispensation.
In other words to declare Gods righteousness in this dispensation. Ok?
There are different dispensations. There was a dispensation without the law from Adam to Moses.
Then there was a dispensation of the law. Moses to Christ. You get it? Now we are in the
dispensation of grace. To declare Gods righteousness in this dispensation, I say. Do you
understand it now?
To declare, I say at this time His righteousness..
To declare, I say at this dispensation His righteousness..

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To declare His righteousness in this dispensation, I say.. Thats good English ha?
To declare His righteousness in this dispensation, I say: that He (God) might be righteous and the
righteousness of him (any man) who
believes in Jesus.
So God is the righteousness of the
man who believes in Jesus. God has
become your righteousness. Your
righteousness by works doesnt
matter anymore. He has become
your righteousness. He is
my righteousness.
Why is it so important that you
understand this? We already read
that the effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much. You
want your prayers to produce
tremendous results you have to have an understanding of righteousness. If you dont know it
you cannot appropriate it for your life. You dont know it you cant take advantage of it. 2 Timothy
2:1 Stand strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. How are you going to stand strong on
something that you dont know? Romans 5:17 they who have received the abundance of grace and
the gift of righteousness shall reign in life. They will live the life of dominion.
The prophets foresaw this.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;

You know some people they say they get some power from some juju priest and if any weapon is
fired against then the thing would be deflected by the supernatural power that they got from that
native doctor. Weve got something bigger than that. Why is it that so many of Gods people live
in fear? Because they do not know! Some are even destroyed because of their ignorance. Just
because someone is quoting scripture doesnt mean that he knows what he is talking about. God
doesnt want you to have it in your head, He wants you to have it in your heart so that you will
then have it in your mouth.

Isaiah 54:17 and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.

This makes us masters. What this man is talking about you can look in the New Testament and see
that it has come to pass. In the Old Testament it was a promise. In the New Testament we have
inherited it. It is now a statement of fact.

Isaiah 54:17 and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
Why? Because we cannot be judged anymore! We have already been judged. Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no judgement to then who are in Christ Jesus. We cannot be judged anymore
and every tongue that rises up against us in judgement thou shalt condemn. You condemn! Let
me show you another one:
God doesnt want you having a long face feeling sorry for yourself thinking that you are
condemned. Feeling sad for your life. Let the saints be joyful in glory. If nobody makes you happy
you make yourself happy. Just start laughing and the devil will ask Whom are you laughing at?
And you say Im laughing at you!
Psalms 149:5-9 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. (6) Let the
high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hand; (7) To execute
vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; (8) To bind their kings with

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chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; (9) To execute upon them the judgment written: this
honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Two edges sword hes talking about the word of God. The sword of the spirit.
(7) To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; (8) To bind their
kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
Talking about these demon gods running rampage all over the place. Instead of saying Oh God
deliver me from that devil. You ought to execute judgement.

(9) To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.

Satan has already been judged and who is to execute this judgement? We are the ones! He has been
dispossessed. We are authorised to execute the judgement. We come in and he runs. Thanks be
unto God.

Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise
against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD!!

Our righteousness is from the Lord!!

We stand against the devil and the devil says I know you! You are not righteous. You cant cast
me out! If you were righteous youll be able to cast me out. I say SHUT UP DEVIL! I have the
righteousness of God and I am the righteousness of God. You go in Jesus name.

But if you dont know this truth. That devil says You are not righteous! Its only pastor so and so
is righteous.. If he were here he can cast me out but I know you you are a sinner! You cant
cast me out!
He can even go as far as I will kill you!

One time I told a devil Come out! And he said Im not coming out! And I said You are coming
out in the name of Jesus. And he said Ill kill you!!! No! No!! a thousand times no. He doesnt
even have the ability plus that I cannot even be killed! How can you? Its not possible? What do
you mean kill? That thing can be killed has been removed a long time ago. We cannot be killed.
We are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. We can only lay down our lives. If we dont lay
it down by persecution we dont die!!! What do you mean kill? We are new creations in Christ
Jesus. You have to understand this! We are not ordinary people. their righteousness is of me,
saith the LORD!!
My righteousness is from the Lord!

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Philippians 3:9 And be found
in him, not having mine own
righteousness, which is of the
law, but that which is through
the faith of Christ,
the righteousness
which is of God by faith:

I dont want to be found with

my own righteousness. I want
to be found with
His righteousness.
My righteousness
doesnt count. I want His
righteousness. Brother your righteousness doesnt count. Its His righteousness that matters. Your
righteousness is as filthy rags so you dont need yours. Take unto you His righteousness.

People sing songs all over the churches: Grace grace!!

Amazing grace.. They are so glad for that grace and they say If it were not for Jesus we wouldnt
be standing here. Yeah I believe that. Then they go through suffering and their life is all down and
they go In the sweet by and by, we shall meet in the beautiful.. what do you mean in the sweet by
and by? What about today? What do you think God is like?
What is God waiting for? A church that is triumphant! A church that has put the devil down. A
church that is walking on the devil. Thats what he is coming for.

Romans 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they who receive
abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

They who receive not they who are given because everybody has been given. Some have received.
Everybody in the world has been given salvation in Christ because He died for everybody. Those
who have received it are those who are born again. Amen!
Romans 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive
abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

Righteousness is a gift. Have you received the gift of righteousness? If you are born again you have
received the gift of righteousness. Because righteousness is the gift of God. It is not a gift of God
it is the gift of God. God gives you only one gift and that gift is called the gift of righteousness.
That gift is also called eternal life. Zoe.

Another translation puts it this way

Romans 5:17 which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign as
kings in this life by one, Jesus Christ.)

Because its not talking about heaven. Why? Because you are not going to rein in heaven. You
have to understand this. You do not and cannot reign in heaven. You are not going to have subjects
to reign over in heaven. So the reigning has to be on this side of heaven. You have to reign over
circumstances, over devils, demons, and everything that raises up its head against the knowledge
of God. You have to reign over them. You have to teach them what to do. Show them what to do.
Put them in their places. In heaven everything is in its right place. You dont need to reign. You
are not going to subdue anything in heaven. Everything is perfect.

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Romans 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation;
in the same manner by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification
of life.
Because through Adam we were legally made sinners but through the last Adam Jesus Christ we
were legally made righteous. Hallelujah!

Romans 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of
one shall many be made righteous.

Is that clear now?

Romans 5:1 Therefore being declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ:

Peace brings fellowship. There is no

peace without fellowship. The peace
here is not quietness. Its oneness.
We are at peace with God. Like two
nations at war and now there is
peace. We open up our borders and
now we can move freely. There is
peace. We are one now. Good
relationship.

We are at peace now. God is not

against us.
Romans 5:2 By whom also we have
access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and
rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

We have access. Right standing. He has given us access into His presence. In the Old Testament
they didnt have access. Only the High Priest went once in a year into the presence of the Almighty
God to intercede for the people. They couldnt come into the presence of God they had to wait in
the outer court. When the high priest went into the presence of God once a year at the time he went
in he had a great chain with bells around the chain on his waist. Every step he took the bells would
ring and by hearing the sound of the bells the priests in the holy place knew that the high priest
who was in the most holy place was still alive. Because if the high priest went in there with sin
hell die on the spot. And then nobody went in to take his corpse they would pull him by the chain
because that was the presence of God. It was separated from the holy place where the priests were
by the great curtain which was called the veil. The inner veil. The priests were in the holy place
and the high priest went into the most holy place where the presence of God was and then the
people were in the outer court. So nobody could see into the presence of God. Brothers and sisters
when Jesus was hanging on that cross at a certain hour He cried out it is finished! When He did the
rocks began to crack and the earth began to quake and then the curtain in the temple that separated
the holy place from the most holy place was teared from top to bottom. Opening for everyone the
presence of God. What they had never seen before they all saw. Showing us that the presence of
Almighty God is now for everybody. You dont have to go through a priest to get to God you come
through Jesus. He said I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by
me. Romans 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and
rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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We have come in to the presence of God now. There is where we are now. We are not going to get
there. We are there. We have a right of appeal and we have right standing in the presence of God.
We have the ability to stand in His presence without a sense of guilt, condemnation or inferiority.
We are no longer inferior to Him. Because the righteousness we have is not the righteousness of
our qualification but His very righteousness. He couldnt be more righteous than we are because
the righteousness that we have is His own. He put it on us. He dressed us in it. When God looks at
us today He doesnt look at our sins because there is no sin there. He looks at our righteousness
because that righteousness is His righteousness.

1 Corinthians 5:19 says it was God Himself who was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself.
He brought God and man together. 1 Timothy 2:5 says that He (the man Christ Jesus) is the
mediator between God and man.

Talking about Jesus:

Colossians 1:17-22 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (18) And he is the
head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things
he might have the preeminence. (19) For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
(20) And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto
himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (21) And you, that
were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
(22) In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and
unreproveable in his sight:

Now hath He reconciled. Not shall He reconcile. Past tense.

He reconciled you to present you holy unblameable and unreproveable in His sight.

Colossians 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the
hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under
heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
As long as you are in the Gospel you are in the presence of God you are in the sight of God. In His
sight you are holy, unblameable, un reprovable. Men may blame you and look at you as unholy but
He says you are holy, unblameable, un reprovable.

Can you see why we can pray and expect an answer?

Speak in the presence of the Lord and expect things to turn out the way we said?
Can you see why we can change hopeless situations? Because we have a right of hearing in the
presence of the Almighty God. We are unblameable, unreprovable and holy because we are in His
very presence.

Hebrews 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle
and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I am holy. No matter what the devil thinks hes
still under my feet. Jesus defeated him and gave me the victory and he said to me to put him
where he belongs. Under your feet. Amen!

John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go
and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the
Father in my name, he may give it you.

1. You are ordained appointed, commissioned, and chosen to bring forth fruit. I am ordained
to be fruitful. I cannot do otherwise.

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 2. Fruit should remain Im ordained to produce lasting results. When I produce results they
remain and do no fail.
3. I am ordained to receive an answer to every prayer!

Can you pray? Prayers that change things?

Only Believe

William Branham

Audio Tape 7
We are dealing with understanding righteousness because James 5 says that the effectual fervent prayer
of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16-18 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one
for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
(17) Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not
rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. (18) And he prayed
again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
When we studied Elijahs life we found out that there were some problems with his life and therefore
we also found out that Gods definition of righteousness is different from mans definition of
righteousness. We found out from the word of God that righteousness is different from right living.
Right living is the product of righteousness. Righteousness is the very nature and the character of God.
Except a man is righteous he cannot live a righteous life. Right living is the product of righteousness.
You have to be righteous to live right. We found out that righteousness has been given to us legally.
This time I want to look at righteousness as our nature.

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In the Old Testament they only had righteousness only on
one side of the street. In other words righteousness was
given to them only as an award. Abraham believed God
and it was counted unto him for righteousness. God gave
Abraham righteousness as a result of his faith. Which
means that God is calling Abraham a righteous man.

Romans 4:1-3 What shall we say then that Abraham

our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? (2)
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath
whereof to glory; but not before God. (3) For what
saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was
counted unto him for righteousness.
The Bible doesnt say that Abraham worked so hard to be
righteous and
became
righteous.
Abraham
believed his believing was counted to him for
righteousness. His faith answered for his
righteousness.

Romans 4:4- 5 Now to him that worketh is the

reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. (5) But
to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that
justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for
righteousness. Abraham didnt perform
so well in such a way that God was so impressed
and called him righteous. No! The man didnt
qualify by his works. He just believed. He believed in
the God who justifies the ungodly. How can God be
just and justify the ungodly? Thats the legal
aspect of our redemption. He is just (righteous) and the
Bible shows that God in His made us righteous.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made
the righteousness of God in him.
In other words when Jesus Christ was on that cross representing us He was made sin with our sins. Our
sins were laid on Jesus. That we might be made the righteousness of God with His righteousness. He
bore our sins and became sin and we bore His righteousness and became righteous. Thats what the
Bible says. This is what you call the doctrine of substitution in systematic and scholastic theology.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made
the righteousness of God in him.
When was He made sin? The Bible says the reason He was made sin was for us to be made righteous.
So if He has been successfully made sin then of course we have been successfully made righteous. If a
man who knew no sin were made legally to become sin, by sin being laid on his spirit for him to become
sin (i.e. the very embodiment of sin) then it was perfectly possible and legal for a man who has been
sinful to become righteous by having righteousness laid on him.

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Romans 3:21-22 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed
by the law and the prophets; (22) Even the
righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ
unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no
difference:
Righteousness was laid on us bestowed on us as our sins
were laid or bestowed on Jesus. He became sin because of
our sins and we became righteous because of His
righteousness. So He took our sins and we took His
righteousness. Are you understanding this?
He became sin. That we might become the righteousness
of God.

Romans 4:5-8 But to him that worketh not, but believeth

on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for
righteousness. (6) Even as David also describeth the
blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth
righteousness without works, (7) Saying, Blessed are
they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are
covered. (8) Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will
not impute sin.
Thats what we just read. A righteousness apart from the
law. A righteousness without the works. A righteousness you can get from God without qualifying for
it by your own actions.

Romans 4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision
also?
I want you to follow the Spirits argument here.
Does this blessedness come upon the circumcision only? Or upon the uncircumcision only? Does this
blessing come upon the Jews only? Or also the Gentiles also?

Romans 4:10 for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. How was it then
reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in
uncircumcision.
In other words Abraham received the righteousness of God before he was circumcised.

Romans 4:11-16 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith
which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though
they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: (12) And the father
of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that
faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. (13) For the promise, that he
should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through
the righteousness of faith. (14) For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and
the promise made of none effect: (15) Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there
is no transgression. (16) Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise
might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the
faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

Abraham received the seal of the righteousness of the faith even before he was circumcised that he
(Abraham) might be the father of all them who believe even though they were not circumcised that
the righteousness might be imputed to them also. The promise that Abraham should be the heir of the
world was not to Abraham or to his seed was not to be through the law but to be through the
righteousness of faith. Because if they who are of the law become heirs then faith is made non-effect.

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Did you understand that? Because the law works wrath because if there is no law then there is no
transgression. So it is of faith that if might be through grace.
Abraham was called righteous not because he qualified but because he believed in God who justifies
the ungodly. So Abraham gave up his own righteousness and
accepted the righteousness of God.
Lets see how that worked and how this prayer worked. Elijah
prayed and God answered him irrespective of his actions.
Genesis 18. In this particular occasion God visited Abraham and
said to him Ive heard of Sodom. The cry of Sodom has come to me.
Sodom was a city of sinners and their sins have reached up to
heaven. God now wanted to judge Sodom and told Abraham about
it. But this Abraham had a nephew in the city of Sodom by the
name of Lot. Lot was with his family. God tells Abraham I want to
destroy Sodom. There were 2 other angels that came with the Lord.
They appeared in the form of men. Watch what happens.

Genesis 18:20-22 And the LORD said, Because the cry of

Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very
grievous; (21) I will go down now, and see whether they have
done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto
me; and if not, I will know. (22) And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward
Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Now I want you to see this boldness!!
How dare Abraham stand in the presence of God and charge God this way!? God Almighty is going to
destroy a city that is filled with sinners and Abraham gets in Gods way. Who does he think he is? Look
at this.

Genesis 18:23-25 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the
wicked? (24) Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not
spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? (25) That be far from thee to do after this
manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that
be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

I mean Abraham is talking to Almighty God! I mean God ought to have blown Abraham out of
existence. What do you think? What did Abraham have? Righteousness. What is righteousness?
Righteousness is right standing. This is what the man had. The ability to stand in the presence of God
without fear, intimidation, inferiority or condemnation. There is Abraham in the presence of God and
he is not intimidated and he is not feeling inferior to God. He is talking to God as if he is talking to a
man. Thats the way we pray sometimes and people wonder at us. Do you know who you are talking
to? You are talking to God. Oh yeah! He gave me something to use and when I put that thing I can
stand in His presence with a great ability. Without fear. Thats what Abraham had. It was set to his
account. This is wonderful.

Abraham is asking God: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Genesis 18:26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will
spare all the place for their sakes.
God said Im going to find out whether theyve done according to the cry I hear and if theyve done so
Ill destroy everybody. God was on His way. Now Abraham stops God and says For 50 righteous men
you shouldnt destroy the city. And the Lord says Alright! For 50 I wouldnt. See Abraham is
interceding. Remembers hes got Lot there. The Lord said that Hes going to destroy Sodom and
Gomorrah. Abraham doesnt even talk about Gomorrah.

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Genesis 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto
the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Abraham knows he understands that this is a right that is given to him. What we call a privileged right.
God gave it to him. So he is using it to his advantage to save Lot but he understands that he is not God.

Genesis 18:28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the
city for lack of five?
In other words if we lack 5. If we dont have 50 and weve 45 there. Just because we dont have enough
to 50 are you going to destroy everybody?

And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
So God says no for 45 I wouldnt destroy the city.

Genesis 18:29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found
there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
Again Abraham took the number down to 40 and the Lord said He wouldnt do it for 40.

Genesis 18:30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure
there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
Ok down to 30.

Genesis 18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord:
Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
Now down to 20.
What is Abraham doing? Hes taking advantage of his rights and privileges in righteousness. Not many
of us have done that. This is wonderful.

Genesis 18:32-33 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once:
Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. (33) And
the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned
unto his place.

What a mistake Abraham made.

Abraham just counted Lot, Mrs.
Lot, 3 daughters, and their
husbands so 1+1+3+3=8. He
thought they must have
somebody converted by now.
Ahhhhh!! The Lord went and
they were not up to 10. But the
Lord knew where Abraham was
going so the Lord delivered Lot
and his family. God delivered Lot
and his family and then destroyed
the city. Can you see that?
Because of a righteous man God would do anything.

Look at Elijah now.

James 5:17-18 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it
might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. (18) And
he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

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Elijah prayed and it didnt rain. He prayed again and it rained. Not because God didnt want rain or God
wanted rain. I want you to understand that a man can actually make things happen. Did you read in your
Bible that Joshua commanded the sun and the moon to stay still? Until weve won the battle Sun stand
still! Moon stand still! The Bible says it was never on record anywhere that God listened to a man that
way. Like He heard Joshua that day. What was he doing? Taking advantage of righteousness.

Romans 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive
abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) These
men were reigning. They were not crying under the pressure.
People say I plead the blood! I plead the blood. The blood of Jesus!
Thats wrong. You cannot plead the blood. What do you mean by pleading the blood anyway? What I
think they are saying is Im standing strong on the blood. Like they say Im covered in the blood. We
sprinkle the blood of Jesus. You are doing something that is abominable. You may not know it. You
cannot plead the blood. If you want to plead the blood of Jesus just sit down and break bread. Take the
Holy Communion. Thats what pleads the blood. When you say I sprinkle the blood of Jesus. Its not
in your hand to sprinkle the blood. The Bible says that its on the mercy seat in heaven. Nobody on the
face of the earth can sprinkle it. You cannot sprinkle it. Only the High Priest had the right to use that
blood in the ministry. Thats what Jesus did. He took His own blood and went into the heavenly most
holy place and presented His own blood on the mercy seat in heaven. You dont need to sprinkle the
blood if Jesus.
1. You dont have the right to do it
2. You cant even do it because you dont have it
3. Its been done already by the High Priest Himself the Lord Jesus Christ.
When you say those things even the angels get surprised at you.
Righteousness gives us the ability to stand in the presence of God without fear inferiority or
condemnation and also gives us the ability to stand in the presence of the devil with all boldness with
the spirit of dominion. Without fear without inferiority or condemnation. It makes us masters!
We come in the presence of that devil and we say In the name of Jesus come out! And he has to come
out.
We can change things. Righteousness gives us the dominion.

Isaiah 54:14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for
thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

How could you be oppressed of the devil when you understand righteousness? In righteousness shalt
thou be established
You are established! You are unshakable. Far from oppression and fear and terror.

Isaiah 54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather
together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise
against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and
their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Our righteousness is not of ourselves. Its coming from God. The devil can say I know you. You are not
righteous. No we are.
Now I want to look at righteousness as our nature: The most beautiful thing in all the word of God.

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To be born again is not to take a religion, or to become nice church attending person and be very
committed you can have all of that and still not be born again. To be born again is to have the life og
God in you. To be actually vitally effectively literary to be born of the Spirit of God. To come from
God. God is your origin. God has no grandchildren.
Not like God created everybody no the very life. You become a child of God like that mans son is
his son. You come from Him. He is your Father. When you are born again you just know that God is
your Father.

Romans 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Theres an answering inside our spirit. We know that we are born again. If you dont have that
witness in you, the chances are you dont know Him.

2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like
precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
Understand the tenses.
They have obtained like precious faith. They are not going to obtain.
2 Peter 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and
godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Hath given unto us. We are not looking for them anymore. We already have it. All things that
pertain unto life and godliness.
You may not see it by yourself because you are looking through your own optical eyes. You cant
see with your optical eyes what God has done in your spirit you have to see it in the word of God
and call it so and it will be so.
through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
This is working now. This is not in the sweet by and by. This is not in heaven. This is not in the
1000 years of peace. This is today!

2 Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye
might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through
lust.
The divine nature is the righteousness of God. The divine nature is the very nature of almighty
God. We are partakers of the very nature of Almighty God. Why are we partakers of that nature?
Because weve done well? No!

James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits
of his creatures.
In other words we were born of His own will and we were born by the word of God. Just like he
says Abraham begat Isaac now He begat us. Of His own will. We were born of the Word of God.

1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth for ever.
Being born again not of corruptible sperm but an eternal sperm. Sperm is the one that has the germ
of life. It is the life giving principle. By the word of God which liveth and abideth forever. When
we were born again it is not by the seed of man. When we were born again it was not of the seed
of man. When we were first born it was the seed of that man the seed of that man was planted in
the body of that woman and this child resulted. Then he gave his heart to Christ and Christ took
that life and planted His own seed. The seed of the word of God. The eternal seed of this divine
life in this mans life. He was born again from that hour and he became a new creation in Christ
Jesus. Its not the human life in him it is the very divine life in Jesus. The man Jesus had the body

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of a human being but the life was the life of the Almighty God. Now you are born again the life
you have is the life of the Almighty God.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 1
John 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

You have the Son you have His life.

When you are born again you were born of the very spirit of God. The very essence of divinity.
So righteousness was the very nature that gave birth to you. We were in Christ when He died on
the cross for He was our substitute on the cross. Then He died for us and was buried for us so
your name was there in the presence of Almighty God. It is written in the book of God that you
died on the cross, that you were buried in the grave. When God raised Jesus up you were raised
up by the Almighty God and now you have the resurrection life in you.

He said Open unto me the gates of righteousness!

When Jesus was buried the Bible tells us that He went to hell. They took a hold of Him and He
became a prisoner. A prisoner of the devil because He has been made sin for us. He was taken to
hell. As a prisoner and all the devils of darkness were there. The Bible tells us that He threw off of
Himself powers, principalities. The Bible says that He knocked them all down and made a public
spectacle of them before all the witnesses in Hadis. Abraham saw it, Isaac saw it, Jacob saw it,
Noah was there, and David saw it. They all saw the devil beaten by Jesus. The Bible tells us that
He came out of the grave because He was raised the third day. He came out of the grave. Then He
went to heaven. You remember when Mary came and wanted to great Him and she found out that
Jesus was raised from the dead. She had initially thought it was the gardener. She asked Him Where
have you laid Him? She was looking for the body of Jesus not knowing that the man had been
raised from the dead. Then Jesus said Mary! And she ran toward Jesus and Jesus said Dont touch
me Mary for I havent yet ascended to my Father. But go tell my brethren He had told them
before I do not call you servants anymore, I call you friends. They had graduated from being
servants to friends. Now they are His brethren. Go tell my brethren that I will see them in Galilee
now I ascend to my Father and your Father. To my God and your God. Hebrews 2:11 says for
which cause He is not ashamed to call us brethren. When you are born again you are begotten of
the Almighty God just like Jesus was born again. (Acts 13:33) So now He is the first begotten of
the dead and we are the ones who came after born of the same Father as siblings of Jesus, jointheirs
with Christ! Do you understand?
Ok now later on we find that Jesus comes to the disciples and talks to doubting Thomas and says
Touch me. How come He didnt make Mary touch Him? Its because at the time Mary came He
had come out of the grave our High Priest to the very presence of the Almighty God. He was talking
His blood as the High Priest to the heavenly holy of holies or the most holy place to present it for
us. Hallelujah!

Then Jesus gets to the gates of heaven and nobody opens for Him because He was raised from the
dead and born again. Jesus Christ was born again. He was born as a new creation old things are
passed away and all things are become new. Why did He have to be born again? Because He was
made sin for us, He had to be born again. He died two deaths. He died spiritually first when sin
was laid on His spirit and He was cut off from God. Spiritual death is separation from Almighty
God. Thats why He cried out My God my God why has thou forsaken me? The Bible says that
God turned His back on His Son Jesus. Why? Habakkuk 1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to
behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. God is so pure that He cant look on sin. Jesus was
made sin so God turn away and Jesus cried My God my God why has thou forsaken me? So Jesus
died spiritually thats the reason He could die physically.

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Now Hes been raised from the dead and Hes now our High Priest. He gets to the gates of heaven
and because He is born again and a new creation the angels dont recognise Jesus in the realm of
the spirit. When you are born again your past is completely wiped out. When you are born again
you are one that never existed before. So Jesus Christ was born again. So the angels at the gate
didnt know that it was Jesus. So Jesus cries out Open the gates!
Psalms 24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King
of glory shall come in.
The angels are confused! They are asking who is the King of glory?
Psalms 24:8 Who is this King of glory?
And Jesus answers
Psalms 24:8 The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
The angels say We need some ID. Who are you? Are you saying you are the King of glory? The king of
glory is inside Heaven on the throne?!? How can you say you are the King of glory?
Psalms 24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King
of glory shall come in.
The angels ask What do you mean? Who is the King of glory?
Psalms 24:10 Who is this King of glory?
Jesus says
Psalms 24:10 The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory.

And the psalmist shouted Selah! Meaning Pause and think about it

What happened? They opened. Why? First time Jesus said Open
the gates for the King of glory shall come in.
The angels asked Who is the King of glory?
Jesus said The Lord strong and mighty. I am El-Gibbowr open up!
The angels said Who is the king of glory?
Then Jesus said The Lord of hosts. Jehovah Tsaba
Meaning Im the Lord of hosts, I am the captain of the army of God, I am the General, the Field
Marshal.
In other words I am your boss!! Open up the gates!

Paul said this correctly in 1 Corinthians 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world
unto Himself..
In other words it was God Almighty who was in Jesus reconciling the world unto Himself. The
angels didnt know that it was the same King of glory who was sitting on the throne who was also
walking in through the gates!! 1 Timothy 3:16 Great is the mystery of Godliness.

Remember when Jesus said Destroy this temple and I will build it up in 3 days. He was speaking
concerning His body. Then when they destroyed Jesus body on the cross when Jesus gave up
the ghost when His Spirit left at the very same moment the curtain of the temple tore into two.
God who was in the most holy place left breaking off the curtain! When He left the curtain was
torn into two. When the spirit of Jesus left His body, Jehovah in the temple also left. Its not two
things. Its one and the same thing. Both happened in sync. Blood and water gushed out when the
sacrifice was finished just like blood and water would be flushed out via the brook Cedron. The
high priest Mr. Caiaphas lost his job.

Let me show you something beautiful here:

Psalms 118:18 The LORD hath chastened me sore:
See He suffered so much for us.

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Psalms 118:18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Because the Lord raised Him up. They thought theyve gotten Him but the third day He was
raised from the death.
Now He cries out before those gates.
Psalms 118:19-20 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the
LORD: (20) This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
Jesus is saying Open the gates of righteousness. I will go into them and I will praise the Lord.
This gate of the Lord into which the righteous shall enter. We are the righteous ones entering.
Romans 5:2 says By whom we have access with confidence by the faith of Him.

He gave us access into the presence of God. He led captives in His train. As He came we were all
in Him. Then He said Behold I and the children which the Lord hath given me are for signs
and wonders. (Isaiah 8:17-18 & Hebrews 2:13)

I am the righteousness of God! Amen! Now I can do right. Now I can please God. I couldnt please
Him because I didnt have it in me to please Him. Now that I am born again righteousness was
wrought in my spirit. Now I can please God. Hallelujah!
Weve entered through that gate. We are the righteousness of God. Hallelujah!

Isaiah 45:22-24 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there
is none else. (23) I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness,
and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
The prophet Isaiah can see it ahead. It has come to pass now.
Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in
earth and things under the earth.

Isaiah 45:24-25 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him
shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. (25) In the LORD shall
all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

He is our righteousness. We are born that way. 1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus,
who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: He
has been made unto us wisdom, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption. We are born
righteous.
So why do we do wrong? Because we are growing. Its like a baby who cant walk yet. That doesnt
make him an animal.
As you grow in Christ you get better and better but already you have been made righteous. That
is the reason you can do right.

Look at the apostles. They were not the people who were carrying down and going like to hide. Think
about John, Paul and James.

1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be
called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
That doesnt sound like somebody who was oppressed.
Look at Paul:

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me

Look at James
James 4:7 Resist the devil and he will flee from you

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These were not the guys who were saying The devil is after me help me.. pray for me..
What about Peter?
1 Peter 5:8-9 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour: (9) Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same
afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

He didnt say the devil is looking for whom he may devour so go and hide. No! Resist stedfast.

James said Resist the devil and he will flee from you. To flee means to run away as in terror. The devil
is so scared when you resist that hell run away.
Jesus said when he shows up cast him out!

Paul said Give no place to the devil. Dont

even let him show up!
Look at all these guys. They werent scared. Ohh the devil is too powerful..

Go to Isaiah.
Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness
quietness and assurance for ever.

You know people say Oh Lord if you come tonight. Please make us acceptable. I dont know whether I
go? I just want to make heaven.
Then why did Jesus die? If after He died and we are still not acceptable then the redemption was a
failure.
They are being ignorant. The Bible tells us that in Philippians 3:20 that our citizenship is in heaven.
Dont you understand? You want to make heaven? No you wont make heaven. The only reason you
will go to heaven is because you are a citizen already. Its your place you cannot be stopped from
coming there. It belongs to you in Christ Jesusu. You are not going there because youve been qualified.
You are not going there because youve been so good. You are going there because you are born that
way. Thats your country.

and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

There is assurance. There are people who say Nobody knows tomorrow. Anything can happen to
me. Dont say that! You are not ordinary. After the gift of righteousness? You are joking! You are
not a child of accident. You are not a child of chance. You are born with a purpose. You are born
with a plan in the mind of God. My tomorrows are ordered of the Lord. I am a victor for all the
tomorrows. Why I dont need to know tomorrow first so that I will plan for it is because no matter
what it is I am a victor. Paul said Ive learnt whatever state I am to be independent of circumstances.
Doesnt matter you are a winner.
Fear comes to people who dont know the word of God.

Eph 2:10 For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born
anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us
[taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life
which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].

Where does in assurance come from? We are to be living the life which He prearranged.

Jesus said In the volume of the book it is written of me. Lo I come to do thy will O God!
Its already written. The same thing with you. Your life has been fashioned for the glory of God.
Dont accept anything less.

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Its a stupid thing to say The Lord
made me go through this thing so
that He might show His glory. Thats
a good excuse of your failures. When
your faith is not working you say The
Lord made me to go through.. I now
thank the Lord for what He made me
to go through so that I will know that
the Lord has .. ahhh!! You didnt
know?

I pray to God when I pray I say Lord

I dont want to pass through anything
to find out. Let me find it out from the
Bible and correct myself.
The Bible says The righteous sees trouble a far off and takes the right way. But fools go on and are
destroyed. They may get into trouble and say The Lord brought me this way.

Jesus suffered for me so I dont see any reason for me to suffer so that I can get a better glory.
Someone said The Bible says mans days are full of trouble! So thats why Jesus came so that we
no longer have to live a life of a man but live the life of gods. We are partakers of the divine nature.
I dont understand these guys. Its religious. Its nice. We can comfort one another with these
things.

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth,
though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of
Jesus Christ:
This suffering that the Bible talks about here is only persecution. Period! Because
He said that He will give us glory with persecutions.

Paul said I go through afflictions. I go through a lot of trials and troubles. He wasnt saying Well..
I go through a lot of afflictions I go through fire.. you know.. No! thats not what Paul is saying.
Hes telling you that these things give me the kicks of life. These mountains give me the kicks of
life.

He said When I am weak.. during the persecutions they whipped me and they think that theyve
broken me but when I am weak then I am strong that the glory of Christ may reach out through me.

Hes not talking about losing your job. Hes not talking about losing your money. Hes not talking
about being sick and dying. Thats not the suffering here. Hes talking about persecution trials
because of the Gospel. Everything else you ought to say no. Thank God for persecutions because
it proves that we are really serving Him.

If you are accused of being a Christian, will there be sufficient evidence to convict you? My
God let there be. Yes! Yes!!

1 Peter 1:7-9 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth,
though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of
Jesus Christ: (8) Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet

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believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: (9) Receiving the end of your faith,
even the salvation of your souls.

Peter wondered about the new Christians who were among the Gentiles. Peter saw Jesus, he ate
with Him and went to His house and he walked with Christ 3 and a half years so it was easy for
Peter to say like John That which we have seen and heard. But these guys loved the Jesus theyve
not seen. This was so inspiring for Peter. 1 Peter 1:8-11 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom,
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: (9)
Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. (10) Of which salvation the
prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come
unto you: (11) Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did
signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

What should follow the sufferings of Christ? Glory! So Christ suffered so now its the glory that
should be. We are joint-heirs in Christ. We ought to prosper in Christ. I dont understand anybody
who preaches a Gospel of Jesus Christ and he says that he doesnt believe in prosperity. Thats
garbage!
If you believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ you ought to possess all things. That doesnt mean
having 10 houses. But so that your soul has the spirit of dominion. You are not suffering. Period!
You are living good enough to help somebody else. Amen!

When you say dont worry stay where you are. God will make a way where there is no way. Hes
going to open a door for you
The bible says Revelation 3:8 I put before you an open door which no man can shut. What are
you praying to open the door for? He already kicked the door open long time ago!

Effect of righteousness in stillness and assurance forever. In stillness and in assurance shall your
strength be.

You are born after the second and last Adam Jesus Christ. God loves you the same way He loves
Jesus. You cant make God love you more by your good living. He already loved you the same
way He loves Jesus and sent Him to die for you even when you were sinners. He considered you
valuable to be ransomed by the blood of His very Son because you are so precious to Him. Now
its by His faith you live. Its you that He wants and now He has given that life and His love to you
in full in Christ Jesus. You are the seed of Christ the 14th generation in Matthew 1:12-16 where
Christ is Jesus and the Church. (Isaiah 53:10 & Psalm 22:30)

John 17:19-23 (19) I have given myself completely for their sake, so that they may belong
completely to the truth. (20) I am not praying just for these followers. I am also praying for
everyone else who will have faith because of what my followers will say about me. (21) I want all
of them to be one with each other, just as I am one with you and you are one with me. I also want
them to be one with us. Then the people of this world will believe that you sent me. (22) I have
honored my followers in the same way that you honored me, in order that they may be one with
each other, just as we are one. (23) I am one with them, and you are one with me, so that they may
become completely one with us. Then this world's people will know that you sent me. They will
know that you love my followers as much as you love me.

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 The Holy Spirit said to me one
day Im giving you 1 million
dollars today and I said No
Father. Give me 1 million souls.

Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, D.D.

Audio Tape 8

Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we worship you, we honour you and thank you for
the privilege of being in Christ Jesus. We honour you. We thank you for the power of your word
because its working in our lives, producing results in us. Our hearts are full of joy and now again
we open our hearts and minds to receive your word in faith and in meekness and in gladness. O
that the Holy Spirit anoint our hearts and minds to receive the word of God to bring us
information, knowledge, understanding in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
We are still talking about changing hopeless situations and particularly dealing with understanding
righteousness. Weve been on that for last few services. We said that the righteousness is the nature of
God. It is the nature of God. Righteousness is not right living, but that right living is the result of
righteousness. Most people think when the Bible talks about righteousness its talking about right living
and thats the reason they always try to qualify for righteousness by right living. According to the Bible
you first have to be righteous before you can live right. Righteousness is a nature. Someone who is not
righteous cannot live right. You do not attain righteousness by living right, you live right by having
righteousness. Thats the Bible way! Thats the reason why no matter how you try to get someone to
live right, if he doesnt have it in him he cannot live right. The most of the church world has preached
that you have to become righteous by living right. What do they mean by living right? By doing what
is right. What is right? They say by keeping the 10 commandments or some kind of laws or doing
something right. They say If you live well and please God then you will be righteous. But God says that
its not that way. Children of Israel had it that way upside down. Let me read it to you.

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Romans 9:30-33 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after
righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. (31) But
Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
(32) Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For
they stumbled at that stumblingstone; (33) As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone
and rock of offence: and
whosoever believeth on him
shall not be ashamed.
The Gentiles who didnt follow
after righteousness, they didnt
go after right living the
righteousness which is obtained
by right living they couldnt go
for that because they couldnt
live right. God didnt give the
Gentiles any laws. God only
gave laws to the Jews. They
couldnt pursue righteousness
but the bible says that they have
attained righteousness.
What kind of righteousness?
The righteousness which is by faith. They sought righteousness
which is the works of the law and not of faith. Thats the reason they couldnt get it. They wanted to
become righteous through the works of the law. Through trying to do right, trying to obey God through
the law and they couldnt become righteous.

You know the Bible was not written in chapters and verses. So we might as well just go on into chapter
10.

Romans 10:1-2 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be
saved. (2) For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
We just read that these Jews were going after the works of the law and so they were not saved. They
have a zeal for God but not according to revelation. The knowledge hes talking here is revelation
knowledge. The knowledge of the word of God. I bear them witness I can tell by looking at them that
they have a genuine zeal of God but not according to revelation knowledge. Does that bring folks to
your mind? People are that way today. They are zealous for God. They want to be righteous. They want
to do well but not according to revelation knowledge. See? They are trying to do that according to mans
understanding. We think that if we do right then we will be righteous. But God thinks differently.
Righteousness is a nature you cant do right except you are right. Right living is a product of a nature.
A dog barks because its a dog. A cat doesnt bark. Living right is a product of righteousness.

Romans 10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their
own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

As far as the righteousness of God is concerned you do not attain it, you do not qualify for it, you
submit yourself to it. You give yourself to it. You accept it. Because righteousness is a gift. It is
the nature of God that is given to us when we receive Christ Jesus as the Lord of our lives and
our saviour.

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They have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God but they are going about to establish
their own righteousness. Struggling and trying to become righteous.

Romans 10:3-4 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their
own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

(4) For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

Janet Magieras Translation says

For Christ is the consummation of the law for uprightness to all who believe.
There are two words in Greek that could be used as end. One is eschatos and the other is teleos.
Eschatos means finishing, termination like end times. Eschatology. Teleos means perfection, maturity,
completion or consummation. The word used here is teleos. So when King James says Christ is the end
of the law it means Christ is the consummation of the law. It is right for someone to say Christ is the
termination of the law. Yes! But the termination is because of the consummation. Christ is the
consummation of the law. Jesus did it for us. Christ is the consummation of the law and therefore
termination of the law. The reason for the abolishing the law is Christ which is the consummation of
the law. I hope you understand.
Does that mean we make the law void through faith? God forbid: The law is actually established when
we walk in faith. (Romans 3:31) 1 Timothy 1:9 says that the law is not made for a righteous man. So
when we have the righteousness of God in us, we establish the law automatically so to speak through
our walk of faith. Why? Christ is the consummation of the law!
Now lets go on

Romans 10:5-6 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which
doeth those things shall live by them. (Leviticus 18:5) (6) But the righteousness which is of faith
speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ
down from above:)
He says Moses describes the righteousness which comes from the law. Then he quotes a scripture in
Leviticus 18:5 something that Moses said to the people. That the man which doeth those things. The
man who does those things. Hes letting us know that the controlling factor of the relationship of the
people to the law was the doing of the law. The man which doeth those things will live by them. In
verse 6 the righteousness which is of faith speaketh. Come on here. You didnt get it?
There are two types of righteousness.
1. Righteousness which is of the law. Righteousness which comes from the law of Moses.
2. Righteousness which is of faith.
Now there are two controlling factors for both of them to function.
1. Righteousness which comes by the law doeth
2. Righteousness which comes by faith speaketh
In other words
1. To get the righteousness of the law you have to do.
2. To get the righteousness of faith you have to speak.
Dont you understand? Lets go on

Romans 10:6-8 But people whose faith makes them acceptable to God will never ask, "Who will
go up to heaven to bring Christ down?" (7) Neither will they ask, "Who will go down into the
world of the dead to raise him to life?" (8) All who are acceptable because of their faith simply

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say, "The message is as near as your mouth or your heart." And this is the same message we preach
about faith.

Lets read on and youll understand this

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Do you see it now?

1. To get the righteousness of the law you have to do.
2. To get the righteousness of faith you have to speak/confess/proclaim/declare

To get the righteousness of faith Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

This is different from the law. In the law you have to do it.
1. The man that doeth those things shall be saved by them. LAW
2. Romans 10:9
Why?

Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation.
Another translation puts it this way: With the heart man believes and is made right with God.
With the mouth confession thats declaration announcement is made unto salvation. Its the confession
that catapults you into salvation.
Great News. See why it is the Gospel? Because somebody already qualified for us. We dont have to
qualify by our own works. Jesus qualified for us. We accept what hes done and confess it and thats
all.
In the New Testament when you confess the Lordship of Jesus over your life, you are catapulted from
the domain of darkness into the Kingdom of Gods dear Son. You receive eternal life. He that hath the
son hath this life. You receive eternal life. Eternal life is the nature of God which is the righteousness
of God. When you have that in your life automatically you can start living right. You dont have to
struggle to live right. You dont even have to ask somebody Is this right?
You just start living right. Your spirit can feed on the word of God. The more you study the word of
God you feed on it and your spirit will be built up. The Bible says to grow in knowledge not in
righteousness. You dont grow in righteousness. You cannot be more righteous tomorrow than you are
today. God is not more righteous than you are because the righteousness that you have now is His
righteousness which is given to you as a gift through Christ Jesus. He has become our righteousness.
Christ is made unto us wisdom, sanctification and righteousness and redemption. How could you
improve you on perfect? He gave you perfect redemption. Perfect righteousness. It could never get
better.
This is our authority. This righteousness gives us the ability to stand in the presence of God with
boldness. Without a sense of inferiority. We know in our spirits that we have a right to be heard. We
can pray knowing that God hears us. Its because of righteousness which He gave to us. You see your
faith will grow according to your consciousness of righteousness. This is the point.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Why? Because he is righteousness
conscious. When you are righteousness conscious your faith works. But when you sin conscious your
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you sin you break fellowship. Its not true. The Bible doesnt say so. The Bible doesnt say that when
you sin you break fellowship with God.

1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus
Christ our Lord.
We have been called into the fellowship of His son Jesus. When were we called? When we began to
live right? No! We were born that way. We were called into it by the new birth.

1 John 1:3 truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

The fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you. He didnt say try to get it. Its a blessing on the church.
You know God spoke to the priests in the Old Testament and He told them how to bless the children of
Israel. He said in this way you bless them:
May the Lords face shine upon you May His face shine upon your path.
The priests would say like that. God didnt tell the people to get it or to make it work. He told the priest
to say it. And by his continual pronouncement of the blessing the glory of God will remain on them.
In the New Testament He says the same thing. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are not
trying to get the grace. John 1:17 says that the law came by Moses but grace and truth came by Lord
Jesus Christ. We are not trying to get it. Then the love of God. John 3:16 God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten son. We can already see that the love is working. 1 John 4:19 says we love
Him because He first loved us. He cannot stop loving. 1 John 4:8 says that God is love. Fellowship of
the Holy Spirit be with you. Its a blessing. You know what a lot of us are trying to do? Were trying to
get the grace to get His love to make Him love us more. We think that if we do right Hell love us more.
God cant love us more than He already does. Jesus said that the world may know that thou has sent me
and has loved them as thou loves me. So how else is God going to love you? He already loves you the
same way He loves Jesus. So how is God going to love us anymore than He already does? This is His
best. This is heavens best. He cant do anymore. But we are trying to get more because we think that
what weve got is not good enough. Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you. We are trying to get the
fellowship of the Holy Ghost. Hes the one who has come to fellowship with us. We have been called
into it. Great news!

Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation.
With mans spirit he believes unto righteousness. He believes unto righteousness. You cannot believe
with your head. Believing is an act of the human spirit. You are a man who reads books that lives in a
house. You are not the house and you are not the books you read. You are not the body and you are not
the mind which you use to reason. You are a spirit which has a mind that lives in a body.
Then with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. In the New Testament the Gospel of the Lord
Jesus Christ means that salvation has been consummated. Everybody has been saved. Everyone has
been paid for. Salvation is available to everybody. A salvation that didnt include the righteousness of
God would be a failure. If man couldnt be made righteous with that salvation it wouldnt work. Because
righteousness is our approach to God without a sense of condemnation. Without the righteousness
salvation will be a failure. When you understand that Gospel means that Hes already done it and then
you accept it. Amos 3:3 says two cannot walk together except they agree. Now you accept what Hes
done and you declare what hes done. With the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Romans 10:11-17 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (12)
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto
all that call upon him. (13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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(14) How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe
in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? (15) And how
shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that
preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! (16) But they have not all
obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? (17) So then faith
cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Can you see that? That gives you the confidence of your prayer life. Because you know that now you
are in the presence of God.
Heaven is a place in the kingdom of God. Heaven is not all there is in the Kingdom of God. Heaven is
a place. It has a geographical location in the Kingdom of God. Kingdom of God is a spiritual Kingdom.
Heaven is a place in that Kingdom. Right
now we are not in heaven but we are in
the Kingdom of God.
Do I mean that the earth is in the
Kingdom of God? No! When you are
born again you are born into the Kingdom
of God. Colossians 1:12-14 Giving
thanks unto the Father, which hath
made us meet to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in light: (13)
Who hath delivered us from the power
of darkness, and hath translated us into
the kingdom of his dear Son: (14) In
whom we have redemption through his
blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
We are in His Kingdom now. We are alive to God now. When you are born again you are born alive to
God. The Fatherhood of God is made real to you. But you are not in heaven. You will go to heaven.
Heaven is not mans final resting place!!
Thats not the last place. At the rapture of the Church the dead in Christ shall rise first. We that are alive
shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. So we go to heaven at the rapture of the church and we
will be there for 7 years. After that the 2nd coming of Christ will take place. There is a difference between
the rapture of the church and the 2nd coming of Christ. 2nd coming of Christ is when He comes with tens
and thousands of His saints coming from heaven. That is the 2nd advent of Christ. At the rapture He is
not coming like He would come at the 2nd coming. We will be caught up to meet Him in the air. At the
2nd coming of Christ we will be coming with Him. We are not the ones who are waiting for the 2nd
coming of Christ. Because we ought to be coming with Him. Then when we come with Him He starts
an 1000 years of peace and He will live in Jerusalem on the throne of David. The whole will be going
on without the devil. That devil will be in prison for 1000 years in the bottomless pit. After that hell
be brought out again to tempt the nations. Right after that the battle of Gog and Magog. Then God gets
set for the great judgement. After the battle of Gog and Magog. Then after the judgement see in the
judgement we are not the ones to be judged. We have been judged already. We have been judged in
Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 there is therefore now no judgement to them that are in Christ Jesus. Why?
We have been judged in Christ Jesus when He was nailed to that cross. Our sins were laid on Him. At
the Great White throne judgement we will be seated with Him judging the rest of the world.

1 Corinthians 6:1-2 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust,
and not before the saints? (2) Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the
world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

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Somebody says Saint are the ones who have died and gone to heaven. Look at verse 1. Dare any of
you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
Is he talking to people in heaven or to them on earth? To the Corinthian brethren. , go to law before
the unjust, and not before the saints?
If the saints were already in heaven then they would have to take their matters to heaven.
Hes talking about the saints down here in Corinth. How could there be any saint in Corinth? Did you
ever read the description of the saints at Corinth? Ha Ha!!
Read for yourself:
1. The first chapter Paul says that theres division in the church.
2. Second chapter Paul reprimands them that they didnt walk in wisdom.
3. Third chapter Paul said that they were carnal.
4. Fourth chapter Paul lets them know that they the Apostles have done right but it is the
Corinthians that havent done well.
5. Fifth chapter Paul rebukes them for fornication like the world didnt even have them.
6. Sixth chapter Paul rebukes them for going to court one against another. AND CALLS THEM
SAINTS!!!!
They were not saints because they qualified with their own action. They were saints because they were
qualified by the blood of Jesus Christ. Thats what makes you a saint. You are not a saint because you
havent done something wrong. You are a saint because you are blood washed and blood bought. Amen!
Is that clear? Ok lets go back.

1 Corinthians 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be
judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

If Paul said if the world shall be judged by you it means that the saints Paul is talking about are
the you hes talking about. The same guys who were going to court against another.
1 Corinthians 6:3-7 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain
to this life? (4) If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who
are least esteemed in the church. (5) I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man
among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? (6) But brother goeth
to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. (7) Now therefore there is utterly a fault
among you,
Paul called them saints before he even said that theres a fault among you. See a saint doesnt
necessary mean somebody who doesnt make any mistakes. Theres utterly a fault among you
yet he calls them saints.
Did Paul say faulty
saints? No!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of
God? Be not
deceived:
neither
fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor

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effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, (10) Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (11) And such were
some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Such were some of you. Not such are some of you. Now ye are washed. You are sanctified and
justified.
Hallelujah!
With the heart man believeth and is made right with God. With the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
Im out of time.

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 Desperation is like the pressure of
boiling lava deep within the bowels
of a volcano, held back only by the
layers of inept material near the
surface. But as the living lava
continues to boil and seethe the
pressure increases until nothing can
hold it down and it breaks forth
with a force that rolls over
everything that tries to stop its progress. So is the spiritual
hunger.
John G Lake

Audio Tape 9
We are talking about turning hopeless situations around. Because such situations dont make us happy
and God wants us happy. In this series we found out that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much. It makes tremendous power available. Dynamic in its working. So we wanted to know
who a righteous man is. The Bible says its the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man that works.
So no matter how effectual or fervent the prayer is, if it is not of a righteous man it wont work. But if
it is the prayer of a righteous man it is guaranteed to work. We began discovering something about
righteousness. We want to know something about righteousness from the Bible.
People are struggling to be righteous. They want to be righteous. You cannot be more righteous than
you are today. You cannot be more righteous than how righteous you became the first day that you were
born again. That day you became the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. You didnt become a
righteous person in Christ Jesus you became the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness,
have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

These Gentiles didnt pursue righteousness but they became righteous. How come? What in the world
happen? How come people who didnt seek righteousness became righteous all of a sudden?

We found that there are 2 kinds of righteousness.

1. Righteousness which is of works

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 2. Righteousness which is of faith

Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness,
have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

Romans 9:31-32 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the
law of righteousness. (32) Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the
works of the law.

1. The Gentiles who didnt even pursue righteousness have obtained righteousness that is the
righteousness of faith. They got it.
2. But Israel who pursued righteousness didnt obtain righteousness because they didnt seek it by
faith. They sought to receive righteousness by the works of the law and failed because an
unrighteous man cannot keep righteous laws. In other words they stumbled at that stumbling
stone of Isaiah 28:16.
You may struggle to want to
please God. There are people
they love God. Have you ever
thought about it? They want to
serve God. Thats one reason
that I never get mad for people
who try to criticise me. If Im
criticised I dont care. You
know why? Because I can see
from the eyes of the critics and
from the words that hes
speaking and from his very life
I can see that something is
missing. He has a problem. I
can see that he loves God. He wants to serve God but he doesnt know how. And so because he doesnt
know what to do he has to fight somebody and I may just be the one he wants to fight. It could have
been anybody else. So I dont take it personally. I dont think he really wants to fight me. I think he
wants to fight anybody and everybody. Because he wants something and hes not getting it. Thats what
James tells us in chapter 4. Why do you fight? I know why. Its because you ask for something and you
dont get it. Where do fights come from? They come because of the lust you have. You crave for
something. You crave it and dont get it. Then you kill and desire to have it and cannot obtain it. Then
you fight and dont get it. Why? Because you didnt ask. Then you ask and still dont get it. Why?
Because you ask amiss. You ask for it that you may consume it upon your lust. You are asking so that
you may fulfil that selfish desire. Your motive is still wrong.
Ok. Lets go back to Romans

Romans 9:31-10:1 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to
the law of righteousness. (32) Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by
the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; (33) As it is written, Behold, I lay
in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be
ashamed. (10:1) Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be
saved.

Isnt that a marvel? In the 31st verse he says Israel who did pursue righteousness and yet in the 1st verse
Paul is praying for them to be saved!!

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So it is possible to pursue righteousness and still not be saved. They wanted it. Just because you
want it doesnt mean you got it. The fact that you are zealous after God doesnt mean that you
have received of Him. Zeal is not possession. That you feel good that the way you are going after
it doesnt mean that you have it. Thats the way a lot of people think. They mistake their zeal for
Gods answers.
I see this portion of the Bible as one of the most touching portions of the New Testament. Sometimes I
meditate on these things and tears just come out of my eyes because I can think of so many. And this
scripture is so applicable to them.

Romans 10:1-2 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be
saved. (2) For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

They have a zeal of God but not according to revelation knowledge. I can testify that they have a zeal
of God, I can hear them clapping, I can hear them singing, I can see them dancing I can see the zeal in
their lives I bear them record that they have a zeal in their lives for God but not according to revelation.
Hes watching them. He can tell that they love God. They want to serve Him. And thats the way a lot
of people today. Thats the way even many Christians. They have a zeal of God but not according to
the word of God. A lot of them have never taken time to study the word of God. There are people who
are willing to read every Christian book but the Bible. They are willing to read anything else. They can
listen to preacher after preacher but never take the time to study the word of God for themselves. They
are ready for anything else. They are ready to fast, they are ready to pray. They can pray and pray and
cry and howl and scream. But prayer will never take the place of the word of God. I marvel when I
think of the fact that so many dont know the Bible. Look at this again.

Romans 10:2-3 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to
knowledge. (3) For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their
own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

They are ignorant of Gods righteousness. I told you a lot of people dont understand Gods definition
of righteousness. They think righteousness is the same thing as right living. No! They are 2 things.
Right living is the product of righteousness. You cannot live right until you are righteous. You have to
be righteous first to be able to live right. How could God expect a man to live right who doesnt have
it in him to live right? God will be unjust and unfair to expect you to live righteously and not give you
the nature of righteousness. Its just like expecting a cat to bark. A cat cannot bark until the cat is born
again by the seed of a dog even though that doesnt live and abide forever! You cannot live right until
you are born again by the incorruptible seed of the word of God which liveth and abideth forever. Jesus
said ye MUST be born again. Except a man be born of water (born of a woman which is born of water
because the child is in water in the womans womb) AND of the Spirit, he CANNOT enter into the
Kingdom of God.
Righteousness is the very nature of God. It is the very essence of divinity. It is the very life of God. No
man can be righteous only God.

Romans 3:10-18 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (11) There is none that
understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. (12) They are all gone out of the way, they
are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. (13) Their throat is
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(14) Whose mouth is full of cursing
and bitterness: (15) Their feet are
swift to shed blood: (16)
Destruction and misery are in their
ways: (17) And the way of peace
have they not known: (18) There is
no fear of God before their eyes.
There is none righteous no not one.
They are all gone out of the way. There
is none that doeth good. Same thing
Isaiah said. All we like sheep have
gone astray we have turned everyone
to his own way and the Lord has laid
on Him (Jesus) the iniquity of us all.
So righteousness is the character of God the nature of God the very life of God. So if anyone is going
to be righteous hes got to have the nature of God which is righteousness.
So these people have been struggling to be righteous. Thinking that theyll be heard for their much
hearing. Trying to be righteous. They think if they are righteous then they can pray a prayer that can
move mountains. Do you know that thats one of the reason a lot of people fast? They think that when
they fast then can clean up. They want to clean up first. God doesnt hear you because of your fasting,
God doesnt hear you because of you cleaned up God hears you because you have been cleaned up
by Him.

Romans 10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness

Do you think the high priest of that day thought that he was ignorant? The Jews didnt think that they
were ignorant. They thought they were the ones that had the knowledge of God. But Paul looked at
them and said I feel sorry for you. You are ignorant of Gods righteousness. You are going about to
establish your own righteousness.

Romans 10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their
own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

He didnt say they have not fulfilled. He didnt say they have not achieved or attained. He says that they
have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. In other words what they were expected
to do by God was to submit themselves to the righteousness of God. Righteousness was already
available. God said Give yourselves to the righteousness of God. Dont try to get it. Give yourselves to
it because its already available.

Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

I explained that verse from another translation last time.

Romans 10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which
doeth those things shall live by them.
Hes quoting a verse of scripture something Moses said and he lets us know that from that very
statement coming from the lips of Moses that qualified for all time the law and mans relationship to
the law. That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
In other words shall be saved by them. The man who does those things shall be saved by them. He shall
have life from God by them. By doing those things. Dont forget this. Mark it. When you work when
you perform and try to get righteous by achieving through your own works the law of righteousness.

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Moses describes the righteousness
which comes from the law that the man
who does those things shall be saved
by them. If I live right for God to see
then God will see me as a righteous
man. Thats the righteousness of the
law
I told you that there are two types of
righteousness.
1. Righteousness by the law
2. Righteousness by faith
The righteousness of faith is the man who expects God to justify the ungodly.

Romans 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh

Did you catch it?

1. The righteousness which is of the law doeth
2. The righteousness which is of faith speaketh
The one which is of the law doeth to have life. The one which is of the law speaketh to have life. Are
you catching it? One has to perform right to become righteous. The other one only has to speak.

Romans 10:6-10 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine
heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) (7) Or, Who
shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) (8) But what saith
it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we
preach; (9) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

In the other case you have to do those things. The man who doeth those things shall live by them. Now
this other one says all you have to do is what? Speak believing in your heart! Why would anyone want
to go back to the old one that has been abolished? Because they dont understand it and they dont know
it.

Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation.
Thats the way to get saved. Period!
You have some people telling others If you want to get saved confess every sin that you can remember!
So they go O God I confess..so an so.. They are trying to get saved.
The Bible says it is not so. To be saved a man never has to confess his sins.
Some people even say Say after me: Lord Jesus, I am a sinner..
Thats wrong!! You cant get saved confessing that you are a sinner. No wonder a lot of them go back
to the world right after the prayer. Because they never did come out.
What does he tell us to confess?

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You confess with your mouth
the Lord Jesus. Meaning the
Lordship of Jesus over your
life. You confess that Jesus
Christ is the Lord over your life
believing in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead.
You do not confess that you are
a sinner! You can stay there
crying Lord I am a sinner
please save me! He already
saved you 2000 years ago.
Jesus doesnt have to die again
on the cross. You dont need to ascend up to heaven to bring Christ down from above neither do you
need to descend to the deep to bring Christ from the dead. Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to
bring Christ down from above:) (7) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up
Christ again from the dead.)
So what does it say? The word is near you. Meaning in your mouth and in your heart. Romans 10:8
But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart:
If you confess with your mouth the Lordship of Jesus Christ over your life believing in your heart that
God had raised Him from the dead you are saved! Why? Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Remember old Moses? Moses smote the rock twice. He was supposed to call upon the rock the second
time. You dont crucify Jesus again. You call upon Him and you are saved. 1 Corinthians 14:2 for
they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. Can you now see the
gravity of the mistake Moses made? That spiritual Rock followed them through the wilderness. That
Rock was Christ!
You dont confess that you are a sinner. I dont know where they got it from. Thats ignorance gone on
rampage. It wont work because thats not the word of God. Confess with your mouth the Lordship of
Jesus because that is what brings a man out of the domain of darkness. The proclamation of the Lordship
of Jesus over his life is what saves him.

Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation.
Thats how he comes out.
You must have heard us lead sinners to Christ here. You never hear me say I confess I am a sinner. Save
me. No! No!! No!!! They go saying I believe that God raised Him from the dead. I confess with my
mouth Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life. I receive remission of sins over my soul.
Years ago I used to add something. I repent of my sins. And As I studied the Bible I found out that he
doesnt have to repent. What is he repenting from? He cannot repent. If he could he would have been
saved a long time ago. Repentance means to turn away from wrong to right. A sinner cannot turn away
from wrong to right a sinner needs a new life. He cannot turn around from anything because he is dead
spiritually dead. Turning around from death makes no sense. Come out of the death is the call.
When you are born again and now that you are in Chris Jesus and when you do something thats wrong
thats the sin that is applicable when the scripture says Confess your sin. You dont have to confess all
the sins youve done all your life. That thing that you just did wrong you say Lord I did this things
wrong. I repent from it. Meaning I turn away from the wrong to right. You dont say sorry. You repent.
Repent means you dont do it again. Repent.
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 1. Message to Israel because they were with covenant with Jehovah and then they went away to
other gods and there was the call to repentance. To turn back to Jehovah. Because they were
already in a covenant with Jehovah.
2. For the Christian. One who is already a child of God. Who has done something wrong. Hes
already in a relationship with his heavenly Father. Now that he is done something wrong hes
called to turn around.
The sinner no deal. What he needs is a new life. He needs to be born again. Once he is born again he
doesnt have a past. Theres nothing to repent from. If any man be in Christ he is a new creation. All
things are passed away behold all things are become new. He doesnt have a past. Nothing to repent
from. Hes like a new born baby.
When we are born again we are born righteous. How many of you here were born of your mother and
as soon as you came out you began to shake hands with them folks in the hospital? Im so glad to be
here. Did that happen to you? You just came out and had a wide smile for everybody and you saw
daddy over there. How many of you were able to walk? As soon as you were born? You couldnt even
sit. Just because you couldnt
sit doesnt mean that you were
not human. If some fellow
comes to the maternity ward
and says Congratulations! Can
I take a walk with your little
baby? Every human is
supposed to walk. Only reptiles
creep! Why cant he walk? It
wont work. The child has to
develop. When you are born
again its the same thing. You
are not perfect in your actions.
Like that little
baby is perfectly human nothing left out. When you are born again you are perfectly righteous. You
have the nature of your heavenly Father. You are like Him in every way. But just like that baby who
has to grow up. The baby cant be more human every day. Hes been human all the time. So why do
you have to find out how more righteous you have become 2 weeks after? Because we didnt know that
righteousness is a nature.
Like someone said Im a Christian but not a very serious one. I made up my mind to work harder at it
and Im really going to be a more true Christian or a true more Christian.. What hes trying to say is
hes looking at his life and he doesnt think hes qualifying or measuring up. So he thinks Maybe
everything is not alright.. Hey!! All you need to do is to learn to walk like that little child. Hell get
better soon. As the child is perfectly human so is this man perfectly righteous. That little baby belongs
to the parents and has the same rights as the child in the home like the first son. Hes born in home.
They dont say Well when you become more human you can be one of us. No! You cannot be more
righteous. You cannot be more righteous. You are as righteous as God needs you to be. You are as
righteous as Jesus is righteous. You are as righteous as God Almighty. Why? Because its not your
righteousness but His righteousness. He couldnt give you something less than what hes got.

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You know people the way they
read that scripture is Father we
come to you boldly in the name
of Jesus. Where have you been
to come? You are already in the
throne room. We are all in that
living room and daddy is right
there and you dont want to talk
to him. And you are going
Daddy.. dad.. daddy.. I want..
can I have.. If you grew up in a
home where you had a harsh
daddy you look for a younger
one to send. Go and tell daddy
you are hungry. Tell daddy you want bread and eggs. That little fellow he doesnt have enough sense.
He just goes to daddy. And daddy picks him up and gives him what he wants. Daddy is good. That
other fellow doesnt know that daddy is good. I dont want anybody to shout on my head. Thats how
some people are in the house of God.
Thats why some people dont understand us. How can we stand there and In the name of Jesus..and
they say Ahh.. hes daring God O.. Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Why should you pray like
that? Must you put God on the spot? Boy! I didnt know that I could put God on the spot. Almighty
God on the spot. Do you expect Him to chicken out? God likes it! He does!
Let me show you something..

Ephesians 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and
true holiness.
The new man after God. What do you mean after God? That means likeness. The new man is created
after the likeness of God in righteousness and true holiness. The real holiness. The new creation man is
created in righteousness. You are born that way. You dont have to struggle. I cant understand why
some folks major on the minors. Talking to a fellow one time and sharing the word of God with him.
He said Hold on! Where did you get all that? And I said Look at this.. In his own Bible he has marked
Matthew, Mark Luke and John and I was showing him things from the epistles. He had majored in the
wrong place. Like some people say O I love the Old Testament!! How could you love the Old
Testament? I love it too but I cant live there because thats the Old Testament that has been abolished.
How could anybody live in the Old Testament? Learn from the Old Testament but dont you live your
life there. You are born in the New Testament. This is the way to see you. Look through the mirror of
God and see yourself. You are the glory of God. You are Gods glory.
Lets read the previous verses

Ephesians 4:21-22 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in
Jesus: (22) That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts;
Someone said I always want to live right but my old man keeps rising up again.
When he says Put off the old man. Dont you ever think that the old man is present in you. Somebody
said Well Christian have 2 natures. No thats wrong. You would be a monster to have 2 natures in
you. You have one. The word of God shows that we have one. They say We have the old man and the
new man going together depends on the one you yield to. No!! thats not true. The old man is
crucified with Christ. (Romans 6:6) It was crucified with Christ and then he was buried and he was
raised again from the dead. When he was raised again from the dead he was raised with a new life and
you received that new life recreated in righteousness and true holiness.
So what about this old man? I tell you what it is. Man is a spirit who has a soul. That soul is the seat of
his emotions, his will and his mind. Throughout his lifetime he related to the things of the world and
things of the flesh through his mind his will and his emotions. When a man is born again it is his spirit

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that is born again. Soul or your mind is a tool. Your soul has received the influence from the old man
that has died. He has stored this information that is still there but that life is not here anymore because
he is a new creation. The important point is that man usually will not walk in this world according to
his spirit. He will walk in this world according to his soul or mind. And that is the trouble. See a man is
born again doesnt meant that he is going to live a life of a born again person. Because there is a tool
for living in the world. Its not my spirit that tells me to sit down on this chair. No that is coming from
my trained mind. My trained mind tells me that This place is alright you can sit here. My mind has been
trained to look at this place and tell me that its ok to sit here. My mind has been trained to look at the
clock and tell the time. My spirit is alive to God and he knows God but my spirit does not know the
clock. Because he deals with spiritual things and deals with the things of eternal life. My spirit does not
have a recognition of the things of the world. But my mind does. So my mind is in between the realm
of the spirit and the realm of the flesh. He receives information both from my spirit and received
information from my five senses or from my flesh. So my mind becomes a student or a pupil. A student
of the spirit or a student of the senses. So if the mind has been trained in the things of the flesh, the
things of the senses thats the way hes going to go. So he can be born again and keep talking from
the stand point of the five senses. The five senses told him if he felt a sharp pain on the right side then
hes got appendicitis. So what does he say? So he opens his mouth and says appendicitis. That is why
the Bible says that a man can overthrow his spirit. So his spirit has been set on the throne with the Lord
Jesus Christ but his mind can overthrow him. Romans 12:1-2 says be not conformed to this world but
be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. You got to renew your mind and thats the reason Im
sharing with you these things so that you can be righteousness conscious instead of being sin conscious.
Because with what you have in your mind your spirit is going to be effective on planet earth or will be
a failure. Can you see it now? But thats another days subject.
Thanks be unto God that I know that I am righteous because Im born that way. It is a nature. I have it
and thats the only reason I can please God because I am born righteous. I have the life of God and the
nature of God.
You know sometimes people say all these kinds of stuff. If you dream that you were eating beans you
got a demon. They even have a name for the demon. I dont know may be beans demon or something.
If you dream that you are eating beans you have a demon. If you dream that you were drinking coke..I
dont understand Coca Cola demon. These are they say that they have done a lot of research on
demonology. I think you ought to study Christology. Here is what I want to say if you know that you
are born again. That devil. You know never you expect the devil to tell you Now I know that you are
born again. No hes going to tell you You are not. Hell always try to tell you that you are not. Its the
same game he played with Jesus. Here is Jesus baptised by John and a voice spoke out of heaven This
is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit to be tempted and
that devil came and told Him If thou be the son of God command these stones..Hes trying to tell Jesus
that He is not. This devil hasnt changed. Soon as you are through with this and you want to pray hell
come to you and say If you are really righteous, say this and expect a miracle tonight and see if it will
happen. Thats the devil. Hell always try to tell you that you are not what God says you are. You say
Thank you Father I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. The devil says Hahaha hey dont
say it too loud. You and I know you.. Then you go Pastor, every time I want to pray something keeps
telling me that I am not righteous. Tell that thing to shut up!!
I tell the devil. Devil! Look at me and listen. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. He says
Dont say it. And I say Listen harder because I am going to tell it louder. I am. Then he says But you
dont look like it. I say It doesnt matter what it looks like I still am!
The devil goes I know you. You shouted at that person you did yesterday. As a child of God you cannot
be angry. You say Devil that doesnt matter. Im righteous! I am born that way. And when I get tired
of him I shout GET OUT!!
Revelation 12:10 refers the devil as the accuser of our brethren. Its the devil who accuses you. Not
God! God loves you. He gave His only son not to accuse you and torment you. No! That is the devil.
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be delivered into their inheritance. You know that devil hes always playing sneaky. Here you are so
quiet and calm and happy with the Lord this morning. You woke up on the right side of the bed. Father
I really thank you for today. Its so wonderful to know you. And then the devil comes in and you say
Oh Lord how can the devil come in here? He came to Jesus! He took Jesus to the mountain!! And the
devil taketh Him. How could Jesus let the devil take Him? But he did. Dont let the devil lie to you and
never you expect him to tell you the truth. He is a habitual liar. Never. Jesus said when the devil speaks
he speaks his own. He is the father of lies. You are not really saved. You need deliverance. The same
devil hes trying to say that you need deliverance. Hes playing righteous now. You need deliverance if
you can just get that deliverance youll be free. If you could only be delivered you will be free. And then
you start thinking Its true. Im always angry. Its true. Then the devil says Cant you see? Thats the
reason you cant pray very well. Back then those days you used to pray long. Then you say yea once I
kneel down like this before 2 minutes I am tired. The devil says Well I told you. He is the one playing
it. Hes playing all that game. The Father never condemns you. Never. He always encourages you. He
always strengthens you. When you know the Fathers voice you will not follow the voice of strangers.
The Father is good. When you were a sinner he came out for you. Now that we are reconciled to Him
we shall be saved by His life. Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to
God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life (which is
in us).
He gave you heavens best. And it is His responsibility to see to it that things work out for you. He is
on your side helping you grow and making sure that the word comes to you. Hallelujah!
TL Osborn was 25 and FF Bosworth was 75. When Bosworth met TL he said When the devil shows up,
you do all the talking! Hell never hang around if you do the talking. Because you know too much.
Do you know yourself in the Bible?
When the devil comes around say Hey devil! And hes accusing you.
Say Look here this is me. (Rom 8:1) There is therefore no condemnation to me who is in Christ Jesus.
Come here let me show you another one devil (Rom 5:1) Therefore being justified by faith I have peace
with God through my Lord Jesus Christ.
Look over here. Yeah thats me. Hey I got some more. (Eph 1:3) Blessed be the God and Father of my
Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed me with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places.
Devil look here thats me. See that? (Psa 118:17) I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the
Lord.
Right there. Read that! (Heb 2:11) Both Jesus Christ who sanctifies and I who is sanctified are both
from one for which cause He is not ashamed to call me His brother.
Ok devil got another one for you. (Isa 8:18 & Heb 2:13) Behold devil! Jesus Christ and myself whom
the Lord has given Him are for signs and wonders! Hey I got some more. Dont run off! Hey! Hey! See
there! See that? Hey! Devil? Hey! Devil.. Devil.. Devil.. where are you?
You hear people say The devil said to meWhat were you doing? You ought to have done the talking.
Dont let him open his mouth. Give no place to the devil. Keep talking.

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 Is there really
such an experience
as
meeting the Holy
Spirit? Can it
truly happen?
YES! Good
Morning Holy
Spirit..

Pastor Benny Hinn

Audio Tape 10
Are you ready? We got to talking about prayer and on the 16th verse of the 5th chapter of the book of
James we found that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. So we decided to
find out who a righteous man is. We made some good discoveries. Hallelujah! Righteousness from the
Bible is the nature of God and it is a gift. It is the nature of God imparted to the human spirit that gives
the man the ability to stand in the presence of God without a sense of guilt or inferiority or condemnation
and produces in that man the rightness of God and the ability to do right. We also talked about the
righteousness and right living. Righteousness is a nature and right living is the product of righteousness
and nobody can live right until he is first of all righteous. So righteousness is not right living. Bit right
living is the result of righteousness. A man has to first and foremost become righteous to become right.
We can see why the Gospel has to be well understood. A lot of times people are told that they have to
live right and so that they can be accepted of God. If you can live right without being accepted of God,
if you can live right and then having God call you and say Well you have lived right so Ill accept you
then you dont need Him. The truth is nobody can live right until he is accepted of God in his sinfulness
and God gives him the nature of righteousness. Then a man or woman can now live right as a result of
that righteousness which he has received from the Lord. So if you dont have righteousness how can
you live right? So the Gospel is God has brought to you righteousness as a gift. That is the Gospel.

Romans 3:21 But now a righteousness from God without qualifying for it is manifested, being
witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon
all them that believe: for there is no difference:

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Thats what it is all about. Freely! Freely by
His grace. This Gospel is not cheap. Its free!

Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by

faith, we have peace with God throu gh our
Lord Jesus Christ:
He didnt say Therefore being justified by
works..
He says Therefore being justified by faith..
There is the holier than thou attitude a lot of
people have. They cant believe that others are

children of God like they are because they

dont act like them. So if we dont belong to
your little group we are not Christians.
Because we dont talk like you we dont look
like you and we like somethings you dont
like. That doesnt have anything to do with
righteousness. A lot of p eople have made
them a standard for righteousness. They
decided what it is to be righteous. Thats all
wrong. If you pray without a scarf then they
say you are not a Christian. If you are lady and
put on trousers then you are not a Christian. If
you painte d lips you are done for. I mean.. I
dont understand these guys. You know what the bible says Romans 9:8 They who are the children of
the flesh and senses, these are not the children of God. But the children of the word are counted for the
seed.
Children of the senses are not the children of God. Those who walk by their senses are not the children
of God. Children of the word are counted for the seed. This is how you know those who are the children
of God and not. Children of God are the children of the word. They are born of the word. 1 Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth
and abideth for ever. If you are born of the word of God you live in the word of God. You can only be
sustained by the word of God. There is no other way to live. When you are born again you are a child
of the word of God. And the only way you can live that life is by living in the word of God. There is no
other way. Children of the senses or the children of the senses cannot live by the word of God. Romans
8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against
God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be..
They cannot even be subject to the word of God. They cannot. Its not in them to be subjected to the
word of God.
A lot of people have used this portion of the Bible to preach a lot of funny stuff. Its because they have
not made a study of the subject. They say sometimes we are in the flesh and sometimes we are in the
spirit. Or they teach us the doctrine of dual nature. A lot of people say that we have 2 natures. We have
the old man and the new man. Your old man was crucified with Christ. You dont have an old man in
you. You only have one nature. You would be a monster to have two natures inside you. Romans 5:17
If any man be in Christ he is a new creation. He is not a 2nd creation. He is a new creation. Old things
are passed away and all things are become new. In Galatians 2:20 I was crucified with Christ,
nevertheless I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me. And the life that I now live in the body I live by the
faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.
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Colossians 3:1-4 If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ
sits on the right hand of God. (2) Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
(3) Because you are dead, and your life is hid together with Christ in God. (4) When Christ, who
is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Did you see that When Christ, who is our life

When Christ who is our life. Meaning Christ is our life. You have to get this. Christ is our life.
Hes not talking about This is Christmas time and emulate the goodness of Jesus. No. Hes talking
about Christ being our life. I am crucified with Christ nevertheless I live but not I myself but
Christ lives in me. Every fibre of my being every bone of my body every cell of my blood eternal
life has gained the ascendency in me. Where does sickness come from then Where does disease
come from then? Christ is my life. Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed because of the lack of
revelation knowledge. Thats the reason they suffer, thats the reason they are brought under and
crushed because they lack knowledge. The reality of the word of God. Christ is our life. The life
in me is the Christ life.

Romans 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
They that are in the senses cannot please God.
They that say I got a headache because they feel the head is aching. So he says I have a headache.
He declares his possession according to his feelings and senses.
They that say I am poor. Why? Because he cant find any money. So I am poor. He declares who
he is and what he has according to his senses.
THEY THAT ARE ACCORDING TO THE SENSES CANNOT PLEASE GOD AND
THEY ARE NOT THE CHILDREN OF GOD.

2 Corinthians 5:7 So then we walk by faith, not by sensory perceptions. Isaiah

33:24 No one living in Zion will say I am sick.

The guy says I am sick. Why? Because he can see it and feel it. He is walking according to his
feelings. He is in the flesh. They that are in the senses cannot please God. Well I dont have a
house I dont have any money. I dont have a job I dont have..
So what do you have? Stop bragging about what you dont have. Stop bragging about your feelings.
Stop bragging about all the poverty that you can see. Stop bragging about what the devil is doing.
Brag about Jesus and His ability in you. Why?
Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in
you. Why because we are born in the spirit. We belong in the realm of the spirit. We belong to
the spirit of God.
Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Read on..
Romans 8:10-11 And if Christ be in you, even though the body is dead because of sin; the recreated
human spirit gives the body life because of righteousness which is eternal life.
(11) But if the Holy Spirit of Him (God) who raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He (Holy
Spirit) who raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken, vitalise, give life to your mortal
bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you.

In other words sin has brought man down, sin has brought evil to the human body. Sin has brought
death according to the Bible. So now you are now in paralysis your body is now dead because of
sin. But now that you are born again and Christ is in you, - your human spirit gives your body life
because if righteousness. He that is joined to the Lord is one person. 1 Cor 6:17

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Righteousness is the nature of God. Righteousness is the ability of Gods Spirit that comes
into a human life.

Do you know that thats the way Peter ministered? In Acts 9 Peter went through the quarters
visiting the Christians and he got to a person called Ananias. Ananias was one of the saints that
Peter was visiting. Do you understand? Peter walked into his room. The man was paralysed. In that
condition of paralysis he heard the Gospel. Peter came in and looked at him and said Ananias Jesus
Christ makes you well. Get up! Didnt pray for him. Thats the kind of thing Paul is talking about
here. If Christ be in you even though your body is paralysed because of sin, now your human
spirit gives your body life because of eternal life you have. The Bible declares Ananias in a split
second jumped off of that bed. Hallelujah!

Romans 8:10 And if Christ be in you, even though the body is dead because of sin; the human
spirit gives the body life because of righteousness.
That righteousness is yours and that has been given to you.

Romans 8:11 But if the Holy Spirit of God who raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He
that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken, vitalise, give life to your mortal bodies by
his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Did you understand it? Let me paraphrase it for you by joining verse 10 and 11.

And if Christ be in you, even though your body is sick because of sin, your born again human spirit
provides your body life because of eternal life in your spirit. Secondly if the Holy Spirit of God
(who raised up Jesus from the dead) live in you, then the Holy Spirit ALSO provides life to your
body because of His presence in you.

1. If Christ be in you Your born again human spirit gives your body life because of eternal
life your spirit has.
2. If the Holy Spirit be in you The Holy Spirit will also give your body life because of His
presence in you.

Two ways your body receives life.

1. If Christ be in you your recreated human spirit gives life because it has eternal life.
2. If the Holy Spirt be in you He gives life because of His presence.

In Colossians 3:4 it says When Christ who is our life shall appear. Did you see that?

You know when you know things like these you dont even think about failing. You cant. Do you
think that you might just wake up tomorrow morning and start barking? Whoof! Whoof! Whoof!
Do you think that way? Have you ever thought about it? May be when I wake up tomorrow I will
still be a human being? You dont think so. When you wake up do you get surprised that you can
walk? You wake up and you just go on your business. Thats the way it ought to be. Most of the
time people just dont understand it. When your life is going on this direction you dont think like
What if it doesnt work? Its just as much as saying What if Im a cat tomorrow? Sounds weird.
Thats the same way you sound before the angels when you say What if it doesnt work?

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John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my
Father is the vine dresser.

Jesus said I am the true vine because

there are lot of vines.

John 15:2-3 Every branch in me that

beareth not fruit he taketh away: and
every branch that beareth fruit, he
purgeth it, that it may bring forth
more fruit. (3) Now ye are clean
through the word which I have
spoken unto you.

Thats one of the reasons you have to listen to the word of God all the time. Because it is a cleansing
agent. This one will cleanse your spirit. You can have a bath in the spirit.
John 15:4-5 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in
the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. (5) I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that
abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Jesus said that He is the vine and we are the branches. Do you know what that means? Was He
ever holy? Then that same holiness is in yours. Was He ever righteous? If righteousness is the
nature of God and Jesus has the righteousness of God and He says I am the vine and ye are the
branches. Thats beginning to tell me something. Was Jesus divine? Or was He just another
ordinary philosopher? Or a religious leader? Or a positive thinker? Jesus the son of God. Divine.
So what kind of life did He have? Jesus says I am the vine and ye are the branches. This disobedient
foolish crazy evil me? Jesus said I am the vine and ye are the branches. If you accept it good. If
you dont forget it!!

Just free! Just like that? Lord what can I do to become one of the branches? Nothing you got to be
born again. Thats all. Hes not talking about coming in to Him. No! You are just born that way.

He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do
nothing.
I want you to understand this. Without me here doesnt mean if I dont follow you. If Im not there you
cant do nothing. No! No!! No!!! Thats not what Jesus said. Because Jesus never figured without us.
He said I will be with you always even unto the end of the world.
It simply means Apart from me you can do nothing. Cut off from me you cant do nothing.

Who is going to cut me out? Nobody!

John 15:6-8 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather
them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (7) If ye abide in me, and my words abide
in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. (8) Herein is my Father glorified,
that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

All you need to do is to abide. And you dont have any trouble abiding because you were born there. If
Jesus were righteous then I am righteous because He said I am the vine and ye are the branches.

Romans 11:16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the
branches.

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No wonder in the 3rd chapter of the book of Hebrews Paul says Hebrews 3:1 Wherefore, holy
brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession,
Christ Jesus;

No wonder if the root be holy the branches are holy also. Who is the first fruit? Jesus. If the root be holy
so are the branches.

Look at this now

1 John 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment:
because as He is, so are we in this world.

In this world. Not when we get to heaven. Right here on earth! He didnt say as Jesus used to be at the
time of Jesus walking on earth. Jesus has ascended. As Jesus is now in heaven so are we in this world.

Righteousness gives us right standing. In the day of judgement when there is going to be great fear
we will have boldness in the day of judgement. We have right standing. The ability to stand in the
presence of God without a sense of guilt, inferiority or condemnation.

Romans 8:1 there is therefore now no judgement to them who are in Christ Jesus who refuse to walk
according to the senses but according to the spirit.

People are saying Pay day is coming the judgement day is coming and on the last day we are going to
know.
Hey if you dont know now you are finished! You got to know now. The Bible says Now are we the
Sons of God.
Not tomorrow now!

as He is, so are we in this world.

As He is righteous so are we righteous in this world.

As He is holy so are we holy in this world.
As He has eternal life so have we eternal life in this world.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment.
He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

In the Old Testamen God told us to fulfil the law and then they can be blessed. If you would obey all
the commandments then you shall be blessed in the city, blessed in the country.

Jesus said A new commandment I give you What

happened to the old one?

In Ephesians Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity which is the law of
commandments contained in ordinances;..
He abolished all the 10 commandments and all the ordinances have been abolished. There is a new law
for a new kind of people.

A new law for the new creation and there is a new priesthood. The law of Moses had the Aaronic
priesthood. The new commandment which is the commandment of love has a new priesthood also. The
high priest is Jesus. He is our high priest.

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John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you,
that ye also love one another.
Now do you know that that John 13:34 was before Jesus went to the cross?

That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

So hard Peter said How many times if my brother sins against me I forgive him? The
guy didnt like the answer!

Jesus knew it was hard. Commandments are hard for people. They cant understand it. After the cross
we were born again, we were given a new life. The Bible doesnt say I give you a commandment..No!
Romans 5:5 the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto
us.

Now this is automatic. This is just there. You dont have to try to do it or try to obey it. In Galatians
5:22 it says the fruit of the spirit is love,

The product of the recreated human spirit. The Holy Ghost doesnt bare fruit. We are the branches.
Its the branches which bear the fruits. You dont find fruits on the stem of a tree. Jesus didnt say I
am the vine the Holy Ghost is the branch. You are the branches.

The fruit of the human spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
temperance.

The capital S which King James suggest is wrong. Its the fruit of the human spirit.
Again it is the fruit of the human spirit. Not fruits. Singular!
The fruit of the human spirit. The product of the human spirit. Its all in one. Love, joy, peace, patience,
gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. All 9 in one product. Like the little pieces you find
inside an orange fruit. Its one fruit but you got 9 in it.

When you are born again you just have love in your spirit. You dont make an effort to love. You are
born that way. You just know in you that you love God and Gods children.

1 John 5:1 every one that loveth him (God) that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

Everyone who loves God who begat must also love him that is begotten of Him.

If you love God you must love Jesus. If you love Jesus you must love me. You have no option you must
love me. Otherwise you are not even a Christian. You may not like my face, you may not like the way
my singing but you got to love me. To love me means to accept me and to receive me and you call me
your brother. You must help me when I am in need. Then I am criticised you refuse to join them that
criticise me.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment.
He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

There is no fear in love. Perfect love casts out fear because fear has torment. He that fears is not made
perfect in love.

Have you found people who are afraid? Afraid of darkness and demons? Please follow me. How can I
go in that place its so dark. Cant go there!
What do you think is in there in the darkness? I dont knowwwww come lets go together.
You know what hes trying to say? If they catch me they must catch you. Im not going down alone.

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When you love God. There is no fear in love but perfect love casts out all fear. You dont need anyone
to lay hands on you or to pray for you to remove fear. If you have fear in you and you are born again it
just means that you are not
walking according to this book.
You are not walking in love.
Just turn around and walk in
love. When you start walking in
love fear cannot stay. You find
somebody afraid of the future
and afraid of some failure and
afraid that he may not be
accepted of
God, something is
wrong.

Fear has torment. He that fears

is not made perfect in love.

Lets go to John chapter 15.

Why dont we stop here. Lets stop here. Stop here. No No No. Good place to stop .. stop. Lets stop.
Stop stop stop. Stop everybody stop. Well go home! Good place to stop nice place to stop. This next
part of it.. no no relax lets stop here. Lift your hands toward heaven and worship Him. Dont worry
well go on another service. Worship Him and thank Him.

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 Not only must you
hear the Word with
your ear, you must
also hear the Word in
your heart. How do
you hear the Word
with your heart? To hear Gods Word in your heart requires
openness and hunger for Gods Word. See Gods Word as if your
life depends on knowing it. Indeed Our lives depend on knowing
it.

- Prophet T.B. Joshua

Audio Tape 11
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth
forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Now what we were looking at there and what we are looking at now is this.
Jesus Christ is the righteousness of God. The Bible says He is the effulgence of Gods glory. He is the
express image of the Fathers person. If you wanted to know what the Father is like you look at Jesus.
If you want to find out something about the Father you have to look at Jesus. Because the John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he
hath declared him.
I want you to understand by what he means by the only begotten son.

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At the time of that revelation Jesus Christ was the only begotten son. After the resurrection of Jesus
Christ we were raised together with Him. When Jesus Christ was raised up we were in Him in that
resurrection. Now having being
raised up together in Christ He is
no longer the only begotten of
the Father. In the New Testament
He is called the first begotten of
the Father. He is the first among
us. Now He is one with us. He
calls us brethren. We are now His
brethren. (Hebrews 2:11)
Jesus was born of a virgin. Then
He was raised from the dead on
the 3rd day. When He was raised
from the dead He was born again
that day. (Acts 13:33) Jesus
needed to be born again. Its so
vital in the knowledge of our redemption. On the cross He was made sin for us. Our sins were laid on
His spirit and the Father turned His back on Him and Jesus died and was buried. When He was raised
up He was raised up a new creation born again. So He is the first begotten of the dead. That term first
begotten of the dead doesnt mean first to be raised from the dead. Because Jesus died Lazarus had died
and Jesus raised him up. There are many others who died and was raised from the dead.
Jesus was the first to come out of spiritual death. He was the first to be born from the dead. Begotten of
the dead. Everyone who is born into this world is born into spiritual darkness. (Romans 5:12 &
Ephesians 2) After Adam everyone that is born into this world is born to spiritual death. Spiritual death
is separation from God. In the land of the damned. But Jesus defeated the devil in his own territory and
God raised Him up with a new life. So when Jesus came out of spiritual death

Acts 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again;
as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

When Jesus was raised up we were raised up together with Him because we were in Him. He was
our substitute on the cross and He was our substitute in the grave and now He is our substitute
from the resurrection.

He is the righteousness of God and because we are in Him and He has given us His righteousness.
When our sins were laid on His spirit His righteousness were given to us because our sins were
remitted for. Washed away. Completely removed. In the Old Testament the sins were covered. In
the New Testament the sins are removed forever. He gave us His righteousness. His righteousness
is now laid on our spirits as our sins were laid on His spirit. Thats the legal aspect of redemption.

The vital aspect is after His resurrection were born a new creation. Being born again we have the
same life. The very life that Jesus had when He was raised from the dead is what He still has today
is the very life that we have. Understand it. I am the vine and you are the branches. Its the same
life that goes through the vine that also go through the branches.

Romans 11:16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the
branches.

You may say Well I cant see it. Thats because you are looking at things from the wrong point.
You are looking at things from the optical eyes. You have to see from the word of God.

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1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. Amos 3:3 Can two walk together,
except they be agreed?

When you look at things under the human light. Under the light of the world you cannot see the
truth of God. There are different kinds of lights.

How do you describe light? There is no way to describe light. Light is that which describes. Light
is that which makes manifest.

Ephesians 5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever
doth make manifest is light.

Ephesians 5:13 [Rotherhams Emphasised]..all that of itself makes manifest is light

How can you describe light? Anything that manifest is light.

Anything that describes others is light.
Anything that makes manifest is light.
So light is that which describes.
If you can describe light then that light is a lesser light. Because then it has been described by a
greater light.

There are many lights in this world. But there is a true light. John 1:9 That was the true light,
which lights every man that comes into the world.

The light of God is the word of God. Jesus said John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy
word is truth.

The word of God is the true light. Every other light is a lesser light. What we may see under any
light is unreal. Which means it is temporary meaning subject to change. Whatever you see under
any light is temporary. It is subject to change. We are talking about changing hopeless situations.
Only what you see in the light of God is real and true and unchangeable.

The tumour they described according to the light of the knowledge of medical science is a lesser
light. Which is subject to change. Its based on their light which is their understanding.

It is great to know the word of God and have it to yourself. To know it in your life. If the first fruit
be holy then the lump is also holy. If the root be holy branches are holy.

If Jesus says I am the vine ye are the branches. Then I am the branch. The word of God has declared
us holy. Thats how God sees us. You can look at yourself and say I am a mess. You will never
come out of that mess until you understand the word of God. Amos 3:3 Can two walk together,
except they be agreed?
Do you want God to agree with you? That you are a sinner.
Or do you want to agree with God? That you have been justified in Christ Jesus.
Which is better?

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 Romans 3:4 yea, let God be true,
but every man a liar;

If you say something different

from what God has said you are a
liar.
Look at my life Ive been a
Christian but its full of sins.
Yeah the reason its full of sins is

because you have looked at the wrong thing. You become

what you see. Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the initiator
and the consummator of our faith.

Why does he want us looking? Because as we look at the

glory of God in a mirror. When we look at a mirror we see
ourselves. When you look at the word of God which is the
mirror of God we see the glory of God meaning we are the
glory of God and the more we look we are metamorphosed.
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as
in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory,
even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

As we look we are changed. As we look we are changes. If you look down you will be changed
back to what you have been seeing. What you see is what you become. Look at the glory of God
in a mirror. That means hes calling me the glory of God.

Hes calling the word of God the mirror.

And hes saying when I look in the mirror I see the glory of God.
When I look in the mirror I see me. I dont see you. I ought to see me in the mirror.
He says what I see in the mirror is the glory of God.
Therefore I am the glory of God.

Sure! I am the glory of God and I am going to act that way. Christianity is seeing and going the
way you see. 1 John 1:7 If we walk in the light as He is in the light I have to walk in the light.
The light says I am His branch and He is the vine and therefore I am holy. So I walk in the light as
He is in the light.
He lives in the light of my holiness.
Where God dwells He sees me holy. He sees me righteous. He sees me as His own glory.

God is using a particular kind of light to look at me. I am using the light in this world to look at
me. So when I look at me in this worlds light I see darkness, I see sin, I see inability, I see in
assurance I see everything negative. Then I look at me in His light I almost cant believe it. Its too
good to be true. He calls me the glory of God. He calls me the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
What I need to do is to walk in the light as He is in the light. As I walk in the light He sees me as
the righteousness of God so I see me as the righteousness of God.

If I walk in the light as He is in the light then we have fellowship. Meaning partnership, meaning I
have signed the contract. We are going together now. That thing has become real in my life. Praise
God. I like to walk in the light of my redemption. He lives in the light of my redemption. God sees
me as redeemed. If I see me as O God redeem my soul. O God bless me. I see the unblessed me

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trying to get a blessing. I see the unrighteous me trying to get a standing with God. The light of
God sees something different. God sees me righteous. God sees me blessed. Until I see it I cant
have it. But it belongs to me. Yet I cant walk in it. Can you see why a lot of folk they cant live
the Christian life. Because they want to live their life to their own pleasure.

In other words. You know people say Well I really want to know whether my Christianity is real. I
dont want to deceive myself. So until Im ready I dont want to start something I cant finish. You
cant start it and you cant finish it. Hebrews 12:2 says that Jesus Christ is the author and finisher
of your faith. The beginner and the
finisher of your faith. Dont try to
finish it because you cant even start
it. Hes the author and the finisher.
All you need to do is give Him
everything and take all of His.
Amen!

When we understand who we are it

gives us boldness in our prayer life.
We have a right standing.

John 15:7-9 If ye abide in me, and

my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. (8) Herein is my
Father
glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. (9) As the Father hath loved me, so
have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

When I study the word of God let me tell you something. I dont read it like Im reading a novel or
a newspaper. I read it its God talking to me. Thats the way. And hes talking to me today and
now. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done
unto you.

Ye shall ask what ye will..

I remember that blind man crying out to Jesus saying Jesus son of David have mercy on me. And
Jesus stopped and said What do you want me to do to you? What a question? The master was ready!
What do you want? If the Lord asked you that question what would you say? Im sure youd say
Lord, I have a list.

Can I tell you something? Its still the same. Hes still asking you the same question. You might as
well as present that list. Dont wait until He shows up in your room. Because it will make no
difference.

I want you to understand something. Having answered prayers is one of the fruits of the recreated
human spirit. Its one of the things that God expects from us. Have our prayer working. He actually
wants us to be able to change things when those things dont suit us. He really wants us to He
doesnt want us disadvantaged. As you study the Bible you come to conclusion that this God must
be a good God. Hallelujah!

When you pray and ask for things by the time we get those things is not the time that God gave
those things. The prayers that Jesus taught us in Matthew Mark Luke and John are not exactly the
prayers we should be praying in the new testament today.

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Example: Jesus said If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed ye shall not only do that which is
done to the fig tree but ye shall say unto this mountain move from hence to yonder and it will obey
you.
If you have faith there is a condition there. The disciples there was a time when they didnt have
any faith. Jesus asked them How come ye dont have any faith. That scripture seems to us that we
can do anything. If I had faith I could do this and because I dont have faith thats why I cant do
it. Romans 12:3 He hath granted to every man among you the measure of faith. Every man among
you means the Christians not every man in the world. When you are born again you are given the
measure of faith. The same measure of faith is given to every one of us. Then we get that mesure
and we start developing it. Some have developed their faith to become great faith. Some have
weakened theirs because of the lack of use. Its just like the muscles. They become strong by use.
Your problem is not faith your problem is laziness.

If every one of us have been given the measure of faith it means that everyone of us can do big things.
If you have the seed of faith. It doesnt matter the size. You can move mountains. Peter called it the like
precious faith. Each one of us have it.
When we pray God expects us to receive answers. That is like a paradox. Like an oxymoron.
How can God expect us to receive answers? So who is going to answer?
Why? In the New Testament there is nothing that God hasnt given to you. So why do we pray?
You are asking the right question now!
Now you are following. Now you are getting to understand what prayer really means. God never
intended His children to come every day and say O God, give me, give me, give me because my name
is Jimmy. He never expected us to keep coming and going and coming and going and coming and going.
Coming when you want something and going when you have got it. Coming again when you want
something else and going when youve got it. Asking O God give me a car, O God give me a job, O
God give me a house, O God give me a child. Whats all this? Thats not God dream for His children.
He wants you to go pass that level.
Where your prayers are no longer the
give me prayers. You ought to be
praying the higher prayers. Prayers of
worship and thanksgiving. Thats what
prayer is really for. A time of
fellowship.
Every time when some people pray
they come with a list of things.
You have said enough and youve
asked enough. All things are yours
because you are born of Him. Now you
are His child. Its about time you found
out how to make decrees and let them be established unto you, its about time you know that you can
call things into being without asking God. God is saying Go get it. Dont tell me what you want. Tell
the thing. Tell the cancer to pass out, burn it out by your words, tell the dead bank account to give you
money. Calling those things which are not as though they were.
Remember Moses? God brought Moses up and taught him things. He had another 40 years to unlearn
the unbelief of Egypt. He was 40 years old when he was driven out of Egypt. Then another 40 long
years in the backside of the desert as a shepherd. 40 years learning the things of Jehovah and unlearning
the science he studied in Egypt. In 40 years you ought to get something. So God said Go to Pharaoh
and tell him to let my people go and Moses said Lord I cant. God asked Moses to put his rod on the
ground and it became a serpent. Moses fled from it and God said Pick it up by the tail and Moses picked

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it up by the tail. Moses was junior to Paul. Did you know that? Moses could have picked it from the
head instead of the tail. Paul picked it up by the head.
So Moses brought the children of Israel out of Egypt. Then they were at the red sea. Look Moses had
been trained 10 plagues in Egypt he ought to have some sense by now. But Moses was used to Thus
saith the Lord.. you will see and Pharaoh will say Ok Show it and Moses would go theatrical O
Lord God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob Let Pharaoh know thy mighty power and God would perform
a miracle. And Moses would say Hehe! This last one - the chariots of Egypt coming at them and they
are facing the red sea. Moses went again O God.. and God said Wherefore criest thou unto me?
Dont pray now talk to the water. Stretch your hand over the water and divide it. Read it in the book.
The red sea split wide open. Read the
rest of Moses life. His life was full of
praise and worship. He had found out
that he could turn anything, he could
speak Gods word. Joshua was
learning all the time. Watch Joshua at
the time of war. He didnt say O God
rescue me watch what Joshua said.
He said Sun stand still, Moon stand
still! Joshua didnt say O God
please stop the sun. Joshua had
graduated.
You know some Pastors lay hands on
sick folks and say Father, thy servant is sick today. Heal him O Lord that he may serve thee. I laugh
at them. What a petty prayer! I love Yonggi Cho. Yonggi Cho invited a preacher to his church one day
and that pastor didnt believe in divine healing. But he was a good preacher. You see you can be a great
preacher and dont believe in divine healing. Contradiction though but you see people like that walking
around in churches. So this preacher was preaching in English and Yonggi Cho was interpreting in the
Korean language. So the preacher didnt know what Yonggi Cho said in the Korean language. So after
the service Yonggi Cho asked this preacher to pray for the sick people. And the preacher said O Father,
we thy people which are
standing before you.. then he
said to the people See your
sickness being healed by Jesus
as He shares with you your
problem.. And Yonggi Cho
said I knew if I said it that way
no one will be healed So since
that preacher couldnt
understand what Yonggi cho
said in the Korean language,
Yonggi cho said to the people
Be healed in the name of
Jesus!!! and miracles began to
happen. The preachers eyes popped out that day.
Jesus said Heal the sick he never said Pray for the sick. Read your Bible. So when I pray He hears
me because Im Gods righteousness. God is righteous because of me. I have been made the
righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. (2 Cor 5:21) So God is right because of you. If someone wants to
know that God is good, ask them to look at you. You are His righteousness. You are His life as He is
your word.
Thus saith the Lord:
If they would take my word and act upon it and see themselves the way I see them, not only will they
walk in the realms of glory but shall they declare my glory to the nations. Yes they shall. All the earth

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shall know that Ive loved my own. For Ive showed a difference between those that love me and
those that know me not.
Amen!
1 John 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment:
because as he is, so are we in this world. The day of judgement. There are people thinking I hope
my name is there No! For us we have boldness in the day of judgement. Were not afraid of judgement
coming. Weve been judged already in Christ and you are declared the righteousness of God. There are
people who are afraid and pray in the
night time O Lord if you come tonight
make me qualified to be accepted of
you. Wrong prayer. When you were
born again you were qualified.
Colossians 1:12 reads
Giving thanks unto the Father, which
hath qualified us to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in light
1 John 4:17 Herein is our love made
perfect, that we may have boldness in
the Day of Judgment: because as he is,
so are we in this world.
Hes talking about the glorified Christ. Hes not talking about the Christ who
is being slain. Hes not talking about the Christ as He walked this world. At the time of writing Jesus
Christ had already ascended to the presence of the Father. As He is in heaven so are we now in this
world.

Colossians 1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now
is made manifest to his saints:
Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery
among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Because you are in Him and now He is in you. Like Jesus said I am in my Father and my Father
is in me. Now you are in Christ. If any man be in Christ he is a new creation. Now this is the
revelation. Christ in you the hope of glory. Not only that you are in Him He is in you making us
one divine creation. Because as He is so are we in this world. He that is joined to the Lord is one
spirit. If He is righteous so am I. If He is holy so am I.
So what? I dont go back to the wrong stuff anymore. I found out who I am. If I used to lie I dont
lie anymore. Why? Because I am a righteous person and telling lies have nothing to do with a
righteous person. I used to steal. I dont steal no more. I am a righteous person. Why would a
man steal? Because he is a thief. A thief has to steal otherwise he is not a thief. He has to practice
his nature. If a dog doesnt bark you take it to the vet to find out whats wrong with it. If a thief
doesnt steal you take him to the doctor to find out whats wrong!
Thanks be unto God.

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1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye
are justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Thanks be unto God.
I am the sanctified of God. What if I
sin now?
1 John 2:1 My little children, these
things write I unto you, that ye sin
not. And if any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous:
1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation
for our sins: and not for ours only,
but also for the sins of the whole
world.

If you confess that sin He is faithful and righteous. Meaning you can trust Him on that to forgive
us and cleanse us from all righteousness and we are pure again as white as snow. What a life?

1 Timothy 4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may
appear to all.
Ive been eating all these years since Ive been born and I never saw me growing. I stood in front
of the mirror and I never saw me growing. Did you see yourself growing? I just took some yam
and look at my ears growing!! That didnt happen to you. Everybody saw you and 5 years before
now you were not the way you are now.
1 Timothy 4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself completely to them; that thy profiting may
appear to all

Dont worry about how its happening. Its working. People will be asking what happened to you? You
may not see it and you may not feel it.

I saw one of my pictures some time ago and I thought Its amazing my stomach didnt touch my back. I
was so skinny. With my long neck near Lord Jesus. I thought What in the world did I look like standing
in from of all those people and telling them In the Name of Jesus! Boy I was so skinny.

Same thing spiritually.

All the time you look back and you see how better now you are than you used to be. I am growing in
the things of the spirit. The word of God is working in me, its working in my mind, its working in my
body.

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 You should be able to see your
future now before you move into
it.

Your ability to see the future is

your ability to move into that
future.

The things of faith require the

Spirit.

Prophet Dr. Uebert Angel, Ph.D.

At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, two at Parbar 1 Chronicles 26:18

Audio Tape 12
I believe above the storm the smallest prayer can still be heard
I believe that someone in that great somewhere hears every word
Every time I hear a new born baby cry or touch a leaf or see the sky
Then I know why, I believe

Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him
that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Revelation 2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that
overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him
that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the
stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

Revelation 2:26-29 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give
power over the nations: (27) And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter
shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. (28) And I will give him the
morning star. (29) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Revelation 3:5-6 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not
blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before
his angels. (6) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Revelation 3:12-13 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall
go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God,

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which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him
my new name. (13) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Revelation 3:21-22 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also
overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (22) He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Hallelujah!

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
You will do yourselves a lot of good if you listen to the word of God because the Spirit speaks to the
church.
Him that overcometh
Overcometh what? What does He want us to overcome again?

1. DEVIL?
The Bible tells us that Jesus Luke 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning
fall from heaven. Luke 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and
scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Then again the Bible says Colossians 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers,
he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Then He gave us the authority
over the devils. They have been overcome.
2. WORLD?
Jesus said John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
He overcame the world. So we dont have to overcome.
3. FLESH?
The Bible says Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the
affections and lusts. We dont need to try to overcome the flesh because we have overcome
already.

To the 7 churches He said to him that overcometh. What does He want us to overcome?

1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called,
and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

It is a fight of faith. Its what the Master wants us to overcome. To fight the good fight of faith.
All we have to fight is a fight of faith. Whether or not your faith will triumph all we have is a
fight of faith. The devil is being defeated, the world has been overcome and the flesh has been
crucified. Whats left? The appropriation of what the master has already done to our lives.

Here is where the problem is. Seeing what He has given you in spite of everything that your senses
can perceive. Holding on to that which He has given you in spite of sensory evidence. Here is the
fight of faith. When we talk about changing hopeless situations what you dont know is that God is
not at all troubled with your desire to change a situation in life that you have found yourself that
you dont like. The truth is He is actually watching to see you change that situation. He actually
wants you to do something about it. When you successfully do something about it and change that
situation you are honoured. God honours you for your triumph of faith. God is happy to see you in
the case you are today. Because He knows that you can actually change the situation and by
changing it you are actually honoured for it. Your spiritual promotions are based on these things. 7
times we read it. He that overcometh I will do this.. He that overcometh.. He that overcometh..

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Here you are wanting to have a child and God is waiting for you to overcome that situation. Here
you are 5 years no job and God is waiting to see you change that situation. He wants you to. Here
you are with some doctors report that shows that something is wrong with your body. But you
have come to a large place already you have come to a wealthy place. (Psalm 18:19) The lines
are fallen unto you in pleasant places. (Psalm 16:6) You are here now. You have arrived. In the
place of change. God wants to see you change that situation. You may not realise until you study
the word of God that God really wants us to do something about our lives. Where ever you are
today its your responsibility to move to a higher level. A lot of time we think God is going to bring
us there. I want you to know that in the mind of God you are already in the best place you could
ever be in your life. And now its up to you to work your way there and meet Him at the point of
faith.

Understand this!

God doesnt know that you cannot have a baby.

God doesnt know that you have
migraine headaches.
God doesnt know that you dont have
money. He does not know!

You say There is nothing that God

doesnt know! You just found out. He
doesnt know.

He is not aware! God doesnt know

that you cannot stop smoking.

He doesnt know that you cannot stop

telling lies.

Gods word is Gods light. The Bible

tells that God dwells in the light that no
man can approach unto. (1 Timothy
6:16)

Hallelujah! Glory!!!
1 Timothy 6:13-16 I give thee charge
in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate
witnessed a good confession; (14) That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable,
until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: (15) Which in his times he shall shew, who is the
blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; (16) Who only hath immortality,
dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to
whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

He is the only one who has immortality dwelling in the light. The light which no man can approach
unto and whom no man has seen nor can see. As He dwells in that light no man can see Him. Why
is it that no man can see Him?
Everyone living the life of a man cannot see Him. But everyone that lives the divine life of faith
can see Him.

The Bible says that faith works by love. John says one who walks in love has seen God.

The one who doesnt walk in it cannot see God. Why? Because the light is blinding the man. Man
cannot see the glory of that light. He cannot! As long as he talks as a man as long as he walks like

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a man he cannot see Christ. For Christ dwells in immortality. The
glory of the light which no man can approach unto. The light is the
word of God.

For the word of God is light. As long as you live like a man you
will not see the word. Because the word transforms you.

The Bible says Enoch was translated that he should not see death.

There is a transforming power in the word of God that stops you

from living the life of a man to the God life. The natural man
cant see it. But the sons of God can see it.

Jesus said Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom
of God.

Christ lives in the light which no man can approach unto and no man can see Him because of the
glory of that light. There is where He lives and they cant find Him. Except a man be born again he
cannot see the kingdom. What is the Kingdom of God? The Kingdom of God is that place where
divinity reigns. The Kingdom of God is that place where only the life and nature of God dominates.
The Kingdom of God is that place where only the light of God shines. Until a man is born again he
cannot see the Kingdom. When you see the kingdom you cannot but stay in the kingdom.

The problem is we live too much on this level. We see too much of this level. We look around and
we see we are broke. We look around and we see no money. We look around and we see that we
are sick. We look around and we see all the
difficulties of this life.

The Bible says looking unto Jesus. How can you

look at a one that you cant see? If you are a man
you cannot see Him. Therefore you have to be a
son of God born of the Spirit of God. The Bible
says If we live in the spirit let us also walk in the
spirit. If you have the life of the spirit then live that
way.

How can you change it? By living from there here.

Its not from living from here there.
You look down and carry the problems there and
say God see my trouble.. Please help me. You
know people have misunderstood the things of
God. They say Let us face reality. I will to God
that they will understand what reality is. You are
talking about shadows.
They say They have not given me the money.
Yes you are looking at uncertain riches. Riches
that are not trustworthy. You are looking at an
uncertain job. A job that is not trustworthy. You
are looking at your womb that is not trustworthy.
You are looking at your physical body. And that
will not work.
The Bible says No man can approach that light.
Why cant they approach it? Because they cant see it. They cant find it.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for.

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I tell you something when you live the life of faith, the time will
come when you will wonder whether you are mad. Because you
look at your life and you look at the lives of others and you just
cant talk that way. You just have that confidence of something
that other are trembling of.

I never forget the story I once read about the young prince of
France.
Little boy! When the French revolution took place they got a
hold of him and killed his father. Then they said Lets kill the
boy. And some others said No if you kill him hes too young.
Hell go to heaven and thats too good for his bad father. Before
he dies let us give him to a witch. Let the witch teach him to
curse. Let him learn abusive language. Then he can die and go
to hell. Hes too innocent.
So they gave this little boy to a witch and they taught him to
curse. The witch tried and tried and tried to make the boy curse
and say the wrong thing. This little boy wont say it. Finally the
boy said I cannot say such things. I was born to be a prince! He would not curse. He would not use
that language.

You come to a point in your life there are things you just cannot say. Youve gone too far to say
them. You are born that way. You cannot say I dont know whether Im going to die. Its too late.
Too late to say I am average. Too late to say I cannot get a job. Too late. But when you dont know
you walk on in darkness.

I have said ye are gods and all of you are children of the Most High. But ye shall die like men and
fall like one of the princes. Why? They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in
darkness:

All the days of their vanity. How they labour and struggle and try to get something. The reason for
working is not to make a living. Its to make a giving.

Work to make a giving. Not a living.

Did you know for the rest of your life you have an inheritance? If you were to sleep all your days
you have something beyond what you could spend on the face of the earth? The only reason that
you should not be allowed to sleep all your days is you wont be acting like your Father who makes
a giving with His life.

You should be up and

about wanting to do
something good for
somebody. Take a job
and work with dignity.
It doesnt just end in
having a job. Its
having a job and
understanding what
you are doing. If you
sell, sell good. You
want people to have
because its good for them. You render services do well because it will help somebody. They pay
you but that money you get is not your life source. Its a compensation for your effort. Always do
more than you are paid for. That is the principle. Always!

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He is in the light that no man can approach unto. Only those who are born into that light can see
Him. Only those who are born into that light can see Him.

The question is have you seen Him?

Thats why we preach. To make Him known. So man can see Him.

Heard about a man in Trinidad. The man was so wicked and he was in the hotel business. He didnt
want to hear Christians talk about Jesus. He hated the Son of God. When this crusade came to town
they said Why are they gathered there? So many thousands? Why? Then he thought Let me go and
find out what these fools are listening to.
So he went down to meet the fools. He called them fools. When he got there listening to the Gospel
the next thing he knew Jesus stood right in front of him. All He said was I am Jesus. When Jesus
said that to that young man tears began to come out of his eyes. He knew at once that his sins were
forgiven. He knew at once that he was
purified by God. And he was the one
screaming Hes alive! Hes alive!! Ive
seen Him! Hes alive! They found that it
was this hotel owner who was such a bad
guy came screaming Hes alive! Hes
alive! Ive seen Him. He looked at me. He
smiled at me. Ive seen Him. He is Jesus!

Not long ago one of my pastors sent me

a letter. In that letter he said that he was
in his house and someone came in. He
looked and it was Jesus. This was last
week I got this letter. Pastor said He just
looked at him and smiled at him. He didnt say anything. He just smiled at him. He said When I
saw Him, the glory of His face was so much. I couldnt look at the light coming out of His face.
Dear Pastor Jesus is so beautiful. Jesus is real. Hes real!
And he has been a pastor for some time. Now he tells me Jesus is real.

The deadest thing I know is to preach a dead

Christ because it will kill you.

Now here we are and God wants to see us come

out of that situation not with tears and crying O
What I went through.. No! He wants us coming
out. Hallelujah! Watch this.

A lot of times we give testimonies and many of

us dont know what a testimony really is. A
testimony is not Oh I was sick and God healed
me. In the ordinary childrens class we call that
testimony. But when you come into the class
for seniors you can be reprimanded for calling
that a testimony. That is not a testimony. A
testimony is not Well brothers and sisters, I
want to tell you what happened. When I was
travelling to such and such a place that that
that happened and so we went to the and so we
prayed and so we confessed. So I thank God
who brought me out.

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Is that the testimony? You are only testifying that God
brought you out of something. That is not what glorifies
Him.
What do you mean by testimony? Listen to me.

The testimony is His Word.

Are you with me? Are you sure you are catching? Or are
you there wondering what is he saying? The word of God is
the testimony.

When we take the word of God whether or not we have

experienced it in our lives, we proclaim the word. See the
word of God is your life. Do you want to see a change? You
will not see it until you say it.
Dont say it in a struggle and think youve said it. If you say
it and you are struggling you are just walking on your
believing. You havent believed yet. You havent gotten
there yet. When you are still trying to think What is the problem? What have I done? Why is my
prayer not being answered? When you are talking like that you havent gotten it yet. Its not faith
yet.

A problem that a lot of Gods people have is a misunderstanding of what faith really is. They think
that faith is When I say I got it but I dont really have it but
I still say I got it and I will get it. So when they practice. Im
not sick. Even though I feel it Im not sick. Im very tired. They
are looking for something to qualify their situation. So they
have got a problem. They are in a quagmire. They dont know
what exactly to say to describe what they are going through.
Do you know what their problem is? They are trying to
describe what they are going through. They have gotten things
messed up. They have their perception of their life upside
down.

You are not supposed to be telling people what you are

going through. You are supposed to be telling people what
has been done for you.

Must you say See I just want you to know what Im going
through.. Who wants a rub off of your problems one more
time? Its no use. If you told somebody what you are going
through that doesnt mean it can help you.
We have come from a place where we cry for help every time. We have come from that
environment. So we say Hey look what Im going through. Because if I dont tell you what Im
going through I might just die. So HELP!!!

Peter cried for help. You have to build your faith.

Information like this is good for you because when you have it you can work on your faith. Your
faith life has to grow strong. You have to develop your faith. You got faith when you were born
again. God has dealt to everyone the measure of faith. So each one of us have that measure of faith.
So we were all given the measure of faith. Not a measure of faith but the measure of faith.

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Now that we got the measure of faith, what do you do with your faith? You have to grow you faith
strong. You have to make it strong. Its your responsibility to make it strong. Faith always works.
But faith has levels.

God is faithful that He never lets you walk into a situation that is greater than the faith you have.
1 Corinthians 10:13 .. God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted above that you are
able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

So you dont have a problem where Maybe this problem is more than my faith.

No! The only thing you have in your Bible is when your faith should be bigger. When your faith is
small unbelief is there. God doesnt like it. Did you hear me? God is telling each one of us whatever
situation you find yourself, thank God for that situation but God wants you to handle that situation.

He that overcometh shall eat of the tree of life.

He that overcometh shall be given a new name.
He that overcometh shall be given a crown.

Its up to you to overcome. You should be glad where you are now. You should be glad. Rejoice
where you have found yourself. This is meat for you. The deep calls unto the deep. The deeper the
trouble the greater the victory. The deeper the root goes down the higher the tree grows. Be happy
where you have found yourself in.

If only I could get the capital to start this business..

Everything you require is inside you.

Understand it. Its inside you. Have you seed that

orange seed? I know when you saw that orange seed
it was very big. It was green. It had a lot of leaves for
back up didnt it? When that seed when you held it
it was crying out Help me! I need a branch. I need
leaves. Help me! I need roots. Please help me. All
you had to do was to put it in the right environment.
Everything that it required to produce its roots was
inside it, everything that it required to had its stem
was inside it, everything that it required to had its
branches was inside it. Everything it required to have
its leaves and produce more fruits were in it. The
Bible says in 1 Corinthians 15:38 God gives every
seed its own body. God has given every seed its own
body. All the little seed required was to be placed in
the right environment. The environment you need is
the environment of faith. If you are outside the
environment of faith you are in trouble. The Bible
says in Hebrew 11:6 for without faith it is impossible
to please God. If you are in the faith environment
brother it doesnt matter what you go through. Just
relax.
It doesnt matter what you go through. Boy Im tough! Sure I know I am tough. I got toughened
with the word.
Eating this Bible and feeding on this Bible until I couldnt just see this world like they look.
Everything suddenly became so small. Ive been building on this all these years. Thats how I look
at these things. The word of God is your life. Describe yourself with the word.

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See yourself the way God sees you. Stop thinking that things are difficult now. Things cannot get
difficult in the realm of the spirit if you live in that realm. But you always live in the realm of the
material world and so you see all the difficulties. Why? Because you found yourself living in the
wrong place. In that wrong place you may even start wishing you were dead. There fear in that
wrong place. All kinds of fear.
Failure. Mans life the Bible says
is full of trouble. You ought to
know that. If mans days are full of
trouble, the best thing you got to
do is dont live the life of a man.
Live the life of God. Live the God
life. Gods says are full of joy. In
His presence there is fullness of
joy at His right hand there are
pleasures evermore. Who is at His
right hand? Jesus! We are joint
heirs with Him.

Here you are money you dont

have enough money. And you are
thinking I need money. Business is
not going on well. Its hard. Rents
are due. No job is coming in. Here
you are and a thousand thoughts
are going through your mind.
What do I do? You think I will sow
a seed. Sow a seed in church 2
months later doesnt look like there is any change. You are wondering. You may sow some more.
Youve even withdrawn the last money you had in your account. Now you feel like you were a big
fool for bringing out all you had.

From this zero point I like it when a man gets to zero. You know that? From this zero point you
say Pastor mine is worse than zero. Im in minus. Minus and minus. What am I going to do? Ok.
From your minus point here you are now. You need a change now. Do you really want a change?
We are talking about changing hopeless situations around.

The first thing that MUST change is your state of mind. If that doesnt change, your material state
is not about to change. The man must change from inside first. If you want a permanent change it
has to start from your inside. If it doesnt happen from the inside what you got is a temporary
change. You are likely to fall back to the same mess not long afterwards. You must be a possessor
from the inside first. If you dont have it inside any other one that will come will come and go.

If it is inside, then you have come to the place where you dont care if you lose that job, you dont
care if they take that money. No matter what goes away from you all you say is We just get another
one! You dont cry Ahhh.. its gone.. what am I going to do?

People dont understand that they are living in a shadow. They think This is a real world and we
got real troubles. And I need a real solution. Ok brother you are not about ready. You want to be
ready change the inside first.

What do you want? I need a job. I need business. I need some money.
Alright. Start from here. If you dont have the money inside you wont see it outside. And if you
see it outside you are going to lose it very soon. Sure! You have to have it inside first.
If you dare have that money inside you would not say again Give me. Give me. Give me. The
moment you know that you got the money it will change your walk. You walk with the spirit of

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dominion. You got everything in
place. You know you have it made
because its inside you. Instead of
taking your briefcase and saying
Stop for me. Hallelujah!
You square up, chin up and chest
out. My God you got it made. Its
on the inside first. Faith is is is the
substance of things hoped for the
evidence of things not seen. It is the
substance if it is substance it means
you can touch it. If it is substance it
means its a present hour
enjoyment of that thing. It means
that you can relate with it. Brother
we do NOT walk by sight. We
walk by faith. I dont live on this
plane I live over the other plane. I
know that things which are written
in the word of God which I do not
see with my optical eyes are more
real than the things we do see.

In the same way brother you can relate with that house. You have been wanting that house for a
long time. Somebody says Where is that house? You say I can take you there if you know how to
get there. So they are excited with you. Then they are asking you where is the house? Show me?
And you say Its in me. Then they think you are crazy. You say Praise the Lord I got a house. Lets
go and dedicate the house. You have to be fully convicted. When you are fully persuaded your
conviction controls you. You are not deliberately trying to believe it. The conviction controls you.
The evidence of unseen realities. Faith is THE evidence! Faith gives you the knowledge that what
you do not see is yours! When its faith if its true faith real faith is a knowledge. When you have
the evidence you already know. How many of you know that you have shoes at home right now?
Do you have shoes at home? Or are all your shoes here right now? Do you know that you have
shoes at home? Are you trying to believe that you have shoes at home? No! You know that you
know!

Do you know that we have spiritual senses? Hebrews 5:14 says the mature Christians have their
spiritual senses exercised. Some people have never exercised their spiritual senses. Thats their
trouble. They have never been able to tell the reality of something that they do not see.

They say How can I say I have it when I dont have it?
Ah ha! You dont have it. Yeah! You cannot say you have it when you dont have it. If you do say
it you are telling a lie. If you say you are healed and you are not healed you are actually telling a
lie.
Ahh.. so thats the problem. How can I say Im healed when I am not healed.
You cannot say you are healed when you are not healed.

But how did you know that you were not healed? See my hand is supposed to go up but it doesnt.
I say you are healed in Jesus name! Amen! Please pray for me very very well. Because you think
the more I pray the more it works. You know what you are doing? Thats not faith. That is a man
living in the sense realm.

When it is faith faith is the evidence. In other words it has come to your knowledge. This is not
an assumption. You have come to a knowledge a revelation knowledge that that thing you were
hoping for or that thing you wanted is now yours. You know it. Its a conviction. You know that

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you know it. You are no longer trying to believe. You just know! Nobody can change your mind
now. You are not saying O God I know it and now I want the manifestation. I want to see the real
money now. Thats proof positive that you didnt have it. When you say I believe it in the spirit but
now I want the manifestation. You just spoilt everything. You know what you are saying? God I
believe in the spirit but I want to walk by sight.

When you know it you dont what other manifestation do you want? It is already there. How
can I pass this thing to you? Its just like John Wesley said Lord give me that faith which no man
can have until he knows that he has it. When it is true faith you know that you have it.
Did you ever read that Peter walked on water? Do you know what it is to walk on water? Thats
faith! Faith is walking on the water. You come out of the boat. Youve been inside and you climb
out and you are not thinking Will the water hold me? What about gravity? Will this faith really
work? If you do that you are going down. Then you say I thought I had it but I dont have it. You
know it.

Its like Yonggi cho who wanted a bicycle a table and a chair. God told him You have been praying
for a bicycle a table and a chair. You didnt tell me what type? There are so many types of bicycle
do you want? Be specific!
Because until you are specific you cant see it. You cant just see car! Is there any such car as car?
You dont say Give me a child there is no such thing as child. You pray Give me a son or you say
Give me a daughter. No child will come if you pray that prayer.

You have to see it on the inside first. God created man in His image but there was no man around.
But God created man. Where is man? If you come there that day you wouldnt have found man.
God already created man. When you create you create from nothing into existence. Where is man?
He was inside God. After God had him on the inside one day God formed man from the dust of the
ground according to which He had created from the inside.

You have to prophesy your future. God wants you to change your future. You have to make up your
mind. Youve gone through whatever youve gone through long enough. Its time you make a
change. You think God should do it? No God thinks you should do it. You should change it.

Take your change and sit down. Map out your life. You say Well Im already 62 I dont know
whether where I'm
going seems closer
than where Im coming
from. Where do you
want to go anyway?
Dont die out here
anyway. When you
want to go go in
Gods way. Tell us bye
bye. Dont say As you
see me so, I dont know
which day is the day.
We are all here no man
knows. We dont know
who is next. No! No!!
No!!! God doesnt
want it that way. Look
at Jacob he called all
his children and
prophesied to them
what they will be doing and then he say bye bye and closed his legs and gave up the ghost. Same

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thing with Moses. In fact Moses didnt want to die. God told him to climb the mountain and lie
down on the floor and then God asked him to die.

Map out your life. Your life is for the glory of God. Its what you use your life for that counts. Its
the life you live that counts. Thats what really matters. The glory of that life. God has called you
and chosen you and glorified your life. It is for a chosen group and you are among them. Those
who receive are those to whom it belongs. Those who say Lord its for me. It is theirs. Then those
who say Lord I dont know whether its for me. Then you havent heard me yet.

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