HSLHS Day 2, JULY 25 2026

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Yesterday I started discussing with you the Kingdom of God and what the Bible says about it. And we picked a verse to begin with. 
Mark 1:14- Jesus came preaching the good news about the Kingdom of God. 
What does the expression "Kingdom of God" mean?
It's a term that a lot of people have heard before but most have never truly known what it means. it's easy to assume something like that. 
Except and unless you understand God's word form God's perspective, you miss the whole thing. A lot of times, what you think is not what God's thinks. You have to know it from his point of view and the only way is if you have his spirit. 
You cannot know the things of God unless you have the spirit of God
 All you will have is assumptions. 
When Jesus asked "Who do people say I am?" some said "Elijah, John the Baptist ..".Peter said "You are the Christ the son of the living God".
Jesus said "Flesh and blood did not reveal that to you. it was my Father".
The meaning of Son of God isn't the same thing in Human thinking.
It does not mean "Mr. Smith through his wife gave birth to this boy". It does not mean that God gave birth to Jesus. 
Son of God means God in human flesh; God manifested to us in Human flesh.: God come down to us as a man. 
Christ is the manifestation of God. 
It is God appeared to man in flesh as man's saviour. The Messiah. The anointed one. God's chosen vessel of Salvation. 
That was the meaning of what Peter said. 
God said "my ways are not your ways. my thoughts are not your thoughts". 
To have the thoughts of God, you must have the spirit of God. 
The Kingdom of God is that realm of life that's governed by divine principles (not of this world), divine love, divine righteousness. 
These divine principles are according to the Bible: Faith, hope and love. 
Faith from God. 
Humans have their own faith (look at all the works of men all around the world). You express Faith everyday. 
(E.g. Traveling by plane without checking the documents of the Pilot to be sure he is qualified to fly or sitting on a chair without checking if it's okay)
Human faith is real. 
Hope: e.g. Many went to school in hope of completing it and doing something more with your life with the qualification you gained. Or telling a friend you will see him next week... Or planning for an event... or paying rent for 2 year... That's hope. Human hope! That's why people go to hospitals. they hope in the doctors and the system. Yet we heard of Doctors in hospitals who were killing people. But we hope inspire of that.
Human Faith and Hope and love sometimes fails us. 
Human Love: Haven't you seen two people that lived each other and married and yet one killed the other. We've had children who killed their parents. Sometimes, it's not as bad as that, but it's the same heart and wickedness that manifests itself. Human love at best is selfish. 
Have you read those "Success in life" books? What they advice you to do is pay yourself first. But God says Pay your debt first. It's the wicked that borrows and doesn't pay back. God's thinking is different 
When Jesus offered the kingdom of God, He was offering a realm of life that they were not used to. Divine Faith, Divine Hope and Divine love. 
How does Divine Faith come? 
Romans 10:17. It comes from hearing God's word. When man's faith and knowledge fails, it's still possible to have faith by hearing God's word.  And if you can't hear, hearing comes by the word of God. The word of God can open your deaf ears. 
How does Hope come? 
Titus 1:1-2. Divine Hope comes from God's promise. When God makes a promise you have a right to hope for the fulfilment of his promise. You can declare your hope in God's promise. 
What we read, at a certain time it was a promise and it was hoped for. 

But in verse 3, we see that God fulfilled it. 
You have to know when God's fulfilled his promise because if you don't know, you will keep hoping for it. 
It won't make any sense to hope for eternal life anymore. You can receive it because God has made it available in Jesus Christ. 
(1 John 5:11-12. ) God has done it. 
You have to know God's promise to have divine Hope. For example He promised that Jesus Christ will come one day for those who believe in him. That's our blessed hope
 We can trust his word and look forward to it. 
One day, very soon, the trumpet of God will sound and the dead in Christ shall rise first....and we who are alive and remain shall be caught up with him in the air. That day is coming.
How does Divine love come?
It comes from God. 
Romans 5:5 NIV  You receive the love of God through the Holy Spirit. He pours it into you. 
You can't have the love of God unless it comes to you through the holy Spirit. 
Human love is selfish that is why you can get angry when someone that you live isn't loving you back. But God's love is different. That's why while we were yet sinners, Christ could die for us. 
When you have the Faith of God, you can do anything. 
With divine Hope you can look forward to the future for anything. 
Divine Love is a great motivator. It inspires like nothing else can. That's what motivated God to send Jesus. (John 3:16)
God was motivated by love. 
Same thing with Jesus. 
what was Jesus like? Why did he heal people? and why is his power still available today to Heal?
Mark 1:40-42
Sometimes people want to know "it is God's will to heal me? Should I hope that one day it might happen?"
Jesus was moved with Compassion for her Leper. 
He has not changed. He is still moved with Compassion. It was his love that moved him.
Compassion is love with a passion. 
Divine Righteousness: Everybody has their own idea of righteousness but the kingdom of gOd came with righteousness from God. Not righteousness from man. Not how many sees you or thinks about you. That doesn't count with God. Your personal acts of righteousness will not save you. .For example Cornelius (Romans 10:1- )
This man was a good man. 
God can talk to you anytime ..not only at night. Cornelius had a visitation of an angel in the afternoon,3pm. 
Cornelius had been devout. Giving alms. ..
Acts 11:13- 14 With all what he was doing, He was not saved. His goodness and kindness and prayers didn't save him. 
Salvation comes by words! You need to hear those words and you will be saved. 
Titus 3:4-5
It's not by your works of righteousness but by his mercy. The Bible tells us his righteousness is not the same as human righteousness. 
Romans 3:21 NIV
There was a righteousness that was based on the law. Then there is a righteousness from God. This is the righteousness form the Kingdom of God that Jesus was talking about. You don't struggle for it. It's by his mercy that He saved us. He has to give us his own righteousness as a gift because by our Righteousness we cannot qualify. 
Romans 5:17
That righteousness of God is a gift. It comes in the Kingdom of God which Jesus preached. 
(Healing session)
 A lot of the diabetes cases are caused by GMO food and fruits. Those seedless fruits that you take for convenience, a lot of th are deadly. Animals are not even eating them. Many of those seedless fruits are the cause of cancer, diabetes and heart trouble. 
Do those making them know? Of course they do. They were tested on animals and those animals died. 
There are apples that don't turn brown. They remain white inside after 2 weeks. 
They are preserving the apple in exchange for your life. Don't buy those apples anymore. They are not going to tell you the truth cos all they care about is their money. But by God we are crushing that evil and destroying its effect round the world. 

When I talk like this, some of them don't understand. 
Read the bIble, Jesus paid for the whole world with his blood. He bought the whole field (the world) with the price of his blood. 
That's why he told us to preach the gospel to all nations. His name is on every nation whether or not they like it. 
When most people hear about Jesus they want to believe and those who try to deter them from hearing or from believing are done for. 
Just remember that. 
From now on until the King comes back, his name will prevail over the world. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end. His influence will get greater and greater and will outlive all his adversaries. 
God gave Jesus a name above every name. There is a decree of God that every knee should bow to his name of things and being in heaven, earth and under the earth. 
These healings and miracles are happening not because I have a gift but because I was sent by Jesus Christ. He is Lord of all and he loves the people. He died for them and rose for their Salvation. 
Call to Salvation.