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I want to welcome you to this very special program; these are the Healing Streams Live Healing Services.
It's starts today and another tomorrow and then the final one on Sunday.
Every session is important and amazing things will happen: some have already started. More will happen before we are through tonight till Sunday.
I'm just thinking how God loves us to orchestrate something of this nature for our good.
(Appreciation to Ministers and translators)
When we work together, nothing can beat us, we do the impossible.
The expression of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Mark 1:14
Jesus came into Galiliee preaching the gospel of the Kingdom of God.
We read the bible or we hear the expression and we can have an assumption that we know what's it is but may not really know.
What does "the kingdom of God" mean?
Why that expression?
What did Jesus have in mind when Hhe preached the kingdom of God and what did His listeners think he meant?
Firstly, He was preaching to Jewish congregants who were very religious. Jesus came in response and in fulfilment to prophetic words.
The Jews had many prophets for so long. There was much talk about the kingdom of God so the Jews had an idea about what Jesus was talking about. To them were given the covenants and laws of God and to them was the prophets sent.
The Kingdom of God is that realm of life that is governed by divine principles, divine love and divine righteousness.
It's all divine.
Humans have human love one for another..
When you talk about very hardened people. e.g. a murderer, a robber, a killer or a terrorist... Do you realize, many of those people have family members?
No matter how wicked they might be to other people, they know how to go home to their family members and love their spouse and children and stay together with them. It's amazing.
Human love can act that way.
They are not a terror at home. They send their children to school.
So why do they do what they do then?
The Kingdom of God is governed by divine principles - faith, hope and love.
These 3 principles are the basic principles that regulate human life.
There's a difference between the one that comes from man and the one that comes from God.
In man's world it's all about human faith (which has produced tremendous things), human hope and human love (which is rooted in selfishness).... That is why the man can destroy others and protect his family because it's connected to him.
He doesn't mind what happens to other people, but he wants to make sure he survives and those on his side survives.
These 3 principles: Faith, hope and love from God are divine principles for life.
Faith is for today.
Hope is for tomorrow: man must hope for the future. That's why you have children, they are a symbol of the future.
That's why you go home hoping to go back to work tomorrow, that's the future. All on it is based on the virtue and principle of hope. .
But Faith is always in the now.
Hope is always for the future.
Love is the way of life. It's a principle for how you live towards God or towards others: towards nature, towards humans, your environment.
Love governs how you live.
When Jesus came preaching this gospel of the kingdom of God, He was telling them that He was bringing to them a life that was based on Faith from God, Hope from God and love from God that's different from all of that from man.
Along with the principles is divine love. Love aside being a way of life, Love itself is life.
You are dealing with the life and nature of God.
God is love. Anyone who does not love doesn't know God.
God has judgement but He is not judgement.
He is love. It's his nature.
Jesus was announcing to them the love of God.
Divine Righteousness: we can feel right in our eyes. We can all decide what we think is right but what does God think is right?
Jesus taught divine righteousness not man's righteousness.
He made it available: that's why He came.
Mark 1:15 TLB
If you believe it, you will act on this glorious news.
Why do you expect to be healed?
Why can you expect God to bless you or to help you to make your life wonderful?
The gospel of Jesus Christ was promised before He came to offer it.
Isaiah 35:3-6
This was a promise of Salvation.
Vs 6
This is consistent with the kingdom of God.
Isaiah 61;1
Jesus quoted this in the synagogue.
(Luke 4:16-21)
Everybody else read it as a prophecy until Jesus came.
He was telling them: " Now, the Kingdom of God has come to you".
Ministering to the Sick
Christianity isn't a religion, there is some religion in Christianity but Christianity itself isn't a religion.... All religions are the same and to a large extent it is good... Because in religion first there is the recognition of God, the recognition of your neighbour.
But religion cannot save including the religion in Christianity.
The bible talks about good religion and i will read it to you what religion is in Christianity but Christianity itself isn't a religion and many equate it with religion and miss the whole thing and then they have a struggling life not knowing who Jesus is.
Real authentic Christianity is a relationship not a religion.... I will tell you more about that tomorrow
Call to Salvation.