Achieving Kingdom Righteousness
Achieving Kingdom Righteousness
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Achi
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ght
eousness
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Achi
evi
ngTheKi
ngdom Ri
ght
eousness(
Ser
ies1)
I
nt hi
sser i
es,weshal lbet al
kingabouthow t ol i
vear ight
eousl if
ebef or
eGod
andman.Wehav etalkedaboutwhatr i
ghteousnessoft hekingdom isallabout,wehave
talkedabouty ourrighteousnessbef oreGodandbef oreman.Wehav ealsodugdeept o
ensur eweseeourneedt ol i
vear ighteouslif
eont hisearth.Weal somov edfurt
herto
explaint hedifferentkindsofr ighteousnesswhi chi sr i
ghteousnessi ny ourbody,
righteousnesst oy ourneighbourandr ighteousness wi t
hGod.Weal sot al
kedabout
thedeeperdi mensi onofrighteousnesswhi chistheconsecr at
ionforthekingdom.
Fall
ing is nota del i
berat
e act,butfai
l
ing i
s a del
iber
ate act
ion.Fail
i
ng is an
unri
ght eousness,because bef
ore a man can l
iv
e unri
ghteousl
y,he has chosen
(det
er mined)todosomet hi
ngthatl
eadi
ngtohisfai
li
ngwhichseemspleasurabl
etoto
hisflesh.
Achi
evi
ngTheRi
ght
eousnessofTheKi
ngdom (
Ser
ies2)
Mindy outhebi bl
edoesnotsayhedoesordi dri
ght eousness,Buthel oved
ri
ghteousness,whichmeanst hereisdi ffer
encebet weenl ov i
ng ri
ghteousnessand
doingright
eousness.Youcanbedoi ngrighteousnesswithoutlove( Hypocri
sy),
andthis
i
sasi tuati
onwherebyy ouaredoingitoutofcompul sion,t
opl easesomeoneorf earof
j
udgement ,andthisisexactl
ywhati scal l
ed" Rel
igi
ousAt ti
tude."Asi t
uati
onwher eby
youarel i
vi
ngagoodl i
feyoudon'tlovetolive.Andthiswi l
lleadt oli
vi
ngagoodl i
fein
pubicandbadandsi nfull
if
einpri
v at
e.
Basicallywhaty oustil
ll ovei ssi n,butwhaty ouaredoi ngi sri
ghteousnessunder
pretense.Buty oucannotl ov eri
ght eousnesswithoutdoingright
eousness,becauseitis
thelov ethatwi l
lcompelandst iryout obegintol i
veri
ghteouslif
ewi t
hpassion.Sot he
mat terofli
v i
ngr i
ghtbeginswi tht hedesireandl ovetoliveri
ght.Godhonour sthelove
behindourspi rit
ualdoing, becausei nthekingdom anythingthatisnotdoneinloveisa
sin.Mi ndy out hi
sl ov
ei snotwhaty ouderivebyy ourself
,itiswhatt heHol ySpiri
t
gener atesiny ouandi nmostcasest hereisapr ocesst hr
oughwhi chtheHol ySpiri
t
achiev ethi
sandt heprocessi st omakey outoknowt hebenefit
sofr i
ghteousnessfor
yourl i
fe,mini
stryandcar eere.t.
c.
Thisisasi tuati
onwherebyGodbegi nst oopeny oureyestothebenefit
sofl i
ving
ri
ghtlyaccordingtot
hescr iptur
e.Andtheef fect
sofl i
vingwronglyinyourli
feand
ministr
y.Andwear etrusti
ngGodt hatinthisseri
eswear egoi
ngtobeexposingt he
benefi
tsofkingdom r
ighteousnesssothatthelove,hungerandthi
rstcanspri
ngfrom
ourhearts.
Achi
evi
ngTheRi
ght
eousnessoft
heki
ngdom (
Ser
ies3)
Oneoft hebestway st odealwit
hunr i
ght eousness(unrighteouslivi
ng)istodeal
withitasabody ;don'tfi
ghtlieandl eav
eanger ,don'tfi
ghtmast urbati
onandl eav eot
her
si
n.Deal ingwi thli
eormast urbat
ionaloneisl i
kecut ti
ngabr anchandl eavet hetr
ee.
Fort hosewhomast urbate,y ouwilldi
scovert hatitisnotonl ymast urbati
ont hatyou
arebat tl
ingwi th,thesol utiont omast ur
bationi snotsev enst epsonhow t ostop
mast urbation,
itisunder standinghowt oov er
comeunr i
ghteousness.Itisjustthatyou
overlookt hoseotherl i
ttl
ear easandf ocusonMast urbati
on.Sowhaty ouaredealing
withi sthenat urecal l
edt heNat ureofunr i
ght eousnessorsi nfulnature.Itisnotan
att
itude,itisanature.
Gett hisri
ght,untilyoudealwi ththi
snat urebyt heener gyoft hespir
it,youwi ll
notbeabl et ocontr
olit
.Thebi bleevensay sthey outhshall fainti
nmast ur
bationont hi
s
matter(Isaiah40:30)andgett hisalso,thi
snatureunr ighteousnessdoesnotdi e,itonl
y
l
osei tspowert ocontrolyou,asy out rusti
nt hepoweroft heHolySpir
itev eryt i
me.
Urgef orsexcannotdi easl ongasy ouarenoti mpotent ;Angercannotdi e,butwhat
happensi st hatyoumustl earntoreceivepowert ocontrolt hem always(2Timot hy1:7)
becausey ouwi l
lal
way sseewhatwi llmakey oul ustandcomeacr osswhatwi l
lmake
yout ogetangr y.Thatiswhyt hebibledoesnotsaysel f
-deat h,buti
tisself
-cont r
ol ,
and
sel
f-controlisafrui
toft hespiri
tbecausey oumustdr awst r
engt hfr
om theholyspi r
itt
o
controlself.
Fir
stl
y,Holyspi ri
tist ot eachushowt ol iv
eourl i
ves,teachuswher etogo,what
tosay ,whatt owear ,andmanymor eandasHei st eachingy ou,Hebegi nst ogi veyou
thepowert olivet hel i
feHei st eachingy ou.Letmesayt hi
s,TheKnowl edgeand
Experiencef rom t heHol ySpi ritlieinthePowerofTr ansf ormat i
on.Mi ndy outherei s
diff
erencebet weenHol ySpi rittelli
ngy ouwhatt odoandHi mt eachi
ngy ouwhatt odo;
wher emanychr istiansmakemi stakeist hattheyt akeinstructionfr
om t heHol ySpi r
it
andmov eont obedoi ngi tint heener gyoft hef l
esh, attheendt heycomebackwi thno
result
,t heybegint ol ookamazet hatwhywi llHolySpi ri
ttellthem todosomet hi
ngand
yetnor esul
t.Theyf ailtoknowt hatwhenhol yspirittell
sy out odosomet hingHegi v
es
youst rategyonhow t oachi ev eit,andoncey oumi ssstrategyy oubegi nt ousesel f-
energy .Themy sterybehi ndsSpi ri
tualfrustrat
ioni st obedoi ngspirit
ualt hi
ngsi nthe
energyoft heflesh.Sogetaccur ateknowl edget hrought eachi ngfr
om t heHol ySpi r
it
andi nt hi
skindofSpi ri
tualknowl edgeliesthepowert oov ercomeanyunr ighteousness
becauseaf terrecei vingt het eachingoft heHol ySpi rit
,oneoft het hi ngsy ouwi l
l
experiencei sJoyoft heSpi rit,andt hebi blesay st heJoyoft heLordi sourst rength.
Thisi swhywesayGr acei sneededt ol i
v eav ictor
iousl if
e,Mi ndy ouGr acegoes
beyondunmer i
tedmer cy,favourandl ov eofGod, thatisonedi mension.
Getti
ngtov er
se6Hesai dagai
nblessedarethosethatarehungryforri
ght
eousnessfor
theyshallbesatisf
ied.Therf
ore,whatGracecamet odof ir
st,i
nmaki ngustol i
vea
ri
ghteousli
feistofirsttel
lusthebenefi
tsofRighteousnessandt heknowl
edgeoft he
advantagesofli
vi
ngr ightt
oourli
veswil
lgiveusjoytopracti
ceit.
Achi
evi
ngTheRi
ght
eousnessofTheKi
ngdom (
Ser
ies4)
Tr
ulyy
ouwillgetthetr
ansientbl
essi
ng,butGod'
splanisnotonl
ytobl essy
ou,
butt
omakey ouablessi
ngtoli
fe.Nowy oubegi
ntoli
vealawlessl
if
ejustbecauseyou
hav egottenanunderstandi
ngoft heuncondi ti
onalloveofGod.Youf ai
l t
oknowt hatthe
biblesay saslongasear t
hr emainsowi ngandr eapingorharvesti
ngt imesshal lnot
cease( Genesis8:22).Whatevery ousow t olif
eiswhaty ouwillr
eap,t heBibl
esayi n
Hosea10v s12thatsowt oy oursel
finrighteousnessandr eapmer cy.Thereisaseed
calltheseedofr i
ghteousness,oncey ousowi t
,goodnessandmer cyshal lsur
elyfoll
ow
you.Att heplaceyousupposet ol i
eandgett hegain,butyoustandony ourgroundand
sayt hetrut
handlooset hegain,atthatperi
ody our esowingri
ghteousness.
ThebookofGal ati
anssayswhateveryousow,shal
lyoureap.Benotdecei vewith
misunder standingoft hemessageofgr aceGodi snotmockedf orwhat everaman
sowet hso shal lher eap.Forhet hatsowet htothef l
eshshalloft hef l
eshr eap
corrupti
onbuthet hatsowet htothespi r
itshal
loft hespiri
treapev erl
asti
ngl i
fe
(Gal at
ians6v s7- 8)Fort hosewhoaresowinginri
ghteousnesstheLordaskmet otel
l
yout hatletusnotbewear yinwel
ldoingforindueseasonweshal lreap,ifwefainted
not.Galatians6v s9.
Achi
evi
ngTheRi
ght
eousnessofTheKi
ngdom (
Ser
ies5)
Addi cti
oncannotexi stwi t
houtaspi ri
tinv olvingint hataspectoft hatper son'sl i
fe.
wheny ouseeamanwhobecomesaddi ctedt oal cohol ic,hedi dnotbegi noneday ,he
mayj ustbeganbyt akinglitt l
e, andasheper sistsi ntalkingondai l
ybasis, hewi llgett o
apoi ntwher ehewi l
lnotbeabl et ost aywi thoutt akingi tinadayandatt hatpoi nta
spiri
taspossesst hataspectofhi slife.Samet ospi ri
tualt hing,youcannotj ustmast er
anyspi ri
tualthingi naday ,bei tpray erl i
fe,fastingl i
fe,orst udylife(word) .itbegi nsby
practiceandasy ouper si
sty ousuddenl ydiscov ert hatHol ySpi ri
thashi jackedi tfrom
youandy oubecomeaddi ct edt opr ayerl i
fe,addi ctedt ol istent oChr i
sti
an' smessages
orr eadi ngwr i
teups.Addi ct ioni sf rom t hewor d" dev otion,"thatist obedev ot edt o
somet hing, t
hatisasi t
uation.wher ebyi fy oudon' tdosomet hing,youwi l
lnotbeabl et o
restorf eelcomf ortabl
e.Thati swhyy oumustbecar efulwi thanybadt hingy ouar e
doing, manywhogetaddi ct edt omast urbation, sexuali mpur i
ty,r
obber y,
mur derere. t.c.
today, didnotj ustgetaddi ct edi naday .Theybeganbyenj oyingitandast heyper sistin
i
tademoni cspi r
itpossesst hataspectoft heirl i
v esandt heybecomeaddi ctedt oit,at
thi
sst agey ousuddenl yseet hem gr aduat i
ngf rom pi cturingal adyint hehear twhi l
e
Mast ur batingtodownl oadi ngasexmov iet ot hei rphones.Mi ndy ounott hatsomeof
theseguy sar enotbor nagai n,justt hatt heycoul dnotexpl ainwhyt heyfindt hemsel ves
doingwhatt herear edoing; andt hemy sterybehi ndi tist hat ,t
heirconsistencyi ni tcal l
s
theat tentionofev i
lspiri
ttoobsesst hei rsouls.
Achi
evi
ngTheRi
ght
eousnessofTheKi
ngdom (
Ser
ies6)
Iwi l
lbewr i
tingt hi
sseriest othosewhohav et akent heri
ghteousnessoft he
kingdom tobelawl essness.Getthisfacttrulywear enol ongerunderthelawbecause
whatt helawcamet odohehadnocapaci tytoachi evei t
.Becauset heweaknessoft he
l
awoft heoldtestamenti sthatitcamet oguidet heact i
onofmani nt
or i
ghteousness
butabandonedt hehear tofaman; notknowingt hatev eryact i
onofmanpr oceedsf r
om
theheart.Oncey oucangui deyourhear twithalldil
igenty ouractionwil
lber i
ght.sothe
l
awweneedi snott helawthatwillguideouract i
onbutt hel awthatwil
lguideourheart
fi
rst.ThatwhyGodhast ochanget helocati
onoft hel awf rom wit
houttowi thi
n,fr
om
externaltointer
nal.SowhenGodbeganbysay ingHef oundf aul
tinthelaw ofold
testamentitwasnotnecessar ybecausethelaw wasbadbutt helaw wasinawr ong
l
ocat i
on,andthe locati
onli
mitit
scapacity
.Iti
sliketakingafishoutoftheri
vertoli
ve
ongr ound,hi
scapacitywil
lbeli
mited.Ther
efor
eGodpr omisedthatanewcovenantwi l
l
Hemakewi thus,thatHewill
putthesamel awinourmi ndandwr it
ethem i
nourhearts.
Becauseasr iv
eristothefi
shsoi sthelawtoourheart.
Chri
stisthelaw andlaw i
sChr ist
.wecalleditlaw becausehecamet hrough
moses,butnow t hathecomet hroughChrist
,itbecomest rut
h.ItiscalledTr uth,
becausehef i
rstpi
ercetheheartofmanl iket
woedgedswor dtodiv
idetheSpiritfr
om
thefl
eshandshedl i
ghttotheheartofman.I ntheoldt estamentisalampbuti nthe
newt estamentisali
ght.Soeveryt
hingMosessai dinthet encommandment siswhat
theHol ySpir
iti
sstil
lsayingtoyounow. Whatonlychangedi sthelocat
ion,fr
om our
act
ionst
oourourhear
ts.
So,
onceyourhearti
sgui
dedbyt
hel
aw,
yourwor
dandy
ouract
ionwi
l
lpr
oducet
hef
rui
t
ofr
ight
eousness.
Achi
evi
ngt
heRi
ght
eousnessoft
heKi
ngdom (
Ser
ies7)
Ther
ear ef
orceswit
hcapaci tytowakethedeadanger ,l
ust,
for
nicati
oniny ouup,
notbecausey ouarenotfreeasChr i
sthassetusf ree,butbecauseweal lar
enoty et
fr
eefrom thi
smor t
albodythatiswhyapost lePaulsaidwedi edail
y,t
hereforeyoumust
notrelyonthegraceofyester
day .Youreceivefr
eshgr acet odiedai
ly;andhowdowe
getthiskindofgr ace?2Pet er1: 2-
4givesanswert ot hat,hesaidev eryt
hingthat
pert
ainstoli
feandgodli
ness(Righteousness)hasbeengi ventous.
Howdowegett
hisGr
ace?Hewentf
urt
hert
oexpl
aint
hatt
hrought
heknowl
edge
ofChr i
st.Chri
stisthet otalsum ofal lspiri
tualknowl edge,soasy ouar elearningany
real
it
yaboutt he ki
ngdom ort hings abov e,y ou arel earni
ng Chr ist
.And i n each
knowledgey ougetperdayl i
est hegr aceoft ransformati
on.Whaty ougai ninthiswr i
te
upnowi sagraceandt hatgr acei spowerandst rengthtoyoursoul.Gr aceislikeaf uel
,
youmustl earntogot oy ourspiri
t ualf
ill
ingst ati
onondai lybasistodr awst r
ength( f
uel)
thatcansustainyouf orthejourneyoft hedayasy ouall
owHol yspirittobet hedriv
erof
thevehicleofyourli
fe.Getagoodandedi fyingdai lydevoti
ontohel py ou,don'tl
etdev i
l
deceiveyouthatyoucanst udyy ourbibl ealone, Thatisanotherrel
igiouspr i
dedev i
lhas
usedtoshutmanyupf rom recei
v ingrev el
ation.
Therear et i
mest haty ougett iredeasi lywhenr eadingbibleal one,ithappenst o
meonmanyoccasi ons.Iti
snotspi ri
tual l
aziness, someofusar ewi r
edbyGodl i
ket hat.
Soatt hisstage,don' tlimityourself,ther ear egooddai lydev oti
onalsev erywhere,ify ou
arewi r
edbyGodt ofallinlovewi t
hOpenHeav enofDaddyAdeboy e.Getoneandbui l
d
yourselfwit
hi talongwi t
hy ourbible.Don' tsayi t'
snotwr i
ttenbymygener aloverseer .If
i
t'
sOurDai lyManner ,getone,andi fyouhav eanyr eli
ableandconsi stentonecomi ng
fr
om anyWhat sAppgr oupy oubel ong,di scipli
ney ourselftobewaki ngupeasi ly.Don' t
actlikethef oolishv i
rgi
nswhor eli
edonl yont hei roil,butt hewi sef i
vev ir
ginshav e
personaloilandt heyalsohav eext r
aoi l.Yourper sonalr evelati
onfrom y ourstudyoft he
bibl
ei syourper sonaloil,whilether ev elationf rom ot hersour ces,e.gmat er
ials,tapes,
books,wr i
teups,ar ey ourext raoi l.Thosewhosucceedi nli
fear ethosewi tht he
capacitytocar ryalongthistwooi l
sast heyj ourneyi nlif
e.Rel y
ingonext raoilalonei s
notenough.Ther earepeopl eli
ket hat,t heywi llnev erst udyont heirown, allt
heyr elyon
i
st hemessageofApost l
eJoshuaSel ma,t heyonl yhol d unto whatt heirgener al
overseersay s.
Whyt hesecondar
et hosewhor el
yi
ngonlyonthei
rpersonaloi
lal
one?Don'tcl
aimyou
know all
,behumbleenought ogetknowledgefrom otherpeopl
eyouknow wi t
hthe
graceofrel
easi
ngoil(Revel
ati
onalknowl
edge)
.Ifucanstri
kethebal
anceyouaregood
togoinli
fe.
Achi
evi
ngTheRi
ght
eousnessofTheKi
ngdom*
(Ser
ies8)
Hosea10:
12
Now,whati st
heseedofr ighteousnessandwhati st her ainofr ighteousness?
Theseedmeanst hegooddeedsy ouar edoing, whil
et heraini st
hegr acet odoi tfr
om
above.Oneisgr ace,whil
eoneiswor k.Not ethi
s,thereisseedofr ighteousnessi nev er
y
onewhoi sbor nagain,butunt
ilther ainofr i
ghteousnessf allupont heseed, thefrui
tof
ri
ghteousnessmaynotbeenseeni nhislife.Sol etusl ear
nf rom f armerswhodot hei
r
partbyplanti
ngaseedandwai tinhopef orrai
nt ofallupont heirgoodf arm seed,lest,
theseedwi l
ldecayandper i
shinthesoi l
.
Though,thi
ssamegr acemessagehasl edmanysincerechi
ldrenofthekingdom
whomi sunder
stooditt
ol awlessness,butthefacti
sthatnoneoft hem whohol dthe
rai
nofr ight
eousnesswi
llbringbalancetotheliv
esofmanyi nthekingdom.Iti
st i
met o
prayfort hi
srevi
valofr
ighteousness,wer eal
l
yneeditinthebodyofChr i
stmor ethan
befor
e.
Ini
quit
yi seati
ngupt heli
vesofmanyi nt
hebodyofChr i
st.Churchisbecominga
repr
oacht othesociet
y.Pastorsar
eloosi
ngt
hei
rvaluesi
nthewor l
d.Letuscr
ytoget
her
i
nonev oiceaft
erreadingthiswri
teupfort
hegraceofri
ghteousnesstofal
luponthe
church.
Seey
oui
nanot
herser
iesTi
tl
ed:Under
standi
ngTheKi
ngdom WayofPr
ayi
ng.
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