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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.

Now,t histeachingont herealityofki ngdom r i

ght eousnesswi l
lnotbecompl ete
i
fwedon' ttalkabouthow t oachiev eal lthisdi mensi on,becauset heirisonet hingt o
know whatt odowhyt hei risanot hert hingst oknow how t odoi t.Ther ef
oreint his
seri
esweshal lbet al
ki
ngabouthow t oov ercomeal lthi sfrui
tofunr ighteousnesse. g
Masturbation,Lie,Anger, Lackofsel f-
cont rolandmanymor e(Galatians5:19-21) .We
aregoingt obeent eri
ngi ntot hedepar t
mentofchar act eranddeal ingsi neveryaspect
ofourchar acterasChr istians.Asamat teroff act,t
her ear epeopl ewhol ackcharacter
andmanner ,sowear etrust i
ngGodt ohel pusaswehandl eallthesear easofourl i
ves,
becausewheny ouseet hewaysomepeopl ecomment sonWr it
euponFacebookand
whatsapp,y oudon' tneedHol ySpir
itt ot el
ly ouagai nt hatsuchpeopl el ackmannerof
approach.Ev ent houghy ouar eseei nger r
orsinsomeone' swr it
eup,wi sdom demands
thatyoufirstacknowl edget heef f
or toft heWr it
er,whosi ncerel
yputsomet hingdown
withtheintentiont oblessl ivesandt henmaket hecor r
ect ioninlovewi t
haki ndwor d.
Butitissounf ortunatethatmanysocal ledChr isti
ansl ackt hismannerofappr oach.

Now get t hisf act about r i

ghteousness as we mov ei nt hi
st eaching:
Righteousnessi sagi ftatt hesamet i
mei tisapr actice(wor k).Forsomewhot eachit
asagi ft
,theyfail t
obal ancei tthat,i
fyoudon' tchooset opracticei t
,peoplemaynotsee
theev i
denceoft hegi ftofr ighteousnessy oucl aimt ohav ebecauseunt ilmensee
evidencetheywi l
lnotbel ievey oucar ryagiftandt hosewhot eachi tasapr acti
cealone,
alsofaili
nanot herdi mensi onl eadingt oerror,becauset heyf ailtoknowt hatwi thout
fi
rstacknowl edgingt hef actt hatt her
emustbeapoweratwor ki nyou,youmaynotbe
abletoliveat r
uer i
ghteousl i
fewi thoutcompr omi sing.Andmanyoft hosepeopleunder
thisseconddi mensi onal oneendupbecomi ngr eligiouswi thf orm ofgodl i
nessbut
withoutpower( 2Ti mot hy3: 5).Becauset hef actist hatGodmusthav ebeenatwor kin
you,beforey oucanbeatwor kony oursel
f.Godpl ant stheseedi ny ouandmaket he
rain(Grace)t of al
lont heseed,buty oudot heweedi ngbecauset her
ear eweedsof
Anger ,
mast urbat i
on,li
e, ev i
lwor dse.t.c(2Timot hy3: 1-5) ,
thatwi llnotall
owt heseed
togrowandbearf ruitoflove,
peace, kindness,sel
f-control,
patience(Galati
ans5: 22-23).
Butt herealit
yisthatyoumustl earnt opr act
icerighteousness, l
esty ouwil
lnotbeabl e
tomast eranydi mensionofr i
ght eousness.Youmustwor kouty oursalvati
on,lessman
willspeaknegat i
v eoft hegoodgr aceatwor kiny ou.Youmustf i
rstpracti
cet ost op
l
ying,practicetostartsay i
ngt het r
uth,bef or
ey oucanmast erit
.Itdoesnotj ustcome
allofa sudden,t he powert o over come itmaycome suddenl y l i
ke a r ain,but
overcomi ngit(e.gl yi
ng)doesnotcomei mmedi ately.Itisnott hedayt hatrainf all
s
uponacr opthatthecropbegi nst ogr owandbearf rui
t.

Sot hef irstfactIam est abli

shingi nt histeachingi sthatr i
ghteousnessi sa
practice.Youmustl earnt opr acti
cer i
ghteousness,y oumustbegi nt olearnt opracti
ce
howt oov er
comet hatmast urbation,evi
lwor ds, youmustl earntopr ati
cel ove,kindness,
theactofgi v i
ngandmanymor e.Themi sunder st
andingoft het eachingofGr acehas
l
edmanyt oper verselives.Ther eisabi gdifferencebet weenpr actici
ngr ighteousness
andt ryingtol i
ver ighteousl i
fei ntheener gyoft heflesh.Topract i
ce r i
ght eousnessis
topr acticeitint heener gyoft hespiri
tofGodi ny ou.Mi ndyou,att hisst agey oumay
sti
llf al
l,know t haty ou ar ear i
ghteousman who onl yfal
ls,buty ou ar e notan
unrighteousper sonali
ty.Att hisst ageev ent hought her ight
eousf al l
ssev ent i
mes,he
willriseagai n.
Ther eisdi fferencebet weenwhenar i
ghteousmanf all
sandwhenhe
fai
ls;

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)

Int hel astseriesweest ablishedapoi ntt hatbef or

eamancanmast erany
dimensionofr i
ghteousnesshemustf i
rstpract i
cel i
vingr
ighteously.iti sal aw of
"Pract
iceMakesPer fection"
,sodon' tjustbepassi vewheni tcomest othisdi mensi on,
clai
mingi tisnotbywor kbutbyf aith,remembert hatf ait
hwit
houtwor kisdead, soAl so
wor kwithoutf ait
hisal sodead( James2:14-24) .Thosewhomi sunder standgr ace
teachi
ngt endt obehav i
ngf ait
hwi t
houtwor k,whi l
et hosewhomi sunderstandhol i
ness
andr i
ghteousnesst endt obewor king wi t
houtf aith.Thewor dthatcomeal ongwi t
h
fait
hist hewor kint heener gyoft hespi ri
t.Justast hespir
itandbodymustnotbe
separatedi nordertoexi stontheear th,soalsof aithandwor kmustnotbesepar atedin
orderforrighteousnesst oexistinthebodyofChr ist( James2:26).I
fyousepar atewor k
from f
aithinthebodyofChr i
stlawlessnesswi llprev ail.
 Nowt hatwehav eknownt hatat ruer i
ghteousl i
vingentailspract i
ce,Inthisseri
es
weshal lbetalki
ngabouthowourhear t
smustbeposi t
ionbefor erighteousnesscanbe
practi
cedef f
ecti
velywithal lhonest yandv oidofhy pocri
ti
calli
f eofr ighteousnessand
beforet hispracticall
ifeofr i
ghteousness canbeachi eved,ther emustbe l ovefor
ri
ghteousness i n outhear t bef ore we can det ermine to make t he pr acti
ce of
ri
ghteousnessasourl i
festyl
e.Sot hespi ri
tualprocedur estoattainki ngdom lifest
yleof
Holiness and Ri ghteouness i s,f ir
sthav i
ng t he lovef orr ighteousness,secondl y
practicingtheactofr i
ghteousnessandt hir
dlylivingthelifeofr ighteousness.Thati s
whyt he Bible says Mat hew 5 v s6 t hatthose who ar e hungerand t hir
styaf t
er
ri
ghteousnessshal lbef i
ll
edandsat isf
ied.Thebi blealsosay si nHebr ews1: 9andhe
l
ov edr ighteousnessandhat edi ni
quityandGodhasanoi ntedhi m wi t
ht heoi lof
gl
adnessabov eot her
s.Sot heremustbehunger ,thir
styandl ov eforat ruer i
ghtliv
ing
beforear i
ghtdoingcanbeachi ev ed.

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.

ThereforeasaChr istiany oul earnhowt odr awst rengt hf rom t hespi r

ittol i
vea
victor i
ousl i
fei nt hebodyondai l
ybasi s,becauset haty oust andt odaydoesnotmean
youcannotf alltomor row.Thati swhyy oumustbehumbl eenought oacknowl edget he
hel poft hespi ri
talway s.Manyoft hosegr eatmenofGodwhof al ltodaywher ethose
who hav e pr eached agai nstsi n wi t
h allpassi on and honest yi nt he past .But
ov erconf i
denceandcar el
essnessl edt otheirdownf all.Andsecondl yy oumustl earnt o
strivet oat tainrighteousnessbecauseI fyoudon' tl earnhowt of ightandov ercomei n
thebody ,youwi l
lnotbeabl et of i
ghtandov ercomewi tht hebody .Therei sdiffer
ence
bet weenf i
ght i
ngi nthebodyandf i
ghtingwi tht hebody .Tof ight" wit
ht hebodyi st o
fi
ghtt heenemyofy ourpossessi onsar oundy oulikey ourbusi ness,car eer,academi c,
fami l
ies,wife,husband, chil
dr ene. t
.c."Thereforey oumustbeabl et of i
ghtandconquer
theenemyi nt hebodybef orey oucanf i
ghtt heenemyat t
acki ngy ourt hingsaroundy ou.
Tof ightwithy ourbodyal someansbeusedbyGodasabat tleaxe.I tistobeav essel
tobeusedbyGodt osubduenat ionsandconquerki ngdoms." Andi fy oudon' tsubdue
yournat ure( i
nside)first,youcannotbeanef fectiv
et oolinsubdui ngnat i
ons( outside)."
Itisamant hathasconquer edhi snat urethatcanconquernat ion.Becauset henat ion
(demoni cter r
itory),y
ouar efightingagai nstcanusey ournat uret omakey ounott oget
toy ourCanaanl and.Ther eforeinsubdui ngt henat ur eofour swemustunder standt he
my steryofdr awingst rengt hfrom t hespi r
itpower .
 Somebodyi saskingt hathow canIdr aw powerf r
om thespiri
tt oovercome
unri
ghteousnessinmylife?Letmesayt hi
s,t
het woprimarymissi
onsoftheHol ySpiri
t
hereonear t
hi stobeourt eacher,andourHelperinourv ari
ousweaknessesbuti tis
unfor
tunatethatmanyar enotseekingtheHolySpir
itforthi
stwopurposes,al
lwewant
fr
om theHol ySpi
ri
tispowert orai
sethedead,healthesickandgettothetopovernight
.
The bi bl
e call
ed Him a Teacher and Hel per and the solut
ion to overcome
unri
ghteousnessli
esinthistwoassignmentsoftheHol ySpi
ri
t.

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.

Theseconddi mensi oniswhent hatunmer itedfav ourproducest hesuper natur al

abil
ityt odowhatanat uralmancannotdo( Assignment )orliveal if
et hatanat ur alman
can not l ive( Righteousness) and t hisi s what we cal l
ed compl ete spi ri
t ual
blessings. Thatiswheny ourl
ifewil
lbegintomani festbot hthegiftsandf ruitoft heHol y
Spiri
t.Oneoft hereasonswhy wear enol ongerundert hel awbutundergr acei st hat,
"Lawt ellsy ouwhatt odo, whyGraceteachesy ouwhatt odo, andt herei snopowert o
doi nt ell
ing,butt her eispowert odoi nteaching.""Lawt el
lsyout odenyungodl i
ness,
butgr acet eachesy out odenyungodl i
ness"."Lawhol dsl ett
erofi nst r
uct i
oni nther ight
handandhol dsjudgementi nthelefthandbut" Gracehol dssalvati
oni nt her i
ghthand
andt eachi ngi nthel efthand."Lawbr i
ngscurses,wher easGr acebr ingsbl essings;Law
makesy ouf ocusont heconsequencesofdi sobedience,wher easgr acemakesy ou
focusont hebenef it
sandr ewardsofobedience.Thati swhyy ouwi llseei nt hatbookof
Deuter onomychapt er28cont ains68v er
sesonl yv er
se1t o14cont aint hebl essingsof
obedience,wher eas v erse 15 to 68 wer e used t o express t he consequences of
di
sobedienceLol.ButwhenGracecameMat thew5vs1t hebi
blesaysinverse2t hat
and"HeopenedHi smout
handt aughtthem,"notHeopenedHismouthand tol
dt hem
buttaughtthem andHesay sinv erse3t otheendinallHisteachi
ngthatblessed,
bl
essedandbl essedi
nallt
heverses;

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)

Getthisf actthatpeopl ear enotseei ngthef ruitoft hespi r

itinyoudoesnotmean
youdon' thav et heHol yspi r
itiny ouasl ongasy ouar ebor nagai n.Itonlymeansy ouare
notobey i
ngt hel eadingandt hei nst r
uct i
onoft heHol yspi r
itiny ou.Fruitoft hespi r
iti
s
seenwhent hesonsoft heki ngdom ar ehear keningdi li
gentlytot hev oiceoft heHoly
Spiritandt hi
sy ourobedi encewi lldeter minei ftheHol ySpi r
itwillraisey ouabov eall
nationsornot .oneoft hegr eatestbenef i
tsofr i
ghteousnessi swr i
tteni nthebookof
Deut eronomy28v s1t hati fy ouhear kendi li
gent l
yt ot hewor doft heLor dy ourGodHe
willraiseyouabov eallnat ions,andanot herbi bl
ev er seconf i
rmi tthatr i
ght eousness
exaltedanat ionbutsi ni sar eproach( Prov er
bs14: 34).Showmeamant hatr i
sesupt o
thet opi nmi nistry,iwillshow y ouamanwhoobeydi li
gentlytot hev oiceoft heHoly
Spirit
,whenwecheckt het r
ackr ecordsofsomeoft hegr eatmanofGod, wecel ebrat
e
today ,bei tDaddyAdeboy e,DaddyOy edepo,DaddyGbi l
eAkani ,DaddyKumuy iand
manymor e,y ouwi l
lseet hatt hei rsuccesscanbet r acedt ot heirobedi ence.Weal l
knowt hattherei splaceofgr ace, butgr acecannotgr owi fy ouar enotanobedi entson
tothei nstr
uct i
onoft heHol yspi rit
.

Nev ertaket hei nstr

uctionoftheHol ySpi ri
tiny ourli
fef orgranted,yourfl
eshy
decisioncannott akey ouany where,itcangi vey ouimmedi atesuccess,butsuch
successi swhati sr obbingy ouf r
om receivi
ngt hetrueandgoodsuccessGodhav efor
you.Whati sy ourjoyf orinstancewheny ouhav e acarbyunr i
ghteousmoneyofwhi ch
Godpl ansf oryouist omakey ouadeal erofcar .Whatisy ourjoyifyougett hatj
obby
unrighteousmanner ,whent hepl anofGodf ory ouist omakey ouanempl oyerof
l
abour s.Whycan' ty ousow t heseedofpat i
entsot haty oucanr eceiv
eaf r
uitof
everlastingblessing?I tisGodt hatmaket hamanr i
chwi t
houtaddi nganysor rowtoit
(Prover bs10: 22)
.Whyl ookingf orbl
essingt hroughunr i
ghteousmeanswhenGodi s
planningy out obeabl essingtoy ourworld?

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.

Forsomeonet hatl iesandgett hegainonl ygett heseedhesupposet osow, and

heeatupt heseed,ev eryonei sseeinghi m prosperi
ng,buthenev erknownt hathei s
eati
ngupt heseedt hathesupposet oplantandbearf ruitforhisgener ati
on.Whent he
bibl
esay sIhav enev erseent heri
ghteousf orsakenandhi schil
dr enbeggi ngforbr ead,
whatitmeansi sthatt heseedofhi sr i
ghteousnesst hatsowasgr owtobecomef ood
forischildren'
schildren.Mi ndyout herighteousmaybegf orbreadatt het i
mehei s
sowing,hecansl eepwi thoutfoodatt hetimehei ssowi ng,butjustknowt hatwhat ever
youarepassi ngthroughi sforawhi l
e,becauseIknowf orsurethatnor i
ghteousper son
canbef orsaken.Asl ongasy ouhav et her i
ghteousnessofChr istJesusandatt he
samet imesowi ngtot hespi rit
,youwi l
lsurel
yinherittheearthandal sohav eeternallife.
Butforwhoar eclaimi ngt heyhav ether i
ghteousnessofChr i
standsow i nf l
esh,t hey
shouldbewai ti
ngf ort hehar vestti
met oreapcor r
upt i
on.Youcannotbesowi ngi n
unri
ghteousnessundert hecanopyofbei ngcov erbyt hebloodofJesusandt hinkGod
will
behappywi thyou.

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)

Now thatwehav eknownt hatrighteousnessr equir

espr acti
cebef oreitcan
becomeal i
festyl
einus.Letmeshar ethissecret,t
her ei
smy ster
ybehi ndconsistency
thatmanydonotknow.Justasconsecr ati
onisav oicethatcall
st heatt
entionoft he
Spiri
ttor estuponsomeoneorsomet hingasdi scussedi nthepastser ies,soal so
persi
stenceisav oi
cethatcal
lstheattentionofei therHolySpiritorevilspiri
tupon
someone;addi ct
iondoesnotcomesuddenl y,bef oresomeonecanbeaddi ctedt o
somet hi
ng,hemusthav efi
rst
,beendoingt hatthi
ngcont inual
lybeforeaspi r
itwil
lnow
hi
j
ackhi
m andt
akeov
ert
hatt
hingf
rom hi
sWi
l
landbegi
ntodoi
tthr
oughhi
m.

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.

Wheream Igoing?Samet hingtori

ghteousness, bypract
ici
ngtodogoodt hi
ngs
cal
ltheattent
ionofthepoweroft heHolySpiri
ttohelpy ouinthatarea.Youdon' tli
vea
ri
ghteousli
febywaiti
ngf ort
heHol ySpi
ri
tbeforeyoubegi n,youbegi
nbypr acti
cingitas
yout r
usttheHolySpiri
tt ohel
py ou,andasy ouper sistyousuddenlydiscov erthatit
begi
nsal ifesty
leandatt hatperi
odHol ySpir
ithasi nvolv
ed.Sonev errelentindoi ng
good,Imustconf esstoy ouli
vi
ngani nwardandout wardr i
ght
eousnesspay s.Imust
confess,i
thast hecapacitytoexaltyouaboutmer emen.I tmayf i
rstleady oui nto
suff
ering,
butthesuff
eringisaroadtoyourpalace.

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.

Ther eisheav eninourhear tsandt helawal socamef r

om heav en.Thepot encyof
thelawwasr educed, wheni twasi nabookorst one, butpower ful wheni tisinthehear t
.
Intheol dt estamentt hel aw wasgi vent ousbuti nt henew cov enantt hel aw was
putt
ingi nus.I nt heoldt estamentt hel awwaswr i
ttenonst onel ateronpaper ,buti nt he
newcov enantt hesamel awwaswr i
tt
eni nourhear ts.Int heoldt estamentMoseswr ote
thelawt hati swhyi tcal l
edt hel awofMoses,buti nt henewt est amentt heHol ySpi ri
t
wrotethel aw, t
hati swhyi tiscalledthel awoft heSpi r
it
.Thesamel awofMosesi st he
samel awoft heSpi ri
t,thel awcoul dnotsetusf r
eenotbecauset hel awisnotspi ri
tual
butbecauset hel awcamebyman,butt hesamel awbecomespower fulanddel i
verus
becausei tcamebySpi ri
t.Sonev erdespi sedthelaw, Paulhi msel fconf ir
mi tinRomans
7v s12t hatt helawi shol y ,j
ustandgood,hesai dal soi nv erse14t hatheknowst hat
thelaw i sspi ri
tual,thatt hepr oblem i snotwi tht hel aw t hepr obl em i sweour selves
because we cannotknow si ni ft he law has nott old us,and we cannotknow
ri
ghteousnesswi thoutt hel aw (Romans7: 7-25).Theonl yprobl emswehav ewi tht he
l
awi st hatheshowuswhat '
srightandgoodbuthedi dnotpr ov idet hecapaci tyt odo
whatisr ightandgood.Becausewedon' thavethecapaci tyt odogood.

Whatt hel awist el

lingusist hetr
uth,i
sthefact ,i
sspirit
ualandhol y,t
hepr oblem
i
snott helaw,t hepr oblemsi sus.Sodon' tdespi set helaw andent erlawlessness
becausenow t hatChr isthascomet osolvet heproblem i nusandpr ovidecapaci t
y
cal
led'Grace'forust olivetheHol yandRighteouslifethatthel awisdemandi ng, l
etus
gobackt ot hel awt olearnr i
ght
eousness.LearningChr isti
sal sotolearnthelaw, when
youseeChr i
st,y ouseeal lthelaw writ
tenonHi m andi nHim.Thatwear enol onger
underthelawdoesnotmeanweshouddespi sethelaw, itonlymeanst helawi snowi n
us.Thel aw haschangedl ocationfrom outsi
deofust oinsideofus.Thel aw has
changedhi sassi gnment ,hisassignmenti ntheoldt est
amenti stoguideourpat hand
acti
on,butnowhi sassignmentist oguideourhearts.

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)

Gett hisf actclearly,toachi ev ear ighteouslifeisdonemost lyondailybasis.As

l
ongasy ouar est i
lli
nt hismor talbody ,youcanf allintopitofiniquity
,ifyoudon' tt
ake
heed.Het hatt hinkethhest andsshoul dt akeheedondai lybasis,lest,hefalls(1Cor
.
10:12).Thati swhyhav ingaqui ett i
mei sv er
yimpor t
antasaChr ist
ian;becausei ti
s
throughi tthaty oucandev elopadai lystrengtht oliveav i
ct ori
ousl i
fefortheday .The
biblesay sweshoul dredeem t heday ,becauset hedayi sf ullofev i
l(Ephesians5:16).
Theat mospher ehasbeenpol lutedwi thdemoni car rowsbef orey ouwakeup,ar r
owof
anger,lust,li
e,strif
e,violence, deat he.t.
c.hav ebeensentt ot hedaybef oreyouwakeup;
Ofwhi chmanywhodonotunder standt hemy st
erybehi ndeachdaywi llj
ustsuddenly
wakeupt obegi ntoseet hemsel v esfalli
ngf latint hefaceofl itt
letemptat i
on,why?
Becauseoncey ouar eweaki nt hespi ri
t,thet empt ati
onthaty ousupposet odustof f
beginst ofallyou.

Christhimsel fknew t heef f ectoff acingtempt ati

onwhenhet aughtust opr ay
againstt empt at
ioni nt heLor d'spr ayerhesai dl eadusnoti ntot empt ati
onanddel i
ver
usfrom ev i
l (
Matt.6: 13).Mindy ou, evilisnotnecessar i
lyaccident
, itcanbeanact i
onof
unri
ght eousnesst hatl eadst oaf fectnegat ivel
yi nlife.Sonev ert akey ourmor ni
ng
prayersanddev otionf orgr anted, becauset hesecr etplaceiswher ey oudr awpowert o
overcomet hebattlesoft hepubl icpl ace.Ifdevilcandef eatyoui ny ourpl aceofdai l
y
devotion,hehasdef eatedy oui ny ourpl aceofmar r
iage,ministr
y ,busi ness,academi c
andcar eerdev oti
on.Sot hei ssueofr ighteousnessi smost lyondai l
ybasi s,t
herei s
nothingl ikeIhav eov ercomeangert otall
y,
(don'tletusdecei veour selves),y
ouwi l
l
al
way sseesomet hi ngt omakey ougetangr yasl ongasy ouarest i
llont heearth,and
sti
lli
nt hisweaknessbody .

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

Iwi llbe bringi

ng outt wo factsi nt hatbi blev erse whi ch i
s one " The seed of
ri
ghteousness"andt wo" Therainofr i
ght eousness."Theset woar ev erysi gnifi
cant
pointswear egoingtobeconsi deringbef orether i
ghteousnessoft heki ngdom canbe
achievedinsomeone' sli
fe.Youcannotemphasi seont heseedofr i
ghteousnesswhi ch
i
st hepr acti
ceoft hegooddeedsexpect edf r
om any oneandov erlookt her ainof
ri
ghteousness.Iftherainofr i
ght
eousnessdoesnotf allontheseedofr ighteousness
pl
ant edinthegoodsoi lofthi
searth, t
heseedofr i
ghteousnesswi l
lnotbeseenbymen
becauseonl yfewwi l
lpracti
cether ight
eousness.Whi lei fweemphasi seont her ai
nof
ri
ghteousnessandl eav etheseedofr ighteousness,t her ainwil
lfallandnot hingwi l
l
growoutoft hesoil
,becausenothi
nggoodwaspl antedi nit
ial
ly
.

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
.

The seed ofr i

ght eousness i s decay i
ng i nt he l ives ofmanypeopl et oday ,
becauset heyfai ltounder standt hepr i
nci plesofr el
yingont hegr aceofr ighteousness
tof allupont heirlives.Thati swhywear egoi ngt obepr ayingaf terthisser i
esf ort he
rainofr ight eousnesst of alluponourl i
fe,becausei tt akest hepr ayeroff ai
thf ort hi
s
kindofr aint ofall.Nomancanl i
vehol yandr i
ghteousl i
f ewi thoutt hehelpoft hegr ace
from abov e.Itisf arbey ondour selves'cont rol.ItisbyGod' scont rol.I
tisnotaboutsel f-
deter minat i
on,iti sbyChr ist'
sdeter minationbecauseexceptt heLor dbuildt hehouseof
ri
ght eousnessi nus,t hebui l
derofr ighteousness i sonl ybui l
dingi tinv ain.Rai ni sa
sy mbolofr evi
v ali nther eal
m oft heSpi r
it,wear et rustingGodf orgener alrai nof
ri
ght eousnessi nt hebodyofChr ist,soal sowear et r
ust ingGodf orindividualr ainof
ri
ght eousness.Justaswehav erevivalofpower ,revivalofheal i
nganoi nting,reviv alof
salvation,soal sowehav et herevivalofhol i
nessandr ight eousness.Thi si sasi tuat i
on
wher ebyev erybodywi llbeawakent other eali
tyoft heneedofr ighteousnessi nt heir
l
ives.Mi ndy ou,Godcanber ai
singmeni nt het i
mepastt ol eaddi fferentkindsof
revivalst hatwi llbenef i
tthebodyofChr ist.Wehav eseenper i
odswhenGodbegant o
anoi ntment owakemeni ntother eali
tyoft heirneedf orpr osper i
tyasi ndiv i
dualsanda
par
toft
hebodyofChr
ist
.

Weal lknowt hatthebeliefoft hechur chint heearly70sisthatpov er

tyisasi gn
ofHol iness,that'
sGod began t oraisemen l i
keBi shop Benson I dahosa( Blessed
Memor y),
BishopDav i
dOy edepoandmanymor etot hereali
tyofprosperit
y.Therewer e
peri
odsal sowher etherainoffaith,prayer,deli
verancebegant ofall
,allt
hiscamet ous
perseason.Thati swhyy oumustl earnt ounderst andthemov eofGodperseason.I f
youar esensiti
venow, youwi l
ldiscoverthatthereisagr eatrevival
ont heunderstanding
ofgr aceandt heknowl edgeoft hef i
nishedwor ksofChr i
st.Tome,Iseeany body
fi
ghtingagai nstthismov eofgr aceassomeonewhol acksknowl edgeonhow God
mov esperseason.Thegr acemessagecamef orapur poseandt hisisthedimensi on
thatwillusherint
het r
uer i
ghteousnessoft hekingdom.

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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oAy
eka

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