Good evening, God bless you. Good evening, God bless you wherever you are tonight. 730 what it is 737 36 all the vicar six minutes late. Oh, dear, what, for the matter, but we are on our way. We're on our way. Good evening, God bless you wherever you are this evening. Before we go any further, I just want to remind those that was absent this morning, that this evening, obviously, Wednesday evening, tonight, 12 o'clock tonight. We'll be back on tonight. We're back on at 12 o'clock tonight, the first Wednesday of every month, we will be back on at 12 o'clock, for about 45 minutes or there abouts. You know, for the midnight hour. We're going to be breaking bread together and God willing will have done it with us tonight. And we'll see families are coming along. But we will see you tonight. So if I forget. Please, I will catch you later on this evening. May God bless you and strengthen you wherever you are across the world. I thank God for your lives. And I just want to encourage you tonight wherever you are, never give up. Never give up. Just keep pressing in. You know there is always a way God will make your way where there seems to be no way we're going to be turning into the book of Romans chapter 12. Romans chapter 12. We're going to be coming out of verse nine. And for all those in the world on the podcast. We welcome you as well, a week later down the line of technology. And wherever you are, we just want to say thank you so much for sharing everything that we do. Yeah, you're just sharing it all across the globe. And it's absolutely blowing my mind. May God bless you and strengthen you. And you can find us on Come on, let's say together Buzzsprout, Spotify, Amazon music, I Heart Radio and so many other platforms that we are on regarding podcasting and also the social networks that we're on. But this evening, we're going to dive straight into the book of Romans chapter 12. Romans chapter 12. Yes, good evening, I see everybody coming online. Wherever you are across the world, whatever your timezone may be at this moment in time across this flesh go Romans, chapter 12, verse nine, I believe that this is the greatest author, the greatest writer that ever walked this earth up to this very day, I believe this this writer, the writer of Paul Paul, the writer as he writes this powerful letter as he, as we look at this, this is all about love, love it loving action, love is powerful. Love is uncontrollable love, you cannot stop it. It just moves in a way that the human eye and the human body cannot control it. But when you look at to what we are looking at at this moment in time, I would love for every one of you just to turn into the Scripture tonight as Paul writes in the book of Romans chapter nine. And as we flick over the page, flick over the page of verse 21. You know, I'm going to say maybe next, get yourself a Bible look at the state of this. 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You know now we formally known as it was the Gideons that Gideons amazing ministry for given out the word of God across the nation across the world, and he's had a name change. And it's good news for everybody. And Andy has left the Bible at the end of the table. And if anybody wants a Bible, we will get you a free Bible. They are free. We will post it to you we will get it to you the Word of God is needed in our lives. So if you cannot get a Bible, you haven't got a Bible. We will give you a Bible for nothing. We will pay it and we will put it in the postage we will send it to you wherever you are, please message us privately obviously, and we will get it to you do not put your address on this live stream service. But let's just jump straight into Romans chapter 12 verse nine, and it's a bit of a Read I'll read it all the way through to verse 21. It's about love loving action. Really interesting read I love the way this reads, it reads beautifully that the way that he puts this together through the power of the Holy Spirit, and we know it is the power of revelation or knowledge. But this this, I believe this speaks about denominations. This speaks very clearly about the denominational divide we are having and we are seeing for many generations, a mass denominational divide that where one denomination tries to supersede the other denomination says we are the church, we are, we've got to be very careful that if any denomination says we are if we are the church, we have to be doing everything as a word of God says. So to make a statement, a bold statement to say we are the church. That is not a biblical reference as well. It's really interesting when you look at denominations denominations have only come along. Later on centuries down the line, after Christ, Christ did not come to this earth and he did not set the captives free to make up 1000s of denominations he come to seek and to save that which was lost, I was lost. But now I am found. So we are living in a culture we are living in a society where performance is measured. You know what measures workplace measures, everything has to be measured. You can't and you will not find a measurement in the kingdom of God. Everything is by faith. Everything is by a revelation or knowledge. You know, you can come with no education, you can come as the richest person on the world you can come as the poorest person on the world, God, the Holy Spirit, the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit will invite you in. Money is not needed. You know, education is not needed. notoriety is not needed. But in the world, you will find very clearly in the world of business, in the world of education. In the world of church, in the world of religion, you will find there are many different layers, but you will as you read this, I pray that God will reveal His Holy Word to you and you will feel the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. Firstly, let's remind ourselves and remind myself tonight, I am redeemed, I'm covered in the blood of Jesus and my sins are now to the cross of Calvary. I'm a child of the living God, I'm a son of the living God, you might be a daughter of the living God, God, God is with you, and God is for you. But in this book, in that Book of Romans, chapter 12, verse nine, let me read this through. And I pray that the Holy Spirit will teach you and the Holy Spirit will lead you into paths of righteousness, give you revelation, and God will open your heart to this powerful word that is, is you know, Christ did not create denominations, Christ did not create division in the church. Christ did not come to save denominations. He came to set the captives free. He came to give the hope of the future, to the renegade to the ones that was lost. He said, I have come that you will have life and have it in abundance. We have life in abundance through the power of the living God, verse nine of Romans chapter 12. I pray that you've had a good day. You know, maybe you've had a busy day and your world around you is tiring. And you might be a bit exhausted. Maybe just sit back and close your eyes, and just rest in the presence of God. Wherever you are, God God is with you. And it says in verse nine of Romans chapter 12, Love must be love must be sincere, hate what is evil, cling to what is good, be devoted, Be devoted to one another in love, honor, one another above yourself. Never be lacking. zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor. serving the Lord be joyful in hope. patient in affliction, faithful in prayer, sharing with the Lord's people who are in need. Practice in hospitality. Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud but be willing to associate with people of lower position. Do not be conceited, Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of every one. If it is possible as far as it depends on you. live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge. My dear friends, but leave room for God's rough, for it is written in his mind to avenge I will repay says the Lord. On the contrary. If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is firstly, give him something to drink. In doing this you heat burning coals on his head verse 21. Do not overcome evil. Do not overcome the sorry Do not but do not overcome be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. What a beautiful scripture. What a beautiful scripture. So here we see, I think that through the power of God's word that we can see something very clearly that love Arches over love crosses the racial divide. Love crosses the chasms of life that that socialism puts in that, that denominations divide. There is a divide amongst denominations. We don't like to mention it. We don't like to talk about it. But there is division there is division in faith groups, there is division in denominations and you will find very clearly that Christ did not come to create denominations, what is the denomination ylim? A OG are denominations that Baptists are a denomination that the Church of England is a denomination. Catholicism is a denomination, as we and we start to label ourselves but Christ did not come to carve up to cultivate and to and to put into boxes, religion, Christ has not made religion. Christ has brought what Christ has bought salvation, Christ has bought redemption, Christ has bought hope Christ has brought love, Christ has bought the kingdom, the Kings domain so when you look at this, this really carves out this turns over, this cultivates this moves this, this knocks out any division because if you are in a denomination and if I think that Elam just just use this drum skin that I'm in because that obviously that's the one I'm under, if I think that the alien denomination is the daddy above all churches, I have a serious problem. No one can actually call themselves or any denomination can call themselves the head of the church. No one can actually say that we are the church. Because if anyone says we are the church, we are putting oneself above the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Christ says he says, I have come to seek and to save that which was lost. And also he says something very clearly very profound. He says, I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail. But what has man done over the generations, man through historical events, has carved out and decided to make his own church, his own denomination, his own rules, we will bend the manual regarding the Word of God. It's really interesting that we have 1000s of different denominations. And everyone is saying something very, very clear. In that denomination, we are the church, no one can say that we are the church no one can have that that preeminence and no one can actually say with their voice box that we are if we say that we are, firstly we are saying something that is not biblical, because Christ says I am the head of the body, the church. So if we say we are we are putting ourselves alongside and we may be elevating ourselves, we've got to be careful that there are words that are being batted around the Christian community within religious settings within the church settings. I've got to be careful. There are a few churches out there that are calling themselves the high church if you call yourself the high church, what are you higher than you are putting yourself higher than everybody else? But when you read the Scripture, when Christ unpacks this scripture, when you look at this scripture and when you study the Word of God when Christ ology what is Christ ology we understand that Christ, ology is studying Christ, we are diving into the study of Christ. What does a Christian What does Christianity mean? Christ in me, so if Christ is in me, who is Christ, he is the way here's the truth, he is alive. He is the great I AM. So if I come under him, I am submissive to him, I am obedient to Him. So I cannot elevate myself. There are many denominations using the word elevate elevation. There are many churches out there saying that they aren't Elevation Church to elevate is to lift up we've got to be careful what and who I am lifting up. But when you look at this scripture here, this makes a very clear point. Love must be sincere. Love is the key Love is the door Love is the way love God The scripture says God is love. Now, that scripture can be taken out of context, I've got to be very careful how I use that. Because that has been used across denominations and certain settings of ministry, to almost use as a as a door opener to live in in sin and to live in a lifestyle that is not biblical. But when I look at verse nine of Romans chapter 12, it says, Love must be sincere, hate what is evil and cling to what is good, Be devoted to one another in love, who am I going to be devoted to? Very interesting question may be a bit of a rhetorical question, who is the Scripture speak into? Is it speaking to me? Is it speaking to Christians? Is it speaking to the world who and what is the Scripture speaking about? So as you unpack this, I believe God is speaking directly to you tonight. When you look Get Romans chapter 12, verse nine, and all the way through to verse 21. It says Love must be sincere, love must be sincere hate what is evil, cling to what is good, Be devoted to one another in love, honor one another above yourself. I find that very profound, I find that very powerful when I when I think about that scripture, and as I look at that, it says, Honor one another above yourself. So I do not look at myself and push myself above anybody else. It is bringing me to a place of being humble. It brings me to a place of being obedient. It brings me to a place to realize that through the Scripture that we are in there is no denominational division in the kingdom of God because that's the king's domain, but man through generations through church history, through kings and through settings, man has made his own church but God, Christ, the Holy Spirit has let's, let's, let's, let's keep it biblical. That's what I always must do Christ as come. Christ is the living word. Christ is the rhema word Christ is the spoken word. You know, God is Jehovah. Jireh, we say this a lot. Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah shalom, Jehovah, Rapha, Jehovah, he is my provider, Jehovah, He is God, He is the great I AM. So if I say He is the great I AM, I cannot. I cannot lift myself higher than him. The scripture says Christ has has gone to the Father, He has gone home, he has gone into the heavenlies. He is seated at the right hand of the Father interceding for all the saints. Now, if Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father, I do not need to go up there and do my bidding or the bidding of the denominations, because Christ is already in that place. It says, Honor one another above yourself. Never be lacking zeal, but keep your spiritual, further serving the Lord. I serve the Lord. So this is really interesting that I become a servant. The Scripture says, Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and everything else shall be added unto thee. So I seek God, I follow God, I become a disciple of the living God, I follow Christ, I become a Christ follower. I do not follow man, I do not yes, I'm in an under a denomination. And I respect the structure of the denomination. I respect the structure through the Scripture, because if the denomination is biblical, it will have the biblical structure that is obviously in the Word of God. So a denomination we can see where a denomination sits through its structure, because is it the structure of business? Or is it the structure of man? The Bible says, The just shall live by faith. So I live by faith, but also by living by faith, I seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. So as I become a disciple, as I become someone that seeks Him, rather than looking to build the church, Christ says, I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail. So it is Christ responsibility to build His Church, His kingdom, the Kings domain, so I don't need to worry about being a church builder. So what do I need to do this, this I'm not referring to myself just as a pastor, as a leader, as a vicar, as a church leader. And and many may say, Well, I'm not actually a leader, this actually speaking to all of us, whether we're leaders, whether we're not leaders, whatever press we have in the kingdom of God. This is really critical for me as a believer, because I it realizes and it speaks very sorry, it realized, I realized that I am a servant. If anyone is a believer in Christ, what are we we are sons and daughters. But we are here to serve Christ says, I have come to serve and not to be served. So if I look at denominations, if I look at the setting of church, is the context of church is the is the church serving? Or is the church looking to be served? If the church and religion is looking to be served by by humanity by the world that is not the kingdom that is not Christ Church, so very simply and very quick, we can find where I didn't my denomination sits is by the press that he has on humanity. Let me grab Let me grab this one sec. One sec. Oh, you know, I'm Parshat we're a little cup of coffee. You know that. You know, let's get back into Scripture. He says, Never be lacking in zeal to keep your spiritual further serving the Lord. So first thing that I do is serve the Lord. Because when I serve the Lord, I am a servant. And as I serve him, sir May I realize that I am serving the church I am serving, not just the church, I am serving humanity, I am serving on a wider press. But as I follow him, I am a servant. And, and as I am a servant, I'm a Southerner, or maybe I might be the daughter of the living God. Then he goes on. And I've got to be quick, because there's so much to get through. So I pray tonight that through, we can't really call it a study because we are I have not given it enough time. But I really believe God has put this on my spirit tonight. For every one of us tonight to understand that loving action. It's love in action. And as we go further, we we still see even though it's speaking to the individual, even though the writer is speaking to the audience back 1000s of years ago, it is still relevant for us today. It says verse, verse 11, never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual further serving the Lord be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer, serving or demanding what what you've got, there might one in the NIV says verse 13, of Romans chapter 12, share with the Lord's people who are in need, Whoa, hang on a minute, we could spend a long time in verse 13, share with the Lord's people who are the Lord's people, the Lord's people are the church and those that are coming into faith? Because no, no one that calls themselves a believer can actually look at anybody else and decide to make an evaluation on is that person saved or not, just because they come to church doesn't make them safe. Just because they're in ministry doesn't mean to say that say, just because I sit in a congregation doesn't mean to say I'm safe. Salvation is a gift from the living God that God of Israel, salvation has been given. And it says, not by work so that no one can boast. So first, I cannot judge. And there is a beautiful scripture in the New Testament that says, Do not judge and do not look at humanity and try and work out where they sit. The Scripture is very clear. And I love that scripture that makes something so, so clear to me. Check out the plank in your own eye and do not worry about the speck in someone else's eye. So what the scripture is saying there, Ben, look at your life, because you have a forest, you have a plank, you have serious issues. So why are you looking at someone over there that literally only has a speck of an issue to regard into what you have you have a forest growing out and around you do not judge? The bar. Yes, I understand. Now, I've got to be very careful, because the Bible does talk about judging, but it talks about judging in a very biblical structure. Judging can only be done through biblical, correct interpretation. But we are living in cultures and societies where our eyes are judging people our eyes are judging. Gotta be very careful that my eyes don't, don't actually condemn me. I know in the book of Romans, chapter eight, verse one says, There is now no condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus, For what the law was powerless to do Christ did, or God did sorry, by sending His one and only son. So I cannot look at anybody and I cannot judge anybody. And I cannot make an assumption that that person is saved or not saved, that that that is not for me to decide, as a pastor, as a leader, as a son, as a daughter of the living God, that is not for me, because the Bible doesn't put that press and that strength on me, because salvation is from the Father. Salvation is from the God of Israel. So the Father in Heaven decides who he is going to give salvation to. So what is important for me is that I realized that I am a servant, whether I'm in the pulpit, or out the pulpit, whether I'm in church, out of church, whatever, can't I am a servant. So if anyone is with me tonight, and anyone who's listening to this podcast, a believer is a servant of the living God. The Bible says that we are slaves to righteousness. So the Scripture also says, Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and everything else shall be added unto thee. So bringing this I'm trying to keep it Lord, keep me in this text with I don't want to go outside of the framework. So verse 13, of Romans chapter 12. It says, share with the Lord's people who are in need. Ah, but as I look at religion, I see fine art. I see religion as one of the biggest land owners. I see religion, holding and holding on to liquidity. Absolutely. Pots and pots of financial wealth is within religion, and religion holds To on to fine art to these big grand grand buildings, these these, these great big areas of life we see, we see this very clearly in religion. But what does it say in the Scripture? What does it say in verse 13, share with the Lord's people who are in need, practice hospitality, give and give and give and give. What does religion does religion holds, it holds, it holds on to, it doesn't just hold on, and it doesn't hold money, it holds it hold. Now I've got to be careful. So don't want to go too far off, off, off, off what we are looking at religion hold, it accumulates wealth through fine art, through homes, through land, through structures through systems it pulls in, when the kingdom of God the kingdom of God doesn't pull in the kingdom of God gives out. Christ did not pull in Christ gave out when Christ was laid in that tomb that was not his tomb, that was a borrowed tomb crash when to the cross of Calvary with no material wealth with with no material gain whatsoever. But if you look at religion, religion is one of the biggest land owners across the world. Religion, stairs down the pulpits, religion stairs down the corridor of the code structures that it's in, and outside of its doors are the single parent families, the rough sleepers, those are sitting at the gates of wealth, asking, will you feed me? Yes, I understand. Please, I get this, I fully get this. There are great churches and there are great ministries, within the denominational settings that are working and giving tirelessly I see that and I thank God for those churches and those ministries that are doing that. But when you look at this scripture, if we say that we are the body of Christ, that we are the church, we should have no gain or we should have no land in the bank. When our parishioners are hungry and thirsty, and are in need. Some of the fine art that is hanging in some of the buildings across this nation could buy over volts, Van loads of food, food, nappies and shoes and children's clothing. It could put electricity on someone's electric card, it could put gas on their gas card, just by selling the fine art alone. So this scripture absolutely floors and flattens religion and denomination without giving out the press of denomination and religion. Because what it says in verse 13, is very prophetic. It says, share with the Lord's people who are in need. It doesn't talk about accumulating wealth, and materialism. It doesn't talk about accumulating because when I accumulate, I am thinking of myself, I become selfish. I want more for me. I want more for me. I want more for the denomination, we want more land, we want more buildings, we want more. When there are so many uncountable, countable people in congregations that are stressed and tired and exhausted and exhausted through having two jobs, three jobs, single parent families driven to a place of despair, Help me Help me Help me and religion is holding on to the purse strings, the keeper of the purse. I just pray tonight that wherever you are, that the power of the Holy Spirit will put on my heart and your higher heart to give to give to the needy to give to the lonely it is not always speaking very clearly about finance. You give yourself you give yourself over. So that's what the scripture is talking about being a servant of Bond's us I am. I am kin I am I am kin to Christ. I have been bought with a price so I become a servant. Because my freedom my freedom has been bought I am a servant. Now this can throw a lot of people into a bit of a spin. Because when we say our I should say I have been bought with a price I am owned my parents do not owe me my family do not owe me the world does not own me My Father in Heaven has bought me not with 30 pieces of silver, Christ's life was given because of there was the shedding of blood. So when the shedding of blood through the cost of Calvary, I have become a servant I become a slave to righteousness. Now, I gotta be careful about the word in but I am a slave to righteousness, I have been bought with a price and the price was not 30 pieces of silver, the 30 pieces of silver was given back before the bloodshed of the Son of the living God, Christ was given as a ransom, not the money, but Christ was given as a ransom one, one price, one price sorry, one sacrifice once and for all, there was a price that was given. And it was the power of the Holy Spirit came down to this earth because Christ said, I am going up into the heavens, and I will give you a counselor, he will be your advocate you are, you are a child, you are a son of the living God, and you have been bought with a price. So if I had been bought with a price, I do not belong to myself, I do not belong to my family. I do not belong to the world. Christ has bought me, or should I say God has brought me whatever way. We need to look at that. I understand theologically. And maybe it's because I'm a little bit tired tonight. I haven't presented that correct me right unbiblical, and I apologize. But you understand what I'm saying. And I really believe this is really important for me to understand that I am a servant, of the Most High. But when I become a servant, and when I become a slave to righteousness, I get something what do I get? I get freedom. It is not as we look as the word slave being a slave to the world, being a slave to man, I am a slave to the living God. But when I become a slave of righteousness, I get what I get something that I cannot get from the world I get freedom. I get absolute freedom when I realize that I have been bought with a price I do not belong to myself. The scripture says that you did not come into this world, by your Father's will and your mother's will and buy what the world wanted from you you was already in before us already created through the power of predestination. Yes, I understand what the power of free will is. But the power of free will doesn't stop me and cannot stop me from being a slave to righteousness because I am a slave. Because I have been bought I have been bought and I have been redeemed. So as I look at verse 13, it says something very clear shall share with the laws people who are in need, Bless those who persecute you. We are going to dive into a few scriptures for a moment that are very hard to take in. Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with everyone or anyone. Do not be proud is religion. Proud religion is very proud. And it says but be willing, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. Now, verse 17, Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as far as it depends on you. live at peace. That is one of the great markings of Christ, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room I have to leave room. Whatever way I look at this. God is the one that will re pay evil for evil. So what I become, I become someone that is has a peace of peaceable heart as a peaceful spirit. I'm a peaceable person, because as I seek Christ, I seek Him. Christ is everything. He is your yes and he is your Amen. He is your healer, he is your guide. So as I become more Christ like I will never become as Christ. I will not never become completely like Christ, because I am fallen. But I'm always been redeemed. So as I become more redeemed, I become more Christ like not as Christ because no human can be As Christ no one can get and elevate themselves up to that level, the church leaders can never get to that elevation level where religion tells us that we can be the Pope. And the leaders of the leading denominations are not the head of the church, they may be the head of a denomination. They may be a head of a religion, but they are not and no one can never be no Pastor, no Bishop, no Deacon, no leader, no human being can be the head of the Church of Jesus Christ. Because the Bible tells me very clear, the Bible speaks aloud. The Bible makes very clear cut decisions, and it gives clear authority. Christ is the head of the body, which he is the head of the church, Christ, he is the head of the body, which is the church, The Church of Jesus Christ, not of the Church of the world, not the church, as we may look at many denominations, because man has made denominations, Christ has made the kingdom, the king's domain. And in the king's domain, Christ, God will actually it says biblically, God will not share His glory with anyone. He is a jealous God. So he will not have the just 12 sitting next to him, allowing and letting man make decisions and dictate into this everlasting God. God has said, and whatever God has said, it is yes, and it is Amen. I am the same yesterday, today and forever more. So I need to understand that I am not a church builder. I am just a servant by becoming a servant. Yes, I might be a shepherd, and I am looking after his children, it's very important for me to understand that I am a shepherd, I am not a hired hand, I am a shepherd. And I do this because I am called there is a difference between a calling and putting yourself into a religious order. There was an article not not many weeks ago, or a few days ago, actually in some of the some of the Christian press saying that there are many people meeting and getting to retirement age, and you can quickly get through and go through very easily the process of becoming a vicar or priest, or a leader, I just want to I just want to make this very clear, man cannot make himself a leader, man cannot make himself a pastor, man cannot make himself an evangelist, man cannot make him no human can put themselves in the office of the kingdom of God, man puts himself in the office that he wants to be the in the office of, but it is God that cause many are called few are chosen. So it is important, I am starting to realize that I am called and I was chosen. But when you realize you are coding you are chosen, it means that I have to lay down so much, oh gosh, this is this is a very difficult, very difficult area of what we call what we could say is leadership because I am a servant. So I have to lay down so much. Whether you're a servant, you know we are all servants. But there are areas where we have to leave certain things and certain presses of life. Now I don't want to come off track because time does not prevail. Time does not permit time does not allow. Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God's rough, for it is written it is mine to avenge I will repay saith the Lord. On the contrary, this is beautiful, what the Word of God says what the greatest writer across the earth, the greatest writer I believe. I believe that this writer, the book of Romans, the writer of the epistles, Paul, the great writer, the Anointed writer. He was an educated man but God took him higher than his education. Christ and the Holy Spirit used him very powerfully, but there was a price on his life. There is a price on anyone's life that says I am a servant. I am a pastor, I am a vicar I am a priest. I am whatever you are, I am you know, it says if your enemy if your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is first he give him something to drink. In doing this you hate burning coals on his had do not undo it says do not overcome Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good. There is something that is so supernatural by giving. You give to your enemies you give to those that are backstabbing you, you give you give you give it is now it talks about water, it talks about food. The Scripture also talks about if your enemy is asking if your enemy is asking for a clothing, an item of clothing, give him your coat, give him your shirt, give him everything you have. Make your enemy, this is such a powerful Scripture, there is something so beyond human understanding about giving when you give, you give yourself, you give food, you give water, you give clothing, you give your time you give your energy you give your life, when you give yourself suddenly you find you have everything. Something that is completely the different to religion, religion accumulates, religion draws in. But when a servant suddenly realizes that they are a servant, the servant gives out, but the servant that gives out suddenly realizing that they, they never go without anything, Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. So if anyone feels that they are lacking anything, what I need to do is to give more, suddenly, I will find out what I have peace, I will have blessings on my life, I suddenly find that I do not want the trappings of materialism, I suddenly lose the value of money, I suddenly lose so clear, so clear the value of everything like that around me, what is really, really important is to understand that I give, I give, I give, and I give. And when I have given, I suddenly start to realize that I haven't given enough. When you give of yourself when you give of your time, and you give of your heart and you give to humanity, that the scripture that we've read I, I haven't had any chance to do any expository line by line sermonizing, I have just thrown a blanket over these texts that we've been looking at 1011 texts, whatever it is, if you feel that you are lacking anything, I have learned this very quickly and very hard. When you give you like nothing. When I'm in a religious understanding the religious mindset I accumulate, when I accumulate, I find that I'm always in want, when I'm always in want, I'm in the mindset of the world, I want I want I want I want, but the kingdom of God says Give, give your coat, give yourself give your time, the the enemy is hungry, feed them, the enemy's in need of water, give them water feed, feed, just give, just give, because what happens that it is very difficult to describe and to put into human terminology to to find a academic, through academia, through science for reasoning, through physic, through philosophy, through the understanding of life, science, and education has a scene in level, everything of this world has a seeming level, we suddenly understand that religion has an is very limited to what it can do. But the kingdom of God just goes on and on and on and on. You cannot outgive God The scripture says, Cast your bread upon the waters and watch its return, give and give and give without expecting a return as in I've given that. So expect that when you look at certain ministers, and certain areas of life, if I look at anyone around me, and if I look at and think well, why am I giving to them because they have the flat screen TV, they have the car, they have the job, they have this they have this and they have that if I take that mindset, I am taking the mindset of religion, but the Bible says give and give without judging, give to your enemy. Don't worry, don't worry about they want to slap you on the cheek, turn around, give them the other cheek, do not worry what they want to do to you but by giving there is a spirit I don't like to use this terminology, but I will very very quickly and I pray that God will give you a greater word and I can explain this a spiritual law through the Scripture that as I give, I get protected as I give I find that I have not as the world gives but as the kingdom gives. So as I give Sikhi FIRST the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and everything else shall be added. So as I give, I am a servant. So I give I give my time I give everything I my life is given, I actually gain what cannot be bought something that is so prophetic, something that is so powerfully biblical by given religion wants to accumulate religion, and certainly there's a ministers want to accumulate worldly wealth, worldly wealth has no eternal value. worldly wealth cannot get me into the kingdom of God, how difficult? Is it for a rich man? Or I would like to just turn it around a little bit? How difficult is it for a rich denomination to enter into the kingdom of God? I know what you might be saying. The Bible says don't add and don't take away. Don't put words in and don't take words out. But you can understand what I'm where I am coming from? How difficult is it for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God? How difficult is it for religion, for the riches of the treasures of this earth to enter you can't enter into the Kings domain with materialism, you can't enter into that calling. There is so much that we could get from this. And I pray that wherever you are tonight, that you just give, because now I'm not talking I got to be very careful. I'm not talking about what we hear in certain evangelical movements, what we hear in certain Pentecostal circles, what we hear in the prosperity, gospel, give money Give me I'm not this is not a give me money. Text This is I am a servant. And when I become a servant, I actually realize that money is not needed in the kingdom of God. There is something so profound, and so spiritual. God says, I will not let the righteous be beggars are bred. The more I give, the more God feeds me. The more I give me the more I give of time. God gives me time the more I give, the more the Lord refreshes me, the more I give, I get peace. I get understanding, I get blessing, I get freedom. See, the more I realize the more a servant I become. The more I become a servant, a slave to righteousness, the more freedom I get, it's turned upside down in the kingdom of God. But the world operates in a different way. Now we're coming to a close, we're coming to a close and if there is anyone on line with me at this moment in time, I pray that you might jump on line with us tonight at 12 o'clock, you know for the for the midnight hour breaking up bread. I would like to leave this with you sit in within your heart tonight. It is not about ministry is not about pulpit position. Ministry and being a servant is about giving of oneself, giving yourself to humanity giving yourself to, to the area of your life around you. If the church now I've got to be very careful about how I pull this. If religion and the church would give and give and give and give and give. There will be no denominational divide. The bow talks about unity. Christ has come to set the captives free, he has come to bring the Kings domain, he has brought a kingdom he has not brought a denomination he has not brought and he has not made denominations he has brought and he has brought into existence through the living word. He says I am the Way the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me. So going through him, I go into what I go into an area of the kings domain. So I come away from denomination and I come into the kingdom the Kings domain. So I've become a slave to righteousness, I become a child of the living God, I become a son and a daughter of the living God. So suddenly I become a servant, I come to serve and not to be served. Jesus says them exact words. I have come to serve, not to be served. So I will leave this right now. Sit in upon you and upon me is an are possibly could be the denominations. Are they building an empire? is or are they slaves to righteousness? are denominations building and accumulating and religion accumulating wealth and land? Or is it given what it has to the ones outside the doors? I will leave you right now. And I pray that wherever you are now if, if I may, if I live according to this word if I become a servant, and I serve, and that allows others to be a servant, imagine the effect on the culture of society. It will flatten denominations, it will actually do this. If I follow the word of God, it will close denominations it will close down. Yes, I understand we got to have buildings, but it will break and it will smash the denominational divide very it the kingdom of God just is everywhere in every is everything. So a servant is not tied to a denomination. A servant belongs to the King of kings and the Lord of lords. And the Kings domain is where where does the Kings domain it doesn't finish it doesn't start, the kingdom is within. So if I carry the Kings don't mean the kingdom. And I tread and the Bible says every area that the soul of your foot shall tread upon is your territory. It means that the church is outside of the church. The church is outside the four walls. The church is the people the church is out. I got to be careful as I speak about the ecclesia the church the body of Christ is very different to religion, the body of Christ is very different to denominations, Christ did not bring and he did not come to make a denomination. He came to set the captives free from what from sin, he come to set us free from religion comm says free from tradition. COMM says free from the world. So the Kings domain is something very different from tradition and religion. And the areas of structure we have to have structure, structure, what structure are we talking about? The kingdoms structure, the biblical church, that is what we need, the biblical church. So as I serve, and others become servants, and we all serve, suddenly, what do we find? The denominations start lesson so much we can get from this. I pray that wherever you are tonight, that God will reveal His word to you. So what can I do? I just become a servant. May God bless you and touch you and anoint you and guide you. You are not owned by the world, you are not owned by your parents, you are not owned by your family, you are not owned by the wedding ring on your finger. You are not owned by a culture you are not owned by society. Your workplace does not own you. The church that we see before our eyes, does not own you. God Oh God, you are a son, you are a daughter of the living God. So now I've got to start living as a server. I live as a servant. I live as a son or I live as a daughter of the living God. Gotta set you free. How did he set me free? How did he set you free? He set you free. Simply I gotta be careful as we're finishing. You set you free by the blood of Jesus. So you have been bought by denomination. You have not been bought by pastors and leaders that stand at doors at the end of the service, or go Where were you last week? The church is everywhere. The Church of Jesus Christ is everywhere. It is not held in four walls. It is not held on the ransom by leaders. The kingdom of God is everywhere. So may God bless him strength for you. And the ecclesia the church, the real church of Jesus Christ is alive. It is moving in areas where religion can't. So what do I belong to a denomination? Or do I belong to the kingdom? God bless you. Have a wonderful evening. We will see you tonight at 12 o'clock. We'll see at 12 o'clock back here. As we break bread and as we have communion for around about 45 minutes to an hour. I pray that God will strengthen you in every level of your life. God is with you. God is for you. And if God is for me, who can be against me, and God's strength for you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, God bless Have a wonderful evening with Jesus