2ND OCTOBER, 2021
PASTOR OLUBI JOHNSON
ADVANCING THE KINGDOM
Romans 14:17 NKJV
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
The Kingdom of God is the total dominion of God’s nature and character of righteousness (right doing), peace and joy, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Advancing the Kingdom means to increase the scope of God’s dominion from our spirits to our souls (wills, minds and emotions), bodies, circumstances and environment (1Thess. 5:23).
This advancing of the Kingdom starts first internally from our spirits, then into our souls, then into our bodies, and finally into our circumstances and environment where men can see God’s dominion (Lk. 17:20-21).
So as the Kingdom advances, it will GRADUALLY become visible in our bodies, circumstances and environment like it was with the Lord Jesus (Matt. 12:22-28).
The time has NOW come for the Church to advance the Kingdom from our spirits, into our souls (manifesting the ability of the mind of Christ: the redemption of our brains); bodies (the life of God being made manifest in our mortal bodies: the redemption of our bodies (2Cor. 4:10-11)); into our circumstances, so doing the works the Lord Jesus did and greater (Jn. 14:12).
The TIME IS NOW! This has been indicated by signs in the heavenlies (Luk. 21:25-28), as well as signs in the earth and the distress of the nations of the earth. These all point to the fact that this redemption of our physical bodies is very close.
So we are NOW to advance the Kingdom from our spirits, to our souls, bodies, circumstances and environment, using the blood (Heb. 13:20-21); the Word (1Jn. 2:5), and the power of Holy Spirit (Eph. 6:18).
Matt. 11:12 AMP
And from the days of John the Baptist until the present time, the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by force [as a precious prize–a share in the heavenly kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion].
Selah!
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