I am going to begin this piece by introducing to us the word ‘system’, what does it connote? When you hear the word system, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? System is not just one thing, I am sure we are familiar with the digestive system, we are familiar with the reproductive system. I am sure many of us are good students of biology. There are a lot of systems in biology, because the human make-up, it consists of systems, different systems. We were taught reproductive system, digestive system, respiratory system, nervous system. Now, these systems do not stand alone; these systems work together, so that we would understand in a lay man’s language what that system talks about.
Our human makeup consists of systems and these systems work together into a complete system, making it the human system. So, whether it’s a digestive system, or the reproductive or the nervous system it all works for the benefit of the human system. So, we realize that system talks about a set of elements or a set of things working together as part of a mechanism or an interconnecting network. From what I have explained to us using our human body as an example, we understand what system means. It’s a set of elements, set of things that work together. So, your mouth connects with your throat, leads to your intestine, leads to your stomach; they are all interconnected. It’s a whole system, but it’s a set of things working together as part of a mechanism, or an interconnecting network. It’s a complex whole.
So, that’s the meaning of system. We can also say system is a group of interacting or interrelating elements that acts according to a set of rules, to form a unified whole. I like this definition because there two words that are very important; its either its interacting, or interrelated. So, the whole essence of system, is that it must form a whole. The goal of every system is not to stand alone but to form a whole. So, it’s important we get this perspective as regarding systems. So, world over, this is a common definition of system. But today we are looking at Kingdom System. So, by way of introduction, we are going to be looking at certain elements, certain systems that are interacting or are interrelated in the kingdom, that forms the whole of the kingdom. So, when you look at the wholeness of the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God, you will see these systems working together interacting and they are interrelated. They don’t stand alone, they fit into the whole. They make the kingdom of God of work, they make the kingdom of God identifiable, they make the kingdom of God unique.
I came across something interesting about kingdom system. It said: all living organism in the world are divided into five major kingdoms. All living organism in the world, that’s what the biologist and the scientist have discovered. All living organism are divided into five kingdoms and what distinguishes these five kingdoms from each other are these four things and I am going to list them to us because it’s going to help us to understand the invisible. Everything the scientist do all over the world is to prove that God exist and to prove the existence of the creations of God and how awesome and wonderful and unsearchable the wisdom of God is.
So, when I was looking at this, I was seeing Scriptures. I was seeing the interpretation of these things in the Scriptures. They said four major things is what is used to classify all living organisms in the world into five kingdoms. They said living organisms are divided into five kingdoms based on their; number one: Cell Structure. So, the cell structure of a living organism will determine whether it will be in kingdom one, two, three, four or five. The second one is the mode of nutrition. These things are relevant in our study, so please let us go along with the Holy Spirit this morning. Number one is based on cell structure. So, the cell structures of these living organisms are different, so, they are divided into kingdoms.
The second one is their mode of nutrition, the third one is their mode of reproduction, and the fourth one is their body organization. So, we mentioned four things; number one is the cell structure. Cell according to the scientist is the smallest structure, or the smallest unit of any organism. Now the cell structure differs from one organism to another. So, when they observe the different structure of these different organism, they classify them generally into five. And say based on this cell structure, this one belongs here, based on these cell structure that one belongs here. The other one is the mode of nutrition; how they are fed, what feeds them, their mode, the means through which they are fed. The other one is their mode of reproduction. How do they reproduce themselves? And the other one is their body organization. How is their body organized?
So, we are going to be looking at four systems under kingdom structure, that breaks down these four different setups. Number one is the LIFE SYSTEM. The life system can be likened to the cell structure, in the kingdom of God there is something called the life system. The life system is the beginning of all the systems. Without the life system, you can’t step into or you won’t be able to connect or interact or interrelate with other elements in the system. Number two we would be looking at the FAITH SYSTEM, which talks about our mode of nutrition. It is synonymous to that. The next thing we will be looking at is the third sub-system under the kingdom system is the LOVE SYSTEM. The love system talks about our mode of reproduction and the last one we would be looking at is the GRACE SYSTEM. The system would be looking at it in relation to our body organization. So, we would be looking at all these sub systems under the kingdom system.
But today we are going to start with the life system. We said the life system is like the cell structure. Why is it important? And why is our life system like our cell structure? We are going to start by looking at Genesis 1:27, then we move to Genesis 2:7, we are going to read a lot in Genesis 2, because that’s where the life actually started from. God made a statement in verse 26, let us create man according to our image, according to our likeness, so, God introduced first that in verse 26. But in verse 27 He said; “So, God created man in His own image; in the image of God, He created him; male and female He created them.” Verse 27 of Genesis 1 is so holistic into us understanding our life system.
When God had that idea of creating man, when the purpose of man was originated and necessitated from God, God said; “let us” we want to make a creation, but not like the others we have made before, this one their cell structure is going to be different, these ones are not like the ones that I said let the sea produce sea creatures, no, it’s not like that. Their cell structure will be in accordance with mine. So, it said, “God created man in His own image” so, the cell structure of man is in accordance in alignment with the cell of God. So, man was structured, man was created and built according to the pattern of God. “So, God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him”
Don’t think that was tautology, it is intentional. So, God created man, in His own image, and it said “in the image of God”, its emphasis to understanding. So, God created man in His image, it could have stopped there, it said in the image of God, God created him. So, don’t be con- fused about how man came about. Don’t be confused about the DNA of man. In the image of God, He created Him. So, the cell structure of man is the same as God’s. And it said male and female He created them. So, both the male and the female were created in the image and in the likeness of God. And that’s why often times it is said that there is no gender in the Spirit, because in the spiritual realm where we came from God is both male and female.
The male man and the female man are both expressions of the Spirit of God. when they were in God, God created him in His image. And when He was expressing them, He expressed them male and female. So, the cell structure of man is God. So, the life of God started with man in Genesis 1:27. The life of God started with man, man has the same life, the same cell structure, the same DNA with God. So, man had existed in Genesis 1:27, but something happened in Genesis 2:7, let us see. And the Bible says; “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.” So, this is the first time that we hear or the mention of the breath of life was introduced. So, the Bible says and the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living being.
What is the difference between Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 2:7? Man was in the spirit created in God, so, in Genesis 2:7, God released man from Himself into a body. What the problem of man has always been is the lack of consciousness of his origin in God. Once we are out of God, independent, God has breathed into our nostrils, we feel we are independent of God. Genesis 2:7, God made man heavenly originated and earthly relevant. Before in Genesis 1:27, man could not relate with the earth. Man did not have what it takes to relate with the earth. Man was in God. Man was existing, man was living, but man was not a being. Because what that being means is that man has become independent.
Man did not become living in Genesis 2:7, man became a living being. In Genesis 1:27, man was living in God. So, man was not dead, man was not absent, God created him. And he was living in God. but in Genesis 2:7, man became independent, he became a living being. So, God introduced independence of man in Genesis 2:7. See what it says; “and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.” So, God released man into the body, the earthen vessel via His breath. The man had been with God, he was released into an earthen vessel, so that he will be relevant on the earth.
So, God said it is not enough that I released you into an earthen vessel like this, you cannot continue to exist independent of me. You will not survive being a living being independent of me. And see what happened in Genesis 2:9, “And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” Why are these two trees important? The Bible says the Lord make every tree grow. So, the provision for the sustainability of man, was not created by the devil but by God. God created him and He created a support system. So, when God created man, breathed and released him into a vessel to make him independent on the earth; independent but still dependent on Him. Something happened. God created a support mechanism called the tree of life.
Remember that in Genesis 2:7, He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, but in this Genesis 2:9, God created a support system. What is that support system? The tree of life. How can man continue to live as heaven’s citizen, how can man continue to connect to the sustainable God if God does not create a sustainable support system for him? So, God created the tree of life. It said God made every tree grow, “and the tree of life was also.” So, there was emphasis on the tree of life. Before the mention of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, the tree of life was mentioned. Because the tree of life was so important to the life that this man will live. So, the tree of life was in that garden and the Bible says it was also in the midst, so you can’t miss it. The tree of life was located in the midst of the garden, so that man will not be confused. God located it strategically in the midst of the garden and also, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
So, you ask why did God do that? Verse 15 to 17, I want us to continue that read. “Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden.” Now, understand the phrases and the tenses that are being used. Now when God created man, man was with God, in chapter two verse 7, God released man into an earthen vessel, so man was now independent, so God can now take man. The Bible says and God took the man, the man that He had released to be independent of Him, and put him in the garden of Eden. So, man did not know the direction, the location of the garden, God took him; so that we understand that these things are spiritual. Any man that wants to live outside God, will be living in perpetual death. Because you will not know the way. That’s why the Bible says there is a way that seems right unto a man, there will always be a way that seems right; the Bible says; but the end is death. No man knows the way. You will see some men they look very intelligent; they look all put together, but it’s a lie they don’t know the way. Ask them when they are alone, when they have finished all the paparazzi, ask them, many of them are lost.
Because man is always lost without God. Any man in the flesh is lost without God except the breath of life is not in your nostrils. Every man that carries that investment of God, that carries that release of God, is lost without God. And that’s why there is a vacuum in every man, to be found by God, and that vacuum will continue to exist until God takes man. God takes men out of their misery, out of their confusion, and God is still in the business of taking and laying hold of men today. And that’s why this life system is the foundation of the systems. Without operating in this system, you can’t connect to the other systems. So, the Bible says that God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden, to tend and keep it and the Lord commanded the man saying; this is the rule of your life, for you to be able to operate this system without hiccups, this is how you must operate it.
I am the manufacturer, you are the user, this is the manual. So, God made it clear; the manual for operating in the garden. Man was not confused about how he should live in the garden. God commanded the man saying; “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat” see the instruction of God, “but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat.” God made every tree grow. Before you start thinking that the tree of the knowledge of God and evil was planted by the devil. The Bible says God made every tree grow. And also, in that garden in the midst of it, is the tree of life and also the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Because when man became independent of God, God had to put in place a system that makes that man choose Him. So, there was a system of choice. The introduction of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was a system put in place by God, it is an element in the garden that makes man to be conscious that even though you are alone, you are independent of God, but you are still dependent on Him. As you live your life daily, you must choose Him. You must choose to obey Him, and it’s the same thing, we are in the earth, was it created by us? No! God created the earth, He took and put us on the earth. And in the earth, there are all manner of things, the responsibility, this commandment is the same commandment to everyone from Adam. Choose me.
Because you will ask, if God wanted it to be easy for Jesus, why didn’t He kill the devil before Jesus came on the scene? So that Jesus wouldn’t have been tempted at all, so that He will just come, do His work, die for the sins of the world and go. But God had put this system in place. Jesus had to choose God, because He had come in the flesh. Everyone that comes in the flesh, God had instituted a system no matter how much you pray, intercede and fast that will erase the principles of God. God is a principle centered God. He instituted things from the beginning, before you came on the scene and they still remain. What you need to do is understand the system and walk in it.
So, the system has been put in place. The system of choice. Everyman has the freedom of choice instituted by God. It started with Adam. So, God said; “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” God is a loving God, God is a just God, God is a wonderful Father, why should He put in the garden the knowledge of good and evil. Why should He be testing man like this? Why should God make it difficult for the man to live? He is the one that created him, but see God is aware of the devices and schemes of the devil. And God will always want us to choose Him. That is why that principle and system of choice, was instituted by God and it’s not erased by Christ. Don’t think because Christ has died and you have now accepted Jesus as your Lord and savior, this system is out of place. No! This system is integrated into the life system.
For you to live in the kingdom, you must understand the system of choice. You must choose God. God made it so from the beginning. So, if you go to Genesis 2:18-25, you will see that as long as man was obeying the instructions of God, as long as Adam and Eve were living in the confines of their dependence on God, and they were not going outside of His instructions, they were living the life. Everything was running smoothly, they will eat, the food will digest, they will go to the toilet. So, when you go to Genesis 2:18-25, you will see the effect of Adam obeying God, he was living the life. Adam did not need to pray for a life partner. God knew he needed it. Adam did not have to pray for provisions, provisions were coming. Adam did not have to pray and be crying God what will be the name of this new corporation that you brought before me? He knew! The Bible says God brought the animals to Adam to see what he will call them and Adam didn’t miss it at any point. So, he was living the life; that life was only available in God. So, the life system of the kingdom is connecting you back to your originality in God, connecting you back to your true DNA. The Bible says you are gods, you are sons of the highest, but what will make you die like mere men? Disobedience! The introduction of the death culture.
So, the death culture was introduced from Genesis 3:4-5, if you look at that Scripture, you will see that “the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.” All those things that God is telling you is a lie. “For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” The question is; who were they? They were gods. But the devil lied to them. Just as the devil is lying to many people, that he is stealing from them, killing and destroying them. Because he is making men forget their origin. And that is why Apostle Paul will say to some churches; who has bewitched you? Who has told you this lie? That the life you are connected to is not just an anyhow life, it’s the very life of God. You have the life of God in you, you are not trying to have the life. You have it! All you need to do is to connect back to that life.
So, the devil was saying this lie to Eve, and in verse 6 it says, “So when the woman saw” see that Scripture in 1 John, it said do not love the world or the things of the world, so even in the garden of Eden, there was a system that looks like the world, the knowledge of good and evil. Before we start blaming Adam, hope we are not also doing the same? Because the world system is like the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. When you eat of it you are a partaker and you have conformed. The Bible says when the woman saw (the lust of the eyes), that the tree was good for food (the lust of the flesh), and it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise; (the pride of life). This is the first time I was going to see that those three things are actually evident in those three verses. It was there, this is the world’s system, the Bible says all that is in the world; the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. That’s what Eve connected to, just like Demas, she forsook God and went for the world.
If we look at Genesis 2 and we look at verse 9, the Bible says out of the ground the Lord made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. Did we see that? So, all of the trees there were actually good for food and they were pleasant to the sight. So, what happened to Eve? She stopped seeing God, she started seeing the world. She stopped seeing the things that God has made beautiful, she started seeing what the world has painted. And the Bible says and she took of its fruits and ate, she took of the fruit of the world and ate, she also gave her husband with her and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened. and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together. For the first time the life of Adam and Eve, they had to make provisions for themselves. The effect of death. When man dies, man begins to struggle. When man disconnects from God, man begins to source for himself. So, the death culture was introduced. For the first time Eve started seeing the instruction of God in a different light.
She started seeing that the instruction of God was burdensome, the yoke was heavy, it was not easy anymore. She started seeing things differently. Her eyes became altered, she was not seeing the instructions of God through the eyes of love, she started seeing God as a wicked God, she started seeing that if God truly loves me, why is He making me go through all these? Something had changed, death was introduced. And their choice changed. So, in verse 6, they chose to eat. God said do not eat and they chose to do it. So, the death culture was introduced. And from verse 7 to verse 24 we could see the effect of death. They started hiding. People that would come boldly to the throne of grace, they started running away. They started hiding. And this is what happens to every man.
They started running away from God, they started hiding, they started making excuses. So, Genesis 3 verse 7 to 29 you will see the effects of death there. They started running away, they started blaming each other, because with death comes a responsibility. They became irresponsible. They could not hold onto the instructions of God anymore. They could not trust each other anymore. If you read that Genesis 2 verse 24 to 25, the Bible says and they were both naked and they did not know and they were not ashamed. But in Genesis 3 verse 7, and they knew that they were naked. Something had changed. So, what happened there is that the effect of death had taken over. Their cell structure changed. They ate something that corrupted their cell structure. If you see a man that is connected to God, doing the things of God will be easy. But you see a man corrupted. The person has been given over to a reprobate mind, the person will start doing things that are not convenient. Do you think it was convenient for Adam and Eve to be hiding from God in the garden of Eden? It wasn’t.
Do you think it was convenient for them to be blaming themselves in their marriage? It wasn’t. That was their first time. Why? Death had crept in. So, when we talk about the life system in the kingdom, it has to do with your origin in God. Until you go back to God, you can’t eat it and it will digest. And what you eat will be different. They have always been feeding on the tree of life, but this day, they fed on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And it altered their DNA, it altered their cell structure. Many Scriptures attesting to this. But I want us to see John 3:3-5. When Nicodemus came to Jesus and said to Him, teacher nobody can do this thing except God is with the person, what can we do? And Jesus said; “Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you (all of you, your DNA is corrupted, your cell structure is affected) He said I say to you; unless one is born again. Unless you go back to Genesis 2:7, when God breathed into the nostrils the breath of life, uncorrupted breath of life, until that is restored, what did Jesus say? He cannot see.
“Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” You can’t partake of the kingdom system; you can’t be integrated into the kingdom system. Unless a man is born again, the life system must return back to factory setting. The cell structure must be again structured. That is why Jesus will go around and say repent, your cell structure needs to change, you can’t see God the way you are, man has been corrupted. Adam knew in His sin nature that he could not behold God. He knew who God was, he had to hide. Until God beckoned; Adam where are you? And he came out. But see what happened in that place, when God was going to send them out of the garden, He didn’t just send them out of the garden, the Bible says God protected the tree of life. Not the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They can keep eating that one. But the tree of life. What sustains my life in you is the tree of life. You can’t partake when you are no longer in me, your system will refuse it. And I can’t even allow you, because once you do that eternity has been structured in my DNA if you partake of it, you will perpetuate this corruption. So, you see what God did there?
So, Jesus was saying to Nicodemus, except a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom, you can’t partake of the kingdom system, you can’t operate in the system, until you are born again. Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? And that’s the problem man. Giving arms and doing good is not enough, it won’t make you see the kingdom. So, it’s important; Jesus said to him, he was saying should a man now enter the second time into his mother’s womb? No! the womb that produced you was a corrupted womb. David said I was born in iniquity. So, it is not about going back into your mother’s womb, see what Jesus answered him in verse 5, “Jesus answered and said Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born; (enter into the womb of the Spirit)
He said unless one is born of the water and of the Spirit, he cannot. Jesus did not say that it is possible, maybe there is a way somewhere, there is no way, this is the only way. The life is the only way. It said unless a man is born of the water and Spirit, He cannot enter the kingdom of God. that which is born of the flesh is flesh. I love this statement that Jesus made. And that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. You are born of the flesh Adam, you must be born of Christ which is Spirit for you to live and see the kingdom. So, the life of God was re-introduced in Christ. The tree of life. We can once again partake of the tree of life; we can once again go through the gates of life through Christ. That’s why He said I am the way, the truth and the life. No one can access the Father, no one can access the kingdom of the Father except through Me.
The system of life was lost in the garden of Eden with Adam, so every man born into the world was born without that life. That life ceased when Adam sinned. That’s what God was saying to him, you will surely die, you will die from this life. So, every one that was born according to that life, were born without that life. And that’s why Jesus made a statement; so that we would understand. Because some people will say; what about John the Baptist? Was he not filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother’s womb? Jesus said; the least in this kingdom is greater than John the Baptist. John was not born with that life, he only testified of it. Jesus made that statement so that we can clear our doubt. Some people say Mary went to salute Elizabeth and the baby in her womb leaped for joy, that means the baby was filled with the Holy Ghost, what was Jesus saying? But Jesus said, the least in the kingdom, the least that come through Me is greater than John the Baptist. So, you must understand it Without Christ Jesus, this life cannot be Reintroduced back to you. So, for us to reconnect to this life system, this tree of life system, the Lord introduced a package; an element called mercy.
Remember we said in the garden God introduced a system called choice, we will be looking at many sub-systems and these things cannot be broken. The choice that God introduced with Adam is still there, but when Jesus came, God introduced a system called mercy. And that mercy system, the mercy of God, is what makes a man enjoy what he is not qualified for. The Bible says while we were yet sinners, Christ died. That’s the mercy of God. The Bible says that it is by the mercies of God that we are not consumed. We are doomed for destruction, we ought to be consumed, we were born into death, we perpetuate in that death, but the mercy of God. Mercy said no! So, the mercy of God is what makes man enjoy what he is not qualified for. God started reaching in mercy from generations to generations. So, in His Mercy He reached out to the children of Israel and say I want to make an example of you this nation, but see what happened with the children of Israel.
As merciful as God is; there was a time God wanted to destroy them. He said to Moses I will destroy this people and build a new nation with you. See how the mercy of God was expiring with the children of Israel. But God was still merciful, so, He was showing His mercy. If you read Exodus 34:6-7 when God was introducing Himself, He said He shows mercies to generations, He keeps showing mercy. But the ultimate mercy package of God is Jesus Christ. God had never demonstrated mercy in that way before. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. Jesus is the ultimate mercy package of God, so that’s why in this world, if you don’t accept Jesus, you have exhausted options. He is the last resort of Gods mercy. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
And this is why it’s important for us as believers to understand how this life was introduced back to us. It’s on the platform of mercy. So, before you start judging people that Jesus died for, before you start condemning them, we have the responsibility of showing them the ultimate mercy package of God. That God is creating this window, as many as will walk this road called Christ Jesus, you will eat again of the tree of life. That’s the life system of the kingdom. Jesus Christ is the life system of the kingdom. That’s why yesterday when we were going through the Evening Bible School, I was just excited in my spirit. Because it is such a strong foundation for this word. Jesus is the basis; He is the life system of the kingdom. John 3:16, for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.
That life was lost but found back in Christ. I want us to see in closing 1 John 5, so that we can conclude life system today, and move on next week by the grace of God into other systems of the kingdom. 1 John 5:11-13. “And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. So, don’t be confused. Don’t let the devil lie to you, God has given us eternal life, the opportunity to eat again of the tree of life has been opened. And it is through Christ Jesus. So, you must feed on Him, you must live by Him, you must connect to Him. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. He is the tree of life. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. That’s it! This is the life system; this is the foundation.
No other foundation can be laid in the kingdom, except that which has been laid; Christ Jesus. He is the life system. Without Christ Jesus, you can’t eat, you will choke. That’s what happened with the seven sons of Sceva. They wanted to operate a system in the kingdom, without the foundation, without a life system, they were not connected to the life system and they wanted to operate the faith system and they choked. The devil said Jesus I know, He is the tree of life, Paul I know, he eats of the tree of life, his life is sourced in Him. Who are you? I can’t see you. And the devil beat them blue and black. Why? They are trying to operate higher systems in the kingdom without the prerequisite system. The life of Christ is the foundation upon which every other system is founded. Jesus said you can’t see the kingdom of God if you are not born of the water and of the Spirit, you can’t see.
Are you one of us? Do you belong to Christ? Because on that day, what will differentiate people on the right and on the left is this cell structure. Jesus said on the last day people will say Lord, Lord we did miracles in your name; but I can’t find my life in you, we healed the sick in your name. Really? I can’t find my life in you. Because it is the life of the kingdom, not your works, the life is what qualifies you. I loved the definition of good works; it is anything you do on the foundation of Christ. He is the life system. He said I am the way, the truth and the life. Stop deceiving yourself, because you are saying praise the Lord hallelujah! does not make you one of us, it’s about the cell structure. You can speak the language and do all the things we do, the gesticulations etc. But without the life; you are nothing. That’s why the Bible says if the foundation be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Hopeless situation.
I believe this is the time to bow down our heads and speak to the Lord, and say; Lord help me to be fully grafted into Christ, Christ in me the hope of glory, help me to be grounded in Christ.
