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Territorial Dominion (Redefining The Great Commission) by Apostle Joshua Selman · Selah Media House

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  The third component of the Great Commission is called territorial
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  or societal transformation. Please write This is the most
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  neglected component of the Great Commission.
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  This is the peace that has not been brought in.
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  It is a tripartite mandate, but most templeship in a lopsided
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  way. Territorial or societal
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  transformation. What does this mean?
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  That the gospel that we bring and propose as designed in the
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  mind of Jesus was supposed to penetrate systems and structures
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  that society must feel the impact of the gospel.
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  Any gospel that cannot penetrate and transform society is barring
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  of many components of power. Listen, the first area of impact
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  of the gospel in society I wrote here is impact on the moral
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  fabric of society. Please write it down on that
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  territorial transformation, the true gospel.
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  When the church becomes light and the message of the gospel is
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  really going far, backed up by discipleship, it must impact on
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  the moral fabric of society. What does that mean?
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  There has to be a change in the overall expression of the moral
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  fabric of any society. Crime rate should should reduce.
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  Disobedience should reduce. There are many things that
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  should reduce. Thank God for the prisons.
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  Thank God for law enforcement agents.
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  But can I tell you the church is supposed to work in partnership
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  with this law enforcement agents as far as diminishing the rise
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  of moral decadence within society?
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  The church is supposed to be the pillar and the ground of truth,
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  to bring moral decadence to the minimum.
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  But when we have more churches and as the churches rise, crime
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  is rising, all kinds of things are rising, it may not be that
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  the church is is is important is that the content of our
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  communication and the efficiency of our weakness is now found
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  wanting. Every time there was a revival
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  and awakening in the Bible, it translated to many other things.
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  When you read Acts 19, you will see that people brought their
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  magic books. Am I right on that?
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  As a result of the outpouring, the Bible says they brought
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  their magic books, they gathered them together and bond them and
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  the Bible tells us the financial worth of it.
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  That is the gospel penetrating society.
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  When Jesus walked upon the earth, he was not just the
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  disciples and sinners alone that he spoke to.
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  He went to the houses of those who were people of influence,
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  for instance Zacchaeus. His encounter with Zacchaeus
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  saved many people who had been unjustly treated because
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  Zacchaeus became broken and repentant and now use this
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  influence to correct the manipulation and the corruption
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  that he was having as far as tax is concerned.
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  I'm reminded of my great, greatly revered mentor in the
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  Lord. Now he's going to be with the
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  Lord, Doctor Miles Monroe. Aside from being a man of God,
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  he understood this dimension of territorial transformation and
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  he translated his on his spiritual understanding to a
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  context. When Nelson Mandela was released
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  from prison, I understand that it was him and one other person
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  that were sent as delegates to go and greet him and receive
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  him. These were men who impacted the
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  fabric of society. Man of God, if only the church
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  claps for you, you are not doing well.
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  Society must join the church to say well done.
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  We may not believe in you all, but we respect the fact that
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  there is transformation. They may not call it God, but
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  they should call it transformation.
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  The hospitals should see the effect of the gospel.
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  The prisons should see the effect of the gospel.
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  Are we together by the time say the Judicial Council of Nigeria
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  comes to meet you as a man of God and as a church that we just
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  came to recognize you because we have found out that all the
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  products that come from this church have been active
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  contributors to reducing crime within a territory.
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  Now that is light. You are the light of the world,
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  not the light of the church that in the prison they can know your
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  name and the person can say I I agree I'm a Sinner but thank God
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  for this person and that person because you have added joy.
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  I'm sure many of you were blessed and inspired by what our
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  School of Ministry students did. You watch the video?
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  We allow them to place those videos, their visits to the
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  prisons and the rest to be able to help and see that the concept
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  of ministry is not just preparing for pulpit.
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  Pulpit work only accounts for about 30% of ministry.
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  Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good
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  deeds. They will call your light good
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  deeds. You are the only one who knows
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  it is light. As far as they are concerned, it
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  is good deeds they will call it, but all bees, the Bible says
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  they will glorify your Father who is in heaven.
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  Hallelujah. Is someone learning?
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  The first area of territorial transformation, I said is impact
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  on the moral fabric of society. What is the second area impact
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  on the quality of lives of the people within that territory?
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  Oh, this is important that if it is the Gospel, ladies and
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  gentlemen, it must impact on the quality of lives of the people
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  in John chapter 10. Understand Jesus said the thief
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  comment not but for to steal, to kill and to destroy.
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  Please let me have your attention.
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  He says I am come that he might have life and that they might
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  have it more abundantly is that in your Bible.
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  Matthew chapter 14. Please give us from verse 16
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  Matthew 14 give us from verse 16.
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  Jesus said unto them, they need not to depart.
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  This is Jesus. He finished preaching in a
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  crusade and now he saw several people.
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  But because he was a portrait of the holistic gospel, he paid
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  attention to their needs and their well-being.
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  He said they need not depart, give them to eat. 17 How can
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  such a preacher and a miracle Walker the the embodiment of the
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  gospel, the reason for the gospel, the means of attaining
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  the life of God himself. He showed us that the gospel
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  does not just end in the spiritual health of the
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  believer, that God is concerned about the quality of the
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  well-being of believers. This is the balanced gospel, the
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  gospel that just influences your spirit man alone and does not
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  care about the overall quality of your life.
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  There is a problem with that kind of gospel.
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  Let me finish this scripture. Please leave it for us.
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  Next verse it says bring them hit up to me 5 loaf now and two
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  fish. The Bible says verse 19 that he
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  commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass.
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  He took the five loaf 2 fish looking up to heaven.
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  He bless and break and gave it to his disciples who were those
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  who shared the welfare disciples, the same people he
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  was training to be man of God. That means a man of God has a
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  dimension of him, if properly mentored, that must serve and
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  care for people even at their physical needs.
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  To see to it that their lives become qualitative while they
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  know God and serve God is a balanced view of the gospel.
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  Jesus said I am come that he may have life and to have it more
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  abundantly. When Jesus so hungry people he
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  contributed to making their lives better.
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  Jesus taught on finances. Is that not in your Bible?
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  Jesus taught on demons. Jesus taught on himself.
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  Jesus taught on the Father. The gospel, being holistic, must
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  capture every dimension of men's lives.
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  It must have an impact on the quality of the lives of the
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  people within a territory. Nobody should sit down under a
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  preacher, listening to the gospel, being mentored and
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  discipled and then eventually cannot take care of his wife or
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  children. Lives a poor and a miserable
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  life, not connected to purpose, not finding meaning for his
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  life. There is something wrong with
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  that kind of mentorship. When God comes, He elevates
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  everything about your life and that includes the quality of
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  your living. You believe that shout.
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  Amen. Let me show you one scripture.
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  He says, bless the Lord, O my soul.
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  That should be Psalm 103. Please give it to us.
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  There are five benefits that the Lord brings to men.
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  Bless the Lord, O my soul and all that is within me.
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  Please listen and learn. Bless His holy name.
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  Verse 2. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and
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  forget not whose benefits everybody say all his benefits.
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  One more time, say all his benefits.
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  There are benefits that God gives people by reason of
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  knowing Him, loving Him, serving him, living for him.
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  That is never the motivation for loving him, but these are
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  consolations that come with loving him.
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  Are you ready? Five of them.
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  Never forget verse three number one who forgiveth all thine
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  iniquities, the salvation of your soul receiving eternal
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  redemption through his blood that she first of all benefits,
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  but not the only one benefit #2 who he let all thy diseases is
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  that in your Bible benefit #3 who redeemed thy life from
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  destruction, deliverance and preservation benefit #4 who
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  crowned thee with loving kindness and tenderness is honor
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  is a benefit. And then finally read this one.
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  If you're a Christian ready one to read who's satisfied, stop.
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  What part of your body does it satisfy who satisfied thy mouth
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  with good things so that on account of the efficiency of
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  your life, your youth is renewed like that of an eagle.
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  This one, that renewal of your life is directly tied to what
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  enters your mouth. But to wrap up my message, I was
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  talking about the gospel impacting the quality of your
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  life. How many of you truly want to
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  know God with all your heart? How many of you truly want to be
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  transformed? How many of you want to be able
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  to take care of your families and children truly without
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  thinking twice? How many of you want to be able
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  to give to the program of God without thinking twice?
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  How many of you want to live purposeful lives?
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  That is what the gospel was designed to do.
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  So in receiving the gospel, do not receive, do not reject the
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  welfare package that comes with the gospel.
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  God wants to attend to your needs and once you have your
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  priorities in place, do not reject it.
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  Hallelujah, there is food on my table at home.
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  That's why I can shout and preach even if I fast.
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  I can shout because I love God, but with a consolation that
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  there is something on my table. I want to make sure your table
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  also has something there. The third dimension of the
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  gospel is territorial or societal transformation.
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  And I told you the gospel must impact on the moral fabric of
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  society. The gospel must impact on the
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  quality of lives of the people within that territory, giving
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  them a sense of empowerment, a sense of purpose and direction.
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  And finally, the gospel must bring advancement in all spheres
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  of society. First, technological
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  advancement, educational advancement, advancement in the
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  area of health. When you read Genesis 41 will
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  not really just write it forsake of time from verse 37 to 57.
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  This is the exaltation of Joseph in Egypt.
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  Joseph's relationship with the God of the Hebrews, the God of
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  the Bible was intact. He refused to compromise all
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  through his stay. It led him to the prison and
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  after many years God brought him out and Joseph became a Prime
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  Minister. Are we together by the level of
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  his transformation, backed up by the spirit of grace?
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  Now Joseph was put through influence in a position where he
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  could govern and look what happened to the world because of
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  one man. The Excellency of his knowing
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  God came and it it translated to the health of Egypt even in the
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  place of famine. Imagine if Joseph did not
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  provide that economic solution, Jacob and all the other sons
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  would have died and the program of God would have been aborted.
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  Can I tell you listen to my message?
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  Let me refer you to my message commanding salvation over
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  territories. I told you that our territories
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  are also evangelists. There is a message only your
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  territory can speak and there is an audience that has been
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  designed to listen to it. Resolved, Speak territories
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  speak. You can command salvation like
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  it happens to an individual. Salvation can happen over
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  territories. You read the stories of the move
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  of God across islands like the Fiji island, the world's
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  revival, and you find out that going hand in glove with the
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  move of God where advancements in education, advancements in
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  healthcare. I believe in the gospel that
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  permeates the tripartite nature of man and then extends to
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  society. Thank God today for the
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  Christian schools that we have across this nation and the world
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  that preserve morality. Are we together and help the the
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  students that are there to keep growing?
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  Thank God for the Christian hospitals we have today as a
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  contribution to the health of people.
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  Thank God for other platforms, technological platforms and
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  other platforms that are adding to the health of society.
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  We have received the blessings of others.
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  The world is waiting for you.