SERMONS

Sermon: “Let God’s Righteous Cause Become Your Cause!”

February 15, 2026

Psalm 35:27 states, Let them shout for joy and be glad that favor my righteous cause; yea, let them say continually, “Let the Lord be magnified who hath pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.” 

Good Morning Saints and Happy Sunday!

This Sermon is written in the form of a Letter to all born-again Christians who have chosen and decided to be among the “Them” mentioned in Psalm 35:27. To all those in Christ who know they have been purchased with the precious blood of Jesus, and are “God’s Property” (spirit, soul, mind of the soul, and body), open and receive this Letter written directly from God’s Heart to your heart. The Psalmist wrote, “Let them” shout for joy and be glad that favor my righteous cause.” So, in this Letter, I am specifically writing to the “Them Class” of born-again Christians, who are unwaveringly committed to “God’s Righteous Cause,” to bring to them great joy and gladness of heart! 

If you are in this Zoom Meeting, or anyone else reading this Letter online and are not a part of the (“Them Class”), I earnestly pray and beg that the Spirit of God prick your hearts and minds while hearing or reading the Letter, such that you become fully persuaded to at once join the Them Class that favor God’s Righteous Cause.

Over my life-time in Christ, (spanning more than 60-years) I have come to realize, through interacting with Church Leaders and fellow born-again Christians across denominations and non-denominations that very few of us truly favor God’s Righteous Cause and are a part of the “Them Class.” Or, even in any real sense know of it. How about you Saints, do you favor “God’s Righteous Cause?” Have you made God’s Righteous Cause your very own “cause?” Are you even aware of what God’s Righteous Cause is? The general definition of a “Cause” is a principal, aim, or movement that, because of a deep and abiding commitment, a person is prepared to defend or advocate for it despite opposition, even if necessary unto death. 

With great anticipation now I write by the Spirit of God guiding my hand the exhortation: Let God’s Righteous Cause Become Your Cause!”  

Dear Saint of God, give the Lord permission over your whole-being, and then take full control of “His Righteous Cause,” and make it your righteous cause in this present world. When we take on “God’s Righteous Cause” and make it our own, it means that we choose and decide to align all of our personal motivations with God’s divine Purpose or Will. God’s Purpose for Mankind becomes our personal mission in life to see manifested in people throughout the world.

Understand first, that “God’s Righteous Cause” is His ultimate Purpose or Will for Mankind; His most beloved-creation. God’s Passion and great Loving Kindness towards Mankind is captured in Psalm 8:3-6, when David wrote:

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

Take note of this Saint of God, God’s ultimate divine Purpose or Will (God’s Righteous Cause) for His beloved Creation-Mankind, is through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ who died on the cross for the sins of the world and rose again on the third-day, that we might become “One with God,” and live life through Him, to experience the fullness of God! To those of us in the “Them Class,” God Commands us to make it our “righteous cause,” principal mission in life, to: (1) live our lives through God, so that others may see and know that God sent Jesus to be the Savior of the world (I John 4:14); (2) provoke our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to live by the same righteous cause; to be “One with God,” and live life through Him, to experience the fullness of God (Heb.10:24); and (3) explore the endless glorious depths and heights of the fullness of the nature of God in Christ Jesus to exercise exceedingly great dominion and authority over the earth and cosmos, placing the enemy Satan under our feet with God-ordained good works. (Eph.3:17-19) 

Before the foundations of the world, God planned for Mankind to have dominion and authority over the earth. Well Saint of God, God has not changed; He never will. (Mal.3:6, Heb.13:8 & Jam.1:7) Right now, take your finger and point it at yourself and boldly say, “God has called and made me to have authority and dominion over the earth!” This is true “Prosperity” shout for joy, as God takes great pleasure when His people exercise their divine rights to call forth and see the precious Promises from the Holy Scriptures into physical manifestation.

“God’s Righteous Cause” became first known, and utterly needful in the earth, when Adam sinned against God. Remember in Genesis 2:16-17, when God took Adam and placed him in the Garden of Eden to dress and keep it, He gave to Adam these two Commandments: 

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

As an act of Love and Protection for Adam, and then Eve who God created as a help meet for him, God told them they could freely eat of every tree of the garden, with exception of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God warned Adam not to eat of the fruit of it because he would surely see, taste, and experience spiritual death (separation from God) and natural death. 

However, the Serpent which Satan had entered, beguiled Eve through deception and lies against God and His Commandments, turning their hearts away from God and assuring them they would not die, if they partook of the forbidden fruit. (Gen. 3:1-3) And, the two of them did partake of it. The couple’s choice and decision to disobey God and eat of the tree was a treasonous and wonton act of “selfishness.” (Gen. 3:6-13) Satan had successfully tempted Adam and Eve to become excessively concerned with fulfilling their own self-interests and desires for pleasure above God’s Authority, Wisdom, and Purpose for God’s Tree. The Tree and fruit of it did not belong to them, it belonged to God, and stealing fruit from it was an act of aggression against God’s Authority and Property. They placed the lust for a forbidden “thing” above their love and respect for God. Let me emphasize this again: A forbidden “thing” God had created, the couple had more love and respect for than their Creator.

The decision to prioritize their own needs above God, caused a “seismic shift” in Adam and Eve’s relationship with God. In the cool of the day, the couple heard the Voice of God walking in the Garden, and they hid themselves from the Presence of the Lord. God calling out to Adam, “where art thou;” but in guilt and shame they covered their perceived nakedness with fig leaves. 

As God examined the hearts of Adam and Eve and questioned them about their sin-actions, as selfish and unremorseful people do, they shifted the blame and refused accountability for their actions. Adam blaming God, and Eve the Serpent for the transgression against God. (Gen.3:12-13)

Saint of God, examine the state of Adam and Eve’s relationship with God, now shattered and torn asunder. Before God created them, in union with the Holy Trinity, they were fearfully designed and made in the image of the Holy Threeness, and after their likeness. God had crowned them with honor and glory, blessed them and pronounced a benediction of Prosperity upon them saying: “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of sea, fowl of the air, and every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” (Gen.1:28) 

But, with Adam’s sin, the “Oneness” he and Eve had enjoyed with God had vanished. The couple were spiritually and morally bankrupt; disconnected from the Spirit of the life giving source of the Holy God. King David wrote at Psalm 5:4, “For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.” Also, Habakkuk 1:3 states, “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity…”  

Adam’s treasonous act against God lead to a “one-sided relationship:” God loving Adam and Eve, without love and obedience being returned. For no person can say that they love God, without sacrificial obedience to His Word. God seeking to worship with Adam and Eve in His Presence, but their hearts were far from desiring worship and fellowship with Him. The Light of Life infused in Adam’s heart at creation by God had become darkened and sullied with sin.

Thus, there was no other outcome that could occur besides the certainty of spiritual and physical death for Adam and all of Mankind after Him, as his heart had been sacked with a “self-will yielded to selfishness” guided by the enemy of God, Satan the source and embodiment of all wickedness. The couple’s sin would open the door for every human being born into this world to inherit an evil nature of sparring/scoffing/brawling with God and His Word; as well as continual warring among fellow-human beings in treachery, debauchery, and murder. Mankind can never have lasting peace and rest in his heart, house, or homeland while living in rebellion with His Holy Creator God.

Mankind inherently by Adamic nature is born into this world having a heart (spirit, soul, and mind of the soul) that is self-centered, self-motivated, self-interested, self-absorbed, and stubbornly selfish at heart! Yes, every person born into this world is prone to the display of an “idolatrous heart” that seeks after creation, more than the Creator God. A heart that seeks after a thing(s) more than God. 

This is so true even today, as the people of the world, including most Christians idolize “things” like money, career, comfort, self, and political power, alongside influencers, celebrities, relationships, technology (cell phones), and social status; replacing God as the primary focus. Saint of God, “anything” or “person” that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God is considered an idol. 

Adam’s disobedience caused sin and death to enter the world, making all of Mankind subject to physical death because everyone sins. The Apostle Paul recounted in Romans 5:14 that Death (sin) reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not committed the same kind of explicit sin like Adam’s transgression. Adam’s sin led to death for all humanity. 

Regarding Adam and Eve, amongst the judgments God had placed on them for their sin, there was however a silver lining of mercy and grace provided by God, called the Messianic Promise. (Gen.3:15) God declared that a future “seed of the women” (a descendant) would ultimately defeat the Serpent (Satan) by crushing its head, while being wounded (bruised his heel) in the process. This being the first prophecy of the coming Savior, Jesus Christ who would overcome Satan, sin, and evil, and bring reconciliation and righteousness to Humanity through His sacrifice on the cross. 

Also, Almighty God forever Faithful and Loving, made “coats of skins” for Adam and Eve to cover their sin and shame, to provide practical protection outside of Eden, and to symbolize a divinely provided atonement (foreshadowing Christ’s Sacrifice). (Gen. 3:21) God’s unconditional act of Grace, contrasted with the couple’s insufficient man-made fig-leaf coverings, and signified God’s ongoing care for them even though they had sinned against Him. It symbolized that God is the “only” Person who can forgive and remove the stain sin from Mankind.

Still, Adam and Eve had to be banished from the Garden of Eden. Given their selfish hearts, most likely they would have continued to lust after and consume the fruit of the forbidden tree. And, even more disastrous, in their sinful state they would have eaten from the fruit from the “Tree of Life,” which provided eternal life, (Gen.2:9) and redemption from sin and damnation for the couple and all of Humanity would have been impossible. So, God drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden and at the East of Eden deployed Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned in all directions to “keep the way of the tree of life.” (Gen.3:22-24)

But thanks be unto God, that in the fullness of Time, God motivated by His great Love for the world, sent Jesus Christ His only begotten Son (known as the second Adam or New Adam) to redeem Humanity from sin so that all people might be reconciled unto God the Father. (John 3:16, Rom. 5:8-11, Gal. 4:4-5 & II Cor. 5:18-19) Jesus is the New Adam because He represents a “new beginning” for humanity, succeeding where the first Adam failed. 

Jesus loved God the Father and “obeyed” Him in all things and led a sinless life on earth, while Adam disobeyed God in the single Commandment given to him by God. Therefore, Adam was the source of sin for all Humanity, but Christ was the source of grace for all Humanity. Humanity’s condemnation through Adam is “overcome” by justification through faith and new life through Jesus Christ. Paul wrote at Romans 5:17-20:

17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.

18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Taken Verse by Verse, Paul contrasts Adam’s sin-action, with Christ obedience to God a far greater work of righteousness:

Verse 17: Through Adam’s trespass, death reigned; through Jesus, believers receive “abundant grace and the gift of righteousness” and reign in life.

Verse 18: One man’s (Adam’s) sin led to condemnation for all people; one man’s (Jesus’) righteous act leads to justification and life for all people (for those who accept it).

Verse 19: Through Adam’s disobedience, many became sinners; through Jesus’ obedience, many will be made righteous.

Core Message: The Passage establishes two “family trees:” The condemnation inherited from Adam and the justification/life inherited through faith in Christ. Christ’s work is considered far more powerful and abundant than Adam’s transgression. 

Saint of God, the day you heard the Gospel and accepted (repented of your sins, believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth) the finished works of Jesus Christ on the cross, (His death and burial, and Resurrection from the Dead on the third-day and Ascension to the right-hand throne of God the Father) you became a “new creation” (a species that never existed before) in Christ Jesus; completely reconciled in God in Christ Jesus. (II Corinthians 5:17-19). Praise God, you became “One” with the Holy Threeness! God achieved His Righteous Cause (Purpose and Will)!

The old Adamic nature that prevailed within your heart and soul prior to receiving Christ as Savior and Lord, has past-away and is dead forever! You need to shout for joy right there Saint of God! Examine your heart, notice that your heart has been lit by the Light of Christ Jesus, and all self-centeredness, self-motivation, self-interest, self-absorption, and selfishness is gone! All hatred and malice of heart against God and His Word, and desire for idol worship (worship of things) has vanished! Within your born-again heart there is no “person” or “thing” in the world that you Love more than God in Christ Jesus! Yes, all “idolatry” has been swept away! There is nothing you did to earn or deserve your new-birth, God did it!

Yes, your old Adamic nature has died, meaning your born-again heart no longer lusts after the “things” of this world, neither does it have the opportunity to lay hold on them, any more so than a dead person would have. A dead person cannot lay hold of anything left behind in this life! 

At Colossians 3:3, regarding all those who are in Christ, Paul wrote: “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”  Child of God, observe that as a new creature in Christ, your heart has been “completely” changed to “Love God,” to obey all of His Commandments, and your “interests” are now aligned with God’s Purpose and Will. In Christ, you only want what God wants! (II Cor. 5:17)  There is full assurance that God and the Holy Threeness dwell in your heart; that God has sent forth the Spirit of Jesus Christ into your hearts crying, “Abba Father” because you are a son of Almighty God! (Gal.4:5 & I John 4:15) Moreover, because you have been made a “new creature” in Christ, God has given to you the “Nature of Christ,” which desires to “wholly” Love and worship God, and unconditionally love all people as Jesus Christ loves you! 

This is your new life in Christ! Shout for joy and gladness that God has given to you His Nature! Magnify the name of Jesus Christ as your life is hidden in Him!

The Apostle John pinned at I John 4:19, “We love him, because he first loved us.” Umm, child of God, also check out what John also wrote at I John 4:7-9:

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

God sending Jesus to earth, His life, death, burial, Resurrection from the dead on the third day, and Ascension to the right hand throne of God were all divine Love actions that He undertook to accomplish “His Righteous Cause” (Purpose or Will for Mankind). That we might all be “One in Him” and “live life through Him!” The Apostle John wrote about it at I John 4:9. Let’s read it carefully. 

 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

God, who is Love, demonstrated (proved) His great Love toward us when He gave Jesus Christ as a sacrifice for the sins of the world. Love is never satisfied through words only, but must be accompanied by works that prove one’s professed Love. When God sacrificed Jesus as a substitute for the sins of the world He proved His “unconditional” Love for all people: rich and poor, healthy and sick, old and young, bond and free, male and female, and Jew and Greek; so far removed are all of our sins, and God remembers them no more. (Heb.10:17) 

Jesus’ finished works on the cross satisfied “God’s Righteous Cause” That we might all live through Him. God destined you to live through Jesus Christ so that you might “reign” with Him in life. God wants every born-again Christian to have control and victory over our circumstances and sins, and challenges in life. To rule with Christ on earth as His spiritual kings manifesting His divine Will and Influence over Satan and this world’s system; thereby operating in the Dominion and Authority as God Promised in union with the Holy Threeness from the foundations of the world. (Gen.1:26) 

Dear Saint of God, God has Commanded that you live your life through Him. God’s Way of living life is diametrically opposed to the world’s way of living. God mandates that we live life according to our new nature, the “Nature of Christ,” which is practiced through the giving of “unconditional” Love and devotion to God the Father and “unconditional” Love to one another as Christ loves us. In contrast, the world’s (sinners) way of living life is through the “Adamic nature,” where one is motivated to get all they can through a human mindset (carnal thinking and actions) and human effort to satisfy selfish desires and ambitions. 

Since we are to live life through Jesus Christ, we must forsake living life through the “carnality of the human brain,” which is hostile to God and His Ways, and instead, be led by the Spirit of God, and Word of God in the pathways of Love. (Rom. 8:7 & Eph. 5:2) We must pattern our lives after Jesus and “walk” in Love. Shout: “Walk in Love, Walk in God’s Righteous Cause.”

More specifically, the Scripture witnesses that “God is Love,” and God abides in you and you in Him; so that you might live your life through Him by loving God with your whole being (spirit, soul, and body) and loving all people, just as Christ loves you. At John 13:34-35, Jesus Christ told the disciples, “A new commandment I give unto, that ye love one another; as I have loved you that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if you have love one to another.” 

Without Christ in our lives and giving us His Nature, it would be impossible to Love God and others as God Commands, as the Adamic sinful nature, with its preoccupation with “selfishness” would always surface to choke and block obedience with God’s Great Love Commandments. But, now that we are in Christ, by the power of the Holy Ghost within us, we have been given the special grace of Christ to “unconditionally” Love others as Jesus Loves us. As a personal mission aligned with the Purpose and Will of God, we are to live life through God, so we may Love every person as Jesus loves us. This must become our Righteous Cause and great Mission in life; to Love every person on earth as Jesus Loves us! 

Jesus Christ demonstrated “unconditional” Love for God by denying all self-interests, humbling Himself to God and becoming obedient, even unto death by means of the cross. (Php.2:8) In Jesus’ Public Ministry, God anointed Him with the Holy Ghost and with Power, and He went about doing “unconditional” good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil as God was with Him. (Acts10:38) While on the cross, persecuted, scorned, beaten, and marred more than any human being, Jesus prayed to God, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34) While on the cross Jesus forgave and Promised Paradise to one of the two convicted thieves crucified with Him, after the man showed faith and asked to be remembered in His Kingdom and the Lord did. Saint of God, do you see Christ’s unconditional Love? For His Love is always “seen” by all men.

In Jesus’ teachings, according to the Principals of the Kingdom of God, He taught “radical” generosity, non-retaliation, and nonviolent resistance against injustice by willingly giving more than demanded. Remember at Matthew 5:39-41, Jesus taught the disciples to “…Resist not evil: but whosoever smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” He said if a man shall “compel you to walk one mile, go with him twain.” (Matt.5:41) If any man, “would sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.” (Matt. 5:40) Jesus said, “Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.” Do you see the unconditional Love of required of us by God?

Recorded at Matthew 5:43-48, Jesus preached radical and unheard of Love for enemies, in spite of their evil actions against us. For the “reward” of God is in the obedience to His Love Commands!

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Lastly, we see the exalted Christ seated at the right hand throne of God, as our Great High Priest, unconditionally forever making intercession us before God. 

That Jesus intercedes for us means He acts as the mediator between God and Humanity, continually praying and advocating on our behalf to God. This is based on His sacrifice, Resurrection, and Position as the High Priest seated at God’s right hand. His intercession includes securing our forgiveness, helping us overcome temptation, providing comfort, and ensuring we have access to God’s Mercy and Grace. 

Dear Saint of God, “God’s Righteous Cause” calls for every person who would believe on His Son Jesus, to be as “perfect” as God, to be filled with the fullness of God’s Love so they can Love others, including enemies even as God does. The Body of Christ can clearly see when each of us Loves and knows God, and have passed from death (The Adamic Nature) to life (Christ Nature), by how we treat one another, including our enemies and strangers. 

We can see who is living according to “God’s Righteous Cause,” by how they Love one another. The Apostle John wrote at I John 3:14-17:

14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

If we are truly born-again, full of the Holy Threesome, then we must become models of Christ’s unconditional Love among all people. John wrote, “…Because Jesus laid down his life for us, we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” (I John 3:16) We must ask ourselves who are we sacrificing our lives for in obedience to the Love Command? To lay down one’s life for a brother means “selfless sacrifice,” either literally dying for them or, more commonly, prioritizing their needs, well-being, and desires above one’s own through consistent acts of service, time, and personal resources. 

It’s a form of unconditional Love modeled by Christ, and further described by Jesus in the “Parable of the Good Samaritan,” which teaches that our neighbors are everyone. Furthermore, the Parable teaches that even enemies and outcasts are deserving of our radical Love and compassion in helping those in need without prejudice, regardless of race, religion, or social status; going beyond mere superficial charity to reflect heart-felt self-sacrificing Love and embodying Jesus’ call to Loving all people. (Luke 10:25-37) 

John’s description of how we are to perceive (understand and carry out) the Love of God in I John 3:17, harmonizes perfectly with the Good Samaritan Parable of Jesus: 

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

Also, John’s writing at I John 4:11-12, 20 provokes both inward examination of our hearts and outward reflection on our treatment of one another to test whether we are still “dead in sins” or “alive unto God,” He wrote:

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

In and across Christian Circles, are we loving one another as Christ loved us; regardless of denomination or Church affiliation, political affiliation, race, gender, or social status? The answer sadly is not hardly! God’s Love is not perfected in many Christians, and as a result they walk in fear, which has many torments. 

At this past Thanksgiving Day dinner at my niece’s house, I talked with a Christian brother about the wide-gulf of division within and among Church denominations and non-denominational Churches. I mentioned that most Churches within a mile radius of each other have no active fellowship. I asked him to think about his own Church, which is a mega African-Church, and whether there is “active outreach” to fellowship with nearby Churches of different denominations. He said to his knowledge there was none. 

Then, I challenged him, to immediately after the next Sunday Church Service, to personally “walk” across the street, or down the block, to the nearest Church and introduce himself and greet his fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. He looked at me with eyes-wide open and full of fear, and said “I don’t know if I can do that Sir.” I said, ok take a few of your Church buddies and go and “walk” to the nearest Church and meet and greet the Christians there. He said he would, but he still appeared quite afraid. 

Like many within the Body of Christ, my dear African brother’s Love was not yet “perfected” in him, and so “fear” shaped his “walk.” His carnal mine (human thinking) had risen up against God’s Commandment to “walk in love.” (Eph. 5:2) Fear was keeping him from taking God’s Righteous Cause to all people. Fear was keeping him from being obedient to God’s Love Command. 

Finally I said to him, “If you are afraid to take the initiative to go and meet and greet fellow Christians who worship in different Churches, who also presumably are filled with the same Love of God in their hearts as you, how would you possibly be able to with boldness “walk” along the streets as Commanded by Christ and preach the Gospel to the lost? (Mark 16:15 & Luke 14:23) He was silent; as his carnal way of thinking had shut him down. 

Now dear Saint, listen to the writing of John at I John 4:18:

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.   

Most Christians, like the brother in the example, have never taken the initiative to extend God’s Love to other fellow Christians who are apart of other Christian affiliations because they fear. Most Christians never witness Christ to the lost and win them to God because of fear. Most Christians never preach the Gospel and heal the sick and cast out devils because they fear. Most Christians never see, taste, nor experience spiritual gifts because of fear. Most Christians never through the power of the Spirit forgive the sins of others, especially those who have wronged them, and then continue to do acts of kindness towards their haters because of fear. 

Maybe you too are just like most Christians. While you may say you Love God with all of your heart, and I have no reason to doubt that you do, are you paralyzed by “fear” in living your life through God’s Love by giving unconditional love to all people, in the same way Christ loves you? If you have fear, it’s because the Love of God is not perfected in you.

John said “perfected love casts out fear,” which begs the question, how is God’s Love perfected in us? The simple answer is by becoming bold advocates of God’s Righteous Cause; meaning we must obey God’s Command, by “yielding” ourselves to His Righteous Cause and going and continually practicing, by the Spirit of God, unconditional Love to one another. Praying in the Holy Ghost, which sheds the Love of God throughout our hearts helps mightily in preparation of yielding and obeying God’s Love Commands. (Rom.5:5) Paul wrote at Romans 6:13:

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

God wants you to yield your whole-being to Him, and His Way of walking in Love. To yield unto God means to surrender, cease resistance, or give into His Way of Righteous Living, and allow Him to use you as an instrument of Love towards others. In other words, God wants you to let Him Love others through you! It’s not your “ability” God seeks to use, rather He requires your “availability” so He can work through you!

In the example of the brother in Christ membered to the African Church, if he would “yield” himself to God, in obedience to the Love Command of God (Heb. 10:25 & 35) and go and meet and greet fellow Christians at other Churches, the Love of God in his born-again heart would grow deeper and work to cast out (push out) the fear in his thought-life (brain) of walking down to the Church and fellowshipping with other Christians. 

God going before him, and working through him, would express and manifest His Love to the Christians at the other Church. And, then God would “reward” him for his obedience to the Love Commandment. This encourages unity of the Faith among believers in Christ and resembles how we are unified in Christ in Heavenly places. (Ps.133:1 & Eph. 2:6) Many wonderful and mighty supernatural and natural blessings can result from just the simple act of taking “God’s Righteous Cause” to others.

This enriching experience would take the Christian Brother deeper into the knowledge of God, and what it means to have “Oneness” with Him. He would learn that God wants us to be available to use as “instruments of Righteousness,” and experience with “first-hand knowledge” God’s supernatural ability to get things done, rather than relying on his own natural abilities. In tangible ways, he would learn and be able to testify that God’s Love never fails. (I Cor. 13:8) It’s operating in the Truth that the Apostle Paul wrote about at Philippians 4:13, saying “I can do all things through Christ that strengths me.” (Php.4:13) 

Saint of God, the more you live life through God, by Loving others through the Spirit of Christ, the deeper your Love grows and becomes “Perfected” in you. Watch this now: When God’s Love is Perfected in you, all fear is gone, and “unfeigned faith” is present. Paul wrote that “faith works by Love.” (Gal.5:6) Thus, when your heart and thought-life (brain) is full of the Love of God, you are prepared to “walk” in authority and dominion (True Prosperity) over the earth as sons of God, using God-Faith to speak the Promises of God’s Word into physical manifestation. All because you favor God’s Righteous Cause. 

Praise God, let the (Them Class) shout for joy that favor God’s Righteous Cause, as John wrote at I John 3:22-23:

22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

Finally Saint of God, the Love of God in us is progressive in nature, and never stagnant nor grows old and stale. Paul wrote at I Corinthians 2:9-10 that the human heart, mind, and intellect had not seen nor heard of the “things” God has prepared for them that Love Him. But that God has revealed them unto us by His Spirit. As I have preached before these “things” are the spiritual gifts of Christ, as well as all things pertaining unto life and godliness to bring us into the abundant life Jesus came to give to us. (John 10:10) 

Further, Paul prayed that believers in Christ would seek after God by the Spirit through prayer, God’s Word, and loving and kind deeds to others and be filled with all of the “fullness of God” in Christ Jesus. See Ephesians 3:14-20:

14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.

In Paul’s writing to the Saints at Ephesus, he continually prayed that Christ’s Love in them (and every born-again Christian) would be more and more in their hearts as they trusted in Him. God’s Love is “Total”, says Paul. It reaches every corner of the Human experience. It is wide, as it covers the breath of one’s own experience, and it reaches out to the whole world. God’s Love is long as it continues the length of our lives. It is high as it rises to the heights of our celebration and elation and magnification of Him. His love is deep, as it reaches to the depths of discouragement, despair, and even death. Paul even says that as we search the depths of this Love of God that we can be made “filled with all of the fullness of God.” 

The fullness of God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, and Kingdom of God resides in us, but we must appropriate that fullness through faith, prayer, and obedience to the Love Command to love one another as Christ loves us. Paul writes that God is able to do exceedingly above all we ask of Him, or imagine, according to the “power” working within us. The power working in us is the continual “unconditional” practice of Loving God with our whole-selves, and all people as Christ loved us.

So dear Saint, take up God’s Righteous Cause of Loving all people as Jesus Christ loved and sacrificed His life for you, so that all people might see God through you and come and give their lives to Christ and be made full of the Holy Threeness in accordance with Purpose and Will for Mankind. Do not let anything in this world separate you from God’s Righteous Cause to love every person as Christ loves you! Not family members, friends, institutions, world systems, false religions, persecutions; let nothing separate you from the Love of God. Paul wrote at Romans 8:35-39:

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Dear Saint, thank God that we have Peace and Unity with the Only True God and Jesus Christ, and the world cannot do us any harm. Romans 5:1-2 declares:

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Satan is defeated and we are more than conquerors through Christ who Loved us, and through our Oneness with God, grace we have received, the reward of authority and dominion over the earth, according to God’s divine Purpose and Will for Mankind. Let God be magnified, worshipped, and adored for the things He has done! I pray and believe that you are now an active and unwavering member of the “Them Class.” Amen for the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Sermon: “When God Says Never, It Means Never!”

February 8, 2026

Good Morning Saints of the Most-High God!

In Biblical terms the word “Never” expressed as a double negative in Hebrews 13:5 means emphatically “not at all” will I leave you, and “by no means forsake you!” Thus, God Promises to every believer in Jesus Christ His Permanent Presence and eternal security and support in fulfillment of His Divine Will for our lives! But Saints, we need to go deeper into this Scripture to understand its True meaning, apply it to our lives, and share it with others of like precious faith.

Introduction

My Sunday school Teacher at the Church of Jesus Christ 

(Washington D.C.), was the late great Deacon Wilbur Andrew Belton, Sr. He was a devout Man of God; full of the Holy Ghost and Power. He was an amazing worship and praise leader, preacher, teacher, administrator, husband and father to his children in their generations. And, as shown in the picture below, he was always full of energy and bore a wide smile for Jesus Christ.

As a young born-again Christian, nearly every Sunday, I had a question(s) about a Lesson we were being taught. Deacon Belton would always answer my question(s), and then add by saying, “Brother Darryl, what does the Bible say? Just read and believe the Word of God as it is written.” I can still hear him today saying, “Read each Scripture and believe it!” This instruction has proven to be one of the greatest lessons I have learned about drawing near to God and watching the Word of God come alive and work in my life.

Later as a Minister of God, I learned that when I followed Deacon Belton’s advice of reading and believing God’s Word, the Holy Ghost would give me enlightenment on the Passage of Scripture. Meaning, the Holy Ghost would Minister to me: He would give me understanding, help me to see deeper Truths in the Passage, Chapter, or Book of the Bible, give me practical application for my life, and reveal hidden relationships to other Scriptures in the Holy Bible exceedingly far greater than I expected. 

As a Pastor and Teacher of the Bible, often times I have found myself telling the congregation, as well as fellow Ministers that I have mentored to just, “read and believe what God’s Word says, and the Holy Ghost will give you enlightenment.” Saints, in fact, let me get dogmatic with all of you right now. I beg you to take hold of your Bibles and when you read the Holy Scriptures only believe the Word of God as it is written, and the Holy Ghost will give you enlightenment.” (Repeat that with me: “READ THE WORD, BELIEVE THE WORD, AND RECEIVE HOLY GHOST ENLIGHTENMENT.”) 

Saints, you will also notice in this Ministry how I tend to handle the Word of God: precept upon precept, (A guiding Principle for spiritual and moral action) and then to prove the precept going line by line in Scripture. Isaiah 28:10 states: For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Moreover, it is my tendency to teach Principals from the Word of God repetitively: Over, and over, and over again and then pose questions to test what you have heard and learned, so that you might receive enlightment from the Holy Ghost, and become skillful hearers and doers of the Word that are able to bear much fruit unto Christ and to disciple others. 

I deem this way of Ministering and teaching as critical to spiritual growth and maturity in Christ. We must first become students of the Word of God and grow to become “connoisseurs” (specialists, experts) of the Word of God. You see Saints, I reckon that since Jesus Christ said: “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my [Words] shall not pass away.” (Matt.24:35) And, since the Lord said, “Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the [Law], till all be fulfilled.” (Matt.5:18) And, since the Lord told Satan, “It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every [Word] of God.” That it makes common “spiritual sense” for every born-again Christian to become proficient/masters in handling the Word of God and effectual doers of the Word until we are like our “Master Teacher” Jesus Christ. (Luke 6:40)

So Saints, guess what we are going to do today? We are going to focus on “Reading and Believing” one of the most well-known and oft-quoted Scriptures of Promise in the Holy Bible (Heb.13:5), and enlist the Holy Ghost to enlighten our hearts and minds on the Scripture of Promise so that we might practice the Word in daily living, get the Victory, and teach others to walk in the blessedness of the Promise. 

Never Will God Leave You, Nor Forsake You in Fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant

The prolific and famous English novelist Charles Dickens from the Victorian era, is credited for coining the idiom, “never say never.” The saying conveys the meaning that a person should not make absolute declarations because anything is possible and circumstances can change. It is an expression of the idea that the future is unpredictable and that today’s impossibilities may become tomorrow’s realities. Further, the phrase encourages open-mindedness and a willingness to try new things, rather than closing oneself off. 

As you sit and think Saints, many times we have declared “Nevers” over our lives and others. Oh what shameful and vain boastings we have entered into, saying such things as: I will never speak to you again, I will never love again, I will never forgive you and/or forget what you did to me, I will never do you wrong, I will never learn to drive, I will never tell your secret, I will never let you down, I will never be rich, and on and on we go with the “Nevers.” 

When it comes to Mankind, Charles Dickens saying, “Never say never” is a prudent and wise advice, because the word “never” as we use it in Society limits possibilities, is often inaccurate, and can be harmful in communication. Moreover, most often when we use the word “never” it conflicts with God’s Word. By using absolute terms “like never,” a person can create all-or-nothing thinking, damage relationships with exaggerated statements, and as I said before close a person off from new experiences and future opportunities. Let me say it more loudly, the word “never” should never be used in human boasting because without God we do not know the end of anything!

Umm, the Holy Bible instructs us on how we should express understandings and wisdoms about the future of our tomorrows, whether positive or negative. James 4:14-15 states: 

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

This is a stark reminder for every born-again Christian to acknowledge that our plans are “dependent” on God’s Will, and to avoid boasting about future accomplishments or making determinations/predictions of things that are not able to occur or be done, if they are guaranteed by human effort alone. The phrase, “If the Lord Will” demonstrates a reliance on God and a humility in recognizing that our lives and actions are ultimately subject to His sovereignty. Let us therefore in holy sobriety and humility conclude that God alone is the Supreme Being having complete sovereignty over the word “NEVER!” For the Holy Scriptures declare God’s Omniscience, Omnipresence, and Omnipotence. (Ps.139, Jer.23:24, & Job 42:2) God is the only Person who knows the beginning from the end and vice versa, and has created all things by His Wisdom and Power. (Is.46:10 & Col.1:16)

Now, when it comes to the Almighty and Absolute God, when He speaks and says “never” its means forever! In the Hebrew and Greek translations of “Never” it emphasizes absolute certainty, permanence, and the “impossibility” of something happening. When I think of an impossibility spoken by God, I think of Scriptures like Hebrews 11:6, “But, without faith it is impossible to please God,” or Jesus Christ’s Words recorded at Matthew 19:26, “…With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Or, Hebrews 6:18, which states, “ That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.”

The word “never” spoken by God is often used in Scripture to under-score the finality of God’s Promises and judgments, conveying that His Commitments are eternal and unshakable. Thus, we should understand that the Promise made at Hebrews 13:5, “…I will never leave you nor forsake you,” is final! Praise God, the Promise cannot be changed as it is eternal and unshakable! 

A precise count of the number of times God says “never” in the Holy Bible is not given to us; likely hundreds of times in various contexts. But let me give you seven separate times where God speaks and says or indicates “never,” and then we will focus specifically on God’s “Nevers” in Hebrews 13:5. 

• Genesis 9:11: (In an Everlasting Covenant with Noah God said): And I will establish My covenant with you: [Neither] shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; [Neither] shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.”

• Psalm 55:22: Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall [NEVER] suffer the righteous to be moved.

• Daniel 2:44: And in the days of the kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall [NEVER] be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

• John 6:35: And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life; he that cometh to me shall [NEVER] hunger; and he that believeth on me shall [NEVER] thirst.

1. John 8:51: Verily, verily I say unto you, if a man keep My saying, he shall [NEVER] see death.”

1. John 10:27-28: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life: and they shall [NEVER] perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

1. I Corinthians 13:8: Charity (love) [NEVER] fails.

So now, let’s focus on Hebrews 13:5. Let us take our time and read it aloud, learn of its deeper meaning, believe the Promise of God’s “Nevers,” and receive enlightenment by the Holy Ghost for our personal enrichment and to teach others the Way of God.

 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will [Never] leave thee, [Nor] forsake thee.

God emphatically declares His “Nevers” over us. We could read the Scripture this way, which in the original Greek language it literally means, “NEVER, NEVER WILL I FAIL YOU; AND NEVER, NEVER WILL I IN ANY WAY ABONDON YOU!” 

However Saints, in most Christian Circles, largely because we did not read the Verse carefully, as well as the proceeding Verse 6, we have missed the fuller meaning of what the writer of Hebrews was trying to get across to Christian readers of God’s Promise “Never to leave nor forsake us.” Most everyone only quotes the latter half of Verse 5, and in so doing we take it out of its proper context and apply it to all kinds of circumstances.

Most often, this Scripture of Promise is used as a source of “comfort” in times of trouble: God Promises that He will never leave those who are His, nor forsake them. In a perilous world that is constantly changing and where people are suffering with financial lack, stricken with illness, constantly leaving, whether in a family, relationship, or in death; God’s Promise of never leaving us is encouraging. For certain, this aspect of the Promise provides a much needed anchor of hope to our souls and ministers strength to endure hardships, trials, and persecutions. However, in such circumstances, it is far better to use a deliverance Scripture of Promise like Psalm 46:1-2.

Also, many times we associate the Promise of God’s Presence with Christ’s last Words to His disciples before Ascending to Heaven, where He said as a part of the Great Commission, “…and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matt.28:20) In deed, Jesus Christ is with us as we preach the Gospel to every creature and do the works of Christ in healing the sick, casting out devils, raising the dead, and manifesting other gifts of the Spirit. (Mark16:15-18) For without Jesus, we can accomplish nothing! (John 15:5)

But, the writer of Hebrews 13:5 is really getting at something else that is tied directly to a Promise made in the Old Testament that belongs to born-again Christians “Today” regarding God’s Promised Presence and Support always being with us. In essence, this Verse serves as an admonishment for Christians to put all of their trust in God to bring them into the Promised Land of Prosperity and Health. Yes, you heard me right Saints, Hebrews 13:5 is a restatement that God will “never leave nor forsake” every born-again Christian in bringing them into divine Prosperity and Health. As our part in the New Covenant with God in Christ Jesus, we are to hold fast to the profession (confession) of our faith in the Promise of Hebrews 13:5, and all the Promises of God, without wavering, so that God may bring them to pass in our lives. (Heb.10:23, 35-37) Unfortunately, most born-again Christians have not exercised faith in this precious Promise according to Abrahamic Covenant to see it come to pass in their lives.

My, my, my so many Christians take the Promise of God never leaving them nor forsaking them in a “stagnant” way. Meaning that God is with the Christian wherever they choose to go and whatever they decide to do. But Saints, let me give you a “News Flash:” God does not follow us around, we follow after God in the way in which He leads! (Psalm 23, Matt.16:24) Our natural carnal minds and hearts do not know the steps that we should take, nor the way in which we should go. (Jer.10:23) 

Saints, God is not with us to go along for the ride, as we decide to chart and navigate the course for our lives. No, no, no! Psalm 23:1-3 says, “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures (beautiful homes). He leadeth me besides still waters. He resoreth my soul, he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his names sake.”  God’s divine Will and Way is to lead us into a “wealthy” place in Christ Jesus! (Ps. 35:27, 112:1-3, Jer. 29:11, III John 2) Even when we get lost and can’t find our way, Jesus leaves the rest of the flock, and searches until He finds us and brings us back into the fold! (Luke 15:3-7) Moreover, Christ Jesus died on the cross and rose again on the third-day so that we through “His poverty might be made rich!” (II Cor. 8:9) Jesus Sacrifice of His life leads us to the riches (wealth, money and possessions) of God destined to flow into our hands, if only we will believe!

Now, examine the first half of the Verse (Heb.13:5), which states, “Let your conversation be without covetousness (greed and envy); and be content with such things as ye have:” Here the Writer exhorts believers to live a life of contentment, with a lifestyle and behavior that is “free” from greed and lust for material possessions. Covetousness is a greedy “selfish desire” for more, so the phrase is an instruction to be satisfied with what you have, “trusting” that God’s Presence in your life, and relationship with Him, is infinitely more valuable than the acquisition of worldly possessions. Loving and serving God rather than riches will bring you into a wealthy place! 

We can be content with whatever we have, and where we are in life, knowing that God’s Presence goes before us to brings us into material wealth and substance in fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant. (Gen.12:1-3) God’s Heart and Mind are set on blessing and causing His People to inherit material wealth and substance, as He did with faithful Abraham. (Gen.24:1)

The key part in Hebrews 13:5 that many of us have not considered, is the writer says :[for he hath said,] I will [Never] leave thee, [Nor] forsake thee. The writer is restating a Promise made earlier in Scripture. For greater insight and understanding into what God means when He says “I will never leave you nor forsake you,” we have to go and find the Scripture where God first mentioned the Promise. The Promise was first given to Joshua and Israel before entering the Promised Land recorded at Deuteronomy 31:6 & 8:

6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

8 And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

The Promised Land is the territory described in the Holy Bible as being given by God to Abraham and his descendants, the Israelites.  

Geographically, it corresponds to the ancient land of Canaan, which includes much of modern-day Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, as well as parts of Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. (In a general and broader sense, “The Promised Land” can also refer to a satisfying achievement or a place of fulfilled dreams, wishes granted, visions manifested, goals attained, aspirations realized.)  

The Promise “I will never leave you nor forsake you” was first given to Joshua and Israel before entering the Promised Land, in accordance with Israel’s forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  (Deut.31:6). 

Encouragingly, Moses (who God did not permit to enter the Promise Land but allowed him to view it from Mount Nebo), reminded Joshua that as the succeeding leader of Israel, “the Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” (Deut.31:8). 

Joshua’s task of taking the Promised Land seemed impossible because, by natural eyes, other nations were greater in size and military might. But as Israel persevered with the Lord, the task was possible, for God would not forsake Joshua. God would fight for them, destroy their enemies, and give them the land and riches therein for an inheritance. God would provide for them and He would be their fortress from all opposing enemies once occupying the land. (See Deut. 31:1-6) 

So, Israel would have no reason to fear or be afraid; but emboldened to be strong and very courageous in taking possession of the Land of Cannon and other parts of the Promised Land. In other words, God was assuring Joshua and Israel that He alone would be their “Helper” in inheriting the Promised Land, in accordance with the Abrahamic Covenant. All of this was Promised Israel, if they chose to love the Lord God, obey His Voice, and cleave only to Him for He alone was their life and length of their days. (Deut.30:19-20) 

This Promise of God to “never leave nor forsake them,” to serve as their Helper, was borne out of the gut-wrenched groaning, tears, sufferings, and cries for the God of Abraham to deliver the children of Israel from the bondage of Egypt. God had respect for their cries for “help,” and God the “Helper” with Moses as their leader were supernaturally brought out of Egypt into the wilderness with the “wealth” of their oppressors, Pharaoh and the Egyptians. (Ex. 2:23-25, 12:35-37 & Ps. 105:37)

Saints, the Promise in Hebrews 13:5 is a “restatement” for all born-again Christians today to trust in God as their “Helper,” just as He was for Moses and Joshua and the children of Israel; to bring all believers in Jesus Christ into their Promised Land: Into a Wealthy Place because God is our Helper and Never Never will He leave us, and Never Never will He forsake us. Thus, there is no need to fear or be afraid of the world and what man can do to God’s people to keep them from inheriting the wealth of the earth.

In Galatians 3:6-9, the Apostle Paul wrote that all believers in Christ are the same as the children of Israel; and that we are “blessed” with faithful Abraham. The same blessing of material wealth and substance that God blessed Abraham with is also on every born-again Christian. (Gen.13:1-2) Furthermore, Paul stated that Jesus Christ died on the cross so that the blessing of Abraham (material wealth and substance) would come on us through the Holy Ghost by faith. (Gal.3:13-14) 

Christ was made sin for us, so that the world through Him might be reconciled to God and made the Righteousness of God. (II Cor. 5:20-21) So that God would dwell within our born-again hearts forever, and thereby securing eternally our personal and intimate fellowship with Him, and journey with Him, into our Promised Land of prosperity and health. Yes, God in the Person of the Holy Ghost serving as our “Helper,” gives us the “power” to get wealth to establish the Abrahamic Covenant in the earth; and be a blessing to all families of the earth. (Deut.8:18 & Acts 1:8)

With whole-hearted faith in the Promise, the Writer of the book of Hebrews states in Verse 6: “So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.” Knowing that God is our “Helper” to bring us into a wealthy place in Christ, we can be content (gratified, pleased, comfortable, and thankful) with such things as we have, as God goes before us to cause the wealth of the wicked, to be laid up for the just; to eventually find its way into our hands. (Prov.13:22) 

Saints somebody shout: “God is my Helper!” The Word Helper means, He is the Person who “runs to” those who cry for His “help” and “succorers” them. Meaning God hurriedly comes to those who cry-out for His Help to render aid, support, and relief; (to those in distress, need, or temptation) to give spiritual, emotional, physical, and financial satisfaction!

Umm, Psalm 91:15-16, states: “He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.” Saints, see how God “never leaves us nor forsakes us?” Because God never leaves nor forsakes us, when we call for His “Help.” The “Helper” Promises to be with us in trouble, deliver us, and bring us into a place of honour (wealth with righteousness). As well as God grants to us a long- satisfied life and will reveal to us God’s Salvation as we take our last breath in this life. 

Truly, God is a Helper to those who know they need His help and rely on Him to provide it. They guard their hearts, and mouths and filter conversations to ensure their words are “without covetousness,” and they are content (thankful to God) with such things as they have as God is forever their Helper to supply all their needs according to His riches in glory. (Php. 4:19) As we whole-heartedly worship God, love and serve the Lord, and go about quietly working with our hands in righteousness, minding our own business, trusting in God for Help; promotion and prosperity which comes from the Lord will come our way. (I Thess. 4:11) No fear of the economy, job prospects, people and organizations who may wish to block job and career success can stop us from inheriting God’s Promise of wealth, because the Lord is our Helper. Thus, what can man do to us? Psalm 75:6-7 reads:

6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

With that understanding of Hebrews 13:5, Saints read and believe Verses 5-6 and allow the Holy Ghost to minister and enlighten concerning your personal financial situation and wealth portfolio: 

5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Given where you are “today” in your living and financial space, rich or poor, healthy or sick, with contentment, thank God for the things that you have, and come to a place of rest knowing that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, “never leaves you, nor forsakes you.” Come to the place of knowing that God, by the Holy Ghost goes before you, and is leading you into greater and greener pastures in fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant. That, as your Helper, God is “succoring” you while you earnestly work with your hands to do righteous labor. Praise God, He is giving aid to meet and exceed your every need. That, if you are in distress in your finances, or sick in your mind and/or body, to cry-out to the Lord for “help” and God your “Helper” will come speedily to your aid. 

Paul wrote to the Christians in Rome, saying, “He is rich unto all who call upon Him.” (Rom.10:12) For above all things God desires that you prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers. (III John 2) Therefore, call on the Lord to make you rich; rich in houses, lands, investments and material wealth so that you may be a blessing to all of the families of the earth, according to Abrahamic Covenant! God has guaranteed to abundantly supply you with riches, such that you, nor your children will ever beg bread! (Ps.37:25)

Finally Saints, going forward, I encourage you to read, meditate, and recite Hebrews 13:5-6 each day until you know it by heart and govern your life by it. Just as Deacon Belton instructed me, I also admonish you: What does the Bible say, just Read and Believe the Scripture and let the Holy Ghost enlighten you.

5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Please going forward refrain from lifting the phrase in Verse 5, “I will never leave you, nor forsake you” and taking it out of context. Allow the Holy Ghost to enlighten and give you practical experience, along with endless Testimonies of how God, as your personal Helper, has fulfilled His divine Will of supernatural wealth transference and accumulation into your house, through His Promise to “never leave you, nor forsake you,” in accordance with the Abrahamic Covenant. So you can teach others to walk in the Promise. 

Praise God, I hear the Holy Ghost saying, “Receive with assurance and gladness of heart,” Prosperity reserved for you and your household according to Psalm 115:14-16:

14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord‘s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Also Saints, take wings like the eagles and ascend higher and higher in the Spirit with God’s Promises for the blessings of Obedience, recorded at Deuteronomy 28:9-13:

9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

Amen, for the preaching of the Word of the Living God.

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February 1, 2026
Sermon Part 8: “God’s House Is in Your Heart: It’s Time to Realize Spiritual Awakenings and Manifestations of Epic Proportions!”

The Apostle Paul wrote to the Saints at Corinth: Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. (I Cor.14:1-3)

Saints of God, including all born-again Federal Workers, for which this Series is dedicated, do you “desire” spiritual gifts?

Good Morning Saints and Happy Sunday!

This is the last Sermon in this Series entitled, “The Kingdom of God Is Within You: So What Are You Doing With It?” I pray that the Series has been a blessing and “challenged” you to become a life-time seeker and reaper of the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness. Saints, never forget the definition of the Kingdom of God that we have given to you:

The Kingdom of God is God’s reign and rule, both in heaven and on earth and beneath the earth, and is characterized by His love, righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. (Rom.14:17) The Kingdom of God is not just a geographical place or realm, but a system of God’s Power and Authority impacting all aspects of the cosmos and human life on earth. The Kingdom is also a Promise of future fulfillment, ultimately culminating in a new heaven and earth.

We have expressly dedicated this Series to all Federal Workers in Christ who have lost their jobs, or who are on the verge of losing their jobs. The loss of a job can feel like a devastating blow to your career and ability to provide adequately for your family and personal financial needs. But, I assure you, if you will use this misfortune as an opportunity to draw nearer to God and His Way of doing things, Heaven’s supply of riches will make its way into your wallets and pocketbooks to the full and overflow with material wealth and substance. (Prov.13:22)

Glory be to God, I even beg you to lay aside all worries about your natural needs (what you will eat and drink and how you will be clothed and sheltered), and whole-heartedly seek after God in Christ Jesus and the Kingdom of God, as He will reward your diligence in seeking after Him in ways no man can imagine! (Matt.6:33 & Heb.11:6)

Saints, we are God’s children and Property, and Jesus Christ has baptized us in the Holy Ghost and fire, evidenced with speaking in other tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance. Somebody shout saying, “I believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and thus, I speak with new tongues (unlearned languages) as the Spirit gives utterance and do many other signs and wonders.” (Mark 16:17)

Saints, do not let Satan fill your heads with doubt, unbelief, and fear about speaking in tongues. Don’t let the people of the world who know not God, and man-made religion talk you out of receiving and freely using your prayer language (speaking in tongues) as the Bible says we are to do. (Jude 20-21) In fact, you will never become the effective and effectual prayer God has called and made you to be without praying in tongues. Praying in our native language, while beneficial, is “weak,” uninformed, untimely, and requires the assistance of the Holy Ghost. The Apostle Paul wrote at Romans 8:26:

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

See the Version of the Amplified Bible:
In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words.

Every born-again Christian should feel a great sense of honor, exuberance, and joy to speak in tongues, as Paul wrote that the person who speaks in unknown tongues speaks directly to God, and not men. (I Cor.14:2) Tell me, what Christian on the planet doesn’t want to engage in direct communications with God Almighty? Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, we can have our conversations with God in the Spirit of prayer!

Speaking in tongues is the “language” of God and the Kingdom of God, given to us so that we can converse with God on the highest and most intimate and personal level; heart to heart to receive the Mind of God in Christ Jesus. Most born-again Christians do not realize that when speaking in tongues, the languages expressed release faith-filled Power and Authority capable of impacting every facet of human existence, as well as the earth and cosmos! And with tongues, we can commend and command blessings on the lives of others, both material and spiritual blessings. Of course, better and more fruitful to give the interpretation of the tongues spoken, or to prophesy so that the hearer can understand, be edified, and say Amen. Nevertheless, Paul says we bless well in the Spirit. (I Cor.14:14-17)

Umm, in the natural, we understand that “communication” among human beings is vitally important because it builds relationships, resolves conflicts, and fosters collaboration in both our personal, and professional lives. Communication is the foundation for expressing needs and emotions, coordinating tasks, and promoting understanding, leading to greater productivity, trust, and overall success. Yes, we understand even that the more we communicate with others, often times, we get more comfortable with the person and form bonds and become friends, and close friends such that we feel at ease to disclose and discuss personal information, and with some even deep and closely held secrets.

As believers in Christ, given that we are married to the Godhead and enjoy an intimate relationship with the Only True God and Jesus Christ (eternal life), God as given to us the miracle gift of speaking in tongues so that He might communicate with us “mysteries” (hidden secrets/hidden Wisdom) for our glory from the foundations of the world. (I Cor. 2:6-7)

God loves us and we love him, so it’s a given that He would desire that we talk with Him Spirit to spirit: In languages only the Spirit would understand with great comprehension and precision and communicate with our born-again spirit. Paul noted in I Corinthians 14:2, that the person who speaks in tongues speaks “mysteries,” as no man can understand (catch the meaning) the words uttered in tongues are unlearned languages, unless the words spoken are those of another country and understood by a person who speaks that language.

Also, most Christians do not realize that when we speak in tongues, it’s not just a one way conversation, but God through the Holy Ghost is also speaking with us in tongues. Paul wrote at I Corinthians 2:12-13:
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

We should take from Paul’s writing, bold confirmation that when we speak in tongues we are communicating “things that God has freely given to us” for our enlightenment, and that shall be manifested for our glory. Watch this Saints, the “fervent and continual practice” in praying in tongues leads to “transformation” of your whole being (spirit, soul, mind of the soul, and body) into that of the Spirit of the Life and Mind of Jesus Christ. So that your life might be patterned after Jesus Christ. Now let’s read Romans 8:26-30:
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

God’s highest calling and ambition for us, ordained before the world was founded, is that we be “conformed to the image of Jesus Christ.” (Vs. 28-29) The Word of God and praying in the Holy Ghost (speaking in tongues) are methods of communication God has chosen to use to transform us into the image of Jesus while in this earth realm. The more we pray in tongues, the more mentally and outwardly (physically) established we become in the justification and glorification God predestinated us to walk in; to say and do the same works and greater works of Christ as He is seated at the right hand throne of God the Father!

Only the Holy Ghost knows the Mind of God and can position us in the Spirit, and daily living, to conduct our lives in the character and performance of Jesus Christ. The more we pray in tongues we are able to see, know, and experience the deep things of God. The Apostle Paul wrote at I Corinthians 2:9-13:

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

Paul states that the things freely given to us by God, are only known by the Holy Ghost who teaches us through utterances of the Spirit, according to God’s Wisdom, and not man’s wisdom. The things God has reserved for us are the same supernatural gifts that He gave to Jesus Christ. But it takes the Spirit of God to reveal them unto us.

Saints, it’s High-Time that every born-again Christian come into a “spiritual awakening” about their relationship with God in Christ Jesus. More specifically, now is the Time for God’s People to have full awareness and assurance that “God’s House” abides within our born-again hearts, and that the Holy Ghost has been given to us, to open the doors to the Mansions of God’s House to show us spiritual gifts that Christ Jesus has clothed us with, and by force take hold of them for supernatural manifestations in our ministries and personal lives.

In the Gospel according to John Chapter 14, the Apostle John recorded Jesus Christ communicating these comforting Words to the disciples:

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Down through the ages and throughout Christian Circles, we have preached and taught, that in this Passage of Scripture, Jesus Christ was reassuring the disciples who were troubled by His announced upcoming departure, not to be afraid and to believe in God and in Him. Jesus explained that He was going to Heaven to prepare a place for them in His Father’s House, and He would come again and receive them to Himself forever.

The core take away that we all have anchored our hope in, and rightly so, is that Jesus’ departure (His death, burial, Resurrection, and Ascension) was a necessary step to prepare the way for all believers throughout the ages to join Him in Heaven upon physical death and the Rapture of the Church. Thereby, offering to us comfort and hope in the face of anxiety and fear of physical death. Christ also Promised the disciples that He would not leave them “Comfortless;” that God would send to them the Holy Ghost (Another Comforter) who would teach them all things and show them things to come. (John 14:26-27 & 16:13-15)

While this Promise of Jesus preparing a place for us within the Mansions of God’s House holds a “future” assurance of “eternal connection” with God and Jesus Christ in Heaven, the Promise also holds a “spiritual current-day connection” with us! Most Christians have missed the spiritual current-day connection of the Promise because we did not carefully read and digest the entire Chapter. Sadly, mostly we have relegated John 14:1-3 to serving as a Passage of Scripture of Promise used for “Home-Going” Services, and not as a “Home-Coming” Scripture!

When Jesus said that He would come again and receive the disciples to Himself (John14:3), He initially was referring to after His Resurrection from dead and Ascension to Heaven, that God in Christ Jesus would quicken together the spirits of the disciples, along with every believer (predestinated to be the sons of God, even while dead in trespasses of sins), and raise us all up together with Christ to sit together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Eph.2:1-6) Praise God, in Heavenly places, Jesus is seated at the right-hand throne of God, and in the Spirit, we are in Him and He in us!

This mighty work of God was accomplished upon Jesus’ Ascension to Heaven towards fulfillment of the Prayer Jesus taught the disciples to pray to God; saying: “…thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” (Matt. 6:10) And then, fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost when the Holy Ghost (which contains the Kingdom of God) was poured out on all flesh as prophesied by the Prophet Joel. (Joel 2:28-29 Acts 2:17-18)

Thanks be unto God our Father, that in the Spirit, we are with the Only True God and Jesus Christ in Heavenly places, and on earth the Triune God abides in us! The divine Purpose in seating us all together in Heavenly places in God in Christ is so that throughout all of the ages, in perpetuity, God might show the exceeding riches of His Loving Kindness towards us, and that we might walk in (practice) the works of Jesus Christ ordained before the foundation of the world. (Eph. 2:7 & 10)

Furthermore, in John Chapter 14:21 and 23, Jesus Promised the disciples that any person who loves Him and keeps His Commandments, that the Only True God and Jesus Christ would love them, Jesus would “manifest” Himself to them, and God and Jesus would make their “Home” with him. Examine below the specific communication Jesus told the disciples of the Promise of a “spiritual present-day connection” all believers and keepers of Christ’s Commandments would enjoy with God in Christ:
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

In essence, Jesus Christ was Promising the disciples that all those who love God and Him and keep His Commandments, that the Father would bring “His House” into their hearts and abide therein forever. Having God’s House within the hearts of the disciples (as well all born-again Christians) would serve as supernatural comfort, as they would:

–Know through spiritual experience that God and Jesus loved them, and was in them even until the end of the world. 
–See Jesus Christ “manifested” in their hearts.
–Do the works of Christ, and if they asked anything in His name He would do it so God would be glorified. (John 14:12, & 13-14) 
–Be comforted and strengthened by the Holy Ghost as they suffered persecutions, hard trials, and even the specter of physical death. Even when loved one’s and fellow believers in Christ would die and go to Heaven, the Holy Ghost would shed God’s Love and Peace throughout their hearts and minds surpassing all human understanding. (John 14:16-18, 27) 
–Receive teaching and guidance from the Holy Ghost; showing them, as the joint heirs of Christ, all things that Christ has received of God and given it unto them. (John 14:26, 16:13-15, & Rom. 8:17) 

Finally Saints, listen to Christ’s summation of the “spiritual present-day connection” of God and Christ Jesus with the disciples, and all believers, recorded at John 14:28-29.

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

As born-again Christians we are to “believe” and “rejoice” that God’s House, wherein there are many Mansions, abides in our hearts! Rejoice, I say rejoice forevermore, that God’s House abides in our sanctified hearts! Jesus has come again with God the Father and made their abode within us. Praise God, the Mansions within God’s House are vast and full of spiritual gifts that embody the fullness of the Character, Personality, and Performance of the Works of Jesus Christ.

As we devote our lives to the practice of loving God and all people, and seeking after Jesus Christ while praying in tongues, we effectively and efficiently access, experience, and manifest these precious gifts so that we might live-out Christ’s life in the earth to the glory of God the Father. As Paul pinned at I Corinthians 14:1, “Follow after charity (love), and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.” The word “desire” here means to “earnestly covet” or be “zealous” in pursuing taking hold of spiritual gifts. Frankly speaking, in my 25-plus years of Ministry, I have met very few born-again Christians who profess to “covet spiritual gifts,” and who are violently seeking after them. The Kingdom of God is grieved and suffers violence because so few Saints earnestly desire and seek after spiritual gifts. Since being born-again, week-after- week and year-after-year, most Christians sit in Sunday school, Bible Classes, and Sunday and week-day Services and never develop an insatiable desire for spiritual gifts and violently taking hold of them!

Let’s stop right here for moment. Saints, examine your own selves: Throughout your Christian journey, has it been your practice to first, walk in love towards God and all people, and afterwards “earnestly covet” spiritual gifts, and even more so to prophesy? Since being born-again, are there spiritual gifts that you have taken by force, if so what are they? Or, can you say at this time, there are spiritual gifts that you are in hot-pursuit of acquiring from God to use in Ministry and for personal spiritual growth for God’s glory, if so what are they?

Yes, you speak in tongues, and what a joy it is; but do you violently go higher and deeper into God’s Mansions to receive spiritual gifts made ready for you to reap! For there is so much more God has laid up instore for you in the Mansions of God!

Yea, the Apostle Paul, admonished the Saints at Corinth that pray in tongues; to pray that they may interpret so that the speaker and all hearers understanding may be fruitful. (I Cor. 14:13-14) This is needed in the Church-setting as established in Chapter 14, but also very important during personal prayer time in tongues; to ask God for the interpretation and thank God for the manifestation of all that we pray in unknown tongues, as well as when we receive interpretation. If we are not pursuing and operating in spiritual gifts, then we are not making progress toward spiritual maturity as God desires of us. God expects for us to bear the fruit of Christ’s Character and Performance through forcefully taking hold of spiritual gifts waiting within His House with Mansions.

Let me share with you listings of Gifts of the Holy Ghost identified in the Old Testament and New Testament (some overlap) stored within the Mansions of God’s House that are waiting for us to press-into and take hold of by force. In this moment, I hear the Lord saying “desire (earnestly covet) these gifts and lay hold on them according to the Divine Will and Purposes of God to profit every person and yourselves.” These gifts are not just for clergy, but for all believers in Jesus Christ to receive and use to the glory of God. 

Also, understand that these supernatural gifts are not to be used as a charlatan (meaning, as a person falsely claiming to have a special gift and knowledge from God), nor used for vain glory (boasting in self-works), nor for filthy lucre (to use the gifts to get money dishonestly). Rather, these gifts are given by the Holy Ghost, and are to be used under the unction and direction of the Holy Ghost, as a witness to Jesus Christ, to render service unto God, and bring glory and honor to Him alone. When supernatural manifestations of the Spirit occur, we are to be ever mindful that God the Father did the work, and not we ourselves. For all manifestations of the Spirit are governed by the “Law of Faith” in the finished works of Jesus Christ. (Rom.3:27)

*Isaiah 11:2-3 provides a lists of gifts God laid upon Jesus Christ, and Christ has also laid them upon every believer in Him:
–The Spirit of Wisdom: The ability to provide deep insight and understanding in applying God’s Truth to life’s situations.
–The Spirit of Understanding: The ability to grasp the spiritual truths of the faith; having the ability to comprehend divine mysteries through a combination of faith, spiritual insight, and the help of the Holy Ghost.
–The Spirit of Counsel: Guidance on making the right choices in different situations.
–The Spirit of Might: Courage and strength to do what is right in spite of opposition.
–The Spirit of Knowledge: A special understanding of spiritual Truths.
–The Spirit of Piety: A devout reverence for God.
–The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord: A reverent awe of God to humbly submit to obey His Will in all things.
*The Apostle Paul framed for us “Nine Gifts” of the Holy Ghost, which God has made severally available to us. These gifts are given and manifested by the Spirit: (I Corinthians 12:7-10)
–Word of Wisdom: A divinely inspired Message of insight or guidance.
–Word of Knowledge: A divinely revealed piece of information that couldn’t be known otherwise through human intellect.
–Faith: An exceptional trust and confidence in God’s Power and Promises.
–Gifts of Healing: The Power to restore health.
–The Working of Miracles: The ability to perform supernatural acts that defy natural and scientific laws.
–Prophecy: Speaking a Message from God, which involves receiving and communicating divine guidance to others. (While it can include foretelling the future, its primary function is to build up, encourage, and comfort people by speaking Truth, providing spiritual encouragement, and denouncing injustice.)
–Discerning of Spirits: The ability to distinguish between spirits. (A supernatural ability, given by the Holy Ghost, to distinguish the source of spiritual influence, such as divine, demonic, or human.)
–Divers tongues: The supernatural ability to speak in languages. (It can manifest as a personal prayer language for self-edification, or as a prophetic Message that requires interpretation to be understood by others.)
–Interpretation of Tongues: The ability to interpret the Message spoken in tongues.

In Romans 12:5-8, Paul also outlined several other gifts of the Spirit that we receive according to the grace of God given to us: Specifically mentioned are Prophecy (Speaking forth divine Truth in proportion to one’s faith), Ministry (Serving in our practical and administrative roles within the Church), Teaching (Communicating and instructing others in the faith.) Exhortation (Encouraging, urging, and stimulating others), Giving (Contributing generously to meet the needs of others), Leadership (Governing or directing with diligence and zeal), and Mercy (Showing cheerfulness and compassion to those who are suffering or distressed)

These gifts are presented as diverse abilities given by the Holy Ghost, which believers are to use for the benefit of the Church as a single body with many parts. 

The Apostle Paul also framed for us “Nine Fruit” of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23, as qualities that grow in a person who lives in accordance with the Holy Ghost, as they dwell in God’s House and through communications in tongues, following the guidance of the Spirit and in obedience to God’s Word and Love Commandments, show forth an abundance of fruit to the glory of God.
–Love: A deep and active unconditional compassion for others.
–Joy: A delight found in God that transcends difficult circumstances beyond human will and might.
–Peace: A tranquility that comes from God, even in times of trouble beyond human will and might.
–Patience: The ability to bear with others and endure hardship.
–Kindness: Being considerate and unconditionally compassionate toward others with material gifts and encouragements.
–Goodness: Character that aligns with God’s moral and ethical standards in the midst of a perverse and evil world.
–Faithfulness: Loyalty and steadfastness to God’s Word; Commands and Promises.
–Gentleness: A mild and even-tempered disposition at all times.
–Self-control: The ability to control one’s impulses and desires at all times beyond human will and might.

In closing, I say to every born-again Christian, including Federal Workers, now is the acceptable Time to earnestly “covet spiritual gifts.” God’s House, with its many Mansions, are expansive and contain many spiritual gifts of God that have already been apportioned to us by Jesus Christ for the work of the Ministry and for our personal welfare and spiritual growth. As long as we live on earth, we must with “violence” take the spiritual gifts by force; by yielding our will to God’s Will, and letting Him have His way and showering and clothing us in spiritual Power and Authority as He did with Jesus! (Acts10:38)

Paul said that the person who prays in tongues, edifies himself. Meaning the brother or sister in Christ “builds” themselves up in God. As we speak in tongues, God’s House, and Mansions within our hearts, become enlarged and magnified. As you soar higher and higher in speaking in tongues, with your mind stayed on Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost will open the Mansion doors of His House and show and make known to you things freely given to you by God; the spiritual gifts of Christ having Power and Authority over all human existence and the cosmos. 

Do not at all be timid in asking God for spiritual gifts such as the gifts of Wisdom, Word of Knowledge, Prophecy, Faith, and Gifts of Miracles and Healings and so forth. For Jesus Christ said, if we ask anything in His name, He will do it! (John 14:13-14) Always remember Saints that no spiritual gift is of any use, except we have first committed ourselves to the “practice” of keeping God’s unconditional Love Commandments towards God and all people, including our enemies. (I Cor.13:1-3) 

I recommend each day that you build/erect a life of praying in tongues; beginning with 30-minutes a day, and work up to one-hour. Thereafter, as the Spirit of God leads, spend hours and days praying in the Holy Ghost; expecting the Holy Ghost to reveal to you great and might things you know not that work to bless others and promote you exceedingly in Ministry, and every endeavor in your personal life. 

I cannot quantify for you all of the rich blessings and Testimonies that will manifest through your life that result from your prayer language in tongues. For the Words/languages of the Kingdom of God produce supernatural harvests that are mysterious and dynamic beyond human knowledge, understanding, and might. (Mark 4:26-32) But, I can assure you that your life will be transformed, and each day you will become more and more like Jesus Christ, and many other people will see Jesus in you and benefit from your fruit! And, finally, when the blessing of God is operating in your life, the “Blessing” will make you rich and add no sorrow with it. (Prov.10:22) The Blessing will bless you and children more and more. Amen for the preaching of the Word of the Living God on the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
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