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Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.33,0:00:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to The University of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.43,0:00:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to thank all of you who sent your questions in to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.53,0:00:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As our mentor Prophet TB Joshua told us:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.43,0:00:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are interested in the subject and are eager to learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.33,0:00:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will always strive to sit at the front,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.93,0:00:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask questions and engage with the teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.03,0:00:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember in the University of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.07,0:00:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heart, man's spirit is the workshop,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.03,0:00:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Holy Spirit, the Divine Teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.33,0:00:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, exactly and that is the promise of God
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.43,0:00:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus gave us in the Book of Matthew 7:7
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.97,0:00:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if you seek Him, you'll find Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.33,0:00:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you seek Him with all your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.60,0:01:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, to seek the Kingdom of God
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.80,0:01:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to have the Kingdom of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.93,0:01:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, God doesn't mind, doubt or questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.83,0:01:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as those questions cause us to seek Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.77,0:01:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to draw closer to Him, to seek His Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.53,0:01:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God’s Word is the final authority settling
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.93,0:01:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all questions and problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.03,0:01:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.53,0:01:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are going to examine some of your questions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.47,0:01:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the light of God's Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.37,0:02:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me take you to the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.23,0:02:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Book of Psalm 115:4-7 in depicting idols,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.43,0:02:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives us a graphic picture of the five senses.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.87,0:02:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God gave us the five main senses
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.43,0:02:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that enable us to interact with the physical world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.43,0:02:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we live as human beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.27,0:02:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The basic function of these five senses is to help us communicate
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.43,0:02:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adequately with the people around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.43,0:03:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also help us to locate, identify
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.97,0:03:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apprehend the surrounding objects and navigate safely
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.93,0:03:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through our environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.43,0:03:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These senses are all connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.23,0:03:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, they work together
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.57,0:03:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and send to the brain the input signals
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.13,0:03:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or information from the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.13,0:03:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our brain, the laboratory of sense knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.67,0:03:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,processes all this information,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.83,0:03:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identifies those signals through the database of our memory
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.37,0:03:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and provides the right response.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.53,0:03:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this happens in real time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.53,0:03:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's look at those five senses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.57,0:03:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the sense of sight, we can see and identify the things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.03,0:03:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God created, objects and the people around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.53,0:03:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sight is the main sense
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.10,0:03:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to navigate safely through our environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.17,0:03:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to drive, to walk, to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.33,0:04:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the sense of hearing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.93,0:04:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even without visual contact, we can have a clear knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.83,0:04:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our immediate environment
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.97,0:04:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by distinguishing the specific sound they emit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.93,0:04:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, the sound of a bird or recognising a friend's voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.63,0:04:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a sense of smell
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.97,0:04:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can perceive the odours, the fragrance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.93,0:04:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and check whether something is good or maybe the food is spoiled.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.87,0:04:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the sense of taste,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.17,0:04:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can assess the sweetness or bitterness of food
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.70,0:04:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before consuming it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.67,0:04:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the sense of feeling or touch,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.73,0:04:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can sense the ambient temperature
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.17,0:04:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know the proper clothes to wear to protect our body conseqently.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.87,0:04:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can feel the weight or hardness of an object.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.53,0:04:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, this food smells nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.97,0:04:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's your favourite food, Racine?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.77,0:04:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jollof rice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.83,0:04:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This food smells nice - yes, I want to taste it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.27,0:04:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or these clothes are beautiful -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.63,0:04:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to buy them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.97,0:05:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or it's too cold and windy today -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.73,0:05:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to go to the beach anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.63,0:05:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can notice how influential
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.53,0:05:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our senses can be on our choices and actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.03,0:05:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider the use of our senses.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.53,0:05:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, you are driving.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.07,0:05:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of a sudden, a pedestrian crosses the road.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.43,0:05:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a driver, you find yourself immediately
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.23,0:05:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a decision, a response to take.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.83,0:05:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either you pull the brake,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.73,0:05:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or when your speed is too fast,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.93,0:05:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to steer away from the person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.63,0:05:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see all the senses work together.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.23,0:05:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.53,0:05:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pull the brake; I turn the wheel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.33,0:05:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all these actions happen simultaneously in real time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.37,0:05:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are all connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.33,0:05:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They work together.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.73,0:05:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can notice how influential
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.73,0:05:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our senses can be on our choices and actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.33,0:06:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we see, hear, smell, taste, feel can influence our thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.23,0:06:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I mean by influencing our thoughts?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.87,0:06:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, they have an influence on our desires and will.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.53,0:06:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our thoughts can influence our action or inaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.47,0:06:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.57,0:06:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because man exercises the will through his mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.27,0:06:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the sense of discretion or reasoning.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.33,0:06:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human beings are different from animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.07,0:06:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A human being is not a robot.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.67,0:06:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a free moral agent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.57,0:06:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of all the interactive inferences from the environment
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.33,0:06:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that require the right response or attitude,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.63,0:06:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God wants to have independent mind -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.33,0:06:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mind that thinks by itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.73,0:06:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has given to man
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.47,0:06:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ability to think and choose between what is relevant or not -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.87,0:07:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's common sense,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.83,0:07:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to choose between what is right or wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.43,0:07:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's sense of judgment,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.13,0:07:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to choose between good and bad - that's moral sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.83,0:07:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the outcome of senses of reasoning and responsibility -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.17,0:07:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,necessary for life in community or society.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.77,0:07:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man depending on his lifespan, grows physically
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.93,0:07:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from embryo to toddler
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.23,0:07:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.27,0:07:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see that physical growth is a function of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.97,0:07:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we grow in age,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.63,0:07:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we go through the stages of the human life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.13,0:07:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man is not only a physical person
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.53,0:07:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but an intellectual and moral person.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.23,0:07:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.93,0:07:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's important to remember that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.90,0:07:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since life and its responsibilities are in stages,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.97,0:08:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man also must grow in intellectual maturity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.97,0:08:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.17,0:08:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Intellectual growth is a function of learning -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.13,0:08:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning from what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.37,0:08:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning from what we study, what happens around us
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.23,0:08:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learning what from what happens to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.13,0:08:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you wondered whenever a person meets a new person
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.33,0:08:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a new relationship?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.07,0:08:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first questions they mutually ask about themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.43,0:08:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be about their background, education, occupation in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.03,0:08:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very few will address their spiritual life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.03,0:08:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is what makes the difference between man's point of view
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.53,0:08:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God's point of view.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.23,0:08:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, in Galatians 5,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.70,0:08:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God wouldn't have commanded us to walk in the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.20,0:08:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if He had not designed us to operate in the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.30,0:09:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible said that God has created man,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.63,0:09:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human beings, in His own image and likeness.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.10,0:09:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Book of Job 33:4 says
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.17,0:09:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man is the greatest product of the Holy Spirit;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.70,0:09:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man is a divine work of art.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.60,0:09:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.20,0:09:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because mankind is designed to think, to talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.93,0:09:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to act and to plan with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.03,0:09:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man is therefore designed to live in tune with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.40,0:09:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we living in tune with God?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.93,0:09:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always remember God is Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.93,0:09:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the question that we need to ask ourselves is:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.70,0:09:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is man?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.70,0:09:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible is the believer's database for his personal opinion.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.50,0:09:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does the Bible say about man, about you and I?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.90,0:10:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible says in the book 1Thessalonians 5:23
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.90,0:10:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that man is a spiritual being
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.20,0:10:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but has a soul and a body.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.00,0:10:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, man has a physical and spiritual nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.10,0:10:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man is not only a physical, intellectual person;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.83,0:10:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's also a moral and spiritual person,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.20,0:10:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are made to be like God
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.80,0:10:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our heart and God is Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.60,0:10:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So take note.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.90,0:10:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever the Bible refers to man's heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.50,0:10:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it refers to man’s spirit - the spirit of man.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.60,0:10:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why in the Book of 1 Samuel 16:7, Matthew 15:8,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.80,0:10:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bible stresses that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.10,0:10:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to rightful judgment, God's perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.70,0:11:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about man always point to man's heart, man's spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.23,0:11:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that God sees man as a spirit being,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.30,0:11:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in a physical body.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.53,0:11:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man’s spirit is the part of man that has spiritual consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.00,0:11:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, spiritual awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.50,0:11:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man’s spirit is a part of man
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.40,0:11:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is connected to the spirit realm
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.17,0:11:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and receives inspiration and revelation from God, who is Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.60,0:11:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us think now of a biblical character
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.70,0:11:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was really in tune with God in spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.53,0:11:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to remember Moses.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.80,0:11:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider the attitude of Moses
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.53,0:11:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he and his people were trapped
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.50,0:11:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in between the Red Sea and the pursuing Egyptian armies.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.83,0:11:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Surely, the people of Israel had every reason
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.90,0:11:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think that the end had come
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.20,0:12:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,considering the size and military might of the Egyptian armies.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.00,0:12:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can read about this in the Book of Exodus 14:10.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.30,0:12:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Israelites therefore cried out not only in fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.53,0:12:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also in rebellion and anger directed against Moses and his God.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.80,0:12:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They allowed their senses to dictate the direction of their faith
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.60,0:12:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and got overwhelmed by fear
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.60,0:12:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and completely forgot all the miracles that God had performed for them
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.33,0:12:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and done on their behalf.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.07,0:12:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than getting offended by
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.40,0:12:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his people's reactions - a lack of faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.13,0:12:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moses was calm, calculated and determined.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.60,0:12:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in the midst of extreme provocation,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.83,0:12:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bible says he was very calm, confident and peaceable.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.43,0:12:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.33,0:12:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because his focus was on God.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.60,0:12:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, his spirit was connected to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.90,0:12:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why he could overcome what his senses were telling him.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.70,0:13:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True - a spiritual man and a man of faith - Moses.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.53,0:13:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of lessons to learn from him.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.90,0:13:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is why man cannot use his senses to see God?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.10,0:13:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.60,0:13:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer to this question is straightforward.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.43,0:13:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.40,0:13:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, we cannot know God by our feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.00,0:13:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and senses or external human faculties
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.90,0:13:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because God is invisible, incorporeal, immaterial.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.83,0:13:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a supreme being who lives in the realm above the senses.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.40,0:13:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lives in the spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.10,0:13:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, to seek God, you must be in the spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.60,0:13:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can only see Him and relate with Him
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.43,0:13:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the spirit realm by revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.60,0:13:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we mean by revelation?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.80,0:14:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Revelation brings to our spiritual senses
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.30,0:14:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reality of spiritual things that cannot be perceived
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.80,0:14:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by our natural human senses.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.40,0:14:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we have natural organs embedded in our physical body
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.33,0:14:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that feed our human senses with information
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.03,0:14:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the environment
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.23,0:14:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like our eyes, our ears, our hands, etc
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.83,0:14:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has also endowed us with spiritual senses
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.50,0:14:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well, embedded in our spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.20,0:14:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main spiritual sense God has planted within our spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.20,0:14:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is our conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.90,0:14:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The conscience is the organ of the spirit to discern spiritual things.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.60,0:14:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Prophet TB Joshua calls a sense of righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.80,0:15:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's listen to what Apostle Paul said in the Book of Romans 8:16.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.90,0:15:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.00,0:15:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that a sense of righteousness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.90,0:15:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brings an awareness of self knowing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.00,0:15:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, awareness of who you are in Christ Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.70,0:15:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is: How does this awareness come?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.80,0:15:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That awareness comes through revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.90,0:15:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the Holy Spirit bears witness to our spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.00,0:15:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does the Holy Spirit bear witness to our spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.40,0:16:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through our conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.73,0:16:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul further explained in Romans 9:1.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.30,0:16:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, 1 Corinthians 2:9-15 teaches that that our natural senses
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.20,0:16:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannot apprehend nor know the things of God or things of the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.40,0:16:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they can only be discerned spiritually.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.30,0:16:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if all this seems a bit much for you, don't worry.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.30,0:16:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the foundation series as we continue, all this will be broken down.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.70,0:16:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can really understand
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.80,0:16:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we can relate to God through our spirit and
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.13,0:17:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what actually is man - his spirit, his body, his soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.90,0:17:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So stay tuned as you get more of that on the foundation series
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.80,0:17:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming up soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.10,0:17:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when it comes to the knowledge of man,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.60,0:17:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our senses cannot see the heart or spirit of man.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.10,0:17:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can only see man's physical body because that is
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.93,0:17:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the part of man that is connected to this visible world.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.63,0:17:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The realm of the senses.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.93,0:17:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man's body and senses cannot connect to the spiritual realm.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.30,0:17:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is only man's spirit which is the spiritual part of man
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.40,0:17:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can connect to the spirit realm, which is God's dimension.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.20,0:17:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True, that is it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.70,0:17:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is: How do we look into that dimension?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.50,0:17:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To log on to that realm of the spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.00,0:17:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man must be in the spirit led by the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.10,0:17:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our spirit, our heart is the communication point,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.33,0:17:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contact point for the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.70,0:18:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Holy Spirit uses our heart
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.80,0:18:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to communicate with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.80,0:18:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God speaks to our heart, to our spirit, not our ears.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.03,0:18:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I advise you to read the Book of Acts 17 -
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.50,0:18:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the people of Athens were seeking God
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.10,0:18:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their senses and sense knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.43,0:18:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to seek and worship God.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.43,0:20:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since all men have a spirit, we have to ask ourselves the question
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.93,0:20:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it that most humans seem to have no relationship with God?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.27,0:20:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is that God has designed humans
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.23,0:20:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to operate in both natural and spiritual realms.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.73,0:20:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most of us live in the senses, I mean in the natural.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.63,0:20:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are dull when it comes to the things of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.87,0:21:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as the Scripture says in the Book of 1 Corinthians 2:9
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.93,0:21:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things of the Spirit are indistinct.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.63,0:21:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't see them.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.83,0:21:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Bible further says in 1 Corinthians 15:46-47,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.53,0:21:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Corinthians 15:46.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.37,0:22:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These scriptures we have just read identify two types of men.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.13,0:22:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The natural man and the spiritually minded man.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.27,0:22:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The natural man is spiritually blind and dull in comprehension
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.33,0:22:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the unseen realm.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.57,0:22:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spirit world is absolutely closed to his spiritual vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.93,0:22:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is only when the Holy Spirit illumines his spiritual eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.80,0:22:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he can see and understand the things of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.70,0:22:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ephesians 1:7-18 says that the Lord our God, Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.00,0:23:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Father of Glory, may give us the Spirit of Revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.57,0:23:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wisdom in the knowledge of Him
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.97,0:23:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the eyes of our understanding may be opened
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.50,0:23:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we may know what is the hope of His calling
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.20,0:23:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what are the riches of His glory
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.77,0:23:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in His inheritance of the saints.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.80,0:23:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First Corinthians two from verse nine.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.97,0:24:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the question is: How do we connect to the Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.67,0:24:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you connect to the Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.87,0:24:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.30,0:24:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believing in Christ Jesus - that is our only connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.00,0:24:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do we live by faith?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.37,0:24:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, we live by faith
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.47,0:24:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we recognize our union with Jesus Christ in the spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.10,0:24:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To live by faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.67,0:24:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our spirit must govern our senses,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.00,0:24:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for our spirit to govern our senses,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.90,0:25:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our mind must be renewed by knowing the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.50,0:25:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and acting on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.97,0:25:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do we know that our mind is renewed?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.57,0:25:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good question.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.47,0:25:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our mind is renewed
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.10,0:25:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we begin to think not about our weaknesses
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.03,0:25:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shortcomings, but of our righteousness in Christ Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.47,0:25:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.87,0:25:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is all about the Apostle Paul's experience with the thorn.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.37,0:26:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when Paul was afflicted by a thorn in his flesh,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.77,0:26:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he prayed to God many times for God to remove that thorn.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.30,0:26:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But God said to him: “My grace is sufficient for you.”
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.57,0:26:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.20,0:26:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.37,0:26:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately, the revelation of the will of God came to Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.70,0:26:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul never complained anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.37,0:26:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, Brother, when I'm weak, I am strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.87,0:27:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His mind was renewed and he stopped worrying
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.07,0:27:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the thorn in his flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.97,0:27:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let us summarize the answer to all these questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.67,0:27:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The natural man -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.97,0:27:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the man of the senses is only conscious of his body
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.27,0:27:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has no awareness of the spirit realm.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.87,0:27:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it so?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.20,0:27:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible says that since the fall of man,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.67,0:27:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man has lost his spirit consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.07,0:27:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of sin and operates only in the natural.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.07,0:27:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can read about this in Genesis 6:3.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.57,0:27:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The natural man's spirit is dead to God because of sin
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.77,0:27:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever since Adam,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.87,0:27:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the human body, which the Bible refers to as the outer self,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.90,0:27:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the outward man or the old man is the physical part of man
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.37,0:27:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed by God to interact with the visible or the physical world.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.80,0:27:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.47,0:27:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the spirit of man
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.67,0:27:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the spiritual part of man designed by God
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.53,0:28:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to interact or communicate with the invisible
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.40,0:28:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or spiritual world where God dwells.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.60,0:28:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spiritual man is therefore,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.87,0:28:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one whose spirit has been recreated or regenerated
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.47,0:28:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by God's power at the point of spiritual rebirth by faith
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.17,0:28:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Christ Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.07,0:28:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Jesus meant when He said to Nicodemus
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.10,0:28:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Book of John 3:3.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.97,0:28:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to be born again.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.87,0:28:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.47,0:28:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say to you, unless a man is born again,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.27,0:28:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he cannot see the Kingdom of God." (John 3:3)
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.20,0:28:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have time for just a few more questions
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.60,0:29:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do you mean by “on the outside”?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.57,0:29:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By “outside”, we mean what is visible, material, physical -
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.87,0:29:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things you can see with your natural eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.40,0:29:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hear with your ears,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.37,0:29:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things you can feel or know intellectually.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.37,0:29:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In opposite, on the inside refers
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.87,0:29:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the things that we cannot see, like man's heart, man spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.87,0:29:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is man's spiritual entity that only God can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.17,0:29:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why, concerning human beings,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:47.07,0:29:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one needs to be guided by divine revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.87,0:29:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get to the heart of the matter when it comes to judgment.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.77,0:29:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know this.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.30,0:29:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that we should not judge anyone by appearance
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.27,0:30:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because only God knows the true condition
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.90,0:30:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the human heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.10,0:30:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it comes to the things of God who is unseen,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.07,0:30:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to be in the spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.97,0:30:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because only faith pleases God.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.90,0:30:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 11:6
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.87,0:30:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without faith, it is impossible to please Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.33,0:30:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for he who comes to God must believe that God is
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.87,0:30:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that He is the Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.90,0:30:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We diligently seek Him, as we have said today, by faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.40,0:30:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, faith focuses on God who is unseen,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.10,0:30:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the natural sight focuses on the outside,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.87,0:30:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is visible,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.87,0:30:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is tangible, what is concrete.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.17,0:30:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore a spiritual man, I mean, the man of faith
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.07,0:30:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not satisfied by sense knowledge but looks beyond it,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.57,0:31:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:7,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.10,0:31:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we walk by faith, not by sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.77,0:31:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, faith is from man's spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.70,0:31:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean the invisible world or the spiritual world.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.77,0:31:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sight is from man's body,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.90,0:31:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the visible world or the natural world.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.70,0:31:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Bible further says in 1 Samuel 16:6-13
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.40,0:31:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all about Samuel and David, the first king of Israel.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.47,0:32:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samuel, the prophet was sent to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.07,0:32:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to anoint the new appointed King of Israel.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.77,0:32:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he came, he looked at the most handsome son of Jesse
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.47,0:32:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being the chosen king but God rejected him
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.37,0:32:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and chose the one who was neglected,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.97,0:32:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the young and rustic shepherd boy, David
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.87,0:32:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask Prophet Samuel in the Book of 1 Samuel 16:7
Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.70,0:32:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he would teach you that
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.27,0:32:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should learn to focus not on the outside
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.67,0:32:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, not on the outward qualities of man which are visible.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.17,0:32:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But rather we should focus on the inside by looking inwardly
Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.67,0:32:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the heart with the help of the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.90,0:32:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we want to see things the way God sees them about man.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.47,0:32:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.07,0:32:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, that was a short look into what it means – ‘outside’ and ‘inside’.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.90,0:33:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, we all need to develop our inner man, our spiritual man.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:04.07,0:33:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with the help of the Holy Spirit daily, every moment we can.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.87,0:33:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, there's need to know what faith is.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:27.07,0:33:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem of faith is made simply to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:33:31.47,0:33:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we know that faith is simply acting
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.47,0:33:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what God has said.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.70,0:33:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main issue of our faith is the genuineness of that faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.97,0:33:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For faith to be genuine, it must be based on God’s Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.97,0:33:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is Spirit and life. (John 6:63)
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.27,0:33:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man speaks ordinary words
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.27,0:34:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but God speaks Words that are Spirit and life.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.20,0:34:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for man’s word to become God’s Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.37,0:34:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must be affected by the Holy Spirit with life.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.97,0:34:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is: Can man speak the Words of life?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.10,0:34:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man speaks ordinary words
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.90,0:34:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but man can speak Words of life that are spirit and life
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.80,0:34:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they are affected by the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.37,0:34:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those Words must be affected by the Holy Spirit with life.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.47,0:34:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I mean by life in the Word?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.70,0:34:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God’s Word is Spirit and life
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.50,0:34:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it has the ability to produce a spiritual force
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.27,0:34:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that grows and develops within our heart called faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.00,0:34:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is that faith that moves our words to work wonders.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.97,0:34:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's Bible faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.10,0:35:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bible faith is called the spirit of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.20,0:35:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.20,0:35:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So faith takes place in two places:
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.57,0:35:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With our heart we believe it;
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.77,0:35:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With our mouth we confess, and faith is both.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.67,0:35:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the example of the seven sons of Sceva shows that
Dialogue: 0,0:35:58.27,0:36:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,genuine faith is not imitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:01.97,0:36:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faith must arise in each person's heart
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.87,0:36:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in a conviction, which leads to real movement
Dialogue: 0,0:36:09.17,0:36:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or real confession of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.17,0:36:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For faith to be genuine, the heart and the mouth should never conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.70,0:36:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, we should mean what we say.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.47,0:36:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means we should believe what we confess.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.57,0:36:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you believe what you confess?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.37,0:36:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you mean what you say?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:28.37,0:36:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because scriptural faith or biblical faith is expressed
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.37,0:36:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by believing with the heart and confessing with the mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.60,0:36:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mouth must have the heart's full agreement
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.07,0:36:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before there can be an acceptable or genuine confession of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.57,0:36:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very true.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:47.27,0:36:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the key, an agreement.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.57,0:36:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is: How can faith develop?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:54.07,0:36:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The development of God’s Word in your heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:58.87,0:37:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives birth to belief in your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.17,0:37:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romans 10:17
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.63,0:37:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faith grows as we hear and obey God’s Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.47,0:37:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does one move from sense knowledge to revelation knowledge?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.07,0:37:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, that is what all of us as believers need to ask ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.73,0:37:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's remember what happened to the servant of Elisha.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.23,0:38:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With his physical eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.23,0:38:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the servant of Elisha saw the immediate danger and fear gripped him.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.63,0:38:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When his master prayed to God to open his spiritual eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.13,0:38:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His eyes were opened and in the spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.73,0:38:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he saw angels around him.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:19.03,0:38:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happened?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:20.07,0:38:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His fear disappeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.03,0:38:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.93,0:38:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to move from sense knowledge to revelation knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.93,0:38:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a matter of yielding your heart to the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.87,0:38:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the Holy Spirit who opens the eyes of our faith
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.53,0:38:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the hidden truth in God’s Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:42.83,0:38:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditation in the Word of God brings revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.07,0:38:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the key.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.23,0:38:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We meditate till God give us a clear light, a clear understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.03,0:38:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you meditate on the Word of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.33,0:39:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing the Holy Spirit to take the lead, revelation will come
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.23,0:39:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when revelation comes, it will carry you
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.37,0:39:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond the realm of senses into the very presence of God
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.63,0:39:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the spirit and there you will see clearly;
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.27,0:39:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there the spiritual understanding comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:55.40,0:39:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put yourself in the Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.83,0:39:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hear God saying to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.13,0:40:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those that are with you are more than those that are against you.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.10,0:40:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many today in their homes are overwhelmed by their circumstances
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.00,0:40:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we look at it in the natural
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.40,0:40:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you become overwhelmed and fear comes and doubt comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.00,0:40:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is need for us to shift our focus
Dialogue: 0,0:40:45.53,0:40:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from natural to spiritual.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.30,0:40:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to move from sense knowledge to revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.40,0:40:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by grace.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.50,0:40:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you need to do is to humble yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.40,0:41:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the guidance of the Holy Spirit – the Spirit of Revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.53,0:41:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That change, that move is little by little,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.80,0:41:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day, little by little, every moment, little by little.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.00,0:41:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a journey and a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.03,0:41:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're so happy today
Dialogue: 0,0:41:18.10,0:41:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you joined us to take that step, that step into the spiritual
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.00,0:41:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by joining us on the programme today.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:29.77,0:41:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that journey today has started with this step that you've taken.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:34.10,0:41:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And remember the FOUNDATION SERIES,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.43,0:41:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the DIVINE LECTURES
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.90,0:41:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you've been seeing on The University of God -
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.40,0:41:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't just need to watch them once
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.00,0:41:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, the Word of God is not time bound.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.40,0:41:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every Word of God is Spirit and Life.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:45.60,0:41:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take time to watch again and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.50,0:41:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go over the Bible passages, meditate on the hidden truth there
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.93,0:41:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you want to look for where those teachings are,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.70,0:41:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can check in the description below.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.27,0:42:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a link and if you have any more questions, remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.60,0:42:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you meditate on these teachings, questions will arise in your heart
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.50,0:42:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can send your questions to us by going
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.07,0:42:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our website - theuog.org - going to the contact section
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.83,0:42:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sending us a message.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.40,0:42:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'll go through all your questions and by the grace of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.10,0:42:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,answer them under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.93,0:42:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no shortcut to spiritual maturity.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:26.80,0:42:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our earthly understanding must give way to spiritual understanding or revelation, to reach maturity. ” – Prophet TB Joshua
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.20,0:42:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or revelation to reach maturity.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.83,0:42:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the teachings we are giving you are not time bound.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.90,0:42:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please go over it, meditate on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:40.00,0:42:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask the Holy Ghost to help you
Dialogue: 0,0:42:41.70,0:42:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have a better understanding of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.70,0:42:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the only way faith can grow into our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.80,0:42:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we have a revelation does not mean
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.80,0:42:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can force you to believe it;
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.10,0:42:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must have your own revelation and conviction.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.00,0:42:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does it come?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.10,0:42:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read it, meditate on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.33,0:43:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allow the Spirit of God to enhance your understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:01.60,0:43:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be mature as Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:43:03.57,0:43:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are in an environment that is very challenging
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.60,0:43:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God wants you to live by faith, to be strong in the faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.43,0:43:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:11.10,0:43:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can achieve that only by developing your relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.93,0:43:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the wonderful unseen Guest - the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.20,0:43:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How? Atrack his attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.50,0:43:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can only do that when you meditate on the Word and pray
Dialogue: 0,0:43:24.43,0:43:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He will come and enhance the spiritual coasts,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:28.90,0:43:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Jesus’ name.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:35.90,0:43:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as Nicodemus came to Jesus in the night to ask questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:40.40,0:43:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out and develop faith in Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:44.23,0:43:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you too can watch this and ask questions in your heart to God
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.50,0:43:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Holy Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.43,0:43:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Helper, the Counselor will come and answer your questions
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.53,0:43:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.30,0:43:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, that is why everything is in the light of God’s Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:59.60,0:44:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen. Saints, brothers, sisters, believers all over the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.70,0:44:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are going to pray for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.50,0:44:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have seen so many emails.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.13,0:44:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went through all the questions and answers.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.50,0:44:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've seen a lot of people are going through agony,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.70,0:44:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pain and difficulties.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:16.70,0:44:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are going to pray together, believe in God
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.43,0:44:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God Almighty will meet you at the point of your essential need,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:24.30,0:44:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Jesus does nothing without His Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.80,0:44:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't forget, God’s Word has priority over the name.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.50,0:44:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we give you this teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.40,0:44:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we stand in the presence of God praying for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:36.43,0:44:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God will locate you in His mercy, in Jesus’ name.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.30,0:44:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, continue to join us here on The University of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:44.20,0:44:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sense knowledge ceases when revelation comes.