IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH

Heavenly greetings in Jesus mighty name

yes the Lord be with your spirit

wherever you are with your spirit what

does that mean yes today we're actually

going to talk about what it means to

worship God in spirit and Truth which is

the fundamental um Commandment that

Jesus Christ actually revealed to the

Samaritan woman in that book of John 4

and this is Central to the University of

God this is actually why we started the

foundation series which is stepping into

the spiritual why for how long will we

stay in the natural without stepping

into the spiritual because it's in the

spiritual that we see hear and

communicate with God yes God would not

have commanded us to walk in the spirit

if he not designed us to walk in the

spirit we read that in the book of

Galatians 5 verse 25 so today we want to

break down these key scriptures and

really ask God for Revelation knowledge

because many people might have knowledge

of the Bible even from Sunday School

many people have knowledge of Bible

stories have knowledge of Bible History

even have knowledge of memorizing Bible

verses but that's completely different

to having a revelation of the Living

Word of God in the midst of your heart

that will change your life and be a

point of contact between you and the

almighty God so you ready let's get

stuck in verine what can you say about

spirit and

truth thank you for your brilliant

introduction

so why are we here that's the question

what's the purpose of this journey

University of God knowledge of the Bible

is everywhere the question is

Christianity is all about

relationship with God and with others

relationship with God Is by faith

relationship with others is love that's

why we said we relate with God by faith

and we relate with others by the love of

God in our lives the overflows from God

absolutely to others absolutely God

being the source of everything we are

not talk about love of men but love of

God As Romans 5:5 says the love of God

is poured in our heart by the Holy

Spirit we all including I Ruth I I

suppose we read the Bible many times in

our lives there was a time I read the

Bible roughly every

year but something was lacking I went to

church like everybody I read the Bible

there were some vital questions that I

could not understand because Jesus used

Parables many times he spoke using

figurative language and in the Old

Testament we have many prophets that

spoke about the coming Messiah and we

realize that the revelation of God from

the Old Testament to the new is one

continued stretch of the same truth and

there is a link between the two Saul

understood the Old Testament he preached

it right but I ask myself why did he

fight the knowledge of Christ and the

gospel and he was at the feet of gel he

knew the law of Moses very well in the

letter but he was absolutely show that

this new law is not of God and he fought

it and later he embraced the gospel and

became an apostle of Christ when Jesus

came what did he said I did not come to

abolish the law but to fulfill it but to

fulfill it mean there's a

link and Jesus went to say in Matthew

5:17 that not one word of the promise in

the Old Testament will fall to the

ground he came to fulfill it means there

is a relationship between the

two now when we talk about God

we start in the Old Testament right we

say Old Testament if Jesus come to

fulfill and he quoted the scriptures why

do we call it all why if it's the same

promise of hope religiously we say old

we say new but when Jesus came he said

I'm not coming to break the law but to

fulfill the law that's decide the

question I'm asking to myself and to

others do we really know who Jesus is do

we really know his message do we have

maybe an intellectual religious way of

approaching

Jesus or do we know who Jesus is who God

is Ruth has mentioned the Samaritan

woman

right and the Jewish people were there

in the temple and Samaritans said we

worship in this mountain but they were

worshiping the same God but some say we

are the truth you are not the truth and

they were fighting Jesus being a Jew

went to her and spoke to her as she said

and told her that you worship what you

do not know God is Spirit this is the

core of this program of today Jesus has

come to tell us to teach us what is

necessary and essential that God is

spirit and we must worship Him in spirit

and in truth this mean whatever we do to

receive approval from God must be in

spirit and in truth this means if it is

not in spirit it is not in truth and so

it's all nothing so what is the

difference between spirit and Truth what

I realize from this that spirit and

Truth they go together if it is just

Spirit without the truth it is not from

God if it is truth without being Spirit

that's not the truth why am I saying

this let me give an

example there was a man called Cornelius

right he was praying earnestly because

he wanted to know the god of the Jews he

was not a Jew was a Roman person he was

praying giving arms to the poor and one

day a spirit being called Angel appeared

to him and told him oh your prayers and

arms have been approved by God bless

it I said to myself this is a spirit

being right why didn't the angel preach

the gospel to him Ruth I'm asking you a

question why didn't the angel a spirit

preach the gopel

to the house of cores you have an idea

because I'm asking the question to you

viewers watching me well because it was

in God's plan that Peter was the one

Jesus said it must be in spirit and in

truth this means not just because

something is Spirit we should accept it

there are different types of spirit it

is not enough to be only in spirit what

kind of spirit is

speaking what kind of spirit is

operating

Jesus said to be of God it must be in

spirit and in truth the true must go

together so not anyone who speaks in the

spirit is of the truth that's what it

means for me when Satan tempted Jesus in

The Book of Matthew when he took Jesus

on top of the temple what did he say he

said it is written yes if you are the

Son of God yeah jump and the angels will

angel will what will catch you will

catch you he quoted the letter of the

Bible it is in the

bible1

absolutely but spoken by who which

Spirit spoke it the lying Spirit not the

spirit lying Spirit of Satan you can

quote it you can say it why did the

angel not preach the gospel to

Cornelius but the angel said called one

man called Simon Peter when he comes he

will tell you God use human being who

was

Peter who was Peter a man like you and

me but what makes Peter special was what

Peter was what born again at the

Pentecost he received the Holy Spirit at

home you can read act chapter 10 you can

see the spirit of God told him go to

this house I'm sending you when he came

to the house of cornelus what did he do

he simply began to preach the gospel of

Truth Paul called The Gospel the Gospel

of Truth Ephesians 1:3 the Gospel of

Truth which kind of Truth was he

preaching Jesus is the way the truth and

the life thank you natural truth or

spiritual truth spiritual truth that's

the question we have fact in the nature

and we have truth spiritual truth

remember what Jesus said I will pray to

the father he will give you another

comforter the spirit of Truth whom the

world cannot receive he NES him no knows

know him and Jesus further say in John

16:3 that when the Holy Spirit Come he

will guide us into the fullness of the

truth truth guide us in all truth yeah

first John 5:6 says it is the Holy

Spirit who testifies because the spirit

is truth this being said let's go back

to what we call the Old Testament in the

talk about that realness in the

beginning God revealed himself to the

people of Israel when they were

journeying in the wilderness to the

promised land why God allow us to be in

the

wilderness Hosea chapter 2

verse4 God say I will take you to the

Wilderness and there I will speak to

Your

Heart Take note of that I would can you

read it for us both that will help us to

set the message

right

therefore behold I will Allure her and

will bring her into the Wilderness and

speak Comfort to her I will take it what

to the Wilderness and speak Comfort to

her next verse I will give her her

Vineyards from there and the valley of

accor as a door of hope she shall sing

there and as in the days of her youth as

in the day when she came up from the

land of Egypt why God sometimes has to

take us to the Wilderness to speak to

us that's the question yeah and we we

all we all want an encounter with God we

all want to hear God's voice but we

don't often realize that God gives us an

appointment in the wilderness why

because in the rush of everyday

activities it's difficult for us to to

Ste our spirit and pay attention to the

spirit of God talking to us I think one

of the greatest hindrance is our senses

one of the greatest hindrances to

perceive the truth from God is our

natural common sense because we are

always focused on on the natural what we

see what we hear what circumstances look

like it's the greatest Temptation

actually to to see everything in the

natural the battle we fight each day is

with our senses true so if God want to

draw me to a place of Fellowship to draw

my attention he will cut me off from the

noise and destruction of this world now

you understand sometimes God can use

circumstances difficult circumstance to

separate you from the noise of this

world it's true God often Works through

the circum sances of Life absolutely

when you are alone in your Wilderness

wilderness mean no friend no people to

talk to you not not a place you would

naturally want to go or be in the

wilderness there's nothing that would

confort

you your M cannot confort you people

cannot confort you are alone left to

yourself God said I will take you to the

Wilderness hoseah 2: 14-15 and I will

comfort you none of us is ready to that

encounter with God when everything is

fine nobody comes to the knowledge of

Jesus in Comfort trouble difficulty

brought us into God's presence questions

challenges just look back at your life

and you'll see examine your own journey

of encountering Jesus H when God rescued

them from the land of ancient Egypt and

God opened the Red Sea Ruth honestly

speaking I'm talking to you listen to me

if you witness God opening the sea and

you pass on dry ground you saw the water

separated I think no Miracle is greater

than one no I think it's the greatest

Miracle can you experience that and

later doubt God that's the question well

anything is capable of the human heart

the question is no matter how big the

miracle is human beings always forget

why because it doesn't affect the heart

the purpose of Miracles is to affect us

in the outward first miracle healing

Miracle Deliverance Mir break but the

greatest Miracle the Bible is talking

about is not on the outside is inside of

you salvation Salvation why is it there

that's that's the

question God said I took them to the

Wilderness for one purpose Deuteronomy

chter 8 from verse 2 I took you to the

Wilderness where you suffer hunger and

thirst to teach you that man shall not

live by bread alone but by every word

that comes from the mouth of God from

the mouth of the Lord in the beginning

in the wilderness now you can see the

parallel immediately Jesus came out of

the baptism he went to the wilderness

the same Satan meeting there at the

wildness if you are a son of God turn

this Stone to bre bread when God took

them to the Wilderness the Bible says

there was the presence of God was

visible am I right yeah it was a pillar

of cloud by day and a pillar of Fire by

night that they could visibly see and

experience they saw the pillar of cloud

by day and the pillar of Fire by night

that represents the presence of God

physically there so saw physically the

presence of God of his glory that's not

all he asked Moses to build a Tabernacle

in the wilderness where there's no food

am I right they cry out and the Bible

says Mana Came From Heaven Mana to feed

them when they were thirsty they cry out

God made water to came from the rock

itself even the the shoes their clothes

they never wore out they saw all these

things they saw this great miracle they

saw how

them from

Egypt that's supposed to be enough to

build their faith forever and that's not

all in Exodus chapter 19 God said to

Moses prepare the people I am going to

speak to every single person this has

never happened in the history prophets

heard from God but God say I'm going to

speak to everyone every member of the

congregation will hear my

voice that's what happened and God said

to Moses sanctify them 3 days omy CH 4 R

can you help us Deuteronomy 4:2 let's

listen and the Lord spoke to you out of

the midst of the fire you heard the

sound of the words but saw no form you

only Heard a Voice what strikes you

there well many things strike me but the

first thing is that God spoke from the

midst of the fire yes God spoke through

the midst of the fire and he said you

heard the sound of his voice but you saw

no face no image no form the same God we

said in this 10 command thou shall not

make any image of anything in heaven on

Earth under the Earth don't make any

Idol I am not visible don't worship them

don't worship them this is what I'm

coming to don't make an idol and don't

worship them and now you remember what

Jesus said to the Samaritan woman John

4:4 yes God is Spirit God is Spirit mean

you don't need to see

him but those who worship Him must

Worship in spirit and truth in spirit

and in truth that's where we're that's

where we're going today they heard the

voice of God no image they saw the

miracle and everything in the wilderness

until today you know humankind we

continue to try and put an

image to something that we worship which

is distracting from the real the real

place of worship which is in our heart a

spirit that communes with God the

question fundamentally is not God God

cannot change the question is we human

being relationship with God is deep

deeper deepest

deepest some people say I don't believe

in God I'm not interested in God they

have no relationship with God that's the

choice some people say yes I believe in

God I go to church every Sunday they go

to church every Sunday every Sunday they

go to church they listen to the

message some people said I want to have

a relationship with

God daily every single day of life they

read the Bible to live it and to work

with God to build relationship with the

holy spirit daily my daily bread and

that's the will of God for everybody to

have a relationship with God every day

we saw that God spoke to

everybody his will his mind it to speak

to every single person but you must

follow his will way this mean knowing

god is not to see Miracle is not to see

great Cloud but to learn his

ways it's true because if if you think

about it the pillar of cloud by day and

the fire by night was to lead them

through the Wilderness but they were

never meant to stay in the wilderness

forever they were meant to get out of it

to go to the promised land thank you for

saying that they were in the wildness

where they see the visible signs of God

but they themselves were in the

natural God is Spirit God is in the

spirit nobody can see his face but we

can hear his voice the word but they

themselves they were in the natural so

at that time God knew the weakness of

their status and God allow a visible

presence to tell God is here

so they wouldn't doubt they wouldn't

doubt God was trying to start to build

the faith so we know the Mighty God is

with them so they can fear Him forever

all the nations alone who heard what God

did in Egypt was afraid of

them if they look they see the cloud hey

God is

there when you see the hey God is there

the Bible say every day God spoke to

Moses face to face like a man speaks to

his friend but the others when God

descended God want to speak to you want

to speak to me to every one of us that's

the will of God but when God called them

in that Deuteronomy 4:12 you just read

what did they say Lord let God not speak

to us again we are afraid of hearing his

voice that's what he said choose

somebody choose a prophet to speak to

us and that's what they said so as they

Journey on the Wilderness God tests them

God allows thirst to come every time

they thirsty what happened what did they

do they complain they complain to God

they forgot everything God did there's

no water God said to Moses speak to the

rock or hit the rock water came out God

did that in their presence when there

was no food the Mana came even when they

were tired of the Mana God actually

brought them meat but now the question

where were they heart Jesus said where

your treasure is

there is your

heart take note of your heart what is

your heart your heart means your spirit

Zechariah 12:1 says God formed the

spirit of man within him first

Thessalonians chapter 5: 23 says that

man is Spirit soul and body the

hindrance is from our

side we are so much drawn away by the

natural by our senses so they wanted to

see a sign to believe so when they were

in the wilderness when they came in

Numbers Chapter 14 you know what

happened when God wanted them to enter

the promised land they sent spies 12

Spies they went to spy what happened

when they came out well they all had a

negative report about the Giants in the

land that filled people with fear except

Joshua and Caleb that actually

maintained the faithfulness and

testimony of what God had done for them

in the past and said that no they

shouldn't be afraid that God why were

they afraid afraid of who they were

afraid of the people inhabiting the land

the Giants Giants take not of that

Giants they

said these people were giants we we were

like grasshopper in their side and in

our side mean they confirm yeah they saw

themselves as small just as the Giants

saw them as small they didn't see

themselves as God saw them when those

people they came give the negative

report the scripture say everybody all

the congregation begin to cry begin to

murmur and they want you to Stone yes

you brought us here to kill us it's

better for us to go back to Egypt to

slavery that's what they said but we

have just said that the presence of God

was visible the cloud was on top of

their head visibly why they could not

see it the presence of God were visible

it was visible why did they allow what

they hear what they

heard to overwhelm them to such a great

extent they lost focus of God's presence

which was there if they that had the

physical presence of God above their

head as a constant sign could be

distracted and overwhelmed by their

situation it really shows us that the

the battle is of the senses this means

you can never know God by sight you can

never know God

by miracles to know God is to know his

ways and because they were so it was so

unfamiliar to them that's why they were

thinking of the familiarity of of Egypt

what they remembered what they knew what

they were comfortable with because they

were familiar with it that's why their

hearts kept going back rather than

trusting in in what God Said the promise

for them this simply means to know God

is to know his word that's the only

sound they

heard the voice of God to know his ways

you must learn his word obey his word

his ways are in his word God is in his

word knowledge of God is in his word but

they remain in the natural and they went

back to the

Wilderness so we are saying as long as

you stay in the natural you will remain

in the

wilderness

H wait think about that for a moment

just let that sink in as long as you're

in the natural you remain in the

natural you can just remain going round

and around the Wilderness many people

that left the slavery of Egypt so many

in fact a whole generation never entered

the promised land why because they chose

to stay in the wilderness as long as you

are in the natural you can go from

churches to churches to churches to

churches you are still in the wilderness

you can go from experience to experience

to experience spiritual experience

watching this watching that feeling this

feeling that as long as you are still in

the natural you have not yet grasped

that Revelation truth that to worship

God is spirit and truth you remain in

the wilderness I can worship God in the

natural with a beautiful voice I'm still

singing in the

wilderness I can pray Mighty prayer

point in the natural I'm talking to the

air in the wilderness we can use

beautiful El eloquent words have ability

to inspire people but many of our our

words they can entertain men but do they

really reach God do they really reach

the heart of God you hear that I can

have beautiful voice Mighty song sing

and tears will come emotionally if it is

not in spirit it is not in truth and it

is all nothing but don't forget Jesus

said in Matthew chapter

15:8 these people come to me with their

lips but their heart is is far from me

when I come to God to raise my hand in

worship God is looking at my heart

first are you such in heart yes when I

come to give my offering God look at my

heart is it my heart giving in spirit

for God's sake or me Moses was called by

God who spoke to him he heard the voice

of God clearly he learned the ways of

God took his commandment and wrote them

on tablets of stones to give him to his

people not to forget it Moses fulfilled

his assignment by bringing them out but

what happened in the wilderness God took

Moses H that's where they had to now

rely on God they couldn't rely on Moses

when God took Moses they could not see

Moses anymore but Moses gave them the

word he left behind Joshua came a young

man God spoke to Joshua chapter 1 was

afraid because he saw the mightiness god

did and God said as I was with Moses so

shall I be with you the spirit of God

was with Joshua what takes them to the

promised land was

God through his word by his Spirit today

we are so much conditioned by the

symbols by the signs by the letter that

we forget things in the spirit that's

why people say I go to church every day

I do this why I can't hear God why I can

this why this why this why this is it in

spirit and in truth it is our heart our

spirit that is connected to God in the

spirit the only part of us that can

receive inspiration Revelation

fellowship with God is the human heart

our spirit Romans chapter 1:9 we serve

god with our spirit we have to

understand this you have to understand

relationship with God deep deeper

deepest some are in the letter but not

in the spirit what do I mean by that

it's not just about confessing the word

with your

mouth but you have to believe in your

heart the confession of my mouth my

songs my prayers must be in spirit and

in truth for my heart for my mind and

speak by faith so the question is how

how H do we enter God's presence that's

my question we said the pillar of

cloud was symbolizing the presence of

God to be in the spirit is to be in the

presence of

God and it's sometimes when we're in the

midst of a rock and a hard place that we

sense the presence of the Lord most

clearly in our lives that we hear the

voice of the Lord most clearly that we

see the need to depend on him alone that

that's true what you say that's very

true but to be in the spirit is to be in

the presence of God the question is how

do I know I am in the presence of God

that's my question R how do I know I am

in the presence of God that's a good

question that's the question how do we

know the reality of God how do I know

I'm into God's presence how do I know

that what I'm hearing is from God or not

from God that's the question your spirit

must testify to what if you can

distinguish between right and wrong how

can you testify devil can speak God can

speak how do you know the difference

that's the

question I can give you one hint Paul

said Romans chapter 9

verse1 I speak the truth I am not lying

my conscience is bearing me witness in

the Holy Spirit I'm coming to him Holy

Spirit the spirit of truth how can I be

into God's presence the Bible says

simply how can I be in God's presence

truth Spirit can you see God it has to

be in spirit because you can't see him

by faith thank you now you're are

talking by faith that's the word I want

you to say to be in the spirit he simply

by

faith because the Bible says we walk by

faith not by sight 2 Corinthians 57 2

Corinthians chapter 4 verse 18 18 says

we look not at what is seen but what is

unseen because what is unseen is is

eternal and what is seen is temporal by

faith so we walk by faith we live by

faith when we are able to recognize our

Union with Jesus with God in the spirit

Heart to Heart Spirit to Spirit they

were in God's presence they saw the

outward sign but their heart was not

going to to God Moses heart was

connected to God to hear his voice to

mark his voice to discern his

voice absolutely you said at the

beginning God wouldn't have asked us

command us to walk in the spirit if he

had not designed us to walk in the

spirit means I have a spirit Zechariah

12:1 Job 32:8 1 Thessalonians 5 I have a

spirit so the question is how can I

identify that it is God speaking to me

we said in the Old Testament they were

walking by sight they saw physically

God's presence but they never knew the

way of the Lord no matter how big the

Miracles are that can never anchor your

heart and bring you to God's presence

only the word of God can do that the

only way to know God is through his word

by his Spirit not every spirit that

speaks is from God how do you speak the

truth how do we know the truth by the

Holy Spirit the spirit of Truth you must

be led by the the spirit of God to walk

in the spirit that's why the Bible says

in Romans 8:14 those who are led by God

are what the sons of God sons of God LED

not by the emotion but led by the holy

spirit so we have to allow the holy

spirit to guide us absolutely but how do

we recognize that the Bible calls it the

gift of righteousness can you go to John

16:1 Let's listen of righteousness

because I go to the my father and you

will see me no more me when the Holy

Ghost come he will convict you convict

me everybody of righteousness because

you will see me physically no more I'm

going to the father what does this

mean when the Holy Spirit Come he will

convict you of righteousness he will

reveal to you who Jesus

is Philippians CH 3:7 let's go to

Philippians CH 3:7 to take an example of

what you are saying how the Holy Ghost

convict his soul of righteousness in

Christ and to bring him to Jesus to the

knowledge of Christ but what things were

gained to me these I have counted loss

for Christ yet indeed I also count all

things lost for the Excellence of the

knowledge of Jesus Christ my lord for

whom I have suffered the loss of all

things and count them as rubbish that I

may gain but what things were gained to

me these I have counted loss for Christ

okay good what were those things he

considered gain those things he

considered gain verse five circumcised

The Eighth Day of the stock of is Israel

of The Tribe of Benjamin a Hebrew of the

Hebrews concerning the law a Pharisee

Pharisee concerning the law of Moses

coning the symbols outward form of

worship religion religion you say all

this now are consider as a rubbish R

loss why because you receive a

revelation of Jesus

Christ Romans chapter 3 verse

20 to 21 22

therefore by the Deeds of the law no

flesh will be justified in his sight for

by the law is the knowledge of sin but

now the righteousness of God now the

righteousness of God that's take note

what Jesus say the Holy Ghost will

convict of righteousness go ahead but

now the righteousness of God apart from

the law is revealed is

revealed by who by the spirit continue

being witnessed by the law and the

prophets even the righteousness of God

through faith in Jesus Christ to all and

on all who believe through faith in

Christ Jesus it is revealed this means

we live by faith when we recognize our

Union with God With Jesus Christ in the

spirit when we accept Jesus as our Lord

and savior we have the very presence of

God in our heart through the person of

the Holy

Spirit and when the Holy Spirit Come he

will bring the conviction of

righteousness

he will show us what is to come he will

guide us into the spiritual

understanding of God he will teaches his

ways and then we walk in the

spirit that's why we say we walk in the

spirit we worship in the spirit led by

the Holy

Spirit how do you Worship in spirit and

in truth Romans chapter 2:28 let's go

there Romans chapter

2 verse 28 and 29 key

verses for he is not a Jew who is one

outwardly nor is circumcision that which

is outward in the flesh but he is a Jew

who is one inwardly and circumcision is

that of the heart in the spirit not in

the letter whose praise is not from men

but from God you hear that circumcision

of your heart of your spirit not done by

man done by God the praise and worship

of that person come from God the Holy

Spirit who

inspired that's why when Jesus came to

fulfill the law the people could not

understand there's so much believe in

the symbol in the ritual in the natural

things and they forget that these were

just Shadows what's the purpose of the

symbol the reality is found in Christ

thank you the substance is in Christ

reality is in Christ but the symbol was

what is the symbol the symbol is only a

sign of something in the natural that

will remind them of their relationship

with God in the spirit when you see the

Ark of the Covenant it is to remind them

of their relationship with God in the

spirit in their heart mean the purpose

of the law was to bring their heart to

God and Paul say by the law no man is

justified by the law despite the

presence of God their hearts went away

far from God and they a in the

wilderness the Bible says we are in the

world but we're not part of it as long

as we live in the natural

we are in this world but as long as you

are born again as long as you're led by

the spirit to walk in the spirit you are

in this world physically but not a part

of it in

spirit when you worship God you worship

God in spirit and in truth led by the

spirit of God right from your

heart to know God to know his way you

must be in the spirit led by the spirit

of Revelation let's talk about Jesus and

Nicodemus Nicodemus was the teacher of

of the law who knew the law of Moses

perfectly he was teaching the people

guiding the people in the principle of

the law of Moses as he received it but

one day he heard there's one man called

Jesus when they reported to him what

this man was doing he came to see Jesus

to inquire to find out the

truth what I want you to say the holy

spirit always gets into the heart of the

matter to get into the heart of the

matter is to find out the truth from God

perspective and that can only happen if

you enter the spirit not in the natural

so when he came he said Rabbi no one can

do what you are doing unless God is with

him yeah Jesus said unless a man is born

again he cannot see the kingdom of God

now Nicodemus we find out by the

question he asked Jesus despised all his

knowledge was in the natural so how can

this be how can a man be born again how

can old man enter his mother Zoom that's

what he said he was just looking at it

in the natural and Jesus said you were a

teacher of Israel and you do not know

these things truly truly I said to you

unless a man is born of water in the

spirit going to enter the kingdom of

God what is water in

spirit unless a man is born of the word

and the spirit of the word in truth the

word and the spirit can to enter the

kingdom of God that which is born of

flesh is flesh that which is born of

spirit is Spirit Nicodemus was

absolutely in the natural Ruth can we go

to John chap 3 from verse 13 to 16 let's

listen no one has ascended to heaven but

he who came down from heaven no one has

been to Heaven except me who came from

Heaven Jesus is saying to him that is

the son of man who is in heaven yes and

as Moses lifted up the serpent in the

wilderness now another parallel as Moses

lifted up the what the serpent in the

wilderness the serpent in the wilderness

you know what happened in the wilderness

the Bible says there was a time the

people began to murmur against God and

God allows serpent snakes to came

everywhere as

judgment when the snakes began to bite

them they were dying they CED out and

Moses interceded God say do a pole and

do a image of a snake and attach it to

the pole everybody who looks at it will

save his life now that pole was a symbol

of Jesus on the cross the substance of

that signal symbol is in Christ Jesus

saying as Moses lifted up the serpent so

the son of man must be lifted up must be

lifted

up that was a symbol the substance of it

is Christ on the cross that everybody

who put his faith in what he did on the

cross Rees salvation and everlasting

life he was teaching Nicodemus what the

purose why I'm coming you have read them

Moses had this E I am this I am more

than a pool if you look at me if L you

know I am the Savior that's what I came

for to save human being continue but

whoever believes in him should not

perish but have eternal life yes for God

so loved the world that he gave his only

begotten son and as a symbol that

whoever believes in him should not

perish but have everlasting everybody

knows this word the most famous word of

gospel John 3:16 another parallel symbol

he mentioned the snake this is what

Abraham did it take your only begotten

son Isaac Genesis 22 go and sacrifice it

for me he's saying Isaac was spared but

I'm coming to give my life I'm the

promise of Abraham I'm the Seed of

Abraham through the promise will be

fulfilled if Nicodemus wed by the spirit

of God he will P him understood this

thing but he was listening to it in the

natural who is Jesus that means we can

only know Jesus in the spirit you can

only know Jesus in the spirit led by the

spirit of God thank you for what you're

saying go to go to 1 Corinthians 12:3

therefore I make known to you that no

one Speaking by the spirit of God calls

Jesus cursed and no one can say that

Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit

no one can say Jesus Christ is Lord

Jesus Christ the son of God he the Lord

God Almighty without the help of the

Holy Spirit it takes Revelation to know

that in the spirit and in truth now for

something to be in spirit and in truth

it must be in the spirit by the spirit

of Truth the Holy Spirit the word you

hear must be sanctioned by the testimony

of the Holy Spirit to say it is true the

Bible says the spirit join with that

Spirit to testify that we are sons of

God when he comes he reveals the truth

he leads us into the spiritual

understanding of the truth and give us

conviction and give us faith and we know

God is speaking to us clearly through

him now let's see another example I want

to take between the natural from natural

to the spirit to know Jesus let's see

Jesus and his disciple Jesus had discipl

we know Peter very well let's go to

Matthew chapter

16 we start from verse 13 listen to what

Jesus

said when Jesus came into the region of

cesaria Philippi he asked his disciples

saying who do men say that I the son of

man am can you imagine Jesus want to

know your opinion about him he want to

know his opinion R's opinion about him

Ruth opinion about your opinion about

him

who is Jesus to you who is Jesus to you

that's life's most important decision

what what you do with Jesus Christ what

did they

say so they said some say John the

Baptist some Elijah and others Jeremiah

or one of the prophets they were still

in the symbol of the old prophet of the

history Elijah John the Baptist one of

the Prophet some of them looked at Jesus

on the outside go to mark 6:3

is this not the carpenter the son of

Mary and the brother of James Joseph

Judas and Simon and are they not his

sisters here with us so they were

offended at him they were offended is it

not the son of the carpender we know

here we know his brothers and sisters

they were offended John 7:2 some say he

deceives people some say he's good they

didn't know who Jesus was they only saw

him in the

body the child they knew the son of

Joseph the carpenter that's all they

knew about Jesus they were in the

natural completely in the natural but

some people say he's good and they even

followed him let's go now to John

chapter 6 now Jesus went and did

miraculous thing he multiplied the bread

and the fish just like the Mana that

fell in the wilderness and they

ate and they say ha what kind of Miracle

is this not the prophet is supposed to

come he give us food Man Came h and they

follow

Jesus the question is why did they

follow Jesus what's the purpose of

following Jesus because they wanted him

to give them natural blessing like the

the food multiplied thing it's like

Jesus was in a period of Fame so they

many followed him because they saw wow

he can multiply food you know he he he

can do miraculous things and they they

they were amazed and wanted wanted more

of that they came to Jesus in the

natural anytime we come to Jesus to

God for selfish reason for classic and

material we are bound to come in the

natural let by our

circumstances because I face financial

difficulty I pray for breakthrough

because I have sickness I pray for

healing because of this I ask without

knowing the will of God in the matter

so let's start from verse 30 let's just

try to break it down therefore they said

to him they said to him what sign will

you perform then that we may see it and

believe you what work will you do why

did they ask a sign because they

related to the visible they they wanted

to see to believe like like Thomas yes

because they saw the visible sign in the

Old Testament of the cloud of the

presence of God visibly to to believe

they see why can't you show us a same

for us to believe what did Jesus said

our fathers ate the Mana in the desert

as it is written he gave them bread from

Heaven to eat then Jesus said to them

most assuredly I say to you Moses did

not give you the bread from heaven but

my father gives you the true bread from

heaven now Jesus knew that were

following him because of Miracle but

Jesus want to take them to the spirit he

said to them Moses gave you the Mana but

my father gave you the Bread of

Heaven for the bread of God is he who

comes down from heaven and gives life to

the world then they said to him Lord

give us this bread always thank you do

you noce something do you noce something

Jesus said for the Bread of Heaven is

the one who come from Heaven he who

comes from heaven and what gives life to

the world life to the world nobody want

to die life remember they said to the

woman somebody told me he who drinks his

water will never thirst again

he say we give you life and say he give

us this bread what did Jesus said Jesus

said I am the bread of life I am the

bread of life he who comes to me shall

never hunger and he who believes in me

shall never thirst go to verse 35 this

what Jesus said but I say to you that

you have seen me and yet do not believe

uhuh all that the father gives me will

come to me and the one who comes to me I

will by no means cast out Jesus say you

saw see me

but you don't believe for I have come

down from heaven not to do my own will

but the will of him who sent me the will

of the father I came to do the will of

God in your life what is the real let's

continue this is the will of of the

father this is the will of the father

Yes that all that of all he has given me

I should lose nothing I should raise it

up on the last day yes and this is the

will of him who sent me that everyone

who sees the son and believes in Him may

have everlasting life mean when you see

me you have to believe live in me and I

will give you everlasting life that's

what Jesus Christ came to

do spiritual thing and I will raise him

up I will raise last at the last day

that's Jesus we looking for do I believe

in Jesus because of Miracle or do I

believe in Jesus for everlasting life

for salvation and for eternal life are

we in the natural or are we in the

spiritual let's continue see what

happened after the Jews then complained

about him because he said I am the bread

which came down from heaven and they

said is is not Jesus the son of Joseph

you hear that now they went in the

natural is not the son of Joseph Jesus

in the natural how can he say I came

down from heaven we know you here they

were in the natural whose father and

mother we know we know your father your

mom how is it then that he says I have

come down from heaven how could he say

you come down from heaven Jesus

therefore answered and said to them do

not murmur amongst yourselves no one can

come to me unless the father who sent me

draws him prise the Lord take note of

this verse read it again no one can come

to me unless the father who sent me

draws him no one can come to me except

the father himself draws him to

me mean no one can come to me unless the

father open your spiritual understanding

to be in the spirit to know whom I

am you see me in the natural I am more

than natural you

see let's continue and then we go back

continue what happened this

it is written in the prophets and they

shall all be taught by God therefore

everyone who has heard and learned from

the father comes to me yes not that

anyone has seen the father except he who

is from God he has seen the father Yes

most assuredly I say to you he who

believes in me has everlasting life

verse 60 therefore many of his disciples

when they heard this they said it is

hard saying who can understand it you he

it many of his disciple who followed him

for natural thing they say it is hard to

hear this when he said he who eats my

flesh and drinks my blood abides in me

and yes how can he eat his flesh this is

hard to understand this mean no one can

believe but he has not

understood and no one can understand

unless the father open your heart to

spiritual Revelation to who Jesus

is and they were offended because they

were in the natural and many left him

and they left him they turned away and

left and said this is too hard we don't

understand so what happened what

happened next when they left when Jesus

knew in himself that his disciples

complained about this he said to them

does this offend you mhm what then if

you should see the son of man Ascend

where he was before it is the spirit who

gives life it is the spirit who gives

life the flesh profits nothing the flesh

profits nothing the words that I speak

to you the word I speak to you are

Spirit oh my Lord and their life spirit

and life mean in spirit and in truth the

word I speak when the Holy Spirit of

Truth speaks and testify you know the

truth not just words spirit and life

words word that God speaks himself

through his mouth word that come from

the mouth of God mouth of the Holy Ghost

the word of truth from the spirit of God

next sentence let's listen but there are

some of you who do not believe for Jesus

knew from the beginning who they were

who did not believe and who would betray

him

yes said and he said therefore I have

said to you that no one can come to me

unless it has been granted to him by my

father from that time many of his

disciples went back and walked with him

no more mean no one can be in the spirit

without the spirit of the Father the

Holy

Spirit no one can be in the spirit in

Christ without the Holy Spirit that's

why it's the narrow way that's the

narrow way of faith not everyone will go

that path not everyone will go that path

Earth without the Holy Ghost we are

natural without the inspiration of the

Holy Ghost we can see the truth in the

spirit without him no faith without him

is Faith in faith faith in the word we

quote the word in our mouth without him

nobody can believe in the heart convicts

of righteousness in your heart it takes

the spirit of

truth let's continue from that time many

of his disciples went back and walked

with him no more they went back to the

Wilderness they went back to the natural

what they came from and they were on

actually on the way to the promised land

but they went back way to the promised

land and they went back to the

Wilderness and they never get after the

wildness they never get after the

natural they remain in the natural

forever then Jesus said to the twel do

you also want to go away now Jesus said

to the 12 disciples you do you want to

go away what happened but Simon Peter

answered him Lord he said Lord to whom

shall we go where do we go you have the

words of eternal life now we can go back

to my let's go back to Matthew 16 talk

about Peter he hasb one

gift Peter was in the spirit with the

help of God when Jesus says you have the

words of eternal life what is pet saying

the man you are talking about is not

natural food but spiritual food the

words of your mouth gives me everlasting

life who revealed that to to to to Peter

Holy Spirit let's go to Matthew chapter

16 now that means that he was with Jesus

not because of the Miracles he was doing

but because of the change absolutely

that had been wrought in his heart

called by God that's why deep deeper

deepest Peter the first people came to

Jesus because of natural

want as we come to church for blessing

but Peter was deep aside he served god

with his life hard to hard with God and

God revealed to him he believe for

everlasting

life now let's go to Matthew 16 let's go

now to verse 16 Simon Peter answered and

said you are the Christ the son of the

Living God Jesus answered and said to

him blessed are you Simon bar Jonah do

you know in John chapter 6 when

everybody left Jesus say you why you

don't go Peter say you have the words of

everlasting life this time Jesus say who

they say I am Jeremiah Jeremiah and you

you who knows me who are with me what do

you say Peter said you are the Christ

the son of the Living God he spoke the

word of

Revelation who Jesus was he said it why

let's go next verse what did Jesus said

listen Jesus answered and said to him

blessed are you Simon by Jonah for flesh

and blood has not revealed this to you

but my father who is in heaven you

understand what Jesus said in John

chapter 6 nobody comes to me except the

father draws

him no one know who they am unless the

father

reveal to him whom I Am The Father

revealed to Peter who said you are the

words of everlasting life to speak the

same word in the power of the Holy

Spirit to know who Jesus was Peter was

in the spirit to receive that Revelation

you must be in the

spirit to be in the spirit You Must

Believe for salvation sake for God's

sake For Heaven's Sake not for classical

reason for the sake of Eternity

absolutely now Peter was in the spirit

but something happened after go to verse

22 21 let's Len

21 from that time Jesus began to show to

his disciples that he must go to

Jerusalem and suffer many things from

the elders and chief priests and scribes

and be killed and be raised the third

day then Peter took him aside and began

to rebuke him saying far be it from you

from you Lord that this shall happen to

you what happened here when Jesus told

him they will kill me I will die on the

third day I will resurrect what happened

Peter went back to the Natural

immediately in his

emotion ah I love you no this will never

happen about you never ever God forbid

it was his flesh talking the flesh was

talking was in

natural but Jesus said to him verse 23

but he turned and said to Peter get

behind me Satan

you are an offense to me for you are not

mindful of the things of God but the

things of men mean you are thinking like

a natural man thinking you're not

thinking like a spiritual man must think

like God will think to think like Jesus

is to think like God is Think Like the

Holy Ghost give to have the mind of

Christ is to have the mind of God that's

the holy spirit the mind of

God Romans chapter 8 let's read from

verse 27 how can we have the thoughts of

Christ the mind of Christ to think the

way God wants me to think that is in the

spirit how to be in the spirit that's

what I'm talking about how can I be in

the spirit now let's listen to Romans

chapter 8 likewise the spirit also helps

in our weaknesses oh my god listen to

that what can you say about it oh this

is

a really what we need this this is the

meaning of the comforter that Jesus left

thank you very much this Spirit help us

what is our weaknesses we are natural we

are in the natural we are in the flesh

we know nothing in the

spirit we need help in our natural

weaknesses in the ability to see in the

spirit so the spirit can take us stay in

the spirit say it again likewise the

spirit also helps us in our weakness for

we do not know what we should pray for

for as we ought what is but the spirit

himself makes intercession for us with

groanings which cannot be uttered good

we do not know what we we do not know

what we should pray what do what you

understand as we what do you understand

by that we do not know we pray we pray

we don't know what we

asking why we don't know what we need we

know what we need I'm hungry I need food

but am I asking the right thing do I

know the will of God on the matter

that's the key to pray in the spirit we

need help of the must pray the will of

God you asking God heal me is it the

will of God to heal you that healing

might be for the purpose is it the will

of God for you to go there what you're

asking you want to have a vehicle is it

the will of God for you to have a

vehicle at that moment we don't know

what to ask for that's this the Holy

Ghost will help us now to enter the

spirit to know the mind of God in the

matter so we can ask in accordance to

the will of God continue let's read now

he who searches the hearts knows what

the mind of the spirit

is say it again yeah I'm making me to

that now he who searches the hearts

knows what the mind of the spirit is

because he makes intercession for the

Saints according to the will of God and

we know that all things work together

for good to those who love God and to

those who are called according to his

purpose come back to verse 27 that's the

key now that put things barely open to

the eyes of everybody now he who

searches the heart he who searches the

heart who searches the heart do you know

what is in the heart of a person the

spirit only the Holy Spirit he who

searches the heart knows what is the

mind of what the mind of God the mind of

God mean he knows what is in the mind of

God for you he know the thoughts of God

for the situation where you are and what

he makes intercession he intercede mean

he for the Saints according to the will

of God what is

intercession I don't know God I need

somebody to help me to take me to God to

intere for me I can hear from God I need

a mediator an intercessor holy spirit

will take my prayers intercede in the

presence of God and pray for me so I can

know the will of God in the presence of

the father without him our voice will

never go beyond the

ceiling he's the one that carries our

prayer to the presence of God he intered

according to the will of he searches the

heart what does he mean searches the

heart let's go this is a repetition a

reminder let's go to 1 Corinthians

chapter 2 verse 9 to verse 13 but as it

is written I Has Not Seen Nor Ear heard

nor have entered into the heart of man

the things which God has prepared for

those who love him mean the things of

God no human eye has seen can

see but God has revealed them to us

through his Spirit God revealed the

things of God To Us by his Spirit he

revealed his ways he reveals his mind he

Reveals His will To Us by his Spirit 1

Corinthians 2 verse4 but the natural man

does not receive the things of the

spirit of God the natural man does not

receive the things of God the natural

man will always go by what he sees what

he hears the symbol the sign does not

know the things of God when we are in

the

natural we don't know Jesus in spirit

and in truth we don't pray in spirit and

in truth we don't Worship in spirit and

in truth now let's see now the spiritual

man verse 15 but he who is spiritual

judges all things yet he himself is

rightly judged by no

one for who has known the mind of the

Lord that he may inst Mind Of God that

he may instruct him MH but we have the

mind of Christ we have the mind of

Christ the mind of Christ is meant for

those who are the spirit of Christ when

we have the spirit of God he will

intercede to us according to the mind of

God while I'm praying for my prayer he

will tell me this is the mind of God for

this some will tell you your heart this

is the will of God what happened to you

God allow for the purpose and will tell

you that's what happened to Paul he

speak to the S through his word by his

spirit in our heart that's why we are in

the spirit led by the Holy Spirit to

know the mind of God to know the heart

of God to know the will of God he Supply

the inspiration to pray what to pray for

what to worship God in spirit and in

truth truth and reveal to us the way of

God are we

such are we led by the spirit are we

inspired by him are we seeking for him

are we waiting for him to guide us in

our actions and deeds every day when we

are in situation do we allow him to come

to inspire him do we wait for upon him

do you pray to receive Revelation

guidance from him before we do

anything as long as we are in the

natural we are in the wilderness without

Direction without purpose but when the

Holy Ghost comes he will lead you with

purpose which direction to the right

place to be so when Jesus was saying

Eternal things was speak about things of

Heaven not things of the natural it

takes a spiritual man to understand this

so now what is the heart of the matter

the lesson we learn from all this Ruth

what lesson can we learn from this we

live in the spirit when we recognize our

Union with Jesus Christ in the spirit to

be in the spirit is to be in God's

presence who can take us to God's

presence the Holy Spirit when it takes

us into God's presence his word his

revealing word which inspires and tell

us God's mind God's opinion and give us

atanes to speak words as Inspire us to

speak the heart of God the mind of God

in the presence in our prayers the

question is now for how long are we

going to stay in the natural what you

were saying when are we going to get out

of the Wilderness what does it take to

get out in the wilderness into God's

promise is what does it take to get out

of the natural to be in the spirit and

to hear God clearly to be led by the

spirit of God it's a heart decision it's

a heart decision mean engage your heart

your body can never be in the spirit but

your heart can your spirit can it is

your heart your spirit that receive

inspiration Revelation from the holy

ghost from the mind of Christ to know

his real his

ways he will inspire us to act faith on

his Revelation to go to the right

direction so to

walk in the spirit is to walk in

accordance to the word of God and that

word of God is spirit and life when the

Holy Ghost revealed that word you know

the will of God is Not quoting the word

the will of God come when the spirit of

God reveal you when Satan uses Psalm 91

it wasn't the will of God for him to

jump but Jesus worded by the Holy Spirit

of Truth he recognizes his voice the

word and the spirit must come together

to become the truth in spirit and in

truth Holy Ghost will take you to the

spirit and he will reveal the truth of

the mind of go of the will of God once

he reveal it to you he will guide you to

understand it once you understand it you

will be convinced by faith and act

Faith that's the highway to enter the

promised land to be in the spirit Ander

the promise of

God Revelation from the Holy Ghost

spiritual understanding job chap 32:8

when understanding come conviction come

this is from God in my heart and you act

faith and you walk with God in the

spirit so walking in spirit does not

mean you open your heart to meditate any

kind of spirit be careful not every

spirit is from God to know the truth now

everything must be done through his word

by his Spirit you can't separate the

world from the spirit that's why

Christianity is not mysticism it's not

mysticism it's not not any kind of

spirit will welcome not every spirit

that speak is from God we have balum we

mentioned BM last time in the Book of

Numbers he was a divination Spirit he

was doing things sacrifices but not of

God the spirit of God never came because

of bam he came because of Israel for

God's sake he turned that curse to a

blessing to turn the curse to blessing

the same way the Holy Ghost came and

opened the mouth of a donkey to speak

words of men the only way to know God to

know Jesus is through the word of God

and by the Holy Spirit the two have to

go

together it's not about confessing it's

about believ in your heart led by the

Holy Spirit to be in spirit and in

truth so if you hear this is Spirit this

is it in Truth we need the guidance of

the Holy Spirit he's the one that will

tell you this is from God this not from

God that's a testimony of the spirit in

our heart in our mind he will guide us

into the understanding of the truth

truth so if you are

wondering if this from God or not from

God what to do go to the closet and pray

to your

father ask the Holy Ghost to reveal to

you who is this person who is the

situation what is your mind what is your

will and pray as Paul did in 2

Corinthians chter 12 verse 7 to2 until

God gives you a revelation of his mind

and purpose the you know his will you

know what to do the believer who walks

in the natural has no

strength if want to know Jesus we need

to know him in spirit and in

truth whatever we do must be done in

spirit and Truth we can see the

importance of the guidance of the holy

spirit in our life and the Holy Ghost

does nothing without the word the

scriptures that's he uses the the Holy

Spirit uses the word of God to bring

peace into our hearts joy into our

hearts to

bring Faith into our hearts the word

must go along with the spirit Moses the

prophet they heard this voice directly

in their heart and then God instruct

them to write them on the pages this is

the letter but they heard from their

heart that first in

first so this word must come to the same

heart to be process to become spirit and

life and that's the faith we talking

about not faith in faith by confessing

but real faith that comes from your

heart hearing from your heart the

instruction of the Holy Spirit that's

Divine Faith that's why when Peter said

to

Jesus where shall we go you have the

words of eternal life he was not talking

about the letter alone the words of

eternal life are the words The Living

Word of God spirit and life that's why

Jesus say in John chapter 6 verse 45 no

one comes to me except the father draws

him why what part does the father draw

your heart your

heart no one comes to me the father

draws it that will be taught by God no

one can say Jesus is Lord in spirit and

in truth without the holy spirit so it's

time for you to develop your own

relationship with the Holy Spirit to get

out of the Wilderness in your life so

now this Holy

Bible is a Christian guy for belief and

practice and contain the truth when you

read this Bible ask the author of The

Bible the holy spirit to guide

you that's the secret God gave to Joshua

and we told you last time we repeat it

again Joshua 1:8 keep the word in your

mouth meditate on this word day and

night and do what it says do what it say

meditation not incantation we don't call

any Spirit we meditate the word of God

the promise of God here this word we

meditate on this word day and

night and then the spirit of God come

will give you spiritual understanding

and strengthen you to obey this word and

to put it to

practice God said it not me walk in the

spirit led by the spirit what do we do

engage your heart not your eyes not your

brain to God seek his face ask for

guidance of the Holy Ghost ask for God

to pour the spirit of Revelation

Ephesians 2:1 17 ask him to guide you

and the Lord will guide you and you will

be in the realm where you can be able to

desend his mind in your life so please

we give you the grace go and read and

study the book of Romans chapter 8 from

beginning to end and the Book of 1

Corinthians chapter 2 verse one to the

end every Christian who want to be in

the spirit should know these two

chapters write that down Romans 8 Romans

chapter 8 from verse 1 to the end and

then First Corinthians 1 Corinthians

chapter 2 2 from verse and one to the

end read it ask God to give you

spiritual understanding of it how to

become spiritual how to walk in the

spirit how to allow the spirit of God to

take us into God's presence and then you

will get after the

Wilderness then the word will become a

lamp to your feet and a guide to your

path you would never miss a target a

guide to your path to get out of the

Wilderness to get out of the Wilderness

to get out of Doubt Amen to get out of

lack and want and to know God's way

thank you God bless you we can't wait to

hear your testimony of how the Living

Word has really been a a light to your

feet and lamp to your path and we just

are excited to hear what God is doing in

your life through his word and by his

Spirit remember this is the purpose and

vision of the University of God to step

into the spiritual through his word by

his spirit in spirit and in truth the

word and the spirit must go

together it is important to store this

word of God and to walk onto this word

that's the safety net and the spirit of

truth will guide you and lead you into

the fullness of that truth amen amen God

bless you the Lord be with your

spirit