Understanding the World

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for today's special episode of our favorite Good Life devotion. It happens to be the very first day of the last month of the year 2025. Such an amazing year. The Lord ministered to us through Reverend Dr. Bismarckopogwasari last week. I'm sure you have taken stock of this year and you are set to round it up in a grand style.

Right, so we are shifting our focus this week to some technical matters. Now, once in a while we enter into such areas because we know that members of the Gurula devotion either on television, radio, internet and the print media are diverse and we give As the Lord leads us, meet different groups. Now for those who are at maybe the base of the group.

Some of these teachings may sound a bit technical, but for those who are looking into the understanding of life so that you can know how to be in charge. These are real nuggets. And I want you to watch very carefully, listen with rapt attention, and read in between the lines so that you can catch what the Lord has for us. God is erasing a breed that will take care of his universe. And there are things that such people know.

This is one of them. If you have a witness in your heart that you didn't just come here to be one or to add up to the numbers of humans on the earth.

But to ensure that this world changes, especially to be what the Father wants it to be, then this is for you this week. I'm going to be discussing... the meaning of the world according to what it is in the bible we will look at when we talk about the deception of the world we'll look at the world that the bible talks about that it will be destroyed we'll look at

The world that the Bible talks about, that it will come. We'll deal with the world that the Bible says that you have overcome. And many more in this week's discussion. So it's going to be very interesting. And I want you to brace yourself up for it. Father, we are so grateful to you for the truth of your word. Thank you for the light you are bringing to us so that we can live.

and make this place the way you brought us here to keep it. Thank you for the light and the life of your word. We affirm that by them, we are never the same. In Jesus' name.

amen so looking at the subject of the world as it is in the scripture to understand it they will start looking at the topic the biblical meaning of world You know, W-O-R-L-D, the biblical meaning of world. And our goal in today's seating... is to try to bring you an understanding of wealth when you see it in the English Bible. Because... The languages from which the scriptures came to us, the Hebrew and the Greek languages, are richer languages than the English language that we speak today.

And sometimes the English language uses just one word for different things. And so if you are not privileged to have the Lord bring you... and understanding in terms of the original words that were used. You will grow up having your own definition of what the world means here and there, and you may not get it the right way. You cannot know world deception.

You cannot know the world that you have overcome. You cannot know the world that will be destroyed. You cannot know the world that is supposed to come. You cannot know all these things until you understand what world means in the Bible. Are you ready? All right. Our main scripture is 1 Corinthians 2, verse 12. And it says,

but the Spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. It says, we have not received the Spirit that... is of the world but we have received the spirit that is of god and it says that by reason of the spirit of god that we have received

we are able to know the things that have been freely given to us of our Father. So now, as I said, the goal of today is to just give you the meaning of the world and we'll take it off in the following episodes in the week.

And we say that to a high degree, a comprehensive understanding of the usage of the word world, W-O-R-L-D, is threefold. In other words, for you to have a comprehensive understanding of world, you must understand that it is threefold. It's used in three ways. in the original language from which the scriptures came to us. And here are those words from the Greek. Number one is the word cosmos. K-O-S-M-O-S. Cosmos. Number two is the word Aion. A-I-O-N. Aion.

A-I-O-N. And number three is the word oikumene. O-I-K-O-U-M-E-N-E. Now each of these Greek words, cosmos, aeon, and oikomene are translated in the English as world. But in the Greek language, even though their meanings overlap, they do not mean exactly the same thing. And until you understand What the Bible tries to communicate when it uses the word cosmos. And what the Bible tries to communicate when it uses the word aeon.

And what the Bible tries to communicate when it uses the word, you will not truly get it when you are reading and seeing word, word, word, word in your English Bible.

Are you following? All right. So let's start with them one after the other and see how far we can go because of time. Let's start with the broadest and the most commonly used one. It is the... word cosmos the most commonly used of the three is cosmos and followed by aeon and then oikomene in the cases where that is intended to be understood. Now, the word cosmos comes from the root where that simply means an order.

or an arrangement, or an adornment. So, an orderly arrangement of things, that's the word from when cosmos comes. Now, if you look at its usage in the scriptures, largely, it is used in the scriptures to denote the following. Number one, the structure of the world. And when we talk about a structure, we are referring to the earth. the sea, the skies, the planets, the things that constitute the structure of the world.

That's one of the things that the usage of cosmos denotes. The structure. The orderly arrangement. of stars, the moon, the sun, plants, animals, the sea, the water bodies, and how these things have been properly ordered and adorned to form a physical habitation for God's mankind. If you look at Matthew 13, verse 35, there are a lot of usages, but let's look at how it is demonstrated here.

Matthew 13, 35, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. So he's talking about the foundation of the earth, the structure. In Job 38, the Bible speaks of God asking Job and asking, where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? From verse 4 to 7.

So there's a structure, you know, the physical thing that constitutes the orderly arrangement that has formed what we can call the world or the universe. Are you getting that? Then the second thing that when cosmos is used in the scriptures, it denotes, according to the Bible, is the humankind on the earth, the people. So cosmos can mean... the structure of the earth or the universe it can mean just the people okay and if you have them again several ways that have been used

But let's look at 2 Corinthians 5, 19. It says, not imputing dear trespasses unto them. For he hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. So you know that The reason why we know he's talking about the people in the world is this. He says, We know that creation is under bondage not because creation sinned. Creation is under bondage because the people under whom creation was subjected went into error.

So if he's talking about not imputing their trespasses, he's talking about the people. Okay. And then he uses the reconciling of the world. Of course. In other places where reconciliation is used, like in the book of Colossians, it refers to reconciliation of all creation. But in this particular usage, it's talking about the reconciliation of the humankind, and it is cosmos. The third thing that the usage of cosmos denotes is the conditions of life and especially mankind.

Let's talk about it in this way, the alienated condition of mankind or life on the earth. The alienated conditions of mankind and life on the earth from God. You see, so after the error of Adam, something happened and there came a situation that is not like God on the earth. That state or that condition that is not like God is also called the world.

cosmos is used to denote such a state or such conditions of alienation. For instance, if you go back to our main scripture today, it says that now we have received not the spirit of the world, but... The spirit which is of God is a contrast. I get in it. So we have received not the spirit of the world, but of God. So there is a state that is opposed to God.

It's not like God. That state separate from God is also referred to as the world. And cosmos is used to denote that. Are you following this? We are having a teaching here today. I'm talking to you about... the usage of world in the bible especially in the english bible and first we said that when you see world in your english bible it is coming from three greek words three greek words

Cosmos, Aeon, and Ekumenii. Now, I'm dealing with Cosmos. And I said, when Cosmos is used, it denotes several things, but because of time, we will limit ourselves to these three, which, when you understand, is enough to understand what we are doing this week. The first, when it is used, it refers to the structure, the earth, the sea, the stars, the physical things. The second, when it is used, it refers to the people. The third, when it is used, it refers to

That condition of separation from God, I get in that. And that's where we just got to. If you go to 1 John, again, chapter 4, 1 John. 1 John chapter 4. Let me take you from verse 5. It says, They are of the world. Therefore, speak they of the world. and the world heareth them. So you see, in this one verse, you can see cosmos by referring to two different things here. They are of the world. And I will show you this first world here.

what is intended to indicate when I read the verse 6. Therefore they speak of the world. And the world hear them. We are not talking about trees hearing them and seas hearing them and moon hearing them. We are talking about people hearing them. So the people in the world hear them. And they are all cosmos here.

But when he said they are of the world, he's not talking about the people. He's talking about the state. That condition of alienation. Look at verse 6. It says we are of God. It says they are of the world. We are of God. So we are of God. They are not of God. They are of a state that is different from God. And because they are of that state, the people in the world hear them. Are you getting that? But it's the same cosmos. Yet, when it is used this way,

You are supposed to understand it the way I'm explaining it now. It is not the same in all the usages. I get in that. All right. I think you need to watch this message over in the game and make notes as a student of the Bible.

All right, so now let's go to the second because our time is running. Today, I must finish the three of them so that tomorrow we can go into something. Wow. The second is Aeon. And, oh, I need some time here to describe aeon, and time is catching me up. You know, aeon in the Greek refers to an age or a period of time. But when it is used in the Bible, it's not just about timing, though timing is included. It also denotes the caliber of...

rulership, the caliber of wisdom and the manner of life within that period. You see, What system of governance, what system of rulership, and with which wisdom or knowledge or way of doing things do they operate? And how has that affected life in general over that period? You see, so when aeon is used, it has an aspect of time, but it does not only refer to time, it refers to the system that controls things.

Okay, and the knowledge and the wisdom, the philosophy behind it and how that has affected life over that period. So for instance, you can talk about the era of empires. It's an age. And that means that in those age, there were monarchies, there were empires that ruled. Today, we don't have that era. That aeon is no more here. It's now, okay, a few places that are monarchies, but generally, you have all these democracies and these kind of systems that are now here today.

For instance, from 1940s to now, we have a new age called the age of the computer. But maybe before 1940, there were no computers. So you can say we are now in the aeon of computers. Meaning that we are in the aeon that the invention of the computer has affected how communication, transportation and everything happens. So if you put all of that together, you can call it the aeon of the computer.

Are you getting that? So it has a component of time, but it is not only limited to time. It has to do with the systems that govern things and how that affects. life and which wisdom or kind of knowledge drives it. In other words, largely, aeon relates to the programming of a period. So it is like you have a computer. And you have the hardware and you have the software. Aeon describes the software upon which we see the manifestation outside. So you can see a people.

What is the software that is running the caliber of life they are living now in that period? That is aeon. Did you get that? All right. So it produces how they think, how they talk, what is important to them, the cares of life, the leadership. So because of time, you can go and read Matthew chapter 13, verse 22. You can read 2 Corinthians 4. And you can also read Galatians 1.4 because of time. But let me just read 1 Corinthians 7.31 before we go to the last one. 1 Corinthians.

Chapter 7, verse 31. It says, And they that use this world not as abusing it, for the fashion of this world passeth away. There's a manner of life. So that's why generally Aeon describes the caliber of life in that world. It's the fashion of this world.

And so when he said the fashion of this world passed away, it's not about a structure. It's not saying that this earth will pass away and the moon and the stars will vanish. It's talking about the software that has influenced life through its leadership. through the commerce, through fashion, through arts, and all these aspects of society. That's what Aeon deals with. All right.

Then let us land on the third meaning of world from the Greek is the word oikomene. And oikomene is, you know, when you are referring to... the portion of the earth that is inhabited. So the portion of the earth with the people on it. So it is combining two meanings of cosmos. A physical portion of the earth.

And the people, for instance, you can deal with maybe, let's say you're talking about Africa. You see, you're dealing with a portion of the earth and people dwelling on it. You're dealing with Europe. You see, you can say, okay, the Babylonian Empire, we are defining a portion of earth under a particular government or a system. So the inhabited portion of the earth is what Ekomenet stands for.

So for instance, it's not every part of the Earth that are human beings. You can fly over thousands and over several miles. It's all mountains and valleys and there are no people there. That's not part when the eco-menae is used. But when you use cosmos, referring to the structure, that refers to all the Earth. and the other things that form the universe. Are you getting that? But oikomenim defines a population of people dwelling at a certain place. So the Roman Empire, if you read...

Luke chapter 2 verse 1 was called the world. The king commanded that the whole world should be counted or the whole world should be numbered, you know. So it was referring to the Roman Empire. So if you have a people and you are describing a people living on the earth at a time, you can use Oikumene. Now, these are not just technical. They are vital. If the Lord has put in your heart to be a figure.

that will transform life on the earth, as long as we take it out from tomorrow and begin to look at certain things according to the scriptures. So when you see the word world, W-O-R-L-D, in your English Bible, you are either talking about... cosmos, eon, or eikumeni. In cosmos, you are talking about the structure, the ordinary arrangement of structure, the air, the sea, and the things around that form the universe, or you are talking about...

the condition of people as alienated from God, okay, or you are dealing with the people alone. Now, when you are talking about Aeon, then you are dealing with the software. That which runs the system within a period, okay, has. You're dealing with an age, a period, but it's not just limited to time, but it has to do with the rulership.

The wisdom that they are using and how that affects life and determine the cares of the life, what is important and all that. You know, it may be fast track. 2000 years ago, aircraft would not have been a care for somebody. But today, somebody's number one care is to buy an aircraft.

So the cares of life have changed because of the age. Are you getting there? But something influenced that. Then you come to Oikomene when you are talking about a group of people living on a specified portion of the earth. Why learn all these? To the one who is just looking for, oh God bless me, I thank you I'm born again and I want to die, I go to heaven. These don't seem important. But to the one who has realized that you are here to live, this becomes important.

Because the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our God and his Christ. We are in the day of the Lord and the church must understand where they live and how to function and take over. Father, we thank you for today. We give you all the praise and the glory in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Wow, praise the Lord, hallelujah. How are you doing? You should be enjoying life to the max, right? You should have done your assessment of 2025. And now with this final month.

you are putting things in order to ensure that you end the year in the grand style. Because I can see 2026 becoming with beautiful flowers. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Wow. I want to remind you that We are going to have Night of Word on 31st. And you must be preparing to be part of us either on site or online. So whichever way, make sure.

Be prepared to join us. It's going to be an awesome time in the world as we look into 2026. Good. We have been dealing with a subject of understanding the world. W-O-R-L-D.

It is in the English Bible. And yesterday we had a technical discussion. I showed you the Greek words from which the word world comes to us in the Bible. please go back and watch that message over and again make your own notes until you understand so that you know the usage of world you see it in your bible because we are now going to go along those lines Now today, our topic is the deception of the world. The deception of the world. Father, we thank you.

For the light of your word. By which we know truth. And by which we live according to your will and your plan. In Jesus name. Amen. The deception of the world. Revelation chapter 12 verse 9 is our main scripture. And it says, And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the devil. and satan which deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the devil and Satan would deceive the whole world. He was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him. Praise God. Interesting. There's something I don't want to go into, but maybe one day we'll get there. This is the verse that links serpent and devil and Satan to the same figure.

And there is a reason why by the time of the New Testament writers, you see serpent, devil, Satan referring to the same figure. But if you go back into the Old Testament, you are not going to see... that association very often because Satan in the Old Testament is not referring to who you think it's referring to. But I will talk about that another day. Let's go to the deception of the world as we are here to deal with. We say there that, though heartbreaking, the Bible says,

The whole world is in deception. Did you see the construction? It said, the devil that deceiveth the whole world. It didn't say the devil that deceived. The deceiver is in the present continuous term. That means he deceived, is deceiving, and shall deceive. So at any point in time, T. He's deceiving. Now, he's not deceiving a villager. He's not deceiving an uneducated person. He's not deceiving young boys. He's not deceiving...

religious people. He says, he deceiveth the whole world. From rich to poor, top to bottom, everyone. in that world is deceived. Think about it. Thank God this is not Dr. Bindan's book, this is the Bible. Now we say that The deception is so whole that until you stand out of the world in the Godhead, you will never recognize it.

Now, look at the way we are writing even in the Emancipator. We are saying that until you stand out of the world, what do we mean? Now, we are not saying stand out of the cosmos in terms of the structure. The usage of the world here means that stand... out of that alienated condition of life on the earth from God. Are you getting that?

So you see, when you see world, you must understand the usage. If you follow yesterday's message well, even our usage in the atmosphere, you understand what we mean. We said that the deception of the world is so whole. The whole world. That if you don't stand out of that state of alienation from God, you cannot recognize it. Thus, it is common.

for everyone or anyone to look around and then ask the question how can the whole world be deceived how it seems impossible we said here that it's like being born into a floating balloon All you will know is what is inside the balloon. If you are born and all you walk out, you are floating in a balloon, you will think that's what there is in the balloon.

It will take somebody outside the balloon to tell you the truth about that balloon in which you are. Are you getting that? This is how that state of life. which is alienated from God in man's consciousness looks like. That whole state is in a mode of deception. And so anyone within it can never recognize the deception. Oh my God. Now we are glad that Jesus Christ came outside of that world.

That balloon. And he entered that balloon to tell the people within the balloon that, hey, if you don't know, you were on a floating of deception. That is why Jesus came. He says, I came from God and I go back to God. So because he wasn't part of that deception, he came and said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. He says, I'm the truth.

I'm the truth. Why? I'm the only one who came outside it to come and tell you how it is. If you read 1 John 5, verse 20, it says that, and we know that the Son of God has come. And hath given us understanding that we may know him that is true. And we are in him that is true. Even his son Jesus Christ. This is the true God. and eternal life. So Jesus came to make us know truth. If you go to John 14, 6, I've already mentioned it. I am the way, the truth, and the life.

It took Jesus. In other words, it took the word of God that created the world, which was like a balloon, to enter the world, to wake the world. That's why I said, as long as I am... In the world, I am the light of the world. Why? The whole world was in darkness. And darkness does not necessarily mean without light. Darkness is the word skatos. And that means a state of obscurity.

which is due to lack of truth or knowledge. So we say that it's important for you to appreciate that the whole world, in other words, the state of... Not knowing God is in a state of deception. And the deception is so massive that except you stand out of the world in the community of the Godhead, you cannot see it.

Now what is deception? Write this definition down. Deception is to ignorantly accept something dangerous. And destructive, that is disguised as good and advantageous to you. Deception is to ignorantly accept something dangerous. and destructive that is disguised as good and advantageous to you so when something that can destroy you when something that is dangerous to you has been disguised to be something that

appears good and advantageous to you and then without knowing that it's that danger, you lay hold on it. You haven't deceived. That's deception. Have you gotten it? Something that is dangerous. it can destroy you and yet it has been packaged as something that can help you something that is really good for you and because you don't know that it is dangerous and it's distracting you lay hold on it and you possess it you are deceived that's deception

Deception is to make one take a hold of something that can destroy him, something that is dangerous to him as though that thing is good, as though that thing is advantageous to him. That is deception.

That is deception. So, when the Bible says that the devil deceiveth the whole world, it means that The people within the world. Remember, cosmos refers to the people as we read yesterday. That's one meaning of cosmos. have been given something that they have embraced to be good and advantageous. And yet that same thing is what will destroy them. That same thing is dangerous to them. That is deception. Now,

How does he do that? He doesn't do that by coming to line up the whole world and say, look, I want to deceive all of you. He does that by corrupting. the aeon okay so by corrupting the program that would determine their governance their economies their help their education and when he he corrupts that he gives them like okay i want to educate you it's good to be educated then he introduces deception in the curriculum of education

By the time you are fully educated, you are fully deceived. He wants to destroy them and he comes and says, oh, I want to give you a certain medicine that will protect you. Then he introduces a danger. By the time you are fully protected, you are programmed for destruction. Are you getting that? He comes in and says, I want to show you how to manage your resources. Then he introduces an economic system that will lead them into luck.

By the time they are fully established in that economic system, they are poor. He comes in and says, I want to organize your society so that you are well organized and there's order in the society. Then he sets out a government system deceived. By the time that system is established, the people are under control and abused under people. That is how he does it.

And it's amazing that the people will keep holding on to that thing because they believe it is good. They believe it is for their advantage. And yet the same thing is destroying them. That is deception. And I'm saying that it is not the poor that are deceived or uneducated or the nobodies. It says the whole world. So as long as a person is not seeing life from...

The eyes of God, it doesn't matter how educated he is, how influential, how rich, how religious, whatever he is, the person is operating on the mood of deception. Maybe I will explain this later to you, but you see, let's look at the current economic system in the world. I'll come there. Almost every nation in Africa says they are owing. You go to Asia, it's the same thing. Okay. The supposed superpower is the America, right?

America is saying that they are owing in trillions. Who are they owing? So if everybody is owing, who is owing who? You see, we've been to school. We cannot ask questions because it's programmed in deception. America is owing. And in the midst of their owing, they can supply somebody else. And that person is also owing. Can some people wake up and ask, who is always who? But nobody can ask that question because the whole world is deceived.

The day someone came and said, you know what? Let me show you how to manage your gold and brought in coins and paper as money. And then the whole thing started growing into the economy. That's when. And the system looks like it's helping everybody. I'm just showing you a simple way so they can appreciate it. Maybe I should come to this way. Let me stay on the same economy. Do you know that

The reason why humans are born naked, they don't come in with a spoon, they don't come in with money, they come in with nothing. God is showing the world that all that they need is in them. Therefore, all that a human being needs is himself. And God has filled this world with so much wealth that with that human being, the human being can get all that he needs.

He doesn't need to bring something into this world. That was God's wisdom. That means the richest being, the worthiest being is a human being. This is God's wisdom. In other words, Your being, your life is all the wealth you need. So when that person is born, there's no education in him. There is no house in him.

He didn't come with a house. There is no vehicle in him. He didn't come with a vehicle. I get that. He didn't come with all these things. But out of him can come all these things. And that's how God brings him here naked. In other words, his life. It's all he needs. Now, let me tell you how the whole world is deceived, especially, I call it the world economic deception. Now.

Jesus, if you go to 2 Corinthians, let me read that scripture to you so that you see how the Bible corroborates this thing that I'm talking about. In 2 Corinthians 8, verse 9. 2 Corinthians 8, verse 9. The Bible said that. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be rich. So what does a person need?

to be wealthy. The death and the resurrection of Jesus. According to the Bible, this is what a Christian is or anybody who believes in Jesus. The Bible did not say that. Through your education, you become rich. Through your investments, you become rich. Through your whatever, you become rich. These are important too. And we even say it this way so that you don't think we are deceiving you. But when you grow, you realize the truth.

Okay? He said that through his poverty, he became rewarded. Why? If you believe in what he did, you are born again and you become a new creation. The belief in his poverty... makes you a being. It makes you a new creation and that is rich. So your being a new creation is wealth. Just like a human being born as a natural human is wealth. But your wealth now is in the dimension of God.

In other words, what I'm trying to say here is this. Wealth is in a beam. But do you know what the current economic system has told you? They said the whole world on... A futile wild goose chase. To redefine wealth as things that are external to your being. So you see somebody with clothes, with designer clothes, like, oh, the guy is rich.

Something extend out to him. If you saw him walking without anything, you will not know he's rich. Because many have not been taught to value his life. They've only been taught to value what he's wearing. You see somebody driving maybe a Tico on the road, another person driving a Benz. Naturally, you think that the Benz driver is richer than the Tico driver. Why? The system has wired people to measure well by caliber of vehicle.

You see somebody living maybe in Africa and the person living maybe in the U.S. and automatically you've concluded that the U.S. guy is richer than the African. Why? The system has automatically programmed you to think that somewhere you live is what makes you rich. You see somebody with a bank account, maybe $5 million. Another person with a bank account, maybe $10. And in your mind, the $5 million guy is richer. Why? That's how the world has brought you up to think.

Wealth has been detached from the person. Wealth has been detached from personality to external things. So, what are some of these external things? Certificates of education. vehicles, estates, buildings, businesses, money, bank accounts. None of this has to do with the person. Are you getting this? And yet in God's definition, Wealth is in a person. Wealth is not in certificates. Wealth is not in estate. Wealth is not in bank account. Wealth is not in any of these external things. That is why.

You can have nations that are wealthy, but if they don't believe and develop their human resource potential, all their wealth will be run down to poverty. Hand over. a great estate to a son whom you have not brought up to know who he is and you go to path with the world estate and run it down but give a child a proper upbringing of who he is and give him nothing and he will generate estates from himself. Wealth is in a person. Have you all the schooling?

Have you ever been told somewhere that you are wealth? Has someone ever told you? They have always measured your wealth by your father, the family you come from. Your certificates you have and those you are yet to acquire, it's all deception. You may not like it, but I'm talking to people that God is giving this generation. To make life a better place. And those who are in the deception cannot appreciate it. It takes those of us who are outside the deception.

to see the deception and come and announce it. So the whole world is deceived. How? Through the aeon, through the philosophies. So we have the philosophy of world economy, philosophy of world governance. philosophy of world education, philosophy of fashion, art, industry, all these things, they produce something that you love. And after you finish loving and embracing it as good, then the same thing is killing you.

But there is a way you use this world. The Bible says that you must use the world, not as abusing it. Because some people, when they hear things like this, they want to stop everything. No, no, no. The Bible shows you how to use this world. Did you get something in today's teaching? It's important to realize that the world is massively deceived. How did he do that? So yesterday we learned cosmos, the structure, the people, and...

The programming. How is the whole world deceived? Through the programming. Now the thing is programmed. The programming of the society and life is packaged as good and advantageous. Then the people hold on to it. So through the aeon.

The cosmos is deceived. That's how the devil deceives the whole world. So now, back to the economic thing I was talking about, you realize that now the power to purchase is what determines wealth. And didn't your Bible tell you how that antichristic process is going to be? It determines the ability to buy and to sell. So today, the voice that controls life is, can you buy? Can you sell?

What did the Bible say that force that will control people against what God will do? It said it's going to give people a mark. And if you don't want to follow it, you will lose the ability to buy and sell. Who is behind that? Apostle Satan. And he sent himself. He's his own apostle. Hallelujah. So, when you think about which world is deceived,

It is not the sun that is deceived. It's not the earth that is deceived. It's not the sea that is deceived. Are you getting that? It's not the structure that is deceived. It is the aeon which has entered the people. So you have the oikomene deceived because the people living on certain portions have embraced a certain aeon, a certain manner. So when the Lord says the world is deceived, it's not saying that the moon is deceived.

So if God wants to correct this deception, he's not going to destroy the moon. Because the moon was put under man. And man got deceived through an eon. If you set man free, The moon will feel the liberty of man. That's why the Lord said that the earnest expectation of creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God. As it is now, these humans are deceived.

Now God is forming sons of God out of them through the gospel. And these sons of God who will no more live under the deception will manifest as they ought to have been and then creation will enjoy their liberty. So when the Bible says that he's going to destroy a world, you must begin to think about which world he's talking about. He's talking about the structure or he's talking about the influence or the programming that is against him.

That will frame your whole understanding of the Bible and also frame your whole understanding of even what you called end time things. This is very important because the Lord has called you. If you got it, the point here is that There is a massive deception, but it doesn't happen through the structure. It happens through the aeon and it affects the people. And the structure suffers because of the deception of the people through aeon. I get in that.

So the whole world is affected, but you have to know how the deception happened. And then you should know how God is working to correct the deception so that he restores things to where they ought to be for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Father, we thank you for truth. We bless you that now we know we in Christ can stand and look at the world and see how it is deceived. Not so that we can laugh at them, but that we can bring them light.

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Wow. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. How are you doing? I believe you are in charge. It has been an amazing week looking at the understanding of world as using the scriptures so we can know which world we have overcome. which world is going to be destroyed, which world is going to come, which world is deceived, so that we can know how to live and then be part of God's final move to make things the way they ought to be.

for the return of our lord jesus i want to remind you that the first night of word will come of life at the glass center too in accra plan to be there on site or online and your life will never be the same We are seeing 2026 becoming with beautiful flowers and like a colorful butterfly. And you cannot afford to miss it as we lay hold on the grace to step majestically into it.

and make it the most 2025 has been great intense and i mean such a landmark but 2016 is going to be another level and you can't miss it praise god today our topic is The destruction of the world. The destruction of the world. Praise the Lord. Father, we thank you for your light. We thank you for your truth. Thank you for reshaping our understanding.

so that we can be well positioned to work with you to bring your will to pass on this earth and in the whole universe. Hallelujah. Praise God. Now, before I read the main scripture, I want to read the first sentence we have here. so that you can get. We put here that a clear theme in the scripture is the distraction of the world. When you read your Bible very well, you'll get to know that there is something called

the world will be destroyed. Now, without a comprehensive understanding of the usage of the word world, it is easy, especially when reading the English translations. to conclude on which world you think will be destroyed when God is not referring to that. So in today's teaching, watch carefully. But we are going to look into the scriptures based on the understanding of the world that we have received so far and look at when the Bible says that the world will be destroyed.

What is God communicating to us? Are you getting that? So let's go to our main scripture, 2 Peter 3, verse 10. It says, In the night. Glory to God. Oh, I love this. Let me not enter there. By the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise. The elements shall melt with fervent heat. The earth also and the works that are therein shall be burnt up.

By the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise. The elements shall melt with fervent heat. He's still referring to... the heavens passing away and its elements melting. And when he came to the earth, he says, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned down. the earth also, and the works that are therein. Mark that. So we said that, especially when you are reading the English translation.

Verses like 2 Peter 3.10 can make you easily conclude that the physical earth, the moon, the stars, The planets and so on are going to be bent up for the new heaven and the new earth to come.

A detailed look at the Bible explains what it is that will pass away. So the Bible teaches of a world that will be destroyed. Which world is going to be destroyed? Is it the cosmos as the structure? Or is it the cosmos as the people? Or is it the cosmos as the alienated state away from God? Or is it the aeon? Or is it the oikomeni?

Now, we said here that an understanding of what God is communicating when he talks about the destruction of the world indicates That it is the fashion, it is the manner, it is the course and the age of this world that will pass away. That means that the manner of life as programmed by the deceptive systems of evil. And I mentioned that to you in yesterday's teachings. How that...

The devil deceived the whole world. Not by sitting the people down and saying, look, I want to deceive you. But by corrupt knowledge, setting up the structures on which... life runs on the earth so there's the structure of human governance there's the structure of economics there's the structure of education there's the structure of

fashion and all these kind of they are based on certain things i'll show you that maybe sometime to come there's a bank of something i'm not saying for now but i'm just cutting the top so that you get it if you agree now just take it because you know i'm not going to bring you something without a basis, but we release it as and when it's appropriate. So the fundamental quills on which these structures of life run

were birthed out of knowledge that is not according to God. So what runs the whole world is false. irrespective of how it may look good to you, how it may appear advantageous to you, it is all leading you away from the reality of life.

Now, so that has formed a world within God's structure. And the structure of... The sun, the moon, the stars, the sea, the earth were all subject to man. They are neutral. The Bible says that creation did not go into vanity willingly. It was Adam who willingly disobeyed. The moon did not willingly disobey anybody. The sun did not willingly disobey anybody. The plants and the animals did not willingly disobey anybody.

They were subject to mankind in the expectation that mankind will fill them with God and govern them. So the one who subjected them to mankind... He's the one who led them into that state because he believed in mankind to take care of them. But mankind fell and they fell with mankind. So if you want to restore them, you don't destroy them.

You restore the one under whom you have put them. And when that person is restored, then the person restores them. This is what God is doing. And this is what the Bible says in Acts 3. That Jesus is ascended to heaven and he will remain there until all things are restored. If Jesus comes and burns up everything,

The plan of God has been defeated by evil. And Isaiah chapter 46 verse 9 and 10 ceases to be because it says that all my counsel will stand and I will do all my will. When he said in Genesis, Let us make man. Let them have dominion over the face of the air, the fish of the sea and the earth and let them rule. That word has not changed. God has not withdrawn it. And that is why Jesus came.

to rescue man from that distorted state. And not only that, he made way for man to be imparted with eternal life so that he'll be upgraded into sons of God. So that these signs of God now can liberate creation. And that is why creation is waiting. So if Jesus comes now and bends up everything, when will creation see signs of God? Or you think that scripture is just there? Didn't Jesus say that?

There is no title, there's no jolt of the law. That will not be fulfilled. Now, Jesus fulfilled the law. Who should fulfill the New Testament? The church. And that is why as we keep getting closer to the restoration, there are more scriptures that are not applicable to the church because we are fulfilling them. So some of the scriptures that were to be fulfilled by the early church, you can't fulfill them now. They are already being fulfilled.

There are some portions of scriptures left to be fulfilled by the church. And that's the mature church doing that job. One of them is manifestation to liberate creation into our glorious liberty.

Are you following that story carefully? Now we say that God cannot send Jesus because he loved the world. And once it's saved, according to John 3.16. And now he will tell you not to love the world. Let's read the two scriptures and then you see. So that you see that you must understand world as one. What is he talking about? In John 3, 16. It says that for God so loved the world. That's cosmos. So what does he love here? The structure and the people. Not the evil condition.

That's against him. I get in that. It's cosmos. So God so loved the cosmos that he sent his only begotten son. that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life. So if the people believe in him, they will experience this salvation and adoption into sons of God. And then the structure will experience their liberty. Because the structure was subject to them from the beginning. Are you getting that? The structure hasn't sinned against God.

The structure is only waiting to fulfill what God has said. God put the structure under a certain being that should be in link with God and the person disconnected from God in his consciousness. Now, God through the salvation and adoption work of Christ is raising people that are living in union with Him. So he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit. So now being one with God, creation can now hear us and be restored. That's what God is doing. All glory to God. Do you see that?

But God so loved the world, so God loved the world and gave Jesus to save the people so that he can save the structure also. Now, let's go to 1 John. Chapter 2. And let's start from verse 15. Love not the world. Neither the things that are in the world.

If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not him. So how can you, if the world means the same thing, how can God say, I love the world and therefore I send Jesus? Then he now turns and says, you don't love the world. The world, even though they are all... cosmos, they are not referring to the same thing. One is referring to the people and the structure which God loves and doesn't want to destroy. Therefore, he sends Jesus. And one refers to that.

state of alienation from God. Are you getting that? That one, God wants to destroy it. Are you following? So when you hear the world will be destroyed, Don't be thinking that, okay, the people will be destroyed and the structure will be destroyed. It is the evil programming, the age that will pass away.

And that's what the Bible speaks about in the ages to come. Oh, my God. My God. My God. Are you still here? Oh, glory to God. Let's go on a short break so that you can breathe small. Then I come back. There's more to show you because you're wondering, but the Bible said what you read just said that the earth is going to burn and all that. So what are you saying? Oh, I'm saying something. I'll come back. Relax. Take a sip of your coffee.

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praise the lord all right so now peter says by the spirit that in the day of the lord it will come as a thief in the night and heavens will pass away with great noise and the elements will melt you know Now, if you don't understand the meaning of the world and you don't look at it well, you just take it at the face value. And so all these are going to be bent.

Whatever you understand from a verse must agree with the general theme of what God is doing from the beginning to the end. What the Bible says is that there is going to be a new heaven and a new earth. Now, for a new heaven and a new earth to come, the current heaven and earth must pass away. Now prophetic language describes this passing away in many ways. In the case of Peter, he says that they will be banged up. In the book of Psalms 102, he says that they'll be changed like a cloth.

These are prophetic descriptions of the same thing. What are they telling you? There's going to be a recreation. There's going to be a renewing. Now, if you look at it from the prophetic eye of the psalmist, it's like it will be changed like a cloth. If you look at it from the prophetic expression of Peter, it's like it will be burned up. But these are expressions. And you can understand that by looking at what happens to the people.

When Jesus comes now, the Bible describes that anyone who receives him is crucified. Let me read it to you. Romans 6. Romans 6, verse 6. I'll take it again. Which Christian on the earth has ever been carried to the cross apart from Jesus to kill the old man so that the new man will germinate? This was a description of how the recreation

from humanity to divinity happens. Here, Paul says that the old man is crucified. Now, if you take it literally and say, okay, let's go. We are going to win a whole village to Jesus. Now, all of you, come. There are 50 people in the village. You make 50 crosses.

Nobody will receive that gospel. Because Paul was not saying that crucify everybody so that when you crucify him, then a miracle will happen and a new man will come out of him. No. When you receive the gospel, that process of crucifixion takes place spiritually.

but it produces a living experience. In the same way, the burning up of the earth and all that, you're not going to see a literal fire burning them out, but there is going to be the infusion of the heavenly experience. That will dissolve the old experience. And before you realize you are in a new world. Why? There is the experience of heaven and earth and you have a new heaven and a new earth. I'll talk to you.

in a more detailed teaching at another time this is how the transformation is going to happen so we said that so the destruction of the world in scripture It's referring to the age. In other words, the governing systems of the evil age. And I told you how they govern. Not the structure that will be recreated. The structure will be renewed. That's why you have a new heaven and a new earth. So even Peter says that we are looking for an earth where there is righteousness.

You see, the governing system will not be righteousness. You don't see righteousness. It's a governing system. It's a software. But in this world, it is evil. It's a software that manifests in the life of the people. In that world, the software is righteousness and it will manifest in the people. So there is the software dimension of world. Then there is the hardware, structural dimension. The hardware doesn't change. You only change.

the software and you realize that the performance of the computer will change you might as well call it a new computer but what is new it is a software that has been renewed now how it is formatted you can describe it as burnt up destroyed, dissolved. You can use any word. It does not really matter. It's a prophetic description. And this is what Peter was doing here. So the destruction of the world, which world is going to be destroyed? It is not a structure.

It is the aeon. And how it has influenced the people. That is what is going to be destroyed. How is that going to happen? God is building His glorious church. And this glorious church... will take their place and begin to release heaven into earth. And the release of heaven into earth will dissolve the old aeon and the new aeon will come. In the same way that you don't teach people to do evil now.

In that age, you don't teach anybody to do right. The Bible says that at that time, no one will say to the other, no God. Everyone will know God for himself. Why? The natural software will be righteousness. Oh, glory to God.

Are you ready for this life? And this life, the good news is that it has begun now. That is why the Bible says that the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night. Why? I'm releasing him. Important information and that is changing things in the whole world. While the whole world is waiting for some dramatic thing, the day of the Lord has begun. It has come as a thief in the night when they are not aware.

The glorious church has begun and began to release. Before the whole world would wake up, the glorious church has taken over according to the plan of the Father. How did it happen? It has come as a thief in the night. Speak in tongues now and thank the Lord. Thank Him that you are chosen to be here at this time. Thank Him that you are chosen to hear truth that will make you. mature into that glorious church.

All glory to you forever. We give you all the praise and the glory now and forever. Oh, hallelujah. Wow.

Wow, praise the Lord. Hallelujah. How are you doing? I'm pretty sure you're enjoying life as you ought to. Because that is what the Lord has for you in this world. Hallelujah. I want to remind you that the first night of Word is going to be intense as usual and you can't miss it. We are going higher and higher and nothing can stop that.

Everything is restituted for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. It's going to be on site and online also, so decide and make sure you participate as we welcome that beautiful 2026 for greater things. I've been dealing with the subject of understanding world in the Bible. And by that, also looking at how to understand which world will be destroyed.

which world has been overcome, which world is this and that in the scriptures. And I believe the very first teaching in the week is very instrumental because the moment you understand world from the various angles.

when you see the construction even in the english bible you can infer which of them is being referred to especially the various angles of cosmos it will be the same cosmos yet instead of referring to the structure the people all the alienated system from god all right so today with all that we have shared we are coming to the topic The world that is overcome. The world that is overcome. Hallelujah. Father, we give you all the praise and the glory. We honor you for the light of your word.

And we celebrate our perspective of living according to a divine will for our lives in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. The word that is overcome, our main scripture is 1 John 5, verse 4. 1 John 5, verse 4. And it says that, overcometh the world. And this is the victory that overcometh the world.

even our faith. Now, if you simply look at the meaning of overcome you realize talking about something you prevail over or you defeat or you overwhelm you know or you dominate now to say that there is a world that Those that are born of God have overcome indicates that there is a wealth that those that are born of God have prevailed over. They have dominated.

they have conquered, they have overwhelmed. Now, go through the meanings of world as we have looked at. Could it be talking about Cosmos as in the structure, or cosmos as in the people, or cosmos as in the system, the inhabited condition of alienation from God. Or is he talking about the eon, the programming over a period of time? Or is he talking about the earth with the people dwelling in it? If you look at it,

It couldn't be talking about the structure. Now, it can have an influence to the people because it refers to the people. inhabit a state of alienation from God, that which is not like God. That is that which those who are born of God have overcome. So there is a world that is anti-God. There is a condition of existence that is unlike God. So those that are born of God, the scriptures say they have prevailed over it. Are you following that?

It's world. Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world. And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. So which world is he talking about? I'm sure you're going to see cosmos. But then it makes you know that he's talking about that inhabited condition or state of alienation from the Father. That's basically what we're going to talk about here. And I've already said that. So we'll send it out.

We learned that one meaning of world from the Greek word cosmos is the alienated conditions of mankind from God. And I want to read that scripture again so that you can appreciate it. chapter 4. We'll read verse 5 into verse... Let me just take it from verse 4. It's interesting. It says, are of God. So you proceed from God. Ye of God, little children, and have overcome them. Okay?

Because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. Now, I think to even let you get it, let's just start from verse 1. Okay. It says, Beloved. Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God. Because many false prophets are gone out into the well.

Try the spirits. Remember that scripture that says that we have not received the spirit of the world, but of God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us. Okay, but now it says that try the spirits. Then it says, because many false prophets are gone into the world. Which world? Do you understand? Verse 2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God.

Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God. Now remember, in the time of John, as early as the... apostolic age the first hundred years of the church they started dealing with a lot of heresies and i don't really like to use that word heresy because people borrow it for what it is not You see, he started dealing with a lot of philosophers that were trying to creep into the church, claiming that, is this platonic or those philosophical understandings of dualism?

where they say the physical or the material world is evil and only spirit is good. And so God being good could not have come in the flesh. So they are saying that Jesus... is not a real a real person you know he was just a a manifestation because he wasn't god god could not have taken on fiscal flesh because flesh is evil

And that was a theory of the devil. So Paul writes, it's the same people that said, oh, they don't have any sin. And that's why in fact, if you say you have no sin, you are lying. He was not talking about a Christian. These were things they were writing to defend the truth. Okay. One of such things is here. He said that if any spirit does not agree that Jesus has come in the flesh, that is not of God. He was addressing...

a doctrinal and a theological matter here. Then it says, every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God. And that... is that spirit of antichrist whereof ye have heard that it should come and even now already it is in the world so antichrist means just against christ opposite Christ and sometimes impersonating Christ. You understand? I was smiling while reading the verse because there was somewhere along the line that while we were growing up,

where someone taught us something that if you want to know whether somebody is demon possessed or not, ask him, did Jesus come in the flesh? If he says no, then he's possessed. And then... Even if somebody is possessed and you ask him, he should say, Jesus has come in the flesh. And the person can say that there is no more possessed. So a lot of demons were hiding under that and going scot-free. Anyway, but because this is not what he's really saying.

Yeah, I understand. A demon possess can just say, Jesus is coming in the flesh, and that doesn't mean anything. But when it starts to introduce wrong knowledge, that's when you know how the spirit operates. Because the spirit of the Antichrist tries to... come into the aeon he doesn't just come and say oh there's no god he tries to deceive and that's why he he works to master the economic system

and make everyone so used to it that without ability to buy and sell, you have no power. The spirit of the Antichrist operates that way. It goes through teaching. of imparting wrong wisdom, wrong knowledge. That's what they were dealing with here. Then he says, so he was making the difference between those who are along those lines and the sons of God. Then he says, ye are of God, little children.

and have overcome them. In other words, don't be afraid of all this wrong wisdom, philosophy and all that. None of this can stand you because you are born of God. How are you getting that? Ye of God, little children, have overcome them. Because greater is he that is in you than he that is in you. Remember, this was the beginning of the church. Greater is he that is in you. That's Christ in you.

If you were at New Creation Conference 2025, we said that Christ in you is a hope. Now we are dealing with you as Christ or Christ as you. So if John was writing in our days where I would say that, Yeah, I've got little children and I've overcome them because greater is he that you are than he that is in the world. Glory to God. All right. Verse 5. It says, they are of the world. So you see.

They proceed from the world. Therefore, speak they of the world and the world here. And when he said they are of the world, he's saying that they come from the moon or the earth or the stars. No. What he's saying is that. Their whole system that they run with comes from the age, the aeon, the software. So everyone that is totally running his life.

But the software of this age that is not of the word of God is of the world. It's not of God. Are you getting it? This is why it gets interesting because there are people who are born again. And yet they're running their finances, running their health, running their home, everything by the wisdom of this age.

So in terms of nature and person, they are of God, yet they are running their whole life by the world. We'll get there another time. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Glory. This is why maturing to realize your Christ consciousness is very important. It is not possible for the reign of Christ. to function through the corrupt system of this world. So what people think is happening when they say the kingdom of God will shine is that they want to bring in Christ and ride on the...

Software of the evil aeon. Christ doesn't use that system. Christ has his own system. The system of divine truth. So, after we are... Done with the basic course in FGM Academy, we go with the Kingdom Ambassador School, which we're dealing with people in leadership and influence, government officials.

those in education, you know, business and all that, we will learn how the kingdom of Christ will influence these areas. These are big things and the devil and the systems are already shaking. But...

The day of the Lord has already come as a thief in the night, has begun, and they can't stop it. All right. So, I'm not done with that scripture. Verse 5. Therefore speak they of the world. and the world heareth them. So you see, the world is used in various ways here, but in each case, even though you see cosmos, it's not referring to the same thing. Verse 6, we are of God.

I get in that. Now, so you see this thing of God, not of God, of the world, of God, of the world, of God. This is the world that he says you have overcome. But he's not talking about the structure. He's talking about that condition of life which is not God. Now, if a person... is influenced or running his life by such a system, it means that person is also overcome because all of that person's life is of the world. And that is why he said in verse 4,

Ye are of God's little children and have overcome them. You see, so if someone is coming to you under the influence of... That evil aeom, and you are of God, it says forget, you've overcome him. Not because you are fighting with the person, but the thing that the person is working with is overcome.

And the man you overcome what he's working with, he cannot use that thing. Are you getting there? That is why he says, we are not wrestling with flesh and blood. So people are not able to separate the structure from the software. Your ante is not your enemy. It is a software that the person is riding on that is seeming to be working in your opposite direction. If you focus on your ante, you'll be working against the principle of God's love.

So God teaches us to love our enemies. But what does he say? He says we should cast out the devil. So Jesus does not hate the sinner, but he doesn't love the sin. The software is the problem. He doesn't have a problem with the structure. So if somebody says he hates you, don't have a problem with him at the structure or you must deal with the software.

And that is why some people get defeated because they want to face the structure. And God is not backing something like that. God is not against the structure. So if you fight people physically, you won't win that battle because God is not with you in that battle. But if you look beyond the structure and you deal with the software, that's what we're sent to do. This sign shall follow those that believe. In my name they shall ekbalo, they shall cast out the devil.

And then the people can now be free and they can hear you. This is how we live the Christian life. We don't destroy the structure. We replace the software. But we are a kingdom of divine software. Out of our bellies, rivers of living water are going out. So when the Bible says that there is a world that has been overcome, which world is that?

You don't lump all unbelievers and think that you are going to just overcome them in the manner of, okay, they are nothing. No. In them are human beings. The human beings are structures. which God is looking for to regenerate into sons of God. But because they don't believe, they are functioning by a software that is opposite God. And God says that you, you have overcome that software. Glory to God.

That is why no son of God should be afraid of any system of evil. Why? The software that they are running with, you have overcome. Why? The software that you are, glory to God, or if you are still maturing, the software that is operating in you. It's stronger than their software. Are you getting that? So we say that when the scripture speaks of your world, that is overcome. That is what it is referring to.

It is referring to that software, that programming. We said that, remember that the spiritual rebellions that have taken place, especially the angels that took human women as wives to produce giants. In Genesis 6, verse 1 to 41, they are taken to that area. They did not just only mess up with the human species. They also did something that resulted in the corruption of human knowledge.

right from before Noah's time. Okay? And those things became the beginning of what has programmed things for the economies we see today, the societies we see today. The philosophies, the governors, and all that. You don't understand why Babylon features so prominently in the book of Revelation. But where is the beginning of Babylon? Genesis 10. But its software was before the flood. I'll take you down at a time. Glory to God. Are you still here? We said here that...

That corruption resulted in a software that programmed all these systems of things that run the world today. And I would say this software is what now governs life on this earth. And this is what the scriptures testify that the one who has received Christ has overcome. Now what does this mean to us in vital terms? This means that there's no philosophy, there's no governmental system.

There's no economic system. There's no science. There's no fashion art of this world that can dominate the Son of God. No, none of them. True sons of God are emerging. You know, that sons of God, they pray, pray, pray, but when it comes to money matter, they're just afraid. Or if they don't bend, if they don't bow, they will not get, no, no, no, you're a son of God. You don't live by money. No, no, no.

Then their sons go, they pray, they do everything. Then, oh, one day, maybe the government has said it, they bow. One day it's against God. No, no, you don't bow like that. No. No. Glory to God. Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. Greater is your programming. So you have overcome the world. The church has overcome the world.

Oh, hallelujah. We say that actually sons of God are the new centers of divine government in this world. You're hearing one world government and all this government. Just relax. Just relax. The real governors at the church, Romans 5.17, it says, if you have received abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness, you will reign in life.

These are God's governors. These are God's kings. He has made us priests and kings and we shall reign on the earth. This is who you are. But you are not coming to compete with this software. No.

You are coming to replace it for the good of mankind, for the good of the universe. So you see why learning this is good? Because now you know where it is going. If the church does not understand the world in which we live, we will mix everything up and just leave and just say we are running away. You won't run away and go anywhere.

The truth is that if you run away and leave, God has people that will remain until they take that evil cosmos out so that they can bring the new heavenly experience upon the earth so that creation will experience the glorious liberty of the sons of God. So if you're hearing it now, it's the time to join the bandwagon. So which world has been overcome? The alienated conditions of man from God.

That is what you have overcome. So you've overcome evil knowledge of science, evil knowledge of education, evil knowledge of government, evil knowledge of philosophy, evil knowledge of whatever. You've overcome all. So if somebody... genetically manipulates a food. And then you eat, you overcome it. See, so evil knowledge is trying to destroy society, but God has already released his superior species.

And that's the church. And that church is growing bigger and bigger. Thank Him right now. God has already gone ahead of the evil system. Jesus has already come and died and nothing can stop. The fruit of his resurrection to show forth. Praise the Lord. Thank him right now that you are in this time. You have overcome the world. Declare whatever you are. The world of disease, the world of poverty, the world of oppression, mayhem. You've overcome all of that. in the name of Jesus.

Zapara a toko balabande kushengri sakaba. Lebedimbo proskila konda bazeki. We thank you, Father. Thank you, Lord. Oh, hallelujah.

Wow, a very glorious welcome to today's very special session of our favorite good life devotion. How are you doing? You should be in charge. We have had a very beautiful time this week and this is already our fifth episode. I don't forget I'm going to come.

to you on various platforms over the weekend till we meet again on monday with another beautiful subject the first is tomorrow morning at 5 30 to be the premiering of the whole package of the teaching this week you have to re-watch it over and again to take your place in this world 5.30 to be premiered on our YouTube channel. Then in the evening, we're going to have Metro TV. And on Sunday again, I thank the image of the evenings to watch some of the episodes again.

And we'll come to you on Sunday early morning, 6 a.m. GMT on Movement TV, Apatata Before Church. Then we'll get a service that we streamed from GLC2 to us at 7 a.m. We are running together till we meet again next week. There's no break because the word manna came every day. So we want to meet each other every day. Don't forget to be preparing for the 31st night of word.

It will happen live at the Good Life Centre 2 in Koligono. Prepare to be there. And if you can't be physically there because you're outside Ghana, make sure you connect because we are going to stream on our YouTube channel. we must receive that beautiful glorious new year in an atmosphere of the word and grace we've been dealing with the subject of understanding the word wealth in our english bible

We have understood that it comes from three main Greek words, cosmos, aeon, ekumenē. And we looked at cosmos, I mean mostly used, and it connotes... lot of things the three main ones which spoke about the structure um the people and the alienated conditions of living from god the aeon deals with the period, but much more than that is the kind of rulership, the kind of manner of life as a result of the wisdom that

is running in that rulership. So it talks more of the programming that determines the manner of life. And then Uekumene talks about the people on the surface of the earth at a particular time or location. We went ahead to look at the world that will be destroyed. Definitely not the structure, but the software. I've explained that to you. Then we look at the world that has been overcome. Again, it's the software.

And then today we are looking at the world that is to come. Again, these are important things in the Bible. We have the world that will be destroyed. So you need to know which world. We have the world that you've overcome. You need to know which world. And we have the world that is to come.

You know, that's why it's important to understand the topic. Okay. So today we're dealing with the world to come. Father, we give you praise. We glorify you. We honor you for the richness of your word. Thank you. that we are here this time together with you to celebrate you in Jesus' name. Hallelujah. Our main scripture is Hebrews 2, verse 5. It says,

Had he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak? For unto the angel has he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak? For there is a world... to come all right so now if you read this you need to understand is it talking about there'll be a new sun a new moon a new earth and all these structures was talking about a bee

uh a new people created that are new that have never existed before or is he talking about uh a new uh condition of living on the earth okay what is he talking about

All right, so we said that the world to come is another important theme of Scripture. So it's a theme. We know that the world is coming. The world is coming. But what exactly does it refer to? A good understanding of the scripture reveals that it refers both to the earth and its inhabitants. That's the oikomene. as is indicated in the above verse, and also the age. The age after the destruction or the dissolution of the present evil world.

So when you talk about the world to come, remember that currently, the world that is here, there is a structure, there are people, and there is a software within a period. Now, there will come a day. And when that day comes, it means this period is gone. Now, there'll be people, there'll be structure, but there'll be a new system, a new software.

that will be heavenly. So in that case, the age, this age will have passed. And in other words, this world will have passed. I get seen that. And there will be then a new world. So if you go to Peter, when he spoke about...

uh the destruction of the earth and all they said that we look for an earth in which there's righteousness maybe i should just read it to you second peter second peter Chapter 3. I'll take it all the way from verse 10 again so that you can get it. It says that, And the elements shall melt with fervent heat. The earth also and the works that are therein shall be burnt up. I've already explained to you. This is a prophetic description.

Verse 11, seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved. So you see, he used the word dissolved here to refer to the passing away. Again, it's a prophetic description. What manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness? Verse 12. Then it says, new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. So he's looking for a place, this new heaven, new earth. And what is the software? Righteousness.

So it's going to be a new world with people dwelling in it. But the conditions of living are going to be totally different, righteous, no more evil. So he uses the word...

For unto the angels have he not put in subjection the oiko menei to come. The earth with people living on it to come. I get in that. But what would have made it a new heaven and a new earth will be the heaven on earth experience. That is why Jesus told them to pray. Pray that His will be done on earth.

earth as it is in heaven so when that heavenly experience is transported down here through the church and the whole world is filled with that heavenly experience you wake up and say wow this new heaven new earth this new world I get in that. So the world to come is now, it is the structure, it is the people, it is the software. But what really changes?

It's the new software that renews the structure. Are you catching this? So the sun as we have it now is not performing at its best. The moon is not performing at its best. The animals, the plants, the seeds, they are all not performing at their best. Why? They came under futility, vanity. Now when the sons of God manifest and we dispense this heaven that we are.

and we saturate all of the heavens and the earth, you will begin to see the moon at its best, the elephant at its best, the earth at its best. So it will be like the earth is new. But it is not because the old earth is bent away, but it has been renewed. Oh, glory to God. The sun is new, but it has been renewed. Just like...

You see me, see, those who knew me before 1994, when they see me, they'll still recognize me. But I'm not the same person. Why? I have been renewed. And yet, David never vanished from this world. But I'm a new creation, divine now, from the one that my physical mom and dad gave birth to. I get in that. That is how the sun will be renewed. You will still see the same sound. It is producing rays that make this terrain comfortable. All this global warming business.

Oh, what a life. Are you getting that? So a new world, a new earth, you are going to feel a different experience from the quality of creation. Why? Because the church, the mature sons of God have manifested. and brought creation to our glorious liberty so this is the world to come so it's going to be the world to come in terms of structure not because a new structure has come but has been renewed

The people are going to be renewed. So that those who died in Christ, they're not just going to vanish and God will create new people. They will resurrect. But now how? Renewed. Those alive, renewed. Are you getting this? In terms of the software, it will be replaced with a new software coming out of the sons and daughters of God. Are you still here? So...

We say that it has to do with the eon and the oikomene. So now we say the idea that after the earth and its heavens are recreated, in other words, regenerated. into the new heaven and the new earth. This is what the book of Isaiah chapter 65 picks up. Let me read for some people to catch it. Isaiah 65. Verse 17. For behold, I create a new heaven and a new earth. Did you see that? The former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. That's why you hear, I create.

Let's see how he creates. Remember about us, he said in Ezekiel that I will create a new people. Even in Psalm 102, he said that a people that shall be created. And Ezekiel said, I'll give you a new spirit, a new soul. How did he create us? He didn't create us by burning us up. He created us by breathing eternal life into us. And then we became regenerated.

Now when he says, I'll create a new heaven and a new earth, how is he going to do that? Let me just take you there in Psalms 102 and let's read from verse 25. Maybe let me just take it from verse 18, but I will jump because of time. Verse 18 says that, this shall be written for the generation to come and the people which shall be created.

shall praise the Lord. He's talking about us now. But how were we created? We are not created by the burning up of all human beings and the creation of new people. We are created by a recreation in Christ. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation. Now let's now go to the... the structure of the universe. Verse 25. It says, let me tell you from verse 24. I said, oh my God, take me not away in the midst of my days.

Thy years are throughout all generations. He's talking about how God is everlasting. Verse 25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands. So structure. Let's go. They shall perish. In other words, they shall be burnt up. In other words, they shall dissolve. How is all this going to happen? But thou shall endure. So he's saying that these ones will change, but you will remain. Yea, all of them shall wax old.

Like a garment, as a vesture, shall thou change them, and they shall be changed. If you see that, how is he going to do a creation? He's going to change them as a vesture. Didn't you read? You have put off the old man, put on the new man. It's the same construction. So when you say that there will be change as a vesture, it's like how you say put off the old creation and put on the new man. It's not because it's going to be bent up.

is going to be regenerated just as the people under whom the things were subjected have been regenerated. Are you catching this? Man is God's leader for this terrain. And what happens to man happens to the terrain. When man fell, the terrain fell. Man is being regenerated. Terrain will be regenerated. So if you see new creations, you are seeing potential new creation in the sun and the moon and the stars. So we have new...

beings here as the church and so there's going to be new heaven and new earth. Are you following this? It's beautiful. It's beautiful. It's beautiful. So we said here that this is what Apostle Peter plainly captures in the scriptures in 2 Peter 3.30. Nevertheless, we look for a new heaven and a new earth. So we say that the word to come refers to a renewed heaven, a renewed earth.

and a new godly system of life as was ordained in Genesis. That is when the Bible says that the tabernacle of God is with man. God has... made it a tabernacle. Because the new software has no corruption, there's no death, there's no pain, there's no accident, nothing evil. How is that going to happen? Through the church, heaven will come and feel.

Oh, this is how God is planning to do it. It's in your Bible. Praise the Lord. So the world to come is clear to you now which world we are talking about. So if you put all these teachings together, you know... When you see world in your Bible, you begin to know, okay, which one is he talking about here? If you don't remember, go back and watch this. So save this particular week's teaching as a place you can go over and again. And then when we come to teach you about how to reign in this world.

You will understand who we are dealing with. You are not dealing with the idol worshiper as a person. You are not dealing with the Muslim as a person. You are not dealing with the Buddhist as a person. You are not dealing with the... No, no, no. These are structures. God loves them and you must love them.

But there's a software that they are running with, which is against them that they don't know. So your preaching of the gospel must be a preaching of the gospel in love. You see, it's like you have... something that somebody has thrown into fire and you want to get that thing. You put something in the fire to take that thing out. You don't go and then let everything be burned. So you love the people. You want them to enjoy life.

but you take them out of the programming. Not by fighting with them, but by shining the light of your good programming. God does not recreate or save by destroying. He saves by bringing in. So Jesus brought life. And by life, he does our way with death. So we bring in the light of the gospel. And by light, we do our way with darkness of religion.

darkness of evil. Are you getting that? When there was darkness, what did God do? And God said, let there be. God didn't fight darkness. He only brought in light. So don't fight your uncle. Don't fight your... Don't fight them. Love them. But you have life enough to release, to dissolve the evil systems on which they rise so that you can help them.

Remember what is deception. Deception is when something dangerous and destructive is packaged to you as though it is good and advantageous. So the people in the system, they believe the systems are good. And the systems will come with something nice until it later destroys. With everybody trying to fight, starch, starch, starch. What happened? Take example, rice in Africa. The rice comes very nutritious.

They take it and go and take away all the things and leave only the starch and bring back to you as polished rice. Your taste has changed. You like it so much now, you don't like the local rice anymore. Since they've milked it, they now package it as multivite and bring it back to you. Then you buy to take after you've eaten your starchy thing. Now, if you're eating your original rice, you have everything. What is happening here? Evil knowledge.

It takes away what you need and make it look nicer. And the same thing is going to destroy you. And you lack it because you think it is good for you. You see, this is how the manipulation of evil knowledge has been in the whole world. When I start teaching you things, you understand. But you see, the hope, when we teach you these things, it is not to make you afraid. It is to see why you must be here, why you must believe in deathlessness.

Why you must give attention to Christ consciousness? Because there is work here to do. God is calling on you to save the world. Children are suffering. Women are suffering. There are wars. What's causing all this? Wrong software. Why will a man kill another man? Wrong software. The problem is not the man. It's the software. Why would somebody begin to work in a lab to discover an atomic bomb to blast a nation? Wrong software. Why would somebody be playing with viruses?

to bring out more terrible viruses. Wrong software. But if you don't understand this, you'll be angry with the people. And the moment you operate that way, you can't have the support of your software. How can you look at somebody who hates you and love him? It is why you can separate him from the software. So Christ came not to condemn the world, but that through him the world might be saved.

Are you seeing the method of God? God doesn't destroy. He renews. So He didn't destroy mankind. He brought life to renew it. It's not going to destroy creation.

It's going to bring heavenly experience to renew it. Don't destroy your enemy. Bring the light of the gospel to renew them. This is life. Speak in tongues now and just thank the Lord. You need this message. Oh, glory to God. Let us pray. Let us pray and thank God for his word right now. Father, we thank you for your word. We give you all the praise and the glory. Your word is light. Your word is truth. We celebrate you now and forever.

Now let us pray right now for the whole world that the light of the gospel will shine forth in every corner of the world and bring them out of wrong software into the light of Christ. Shall we pray? We shine forth. We fill the firmament of the air. We fill the sea. We fill the nations of the world with the abundance of the light of the reign of Christ. For the day of the Lord is here. Father, we give you praise. By this light we bring supernaturally.

Peace to the portions of the air that are filled with mayhem, productivity, everywhere in the name of the Lord Jesus. This is the day for all mankind to see the goodness of the Lord through the church in the name of Jesus Christ. You want to pray right now for the body of Christ? not to leave the world and run away. We are saviors coming from Mount Zion. It is time for the body of Christ to embrace truths.

That will make us live and be the saviors of the world. If we embrace an understanding, that makes us conclude that we are okay just because we have food to eat. and then power to not be sick and all this, and we just stay there, we will not help the world. Pray for greater light in the body of Christ, that many more will understand that there is a higher place.

the place of being exactly as Christ, the place of being sons of God that will manifest, that we will give attention more to the Word and our fellowship to come to that level. Let us pray. Thank you. Thank you. Be filled with light, O body of Christ. In all the nations of the world. For humanity is hurting, looking after you. Be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. See yourself in Christ and rise up to your place, O Church of God.

Oh, thank you, Father. We give you praise in the name of Jesus for the glorious church. Wow. So you can see that this thing that Jesus came to start is not about another religion called Christianity. It is about restituting all things in the universe to where it ought to be. Life here has been too brutal for too long. Man has suffered too much. Creation has suffered too much. It is time for rest.

to come to mankind. The pain is too much. The mayhem, the destruction, the weeping, the sorrow is too much. And God started the solution in the resurrection of Jesus. Now those who dispense it, are being raised there at the church if you haven't believed in jesus all this is available but you can be part of those who will reign to bring that reality here by believing he took away all this corruption

But people are not aware. They still love the wrong programming when they are running with it. You can come out of it by receiving the life of God, which will bring generation to the Son of God and make you a source of heaven to the rest of the world. It's simple. Believe Jesus. He's the Son of God. His death and resurrection is what accomplished all this. And He offers you eternal life. If you believe, eternal life will fill you and reach and reach you to the Son of God. Have you believed?

Surely, eternal life has filled you. Right now, you are born again. You are no more human. It is simple, but it is real. What you need is to continually hear these truths that will awaken you to your completeness in Christ.

There's nothing new we are doing in the body of Christ. We are only getting awakened to who we are more and more through truth. And this is why we recommend that you remain stuck to the Gula devotion every day on all our platforms.

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