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Pastor Chingtok closes out Day 2 with Prayers and declarations

The core theme revolves around the Church's identity and its critical role in prophecy.

The Church's Identity and FunctionThe fundamental principle is that the Church is the Body of Christ, and its purpose is to carry out the intention of the Head (Christ). This understanding necessitates submission (which is of the heart) and recognition of authority.

• Misunderstanding the Body of Christ leads believers to focus on rising in rank rather than their true place and function.

• The ultimate proof of loving Christ (the head) is loving His Body.

• Holiness is not an attainment but a reality in the spirit, which the church's corrections merely translate.

• Destiny helpers are found from God, not men, and they are a blessing.

The Timeline of the Lord's Coming

The Church is held responsible for the timeline of the Lord's coming.

• A crisis will plague the church, compelled by disobedience to the gospel.

• There is a blessing for expecting the coming of the Lord Jesus.

• The Rapture is Christ coming for His own; the Second Coming is His own coming with Him.

• The Book of John is described as prophetic, not synoptic.

Spiritual Growth and Relationship with GodDiscipleship is defined as arriving at mastery in hearing God.

• This mastery requires a teacher, as the easiest way to hear God is through His voice in another man's voice.

• We have the same glory and are loved the same way God loved Jesus.

• Certain life elements are part of the government of God (purpose, gender, etc.) where humanity had no choice.

• Greatness is seen in how you handle offense, and one should not let enemies or circumstances steal focus.

Prophecies

Prophecies point to a season of restoration and new beginnings (symbolized by the number 16). The vision of wind and clouds (black, white, and mixed) suggests a current spiritual operation affecting different individuals within the church. A new set of songs and an enlarging of graces—speeding up spiritual progress—are prophesied for the choir and individuals ("stem cells").

This message focuses on the superior advantage believers possess through Christ's intercession, their earthly Kingly mandate, and the necessity of spiritual transformation to fulfill the Kingdom's agenda.

I. The Advantage of the High Priest, Jesus

The central premise is that Jesus going to the Father is a greater advantage for believers than any benefit He had on Earth.

• Intercession: Jesus now lives to intercede for us in His High Priestly office. This intercession has two dimensions: Mercy, which qualifies us, and Grace, which leads us to truth and helps us finish perfectly.

• Equality with Christ: We possess the Holy Spirit in the same measure Jesus did. The unique advantage we have is Jesus the High Priest interceding on our behalf, which is not an advantage the Holy Spirit gives us over Jesus, but an advantage through Him.

• Redemption's Luxury: Unlike Jesus during His earthly ministry, believers today have the "luxury for redemption"—nothing is too broken to be fixed if one accepts it can be fixed.

II. The Kingdom Mandate and Earthly Rulership

Pastor Chingtok clarifies the two offices of Jesus and the believer's role in the world.

• Christ's Offices: The Priestly office is heavenly (intercession), but the Kingly office is earthly. The blood of Jesus purchased not just personal redemption but also the right to the rulership of nations.

• Believer's Rulership: As far as God is concerned, the kings of the earth have been replaced by those who rule in Zion. Kingdom emissaries must possess Kingdom reflections in their lives and accept what Jesus purchased personally.

• Confronting Worry: God confronts worry because it indicates a man's commitment to the earthly realm rather than the Kingdom. The pursuit of the Kingdom requires believers to look beyond their earthly problems and tribulations.

III. Transformation and Spiritual WarfareSpiritual transformation is paramount and is tied directly to Christ's return.

• Compelling Christ's Return: It is our changing that will compel Jesus' appearing, not the other way around. God upgrades a generation by upgrading their sight. New revelation is a responsibility, not just a preaching tool.

• Dealing with Emotion: When emotions are high, a believer must wait for the Lord to purify them to avoid looking for Scripture to justify how they feel.

• Warfare: The primary warfare is the earthen vessel losing faith in the treasure they carry because God cannot express what one has lost faith in. God regulates pressure to prevent total loss of faith.

IV. Destiny and Ministry

• Call and Response: Your call predated your creation; your separation is your response to that call.

• Compelling Destiny: Believers are sometimes required to compel others into their destiny by instructing them to follow, overcoming the carnal mind that sees their current establishment.

• Faithfulness, Not Crowd: In the end, what matters is faithfulness to what we were given, not the size of the crowd gathered.

The core message emphasizes the importance of approaching God's word with humility, reverence, and faith-filled declaration, rather than familiarity or a sense of "attainment."

Key Summary Points:

• Avoid Familiarity and Limitation: Assuming you already know what a scripture means limits what God can reveal to you. We must not approach the word with a sense of attainment, but with the knowledge that there is grace for more revelation and understanding.

• Cultivate Reverence: God intends for us to not just be proficient with His word, but to tremble at it, showing deep reverence and awe.

• Discipline Your Speech: The tongue is our most powerful weapon, easily wielded by anyone, regardless of physical state. We must train ourselves to be swift to hear and slow to speak, becoming people of noble speech.

• Declare Your Faith: We must actively declare the word of the Lord, affirming: "This is the word of the Lord and I believe." This involves proclaiming what God has spoken concerning your life to train yourself to believe it.

• Embrace Your Identity: You are encouraged to live with the mentality of a "GOD man," declaring this identity and acting upon it everywhere you go. A careless tongue can undo everything you have heard or received, stressing the need for disciplined, faith-filled speech.

Pastor Chingtok wraps up Day 1 Of The GLA 16TH Anniversary 2025.

This sermon summary, titled "Concepts on the Kingdom," focuses on the nature of the Kingdom of God, the importance of God's idea (Word), and the necessity of the Church and Faith for transformation.

1. The Nature of the Kingdom

• Finished Reality: Everything God has planned for you is already finished; it is not "going to be." There is no construction taking place in heaven.

• Realm of Rule: The Kingdom is the territory and realm where the King (God) rules and where His power, character, and dominion are felt.

• Above the Physical: The Kingdom is not about space, time, or matter. Therefore, the physical things you see do not dictate who you are. Nothing is real on earth; the only reality is the Kingdom.

• Infinite Possibility: God is infinite possibilities and is "more than you are seeing." The miracle of the five loaves and two fish demonstrates the concept of infinity from which the Kingdom operates.

2. The Supremacy of God's Idea

• The Idea Problem: The real challenge is that people don't want God's idea; they only want the "stuff" (blessings). You cannot have the stuff until you have God's idea. You don't have a money or health problem; you have an idea problem.

• The Word Straightens: Anytime you see "the word of the Lord" in Scripture, it indicates God's idea. When the Word comes to you, it straightens out your thinking and creates the "straight way" God desires for His movement (Isaiah 40:1-6, 8).

• Transformation: Transformation is only transformation as long as your mind is willing to align with God's ideas. The warfare is over when your ideas align with God's.

3. Kingdom Technology and Practice

• Faith is the Technology: Faith is the kingdom technology that allows you to freely receive what is already given to you. The manifestation of God's Glory—which is the manifestation of His Kingdom and often associated with wealth (Genesis 31:1)—can only be received by this technology.

• The Role of the Church: The Church is vital because it is where you are helped to find out why you arrived (your purpose). It helps you rid yourself of "Claentitis"—the condition where an ambassador (you) is changed by the place instead of changing the place.

• Prayer's Purpose: The purpose of prayer is not to convince God to hear you, but that you receive the Idea (God's plan).

• Functioning in the Kingdom: To receive God's manifestation, you must flatten the high places and smoothen the rough places (obstacles/wrong ideas) in your life. When you function from the spiritual realm of the Kingdom, warring is no longer continuous as it is in the physical realm.

The essence of the message is that receiving God's unchanging, finished ideas is the key to experiencing the reality and power of the Kingdom now.

Pastor Chingtok asserts that external factors like large or small numbers do not stop the church, citing the principle that God is not limited by "many or by few." They focus instead on internal issues as the true obstacles:

• 1. The Church's Inability to Believe God's Word: The first obstacle is the failure of the ecclesia to believe the word of God concerning itself—to believe what God wants to achieve through them. Satan capitalizes on earthly events to shake this faith, making the church its own worst enemy by stopping itself from fulfilling God's purpose.

• 2. Infighting and Evil Speaking: The second obstacle is infighting, specifically speaking evil of one another (brethren).

  • Pastor Chingtok references James 4:11 ("Speak not evil of one another, brethren").

  • Speaking evil is equated with judging the law and the brother, which disenfranchises the church from its authority to "sit in the gates" and execute God's judgment.

  • This judgment is said to stem from the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil," which prevents confident rest in God's revelation.

  • The solution is to suspend the release of evil from one's mouth and condemn the evil content of what is said, not the person. This is crucial because allowing evil words to rest leads to believing what is not true, thereby stealing the believer's faith.

  • The larger struggle is identified as a war against guilt, shame, and condemnation, which cripple the believer's courage to "legislate the destiny of cities" because they feel unworthy or believe a false, witchcraft-cast image of themselves.

This summary captures a teaching on the believer's eternal purpose, new identity in Christ, and spiritual authority derived from the New Covenant.

1. The New Identity and Purpose

• Salvation is the Masterpiece: Salvation is the greatest miracle. Before being "born again" (John 3:3), one is a "what"; afterward, one becomes a "who," known for the life they carry. Man is God's masterpiece because the "raw material is Christ Himself" (Ephesians 2:10).

• Eternal Vocation: God has called us to an eternal purpose which we will not lose. Your real vocation is simply to be a child of God, and this status automatically makes you a miracle.

• Overcoming the World: Whatever is born of God, overcomes the world's systems. The belief in Christ means you naturally become better as you advance in years (Ezekiel 36:11), suspending the world's natural ways.

• Righteousness is Who You Are: Under grace, righteousness is who you are, not what you do (Old Testament law). Change occurs not by doing, but by seeing: "we with an unveiled face beholding... are changed to that same image."

2. Authority and Spiritual Warfare

• Ecclesia and Jurisdiction: Believers are spiritual "mayors and governors" of their cities. As God's Ecclesia, our function is not to complain but to make laws and not permit what God doesn't permit.

• Power to Bind and Loose: We have the power to bind and lose; when wickedness manifests itself, it simultaneously becomes powerless, and "the judgments of hell can not prevail."

• Understanding the Gates: The gate represents council, protection, and judgment. Satan is afraid of people who know who they are.

• Wearing Christ: When you come to Christ, you become a "legal imposter," having "put on Christ" (Galatians 3:27). Praying in the Spirit is likened to wearing Christ like a garment, so that Christ is what is seen, not you.

3. Focus and Promise

• Hearing and Knowing: You don't have a "hearing problem," you have a "knowing problem," because "My sheep hears my voice and obeys."

• Jealousy for You: God is not jealous of you, but jealous for you.

• Calling and Focus: Stop looking at another person and look at your own calling. God has called all believers to have the capacity to be "firstborns" and receive a double portion.

• Prophetic Word: Prophecy is valid as long as it aligns with what God has written. The devil's strength is not in destroying God's eternal plans, but in delaying them. A prophetic promise concludes that what 16 years could not give you, you will find compressed and overflowing in abundant supply in 12 months.

This sermon summarizes an interpretation of Romans 1:1–5, emphasizing that a believer's calling is eternal and precedes their physical existence or current circumstances. It focuses on the divine design, the necessity of personal separation (consecration) to that calling, and the ultimate purpose of multiplication.

1. The Eternal Nature of Your Calling

• Precedes Formation: Your calling precedes your formation. God determined your purpose and "gave you the shape that He gave you" based on what He knew about you before you were conceived (Jeremiah 1:5, Ephesians 1:4).

• Divine Placement: By all divine calculations, you are in the right place, and nothing in the world can make your place the wrong place because it was fore-ordained by God.

• Personal and Generational: Every believer has both a personal call and a generational call woven into their destiny.

• Sovereignty of God: The sovereignty of God ensures that His contribution and plan for your life cannot be erased by your personal discovery or actions.

2. The Necessity of Separation (Consecration)

• Responding to the Call: It is God's responsibility to call you, but it is the believer's responsibility to separate (consecrate) oneself to that calling.

• The Act of Separation: A sense of separation compels consecration. This means a consecrated person is not given to many things and is giving all their energy to what they are called for.

• The Defiled Service: Service can be defiled if it's performed with the idea that by serving someone else, God will later give you your own assignment. Instead, true discovery comes from giving your best in service to someone who has found their calling.

3. The Evidence of Eternal Life (Love)

• Love is the Test: The true test of love is the presence of eternal life. Love is not something you force to convince yourself; rather, when the "fountain is completely damaged," only love comes out naturally.

• Faithfulness and Character: If your assignment is divine, you cannot be faithful in one area and unfaithful in another. The extent of your assignment is determined by your faithfulness, not the character of the person you serve.

4. Multiplication and Fulfillment

• Yoking and Apprenticeship: If you have not discovered your specific calling, the immediate action is to yoke up to someone who has found theirs and serve them well. The text cites the Igbo apprenticeship system as the "best discipleship system."

• The Seed is Tested: The sermon concludes with an urgent declaration that the seed has been tested and found to be of the right quality; it is time to multiply.

• Warring Against Stagnation: The believer must war against anything that stops them from fulfilling their assignment, recognizing that Satan is afraid of the multiplication of the seed. Fulfillment comes from living out your design ("you become and find that it is fixed") and allowing God to shape your self-perception ("Let me see me the way you (God) see me").

The first charge from GLA 16TH Anniversary 2025 - Kingdom Advance

The third - part in the series Renewing The Mind.