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.

💖 God's Love and Eternal Plan (Ephesians 1)

The core message is that God's love is the propelling force behind every action to bring believers to their current position. This love is not a cliché but an experience.

• Fore-ordination and Sonship: Before creation, God chose and predestined believers for adoption as His children (sonship). This was His good pleasure and plan, a "love letter" beginning from eternity.

• The Completed Blessing: The word "hath" in Ephesians 1:3 emphasizes that believers have already been blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ. This "package" was prepared from the foundation of the world and is a sealed and established reality—a free gift not paid for by works.

• Redemption and Inheritance: Through the physical and soul pain and suffering of Jesus Christ, we received redemption (forgiveness of sins). Jesus is the mediator and the point of contact with God. By believing, we are qualified in Christ and sealed by the Holy Spirit, who guarantees our inheritance.

• Sonship's Benefits and Responsibility: Sonship means having the exact same benefits and access to resources as Jesus, the first begotten Son, and being treated with equal lavishness by the Father. Sonship is not just a title but the ability to use resources and represent the Father, which brings God pleasure.

✨ New Nature and Position (Ephesians 2:1-9)

The text stresses that believers are not normal people; they do not live a "normal human life" because they have been translated from their old state.

• From Death to Life: Humanity's "adamic nature" is prone to excuses and the tendency for unbelief. We were spiritually dead in our sins (Ephesians 2:1). However, "quickening" (Ephesians 2:1) signifies an exchange of nature and activation of life, which is what God breathed into man.

• Seated with Christ: Salvation results in a new identity: believers are seated with Christ in the heavenly places. This is an awareness and a positional truth. In this seated position, the word impossible is erased, and anything contrary (like fear, sickness, or negative thoughts) is merely a temptation to change location that must be overcome.

• Grace Through Faith: The new normal is to operate at the capacity of Christ and to arrive at a place where one can wield authority and dispense grace willingly. The entire process of salvation is a demonstration of God's rich mercy and grace through faith, which is a gift of God, so that "no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:8–9).

🗣️ Practical Applications

• Prayer is Essential: Prayer is for every believer, not just "prayer people." It keeps you alert to God's voice and tunes your spirit to God. The goal is for communication with God to become an "addiction."

• Responding to God: Our reasonable response to God's love requires "washing off" sustained ideas about the Father's love and understanding the true principle, emotion, and purpose of Scripture.

• Authority and Action: There is a collective priestly responsibility to silence evil or menace in the community. Believers have enough resources to do what they are called to do

This sermon excerpt, "Birthing Prophecies II," focuses on the nature of prophecy and the essential role of the believer's faith and action in bringing God's declared will to pass. It stresses the shift from merely having information to living by divine revelation.

The Nature and Fulfillment of Prophecy

• Prophecy Defined: Prophecy is the declaration of the mind of God for a people or nation; a thought in God's heart accessible only through revelation. The office of the prophet helps to confirm the thoughts God has already placed in your heart.

• Logos vs. Rhema: The Logos is the entire scope of God's thought (the whole Bible), but the Rhema is what God is saying right now from that whole book.

• Prophecy Requires Principle: God speaks to create, not just to describe a situation. Prophecies are not fulfilled automatically; they require principles to be fulfilled.

• No Private Interpretation: The prophetic word is fulfilled in the life of anyone who fulfills the principle of God's Word. It must achieve the purpose for which it was sent.

• The Key is Belief: The singular requirement for a prophetic word to be fulfilled is to believe the word. This belief is the expression of confidence and trust in God's knowledge (Faith). When you arrive at believing exactly what God said, the manifestation is instant.

The Identity of the "Pure Breed"

• Identity Lost and Found: Because of the Fall, humanity lost its identity, which Jesus was sent to restore. Culture and traditions often school believers to live below this revealed identity.

• The Call to God-Life: The call is for the God Life to swallow up your human life. A pure breed is not a sinless breed, but a generation in which nothing mixes with their divine ancestry—they live swallowed up by the God-life.

• Temptation is Impurity: For a people called a "pure breed," the greatest temptation will be impurity. They must consistently look at what God has said and insist on it.

"Spiritual Action and Warfare

• Imagination Precedes Entry: You cannot enter into any reality you have not first imagined. God sends prophetic words to give you a picture and a "proceeding word" to change your reality.

• Separation is Necessary: You are not a true believer until you can handle separation with Lot (letting go of the past). If you are focused on what you have lost, you cannot behold what God wants to give.

• Speaking Activates: It doesn't matter who God is; it is what you believe that you see. Saying it activates the word. You must declare it until it becomes spontaneous.

• Prayer is the Invitation: Every prophetic word is an invitation to prayer. You must stay with God to birth it.

• Worship and Anger: The praises raised by the people are for the prosperity of the region (e.g., the Plateau). Getting angry with your brother dilutes the spiritual energy needed to help others.

• Revelation over Information: To be right with God, you must process things by revelation, not by mere information.

Final Exhortations

• The greatest gift we have is the gift of an open ear to hear God's voice.

• When you find the purpose of God for your life, it is already blessed. You only seek blessings when you are doing something outside of His will.

• The end of societal issues like banditry is with us (the church/believers), not the government.

• The angel of prosperity responds to generosity, just as mammon responds to greed

This sermon focuses on the Christian's role as an agent of God's restoration, emphasizing the transition from merely being a saved believer to becoming a commissioned son and disciple who can "birth" prophetic words through strategy, spiritual warfare, and belief.

The Vision: From Salvation of Souls to Sonship

• Restoring Creation: The ultimate purpose of the Gospel is not just the saving of individuals, but the saving of nations and systems (restoring what was lost through sin: sickness, poverty).

• From Believer to Son: The first level is believing (salvation), but God's plan is for every believer to transition into Sonship. The Father rejoices when a believer becomes a son—an agent equipped to reclaim creation.

• Ambassadors of God: We are not saved simply to go to heaven; we are saved to be God's representatives and ambassadors on Earth.

• The Challenge: The problem is not a lack of "rain" (revival/blessing), but a lack of available vessels (sons/disciples) to receive and steward it without it causing destruction (flood).

The Mandate: Discipleship and Strategy

• Discipleship over Crowds: Jesus is not looking for crowds; He is looking for disciples. Revival (fire) comes when God's Word is put into people first.

• The Process: After becoming a believer, the next step is to become a disciple (unto Christ). A discipler points you to Christ but does not replace Him.

• A Strategy for Transformation: We must adopt a strategy to ensure everyone who joins the church becomes a son.

• The Real Work: The real work of ministry is outside the church, aimed at transforming society. The church is for activation. The core work is holding the hand of those who are struggling (the "love circle"), which should not be taken lightly as "90% of the work happens at that level."

• Empowerment: Empowerment is the release of God's power to transform society.

Spiritual Weapons: Truth, Culture, and Warfare

• Overcoming Iniquity: Iniquity is a spirit that operates in lineage and covenants. To break free, you must acknowledge the truth that Jesus was wounded for our iniquity.

• Meekness: A meek man is defined as one who does not offend easily and is not easily offended.

• Superimposing Truth: A fact is not the truth. When you see a negative fact, you must superimpose the truth (God's Word/Promise) over it.

• Grace and Growth: The gift of grace is not a substitute for growth; it must be met with spiritual development.

• The Weapon of Worship: The major weapon for prosecuting the last days is the culture of worship. Praise is not just for fellowship; it's to cast down spiritual princes (e.g., stopping the "body of violence" by dealing with the "spirit of violence").

  
  

Birthing the Prophetic Word

• The Call to Warfare: The release of a prophetic word is always a call for warfare in the place of prayer.

• Interpretation is Key: Prophetic words expand our imagination, but they are subject to the challenge of interpretation by culture. You must sit with God to get the right interpretation and avoid building what God is not telling you.

• The Power of Belief: All it takes to experience God's promises is Belief, which is a component of Faith involving trust and confidence despite circumstances.

• Prayer Changes Your Mind: Prayer is necessary to birth the prophetic word because it changes your mind and melts your heart until you can see all the elements of the prophecy, leading to manifestation.

Specific Prophecies:

1. God is raising and empowering people with wealth to partner with Him in a new move.

2. God is raising up partners for the House of Judah for a new order.

This sermon excerpt focuses on Christian transformation as a lifetime process centered on the renewal of the mind by the Word of God.

The underlying theme is that your belief system determines the scope of God's work in your life.

The Imperative of a Renewed Mind

• Transformation is Continuous: Transformation in Christ is a lifetime process, not a one-time event (Romans 12:1-2, Ephesians 4:22-24, Colossians 3:1-2).

• The Channel for God: A renewed mind is the channel that makes it easy for God to find expression through you.

• Belief Governs God's Work: God's work through you is either permitted or restricted by the belief systems you sustain.

The Role of God's Word

• The Major Tool: The Word of God is the major tool on the journey of transformation and is the cure for unbelief.

• Creating an Atmosphere: When your mind is renewed by God's Word, it creates a spiritual atmosphere around you. This atmosphere helps you identify the presence of unbelief when it enters your environment.

• Understanding God's Ways: A renewed mind has accepted and understood the ways of God.

Obstacles to Faith The effectiveness of God's Word can be weakened by three primary factors that compete with divine truth:

1. Traditions: Patterns of thinking and living that make the Word of God "of non-effect."

2. Experiences: Past events that challenge God's promises.

3. Formulas: Relying on fixed methods instead of the leading of the Spirit.

Additionally, the logic of human thought patterns weakens the ability of God's Word to take root in the heart. The spiritual battle of holding onto God's promises against infiltrating worldly ideas is a spirit-to-spirit affair.

The Currency of Attention

• Doubt's Persistence: As a believer, doubt leaves you only when you leave this world; you will constantly face contrary ideologies until you die.

• Payment in the Spirit: Attention is a currency to get things in the spirit. Anything you obtain in the spiritual realm is paid for by attention given to God's Word and ways.

🕊️ The Nature of the Kingdom and Zion

The sermon defines Kingdom Exploits not as personal fame, but as the deeds accomplished by believers who surrender their own agenda to advance God's intent.

• The Kingdom is Influence: God's kingdom is as great as the influence it exerts upon the earth (Romans 14:17). This influence is rooted in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

• The Answer to Earth's Rage: God's response to the raging of the kings and the heathen (Psalm 2:1-12) is the placement of His King and the expression of His kingdom, called Zion.

• Zion is Mobile: Zion is not a fixed place but a mobile location carried by every born-again believer who submits to Jesus' Lordship. Every believer is a "carrier of this kingdom," meaning that their very presence and actions are God's answer to the world.

• Attributes of Zion: In this New Covenant Zion, God is the ultimate judge, and everyone is empowered to be a "point of judgement" (a place where God's will is executed), unlike the Old Covenant.

• The Ultimate Goal: God created humanity (Genesis 1:26-28) for His man to reflect His dominion, holiness, and benevolence over all creation.

🔥 Dying to Self and the Path to GloryThe core exploit required of a believer is the willingness to die to self, which is the necessary prerequisite for the release of God's power and glory.

• The Necessity of Dying to Self: Dying to self is not an option but a necessity for the believer. This is the "dying" that Daniel 11:32-36 refers to. It is the willingness to end one's own agendas to push God's intent.

• Glory Through Suffering: Glory does not come without suffering, which is defined as denying yourself certain things because you choose to identify with Christ. This denial is the "fire" that births glory—not poverty, but intentional self-denial.

• The Great Trade-Off: Glory will not be birthed if it is "traded for" something else. When the suffering/denial is in place, glory is naturally birthed.

👂 Obedience, Yoking, and InfluenceObedience and relationship with Jesus are the keys to accessing the kingdom's power and making an impact.

• Obedience is the Pass Mark: Obedience to the King's command is the pass mark for the kingdom to find full expression. Your obedience is what "stops the raging of the heathen."

• The Power of Prayer: The power of prayer is not in making requests, but in the knowledge that Jesus is Lord and is responsible by that office.

• Running the Race: The first demand of the spiritual race (Hebrews 12:1-12) is the ability to lay aside weights and sins so you can run swiftly.

• Dealing with the Flesh: The flesh cannot be overcome by human strength; it is dealt with by "beholding Jesus" (looking unto Him). This beholding occupies your attention so completely that there is no space for anything else.

• Yoking with Jesus: The pattern for hearing and understanding God's voice is by yoking with Jesus (Matthew 11:28-30). This yoking is embracing His chastisement (agreeing with the Lord by denying self) and the demands He makes of you.

• Hearing the Voice: The one who has mastered the voice of the Shepherd is the one who has become a yoke fellow.

• Kingdom Influence is Experience: Kingdom influence is not necessarily in what we say, but in the consciousness of what we carry as an experience and is the result of yielding rather than mere exertion.

🎯 Final Exhortations

• The righteousness received at the cross grants access to God, but bearing the fruits of righteousness is required to have influence on the earth.

• It is a season for believers to become a nation, where everything small "grows to control the whole earth," filling the desolate places.

• The greatest service a believer can render to Jesus is to become yoke fellows with Him.

• Focus on God's Interest: If you pick His interest, He picks yours: "Seek ye first the kingdom and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you."