“If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”— John 8:31–32, Jesus
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”— James 1:5
Where are we?
We are not in Heaven or Utopia. We are in the Earth where there is a battle of kingdoms.
First is the kingdom of good and evil. It was started by Lucifer, one of the angels that became Satan.
Isaiah 14:14-15 says, “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” Ezekiel 28:17 says, “Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty...” Matthew 4:8-9 says, “All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.” John 12:31 says, “Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.” 1 John 5:19 says, “The whole world lieth in wickedness.” Revelation 12:7-9 speaks of the dragon being cast down from heaven. Across history, false kingdoms have risen through earthly power and idolatry—Egypt, Babylon, Rome, Byzantium, the Khazar Khaganate, the Holy Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire, and later modern systems that make wealth and authority depend on human control rather than God's order, including financial structures tied to petroleum rather than gold and silver, showing how the world often substitutes empire, money, and ritual for the kingdom of God.
These operate in subsystems: The Religion System, which are based on laws of God but lack the power or God. Babylon System, based on man and ruling man and money, includes the kings of the world. “verse: revelation all the kings of this world”
The kingdom of God
“Who (Jesus) hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.”— Colossians 1:13–14
Jesus taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” — Matthew 6:10
Who are you, really?
Body
Physical form; the visible vessel of life.
Soul
The living self; mind, emotions, will, and personal life.
Spirit
The part that connects with God and spiritual truth.
“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...”— Genesis 1:26–27
“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”— Genesis 2:7
“Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.”— Psalm 103:1
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.”— Mark 12:30
“There is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.”— Job 32:8
“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”— John 4:24
“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.”— Romans 8:16
Where are you going?
Option 1. Do nothing.
By default everyone is born in sin and separated from God.
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”— Romans 3:23
“For the wages of sin is death...”— Romans 6:23a
“Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”— John 3:3
“If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”— Romans 10:9–10
Option 2. Ask God to show you the truth. Ask for wisdom.
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”— James 1:5
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”— Romans 6:23
Jesus is the name by which you must be born again.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”— John 3:16
“Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God.”— 1 John 4:2
“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, you will be saved.”— Romans 10:9
The Holy Spirit bears witness and brings new birth.
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things...”— John 14:26
“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.”— Romans 8:16
The test for spirits is simple.
“Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God.”— 1 John 4:2–3
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one God.
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”— Matthew 28:19
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven... And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”— Matthew 7:21–23
So just saying that Jesus is Lord is not a magic phrase, nor is it merely a verbal submission like the decree of king Nebuchadnezzar, who commanded all people to fall down and worship the golden image he set up (Daniel 3:4-6). It is spiritual. Even without seeing Him with your eyes, you can know Him in your spirit. Reject the unholy spirits that speak to your imagination, and instead talk to and listen to the Holy Spirit, and you will know the truth.
What is the meaning of life?
“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”— Genesis 2:7
“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”— Revelation 4:11
“Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”— Ecclesiastes 12:13
“Everyone that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.”— Isaiah 43:7
“Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”— Genesis 1:28
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”— Matthew 22:37–40
How do achive success?
The word “success” appears only one time in the Bible, in Joshua 1:8.
This single occurrence is found in the Old Testament, where the text states: “For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”
“For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”— Joshua 1:8
Hebrew Root: The word is translated from the Hebrew sakhal, which means “to be wise,” “to prosper,” or “to deal wisely.”
Context: The term is inextricably linked to meditating on God's Law and obediently following His instructions, rather than material wealth or fame.
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”— Romans 12:1
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”— Matthew 16:25
Once you meet Jesus through the Holy Spirit you can speak it. Then you can be immersed in water to testify to the new life you have received. You can also be filled with the Holy Spirit and power that anointed Jesus.
“O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me... thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising...”— Psalm 139:1–3
Deuteronomy 8:18. Found in the Old Testament, the full verse in the King James Version reads:
“But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.”— Deuteronomy 8:18
Key aspects of this verse include:
Source of Ability: It emphasizes that the capacity, strength, and opportunity to generate wealth come from God, not solely from human effort.
Purpose: The ultimate goal of this provision is to establish and confirm God's covenant with the ancestors of Israel.
Warning Against Pride: The verse serves as a corrective to the temptation mentioned in the preceding verse (Deuteronomy 8:17), where one might claim, “My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.”
Mind Renewal
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”— Romans 12:2
“And be renewed in the spirit of your mind.”— Ephesians 4:23
“But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”— James 1:6–8
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”— 2 Corinthians 6:14
Fruits and Gifts
Fruit of the Spirit
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”— Galatians 5:22–23
Gifts of the Spirit
“For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.”— 1 Corinthians 12:8–11
Filling with the Spirit
“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.” (In the original Greek this is a continuous command — “keep on being filled” — not a one-time event.)— Ephesians 5:18
“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me.”— Acts 1:8
The gifts without love are nothing
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”— 1 Corinthians 13:1–3
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”— 1 Corinthians 13:13
Asking for and Receiving the Holy Spirit
Ask
“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”— Luke 11:13
Receive
“And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.”— John 20:22
“He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?”— Acts 19:2
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”— Acts 2:38
Evidence
“And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”— Acts 2:4
“While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.”— Acts 10:44–46
“And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.”— Acts 19:6
“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.”— Romans 8:16
Refilling with the Spirit
“And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.” (These are the same disciples already filled at Pentecost in Acts 2:4 — showing that being filled can happen again, not only once.)— Acts 4:31
Power of Intentional Faith
“And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”— Mark 11:22–24
“If ye have faith, and doubt not... all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”— Matthew 21:21–22
“But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.”— James 1:6
“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you... according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”— Romans 12:3
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”— Hebrews 11:1
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”— Hebrews 11:6
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”— Romans 10:17
“For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.” (They heard the word but did not receive the promise because they did not join it with faith.)— Hebrews 4:2