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Jesus said that you must be what, born again. And when you're born again, he said you got to be born again to even see the kingdom. So once I got born again, something that was invisible became visible. And I believe that as we get back and understand its kingdom and really start operating in the supernatural, I think not only will we win a lot of people glory to God, who's supposed to come into the kingdom, but also I think we can do exploits for the kingdom. The church is mentioned, I think, in the New Testament about about three times, I think, and the kingdom is mentioned over a hundred times. And as I look at this, this whole kingdom message is the message that God wants to get to us today because of how powerful that message really is. It's something that I had to learn. When I first got born again, you know, I was looking for membership. I got born again looking for membership, what church I'm a member of, and that's fine. But I found out soon that I need to look for citizenship, because when I go to that level called citizenship, it gives me a perspective that just being member doesn't give me. And along with that, even talks about that we are ambassadors for Christ. Over In Philippians, chapter three, I think in verse 20, he talks about that we are citizens, and that when we're citizens, it gives a bigger picture. To me, it means that we're part of a government, and we're part of a government. And this part of this government that we're part of has a king. A king. It's a commonwealth, has a king. And then I found out that this king is the king of kings, and. And that we are royalty, we are part of a dynasty, and that this government called the kingdom of God. I found out in Psalm chapter 103 and verse 19 that this kingdom rules over everything. Now, this was foreign to me at that time. I didn't quite know what all of that was talking about. So I had to really study out the kingdom. And that is really where I kind of got my understanding of the gospel. And Jesus talked about it, I think, in Matthew chapter 24 and verse 14. This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, witness unto all nations, and then shall the income. So it seemed to me that the end is not going to come until the gospel of the kingdom gets preached. And so I had to go in here and really understand the Bible by understanding the Kingdom. And I found out that if you don't really understand the kingdom, there are pieces of the Bible that people just don't quite understand. And I think that over in the other nations, they have a more of an understanding of the kingdom naturally, than we do because of their governments. And so as a result of that, I had to become. I had to get an understanding of the kingdom. And that kingdom brought me right into a place of being miracle minded. Miracle minded. Now, why am I here? One of the reasons why I'm here is to manifest the kingdom and to bring the kingdom culture into every place that God has sent me or assigned me. And so as I look at this, in becoming miracle minded now, I'm talking about two things. One, understanding the kingdom and becoming miracle minded. I had to understand that. Over in Judges, Judges, chapter six, it seems like the angel came to Gideon and called him a mighty man of valor. And Gideon says, and I'm translating now, who, me? And he says that God is with you. And Gideon asks a very, very important question. If God is with us, where are all his miracles? And so this Joshua, In Joshua, chapter 1, verse 16, Joshua was about to fill some pretty big shoes of a man named Moses. And now Joshua's going to have an assignment of taking them into the promised land. So Joshua now is now about to lead the people. And they said something in verse 16, starting at verse 16, they said, well, now, whatever you tell us to do, we will do. And where you lead us or tell us to go, we will go. Only the Lord be with you like he was with Moses. Well, all you have to do to see how he was with Moses is start back in Exodus, chapter 7, verse 9. And God told Moses, moses, I'm sending you down to take the children of Israel out of bondage. And here's what I want you to know. When Pharaoh asks you to do a miracle, he didn't say if he asks. He said, Pharaoh is going to demand if you represent the God that you say you represent, then he's going to demand a miracle from you. So Moses went down, of course, Herod was with him. And he threw down the stick as God had told him, and it turned to a serpent. Well, Pharaoh said, hey boys, come on in here. Show them you can do the same thing. And he threw down their sticks and their sticks turned to snakes. Now, what happened is Moses, stick or snake, ate up their snake. Now, somebody said that Moses, stick or snake was a king snake. And apparently a king snake eats other snakes. But if you remember the symbol that we have for physicians is that wrapping a snake on a pole? And this is the same thing that Moses did with the children of Israel when they were bitten by serpents or snakes. He said, everyone that look at this, this bronze snake that I have made and wrapped on this pole, if you look at it, you'll be healed. And what did they do? They looked at it and got healed. And what does that represent? That represents the curse. And the curse and the Bible talks about Jesus was hung on a pole. And notice what he became a curse. But then notice when they buried him three days, he turned back into the rod. And I'm saying that miracles are from front to back in this Bible. And what has happened many times is the church has tried to do things, go places, be of influence and impact without the supernatural came to announce miracles are coming back to the church. Glory to God. Now, as I look at this, John, chapter 10, verse 37 is a good scripture. Here's what Jesus said. Jesus said, if I do not the works of my father, don't believe a thing. I said. I remember reading Smith Wigglesworth. He would walk in and that's what he'd say. You see? No miracles. Don't believe what I said. Now, how many other people in the church can say that today? So I'm just finding out that this whole idea of miracles is something that God wants to be a part of the church. I don't think he ever planned for us to just get up and pontificate for an hour without really some demonstration. Paul said, this way my speech and my preaching are not in the enticing words of man's wisdom, but in the demonstration of the spirit and of power. Why? So that your faith will not lie in the wisdom of men, but in the power of almighty God. Give God praise for that. So what do miracles do? Miracles are testifying of the truth. They testify of the truth. They also are vital because miracles, signs and wonders will cause people to turn from dead gods to the true and living gods. Say Amen to that. Miracles also are used, incidentally, to establish the kingdom. I really believe there's a limited amount you can do and a limited distance you can go without the supernatural. Without the supernatural. Me getting born again, that was a miracle. I'll try that again. Me getting born again was a miracle. And I just watch how God led me after I got born again because I was with IBM and at that time I was in training. I'd come out of flying fighters for the military, come back from Nam, and now I was Stationed on the stateside and so forth. And I was down in Florida at MacDill and came back up and got out of the Air Force and went and joined a company called IBM. They said, hey, you're here. And we see in your college records you took biology and pre med. I said, yes. They said, well, we can give you a great medical territory. I said, wow, wonderful. So they told me to go away to training and they sent me to several classes which took almost a year. And then I came back and they said, oh, by the way, we changed. I said, what do you mean you changed? They said, we no longer have medical territory for you. We're going to give you nonprofits. I said, listen at what you just said, non profit. I said, what is the incentive for somebody who's non profit buy anything? Well, I was thinking about quitting, but I got saved. And when I got saved, I heard a man named Charles Capps teach on the kingdom. I said, wait a minute here. Now, this kingdom has resources that are invisible. This kingdom has provision which are inexhaustible. This kingdom, I'm going through all this kingdom. So I'm saying, wait a minute. Maybe this is a divine opportunity with divine resources that's going to give me a divine result. And I tell you, I took that thing. And before I left that territory, people were fighting over it when they heard I was leaving. I made so much money one time I was called into the regional manager. And he said, now how did you make all this money? I said, well, you got the papers right there. You can look at it and see how I made it. My point to you is a miracle took place. But then God called me to leave the company and start a ministry. Well, I went down to Oru and came back up, then tried to start ministry. But God said, I want you to go to Chicago because we're in Minneapolis. Amen. And what happened? I said, lord, I only have $200. He said, Read Isaiah 8, 18. I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and wonders, man. I had $200 family, no place to stay, going to Chicago. Lord have mercy. But look at me now. Now what I'm saying is it's amazing how the natural part of us will try to make us avoid the supernatural. Because I'm going to teach more on this. Because you got to be miracle minded. Say miracle minded. Oh, boy, this. This is. This is loaded. I'm telling you, I had to learn. I had to learn the mysteries of the kingdom. Mysteries give you mastery. And I Had to learn that. And it started when I was a salesperson. I had to learn how to use the principles of the kingdom to manifest the kingdom. One day at IBM, remember, I brought in five computer orders in one day. One of the managers called me and said, come in my office. You got to tell me how you did this. Now, I'm not bragging on me, talking about the kingdom. Save the kingdom. You see, when I got born again and I was doing that, I started taking more people to church. Why? Because it made an impact on them. And they wanted to know, how am I doing this? I said, well, come on, go to church with me. Because I wanted to get them safe. Say Amen to that. So once you get saved, in John 3:3, Jesus said, must be what? Born again. And when you're born again, he said, you got to be born again to even see the kingdom. So once I got born again, something that was invisible became visible, and I began to see. Are y' all with me so far? Now, I'm saying this to you because I'm saying I believe that as we get back and understand its kingdom and really start operating in this supernatural think, not only will we win a lot of people, glory to God, who's supposed to come into the kingdom, but also I think we can do exploits for the kingdom. Oh, Lord have mercy. I don't want to get ahead of myself. All right, so here's what I'm saying. I'm saying, now I'm learning to use this, the principles of the kingdom, seeing the power of the kingdom, because he said that his kingdom rules over everything. So here I am, learning to use the kingdom, the principles of the kingdom. Now, Colossians, chapter two and verse eight. Let's go over there. Colossians, chapter two, verse eight. That's interesting, because I'm not really teaching you anything that you have not not heard before. And he says In Colossians chapter 2 and verse 8, beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit. Watch this. After the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Now watch it, because you just got born again. So you're in a different kingdom. Yes. And you got a different government. Your government. The king of your government is Jesus, and he's the king of. Oh, boy. That didn't go right. He is the king of kings. You are royalty. Okay, now notice what he said. Here, I'm going to do this. Then I'm going to show you something about jurisdiction. Keep that word in mind. All right? Here's Colossians, chapter 2, verse 8. Now, if you would, somebody over here maybe have an iPad or Bible something, and I want you. Yeah, Come on, come on, come on, come on. You had your hand up. Now face the people so internationally they can see. Brother, you look like you lift weights or something. I better step back, huh? Yeah. Amen. Amen.
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Don't let anyone fool you by using senseless arguments. These arguments may sound wise, but they are only human teachings. They come from the powers of this world and not from Christ.
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All right, read it one more time.
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Don't let anyone fool you by using senseless arguments. These arguments may sound wise.
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Oh, they may speak so powerful perfectly and. And put together those sentences so well and, ooh, so erudite. But what about it?
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But they are only human teachings.
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Satan wants you to only have human teachings because if that's all you've got, he's still got dominion over you. You are fighting a lost cause. Nope, not information. Come on. But Revelation. Keep going.
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They come from the powers of this world and not from Christ.
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He's the one that thought of it. And it sound real slick, but it's not. Say amen to this. Here's $100. Let the Lord bless you. God bless you. Amen. All right, now what am I saying? Be ye imitators of God. Copy him. Guaranteed, when he tells you to do something, it is not going to sound logical. Like this world. Nope. That's the wisdom of this world, and it's a trap. It's designed to keep you under control. Satan is the God of this world. He thought of that. Paul said, my speech and my preaching is not in the enticing words of man's wisdom. Paul was very learned, spoke several languages, trained by Gamaliel. He was one of the best intellectual. But he said, I count it all dumb Christ. Cause God's about to give me a wisdom that the world cannot match. Well, I trust that you enjoyed that teaching. Now, I want to talk to just a moment about joy, because this is something I didn't have before I got born again. Meaning that, you know, when I was raised up as a kid, there wasn't much joy in my house. You know, mom and dad were always at it and, you know, some things going on, and I had to try to just, you know, go out and go with my friends to go get a little joy in my life. And then I got, you know, older before I got married, and things didn't go right at the job or when I was flying fighters in the Military. This thing didn't go to joy. But I got born again. And when I got born again. Joy is the fruit of the spirit. It's a part of you being born again. In other words, we talk about the joy that somebody can't give you, only the Lord can give you. The Bible even talks about the joy of the Lord is your strength. And I'm saying that joy comes inside of you when you get born again. And I don't know where you stand with the Lord, but because you might be just trying to make it from day to day and just, you know, reaching for the little bit of pleasure you can find in life, cut that out. There's a whole different way you can live. And I found it. And when I did, let me tell you, not only did I have joy, I went to the top of the ladder in sales and computers and IBM. I'll tell you, things in my relationships got totally worked out. Why? Because the joy came. And that joy is your strength. The Bible says if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, that he's alive, that you'll be saved. So let me take you through that prayer, if you will. And you've never prayed this prayer. Or you sense the joy is missing, or you want to just start a brand new life, start over again, get your sins, blot it out and make a brand new start. Pray this prayer with me. Let's pray it. Just bow your heads. Dear Lord, I come to you now just as I am. Say it with me. I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that he died for my sins. And on the third day, he was raised from the dead. Lord Jesus, I ask you, come into my heart. Live your life in me and through me. From now on, from this day forward, I belong to you. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Now, if you said that prayer and you said it from your heart, a miracle has just taken place in your life. Now, you may not feel it outwardly, but something inside has changed. Now your name is being written in the Lamb's book of life, of heaven. This is the first day of the rest of your life. Every sin has just gotten blotted out. Isn't that wonderful? Now I'd like to send you my book. It's called Born Again in Spirit Filled. I got it in several translations. Polish, Spanish, you got it in Zulu. Just write us or call us, whatever you do. It's on the screen. Let me send you a book that's telling you what the next steps are. As a new believer, let me get that good news that Jesus has come into your life and brought joy. Well, that's all we have for this time. This is Bill Winston saying, we'll see you next time. Until then, keep walking. By Faith.
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Because of the force of righteousness that's going to come through you, faith will rise unconsciously. Why? Because you'll see yourself right. You'll see yourself. The righteous see themselves as royalty. They see themselves as kings. They see themselves as owners. They see them. You got the same nature of God. God sees himself himself a king. He sees himself a ruler. He sees himself never, never, never turning away from anything. That's the way you going to start acting.
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