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Master Class
The Joy of Kingdom
Sunday, May 17, 2026
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Acts 8:8
James 1:7-8 (TPT)
Acts 8:12 (NLT)
Psalm 103:19
Isaiah 9:7
Daniel 7:14 (NIV)
Acts 11:26
Luke 11:20
1 Peter 1:8
Acts 8:1, 3, 4, 8
Acts 1:4
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The Joy of Kingdom
Sunday, May 17, 2026
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Watch Past Services/Classes at https://www.dailymotion.com/wordupinc
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Acts 8:8
James 1:7-8 (TPT)
Acts 8:12 (NLT)
Psalm 103:19
Isaiah 9:7
Daniel 7:14 (NIV)
Acts 11:26
Luke 11:20
1 Peter 1:8
Acts 8:1, 3, 4, 8
Acts 1:4
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00:09:15And thank God for you.
00:09:29We're right back.
00:10:00And it doesn't have to be right back.
00:10:09We're going to bless you.
00:10:10We're right back.
00:10:36We're right back.
00:11:23We're right back.
00:11:26We're right back.
00:11:59We're right back.
00:12:03We're right back.
00:12:26In that city.
00:12:28Not just joy.
00:12:30But great joy.
00:12:32And that is powerful.
00:12:34because that is what you're right.
00:12:37It's so about.
00:12:40and different.
00:13:10from religion.
00:13:11We're going to discuss.
00:13:12and show you.
00:13:41you are half-hearted and wavering, it leaves you unstable. Can you really expect to receive
00:13:53anything from God when you're in that condition? And that's a different translation for simply
00:14:01says a double-minded person is unstable in all their ways and that that person expect nothing
00:14:12from God. And we started out with that because we keep emphasizing, listen, I know it's difficult
00:14:19now because for, like I said, all of this religion and Christianity, it was going on when you got here.
00:14:26When I got here, we arrived in this world. This was already set. It was the pattern. It was the
00:14:34template or whatever you want to call it. It's set and it's in place and we kind of go with
00:14:39the flow.
00:14:40But anyone who really seeks to grow in grace and in the knowledge thereof and who are just determined
00:14:49in their spirit to believe on Jesus, as he said, believe as the scripture says, not what religion
00:14:58and tradition has dominated all these years. And people know that things are not quite right. They
00:15:06know, listen, you can read. I read scriptures and said, that's wonderful, but that is not my experience.
00:15:13How do I go about seeking that? And as we continue to pursue, this is the word of the Lord
00:15:20that's coming
00:15:21on to you that, listen, when you pursue, seek first the kingdom of God, he will respond. He will answer
00:15:29you. He will show up, but we can't be half in half. We can't have a foot in religion and
00:15:36the traditions
00:15:37and things that we've all come to know. And it's so dominating. I do understand the pressure of
00:15:45really blatantly stating that I'm not a Christian. I'm not of the Christianity religion. You know,
00:15:54I have seen some things in this past week that supposedly are representative of Christianity
00:16:00that was close to blasphemy. It's amazing that, again, the body of Christ is not identifying
00:16:10the spirit of religion. It is a spirit. It has, you know, mask itself so that it looks right. It
00:16:19feels
00:16:19right. And, you know, I was so, I said, wow, the government is actually stating a day of prayer
00:16:27prayer or, or in, in their words, a return to religion. And they don't even realize what they're
00:16:34saying. And I think that, I mean, I know God is so merciful and he's, you know, he winks at
00:16:40ignorance
00:16:40because he knows when you just don't know any better. And yet he still blesses because at least
00:16:45this is a nation that recognizes and honors God. And I don't believe anyone is going to miss out on
00:16:51heaven because of it, but I do believe they will miss out on the life that they could have here
00:16:57in
00:16:57the earth. And that is what I would love for people to understand that Jesus said, you're supposed to
00:17:02have an abundant life. You're supposed to not worry. This is his words. And so for the sake of enjoying
00:17:11and having a good life and a joy, genuinely joyful life, we are going to, again, unpack the scriptures
00:17:19and see what it says and understand that, yes, it's a challenge because that's what the majority
00:17:25are, you know, in steeped in. And, and that's something that is not, I'm not going to concern
00:17:33myself with that. I'm going to pursue for myself. And that's all I'm saying to you is pursue for
00:17:39yourself. Don't go with the crowd. Don't run, don't have a herd mentality because that's what's going on.
00:17:46You know, whatever the narrative is, that's what everybody's flowing with. And that's not what the
00:17:52scripture says. And if it's not working for you, I would think you would want to absolutely seek
00:17:58and find out for yourself. We have unknowingly had one foot in kingdom and the other foot in
00:18:05religion. That's double-mindedness. This is why so many of our prayers go unanswered. And we struggle
00:18:12from day to day in our finances and in our relationships and in sickness and disease in
00:18:18our bodies. And I'm saying that that's not supposed to be, it has become the norm, but it is not
00:18:24the norm
00:18:25in the kingdom. That is not the norm in the kingdom. So this double-mindedness has, like I said,
00:18:32we've unknowingly, I've unknowingly, we've all unknowingly done this and need to realize that,
00:18:39I mean, wouldn't you want to know if this is the reason why certain things are happening and keep
00:18:44happening and you can't get ahead and always struggling? It's one thing after the other.
00:18:48If it's not, you know, in the natural realm, it's in your body, it's in your relationships.
00:18:53There's got to be an answer. And I believe it's in the word of God. It's always been there.
00:19:00But again, the adversary is very real. The kingdom of darkness is no joke. And we mustn't take it lightly
00:19:08and think that what's going on is normal. This is a principality that is reigning over these areas
00:19:15to keep people blinded so they cannot enjoy, have the joy that God has intended for us while we are
00:19:24here. Of course, there'll be, you know, tremendous bursts of joy in heaven, but you need it now.
00:19:30Glory to God. So yes, you know, we love the Lord, but we must believe on him as the scripture
00:19:38says.
00:19:39All right. Kingdom and religion cannot dwell in the same space. You have got to renounce the one and
00:19:47serve the other or you, you know, scripture says, Jesus himself said, you either are for me or you're
00:19:54against me. There can't be no in between and no halfway, half stepping. And I totally believe that
00:20:00you will see such a major breakthrough and difference as you begin to, again, return,
00:20:09rediscover the scriptures concerning the kingdom of God. We've not received the promises of the
00:20:16scripture as we've read them. You know, it's because of double-mindedness. Therefore, it's been
00:20:23more suffering than blessing, more sickness than healing, you know, more bondage and addictions
00:20:30than deliverance. And we can be honest about that because we know it, we live it, we see it.
00:20:36And I'm saying it's time for someone to step out from the herd and say, I'm not following that herd
00:20:43anymore. I'm going a different direction and it's called the kingdom of God. The suffering and
00:20:50persecution, no matter how much it comes, and it will come because we're going to read those
00:20:56scriptures, but it will never cause the kingdom to shrink in you. And if anything, it's actually
00:21:02going to expand. It's going to spread. It will enlarge itself in you. Acts chapter 8 and verse 12.
00:21:10Thank you for that, woman of God. Thank you for that. Hallelujah. Because this is the joy,
00:21:16unspeakable and full of glory that is there. And if we be honest, I don't know that we have this
00:21:22joy,
00:21:23not on a constant daily basis. We're struggling and we're going through some changes. All right.
00:21:28Acts and I'm using, I'm reading the, which am I, the new living translation NLT says, but now the
00:21:40people believed Philip's message of the good news. And I'll emphasize good news because it seems like
00:21:49when the word kingdom or gospel is, it's taken for religion and it's not, it should be emphasis
00:21:57with the mind on kingdom when we read these passages of scripture. So again, uh, but now the,
00:22:03the, the, the people begin to believe, okay. They believe Philip's message of the gospel or the good
00:22:10news concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ. As a result, many men and women were
00:22:19baptized. So what happens with persecution, with struggles, with things, because we know that
00:22:25this is right after the, this is right after the major persecution broke out and Philip continued
00:22:32and it began to actually spread despite of, God converts opposition into distribution. Maybe you want
00:22:41to write that down. Sounds like a mouthful, but it's very simple. God converts opposition
00:22:50into distribution because that's what we're going to see throughout this study. As we look and see
00:22:56how the kingdom actually works. God converts opposition into distribution. So despite of the
00:23:07persecution, Philip continued, you know, you read about him with the eunuch and all the things that he
00:23:13continued to do. And most don't realize that when he baptized this eunuch, an entire nation, uh, was,
00:23:20you know, able to receive the good news of the gospel because this eunuch goes back and he spreads. And
00:23:27that's what happens. And we will begin to see, because a lot of times we don't realize some things,
00:23:33yes, the difficulties come and God allows them to come. Why? Because he's going to convert that
00:23:39and it's going to become a distribution center rather than just an opposition. So the kingdom of
00:23:46God cannot be stopped. It cannot be contained in a thing called religion. It cannot be controlled,
00:23:55nor can it be bought with money. And we'll see that even as we continue in the scriptures,
00:24:01we are not here to do a religion, people of God. We are here to be a kingdom,
00:24:08a government of God. Religion brings sorrow. Kingdom brings joy. That's what we're going to
00:24:16dig into and, and, and know it beyond a shadow of a doubt, know it for yourself. So the expectation
00:24:24is visible. It's measurable. It's results that outcomes will show and speak for itself,
00:24:34not just some feelings of, like I said, a few shouts and speaking in tongues and that's all
00:24:40beautiful. Don't get me wrong. People of God, of course, that's wonderful. But that's only temporary
00:24:46and that's a physical, you know, bodily exercise as one writer would say. We're talking about the kind
00:24:55of joy that moves mountains, that leaps with joy and brings healing. All these things that are
00:25:03everlasting. All right. In fact, I had a scripture that I thought I would share because I always
00:25:08read the daily scriptures. If you have the Bible app, you, you would have these scriptures that come
00:25:16up and I want to read, and this is not on my notes. So Casey, if you, you know, has
00:25:21time to put it up,
00:25:22he'll put it up. But this is from John chapter 16, which would be today's reading. And in the verse,
00:25:30first and 13th verse, and again, because we are leading up to the Holy Spirit. And yeah,
00:25:38verse, thank you, Casey. It says, how be it when he, the spirit of truth, notice it didn't say it
00:25:47or something, you know, because we got something told me. No, when he, the spirit of truth is come,
00:25:54he will guide you into all truth. I believe that's what's happening. And it's going to happen for
00:26:01God's people. They are going to break out of the bonds, the bondage of religion and the false
00:26:08doctrines and, you know, things that have really held people back and not release them into a place
00:26:15of joy and real power that is supposed to be working in the body of Christ today. So it says,
00:26:23he will guide you into all. That's what is so wonderful that he said, first, he is the spirit
00:26:28of truth and he will guide you into all truth for he shall not speak of himself, but who whatsoever
00:26:35he
00:26:36shall hear that shall he speak. And he will show you things to come. As we said, the last time
00:26:44we
00:26:45were together, there is so much more. We haven't focused on kingdom. We focused on religion and
00:26:52man-made doctrines and rules and regulations of Christianity and so on and so forth. And God has
00:26:59not been able. That's why I told his disciples, even in this passage, he says, there's so many things I
00:27:03want to tell you, but you're not able to receive it. And as long as we're in this mindset of
00:27:10religion,
00:27:11thinking that that's the way God is. And over and over in the scriptures, he proves that he's not.
00:27:16I think just the one parable of the Good Samaritan, where two religious people pass a man who has been
00:27:24beaten, robbed and left for dead. And the very one who is not religious comes along and saves him
00:27:31and charges it on his account, which means he was obviously financially able and well to do.
00:27:39We got to think outside this box of religion so that we can step into the fullness and the promises
00:27:46of God. All right. And so it goes on and let's see, he says, and he will show you things
00:27:53to come.
00:27:53I'm skipping down. All right. And verse 22, he says, and you now therefore have sorrow, but I will see
00:28:06you again and your heart shall rejoice and your joy. No man takes from you. And this is so powerful.
00:28:16And then he goes on in verse 24. And this is the key. Now, this is Jesus. If you're reading
00:28:22it is in
00:28:22red. Okay. He says here to or hither to or up until now, have you asked nothing in my name?
00:28:34Now look
00:28:34what he says, ask and you shall receive that your joy may be full. Now that's telling me that he
00:28:45wants
00:28:45you to have that the Holy spirit is going to lead you in truth. So you're not going to ask
00:28:51for things
00:28:51that will destroy you or hinder or harm you. He's going to lead you because he is the spirit of
00:28:57truth.
00:28:57And then whatever you ask, it's coming through the power of the Holy spirit. And it's going to be done
00:29:05because he wants your joy. He wants you to be joyful. He wants to show himself as, you know,
00:29:12the King of Kings and that he it's, it's the father's good pleasure, even as Jesus said, to give
00:29:20you the kingdom. So we're really going to explore these scriptures for what it says and not allow
00:29:26religion to hinder and keep us from stepping into the promises of God. You are going to have this thing
00:29:34where you're going to ask and it's going to happen. And you are going to be shocked because
00:29:38you realize that what has been was not the norm, that when you ask and it happens, that's the norm.
00:29:46So again, and there was great joy, Acts 8, 8, that's going to be our foundational scripture,
00:29:54great joy in that city. Now, not just somebody's house, but that means it spreads because you realize,
00:30:00you know, someone had said laughter is contagious. Well, so is joy because laughter is joy,
00:30:06or it certainly can be a sign of joy. But mostly we want the genuine joy. We want the joy
00:30:14that no man
00:30:14gives and no man can take away. And so not just a house, not just a church service or revival
00:30:22as we
00:30:23go, you know, not some click where, you know, a group of folks. No, no, this is great joy. And
00:30:32it goes
00:30:32beyond the four walls or the containment of anything because you cannot contain the spirit of God. You
00:30:39cannot contain the kingdom of God. And everyone who hears the good news and receives it, not halfway,
00:30:51not holding on to what was and what everybody else is doing, but receiving and seeking God for
00:30:57themselves. And that has been a real problem because the monopoly on the, you know, the kingdom of God has
00:31:05not
00:31:05really manifest in the way because so many, you know, I'll just say it, leaders want people, they need people
00:31:14to be dependent on them. They won't, you know, let people seek and go and search for themselves because then
00:31:22what's
00:31:23going to happen? They're concerned that they're not going to, or they're going to be out of a job, so
00:31:26to
00:31:27speak. And that's not how kingdom works. When your kingdom, this thing, this is the very thing you want
00:31:33to happen. You want people to know how to come into the blessings of the Lord. So kingdom presence
00:31:39produces universal joy. That means fear has to be gone. It yields to the joy. Anxiety will literally come
00:31:51into turn into peace. Despair will surrender to hope and you will begin to see the way the kingdom
00:32:00is really meant to be. The kingdom of God is not a religion. It's a present government that's present
00:32:07now in the earth. It's the sovereignty, jurisdiction, the constitution that God has for the citizens of
00:32:17his kingdom. Look at Psalms chapter 103 and verse 19. Psalms chapter 103 and verse 19. It says the Lord
00:32:28has prepared his throne in the heavens and his kingdom rules over all. So no matter what religion says,
00:32:39it's all about the kingdom of God. That's a government language in Psalms 103. It's making it
00:32:46very clear the reign of the king and his creation and all that is his. Isaiah 9 and 7. We've
00:32:55read it many
00:32:56times, but we keep reiterating that, you know, of the increase of his government, not his religion, but his
00:33:06government and peace, there shall be no end. Increase means expansion. And there'll be no end to that. It's expanding
00:33:18now. It will continue to expand. It will keep expanding. And it also means unstoppable. It cannot be stopped.
00:33:27You know, Daniel, even in his writings, chapter seven and verse 14. Again, the new international
00:33:39version in a read, his dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away. And his kingdom
00:33:48is one that will never be destroyed because you're dealing with God who is an eternal God.
00:33:56And God loves things that last forever. Over and over again, when you're dealing with God,
00:34:02you're dealing with things that last forever. Eternity, eternal things. This is not a Sunday
00:34:09religious habit that people have. This is the eternal state of an eternal kingdom that will last and rule
00:34:20forever. So what? The headquarters are in heaven. He's king. He rules from heaven. The embassy, however,
00:34:28is the church. The territory is the earth. So the church is not the kingdom, but an agency
00:34:36that is to represent the kingdom, not a Christian religion. Again, I go back to Acts. God never called us.
00:34:47When Jesus said on this rock, I'll build my church. That would have been a perfect time
00:34:51for him to introduce a religion or introduce Christianity. He did not. And so understand
00:35:03that what is going to last forever is what God is about. And so again, every embassy, which is what
00:35:15we
00:35:15are, we represent, lives by the laws of the sending government. We've been sent forth by the eternal
00:35:23government of God. Our role is not to rehearse a bunch of religious traditions, but to execute the policies
00:35:32from the throne of God, the kingdom of God, religion can be and will be stopped. I assure you that
00:35:43it can be contained and it can be controlled. Religion and the name of Christianity is under the containment
00:35:54judgment and control of paganism. They were first called Christians, Acts 11 and 26. Read these
00:36:05scriptures for yourself. You know, no wonder Jesus kept saying over and over again when the disciples
00:36:10would ask him, how shall they know and when will they end? The first thing he said, he wouldn't even
00:36:15answer that question. He would say, listen, don't be deceived. Don't be deceived. Let no man deceive
00:36:22you. And I think it's not so much as for going to heaven. As I said, if you believe on
00:36:27Jesus Christ,
00:36:28you know, that's the scripture. Believe on him and you're going to be saved. So I don't believe it's a
00:36:34matter of heaven. It's a matter of how you, you're here for now. You're not in heaven. You need to
00:36:41be
00:36:41living a kind of life that represents the kind of king that you serve. And that's what we are really
00:36:47emphasizing here in terms of kingdom. That's what Jesus emphasized. All right. And so, but, but again,
00:36:55all of this Christianity, religious stuff, it's going to be stopped and you will see, I mean,
00:37:00Corinthians makes it clear, all these things are going to come to an end at some point. Okay. But not
00:37:06the word or the kingdom of God. So you're dealing with a bought, a bought people. They're, they're
00:37:13bought. They're under the kind of rulership that does not represent kingdom. Okay. And so they can
00:37:22perform for a price, you know, and merchandise a ritual. Yeah. But the kingdom cannot be bought.
00:37:33And this is very true in terms of, you look at the realm of the churches and it's a lot
00:37:41of
00:37:41entertainment going on, a lot of entertainment. And yes, people are accepting God, thank God for
00:37:46that. But the Lord has so much more, so much, there is so much more we have not learned. And
00:37:52God is
00:37:52speaking, you know, from the realms of his throne. And, and if, if someone will hear,
00:38:00we can bring about some serious change in this earthly realm, Luke chapter 11 and verse 20, Luke
00:38:07puts it this away. He talks about, and Jesus said, if I cast out demons by the finger of God,
00:38:13then the kingdom of God has come up on you. What's he saying? This is evidence that a greater
00:38:21government has arrived. A greater government is present. The kingdom has arrived with what proof
00:38:28because by your authority, you can command spirits, demons, devils, whatever. And you have the proof
00:38:38to prove it. It's atmosphere. Yes. You can change the atmosphere just by speaking a word that's proof.
00:38:47You know, you talk about joy unspeakable and full of glory in first Peter, first Peter one and eight
00:38:54talks about the kind of joy that you can't even find words to describe. Uh, this, this really happens
00:39:02when we're fully into the kingdom and what Jesus was teaching us and understand that we have gone
00:39:10astray and we have to return, rediscover what the original word was from the very beginning. Citizenship
00:39:19is stronger than membership. Citizenship is greater than, than the chains that bind and keep the church
00:39:29at a level where they don't excel and grow. Okay. So the church can come under pressure,
00:39:36but kingdom cannot be pressured or imprisoned. It cannot happen. Pressure is just proof of the power
00:39:44of your passport that you'll have a passport and it has to be respected and honored. Kingdom requires
00:39:51three things, proclamation, demonstration, and allegiance. Okay. What is the proclamation?
00:40:00Jesus said over and over again, go tell them that the kingdom has arrived and heal the sick and raise
00:40:07that that that that that's proclaiming. Okay. And, and, and when first Peter was saying joy, he's saying
00:40:15there's going to be great joy, not just for you, but the people who you get released, get free, the
00:40:21people
00:40:22who actually can hear and, and, and actually receive this message and understand that, okay, the church was the
00:40:31beginning. We have made it like it is out. There will be no church, so to speak. When Jesus, that
00:40:39comes to an
00:40:40end. That's why I said, it's the church that gets you. Yes. That gets you in born again. You're coming
00:40:47to
00:40:47the royalty, but you are to proceed into the kingdom. And, and the, this is what I'm doing right now
00:40:56is I'm
00:40:57proclaiming that that's a proclamation and then demonstration. You know, when I first started
00:41:04ministry, one of the first things God began to deal with me was casting out devils. That's where
00:41:09spiritual warfare came from. We taught hundreds, many got delivered, many ministries went out of that
00:41:16ministry and it continues to this day. That's demonstration. That's showing the proof of the
00:41:23arrival of the kingdom. And then the last one is allegiance. That is so important. We don't want
00:41:29to pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. How about your pledge of allegiance
00:41:34onto the kingdom of God, who is the King of Kings, the only King, the only true and living God.
00:41:41Okay. That's allegiance and allegiance does not share or split its allegiance. It doesn't do that.
00:41:50It's onto the kingdom of God and the kingdom of God only loyalty. All right. So proclamation,
00:41:58that's the message of Jesus Christ, which we've said, we've done a great job of preaching Jesus,
00:42:04but now we have to start preaching what Jesus preached. All right. The message of the, uh,
00:42:10the kingdom, that proclamation is announced with clarity. And that's why I do a lot of repeating,
00:42:17repetitive teaching so that there's clarity in terms of understanding the message of the kingdom.
00:42:23Then of course, the demonstration, the power of the King, solving real problems. I remember a person
00:42:31that we went to the hospital and visited and they had given this person about a week or so to
00:42:36live.
00:42:37Well, I was so young in ministry. I just believe that we didn't have to be. And I, you know,
00:42:42I just didn't know any better. I had read what I read and I believed what I believe and just
00:42:46went
00:42:46for. And I went back, I guess about a week or two later and they said the person had went
00:42:52home. I
00:42:52thought, Oh my goodness, I guess they're going to, you know, and they said, no, the doctors couldn't
00:42:57find anything. And he was home and his family was all happy. And there was great joy. Okay.
00:43:04So I've been experiencing this, this off and on, but I rebuke myself for being hit and miss and not
00:43:12totally consistent in this teaching. So many others could receive it. And so I continue now
00:43:21steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that I've seen it for myself.
00:43:29And I believe many of you have had this wonderful experience and maybe it did not, you know,
00:43:37continue, but this is why we're doing this because it must continue. And so again, you know,
00:43:45demonstration means the solving of real problems, healing and evicting these devils. Okay. And
00:43:53seeing families restored, restoration to relationships and to those who have lost so much,
00:44:02my God, this is the kingdom of God. Welcome to masterclass people of God. This is for those who are
00:44:09ready to go to the higher frequencies, even to the highest frequencies of the call of God. All right.
00:44:15And so then allegiance, that's a public loyalty. It actually will draw repentance and baptisms and
00:44:24obedience. It impacts a culture when someone begins to see that this is what you're committed to
00:44:30and dedicated to, and you're not going to negotiate anything else, but the kingdom of God,
00:44:37your allegiance is your loyalty. So when these converge,
00:44:43fear will have to go glory to God, joy begins to take its rightful place in your life. And then
00:44:50again, this is, this is kingdom, you know, acts eight and 12 says, this is kingdom. The kingdom of God
00:44:59is the good news. The gospel of the kingdom is joy. I want to, I think I didn't add acts
00:45:10eight and 12 to my notes. So I want to read it and save for my, so, because I don't
00:45:17want you to miss any
00:45:18scripture. Yeah. And so again, it talks about Philip and how he was preaching concerning the kingdom of
00:45:27God. And this is why they had such results. They were not half hearted and half handed. They really
00:45:34had results because they were fully committed in allegiance to the kingdom of God. All right. And so
00:45:42the kingdom of God, it's good news. Gospel is good news. The gospel of the kingdom is joy. There has
00:45:49to
00:45:49be joy. God's people need to be light and happy and well provided for as citizens of the kingdom who
00:45:58are now partakers of the common wealth. This is the word of God. This is what must happen. We are
00:46:05standing on it and we will not stop until we absolutely see the fruit and the absolute fullness
00:46:13of joy in God's people, because that's what the word of God says. Therefore, that's what I believe.
00:46:20So there was great joy according to acts eight and eight great joy in the city where, uh, so where's
00:46:27this
00:46:27joy? If you're in that city, there's going to be joy because it's in you and you're spreading it and
00:46:33you're not afraid. You're not with fear because you understand when you fully embrace kingdom, those
00:46:39things got to leave you. They cannot dwell in the present fear and, and, you know, hate and all those
00:46:46that can't dwell in the kingdom. It will not. This is why heaven is so exclusive because none of those
00:46:52things will dwell there. That's why I said, I want you to have in earth what I have in heaven.
00:46:57Those things cannot dwell in heaven. Therefore, when you are in that stuff, cannot dwell in you.
00:47:04So fear has to go. Sickness has to go. Poverty has to go. All these things, they cannot dwell in
00:47:09the
00:47:09same place. And so when we fully embrace kingdom, that's when you fully begin to see the results of
00:47:15it. Okay. So we're not talking about entertainment. Glory to God. God is not running a show. He runs a
00:47:23government and we are partakers of that. We are part of it. Kingdom is not about a concert,
00:47:30but a constitution under the enforcement of the Holy spirit. Thank God for the Holy ghost. So we
00:47:38proclaim, we demonstrate, and we align ourselves allegiance with what God is doing. This, the kingdom,
00:47:45this is the kingdom call of joy. Not only will you understand this, but you will expect it,
00:47:52demand it. And by the Holy spirit executed, believe it, walk in it. Kingdom cannot be stopped. It cannot
00:47:59be contained or controlled. It cannot be bought kingdom arrive with proof, with evidence and with
00:48:07great joy. And that's where we are. Acts eight and one in the NIV acts chapter eight and verse one
00:48:13says on that day, a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem and all except the
00:48:20apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.
00:48:29But Saul, before he became Paul, began to destroy the church going from house to house. He dragged off
00:48:38both men and women that were preaching the gospel, the good news. And so, so much for those who don't
00:48:44believe in women preachers, get over it. He put them both in prison. Okay. And those who had been
00:48:51scattered preached the word of the kingdom wherever they went. So, I mean, I can see nowadays great
00:49:04persecution as great distractions, because Lord knows when I began to focus on this, I can't even
00:49:12tell you how one thing after another came up. And I guess that was the test to see, are you
00:49:17going to
00:49:17really persevere this time or is going to get you off course again? And my allegiance began to line
00:49:25up with the word of God. And I thank God for his presence, for the Holy Spirit showed himself strong.
00:49:32Glory to God. And so, when we read Acts eight and one, it says, verse one, what's it that sets
00:49:37the
00:49:37climate? There's persecution. We read verse, get to verse three, it identifies the instrument of
00:49:42destruction, Paul, who at the time, believe it or not, was a part of the Pharisees and the religious
00:49:47rulers, who had been, he was literally weaponized by a spirit of religion. And that's what's happening
00:49:55right now today. Verse four reveals the outcome. Okay. What happened? A distribution. God turned all that
00:50:03opposition into distribution. And what happened? The good news, the gospel of the kingdom began to spread.
00:50:08So, persecution is like a propels, it propels them to really go out. It was like an absolute burst
00:50:19of the word of God, the kingdom of God, the good news. And so, distractions actually, when I knew
00:50:27that the enemy is trying to distract me, just like we read, remember we read Matthew 13, if you get
00:50:32this
00:50:33message of the kingdom, he immediately comes to snatch it away. I experienced that so many times,
00:50:40but then I started finally realizing that's what he does. You should be aware of this, that when you
00:50:47really start to pursue and get your, you know, focus, you know, like Jesus, like a flint, you know,
00:50:53flint is the hardest stone. When you get so set like that, yes, but it won't, it won't happen.
00:51:00It won't be able to stop you because kingdom cannot be stopped. Religion can be stopped. It can be
00:51:06contained and controlled by the one who named it, as we gave you that before. Okay. Satan named
00:51:12Christianity. God did not. Okay. Bought people can buy a performance and they can merchandise a ritual,
00:51:18but the kingdom cannot be bought. Kingdom arrives with genuine joy. And when it is accurately proclaimed,
00:51:25joy is the proof of kingdom presence. When you really turn yourself towards the kingdom of God and
00:51:32pursue it like a flint. Oh my goodness. Joy will burst in you no matter what happens, no matter what
00:51:39comes
00:51:39your way. Citizenship is stronger than religious chains. You can pursue you, even the pressure that,
00:51:48you know, the church comes under, but you, you can't imprison kingdom. You can press your church, but you
00:51:55can't imprison kingdom. Acts 1 and 4. Acts 1 and 4. My time is just about up and we're going
00:52:00to really
00:52:01plunge and dive into this as we prepare for Pentecost. Praise God. Acts 1 and 4 says, and being assembled
00:52:08together with them, Jesus commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise
00:52:15of the Father, which said he, you have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but you shall
00:52:26be
00:52:27baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many days hence. And verse eight says, you shall receive power after that
00:52:37the Holy Ghost is come upon you. I'm coming to realize that a lot of that need for this power
00:52:43is exactly for
00:52:45the time we're in. The power to pursue kingdom and to resist religion, resist all these things that
00:52:53have brought so much trouble. The worst wars were fought because of religion. Even right now, the war
00:53:00that's going on in Iraq and they wanted to have this nuclear ability to blow up whoever they want and
00:53:08do
00:53:08whatever. And the negotiations are really, they don't realize you're coming against a spirit of
00:53:15religion. These are religious rulers that are in charge. They don't care about people. Religion
00:53:21doesn't care about people. And you can, you know, mess up their economy and all those other things
00:53:28that you'll have to totally wipe them out before that spirit will yield itself. And that's pretty much
00:53:34what's going to have to happen. And so understand then that this is one of the reasons why you need
00:53:42the power of the Holy Ghost. You need to, it says, and you shall be witnesses unto me, both in
00:53:48Jerusalem,
00:53:49Judea, Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth. That's where we are now is understanding the
00:53:56power. Okay. Understanding God's promises, understanding God's benefits and the common
00:54:03wealth and all that belongs to the citizens of the kingdom. Healing is your right. It's not a religion.
00:54:11Financial stability is your right. It's not a religion. Healing your body and being healthy and well,
00:54:21that's your right as a citizen of the kingdom of God. It is not a religion. Casting out devils
00:54:29is the authority and power of the government of God because spirits are illegal. Spirits that don't
00:54:37have a body in the earthly realm are illegal. That's why they need to possess people. They need a body
00:54:45so
00:54:45they can function their evil. When we come back, we pick up from there. We are headed on the final
00:54:53week
00:54:53into Pentecost coming on Sunday. We are in the feast of weeks because you count from Passover up 50 days
00:55:03up until Pentecost. Understanding that again, Pentecost is the power, the return of the Holy Spirit in the
00:55:13earth. And I believe it's going to wax stronger than you in you than ever before. I believe that as
00:55:20you
00:55:20denounce religious rhetoric and embrace the kingdom of God, your life begins to turn around. I know it's
00:55:30kind of scary for some because that's all they've known. You know, Christianity, which is really a spirit
00:55:36of religion has dominated the earthly realm. But that is why there's two kingdoms. There's the kingdom
00:55:43of God and there's the kingdom of darkness. And that darkness is ignorance. It's not just blackness or
00:55:51darkness. It's not about a color. It's about knowledge. Light represents knowledge, knowing,
00:55:57understanding, whereas darkness represents ignorance and not knowing and being a part of something
00:56:06that most don't even realize. This is why you're suffering. This is why you're sick. You got one
00:56:12foot in religion and you're trying to have the other foot in the kingdom and the two cannot dwell
00:56:17together. You have to embrace the king. Ask the Holy Spirit. That's what the power is there for.
00:56:23Ask him to show you for yourself. You don't have to take what I say. You have your Bible. You
00:56:29got your word.
00:56:30You have your liberty and your freedom. Seek God for yourself. Not depending on somebody. When God has
00:56:37given you the very power. Remember when we read you the scripture? It says that, why are you? Paul said
00:56:42to
00:56:42those who were, you know, name dropping, who baptized them and who they were under. And he says, why are
00:56:49you
00:56:49making a big deal over these people when you have all things yourself? All things are yours. What you're
00:56:57boasting over someone else having you have for yourself. Spirit of living God, we thank you now
00:57:04for this wonderful opportunity to share this message called the kingdom of God that will reign
00:57:09forever and ever. Your kingdom will reign and it will never come to an end. Thank you, God, for the
00:57:17message and the word. Holy Spirit, I pray now that you would just engulf the hearts and minds of your
00:57:24people, that you would teach them, that you would show them that you are the spirit of truth and you
00:57:30will lead and guide them to all truth in Jesus mighty name. We thank you in advance that the joy
00:57:37is being
00:57:38released in your people and that they will begin to see results. They will see evidence, proof that the
00:57:45kingdom of God is in them in Jesus name. God bless you. Listen, join us on Wednesday night. Of course,
00:57:52we're going to continue in the joy of the kingdom. This is masterclass. God bless you. We'll see you
00:57:58next time.
00:58:03Hello, kingdom citizens. Welcome to Word Up Ministries. Here are our announcements for today.
00:58:11Join evangelist Melinda Vaughn on Tuesday, May 5th and May 19th at 1 p.m. in Woodbridge,
00:58:19New Jersey for Kingdom Study. Located at Jacob's Landing Community Center at 800 Buns Lane. For details,
00:58:30go to wordupinc.org and click on Special Events. Join Pastor James in North Brunswick for Kingdom
00:58:38Connection. It will be on Saturday, May 30th, 2026 at 12 p.m.
00:58:46Located at Bread of Life Kingdom Fellowship, 1501 Livingston Avenue, North Brunswick, New Jersey. For details, go to
00:58:57wordupinc.org and click on Speaking Engagements.
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