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THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

1. HOLY SPIRIT CALLS YOU
2. SALVATION IN JESUS
3. YOU ARE COMMANDED TO LIVE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD
4. HOLY SPIRIT SEALS THE SALVATION IN JESUS
5. LOVE AND BLESS THE PRESENCE OF JESUS...


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1. HOLY SPIRIT CALLS YOU

Beloved saint of God,

Jesus calls you to the miraculous and wonderful life style in the power of the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit leads you to live, to experience and see continually increasing revelation of Jesus. He leads to the life style, which you cannot conceive by you natural mind. By faith you will live in the realm of the Spirit, where the conditions of the visible world do not limit your thoughts, speaking or acts.

In the preparation to this Holy Spirit will lead you to walk through the consuming fire, to get soft in your heart, to clean yourself from the secret sins and to get stronger in the faith through tests. Be humble and flexible. Prepare yourself to receive deeper changes as you would expect. Set the fundaments of your life into the order. Develop a living love relationship with Jesus Restore your human relations, business and finances into the order of God's kingdom.

Our prayer is, that the Lord would give us teaching that is inspired by the Spirit. Let this teaching lead you into the extraordinary anointing of the Holy Spirit and prepare you for a new ministry. Let the Holy Spirit fill you with His presence and strengthen you in Jesus so much that you will be able to show the 'power and the Spirit of God' in your ministry!

Jesus can touch, heal, deliver and lead you out from any distress, sickness, problem or impasse. His salvation covers all areas of life. He will bring the health of the body, balance of life, wholeness, freedom, spiritual abilities, healthy mind, financial balance, ministry relations, restoration of the human relations and everything that the abundant life in this world requires. Seek the presence of Jesus and yield yourself unto His increasing glory and the darkness will flee away!

In this teaching series we will process eg. following areas:

- Understanding the salvation of Jesus
- The position of the new creation in Jesus
- Personal condition of the heart
- Life style, attitudes and orientation
- Living faith relationship with Jesus
- Jesus in the Holy Spirit
- Identity as the follower of Jesus
- Cooperation with Jeesus/Holy Spirit
- Gifts of the Holy Spirit
- Offices of the Holy Spirit
- Growing up in the faith
- Life style of worshipping God

Jesus will lead you in the supernatural transformation process. It will be accomplished by the genuine revelation of the Word of God, that meets your thirsty heart. When the Word settles down in your heart, Holy Spirit quickens it and you will receive a NEW REVELATION about the Kingdom of God.

We will teach matters, which you may know by your understanding, but which you have not yet received by faith as a reality of your life. We train you to step in faith into the life of the Kingdom of God. Jesus will lead you from the theoretical rationalism to the living faith and to the real powerful works!

John 7:37-39: Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water. But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet [given]; because Jesus was not yet glorified. (ASV)

The Holy Spirit flows from the innermost being of the person, from his heart. The innermost being of the person is the source and channel of the river of living waters. Therefore, when you hunger after the power of the Holy Spirit, you need to allow Jesus cleanse and remove any obstacles which would hinder the flow of the love. Yield yourself unconditionally to Jesus and let Him touch continually your heart, make it soft and fill with His love and glory.

Heb 4:12: For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart. (ASV)

Adopt a custom of life where you meditate daily essential teachings of Jesus. They are Words of God and therefore they are quick and powerful to change you. Do not say, that I have heard this and that already. Say instead to Jesus: Let it HAPPEN TO ME according to your Word! Decide to put into effect the teaching of the Word of God in your life! Read the truths of the Word of God word so long, that they descend from your head into your heart and create the reality of the Kingdom of God in your life! Tarry in the presence of the Holy Spirit and the revelation of Jesus will increase and brighten evermore!

2. SALVATION IN JESUS

John 1:12-13: But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Word 'child' comes here from the original Greece from the verb 'tikto' which means to 'give birth'. That means literally 'produced offspring'.

In the process of the new birth God gives birth to a new creation, which has come from Him. Born again person has got from God properties, which did not exist in the natural person before. This is the start of the change and growth, which ends to the everlasting unity with God in the heaven.

It is necessary, that you as a born again believer you assimilate yourself as a being of divine origin. Although you live in the body of flesh, your true personality is spiritual, the inner man. You have been delivered from the slavery of the sin that operates through the flesh. Your new creation has been created to grow and to control instead of the your corrupt natural mind. You don't need try to strive after this position. You have been just set into that as a result of God's creative work.

"… TO THEM GAVE HE THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD…"

Word 'right' comes from the word 'exousia' in Greece, which means 'privilegde', 'authority', 'capacity', 'competence', 'freedom to act' or 'mastership'. You are able to get into the position of a child of God only if you receive the power, authorization and ability from God. But now the God has just given this power for everyone who believe in Jesus! Praise the Lord!

John 1:12-13: But as many as received him, TO THEM GAVE HE THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD, [even] to them that believe on his name…

You have the ability, right and power to become a child of God, like Jesus, because Father God has lavished and commanded you this ability. God hasn't made your life finished. It is just your task to grow in faith possessing this power and capasity in the cooperation with the Holy Spirit. Then you will achieve the fullness in Jesus and in His Kingdom.

Eph 1:3-7: Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ: even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: HAVING FOREORDAINED US UNTO ADOPTION AS SONS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST UNTO HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO THE GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS WILL, to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace...

Luke 19:9-10: And Jesus said unto him, To-day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

The latter part of this verse says literally; THE SON OF GOD HAS COVE TO SEEK AFTER THE DESTROYED (DROWNED, KILLED, FAILED). Falling into sin separated the man from God and His life giving presence. Jesus came to save the man from the eternal death and destruction, which would wait him otherwise.

Word 'save' comes from the word 'sodzo' in Greece language, which means 'make whole', 'save', 'heal'. The primary Greece word is 'sos', which is contraction for the obsolet 'saos' meaning 'safe'. Jesus came to rescue the human race from the oppression of the kingdom of darkness, where sin, sickness, diseases, demons and other powers of darkness are tormenting the man.

Jesus did not only carry our sins and sicknesses but He translated us OUT from the kingdom of darkness and took us under His protection INTO the Kingdom of God. He delivered every man from every bondage of inequity that would hold the man under the dominion of the enemy. This salvation of Jesus will become effective and manifested as soon as WE BELIEVE IT AS OUR POSSESSION.

Col 1:9-15: For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins: who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

Through the salvation of Jesus God has already commanded every believer to be removed from the kingdom of darkness and into the Kingdom of Jesus. You can receive all this content of the salvation plan BY FAITH. When you see, understand and complete trust that you are not anymore a slave of the sin, the new creation will rise up in you and reign in you and lead your life. When you believe and possess the fact that you have already been delivered from the power of sin, sickness and any darkness, the Holy Spirit will lead you into the victorious faith life! Possess and embrace the truth of salvation and worship the Lord for His incomprehensible mercy and grace!

Father God has commanded this to happen for them, that worship his only begotten Son as their Savior! Accept, meditate and proclaim this truth for yourself so long, that you have it permanently in your heart.

John 8:31-32: Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, IF YE ABIDE IN MY WORD, [THEN] ARE YE TRULY MY DISCIPLES; AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE.

3. YOU ARE COMMANDED TO LIVE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Now is the time to move from the recalling of the individual Bible verses to the comprehensive seeing and understanding of the kingdom of God. Through His work of salvation Jesus has prepared us the way into His Kingdom. When we receive by faith the WHOLE salvation as our possession, God will translate us COMPLETELY out from the sphere of power where sin, sickness, demons and other darkness are ruling.

As a result of the new birth a new creation is living in you. You have been born from God and you live from the kingdom of God and in the kingdom of God. The 'old man' is the slave of the sin and lives under the dominion of the prince of this world. The 'new creation' is the child of God and the true personality of the believer. You are living under the cloud of the glory of God here in the visible world, which is still under the control of the darkness.

1 John 3:9: No not one from God been born to make sin, the with that seed of God continues to be in him; and not he you can get sin make, in that he has from the God been born.

Through Jesus God has given you the POWER TO BECOME THE CHILD OF GOD. You have got the power, ability and authority to lead a life as a new creation. God has given you the power, whereby you overcome the power of the tormentor. You have got the faith and capacity to win the slavery of the powers of darkness. Jesus has already prepared this for you. Your life is your promised land, which you are called to conquer with Jesus into the Kingdom of God.

ON THE LEVEL OF FAITH you are already translated from the kingdom of darkness, although you still live in the visible world with a lot of darkness around. You have got the rights of the citizenship of the Kingdom of God. In His Kingdom there is no sin, no illness, no death and nothing kind of darkness. In His Kingdom there are all kinds of life in entirety, peace, joy and abundance.

In the kingdom of God you have the responsibility to confess and reject your sins. Then you also have the right to receive forgiveness of the sins, receive healings and all other riches of the Father as blessings of your life. These are the civil rights and responsibilities of the citizens of His Kingdom. Father God has commanded these to be your inheritance in Jesus.

The mercy of God is ruling over your whole life and walk of faith. His mercy has appeared to save you all the time. You can't ever fall to anything that would be beyond His mercy. But remember, although the mercy of God is unlimited, sin can entice the heart of a man so, that he estranges from the God. Continuous practising of the sin can spoil man's soul so, that he wouldn't want to return to God in 'right time'. That's why you need to watch over your conduct of life in humility and obedience close with God. Humility of the heart is enormous protection and resource. When pride no longer tempts the soul, God can pour a great glory upon His servant.

4. HOLY SPIRIT SEALS THE SALVATION IN JESUS

God created Lucifer as a high-ranking cherub, whose task was to worship God on the mountain of the glory. Before his fall the cherub was in the condition of the obedience and glory like Jesus was. But Lucifer fell away from this glory and got outside of Jesus and under the sentence of death. Before falling into the sin Adam was in the presence of God in the condition of the glory without sin. But Lucifer enticed Adam and Eeva away from the obedience and submission to God. As a result the man got into the road of destruction wherefrom only Jesus was able to rescue him.

Jesus is the Ruler and and the King on the throne of the Father. Father exalted Him into this position after the sacrificial death and the atonement. Now Jesus is not only a Person of God on the throne of the father, just all heavens exists in him. Jesus is omnipresent everywhere in the heaven through His supernatural reality.

Col 1:19-20: For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell; and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, [I say], whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

Jesus reconciled a sinful man with God. He prepared for the believers a divine TRANSFORMATION BY THE RESURRECTION POWER. This work of the Holy Spirit makes a believer fitting as a citizen of the Kingdom of God. Jesus did not only rescue people into His presence in the heaven but in a secret way He saved the believers to live IN HIM in the heaven!

1 John 3:2: Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

Luke 17:20-21: And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU.

Rom 14:17: for the KINGDOM OF GOD IS not eating and drinking, but RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Jesus is the kingdom of God and the kingdom of God is in Him. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to bring the presence of the Kingdom of God on the earth into the kingdom of the prince of this world. The Holy Spirit will take from the possessions of Jesus and distribute to us.

John 16:13-15: Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, [these] shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare [it] unto you. All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare [it] unto you.

Jesus is in the heaven in the type of the glory like the Father. If Jesus would come back on country, the elements would melt from the heat, as Peter says. Jesus is now permanently in the full brightness on the throne of the Father. But Holy Spirit has been sent to the world and Jesus is revealed through Him in the world. Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus. Without the presence of the Holy Spirit there is not personal presence of Jesus. Holy Spirit is able to bring ALL THE BLESSINGS OF JESUS into the world.

Holy Spirit authorizes and anoints the servants of God to be able to carry out the supernatural task of the preaching the good news of the Kingdom of God. That's why Jesus said to the disciples that wait for the fulfilling of the promise of the Father, before you will move on. Without the equipping of the Holy Spirit the disciples would have had only the Word and their own faith. But through the anointing the supernatural person of Jesus started to move with them and do more than the apostles themselves would have ever been able to do.

Eph 1:13-14: in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,-- in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God's] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

The presence of the Holy Spirit is the presence of Jesus. Holy Spirit has the capacity to come silently or like a storm. He will meet everyone on the level of his ability to receive and will lead into increasing glory. But remember, the Holy Spirit has the capacity and authorization to reveal and manifest THE COMPLETE SALVATION OF JESUS into this world. Holy Spirit is enormously strong and with Him all things are possible. The touch of the Holy Spirit is the touch of the resurrection power. All that the Holy Spirit touches will become healed, revived, alive and into the order of the Kingdom of God: the sick will be healed, creative miracles will happen, the dead will be raised up, the demons flee and so on.

5. LOVE AND BLESS THE PRESENCE OF JESUS IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

Because we want to enter into the realms of the power of the Holy Spirit we have to cleanse our heart, mind and life from all influence that would resist the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit will fall down into the place where He is welcomed. It is not of the reason that He would be some 'timid bird' or He wouldn't dare to touch some person or evil things. This is because Jesus saves only those who want to get out of the darkness because they prefer the glory in favour of darkness. If you don't want to dwell in His presence, He will let you be alone. But you can call the Holy Spirit to touch yourself or anyone thirsting in whatever condition of the sin ever. Then He will come immediately and there will be power to suffice!

Luke 13:34-35: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen [gathereth] her own brood under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you [desolate]: and I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Jesus appears when people start to bless those servants, which come in the name of the Lord. When we bless the Holy Spirit, His presence and His ministry, Jesus will reveal Himself to us! Bless God, address Him love, praise, worship and respect.

Ps 103:1-5: Bless Jehovah, O my soul; And all that is within me, [bless] his holy name. Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, [So that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle.

This is a matter of love relationship. God loves you with the enormous love and you will love him from your WHOLE HEART. You can 'thank' God with the cold heart, but you can't bless God, unless you are wholeheartedly fallen in love with him.

When you bless Jesus, you bless His servants. Then you bless His people and all people. You will renounce from bitterness, critical spirit, judgements and gossiping concerning you brothers and sisters. When you bless the Holy Spirit you will bless ALL His presence. You will not criticize the manifestations that will appear in the presence of the Holy Spirit. You will love the increasing presence of the Glory with the heart of adoration. You will love to see when people are receiving the divine touch of the Holy Spirit and are transformed by the power of God. You simply love Jesus so much from the deepest of your heart, and long after Him increasingly. You will get a desire to get lost in Jesus, to be translated into His supernatural realm. There will happen things that are beyond your natural understanding!

My daily prayer and worship:

"My Lord Jesus, I confess you as my Savior, my Healer, my Deliverer and as the only Source of Life, blessing and Light of my life. I want to surrender to you, join you and serve you such as you will lead me by your Holy Spirit. I want to grow into you, be transformed into your likeness, to think, plan and do things, which are of your heart. Release a new power and anointing of the Holy Spirit upon me. Take me into the faith and life style, where Your manifestation in my ministry is daily, performing signs, wonders ad miracles.

Jesus, I thank You, praise You and worship You as the perfect Savior and King. Your love, grace, mercy and power is wonderful. Thank You for the Holy Spirit who directs and teaches me in every situation. I trust that you will transform me in Your likeness. I receive by faith a new plan to grow up in my calling in the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you Jesus for doing this!

Jesus, I want to dwell more and more in You. Come Holy Spirit and cleanse me by your fire. Jesus, fill me with your brightness! Jesus, I want to hear Your voice, I want to see the glory and love of Your face. Fill me with you power, I rejoice in your presence, I adore and worship only You! Increase Your presence, fill deeper, take into you cloud of Glory. Thank you beloved Jesus for doing this! For You be the Glory and Honour!".

With love in Jesus Christ
Seppo

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