Then He [Jesus] CALLED
His TWELVE DISCIPLES [Apostles] together,
and gave them POWER and AUTHORITY OVER ALL
devils, and to cure DISEASES.
And He SENT them to PREACH the KINGDOM of God,
and to HEAL the sick.
(Luke 9:1-2)
There are so many “gospels” are being PREACHED today! Many PROGRAMS, STRATEGIES, FORMULAS and MAN-MADE DOCTRINES that tries to make the Gospel PRESENTABLE to the audience are being INVENTED today. These DOCTRINES of MAN is for man! I mean, PLEASING man. These DOCTRINES caused the DIVISION of the Body of Christ. In the first place, the Gospel MESSAGE of Christ is the POWER of God to TRANSFORM a life. “For it is the POWER of God unto SALVATION to everyone that BELIEVETH; to the Jew FIRST, and also to the Greek. (Romans 1:16). What is this Gospel? It is the Gospel for the SALVATION, ORIGINALLY for the Jews!
Just what do you think GOSPEL?
“As we said before, so say I now again, If any man PREACH ANY OTHER GOSPEL unto you than that ye have received , let him be accursed. For do I now PERSUADE MEN, or God? Or do I seek to PLEASE MEN? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the SERVANT of Christ. But I certify you, brethren, that the GOSPEL W/C WAS PREACHED OF ME WAS NOT AFTER MAN. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but BY the REVELATION of Jesus Christ.” (Galatians 1:9-12). It is not we to PERSUADE men to BELIEVE the Gospel. Not by our OWN MIGHT and UNDERSTANDING, but by the CONVICTION of the Holy Spirit. This Gospel is a Spirit Led PREACHING, not from man, but a REVELATION DIRECTLY from Jesus Christ, Himself, through the Word of God! And now, the MYSTERY that was KEPT SECRET from the FOUNDATION of the world was REVEALED.
The Old Testament Prophets and the Apostles DESIRED to SEE this MYSTERY of God’s PLAN for MANKIND. But you are CHOSEN to know this MYSTERY. God have been WAITING for you! We are the CHOSEN GENERATION! We are the “End-Time” Prophets to PREACH the Gospel of the KINGDOM of God in ALL the NATIONS of the world.
John the Baptist was sent by the Lord Jesus Christ to PREPARE the WAY before Him. John was sent ahead to PREACH REPENTANCE and FORGIVENESS of sins. Now, in these “Last Days”, the Lord Jesus Christ needs more PREACHERS with the “PROPHETIC ANOINTING” to PREPARE the WAY for His 2nd COMING. Yes, the Lord needs you! The Lord is COMING BACK for the WHOLE world as KING of kings. ALL EYES shall SEE Him. That’s why He needs a COMPANY of PREACHERS to PREPARE the WAY for His 2nd COMING. The WHOLE world and ALL men must get READY for His RETURN! You are so much PRIVILEGED because out of MILLIONS, God CHOSE you for this SUPERNATURAL MISSION.
God have been WAITING for you to UNDERSTAND the MYSTERY of His PLAN BEFORE the CREATION of the world. Myriads of BOOKS were published, and KNOWLEDGE have INCREASED, yet, the MYSTERY was not REVEALED. The MYSTERY was SEALED and it was RESERVED for you. “Keep this Prophecy a SECRET; SEAL up the book until the time of the END. Many will rush here and there, and KNOWLEDGE will INCREASE.” (Daniel 12:4). The SEAL was BROKEN! It’s up to you to SEARCH the SECRETS in the SCRIPTURES. The ANSWERS for the MYSTERY is all WRITTEN in the BIBLE!
The GOOD NEWS
that John the Baptist PREACHED
When Jesus Christ came the FIRST time, He came for a SINGLE NATION as a POOR baby. So He needed ONLY ONE to PREPARE the WAY! But in these “Last Days”, ALL NATIONS will SEE Him. He needs YOU and ME! That’s why God caused this BOOK to be PUBLISHED for you to know your CALLING and PURPOSE why Jesus Christ SAVED you by His DEATH on the CROSS! God CHOSE you for these GREAT and SUPERNATURAL MISSION. To PREACH the Gospel of the KINGDOM of God. Yes, the PROMISED, MILLENNIAL KINGDOM is at hand! “REPENT ye: for the KINGDOM of Heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 3:2). This was the GOOD NEWS that John the Baptist PREACHED! THE PROMISED, MILLENNIAL KINGDOM IS AT HAND! This is the GOOD NEWS we should PREACH
Did you know why Jesus said that John the Baptist was the GREATEST of ALL the Prophets? What made John the Baptist the GREATEST of all the Prophets? In fact, John did not perform any MIRACLES, unlike the Old Testaments Prophets. He did not SPOKE many Prophecies! But what did Jesus mean when He said, “I assure you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. (Matthew 11:11, NLT). Many Prophets Prophesied about the COMING MESSIAH. They Prophesied that the MESSIAH would SUFFER. It was because John the Baptist SAW the MESSIAH by his OWN EYES and DECLARED, “Behold the Lamb of God, which TAKETH AWAY the sin of the world.” (John 1:29). John the Baptist CONFIRMED his Prophesy, Himself. He CONFIRMED what he what he have SPOKEN by his OWN EYES. “Someone is COMING SOON who is FAR GREATER than I am -- so much greater that I AM NOT EVEN WORTHY TO BE HIS SLAVE. (Mark 1:7, NLT). Also read Matthew 3:11 and Luke 3:16.
What’s interesting is the STATEMENT, “I am not even worthy to be his slave.” The Bible tells us the Lord LIFTS UP and SHOWS FAVOR to the HUMBLE. This is THE MIND OF CHRIST! There is a SITUATION like in the PARABLE of the “Prodigal Son”. The Father in the story showed FAVOR to his REPENTANT son. The Father GAVE BACK MORE than what the son had lost. The same manner, when we HUMBLE ourselves and REPENT from all our sins, God will LIFT us UP and POUR OUT His OVERFLOWING GRACE. God will GIVE BACK and even MULTIPLY what we lost because of our sins.
Did you know that we are far Greater than John the Baptist? Why? Because we are CHOSEN to PREPARE the WAY for the COMING of the GLORIFIED KING of kings and LORD of lords. And He is COMING for ALL the NATIONS to SEE. What did Jesus mean when He said, “The TRUTH is, anyone who BELIEVES in Me will do the SAME WORKS I have done, and EVEN GREATER WORKS.” (John 14:12, NLT). Yes you can do GREATER THINGS than what Jesus did during His earthly ministry. You are a WORLDWIDE Prophet! You need to ask the Lord to POUR OUT the “PROPHETIC ANOINTING” to you. When you have this Anointing, the RADIANCE of God’s Glory will SHINE on you. That anyone who will SEE you will be enR-I-C-H-E-D! REBUKED-INSPIRED-COMFORTED-HEALED-ENCOURAGED-DELIVERED.
The GOOD NEWS that Jesus PREACHED
Later on, after John was arrested by Herod Antipas, Jesus went to Galilee to PREACH GOD’S NEWS. And saying, “The time is FULFILLED, and the KINGDOM of God is at hand: REPENT ye, and BELIEVE the GOSPEL. (Mark 1:14-15). BELIEVE the GOSPEL! What Gospel? It is the Gospel of the KINGDOM of God. “Jesus traveled throughout Galilee TEACHING in the synagogues, PREACHING EVERYWHERE the GOOD NEWS about the KINGDOM. And He healed people who had every kind of sickness and disease.” (Matthew 4:23, NLT). There was a situation when the people BEGGED Jesus not to LEAVE, ut he replied, "I must PREACH the GOOD NEWS of the KINGDOM of God in other places, too, because that is why I was sent." (Luke 4:43, NLT). Now that the Gospel of the KINGDOM of God was made CLEAR, we also need to PREACH the Gospel of the KINGDOM of God to other PLACES EVERWHERE and to ALL NATIONS!
Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath ANOINTED me to PREACH the GOSPEL to the POOR; He hath WENT ME to HEAL the BROKENHEARTED, to PREACH DELIVERANCE to the CAPTIVES, & RECOVERING of SIGHT to the BLIND, to set at LIBERTY them that are BRUISED, To PREACH the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:18-19). This shall FULFILL what it is WRITTEN by the Prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 61:1-2. Yes, Jesus Christ came to bring GOOD NEWS to the BROKEN HEARTED, to ENCOURAGE the OPPRESSED and those that are PERSECUTED, to INSPIRE the HOPELESS, to lift up the UNQUALIFIED and LOWLY, to bring us out of DARKNESS! Jesus did not came to PREACH that if they BELIEVE in Him, they will go to Heaven after death. “From that time Jesus began to PREACH, and to say, “Repent: for the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND!” (Matthew 4:17).
Jesus ENCOURAGED His DISCIPLES by teaching them the “BEATITUDES.” In Matthew 5:3-12, look!
BLESSED are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the KINGDOM of Heaven. BLESSED are they that MOURN: for they shall be COMFORTED. BLESSED are the MEEK: for they shall INHERIT the earth. BLESSED are they which do HUNGER and THIRST after RIGHTEOUSNESS: for they shall be FILLED. BLESSED are the MERCIFUL: for they shall obtain MERCY. BLESSED are the PURE in HEART: for they shall SEE God. BLESSED are the PEACEMAKERS: for they shall be called the children of God. BLESSED are they which are RIGHTEOUSNESS’ sake: for theirs is the KINGDOM of Heaven. BLESSED are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake. REJOICE, and be exceeding GLAD: for GREAT IS YOUR REWARD in Heaven: For so PERSECUTED they the PROPHETS which were before you.”
The Lord added, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have PEACE. In the world ye shall have TRIBULATION [Trials and Sorrows]: but be of GOOD CHEER; I have OVERCOME the world. (John 16:33, NLT). Always remember our BLESSED HOPE. “God CHOSEN the POOR in this world to be RICH in FAITH? Aren’t they the ones who will INHERIT the KINGDOM He PROMISED to those who LOVE Him?” (James 2:5, NLT). We are an HEIR of the PROMISED, ETERNAL KINGDOM of God.
We are an HEIR not yet a POSSESSOR, we need to POSSESS it! THE GATE IS NARROW! Therefore, “STRIVE to ENTER in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.” (Luke 13:24). Only the OVERCOMERS can ENTER the KINGDOM of God. “To him that OVERCOMETH will I GRANT to SIT with Me in My THRONE, even as I also OVERCAME…” (Revelations 3:21). Many are CALLED by few are CHOSEN (Matthew 22:14)! “And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall SIT DOWN in the KINGDOM of God. And, behold, there are LAST which shall be FIRST, and there are FIRST which shall be LAST. (Luke 13:29-30). In other words, those who are DESPISED and REJECTED today shall be HONORED in the PROMISED, ETERNAL KINGDOM.
This is to relate with the “KENOSIS THEORY”, Philippians 2:7. Let us read it from verses 2 up to 11 in the same chapter.
Let this MIND be in you, w/c was ALSO in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the FORM of God, thought it not robbery to be EQUAL w/ God: But MADE HIMSELF OF NO REPUTATION, TOOK upon Him the FORM of a SERVANT, & was made in the LIKENESS of men ... He HUMBLED HIMSELF, & became OBEDIENT unto DEATH, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath HIGHLY EXALTED, & given Him a NAME w/c is ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME: That at the NAME of Jesus EVERY KNEE should BOW, of things in Heaven, & things in earth, & things under the earth; & that EVERY TONGUE should CONFESS that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father.
God EXALTS and LIFTS up the HUMBLE! The passage, “EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW, of things in Heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that EVERY TONGUE should CONFESS that Jesus Christ is Lord”, is not yet FULFILLED! This shall be FULFILLED when the Lord Jesus Christ COMES BACK and establish the PROMISED ETERNAL KINGDOM. And you should not be INTIMIDATED to PROCLAIM that Jesus Christ is Lord and is now SEATED at the RIGHT HAND of God. Remember Stephen?
In the first place, Jesus came to SEEK the LOST TEN TRIBE of Israel. Jesus said, “I am not sent but unto the LOST SHEEP of the house of Israel.” (Matthew 15:24). This will be discussed later. Jesus said to His Disciples and commanded them, saying, “Go not into the way of the Gentiles, & into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: But GO RATHER to the LOST SHEEP of the HOUSE of ISRAEL. & as ye go, PREACH, saying, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND! (Matthew 10:5-7). This GOOD NEWS is ORIGINALLY for the LOST TEN TRIBE of ISRAEL. These ten Tribe is the NORTHERN KINGDOM or the KINGDOM of Israel. They were SCATTERED during the Assyrian INVASION. This shall make CLEAR that the REAL GOSPEL is about the RESTORATION of the KINGDOM of Israel, not Heaven after death and “ENDLESS PUNISHMENT” in the “Hell Fire”.
When Israel, Jacob, BLESSED the two children (Ephraim and Mannasseh) of Joseph, he DECLARED PROPHETIC BLESSING to them. And there is a DECLARATION that is very SIGNIFICANT to make the Gospel of the KINGDOM of God CLEARER. In Genesis 48:16, KJV, Israel said, “BLESS the Lads, let my NAME be NAMED on THEM”. The name, Israel, be named to Ephraim and Manasseh. The tribe of these two brothers were part of the KINGDOM of Israel or the NORTHERN KINGDOM. Now, you should UNDERSTAND that Jewish people are descendants of Judah. The SOUTHERN KINGDOM, or the KINGDOM of Judah, is composed of 3 Tribes (Judah, Levi and Benjamin). Ezekiel was Prophesying that the SCATTERED Children of Israel be GATHERED again. In Ezekiel 37:21-22, NLT, God said, “I will GATHER the people of Israel from AMONG THE NATIONS. I will BRING THEM HOME to their OWN LAND from the places where they have been SCATTERED. I will UNIFY them into ONE NATION [Kingdom of God] in the land. ONE KING [Jesus Christ] WILL RULE OVER THEM ALL. NO LONGER will they be DIVIDED INTO TWO NATIONS.” This is not yet FULFILLED! This is to be FULFILLED when the Lord Jesus Christ RETURNS.
In Acts 1:6, the Apostles were asking Jesus if He will FULFILL this Prophesy, “Lord, wilt thou at this TIME RESTORE again the KINGDOM to Israel?” But Jesus replied, “The Father sets those dates,” He replied, “and they are not for you to know.” (Acts 1:7, NLT). See, Jesus Christ didn’t even know. Because it is ONLY our Father in Heaven knows when the MESSIAH COMES BACK AGAIN to RESTORE the PROMISED, ETERNAL KINGDOM. The RETURN of Jesus Christ is not for us to know, so don’t BELIEVE anyone who DECLARES that Christ is already here. What’s important is that we should CONCENTRATE in PROCLAIMING the COMING KINGDOM of God.
The DISCIPLES was COMMISSIONED
to PREACH the GOOD NEWS
Are we PREACHING the GOOD NEWS that Jesus wants us to PREACH? In the beginning was the WORD! We always need to go back to the Bible. God have already SPOKEN His Will, His PURPOSE and PLAN for MANKIND. It is ALL WRITTEN in the Bible.
Now, Jesus COMMISSIONED His Disciples to PREACH the GOOD NEWS. What is this GOOD NEWS? “Then He called his twelve disciples together, & gave them POWER & AUTHORITY over all devils, & to cure diseases. And HE SENT them to PREACH the KINGDOM of God, & to heal the sick.” (Luke 9:1-2). Jesus gave them the POWER and AUTHORITY over all devils then He COMMISSIONED them to PREACH the KINGDOM of God. Oh I see! This GOOD NEWS is the COMING KINGDOM of God! It was made CLEAR earlier that we also RECEIVED the AUTHORITY and POWER against evil spirits. In addition, this Gospel is the POWER of God to TRANSFORM a LIFE. Jesus continued, “And heal the sick that are therein, & say unto them, The KINGDOM of God is COME nigh unto you.” (Luke 10:9). Yes, this Gospel is the TRANSFORMING POWER of God to raise up a RIGHTEOUS GENERATION and a HOLY NATION.
Then here comes the GREAT COMMISSION! “Go ye therefore, & TEACH ALL NATIONS, baptizing them in the name of the Father, & of the Son, & of the Holy Ghost: TEACHING them to observe ALL THINGS whatsoever I have commanded you.” (Matthew 28:19-20). Notice, ALL THINGS! We should TEACH them ALL THINGS about what is written in the Bible. One time, I attended a Discipleship Class, I observed that the Pastor is ONE SIDED and CRITICIZING others DOCTRINE. So I waited for a perfect moment to CORRECT him. I told him that the DOCTRINE he was CRITICIZING is BIBLICAL. It just happened that the Pastor doesn’t agree to that DOCTRINE. Please, STOP CRITICIZING or DEBATING others DOCTRINE. Every PARTS of the Body of Christ has it’s OWN FUNCTION. The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.” In fact, some of the parts that seem WEAKEST and LEAST important are really the MOST NECESSARY. And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. (1 Corinthians 12:21-23, NLT). The Gospel of the KINGDOM of God was DESPISED for centuries and FEW bothered to have a STUDY about it. We forgot that this COMING KINGDOM of God is the GOOD NEWS, Jesus wants us to PREACH.
Now, let’s go back to the GREAT COMMISSION please. I like how it is written in the Good News Translation, “Go, then, to ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE and make them MY DISCIPLES...” Keep in MIND, let us TEACH them to become DISCIPLE of Jesus Christ. Never make your OWN Disciple and build your OWN DYNASTY! I mean, Don’t BUILD your OWN “Little KINGDOM”. Jesus COMMANDED us to GO in ALL NATIONS to PREACH the Gospel of the KINGDOM of God. “This GOSPEL of the KINGDOM shall be PREACHED in all the WORLD for a WITNESS unto ALL NATIONS; and then shall the END COME.” (Matthew 24:14)
The Disciples knew about the KINGDOM but they didn’t UNDERSTAND what it meant, until the RESURRECTION of Jesus. During the RESURRECTION, Jesus “Shewed Himself ALIVE after His passion by many infallible [Reliable] PROOFS, being SEEN of them 40 days, and SPEAKINGS of the THINGS to the KINGDOM of God.” (Acts 1:3). Jesus Christ EXPLAINED it to them and it became CRYSTAL CLEAR. Yet they needed the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT before they PREACHED about the PROMISED, ETERNAL KINGDOM of God.
