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RACINE & RUTH: JOIN US IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GOD!

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    Do you know that you are a work of art?
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    Man is the greatest product of God.
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    I mean, a man designed to think, talk and act with God.
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    Are you living in tune with God?
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    What is your status before God today?
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    Without the indwelling grace of the Holy Spirit,
    man is but a shadow of the one God created!
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    The man God created was not a mere carnal one
    governed by his senses
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    but a communicator between the visible and invisible worlds.
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    God and man used to talk together as friends.
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    But one day man broke the relationship by disobedience
    and went away from God.
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    He then went further away until finally he left home.
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    He left his native land, Eden, where he lived with God.
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    He emigrated from God’s presence.
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    Since then, God has been eager to be
    talking again with His old friend
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    but man, in leaving the presence of his Creator,
    had lost his mother tongue.
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    I mean, he lost his original language with God
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    and became unable to communicate with his Creator
    in spirit and in truth.
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    The natural man cannot hear or talk to God;
    this is the challenge we are facing today.
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    Although God speaks again and again, so many do not
    pay attention to what He says (Job 33:14).
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    The silence is hard on God.
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    As eager as the father of the prodigal son was
    to see his son come back home,
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    God is eager to be on intimate terms again with man,
    His old friend.
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    That is why He had to choose a language that man
    would understand.
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    So He sent His Son, Jesus Christ on earth to bring man,
    His old friend, back to Himself.
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    God honoured the human language by calling Jesus the Word.
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    The Word became flesh and entered the world.
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    Jesus is God spelling Himself out in a language
    that man can understand,
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    a language of spirit and life (John 6:63).
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    For how long will we continue to think, talk and live in the natural when Jesus is waiting for you at the point of His Spirit?
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    From our many years of learning under and walking with God’s General, Prophet TB Joshua, until he was called Home to Heaven,
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    a passion has kindled in our hearts to impart
    the treasure God has given us,
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    the living Word in the power of the Holy Spirit!
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    The letter of the Word cannot move, cannot operate without
    the life of God (John 6:63).
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    Every Word of God is Spirit and life and it is the very life of God
    in that Word that injects power, energy to the Word.
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    This is the Word that heals, saves, delivers and enables the believer to live a victorious life in Christ.
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    Just like Simon Peter in John 6:68, we have discovered
    that there is no alternative to Jesus
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    because only He has the Words of eternal life.
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    After our mentor was called Home on 5 June 2021,
    like the disciples of old, when Jesus ascended to Heaven,
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    we have been waiting in faith.
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    I found myself in a glass compartment
    inside a cave without exit.
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    Suddenly a mighty rock came from Heaven
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    and hit the rocky mountain.
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    It pierced the cave.
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    The mountain shook
    but I remained steady inside the glass compartment.
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    The rock drilled through the rocky mountain.
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    I watched.
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    Then I came out and walked.
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    I stopped and gasped as I saw
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    the rock had drilled a perfect beautiful tunnel
    made of gold!
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    I said to myself, there must be water
    at the end of this tunnel.
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    I started walking.
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    Suddenly a voice came from above:
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    “Stay where you are. Don’t enter!
    The water is coming to you.”
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    I stopped and stayed where I was.
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    As I stood still, suddenly I saw the water flowing
    from the end of the tunnel towards me.
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    The water was clear, sparkling with life.
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    It flowed closer
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    until it reached my toes
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    and washed my feet as a wave at the seashore.
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    and washed my feet as a wave at the seashore.
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    While I was pondering on the vision, my heart prompted me
    to the Book of Daniel 2:44.
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    What is the purpose of the rock?
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    The purpose of the rock is to remove the barrier between
    our heart and God.
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    When a man yields his heart to the Holy Spirit,
    the veil is taken away.
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    The Word of God is the seed of divine life that comes
    into our heart and causes faith to grow.
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    The vision is for an appointed time (Habakkuk 2:3).
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    The vision is to link man back to God through His Word,
    by His Spirit, to edify the Body of Christ
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    and to cooperate with a network of churches
    all around the world.
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    The vision is in line with the calling and gift of God in our lives.
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    The rock that fell from Heaven is the Word
    of the Kingdom as Jesus said in Matthew 13:19.
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    Our vision is to help get the Word into people’s hearts -
    because it is only there that it works effectively.
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    During the last two decades under the mentorship
    of Prophet TB Joshua,
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    our interaction with thousands of believers and
    church leaders worldwide
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    and the recurring questions raised by so many during lectures
    have drawn our focus to the practical side of Christianity,
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    I mean, our daily walk with the Holy Spirit:
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    how to develop spiritual awareness, how to hear from God,
    how to build one´s faith in the face of life’s uncertainties.
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    These core issues and others will be addressed under the guidance of the Holy Spirit
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    through in-depth teaching sessions with time for
    interactive questions and answers.
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    Our vision also embraces local churches.
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    We want to cooperate with a network of ministries to impart our knowledge, experience, and spiritual gifts as the Spirit leads.
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    Until today’s church realises that the spirit of man is
    the fountain of faith,
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    that is when the Holy Spirit will be involved in our affairs.
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    As our mentor, Prophet TB Joshua taught us,
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    “In the University of God, however brilliant you may be,
    you will not be given double promotion,
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    you must take every course for each course serves a purpose.”
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    So, what do you need?
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    An open heart.
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    What are the materials required to take every course - to not give up, look for alternatives or despair at life’s often cruel blows?
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    Humility, faith, endurance, perseverance, forgiveness
    and love without expectation.
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    Who marks our work?
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    The Holy Spirit.
Title:
RACINE & RUTH: JOIN US IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GOD!
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Video Language:
English
Team:
The University of God
Duration:
10:41

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