WHAT KINGDOM LEADERS DO? Dr. Paul Taylor & Dr. Josimar Salum

WHAT KINGDOM LEADERS DO?

Dr. Paul Taylor & Dr. Josimar Salum 

It is very unique when godly leaders are teaching business principles and business building to those God has brought to them. 

Most of the time church leaders just want money given to them so that they can pray and preach.  

But what these Kingdom people are doing are not only unique but if is wonderful because they understand the incredible power of prayer and yet know that if people do not learn a trade for business, they will become beggars, and not what God has created them to be.  

We are believing with people who have a Kingdom mindset that  combine prayer and work, value the gathering of God’s people in church, that do not have a sacred / secular worldview but see work as true worship, for tremendous favor and business success.  

Together we can create a different Burundi. A prosperous and Godly Burundi. 

#ASONE

REAL (36) - WHERE JESUS DID PREPARE A PLACE FOR US?

I know what you have written is the traditional interpretation that for years and years we have heard and repeated. 

“`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you; and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be; and whither I go away ye have known, and the way ye have known.'” John 14:1-4

Where Jesus was really going to?

Read chapter 13 of John!

The chapter starts telling where Jesus was going to:
"Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under
his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God." John 13:3

“Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.” Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!”

John 13:36-38 NIV

Jesus asked: Will you really lay down your life for me? 

Where Jesus was going to? It is not heaven. Read all chapter 13 & 14 and all the rest of the Gospel of John if Jesus was feeling he was going to Heaven! Please read and find if the word heaven appear in the "sacred" text! 

And the main question is this: IF Jesus is still "preparing a place for us in heaven which is not true" His work on the cross was not sufficient for all salvation which is also not true! IT IS FINISHED 

“When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.”

John 19:30 NIV

It is finished means he has done everything, it is done, it is completed! There is nothing HE or anybody else needs to DO, any actions, nothing to receive eternal life! 

Jesus never promised heaven neither the Father! He promised eternal life IN HIS KINGDOM! In NEW HEAVENS AND EARTH! 

Where did Jesus go to prepare a place for us? Who are the mansions (dwellings)!of God's House? 

A sincere student send me this: "But even me personaly i am somehow confused.

If Jesus says:"in my father's house there are many mansions" if you say that he did not promise heaven,what is then what he called his father's house?

Who are the mansions of God's House?

Where in the bible says that Heaven is God's house!

Jesus say in John 13 & 14 he was going to the cross and to the Father! 

Read it carefully! In John 13 Jesus was taking about his death!

““I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’

After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”

When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him.

“My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.

Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.” Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!” John 13:18, 21, 31, 33, 36-38 NIV

Jesus said; Where I am going, you cannot come. Why? Jesus was going to the cross!

And to the cross Peter could not go. Actually Jesus said he was going to disown him three times.

Then Jesus said: 

“My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?”

John 14:2 

Who is the Father's house? There is not one verse in the Bible that says that the heaven is God's House. 

Salomon said: “Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.””

2 Chronicles 6:1-2 NIV

Really? Is this right? Salomon answers:

“But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!”

2 Chronicles 6:18 NIV

“if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s house, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.”

1 Timothy 3:15 NIV

The church is the house of God!

“My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?”

John 14:2 NIV

Where God will be forever? Where He will dwell? 

“the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.”

John 14:17 NIV

“Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves kme will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.” John 14:23 NIV

“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” John 14:3 NIV

We know where He was going because told Peter he was going to the cross,  he was going to die.

He came back to the disciples when he was raised from the dead, he was resurrected and he said to them before ascending to heaven.

“ And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”” Matthew 28:20 NIV

Where does Jesus is? In heaven or in you? Where the Father is? Where the Holy Spirit is? In you know! You are a room of God's house. You are already prepared to live in Him and He in you? 

“You know the way to the place where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”” John 14:4-7

When there was no heavens where did God always live in eternity? Does God need the heavens? He did not wanted live in heaven forever! We are His body! We are all Him! ONE! Like Jesus and the Father is ONE, we are ONE in HIM!

““He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.

I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.”

Revelation 21:5-6, 9-10, 22 NIV

Who is the temple of God? We are not God's temples. Your body is a temple of God. Pay attention to the detail: we are not call temples of God, WE ARE GOD's TEMPLE without the letter "s" at the end.

“For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?”

1 Corinthians 3:9-10, 16 

Jesus was going to the the Father, to meet the Father at the cross!

“that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:19, 21 NIV

“The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”

Colossians 1:15, 18, 20 NIV

Who shed the blood on cross? God did! 

“Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of GOD WHICH HE BOUGHT WITH HIS BLOOD.” Acts 20:28 

What do you want! To die and live forever in heaven (which Jesus never promised) or to be a room in the House of the Lord and live with Him forever in His body as he was before the foundation of the world? 

Now you have a lot to pray about and I am going to slow down, cause I don't want to blow your minds! 

Cheer up! Worship Jesus! Give glory to HIM!

Josimar Salum

RN - Thank Dr. Salum for details about the heaven!  But yr explanation brought new questions in my mind! What about life after death? If we are God's temple, when we die what happens? Does the temple be destroyed? Another question are we living the here and now? Do we have to wait the something else not a heaven? Thank you! God bless you for the courage to help us. 🙏🙏🏿 🙏🙏🏿🙏🙏🏿

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I know our tendency is keep Learning of what we call spiritual things 😁😳😁, but we need to give some principles of business for the group as we proposed since the beginning. 

I will just say this! And you, please, keep thinking and praying and studying the Scriptures and investigating!!! But most of all ask the Holy Spirit to reveal Himself to you! 

All things that exist in the first creation will be destroyed even the heavens "where God is now" will be destroyed by fire! 

The creation as we see it today will cease to exist! 

 “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.”

2 Peter 3:10-13 

How can you want to live forever in a heaven that will DISAPPEAR? 😀😀 All heavens will disappear, so according to Scriptures all three heavens will cease to exist!  

“Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.”

Revelation 21:1 NIV

“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.”

Revelation 21:3 NIV

“The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.””

Revelation 11:15 NIV

I laugh at all these theologians because they want to explain things through common knowledge! That only God must reveal. I don't consider myself a theologian, but the most we can do is answer your questions! 🤓🤓🤓

How can I explain if I am not revealed by the Holy Spirit? How can you understand if the Holy Spirit does not reveal to you? 

“We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” — the things God has prepared for those who love him— these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.”

1 Corinthians 2:6-10 NIV

JOSIMAR SALUM

REAL (35) ARE YOU A DISCIPLE OF JESUS OR IS CHRISTIANITY YOUR RELIGION?

ARE YOU A DISCIPLE OF JESUS OR IS CHRISTIANITY YOUR RELIGION? PART I

What have you understood about what Dr Paul and I shared about the kingdom and the Church?

If you continue be a Christian in the religious sense you will never be free to be who Jesus wants you to be!

Religion, any religion, including Christianity is the greatest enemy of transformation! For many people being a Christian is to do prayers, attend worship services, not drinking or smoking, doing, doing, doing something for God! 

Jesus was not Christian! Jesus did not start Christianity! Christianity is a men made religion!

Unless you are born again you can not SEE and ENTER the Kingdom of God!

Are you a disciple of Jesus or are you a Christian? 

Are you born again or were you only baptized?

Are you a church member or a disciple of Jesus?

I see many people around me in confusion! They stay in church all their lives but they are not transformed! 

There are as many gossipers, and slanderers, and liars in christian churches as outside of them.

Most of Christians I know are financially bound, in debt, even though they are so sincere they never prosper even being faithful in tithing and offering.

Many of them are never able to overcome poverty! Why? Their religious mindsets and world views keep them apart of God's wisdom for change and transformation.

Many of them bound by the Christianity world view never prosper! They were taught to expect that someone should give them something. Some are praying for answers like if God would be a magician that will do a miracle for them that they may not do anything. 

God urges us to fight, to work, to conquer and press on for our lives.

95% of Christians never had made a disciple for Jesus, they are only goers to the Christian temples! 

Where in the Bible says that for me to follow Jesus I have to become a Christian.

Many of them treat their women badly, many young people have a bad testimony and some are called Christians, but are haters and murderers.

Christianity is not life according to God's Word! There are a lot of things in Christianity that are against Christ, that are not in accordance of God's Scriptures.

God's Word is Jesus Christ alone! 

Do you want to follow HIM? 

Do you want to hear directly from HIM or will you always have to wait for a pastor or a intercessor or some kind of witch to talk to you what you have to do?

I want to encourage you to think differently! But to think according to Jesus! How does Jesus think?

Burundi, America and Brazil are called Christian nations! In Brazil, per example, that has a president, congressmen, senators or judges that are considered Christians but they are as crooked and wicked as any Devil worshippers! 

I don't care if you are a religious Christian! Nothing has changed in your life, nothing will change in your life, you will not be transformed if you don't become by nature a true follower of Christ!

Being called a Christian is just a name of another religion. All religions are sin! Because religion is a system that intents to substitute Jesus as the only Mediator between men and God!

I sincerely hope you will understand me NOW, because most of you DO NOT!

There are many pastors in your country that are men and women of God! But they are men and women of God not because they are Christians, but because  they have renounced everything to follow Jesus as Lord and King alone!

We are opened to answer your questions! Please feel free to ask anything related to what you just read.

JSalum

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JN - Yeah.you're right Dr.

But what i can add is that God doesn't love lazy people.We have to know that the disciples also worked.For instance Paul wove the tents.So,image if someone stay praying believing that someone will come and give him something.😀😀

We have to that there is no need to be called christian while we don't belong to Christ.Therefore in order to belong to Jesus we must be as He was.We shouldn't brag our religion🙉🙉.We have to brag that we are in Christ Jesus.

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What do I mean by religious?

Anything I preach and talk but O do no live is religion and hypocrisy! Jesus never said we should build temples while people around us are dying of hunger!  But for if religious temple or church being Christian or not feed the hungry they do it directly for Jesus.

Don't call me Christian Jeremie because I am not! I follow Jesus! He is my King and Lord! How many Christians do follow Jesus? None of them! 😳😳😳😀😀😀😀

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Christian = Thank you to share more about religion how it cannot change our life, I do agree with it. But I didn't know Christianity as a religion but rather I know it as a relationship between God and people(His children)

Why is it so ?

Because in Acts 11:26

We can see that the disciples were called the first time christians because they resembled Jesus-Christ.

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Please Would you clarify this ?

 1.Being not Christian or religious but follower of JC means "to quit our churches and no  longer go to any church ?

2. How would we follow Christ while we are not christians ?

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Christian, you are the only one that can be called Christian - it is your name! 😁😁🙄🙄😳😳😳😎😎😎😎😀😀😀😀😀😀

Just kidding! Are you ready to be challenged in your thinking! Remember you have to think for yourself and have to check in your Bible if it is really so! 

Let us set some people free! Hallelujah! 

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ARE YOU A DISCIPLE OF JESUS OR IS CHRISTIANITY YOUR RELIGION? PART 2

Three questions:

A - I didn't know Christianity as a religion but rather I know it as a relationship between God and people(His children) Why is it so ?

Because in Acts 11:26 we can see that the disciples were called the first time christians,  because they resembled Jesus-Christ."

B - Being not Christian or religious but follower of Jesus Christ means "to quit our churches and no  longer go to any church?

C - How would we follow Christ while we are not christians?

Let us define the words so we can communicate well!

Today to be a Christian means to be like Christ or to be a follower of Christ. If you are called Christian means for some people you are following Jesus! Are you about that? What about millions who are called Christians but do not follow Jesus? If someone ask what is your  religion you will answer: I am Christian! To be a Christian basically means you are part of a religion called Christianity or Christianism.

That is not what the Bible call a Christian. The word Christian in the Bible means to suffer like Jesus has suffered and with this meaning it occurs only once:

“Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.” 1 Peter 4:16 KJV

Look at this verse in another Bible version:

“But if one of you suffers for being a Messianic, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.”

1 Peter 4:16 WMBBE

Then the word Christian occurred the first time in the Bible here:

    “and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.”

Acts 11:26 NIV

Who have called them Christians? Was the Holy Spirit?  Were other disciples of Jesus?

It says the disciples, the disciples were called Christians. They were called Christians, but they really are? The disciples of Jesus!

If you keep reading the book of Acts the word Christian was only repeated on more time, however the writer instead of start to calling them Christians the keeps calling them disciples. Why? Because they were not Christians, they were disciples.

They were disciples everywhere and all together in Church! Not in the church, but in Church, when they met in any place, they were the Church. There were not members of an Institution, they have never met in temples because all the temples of Antioch were only pagan temples! 

Yes, that is obviously ok if we come together in a "church meaning a building", but that is not a church with the Bible meaning! We are the church, two, or three, or more wherever we are gathered in the name of Jesus! Please read again the teaching on the Kingdom and the Church!

Besides I Peter 4:26 and Acts 11:26 the other time of the three times the word "Christian" appears in the whole Bible is Acts  26:28 and in this context:

“Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!”

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.” And Paul said, “I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”” Acts 26:24, 28-29 NKJV

The king was obviously mocking about who he thought Paul was trying to persuade him to become. He used the word christian in a negative way like In Antioch was not God who called the disciples Christians neither here! Christian was much like a nickname in Acts, used my wicked people to mock the disciples of Jesus.

Paul instead said:  I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I AM! 

He practically said I would you become such as I AM! Not a Christian but who I AM! Who Paul said who he was? He has never called himself a Christian. Many times Paul said he was - not called, not named - but he was a prisoner of Christ.

You can called yourself whatever you want to be called, but I ask: who are you? 

I AM a son of God, I AM a disciple of Jesus, and I should be called a Christian according the the Holy Spirit only if - ONLY IF - I suffer like Jesus suffered!

You have to decide if you are going to repeat and follow what you have learned or if you want to CHANGE the way you think to be in accordance with what the Bible says, and more important than all, to conform with what Jesus says.

We all want to be like Jesus is, to think like He thinks, to talk like He talks, and do what He does. So you must consider all the foolishness of religion to be who Christ is. If is not a decision that can make you who Jesus is. It is empowerment to become who He is.

TO BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IS EASY AND COMFORTABLE, BUT TO CHANGE, TO REPENT is not nice. 

If the churches in Burundi, Brasil, Aruba, Congo, US, India are going to be and to do what they have been and done we will continue to have of the same! If you compare the disciples of Jesus in the first century with today's of who they say are his disciples can you see that something is not matching to what Jesus always wanted?  Can you see the churches are basically the same everywhere! Few are the true Jesus disciples though all of them call themselves Christians.

If it is a relationship between God and His children the Bible does not call Christianity, but fellowship. If you are following Jesus the Holy Spirit does not call you Christian, he calls you a disciple! 

Please, don't ask me questions until you respond mine: 

ARE YOU A DISCIPLE OF JESUS OR IS CHRISTIANITY YOUR RELIGION?

Are you a disciple of Jesus or are you a Christian? 

Are you born again or were you only baptized?

Are you a disciple of Jesus or a church member? 

Are you in the Body of Christ or are you a church goer?

Do you want to follow HIM? Then if you do you have to renounce Christianity like the apostles of Jesus renounced Judaism!

JSalum

Cristian - And I Thank you to share more

🤔 to your questions:

I'm a disciple of Jesus and if Christianity is considered a religion I'm not part of it.

Then that means I am a disciple of Jesus, I am born again, I'm not just a church goer.

But many don't think Christianity in that way . And I like what you called 'Fellowship' that would define exactly what I about know  Christianity. Also I do believe that are not going to heaven because they called Christians unless they're born again.

That's my point of view.

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Let me interject here. Josimar is shaking things that God has revealed to him. Do not take offense!  He is not attacking you personally. It is very easy to take offense, which causes us to close our spirit. This causes us to be unable to receive from God. The Pharisees were this way. Be a good Berean and simply look into the Word of God with an open heart that will allow u to receive fresh revelation. You must receive this revelation yourself. If you don't understand, pray but be patient. 

Ask the Lord to give u eyes to see, ears to hear and a heart to understand what God has prepared for you. 1 Cor. 2:8

I would encourage u if u can to go on line and read Frank Viola's book, "Pagan Christianity". This book looks at the roots to much of what is done in our churches today. U will be amazed. 

Here is the link to read or download the book of Frank Viola and George Barna - Pagan Christianity 

http://www.theology.kiev.ua/images/afiles/0000412.pdf

Why do I share this?  We often think what we do in church is sacred, but most of it is all man made. 

This may at least open your spirit to hear what the spirit is saying now!

We r both speaking from experience, but I realize that for many, many years I believe what I was taught from men who believed what they were taught. I just regurgitated what was given to without thinking for myself. This is the greatest problem with religion. Denominations are built on a man or a few people's experience and then formed into a set of doctrines to be taught to others. People then become followers of that person and study their doctrine that is based on scripture. This causes us to make God into a finite Being rather than an infinite being that requires an on going relationship to continue to grow in knowledge of Him. Our walk with God is a journey, not a destination!

We treat salvation and doctrine as if we have arrived. No way!  God is infinite and we must continue to pursue Him to know Him more!  This is what our life with Him is all about and using our knowledge of God to fulfill our purpose in His Kingdom on earth!

Hope this helps you to better understand what the Lord is trying to reveal to us for such a time as this. 

All of this is accomplished as we become Jesus!  Becoming Jesus is not religious or necessarily anything to do with the church. It has to do with becoming who u were created to be and walking as One with Him. In Him we live (have life), move (as guided by what we hear and see the Father do and speak), and have our being (our existence, our purpose)!

How exciting is that?  Much better than the routine of religion. 

Be blessed! Believe for the impossible!

Dr. Taylor

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REAL (29): MY DREAM BY JEREMIE MANIRAKIZA REAL - Burundi, Africa

MY DREAM BY JEREMIE MANIRAKIZA

REAL - Burundi, Africa

My dream "is to see every disciple of Christ in Burundi transforming communities and raising others who will impact the country, and the whole world through a faithful proclamation and demonstration of the Gospel of The Kingdom."

Therefore, why this dream?

In fact, i was born in the most Christianized country in the world where almost 75% are Christians, only 5% are Muslim, and the rest 20% are indigenous, sects or no religion according to the statistics. But how a country with so many christians persists in a cycles of ethnic violance, and be ranked among the world's most corrupt country and poorest nation? 

Someone would ask himself this question: does the Gospel ever spoken in Burundi has truly transformed lives? Was the Gospel of Jesus faithful proclaimed? How the Gospel of Jesus Christ can become ineffective when it is faithfully proclaimed? 

However, I believe that the Gospel is " the power of God for salvation of everyone who believe." (Rom1:7) I belive also that salvation by Jesus Christ affects all aspects of life including spiritual, social, economics and politics, if not, it is not salvation at all.

So why full transformation?

Full transformation according to my analyses: is all about transforming the World and the lives of people so that relationship with God, others and the environment are restored as God intends. Most people think that the work of churches is to increase the number of believers. No matter what, it is not churches do the work, it is disciples of Jesus that are already prepared and already are out there who must listen to people, find out what their needs are and work with them to meet these needs. 

The church is not a building where christians meet but it is a community of believers  themselves that intentionally must be involved in evry aspect of life in their places, practically sharing the love of God with their neighbours. Eventually, the church is just an assembly of disciples of the Kingdom of God in every part of life. This assembly is an assembly whenever they come together, even two or three gathered in Jesus Name.

Here in Burundi we rejoice when we see people coming to our "churches and filling our churches" (i.e. Buildings) but we don't commit ourselves to disciple those people to become children of God. 

My drean is to see children of God becoming real children of God in their societies and real Kings and priests wherever they are.

REAL (18):The meaning of being a king in the Kingdom of God?

Dr. Paul Taylor

Revelation 1:6 says “and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 1:6 NKJV

Jesus Christ has made us kings. That is why He is referred to as "The King of kings."  What does a king do?  He rules or governs the people of his domain. 

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE WERE NEVER CREATED TO CONTROL OR DOMINATE OTHER PEOPLE.  

Our leadership is like that of Christ. We are to be servant leaders that lead by example not by might. Jesus gave us authority, not power to lead or govern. Authority is the skill of getting people to willingly do your will because of your personal influence. Power is the ability to force someone to do your will because of your position or might. 

Many believers confuse these two words. We have authority in this world and power against the devil or evil. DON'T CONFUSE THE TWO OR YOU WILL HURT MANY PEOPLE AS YOU TRY TO LEAD THEM IN LIFE.

We are also called to be a righteous king!

A priest is one who intercedes for others. That is our spiritual responsibility. Again just like Jesus who intercedes for us and the people of the world. 

The problem is that believers try to be priests in places where they have been called to be kings. This is not to say that we can't pray for people on the job because we are always spiritual beings and God is always with us. But there is a time for all things and we must discern when to apply compassion on the job and when to fire the person who was stealing money from us. 

Let me ask this question. In Scripture who did more for Israel (OT) or for he church in the NT, kings or priests?

Was David a priest? Daniel? Abraham?  Moses?  Solomon?  The answer of course is no. The first people in the OT to be filled with the Spirit of God and wisdom were not priests, but artisans that built the tabernacle and the garments of the priests. Ex. 31:1-4; 28:3

In the NT the disciples were fishermen, a tax collector and other various occupations but none were priests. 

Of all the miracles in the Book of Acts of the Holy Spirit, 39 total, none happened in a church or synagogue!

My point is that western civilization and originally Constantine made ministers and priests religious leaders (clergy) and all the others lay people or secular.  U will not find clergy and secular in NT scripture.  Jesus Christ has made us ALL KINGS AND PRIESTS. 

That does not mean there is no place for the 5 fold ministry among those who gather together. Some are called to be Apostles, prophets,evangelists, teachers, and pastors.  They have gifts to do that work, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM MORE ANOINTED THAN THE PERSON CALLED TO BE A CARPENTER OR BUSINESSMAN OR FARMER. 

Who anoints us?  A Bible College?  A pastor or church leader?  Only the Anointed One, Jesus Christ!  He has anointed everyone who He has chosen and dwells in!

The key is you must know who u are (your identity), and your purpose and that u are anointed, then u will go forth with authority, and confidence!  Now u can move mountains because of the anointing that flows through your life. 

"The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without purpose!"

- Myles Monroe

To be kings and priests means to have a ministry that takes all our lives, like the King David. His ministry was to be a King and also to write the most beautiful Psalms. His works improved the people lives. I believe it means that our occupation is a part of all ministry that God gave to us. And to live this is to live the God's purpose to our lives

REAL (12):Business x religion

Dr. Josimar Salum

Before we begin to share thoughts about entrepreneurship and business according to the kingdom we must establish a solid base. A house that is built upon sand perish. If we build Truth upon myth Truth will be lost. The greatest challenge in our walk with God is to have His solid foundation built upon the right soil. For years we have continued to do things in Church and in life without any good results because they were done upon a false foundation. 

If we don't break chains of religious mindsets we will not be free to be and to do what Jesus wants us to be and to do in our lifetime. Business is not about religion. A religious spirit is not confined to church, but also it manifests in the market. There is nothing more damaging to entrepreneurship than a religious world view. 

People think prayer will solve everything. That is not true. 

I understand that prayer is vital to our relationship with God. But it is fact there are many people per example that buy bikes, cars and other stuff without any prayer and succeed. They are not even believers. Some are atheists. Believers pray to buy something which can show their dependence on God, but it is the dependence that counts. In our case there is much more involved than prayer in buying a bike. You can pray as much as you want but you will need knowledge, experience, and some other things to buy the right one for the right price. Oh! Yes, someone can give you one for free. But usually in life when it is men related there is nothing free.

If you are in your house praying and praying for your needs but don't move in action to work and do whatever it takes to feed you and your family you will die of hunger. Dr. Paul Taylor crafted a word: Soulutionist. You are the solution of somebody's problem. The same Jesus who teaches us to pray is the same that commanded us to work. 

The main thing that confuses believers in the matters of life, faith and everything else is wrong interpretation of the Scriptures and Christian traditions. 

 “Thus you nullify the scriptures of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.””

Mark 7:13 NIV

The key to interpret Scriptures is Jesus, You have to interpret the Bible through Jesus. Jesus is the Key of Bible interpretation.

The work of Jesus on the cross is a finished work. There is nothing to be done regarding our faith, salvation, redemption and so on. What Jesus dismantled on the cross and it is included all religious activities, Christianity has remounted during the last centuries and we today keep doing the same within our Christian churches. 

People can twist the meaning of what we are saying if they don't want to honestly address the fact that beliefs can be based not in Jesus, but instead on human traditions, originated in misguided Bible interpretation and as results of things they have learned without questioning them to get assured they were right. 

The difference between a parrot and a baby is that a parrot learns to talk hearing people talking over and over the same words, but as they get older they never can say a word by their own.

If you are born again from the Spirit of God He lives in you. And though you can learn from other people of God you have the responsibility to think for your own and to check it out what you are learning through the Scriptures according to Jesus, the Word.

As we enter in this new journey we have to be careful to avoid disrespecting pastors and other leaders of our communities. I have met people that became rebellious and bitter towards their leaders. They begin to think that now for knowing "truth about some things" they assume they can despise those who are invested in authority. Absolutely not. Transformation comes when you are able to educate and not to revolt against your parents and your leaders. Any of us can run into the same mistake of thinking that we are better because we know more. Knowledge without wisdom can be a disgrace! 

“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.”

James 3:13-18 NIV

A bumble heart and a meek spirit always prevail. After more than 35 years leading people I am more convinced that the best is yet to come if I keep my mind open to learn even from those I don't agree with. 

REAL (11):The foundation to our faith is Love

By Paul Taylor

The foundation to our faith and the Kingdom of God is very simple. "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:37-39

How can we mistreat anyone if we are truly a believer in Jesus Christ? You may not like a person for many reasons, but that does not give you the right to hurt them. We are all created in His image, but are uniquely different as we reflect the beauty of our Creator! It is our differences that make the world a beautiful place. We must all embrace the fact that we are not all alike, and see our differences as a positive and not a negative. Paul describes this in 1 Corinthians 12:12-27.

Why have we allowed man to divide us? Racism or tribalism or really any kind of "ism" is man made. A child is not born a racist! He has to learn that from someone! God's word tells us that we are all created equal! Male and female, black and white, Jew and gentile, Catholic and protestant, Hutu and Tutsi, Muslim and Hindu. We are all people created in His image and we must love each other because God is love! He loved us before we accepted His forgiveness! Can we love others before they accept our forgiveness?

Forgiveness is two-fold. We are all forgiven by God! Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world! BUT have we received His forgiveness and confessed our sin? If Jesus could forgive us before we confessed our sin, can we forgive others even if they do not confess their sin or understand their part in missing the mark? That is what sin means, to miss the mark! This is what will heal our land, our relationships and marriages. This is what restores our souls! When we are reunited with God first and our fellow man second. Try it today! No strings attached! Even if that person does not respond to your forgiving them.

Jesus did! Thank you Lord for forgiving me, even while I was a sinner, separated from you! Thank you for restoring me to my Heavenly Father and giving me the ministry of reconciliation to the world! Amen!