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King king kingdom on me. Vitally important. Jesus made this very clear, and this is several parts of one message, but I want to title. This message this morning, Christ in you, the authority of the indwelling word. Don't don't worry about the baby; the baby is going to be fine. They're just going through a little something right now. Amen. So if you hear the baby crying, it's all right. Amen. But thank God for children; they are a blessing from God. But I want to say thank God this morning because. Um, we need to understand when heaven endorses your name, all creation must respond. Um, we've established a foundational kingdom truth that changes everything about how we see reality, Pastor Keith.

Amen.

Heaven is not the reward that comes after death. Heaven is the originating reality that created everything you see on earth. We've discovered from Hebrews 11:3 that the things which are seen were not made from things which are visible.

Amen.

The invisible Word of God is the foundational substance from which all visible creation was constructed. And because creation was built by the Word of God, creation retains a permanent structural responsiveness to the voice of God who made it.

Amen.

Storms obeyed when Jesus spoke. Fish responded to his command. Fig trees withered at his word. Water provided a walking surface. Dead bodies rose when he called them. Amen. You are familiar with Lazarus. Not because these were random supernatural events, but because creation Creation was built by the Word and remains permanently responsive to the Word.

Amen.

But this brings us to the most profound mystery in all of Scripture. Put your seatbelts on this morning. This revelation is going to really destroy what religion has been trying to establish for decades. Religion wants to leave the church powerless and hopeless, but a mystery that God is giving to us this morning, uh, will completely confound the most religious and educated and the erudite, those that think they know this word. Uh, Jesus is going to confound religious minds. He even confounded the religious minds of his day.

Amen.

The Pharisees watched unlearned fishermen walk in supernatural authority, this authority that defied every natural explanation. These disciples had no theological degrees. No Masters of Divinity, no PhDs, no D.Min degrees, no rabbinical credentials, no religious pedigree like the prophet Amos. Yet demons fled at their command. The sick were healed at their touch. And the impossible became routine in their presence. The religious leaders kept asking the wrong question, Minister Tracy, Minister Ophelia. They kept asking the wrong question. How are these unlearned men so powerful? Faith. Faith. But the right question was never about the men. Pastor Keith, body of Christ, servants of the Most High. The right question, uh, was never about the men. The right question was, who is living inside of these men? And why does all of creation, visible and invisible, recognize his voice when it speaks? When when Jesus' voice speaks through every single one of them.

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So this morning we answer that question with precision, theological clarity, and revelation that will permanently change how you understand who you are and what you carry inside of you. The Bible says in Hebrews chapter 11, verse 3, by faith we understand that the worlds— somebody say the worlds— were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are invisible. The Greek word translated framed is the word kartazio. Kartarizo. You spell it K-A-T-A-R-T-I-Z-O, meaning to be completely fitted, perfectly arranged, and fully equipped for function. God did not simply manufacture the physical world out of pre-existing materials. No, he did not use pre-existing material. He spoke it into existence from the invisible realm of his own eternal word. Every molecule of everything you see was created from created matter has the word of God as its foundational building block. John chapter 1, verse 1 through confirms this with unmistakable clarity. He says, in the beginning was the Word. Where? What was in the beginning? The Word. And the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things— you have to listen to this— all things were made through him.

Amen.

And without him was nothing. Without him was not anything made that was made. Amen. Colossians chapter 1, verse 17 adds the dimension that changes everything. It says, and he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Ah, let me read that again. And he— that's Colossians chapter 1, verse 17. If you can't find it, somebody say, help me, Jesus. If you still can't find it, somebody say, Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. I'm gonna read it for you. And it says in Colossians chapter 1, verse 17, and he is before all things, and in him all things Listen, all things hold together. The Greek word is the word sunistemi. Sunistemi. You spell it S-U-N-I-S-T-E-M-I. It means active, continuous cohesion. Creation is not a static collection of matter that God wound up and left running. Creation is a living system being actively sustained moment by moment by the same word that spoke it into existence.

Amen.

This means creation exists in perpetual living relationship with the Word of God. It was made by the Word. It held together by the Word. Amen. It has the Word embedded in its very structure. Everything you see has the DNA of God in it. Amen. And here is the theological reality we must grasp. We've got to grip this, Pastor Keith. When the Word of God is spoken with genuine kingdom authority into the natural world, creation is not hearing a command from an outside force. Creation is hearing the voice of the very one from whom it was constructed. The original divine authority that called it into a being, and it has no capacity to resist the voice that created it.

Amen.

This is not mysticism at all. This is not New Age spirituality, not at all. This is the straightforward theological implication of the doctrine of creation and the providence that the church has always believed. The God who made all things by his word retains absolute authority over all things through his word. When Jesus rebuked the storm, the wind and the waves obeyed because the creator of the wind and waves was standing in the boat, and creation recognized the voice of its maker. The disciples ask— oh, help me, Jesus— what manner of man is this?

Right.

The answer: he is the Word made flesh, the one through whom all things were made, and everything he made knows his voice. And we've got to deal with the sound without source, the, the crisis that kind of creates a conundrum for a lot of people. Pastor Keith, Body of Christ, uh, listen to me. The Bible records in Acts chapter 19 verse 15, and it says this. Acts 19, verse 15. And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, Paul I recognize, but who are you? If all creation, including demons, must respond to the voice of the word that made them, then what happened when 7 Jewish exorcists used the exact right words and the demon not only refused to obey but attacked them with contempt? The sons of Sceva had everything right on the surface, ah, they smelled good. They wore Gucci cologne. They had bespoke tailoring. They knew the precise words. They knew how to call on the Jesus that Paul called upon.

That's right.

They used the name Jesus. They referenced Paul's successful ministry. They attempted the same commands Paul used. Amen. Ah, they had the religious vocabulary perfectly memorized. They could quote it verse by verse, passage by passage. Yet the demon's response was not submission. It was a legal challenge in the spirit realm. You need to listen to me on this. The original Greek reveals the distinction. Listen to this distinction: Jesus, I know. Γίνωσκο, γίνωσκο is spelled G I N O S K O. Γίνωσκο. What does that mean? Jesus, I know. It means that this demon spirit had deep, intimate, experiential knowledge. The demon was declaring, I have direct personal encounters with Jesus from eternity past.

That's right.

I know who he is. His authority over me is absolute. Jesus says, and I saw Satan fall like lightning. Satan didn't see Jesus, but Jesus saw him. But he knew who Jesus was. Paul, I recognize. Epistemei. You spell it E-P-I-S-T-A-M-E-I. What does it mean to be acquainted with by demonstrated reality? The demon was saying, "Paul's spiritual credentials are legitimate. His authority has a proven track record that I must respect." But who are you? But who are you? This was a legal challenge. On what basis? Listen to this. On what basis? Do you claim authority over me? What is your spiritual standing? You have no jurisdiction here.

That's right.

The sons of Sceva had the language of authority without the life of authority. There was something different about Jesus and Paul and the sons of Sceva. The sons of Sceva had the language of authority, without the life of authority. And we wonder why no miracles are taking place and why young people are walking away from churches. Uh, they were producing religious sounds from the wrong spiritual position. They had learned the vocabulary of kingdom power, of kingdom authority, Pastor Keith.

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But they were still holding on to their traditions. The Bible says the traditions of God make the Word of God of what? Noneffect. It's not effective. Demons don't obey this because they understand legitimate authority. Yes. They had the vocabulary of kingdom power without entering the relationship that makes kingdom power real. Jesus came teaching. He said, first you must be what? He said what? Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Here is the precise distinction: the spirit realm does not respond to religious language. It responds to genuine spiritual reality. You cannot enforce a kingdom reality. You do not personally inhabit. You cannot exercise authority that flows from a relationship you have not genuinely entered. Jesus says, how can you enter the kingdom except you be what? Born again.

Born again.

This is a crisis of much of modern Christianity. We produce believers who know the vocabulary of spiritual authority, who can quote the right scriptures, but who have never entered the deep, genuine, transformative union with Christ that gives those words actual spiritual weight and power.

That's right.

You cannot cast out firsthand demons with secondhand revelation. The spirit realm is not intimidated by your religious associations. Not interested in whether you're Baptist or Presbyterian or Lutheran or Catholic or whatever you call yourself. Not interested in your religious associations. I don't care if you attend the 514 Grace Church, but if you don't have Jesus inside, who are you? is only subject to your personal living union with the King. Before we can understand genuine spiritual authority, we must understand the most profound transaction in human history, and we must get this right, body of Christ. Listen to me, family. Listen, listen. We must get this right because most of the church has it backwards. We say, I gave my life to Jesus. Wrong, wrong. I said it, I said it, and I will sign off on this. We say, I gave my life to Jesus. It is wrong. But here is the theological reality: you cannot give God a life that is headed for destruction. Christ gave his life to you first. So, Pastor, back it up. John 3:16, turn there quickly. John 3:16 says, for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. Ah, you say, Pastor, I was living before this act took place. No, no, you weren't. The Bible says that Jesus was crucified from the foundations. If you read Revelation, it tells you that he was created before you were created. The plan was already in motion. Kingdom authority has already been ordained.

Amen.

So Jesus gave himself first. The giving started with God. You were dead in trespasses and sins. Did you forget? You had no life to offer. Christ gave his life to you. He purified you. He sanctified you and made you alive in Him.

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When He has made you whole, then you make the crucial decision to do this. Lord, this life You gave me, I give it back to You. Do it with what— do with it whatever You choose, Lord. Most believers are not walking in genuine kingdom authority, Pastor Keith. Ah, they're not walking in genuine kingdom authority because they received salvation but never returned it for kingdom purposes. They received salvation, but they never returned it for kingdom purposes. They're holding on to a life That was purchased by Christ, sustained by Christ, but still being managed by self. And a self-managed life, no matter how religious, carries no genuine kingdom authority that the spirit realm is required to respect. Galatians chapter 2, verse 20 says, I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. Amen. Paul describes a complete exchange of governance when you look at Galatians chapter 2, verse 20. The old self-directed life is crucified Amen. The new Christ-directed life is operating. When that exchange is genuine, something extraordinary happens in the spiritual realm. When Christ genuinely lives in you, creation does not hear your voice because you were crucified. When Christ genuinely lives inside Amen. Creation does not hear your voice when you speak his word. Creation hears the voice of the one who lives inside of you, not because of mystical energy transfer, but because the Holy Spirit of the living God, the same Spirit through whom all things were made, is now resident within your surrendered life and expressing himself through your yielded words. This is why God can say, ah, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, because God had to remove any of the impediments, the obstacles. He tore down the middle partition so that there will be no hindrance.

Yes.

So, God said, you are dead. So now when, when he said, now when I pray, I can pray on earth and agree with myself in heaven because I'm both in heaven and on earth. Christ in you, the hope of glory. Christ in you, the hope of glory. That's Colossians chapter 1, verse 27. Not Christ near you, not Christ for you. Christ in you. Someone shout, Christ in you! Christ in me! The Creator resident within the created. The author of all things expressing himself through a surrendered human vessel. And when the author speaks through the vessel he inhabits, everything he originally authored must respond. And the moment heaven mentions your name— I need you to understand this— when genuine union with Christ is established through complete surrender, something occurs that activates authority across every dimension of reality.

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Heaven mentions your name. Consider Job. He lived faithfully, quietly before God. Satan was roaming the earth and Job wasn't on his radar.

That's right.

Then God changed everything up. Job chapter 1, verse 8, God says, have you considered my servant Job? The moment God mentioned Job's name in the heavenly assembly, Job became a legal target. Not because Satan suddenly discovered him, but because heaven's endorsement makes you a threat to the kingdom of darkness. Satan cannot meaningfully attack what heaven has not acknowledged. Ah, you don't want to miss that. But when God speaks your name as his representative, definitive, you become someone the entire spirit realm must reckon with. Has God called your name?

Yes.

Ah, consider Jesus at the Jordan. Throughout his private years, there had been no public heavenly endorsement, nothing. Then at his baptism, heaven opened. This is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased. Immediately after this endorsement came demonic attack in the wilderness. When heaven publicly endorses your name, hell receives an alert warning and said, go and find out who this person is.

Yes.

Consider Peter when he received revelation that Jesus was the Christ. Jesus responded, flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

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Ah, Matthew 16:17-18 says, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church. The Father mentioned Peter. Then after he mentioned Peter, heaven endorsed Peter. Immediately Jesus Notice what happens to Peter after he's endorsed by heaven. Immediately in Luke chapter 22, verse 31, immediately Jesus warned, Satan has asked to sift you like wheat. Immediately after Peter has been endorsed, Jesus said, Satan has asked to sift you like wheat, but I prayed for you.

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This is why when you genuinely surrender to Christ, opposition increases.

That's right.

Not because you're failing, but because heaven has registered you as a commissioned representative, and the spirit realm has received notification of who you are. Your name being written in heaven is what makes spirits submit to you on earth.

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The authority flows from the endorsement. The spiritual jurisdiction is granted from above, not achieved from below. When David was anointed by Samuel at God's direction, ah, his name was spoken in heaven before Samuel arrived on the scene. Because God told Samuel, I have found my servant David. From that day, David's name carried weight in the spirit realm that no enemy could ultimately overcome, because heaven had spoken his name as God's chosen representative. Then Goliath shows up.

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Ah, but here's the revelation. John 15:5, it says this. We have to understand union, not association, because the reality of mutual indwelling is important. And we have to understand this. John 15:5 is going to show us this, and it says this: I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. Notice Jesus' precision. I in you, you in me. Not one direction, but both directions simultaneously. This is not religious association or church membership. Jesus didn't come to build a church or a religious organization. I'm sorry if you see this. Jesus didn't come to build a church or a religious organization. He came to establish a kingdom. Ah, thank God for the man of God, Pastor Myles Munroe, teaching on the Kingdom of Heaven. I thank God for— ah, people get upset. Don't get upset with me, but I gotta, I gotta give credit where credit is due. Pastor Keith, he understands who I'm talking about. I thank God for Bishop Eddie L. Long. He understood the kingdom. Ah, and I'm saying to everybody that's watching, repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Ah, the vine illustration that Jesus is talking about is not about church membership. This is why the church is in the condition it is now, because we're talking about church, but Jesus wants to establish a kingdom.

Where are you going?

You going to church? God bless your heart. Jesus is talking about this mutual indwelling, a living, active bilateral union where the life of Christ flows into you and through the surrendered believer's life as they submit to him and him alone. The vine and branch illustration is theologically exact. The same life in the vine flows into the branch. The branch does not generate its own life. It receives and expresses the vine's life. When you look at a bearing fruit. You're seeing the vine's life made visible.

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This is Romans chapter 6 reality. You died with Christ. You were buried with Christ. You were raised with Christ. Your independent, self-governing human existence has been replaced by a Christ-governed existence where the Holy Spirit directs, empowers, and expresses himself through your yielded life.

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Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you? 1 Corinthians 6:19. The Holy Spirit is not visiting occasionally. He is resident within you as the permanent indwelling presence of the living God. When you speak God's word from genuine surrender and union, it is not your voice alone.

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It's the indwelling Spirit of the Creator expressing himself through you. This is why demons questioned the sons of Sceva. They questioned to the sons of Sceva. It was devastating. Who are you? They had no genuine answer because they had no genuine union with the Savior. They had the name but not the nature.

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They had the words but not the kingdom authority that Myles Munroe and Bishop Long was teaching about. The language but not the life. The religious sound but not the spiritual reality of heaven. But when genuine union exists, when Christ truly lives in you and you truly live in him, the spirit realm cannot ask Pastor Keith, that question successfully? Because the answer is not your name. The answer is his name, his nature, his life expressing itself through your completely surrendered existence.

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As I hasten to a close, when union, when genuine union with Christ is established and heaven has endorsed your name, something remarkable occurs across 3 distinct realms. I may not be able to go over all this, but let me give them to you. 3 distinct realms known in heaven. Your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life, not as a casual registration, but as a commissioned representative. When you pray, heaven doesn't hear a foreign voice. Heaven hears the own life. It hears its own life returning through a surrendered vessel. You're just a conduit that the Word of God speaks through. When you pray, God prays.

Amen.

You have genuine access because you carry indwelling presence of the One on the throne. Then you're known on earth when you walk in genuine union with Christ in kingdom authority. The spiritual environment shifts When you walk into a boardroom, when you walk on your job, this isn't personality or charisma. This is the manifested presence of the Creator making himself known through your yielded life.

Yes.

Creation recognizes the presence of its maker and responds accordingly. This is why when you speak, things should move, because they hear— creation hears the voice of his Creator.

Amen.

Ah, you're known under the earth. That is what the sons of Sceva discovered. When genuine union with Christ is present, the demonic realm recognizes it with absolute certainty. So when you speak— this is before you even show up, you don't have to say a word— those demons will sense the presence of God inside of this vessel, and they'll cry out in torment. They know the voice, the presence of God. Demonic realm recognizes every single thing you say with certainty, absolute certainty. They cannot pretend to hide.

That's right.

They cannot pretend otherwise, that they have authority, when the King of all authority is present. They cannot ignore it. The Creator's authority expressing itself through a surrendered vessel once again. This vessel is unmistakable and irresistible to every created being that God created. Everything that God created has an ear, and it hears, and it must obey.

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The Scripture says this, Says if I don't praise him, the rocks will cry out and praise to him. Creation, the birds, the moon, the stars— creation hears and knows the voice of the Creator. You're not speaking, but Jesus is speaking through you. From today, when you pray, when you minister, when you walk, any ministers that's a part of 514 Grace Church, from this day when you minister, when you walk in genuine surrender, understand that you have been endorsed by heaven.

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Paul said this. Paul said, I wasn't called of any man. I was called by Jesus himself. You can face spiritual opposition with settled confidence, not in yourself, but in the one who lives within you. Heaven is the reality that created everything you see. The Word of God is the foundational substance from which all creation was built. Creation was made by the Word, is sustained by the Word, and remains permanently responsive to the Word.

Amen.

When Christ genuinely lives in you through the Holy Spirit, and when you genuinely live in him through complete surrender, the Word that created everything now has a living address inside of you. When you speak that word from genuine union and surrender, creation hears not merely your voice, but the voice of the one who lives in you. And creation, hearing his voice, must obey. This is why the water can become a single surface, because it knows the DNA of the voice. This is why fig tree can wither up. This is why Jesus can speak and the storms obey, because they hear the voice of the Creator.

Amen.

Bow your heads in prayer. Father, I thank you for your word. We know the voice of Christ. And this day, Father, live through us, speak through us, teach through us, and we will yield and obey. In Jesus' name I pray.

Amen.

Amen. Thank you for watching us, and I pray that this word blessed you. Live, but the life you live is a life that Christ Jesus lives in you. You are now dead in Christ. You were buried with Christ. Now Christ lives inside of you. Even if you don't know Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, pray this prayer with me. Father, come into my life. Father, live this life through me. I can't give you anything, God. You give me life. And I believe because of the life of Christ, I repent and I ask you to forgive me. Father, take the blood of Christ and cover my sins. I surrender to you. And Father God, I submit to you.

Amen.

And I denounce Satan himself. Jesus, come into my life. I believe You are the Savior. You died on the cross. On the 3rd day You descended, and You ascended, and now You're seated on the right hand of the Father. Father, I thank You for Your blessings and Your miracles. Thank You for saving me, in Jesus' name. And if you prayed that prayer, you are now a part of the family of Christ.

Amen.

And I want to say this, 5:14 Grace Church, we have so much we have to do. We need to spread this gospel around the world. If you can give, we would greatly appreciate it. If you give $10, $100, $1,000, whatever God gives you, places on your heart, please give knowing that God is going to do a great work. We have to publish this message in Canada, the UK, and Africa, all over the world globally, and we need your financial support. We need your support so that we can get this work done. And know that you can give completely and feel and understand that the monies that's given, it is being managed. We are a 501, so we do things above board. And we thank you for your giving. And those that have given, thank you so much. And if you're looking for a church, consider becoming a member of 514 Grace Church. We'd love to have you. God bless you. Thank you. You guys, and thank you for watching the broadcast. In Jesus' name, be blessed, and follow us on all of our social media platforms—all of them: Facebook, X, Instagram. Follow us. God bless you, and we'll see you next week. In Jesus' name.

Strength shift the room with heaven's ways.

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Grace start strong, grace gonna end. Stand tall, don't fall. Faith richer than gold.

Light step, dark run. Victory speak, battle won.

Speak peace, dry bones bloom. Let heaven fill this room. I don't feel, I believe. Speak his way. Watch walls leave. Praise strong, roosty kingdom rhythm in my feet. Authority on me.