YOU’VE SETTLED TOO LOW

Deuteronomy chapter 28













Today we are walking in: YOU’VE SETTLED TOO LOW
















Job 34:16




If now thou hast understanding, hear H8085 this: hearken to the voice of my words.

























UNDERSTAND







Today we look to the word-UNDERSTAND- H8085 shama`--to hear with attention or interest, listen to understand (language)






















The Torah testifies...............




Genesis 11:7




Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand H8085 one another's speech.






















The prophets proclaim..................




Nehemiah 8:2




And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear H8085 with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

























The writings bear witness...........................




1 Kings 3:9




Give therefore thy servant an understanding H8085 heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?















YOU’VE SETTLED TOO LOW




Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, I want to begin this session with a statement that may disturb your comfort but is necessary for your freedom. Please listen carefully, and I ask you to write this down, because what I am about to say is not a suggestion. IT IS A DIAGNOSIS. MEDIOCRITY IS NOT A PERSONALITY TRAIT. MEDIOCRITY IS a cultural disease. I repeat, MEDIOCRITY IS NOT WHO YOU ARE. It is what you have been trained to tolerate. We are living in a GENERATION WHERE AVERAGE HAS BECOME ACCEPTABLE, WHERE MINIMAL EFFORT IS




CELEBRATED, WHERE COMMITMENT IS OPTIONAL, AND WHERE EXCELLENCE is often criticized as arrogance. We have produced a culture that applauds intention more than performance and excuses inconsistency in the name of humanity. But hear me clearly: Elohim never rewards intention. Elohim responds to obedience. The scripture says in DEVARIM (Deuteronomy) 28:1, “If you diligently obey the voice of Yahuah your Elohim to observe carefully all His commandments, all these blessings shall come upon you.” Obedience requires standards, and




standards demand excellence. Now, let me say something that may unsettle religious thinking. Elohim is not impressed by effort. Elohim is impressed by alignment. The Bible DOES NOT SAY WELL DONE thou good and tired SERVANT. IT SAYS WELL DONE good and faithful servant. Faithfulness is consistency to a standard. Faithfulness is excellence maintained over time. Faithfulness is not enthusiasm. It is discipline. The crisis we are facing today is not a lack of resources, not a lack of opportunity, and not even a lack of prayer. The real




crisis is that we have lowered the standard of living without realizing it. WE HAVE ACCEPTED LIVES THAT are beneath our design, beneath our purpose, and beneath our calling. And then we ask Elohim to bless what He never authorized. But Elohim does not bless dysfunction, He corrects it. IVRIYM (Hebrews) 12:6 says, “For whom Yahuah loves, He chastens.” Correction is evidence of love, AND CORRECTION ALWAYS POINTS US BACK TO STANDARD. Let me ask you a question. You must answer honestly, not to me, but to




yourself. Who set the standard for your life? Was it Elohim, or was it your environment? Was it scripture, or was it your social circle? Was it divine purpose, or was it cultural pressure? BECAUSE WHOEVER DEFINES your standard controls your behavior, and whoever controls your behavior designs your future. FROM THE BEGINNING, Elohim ESTABLISHED excellence as His nature. BERE’SHIYTH (Genesis) 1 does not say Elohim did His best. It says, “And Elohim saw everything that He had made, and indeed it WAS VERY GOOD, NOT ACCEPTABLE, not manageable, very




good.” That phrase very good IS A DIVINE QUALITY STATEMENT. IT IS Elohim DECLARING THAT CREATION met original intent. Excellence, therefore, is not a human invention. It is a divine expectation. YET SOMEWHERE along the line, we began to believe a lie that excellence is optional, that excellence is for a few, that excellence is for the gifted, the rich, or the privileged. But excellence is not about privilege. Excellence is about responsibility. Yahusha said in LUQAS (Luke) 12:48, “TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH WILL




BE REQUIRED.” RESPONSIBILITY INCREASES WITH CAPACITY. IF YOU HAVE BREATH, YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITY. If you have ability, you are accountable.” Now hear this carefully. Mediocrity is ATTRACTIVE BECAUSE IT IS COMFORTABLE. IT ASKS NOTHING OF YOU. IT DEMANDS NO DISCIPLINE, NO GROWTH, NO STRETCHING. MEDIOCRITY ALLOWS YOU TO BLEND IN, TO HIDE, TO EXCUSE YOURSELF behind the failures of others. But excellence isolates you. Excellence exposes you. EXCELLENCE DEMANDS THAT YOU CONFRONT yourself before you correct anyone else.




That is why most people avoid it. THIS IS WHY I SAY TO YOU BOLDLY, PERSONAL excellence is the ultimate rebellion. IT IS REBELLION AGAINST A SYSTEM THAT BENEFITS FROM YOUR PASSIVITY. IT IS REBELLION AGAINST CULTURES THAT PROFIT from your distraction. It is rebellion against environments that want you dependent rather than developed. ROMAIYM (Romans) 12:2 commands us, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Conformity is passive. Transformation is intentional.




Transformation requires excellence. Let me make this very plain. A mediocre population is easy to manage, easy to manipulate, and easy to replace. That is why systems do not reward thinking. They reward compliance. THAT IS WHY EXCELLENCE IS OFTEN PUNISHED before it IS CELEBRATED. DANIEL WAS EXCELLENT and they threw him into A LION’S DEN. JOSEPH WAS EXCELLENT and they put HIM IN PRISON. Yahusha WAS EXCELLENT and they crucified Him. But in every case, excellence outlived the system that resisted it. The Bible says in




QOHELETH (Ecclesiastes) 9:10, “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might.” That is not a motivational quote. That is a command. Elohim never authorizes HALF-HEARTED LIVING. Elohim never endorses casual obedience. Elohim never designed you for average impact. You were created according to EPHSIYM (Ephesians) 2:10 for good works which Elohim prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Walk in them, not visit them occasionally. So the issue BEFORE US TODAY IS NOT WHETHER YOU CAN BE EXCELLENT. THE ISSUE IS WHETHER




YOU ARE WILLING to abandon the comfort OF MEDIOCRITY. BECAUSE ONCE YOU RAISE YOUR STANDARD, you can never return to ignorance. Once you see clearly, you are accountable. Yahusha said, “If you were blind, you would have no sin.” But now you say we see, therefore your sin remains. Knowledge introduces responsibility. This session therefore is not to make you feel good. It is to wake you up. It is to confront the silent agreement you may have made with average living. It is to challenge the




version of you that has settled for survival instead of significance. And I want you to understand this clearly as we move forward. You don’t need permission to be excellent, but you will need courage because excellence will cost you comfort, approval, and sometimes relationships. But mediocrity will cost you YOUR FUTURE. NOW, HAVING ESTABLISHED THE CRISIS, THE next thing you must do is define excellence properly. Remove emotion, remove opinion, and restore law. Because until you understand what excellence truly is,




you will keep chasing feelings instead of enforcing standards. NOW, HAVING ESTABLISHED THAT MEDIOCRITY is a crisis and not a personality flaw, we must do the next essential thing. And this is where many people fail. We must define excellence correctly because whenever a word is misunderstood, it will be misused. And misuse always leads to abuse. And I want you to hear this carefully. Most people do not reject excellence. They reject a false definition of excellence. Excellence is often presented as pressure, as




perfectionism, AS COMPETITION, OR AS COMPARISON. BUT THOSE IDEAS ARE HUMAN DISTORTIONS. EXCELLENCE IS NONE OF THOSE THINGS. EXCELLENCE IS NOT PERFECTION BECAUSE PERFECTION SUGGESTS FLAWLESSNESS AND FLAWLESSNESS IS NOT POSSIBLE in a fallen world. Excellence is not competition BECAUSE COMPETITION MEASURES you against others, and EXCELLENCE IS NOT COMPARISON BECAUSE COMPARISON distracts you from purpose. So let me define it clearly and I want you to write this down. Excellence is the commitment to operate at the highest level of your




design. I repeat, excellence is the commitment to operate at the highest level of your design. That means excellence has nothing to do with someone else. It has everything to do with original intent. Now, this brings us to a governing principle. You’ve heard me say many times and I will repeat it again because repetition is the mother of learning. Whenever you do not know the purpose of a thing, abuse is inevitable. When you do not know THE PURPOSE OF YOUR LIFE, YOU ABUSE YOUR TIME. WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE PURPOSE




OF YOUR GIFTS, YOU ABUSE YOUR POTENTIAL. When you do not know the purpose of your assignment, you tolerate mediocrity. Purpose determines standards. Standards determine judgment. Judgment determines outcomes. This is why Elohim ALWAYS BEGINS WITH purpose before performance. In YIRMEYAHU (Jeremiah) 1:5, Elohim said, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. BEFORE YOU WERE BORN, I sanctified you. I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” NOTICE THE ORDER. Elohim ESTABLISHED IDENTITY AND PURPOSE before Jeremiah ever did any work. Performance




without purpose is frustration. Let me say this plainly. You cannot pursue excellence if you do not understand design. Because excellence is not doing more. It is doing what you were designed to do correctly. A fish is excellent in water, not on land. A bird is excellent in the air, not underground. Excellence is contextual to purpose. This is why many people are exhausted. They’re trying to be excellent in areas they were never designed for. Now hear this carefully because this is where emotions




must be removed. Excellence is not how you feel about your performance. Excellence is whether your performance aligns with the standard of your assignment. Elohim does not evaluate by effort. He evaluates by obedience. SHEMU’EL RI’SHON (1 Samuel) 15:22 says to obey is better than sacrifice. Sacrifice is emotional. Obedience is legal. Elohim IS A GOD OF LAW, NOT MOOD. This is why excellence must be understood as a law, not a feeling. Laws do not negotiate with emotions. Gravity does not ask how you feel. If you violate the law, YOU PAY THE PRICE NOT




BECAUSE THE LAW IS EVIL, but because the law is consistent. In the same way, excellence is the law of alignment with purpose. When you violate it, life penalizes you. We must therefore remove the emotional language from excellence. Excellence is not stress. Excellence is structure. EXCELLENCE IS NOT PRESSURE. EXCELLENCE IS CLARITY. Excellence is not doing everything. Excellence is doing the right thing well. Yahusha said in YOCHANAN (John) 17:4, “I have finished the work you have given me to do.” Not all work—assigned




work—that is excellence. Now let me confront another misconception. Many people believe excellence is optional because they misunderstand grace. Grace does not lower standards. Grace empowers obedience. TITUS 2:12 says, “For the grace of Elohim that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lust, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.” Grace teaches discipline. Grace does not excuse mediocrity.” So, excellence is not legalism. Excellence




is alignment. Excellence is not pride. Excellence is stewardship. Excellence is not ambition. Excellence is responsibility. Yahusha said in LUQAS (Luke) 16:10, “He who is faithful in what is least is faithful ALSO IN MUCH.” FAITHFULNESS IS excellence in small things. Greatness is revealed by consistency, not moments. This is why excellence always begins internally. You cannot perform excellently externally if you ARE DISORDERED INTERNALLY. EXCELLENCE IS FIRST A DECISION OF THE WILL, THEN A REGULATION of behavior,




then a consistency of action. Excellence is enforced by standards, not sustained by motivation. Motivation fluctuates. Standards remain. Let me say this slowly so it settles in your spirit. YOU DO NOT RISE to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your standards. If your standard is low, even high goals will collapse. If your standard is high, even small goals will produce excellence. SO WHEN Elohim CALLS YOU TO EXCELLENCE, HE IS NOT demanding stress. He is restoring order. Elohim is a God of




order, not confusion. And order is always the environment of excellence. THAT IS WHY HEAVEN FUNCTIONS FLAWLESSLY. NOT BECAUSE ANGELS are emotional, but because standards are in force. Therefore, excellence is not something you try. Excellence is something you decide. It is a covenant with your assignment. It is an agreement with your design. It is a refusal to live beneath what Elohim deposited inside you. Now that excellence has been defined properly, not emotionally, not culturally, but legally, we must move to the next truth.




Once excellence is understood as a law, it immediately confronts standards. And standards are the real issue in every life. Now having defined excellence correctly, we must go deeper because definition without enforcement produces frustration. This brings us to what I call the law of standards. Please hear this carefully and WRITE IT DOWN. EVERY OUTCOME in your life is a product of the standards you permit. I repeat, every outcome in your life is a product of the standards you permit. NOT THE STANDARDS




you admire, NOT THE STANDARDS YOU TALK ABOUT, THE STANDARDS YOU ALLOW. STANDARDS are invisible governors. They regulate behavior even when no one is watching. Standards determine what you tolerate, what you correct, what you excuse, and what you enforce. That is why two people can be in the same environment WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RESULTS BECAUSE THEY OPERATE UNDER DIFFERENT STANDARDS. ONE ACCEPTS AVERAGE, THE OTHER DEMANDS alignment with purpose. Let me say this plainly. You do not rise to intention, you fall




to standards. Many people have good intentions, noble dreams, spiritual language, and powerful prayers, but weak standards. And weak standards sabotage strong prayers. The Bible never says, “As a man prays, so is he.” It says in MISHLEI (Proverbs) 23:7, “AS A MAN THINKS in his heart, so is he.” Thinking shapes standards. Standards shape behavior. Behavior shapes destiny. Now understand this. Standards are not feelings. Standards are laws you impose on yourself. THEY ARE SELF-GOVERNMENT AND




UNTIL YOU govern yourself, life will govern you. GALATIYM (Galatians) 6:7 says, “Do not be deceived. Elohim is not mocked. Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” That is NOT A CURSE. THAT IS A LAW. LAWS DO NOT HAVE FAVORITES. Laws respond to compliance. This is why excellence is non-negotiable. Excellence is not a personality preference. It is the only way laws reward you. If you violate the law of preparation, life penalizes you. If you violate the law of discipline, progress slows. If you violate the LAW




OF FOCUS, ENERGY DISSIPATES. YOU CAN PRAY ALL NIGHT, fast all week, and still fail if you violate law. Elohim will not suspend laws to accommodate disobedience. Now, let me confront a dangerous phrase we use casually. I did my best. That statement often masks the absence of standards. The question is not, did you do your best? The question is, did you meet the requirement? Elohim never asked Noach to try to build an ark. HE GAVE HIM MEASUREMENTS. Elohim never asked Mosheh to do his best. HE GAVE HIM INSTRUCTIONS. Elohim never asked Shalomah to




GUESS. HE gave him blueprints. Excellence is always measurable. If it cannot be measured, it cannot be managed. Standards provide measurement. This is why vague living produces average results. People who do not define standards live reactively. People who define standards live intentionally. Yahusha said in MATTITHYAHU (Matthew) 5:48, “BE PERFECT, THEREFORE, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” That word perfect does not mean flawless. It means complete, mature, whole, aligned with design. Yahusha WAS NOT demanding pressure. He was




commanding alignment. Elohim never commands what He does not empower. But He will not empower what He does not command. Now let me say something that may offend comfort. Most people are not failing because of lack of ability. They are failing because of low standards. You allow yourself to arrive late. YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO SPEAK CARELESSLY. YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BREAK COMMITMENTS. You allow yourself to waste time. And whatever you allow will eventually rule you. SHOPHETIYM (Judges) 2:10 says, “There arose another




generation after them who did not know Yahuah, nor the work which He had done for Yashar’el.” Why? Standards were not transferred. VALUES WERE NOT ENFORCED. Excellence was not modeled. Standards must be taught, modeled, and enforced or they die. This is why excellence BEGINS WITH SELF LEADERSHIP. YOU MUST DECIDE what you will ACCEPT FROM YOURSELF, NOT FROM OTHERS, from yourself. Excellence is the courage to confront yourself honestly. It is the discipline to correct yourself daily. It is the




HUMILITY TO RAISE YOUR OWN bar without blaming your environment. Let me give you a powerful truth. Life always rewards what it inspects. If you never inspect your habits, your time, your speech, your preparation, your thinking, then deterioration is inevitable. The Bible says in EYKAH (Lamentations) 3:40, “Let us search out and examine our ways and turn back to Yahuah.” Examination precedes transformation. Now, understand this clearly. Standards do not restrict freedom. Standards create freedom. When




you discipline your life, you gain authority over it. WHEN YOU LACK DISCIPLINE, your emotions dominate you. WHEN YOU SET STANDARDS, you lead yourself. When you avoid standards, circumstances lead you. This is why excellence is rebellion not against people but against disorder. It is rebellion against chaos. It is rebellion AGAINST THE LIE THAT SAYS THIS IS GOOD ENOUGH. Excellence declares IF IT DOESN’T MEET PURPOSE, IT IS NOT FINISHED. Yahusha on the cross SAID IT IS FINISHED. WHY? BECAUSE THE ASSIGNMENT




MET THE STANDARD. UNTIL YOUR WORK MEETS THE STANDARD, IT IS NOT FINISHED. NO MATTER HOW TIRED you are. So hear me clearly as we prepare to move forward. Excellence is non-negotiable because standards are non-negotiable. If you do not choose your standards, culture will choose them for you. If you do NOT GOVERN YOURSELF, systems will govern you. If you do not define your life, someone else will. Now that we understand standards, we must confront the next truth. Why choosing excellence places you in opposition to systems that




benefit from mediocrity. This is where the message becomes uncomfortable but necessary. Now we come to a point that many people do not like. But truth has never existed to protect comfort. Truth exists to restore order. And I want you to hear this clearly because if you misunderstand this section, you will misunderstand resistance in your life. Excellence is rebellion but not against people. Excellence is rebellion against systems. Let us define rebellion properly because rebellion has been abused by emotion.




Rebellion is not noise. REBELLION IS NOT PROTEST. REBELLION IS not anger. Rebellion is resistance against imposed control that violates original purpose. WHEN A SYSTEM ATTEMPTS TO GOVERN YOU BENEATH YOUR DESIGN, excellence becomes an act of defiance. Now hear me carefully. Systems are not evil by default. Systems exist to manage outcomes. But when systems drift from purpose, they begin to benefit from your weakness. AND ANY SYSTEM THAT PROFITS from your ignorance, your passivity, your distraction, OR YOUR DEPENDENCE




WILL RESIST your excellence. This is why excellence always attracts opposition before it attracts reward. The Bible says in EPHSIYM (Ephesians) 6:12, “WE DO NOT WRESTLE AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness OF THIS AGE.” NOTICE SYSTEMS OF CONTROL. DARKNESS IS NOT ABSENCE OF LIGHT. DARKNESS IS ORGANIZED ignorance and ignorance is profitable to the wrong people. Let me say something very plainly. A mediocre population is easy to manage. They do not question. THEY DO




NOT PREPARE. THEY DO NOT CHALLENGE. THEY DO NOT DEMAND QUALITY. They accept what is given. That is why systems love mediocrity. MEDIOCRITY DOES NOT DISRUPT AGENDAS. EXCELLENCE DOES. This is why Daniel WAS A PROBLEM. DANIEL DID NOT REBEL WITH SLOGANS. He rebelled with excellence. The Bible says in DANI’EL (Daniel) 6:3, “Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps because an excellent spirit was in him.” Not a loud spirit, not a political spirit: an excellent spirit. And because




of that excellence the system conspired against him. Excellence exposes incompetence without accusation. Joseph did not rebel in the prison by shouting. He rebelled by administrating better than the guards. BERE’SHIYTH (Genesis) 39:22 says, “The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners, and whatever they did there, it was his doing.” Excellence made Joseph unavoidable. Excellence promoted him WITHOUT PERMISSION. Yahusha HIMSELF WAS EXECUTED not because He was immoral but because He was uncontrollable.




Excellence threatens systems that survive on manipulation. THAT IS WHY Yahusha SAID IN YOCHANAN (John) 8:32, “YOU SHALL know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” Freedom is dangerous to systems that depend on bondage. Now, let me bring this home. When you choose excellence, you are refusing to be predictable. YOU ARE REFUSING TO BE AVERAGE. YOU ARE REFUSING TO BE MANAGEABLE. You are refusing to live beneath your calling. And systems do not like that. PEOPLE MAY MISUNDERSTAND YOU. ENVIRONMENTS MAY RESIST YOU. EVEN




RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES MAY CRITICIZE YOU. BUT HEAR ME CLEARLY, RESISTANCE IS OFTEN confirmation that you are moving correctly. This is why the Bible repeatedly WARNS US NOT TO CONFORM. ROMAIYM (Romans) 12:2 again says do not be conformed to this world. The word world there is not planet; it is system, culture, pattern of thinking. Conformity is passive rebellion against purpose. Transformation is active rebellion against corruption. Let me say something that may offend tradition. Elohim never called His people to fit in. Elohim called




His people to stand out. You are the light of the world. Yahusha said light does not negotiate with darkness. Light does not protest darkness. Light simply shines and darkness must adjust or retreat. Excellence is light. Discipline is light. Integrity is light. Preparation is light. And when you bring light into dark systems, exposure happens. That is why excellence is lonely. That is why excellence is misunderstood. That is why excellence is often criticized as pride, arrogance, or extremism. But excellence is simply




obedience to design. Now understand this carefully. Excellence is rebellion because it restores authority to the individual, and systems that thrive on dependency do not want self-governed people. This is why MISHLEI (Proverbs) 25:28 says whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down without walls. A city without walls is easy to invade. A person without discipline is easy to control. So when you govern yourself—your time, your habits, your speech, your preparation—you remove yourself from manipulation. You become




less reactive and more intentional. You become harder to deceive. You become difficult to exploit, and that is rebellion. But let me make this very clear so there is no confusion. Excellence is not rebellion against authority. Excellence is rebellion against disorder. Excellence honors authority. Excellence respects structure. Excellence elevates systems when systems align with purpose. But excellence will never bow to corruption. SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO did not rebel by attacking the king. They




REBELLED by refusing TO VIOLATE PURPOSE. Daniel did not insult authority. He simply maintained his standard. Yahusha said, “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and unto Elohim what is Elohim’s.” Excellence knows where obedience ends and compromise begins. SO IF EXCELLENCE IS REBELLION, IT IS REBELLION WITH DISCIPLINE, REBELLION WITH DIGNITY, REBELLION WITH CONSISTENCY. IT IS REBELLION THAT BUILDS, not destroys. IT IS REBELLION THAT ELEVATES, not tears down. It is rebellion that restores




original intent. Now, having understood why excellence places you in opposition to systems of mediocrity, we must address the foundation that makes excellence sustainable. Because rebellion without self-government becomes chaos and excellence without discipline collapses. That brings us to the next truth. Now listen very carefully because everything we have said so far will collapse if this foundation is not established. Excellence is impossible without self-government. I repeat, EXCELLENCE IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT SELF-GOVERNMENT. You




cannot rebel against external systems successfully if you are enslaved internally. Freedom outside begins with discipline inside. Let us define self-government properly. Self-government is not self-control by emotion. Self-government is the ability to regulate your own life according to chosen standards without external enforcement. In other words, you do not need supervision to behave correctly. YOU DO NOT NEED PRESSURE to perform properly. YOU DO NOT NEED FEAR TO ACT RESPONSIBLY. YOU GOVERN YOURSELF. This




is why MISHLEI (Proverbs) 16:32 says, “He who rules his spirit is better than he who takes a city.” Notice what scripture values. Elohim says, “Self-government is greater than military conquest.” Why? Because if you cannot govern yourself, you will eventually destroy whatever you conquer. Most people want influence without discipline, AUTHORITY WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY, SUCCESS WITHOUT STRUCTURE. BUT HEAR ME CLEARLY, Elohim NEVER PROMOTES DYSFUNCTION. Elohim does not elevate chaos. Elohim promotes order. That




is why BERE’SHIYTH (Genesis) begins with order being restored out of chaos. Excellence is the manifestation of internal order. Now, let me say something that may sound harsh, but truth heals when lies have wounded us. In discipline is not a weakness. It is a decision. You decide what you tolerate. You decide what you excuse. You decide what you delay. And whatever you refuse to discipline will eventually dominate you. Paul said in QORINTIYM RI’SHON (1 Corinthians) 9:27, “I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest when




I preach to others, I myself should become disqualified.” Notice Paul did not pray his body into obedience. He disciplined it. DISCIPLINE IS NOT SPIRITUAL PUNISHMENT. DISCIPLINE IS TRAINING. Discipline is preparation for responsibility. THIS IS WHY EXCELLENCE ALWAYS LOOKS BORING TO UNDISCIPLINED PEOPLE. Discipline is repetitive. DISCIPLINE IS STRUCTURED. DISCIPLINE IS PREDICTABLE. BUT discipline is powerful. Yahusha lived 30 years in obscurity before 3 years of impact. Why? Preparation precedes manifestation. Excellence




matures in private long before it is recognized in public. Self-government requires that you establish non-negotiables. Non-negotiables are personal laws. They are standards you enforce even when no one is watching. They are decisions you honor even when you feel tired, emotional, or discouraged. This is what separates people who admire excellence from people who embody it. Let me say this slowly. If your life requires constant motivation, you are not disciplined yet. Motivation is temporary. Discipline is permanent.




Motivation is emotional fuel. Discipline is structural power. Elohim never told Yahusha “Feel strong.” He said, “Be strong and very courageous that you may observe to do according to all the Torah.” Courage was linked to obedience, NOT emotion. SELF-GOVERNMENT ALSO REQUIRES MASTERY over time. Time is life. Waste time, waste life. Manage time, manage destiny. EPHSIYM (Ephesians) 5:16 says, “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Evil days do not require prayer alone. They require precision. Excellence values time because time is irreplaceable capital.




Now understand this. Systems cannot control disciplined people. A disciplined person is hard to manipulate, hard to distract, hard to deceive. That is why self-government is dangerous to corrupt systems. A person who can say no to themselves can say no to pressure. A person who governs their appetite cannot be enslaved by offers. This is why MISHLEI (Proverbs) 25:28 warns us again: whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down without walls. A city without walls does not fall because of attack. It falls because of exposure. MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT DEFEATED by enemies. They are defeated by lack of discipline.




Now let me connect this back to excellence. Excellence is simply discipline expressed consistently. Excellence is not heroic effort. It is daily obedience to standard. Excellence is not dramatic. It is faithful. That is why Yahusha said in LUQAS (Luke) 16:10, “He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much.” Faithfulness is excellence in small things. SELF-GOVERNMENT THEREFORE DEMANDS THAT YOU STOP blaming environment, history, parents, culture, or systems for what you allow in your life. Systems may pressure you, but only you permit access. YA’AQOV (James) 1:14 says, “Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.” Desire unmanaged becomes domination.




So excellence begins when you stop negotiating with your weaknesses and start governing them. It begins when you stop asking how do I feel and start asking what is required. It begins when you enforce standards on yourself before demanding them from others. And hear me clearly as we prepare to move forward. You will never outperform your self-government. Your influence will not exceed your discipline. Your future will not outrun your standards. If you want a different life, YOU MUST ESTABLISH A DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT STARTING with yourself.




Now once self-government is established, the next issue we must confront is identity, because discipline without identity becomes legalism and excellence without identity becomes exhaustion. You must know who you are or you will never sustain the standards you set. Now listen to me very carefully because this section determines whether everything you’ve heard so far will liberate you or exhaust you. Excellence cannot be sustained without identity. I repeat, excellence cannot be sustained without identity. Discipline without identity becomes frustration and standards without identity become oppression. You must know who you are or you will eventually abandon what you demand of yourself.




Let me make this clear from the beginning. BEHAVIOR does not determine identity. Identity determines behavior. This is a fundamental law of life. YOU DO NOT ACT YOUR WAY INTO BELIEVING. You believe your way into acting. This is why most people struggle with consistency. They are trying to live above their self-image, and no one permanently lives above who they think they are. MISHLEI (Proverbs) 23:7 says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” Notice it does not say as a man behaves. It says as he thinks. Thinking defines identity.




Identity governs standards. Standards regulate behavior. Behavior produces outcomes. That is the sequence. THIS IS WHY EXCELLENCE FEELS NATURAL TO SOME PEOPLE AND EXHAUSTING TO OTHERS. IT IS NOT BECAUSE ONE GROUP IS STRONGER. It is because one group sees themselves differently. When excellence aligns with identity, it becomes effortless. When excellence contradicts identity, it becomes painful.




Let me say something that may shock you. Many people fail not because of lack of ability but because they have accepted a false identity. You were called gifted, but you accepted average. You were called capable, but you accepted insecurity. You were called to rule, but you settled for survival. And once you accept a lie about yourself, your life will organize itself around that lie.




This is why the first thing Elohim ever does when He wants to elevate a person is redefine them. Elohim changed Abram’s name to Abraham before Yitschaq was born. Elohim changed Ya’aqov’s name to Yashar’el before he led a nation. Yahusha changed Shim’on’s name to Kepha before the assembly was built. Why? Because Elohim never demands performance from an identity that has not been established.




Yahusha Himself modeled this principle. Before He preached one sermon, healed one sick person, or cast out one demon, the Father spoke from heaven and said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Identity came before assignment. Approval came before performance. Excellence flowed from sonship, not striving.




Now let me connect this to your life. If you see yourself as average, excellence will feel like pressure. If you see yourself as ordinary, discipline will feel like punishment. If you see yourself as weak, consistency will feel impossible. But if you see yourself as designed, called, and entrusted, excellence becomes responsibility, not burden.




This is why ROMAIYM (Romans) 8:19 says, “The earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of Elohim.” Creation is not waiting for talent. Creation is waiting for identity to be revealed. Sons carry authority. Servants wait for instructions. Slaves need supervision. Excellence flows naturally from sonship because sons represent their Father.




Hear me clearly. You cannot represent Elohim excellently if you do not see yourself as sent. Ambassadors do not embarrass their kingdom. They carry themselves with dignity because they understand representation. QORINTIYM SHENIY (2 Corinthians) 5:20 says we are ambassadors for Mashiach. Ambassadors do not lower standards. They uphold the culture of their kingdom.




This is why identity must be settled. Until you know who you are, you will keep negotiating standards. Until you know who you are, you will keep comparing yourself to others. Until you know who you are, you will keep looking for permission to be excellent. But when identity is established, excellence becomes non-negotiable.




Let me say this again slowly. You do not rise above your self-concept. Your life will always seek alignment with how you see yourself. If you believe you are undisciplined, you will sabotage structure. If you believe you are inconsistent, you will resist standards. If you believe you are limited, you will avoid responsibility.




But the Word of Elohim says in EPHSIYM (Ephesians) 1:4, “He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.” That means your identity precedes your history. Your past does not define you. Your origin does. Excellence is simply acting in agreement with where you came from.




So excellence is not pretending to be better than others. Excellence is refusing to live beneath who you truly are. Excellence is alignment with identity. Excellence is honoring the image of Elohim in you.




Now here is the danger. Identity without systems leads to arrogance. Identity without discipline leads to collapse. Therefore, the next thing we must address is not what you believe about yourself, but how you structure your life daily so that excellence becomes automatic rather than emotional.




Now listen very carefully because this is where many sincere people become discouraged. Goals do not create excellence. Systems do. I repeat, goals do not create excellence. Systems do. Goals inspire, but systems sustain. Goals point, but systems produce. And if you do not understand this, you will live in cycles of excitement and disappointment. Most people love goals because goals feel good. Goals give direction. Goals give hope. But hope without structure is frustration. MISHLEI (Proverbs) 13:12 says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick.” Why does hope get deferred? Because it is not supported by daily systems.




Let me define a system. A system is a repeatable, disciplined process that produces predictable results over time. Excellence is predictable. Mediocrity is accidental. If your life is inconsistent, it is not because you lack desire. It is because you lack system. Yahusha never operated by goals. He operated by systems. He had habits. He had rhythms. He had disciplines. LUQAS (Luke) 5:16 says, “He often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.” Often means consistently. Yahusha did not pray when He felt like it. He prayed because it was part of His system. Excellence was embedded into His daily life.




This is why I say again motivation is overrated. Motivation is emotional fuel, and emotions are unreliable. Discipline is structural power. When discipline is in place, you do not need motivation. You wake up and do what is required because your system governs you. Now hear this carefully. Excellence is not achieved in moments. It is enforced in minutes. How you live your ordinary days determines the quality of your extraordinary moments.




David did not defeat Goliath because he felt brave that day. He defeated Goliath because excellence had been rehearsed in private while tending sheep. This is why small things matter. Small disciplines produce large authority. LUQAS (Luke) 16:10 again says, “He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much.” Faithfulness in small things is excellence without applause. And heaven watches small things.




So let me say this plainly. If your excellence requires perfect conditions, it is not excellence. It is convenience. Excellence functions under pressure. Excellence shows up when tired. Excellence remains when no one is clapping. Systems protect excellence from emotions. When you feel discouraged, the system carries you. When you feel excited, the system restrains you. When you feel tired, the system sustains you. That is why systems are mercy, not bondage.




Now here is a critical truth. If you do not design your daily system, culture will design it for you. Your phone will decide how you spend your attention. Your environment will decide your habits. Your relationships will decide your standards. Systems are inevitable. The question is who designed them?




TEHILLIYM (Psalms) 90:12 says, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Wisdom is the ability to structure life according to purpose. Excellence is wisdom in motion. So excellence requires minimum daily standards, non-negotiable habits, scheduled reflection, honest self-evaluation, not to impress Elohim, but to honor design.




Now let me prepare you for something important. When you begin to live by systems of excellence, something will happen. You will no longer fit comfortably in environments that celebrate average. And this leads us to the next dimension of excellence influence because excellence never remains private. Excellence eventually becomes leadership.




Now hear me very carefully because this is where many people misunderstand leadership. Leadership is not a position. Leadership is influence. I repeat, leadership is not a position. It is influence. And influence is the natural byproduct of excellence. You do not need a title to lead. You need standards.




Most people are waiting to be appointed before they act responsibly. But in the Kingdom of Elohim, responsibility precedes authority. Elohim never gives authority to people who have not first demonstrated self-government. That is why Yahusha said in MATTITHYAHU (Matthew) 25:21, “You have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things.” Faithfulness, excellence in small assignments, qualifies you for leadership.




Excellence creates credibility. Credibility creates trust. Trust creates influence. Influence creates leadership. That is the progression. This is why people naturally follow those who live well, prepare well, speak carefully, and perform consistently. Excellence speaks before you open your mouth.




Let me say something that will free some of you. You do not need permission to model excellence. You do not need approval to raise your standard. You do not need consensus to live correctly. Yahusha never asked permission to be righteous. He simply lived aligned with purpose, and the world had to respond.




The Scripture says in MISHLEI (Proverbs) 22:29, “Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings. He will not stand before obscure men.” Notice excellence positions you. Excellence introduces you to rooms your ambition cannot access. Excellence speaks a language that systems respect even when they disagree.




Leadership without excellence becomes manipulation. Leadership without discipline becomes tyranny. But excellence influence transforms environments quietly. When Yoseph entered Potiphar’s house, the Scripture says the house prospered. Yoseph did not preach. He performed. Excellence brought blessing into the system.




This is why Yahusha said in MATTITHYAHU (Matthew) 5:16, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” Light does not argue. Light illuminates. Excellence is light. It reveals what is possible without attacking what is broken.




Now understand this carefully. Excellence confronts mediocrity without accusation. When you show up prepared, you expose laziness. When you speak with clarity, you expose confusion. When you remain disciplined, you expose disorder. And people may resent you not because you are wrong, but because your life reminds them of what they abandoned.




This is why excellence requires courage. Because leadership without a title attracts resistance. People will question your motives. They will label you intense, extreme, proud, or unrealistic. But remember this: people criticize what they are not willing to become. Yahusha was called a glutton, a rebel, a blasphemer, not because He lacked character, but because He disrupted expectations. Excellence disrupts complacency. Excellence exposes compromise. Excellence makes excuses uncomfortable.




Now hear this truth clearly. If your excellence is authentic, it will eventually be requested. You may be ignored at first. You may be resisted at first. But excellence is patient. Excellence is consistent. Excellence outlives opinion. Daniy’el did not campaign for promotion. His excellence demanded recognition. The Scripture says in DANIY’EL 6:3 that the king planned to set him over the whole realm. Why? Because excellence makes itself necessary.




So do not chase leadership. Chase alignment. Do not pursue visibility. Pursue excellence. Do not seek titles. Seek mastery. When excellence becomes your language, leadership becomes your assignment whether you ask for it or not.




Now let me say this very carefully. Excellence always attracts responsibility. When you live well, more will be expected of you. This is why some people avoid excellence. They do not want the weight of responsibility. But responsibility is the gateway to significance. Yahusha said in LUQAS (Luke) 12:48, “To whom much is given, much will be required.” Excellence increases requirement, but it also increases impact.




So excellence is leadership without a title. It is influence without permission. It is authority without appointment. It is representation without position. But excellence is not cheap. Excellence has a cost. And if I do not tell you the cost honestly, I will be misleading you. Because the next truth we must confront is this. Most people quit excellence not because it is wrong, but because it is lonely.




Now listen to me carefully because if I do not tell you this part, I would be dishonest with you. Excellence has a cost. I repeat, excellence has a cost. And the reason most people never reach excellence is not because they lack ability, but because they are unwilling to pay the price. Let me say this plainly. Excellence is lonely. It separates you before it elevates you.




When you raise your standard, you will notice something immediately. You no longer fit comfortably where you used to belong. Conversations change. Relationships shift. Invitations reduce, not because you became arrogant, but because you became different. Yahusha warned us of this reality in MATTITHYAHU (Matthew) 7:14. He said, “Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Excellence is narrow. Mediocrity is crowded. Average living is popular. Discipline is rare. That is why excellence always feels isolating at first.




People will misunderstand you. They will say you are too serious, too intense, too committed. They will tell you to relax, to slow down, to enjoy life. But hear me carefully. Discipline is not the enemy of joy. Disorder is. Excellence does not remove joy. It protects it.




Now let me say something that may sound uncomfortable. Average people will always try to make excellence look arrogant. Not because excellence is prideful, but because it exposes complacency. Light does not insult darkness. It simply reveals it. And exposure makes people uncomfortable.




The Scripture tells us in TIMOTHEOS SHENIY (2 Timothy) 3:12, “Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Mashiach Yahusha will suffer persecution.” Notice, not all who live carelessly, but those who desire to live correctly. Resistance is often confirmation that you are aligned.




Excellence also requires delayed gratification. IVRIYM (Hebrews) 12:11 says, “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.” Excellence postpones pleasure to protect purpose. Mediocrity sacrifices tomorrow for today.




This is why many people quit. They want results without process. They want harvest without seed time. They want influence without preparation. But excellence respects time. Excellence honors process. Yoseph waited. Mosheh waited. Dawid waited. Yahusha waited. Why? Because capacity must be built before responsibility is released. Excellence prepares you for what prayer alone cannot sustain.




So if you feel misunderstood, isolated, or stretched, do not retreat. You may simply be paying the price of alignment. GALATIYM (Galatians) 6:9 encourages us, “Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” Due season belongs to those who endure.




Now, having counted the cost, we must end where we began, with responsibility. Excellence is not a private victory. Excellence is a public assignment. Which brings us to the final charge.




Now listen to me as I conclude, because this is where everything converges. The world does not change because people complain. The world changes when standards change. And standards change when individuals decide to live differently. You are not waiting for permission to be excellent. You are waiting for courage. You are not lacking opportunity. You are lacking enforcement. You are not powerless. You are undecided.




Elohim never asks you to change the whole world. He asks you to govern yourself. And when enough people govern themselves correctly, systems must adjust or expose themselves. Yahusha said in MATTITHYAHU (Matthew) 5:13, “You are the salt of the earth.” Salt does not shout. Salt preserves. Salt influences quietly. Salt changes the environment simply by being present. But salt that loses its strength becomes useless. Excellence keeps the salt potent.




Let me say this clearly and slowly. When you become the standard, the system must respond. When you show up prepared, excellence demands recognition. When you remain consistent, integrity creates authority. When you refuse compromise, your life becomes a reference point. You may never hold a title. You may never stand on a platform. But excellence will place you where your obedience qualifies you to be.




MISHLEI (Proverbs) 4:18 says, “The path of the righteous is like the shining sun that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.” Excellence is progressive. It grows brighter, stronger, clearer with time.




So I charge you today, not emotionally, but legally, decide the standard you will live by. Write it down. Enforce it daily. Defend it relentlessly. Model it publicly. Do not negotiate with mediocrity. Do not apologize for discipline. Do not retreat into comfort.




ROMAIYM (Romans) 12:11 says, “Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving YHWH.” Excellence is worship. Excellence is obedience. Excellence is stewardship of the image of Elohim within you.




You were not designed to blend in. You were designed to represent. You were not created to survive. You were created to govern. You were not called to be average. You were called to be excellent.




And when you live that way, quietly, consistently, courageously, your life will say what words never—

KINGDOM THEOLOGY OF THE BIBLE

Matthew chapter 13






Today we are walking in: Kingdom Theology Of The Bible










Job 21:14




Therefore they say unto El, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways. IYOV (JOB) 21:14 את CEPHER










KNOWLEDGE







Today we look to the word-KNOWLEDGE- H847 da'ath--knowledge, perception, skill, discernment













The Torah testifies.....................




Genesis 2:9




And out of the ground made Yahuah Elohiym to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. BERE'SHIYTH (GENESIS) 2:9 את CEPHER







Genesis 2:17




But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die. BERE'SHIYTH (GENESIS) 2:17 את CEPHER







Exodus 31:3




And I have filled him with the Ruach Elohiym, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, SHEMOTH (EXODUS) 31:3 את CEPHER




Exodus 35:31




And he has filled him with the Ruach Elohiym, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; SHEMOTH (EXODUS) 35:31 את CEPHER




Leviticus 4:23




Or if his sin, wherein he has sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: VAYIQRA (LEVITICUS) 4:23 את CEPHER




Leviticus 4:28




Or if his sin, which he has sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned. VAYIQRA (LEVITICUS) 4:28 את CEPHER




Numbers 15:24




Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the assembly, that all the assembly shall offer one young bullock for an ascending smoke offering, for a sweet savor unto Yahuah, with his oblation, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. BEMIDBAR (NUMBERS) 15:24 את CEPHER




Numbers 24:16




He has said, which heard the words of El, and knew the knowledge of El Elyon, which saw the vision of El Shaddai, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: BEMIDBAR (NUMBERS) 24:16 את CEPHER




Deuteronomy 1:39




Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. DEVARIYM (DEUTERONOMY) 1:39 את CEPHER































The prophets proclaim..................




1 Samuel 2:3




Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for Yahuah is an Elohiym of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. SHEMU'EL RI'SHON (1 SAMUEL) 2:3 את CEPHER




1 Samuel 23:23




See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Yahudah. SHEMU'EL RI'SHON (1 SAMUEL) 23:23 את CEPHER
















Nehemiah 10:28

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Leviyiym, the porters, the singers, the Nathiyn, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the Torah of Elohiym, their women, their sons, and their daughters, everyone having knowledge, and having understanding; EZRA V'NECHEMYAHU (NEHEMIAH) 10:28 את CEPHER




Isaiah 8:4




For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Shomeron shall be taken away before the king of Ashshur. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 8:4 את CEPHER




Isaiah 11:9




They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yahuah, as the waters cover the sea. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 11:9 את CEPHER




Isaiah 28:9




Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 28:9 את CEPHER




Isaiah 32:4




The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 32:4 את CEPHER







Isaiah 33:6




And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times, and strength of yeshu`ah: the fear of Yahuah is his treasure. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 33:6 את CEPHER




Isaiah 40:14




With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 40:14 את CEPHER









Jeremiah 3:15




And I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. YIRMEYAHU (JEREMIAH) 3:15 את CEPHER
















The writings bear witness.............



1 Kings 9:27




And Chiyram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Shalomah. MELEKIYM RI'SHON (1 KINGS) 9:27 את CEPHER




2 Chronicles 1:10




Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this your people, that is so great? DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 1:10 את CEPHER




2 Chronicles 1:11




And Elohiym said to Shalomah, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor את the life of your enemies, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king: DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 1:11 את CEPHER




2 Chronicles 1:12




Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall there any after you have the like. DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 1:12 את CEPHER




2 Chronicles 8:18




And Churam sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Shalomah to Ophiyr, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Shalomah. DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 8:18 את CEPHER




2 Chronicles 30:22




And Yechizqiyahu spoke comfortably unto all the Leviyiym that taught the good knowledge of Yahuah: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to Yahuah Elohiym of their fathers. DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 30:22 את CEPHER




Ruth 2:10




Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in your eyes, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? RUTH (RUTH) 2:10 את CEPHER




Ruth 2:19




And her mother in law said unto her, Where have you gleaned today? and where wrought you? blessed be he that did take knowledge of you. And she showed her mother in law את with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought today is Bo'az. RUTH (RUTH) 2:19 את CEPHER













Job 34:2




Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. IYOV (JOB) 34:2 את CEPHER




Psalm 119:66




Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 119:66 את CEPHER




Proverbs 1:7




The fear of Yahuah is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 1:7 את CEPHER










Today I want to do something very interesting. I want to talk about what they never talk about in Bible schools and in seminaries. I have a degree in theology from a university, a very famous one here in America. I completed three bachelor’s degrees from that university all in four years. I obtained a master’s degree with honor, I’ve never heard any school, no seminary, no Bible school, make that statement. You see, they just don’t teach Kingdom theology. Matter of fact, the term is not even mentioned. And as I sat in my classes in university—four years studying theology—they made me read German writers, they made me read Catholic priests like Saint Augustine, they made me study commentaries by Calvin, John Wesley, they made me study the deep thinkers that dealt with eschatology and rapture and all this stuff, but no one talked to me about the Kingdom, and it’s the only message Yahusha preached.

So I am challenging all schools. I don’t care how famous they are. If you claim to be teaching and preparing people for the ministry, or for life, why don’t you focus on what Yahusha focused on, which is the Kingdom? So I call it the original purpose of Elohim. Let’s talk about theology a little bit because most of you—just like me—you are laymen. You are a business person, you are a retiree, you are an investor, you are a housewife, maybe a secretary, or maybe you are just a student—whatever you are. Big words like theology frighten you, so I thought it would be good to talk to you a little bit about some of these misconceptions about what things mean.

First of all, make this statement—write it down: Christianity is a religion. That is a very sad statement, but it’s true. If you ask anybody to name the first four great religions of the world, the answer would be Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism. In other words, Christianity is thrown in with the rest. If you look at a form that you have to fill out and it asks you, “What is your religion,” and there’s a blank, you’ll probably put Christianity because that’s what it is. You meet somebody from another religion and they say, “What religion are you,” what would you say? Christianity. You see, that’s what it is. So if Christianity is a religion, it’s important to define what a religion is because Hinduism is a religion too, Islam is a religion too. So if you are in that category, you are no different or better than them. This is why there are clashes between Muslims and Christians all over the world, because they are competing for the same market. They are religions. This is why the Hindus are burning Christian churches in different parts of Pakistan, and Muslims are burning Christian churches in different parts of North Nigeria, because they are all religions.

What is a religion? Write this down. A religion is the worship of a deity through a set of beliefs expressed through a set of rituals and customs and rites, producing a sectarian distinction on a unique group of people. That’s a religion. And that’s what you are if you are in a religion. If you are a Christian, or a Buddhist, or a Muslim, or a Hindu—that’s what you are. All of you are the same. You are simply a group of people who worship a certain deity.

The Muslims chose Allah. Allah is the god that the pagans worshiped in the land where Abraham was born. Abraham’s father and family group in the land of Ur worshiped a god of the moon and the stars—Allah was their god—and Elohim told Abraham, “Leave that place.” This is why when you look at Islam, the symbol of Islam is a moon and a star. They claim they worship your Elohim—ask them if it’s the same Elohim. Tell them, prove it.

So all religions worship a deity, and from that worship they get certain beliefs. The Muslims believe in their religion—they got their beliefs all worked out. Hinduism believe in their religion. Christians believe in their religion. Buddhism believe in their religion. Yoga believe in their religion. Mormons believe in them. Everyone got belief systems. So having your belief system is no big deal—everybody got them. Doesn’t make you better than them. So if you are a religion, you are already in trouble. You are in competition—that’s all.

And then that belief system produces what? Rituals. The Muslims’ ritual is—three times a day, they gotta find where the east is, and then they put their mat on the ground and they pray in airports, anywhere—they pray as a ritual. They’re supposed to face Mecca and pray. Christian ritual: we have to meet every Sunday morning, we have to have so few songs, we gotta have some testimony, we gotta have some offering, got a little sermon for 10 minutes, and then you have a little altar call—you go home. That’s our ritual. Hindus—they got to go to that temple, bow to six million gods, light an incense candle, burn it before the lord, cross their legs, and they gotta send their prayers up for a good harvest—ritual. You’re no different.

Our theologies must be checked. Customs and rites. Rites are important. Rites, for example—yes—all religions have rites. Sometimes you see the Hindus bathing in a certain river in India and they wash themselves in the water because that’s one of their rites of passage—they got to cleanse themselves. You got Judaism—they got to go bathe in a certain type of pool to wash themselves before they go into the synagogue—it’s all rites. Christians got rites, right? Says you’ve got to be baptized after you make a confession of faith—it’s a rite, a passage. Everyone have rites. It’s religion.

The worst part is the last part: all religions create a sect—a sect that distinguishes them from others—and this is where the fight comes. The fight comes when the sense of being different from you clashes. You know, if a Muslim build a synagogue right next to your church, I wonder how you would feel. And by the way, it’s coming to a town near you. It’s a different sect. Therefore they distinguish themselves by the way they dress. The Hindus dress differently, the Muslims dress differently, the Christians dress differently. I mean, what’s your problem? They wear their tie, you wear your tie—ain’t no different. Everybody got their little sectarian distinctions. It’s all religion.

Here’s the good news: a Kingdom is not a religion. I could go home now. I could quit. I’ll finish my lecture. A Kingdom is not a religion. Yahusha Ha’Mashiach never introduced a religion to earth. First of all, He never joined one. He was never a Pharisee. He was never a Sadducee. He was never a Herodian. He never was a member of the central council. He never submitted to Caiaphas the high priest. And He only went to the synagogue so He could expose His message.

The Bible actually said He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day as was His custom. In other words, the word synagogue is important here. The word synagogue is actually pronounced synagogue. Synagogue means place; a gog means meeting. The synagogue was not a temple. It was a meeting place. There was only one temple in Judaism—it was in Yerushalayim. All the villages of those Jewish people had a synagogue, and the synagogue was kind of a replica idea of a community center because that’s where the people went on the weekends—Shabbat, Sabbath. And they went there not just to worship as people think. They went there because that was where the community met every weekend. If you wanted to know what’s going on, you go to the synagogue. It was like a center of media—like this, you know—explanation for news, what’s going on, you know. That’s why women and men went, because everybody wanted to know what’s happening. You go to the synagogue. And of course they would read the Torah in this community center because the whole life of the community was built on the laws of the Torah—that was really their political center.

Ha’Mashiach went there because everybody was there. He didn’t go there because He believed in what they were doing. It was called marketing. That’s why you advertise on TV—you go where the people are. The people in their houses with a remote. If Ha’Mashiach was here today, He’d want to be on CNN. Why? He want to get His message out: the Kingdom of Elohim is here. You go where the people are. He never joined the religion. As a matter of fact, the truth be told, His number one opposition was not sinners—it was religious people.




Because His message was completely opposed to what they taught. They’re the ones who instigated His trial. They’re the ones who called for His death—religious people. Think, think—how do we get like this?

Write this down: a Kingdom is a country. And this takes a very strong paradigm shift. To shift you from religion to country is difficult. To help you change your thinking from rituals to rights—R-I-G-H-T-S—is difficult. To change you from membership to citizenship is very difficult. Religion has members; countries don’t. Countries have citizens. And they’re completely different creatures. Members have no power; citizens have power. They got rights.

So if you are in a religion, you are already in trouble because you have positioned yourself to be completely powerless. Rituals keep you busy. Customs keep you busy. That’s why you go to the meetings all the time and you have programs all the time and you’re going through all these motions all the time, and yet you’re broke, sick, and depressed. Why? You get busyness but no power. The power comes from citizenship, not membership.

What is a Kingdom? It’s a country governed by a King with all the components of a nation. That’s why Yahusha’s message was difficult to understand because He was speaking to a community of people first who were ruled by religion. This is why His first word in His entire ministry—the first word He used—is in Mattithyahu 4:17. Make a note of that. His first public statement is Mattithyahu 4:17, and the first word of that statement is this word: repent. Repent means to change the way you think. He was attacking concepts first. He said, “The way you’re thinking is wrong. You have to change your thinking. Your thinking is corrupted. You think as a religion. You think in terms of rituals and customs and traditions. I come to give you something completely different. I come to give you the Kingdom of the Shamayim has arrived.” He says a country is here. It’s tough to teach there. So this is our challenge.

There we go. What we ended up with is a century of conflict. I want you to make a note of this: the theology of the 20th and the 21st century is not the principles of theology in the Bible. How’s that for a shock? I dare anyone to challenge me. Anyone watching this CD—call me, argue with me. As a daring statement: that the theology of the 21st century and the 20th century—the one you lived in and the one we just came to—the church in those centuries have produced the principles of the theology that are not in the Bible. Do you know why? Because they are products of Catholicism.

Don’t forget that a Protestant is a Catholic. Oh, there you go. I gotta explain that, right? Okay. The founder of Protestantism is a little Catholic priest whose name is Martin Luther. He’s a German. He lived in a monastery. He died as a Catholic priest. He never stopped being a Catholic priest. What he did was, he read the Bible himself one day. Now in those days, no one was allowed to read the Bible except the priests. People were not allowed to touch the Bible. It was illegal to read the Bible in the Catholic church. The Catholics believed that only the pope and the bishop had the will of Elohim—and they still believe that today—so the people were not allowed to even touch the Bible.

And Martin Luther one day—a little priest in that monastery—began to read the Bible himself, and he read Romaiym chapter 1 and he read verse 17. That’s all he did. And it said, “The just shall live by faith.” He read that and he realized that his church—the Catholic church—were actually justifying people by penitence. In other words, they had to come and give money and then to get their sins forgiven, and the Catholic priests would, you know, let them confess their sins before him, and then they would be free. And they had to pay penance—penance. They had to come, you know, and bring some offerings, and then it was kind of like buying your salvation. And he said, “This is amazing. This can’t be right.”

So he went to his bishop and he says, “I read this.” His bishop says, “What are you doing reading that?” And he said, “Something’s wrong with this.” The bishop says, “Are you crazy? We can’t talk about this.” Why? The whole machinery of Europe is built on penance, man. We the most powerful church with more money and even government. Brother, you can’t challenge Rome. And that’s how it began. He began to protest against—Protestant. He was brought on trial and he refused to recant, so he remained a Catholic priest in exile. He loved the Catholic church to his death. He was a Catholic.

A few years later, the king of England—his name was Henry the Eighth—they were all Catholics. All of Europe was Catholic. Henry VIII was a Catholic. He still is, even his grace. And Henry VIII had a problem with women. You all know the story about him. Henry was married eight times. He had eight wives. And his first wife that he had couldn’t bear him a son, and he wanted an heir to his throne because kings’ needs is to carry their legacy on, and his wife could not conceive. So he was in a dilemma. The Catholic church did not allow divorce—it’s against the Catholic laws. So he was a Catholic, and the king was actually the president over the Catholic church in England—he was the leader of the church. So what do you do? You need an heir. Your wife can’t conceive. Your kingdom is about to be lost because you can’t pass it on, and your religion says you can’t get a divorce.

So Henry decided, “I’m going to change this myself.” So he passed a new law. First he appointed his own bishop who he called his pope. He named him the Bishop of Canterbury. That’s the name of the little city that he established for the head of his church. And the Bishop of Canterbury became the pope of a fraction of the Catholic church controlled by Henry VIII. So even today, the bishop of England is a pope. That’s why they can’t get together with the Italian pope, with the pope in Rome, because they are in competition. This is the problem. Henry created his own pope and then told the pope what to do.

He told the pope to rewrite the theology and get permission for divorce. Of course, if someone hire you, you got to do what they say. So the British Canterbury wrote a new theological amendment, and divorce became possible. Every day he got rid of his wife, married another woman, and he called his church the British church—the Anglo-Saxon church. That’s Britain. That’s where we get the word Anglican from—Anglican. When they moved to the west became known as Episcopalian. They are all Catholic still.

So the creed of all western religions—Baptist, Methodist, Anglican, Pentecostal, Church of Elohim, Church of Elohim in Ha’Mashiach, Assemblies of Elohim, Charismatic—they are all Catholics. Check the creed of your church. Go read it: “We believe in Elohim the Father and Elohim the Son and Elohim the Ruach Ha’Qodesh, we believe in the Ruach Ha’Qodesh…” All that was written by the Catholic church. You don’t know your history.

Here’s my point. My point is, you think you are all right. A Protestant is simply a Catholic who believes you are saved by faith. And Anglican is simply a Catholic who believe you can get a divorce. Don’t complicate it. And Yahusha came and preached something completely different. The theology is wrong.

Write down this number two: the Kingdom concept is the foundation of all Scripture. If you don’t understand the Kingdom concept, I guarantee you will misinterpret the Bible.

Sometimes I feel so lonely out here by myself. Sometimes I ask Elohim, like the apostle Paul, “Why me? Why’d You do this to me?” I feel like a spectacle because I’m going to be attacked by everybody. How do I—I’m like a voice crying out all in the world by myself saying, “Don’t you get it? Go back and check it.” I’m not trying to impress you. I’m afraid for you, because you can live your whole life on a lie.




Yahusha told the Pharisees, “If I had not come and spoken to you the truth,” he would have an excuse. He said, “But because I have told you the truth that My Father gave Me, you will die in your sins.” He told that to the religious leaders of His day, and I’m saying the same thing today. You don’t need to believe me, please—just go back and read your Bible yourself. What you’re hearing in this room today, great prophets and righteous men wanted to hear and didn’t. The Kingdom of Elohim has come back. It has re-emerged, and you are alive to see it.

Write this down: the Kingdom concept—it is necessary for correct interpretation and application of Scripture. What I mean by that is if you don’t understand the Kingdom concept, you can never apply the principles in the text of the Bible correctly. I sit many times and listen to preachers preach, and because they don’t have the Kingdom concept, their conclusions and their applications are erroneous, and therefore they don’t get the results Elohim promised. You got to follow the right—not just instructions—but the right concepts to get the results promised by the manufacturer.

You turn to any page in the Bible—any page—and show it to me, I’ll find the Kingdom there. Any page.

Forty-three years of struggle. My father was a Baptist preacher—still is—but he sits in my church on the front row now taking notes. I grew up in a pew. I was a member of the Brethren church assemblies. I became a Baptist. Then I moved my mother to Pentecostal church, and I went to the Methodist, and then I went to the Church series of Elohim. I went to Church of Elohim. I’ve been to all that stuff—Anglican. My wife was a pure Anglican. We’ve been through all of this. So I’m not bashing religion—I’ve been in it. My father was a pastor. Some of y’all were pagans—you grew up on the block drinking liquor, man. I grew up in the choir.

I’m an expert at religion. I used to play the piano for the choir. I was a Sunday school teacher. So I’m speaking with authority here. I know what it isn’t.




I ran into Yahusha and He tripped me down, and when I looked up He says, “Get it right.” And I started reading Mattithyahu, Mark, Luke, and Yochanan for the first time in my life as a teenager, and I read them seven times in one sitting. I didn’t move the whole day, and Ha’Mashiach jumped up the page and I saw the Kingdom, and I became a revolutionary in my country at age 17. All the churches attacked me at age 17. I was in the papers every day. The pastors called me a cult. You can’t criticize me—it’s too late. When you get the Kingdom revelation, it’s impossible for you to be accepted by religious people, just like Yahusha. The message is so revolutionary, it shakes all the rites and customs and rituals of religion, but it’s the only one that’ll set you free.

Write this down the best you can: the Kingdom concepts are the main subject throughout Scripture. The Kingdom subject provides the foundation for understanding the motivation, purpose, plans, promises, and actions of Elohim. If you want to understand what Elohim is doing and why He’s doing it all through history, you have to understand the Kingdom concept. Elohim is a King. He’s not a prime minister. He’s not a president. He’s not a mayor. He said He’s a King. The concept of King doesn’t exist in America, so you begin at a disadvantage right away. You never lived under a king, so even the rules of kingship is unknown. Your democracy is completely opposite to a king. So if your concepts are democratic, how are you going to read the Bible properly?

So Ha’Mashiach says, “Repent.” What repent means: change the way you think. That takes a fearful transition. We are afraid to change our thinking because we are so comfortable with our thinking. We don’t want to disrupt our thinking, so we refuse the message. “Hey brother, I’m a Baptist—I’ll die a Baptist.” “And I’m a Catholic—I’ll die a Catholic.” That’s how people talk. “But I know what you’re saying is true, but brother, it’s too late.” “I’m a Seventh-day Adventist—I gotta get stabbed…” But I don’t see. And we got this whole block—this block—this hard, callous heart because it’s so frightening to change your thinking.

And yet the Bible teaches, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” So you will never change into another man until your mind change. You can’t understand Elohim.

Number five: without the Kingdom concept, biblical understanding and theology is defective, and that’s where we are right now. I’m teaching with great respect, please. I’m not attacking any one of you, but I have to challenge your thinking—that’s my job. We have defective theology.

If I was to reveal some of the defects to you, you think I’m a heretic. For example, let me give you just one and then you’ll see that I’m a heretic. Watch this: Calvary is not the gospel. But you got me a heretic by saying that, because your whole church is built on Calvary. Yahusha never told us to preach His death. He told us to preach: “As you go, preach this message.” He says, “The Kingdom of the Shamayim has arrived.” Very specific instructions. Distinctive instructions. How can we miss this?

We close our eyes. Our eyes are not closed—we close them. We’re not blind—you know—we just closed them. Take a deep breath. Should I show you that in Scripture that we close our eyes? I better show that to you because you look at me really funny.

Turn your Bibles to the 13th chapter—13th chapter of Mattithyahu. Mattithyahu 13. Take a deep breath. Tell your neighbor something’s coming. Say, “Neighbor, hold on to your religion—you’re about to lose it.”




Chapter 13 of Mattithyahu is one of the most important chapters in the Bible. You should memorize it. In this chapter, Yahusha Ha’Mashiach is talking about the Kingdom. Mattithyahu 13—get the pen. I want you to underline some things here.

Verse 1: Yahusha went out of the house and sat by the sea. A great multitude of people came to Him, and He sat in the boat and told them to listen. So He’s about to teach them a big seminar. He’s in the boat sitting there, and they’re on the shore, so there’s probably hundreds of thousands of them—I don’t know—but He’s about to have this big class. It says in verse 3: then He spoke many things to them in parables. How did He speak? Okay—very important words—you know He spoke to them in parables. And He began—one of the parables was this: “Behold, the sower went out to sow.” So He’s explaining the Kingdom, but He’s using all kinds of symbols to explain the principles of it. He says the Kingdom of Elohim is like a sower who goes out to sow.

In those days, sowers—you know, farmers—they would sow by putting the seeds in a big basket, put it around their neck, and they walk through the fields. And the field was not like the fields today where you have big combines to level the field. They had fields with soils and rock. If you go to Yisra’el today, it is still the same way—rocky country. So they had to throw the seeds out over the rocks, and wherever there was a little soil between the rocks, if a seed fell there then the plant would grow. If it fell on rock it wouldn’t grow at all. If it fell on thin soil with a little bit of rock, it’ll grow up and then die. So the seeds are being thrown out and they land on different types of ground.

He’s teaching the Kingdom. Watch this.

And of course all of you notice the story—He talks about, you know, this different type of soil, and then He says one fell on good ground, and of course it bring forth—let’s just read that for some of you because some of y’all messed the Scripture up and preached about money, okay.

Mattithyahu 13:8. Read it. “But those that fell on good ground yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, sixty, thirty.” Okay. We use that to collect offerings. He ain’t talking about money. I want to prove it in a minute, but we use it as a gimmick because we don’t know the Kingdom. We manipulate people. Remember, we’re Catholics, okay? We know how to make money.

Verse 9: He ends it by saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” He who has ears—hear—say hear—let him hear.

Now, He spoke to all of them in parables. Remember that. Look at the next verse. Later on, His disciples came to Him and says, “Why do you speak to the people in parables? They are confused.” You see, He never spoke to the people plainly. Just tell them—why all these stories? And He answered them—now read verse 11—“Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of the Shamayim, but to them it has not been given.” He’s talking about the Kingdom—a country—but not given to them.

He says—that’s a whole new teaching altogether I could give you on that, but let me explain summary what he means: a parable is designed to conceal truth. Write it down. Parables are designed to hide truth until the listener is ready to receive it. Why? Because Elohim doesn’t waste seed.

Some of you are trying to convince your atheist brother about Elohim—you’re wasting your time. He ain’t ready yet. So just tell them stories. That’s what He means. These people, He says, they don’t want to hear the truth yet, but I’ll teach them the Kingdom in stories and I’ll leave the stories with them. And they go to their farms and their fishing companies and they take it with them, and then later the story will make sense and they’ll say, “Aha.” That’s what parables do. Parables allow you to discover truth for yourself. Why? Because nothing is really yours until you discover it.

Some people take my books and they read them and they try to preach my books—you don’t get it yet. You read the book until you say, “Aha.” Now it’s yours. That’s why you study. You study to make things yours.

He said it’s been given to you to know the mysteries, but not to them.

Now here’s a second explanation. He says only you I tell the plain truth to about the Kingdom, but to the people outside I say it in parables. Now what makes the group different from the people? Here’s the answer: Elohim does not volunteer information. This is important principle. Elohim only gives you what you want to know. He’ll only tell you what you want to know. He’ll only show you what you desire to see. He hides everything else. And this is why most people can’t see the Kingdom. Why? They don’t want to. He hides it. And that’s the purpose for a parable—to hide it. Why? Because Elohim only responds to hunger. Write it down. If you are hungry you’ll attract Elohim. If you really want to know something, Elohim will run to you.

You know, some years ago I was shocked. As a teenager, I’m reading the Bible and I got confused about two verses in the Bible. One verse says, “I am Yahuah Elohim, and I fill the earth. If you make your bed in She’ol, I am there. In the highest heavens, I am there.” I’m reading the verse and I’m thinking, Elohim is everywhere. And then I read another verse—confused me—it says, “You will find Me only if you seek Me, and that with your whole heart, then I’ll let you find Me.” I’m like, wait a minute—you everywhere, but then I gotta find You. Yes. What He’s saying is, I am everywhere, but I only reveal Myself to those who want to see Me.



Your cousin, your uncle, your brother, your sister—they are not atheists, they just ain’t interested yet. One lump in the breast and some colon cancer—they come look for you. You know, right now they got some money, they’re doing fine. One slap from the devil—they’ll run to you: “Please, where’s your Elohim?” And then Elohim—He reveal Himself to them. He said, “You’ll find Me if you seek Me with all your heart.” Not casual interest.

That’s why He said to you guys, I’m gonna tell you all plainly. Why? You left your business, your fishing company, your wives, your children, and you have come and attached yourself to Me. You are personally running after Me. You gave up everything for Me. I’m gonna tell you all everything. But then people—they’re interested—they just want fish and bread free. They come for miracles. They don’t come for the message. That’s the problem. Amen. HalleluYah.

You being in this conference—please don’t take this lightly. The Kingdom of Elohim is everywhere, but He says, “Seek first.” It doesn’t just show up in your life—you discover it. You gotta look for it. You coming here this morning, driving away from your house, your camper, your job—already made Elohim excited. When you entered that Glory Road Avenue there, Elohim was saying, “I’m so proud of you. I’m gonna teach you some stuff today,” because you abandoned some things to come learn the Kingdom.



Don’t take it lightly that you’re here. That’s why when you try to explain the Kingdom to your family they think you’re a foreigner. They really think you’re crazy because they can’t see it. He said, “I hide it from them.” He says, “You don’t believe Me? Read the next verse.” He says, “For whoever has, to him will be given more, and he will have abundance; but he who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.” He’s saying, look, if you ain’t got no interest, gotta make sure you never get it. But if you got a little interest, a passion for it, I’ll give you more.

He said, a lady came to me in Naples yesterday before we left. She said, “Dr. Munroe, when I first heard you speak on the Kingdom,” she said—matter of fact, this would be a good story for you, Pastor Phil, the Bible—she told me, she says they drove from Naples up here because they heard I was coming here and they saw one of my YouTube messages on the Kingdom. They never heard the Kingdom—very wealthy people. And she said she drove up here with a friend and came to Christian retreat—that’s where I was at the time—and she came in here and she said she sat in the back right where you’re sitting in the back there, and she sat and wept the whole session because her father—very wealthy, powerful, multi-millionaire—said to her as a daughter, “This Elohim thing ain’t real,” and he almost convinced his kids. And she said she knew there was something missing in my life, and she heard one session on YouTube that I taught on the Kingdom, and she made a decision: I gotta find that man. And she just so happened to receive a flyer that I was going to be here in Bradenton, Florida, and she made her way here—drove all those hours to get here—sat in the back. She said on—she said she had never heard such things about a Kingdom. She said it felt so sweet, it was so real. She said, “That’s what I’m looking for.” And then she said she was on crutches—she said, you know, she had broken her leg—she said she hobbled outside after the session and bought everything on the table—everything—spent almost eight hundred dollars. She went on, she said, with boxes and bags of the books on the Kingdom and books on relationships and books on marriage and books on leadership, and she said every CD on the table on the Kingdom. She said, “I bought it.” She said, “And for the next six months I soaked myself up.”

She now owns a hotel right on the water—beautiful hotel like the Ritz—she owns it. She’s not 40 years old yet. In the hotel she has what she called the Kingdom embassy. It’s a beautiful hotel. People, guests come—you know, beautiful hotel—but she has a place called an embassy, and every Sunday they tune in to our service live, and she got the guests coming in to get teaching, and then she teaches the Kingdom herself. And now they got a beautiful little community in that hotel expanding. I went to speak there for the first time two days ago.

I wonder if you get that kind of hunger for the Kingdom, or do you just run past and go buy lunch? “To him who has,” He says, “more be given.” She had a desire—Elohim give her all. Some folks ain’t got no interest—Elohim takes away the rest. He even takes away the interest.

Verse 13: He says, “This is why I speak to them in parables: because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.” Verse 14: “And in them the prophecy of Yesha’yahu is fulfilled, which says: Hearing you will hear and not understand, and seeing you will see and not perceive; for the hearts”—that means minds—“the minds of these people are grown dull, hard.” “I’m a Baptist, I’ll stay a Baptist, I ain’t never gonna change.” He said, see, that’s the problem—hard mind. “I’m a charismatic, I’m a…” faith teacher—faith, faith—what about the Kingdom? “I’m a charismatic man of Elohim”—what about the Kingdom? Your mind is just as bad as the Catholics—callous, callous.

Verse 15: “Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have…” sorry, there it is: “Their eyes they have closed.” Underline. He doesn’t want you to see. He didn’t say they are blind—you know what’s amazing? He said what? “Their eyes they have closed.” When you close your eyes, you impose your own blindness. Imagine telling Elohim, “I appreciate that, but I don’t want to see it. I know what he’s saying is true. I can see it in the Bible. But brother, I gotta stay with my religion.” You’re closing your eyes. No wonder why you will die in your sin. He says self-imposed ignorance is the height of stupidity and foolishness. You don’t impose ignorance on yourself. They close their eyes.

He says, “Lest they should see”—in other words, we don’t want to hear what you’re saying, Dr. Munroe, because we’re going to change what we believe. It’s all there. “I don’t want to read your book.” Why? “You can make me leave my church.” I didn’t say that. That ain’t my decision. My job is to expose you to the Kingdom. They are afraid to see. Says because if they do, then their eyes will be opened, their ears will hear—watch this—and then they’ll have to understand, and their minds will understand it, and they’ll have to turn—read it—and then I’ll have to heal them.

Oh, Yahusha Ha’Mashiach says, I want to fix you, but I can’t fix you until you want to be fixed.




It’s too late for me. You can’t convince me to change this. I’m a Kingdom man—it’s too late.

Listen, I’m having a good time. I flew here in my own jet—never prayed for it—it parked right over there. And I don’t preach prosperity because it’s not the gospel. That stuff comes with the Kingdom. Oh boy, I’m in trouble again. Look at that face. See—halleluYah.

Let me give you a word that kingdoms have. I was born in the kingdom, okay? In 1954. So I know what I’m talking about. I lived in a kingdom until 1973. Write this word down: commonwealth. That word is a kingdom word. I was born in a commonwealth in 1954. Look at the word. It’s actually two words, isn’t it? What are the two words? Common wealth. In a kingdom, the wealth is common. That’s why you don’t talk about prosperity—everybody’s rich. Oh dear—too deep.

That’s why Yahusha Ha’Mashiach said, “Seek first the Kingdom of Elohim and His righteousness”—that means being in right standing with the government’s laws—“and all the things you need shall be added.” You don’t go pray, bind, loose for them.

That’s why Christianity has so much stress, man. You gotta—you gotta believe Elohim for a car. “Yahuah, I believe in You for a…” “Elohim, I’m believing in the name of Yahusha, I need a car…” Believe—that’s hard work—stress. That’s why most Christians are sick—stress. High blood pressure. Free radical cells in their bodies under stress create tumors. A tumor is a good cell that has been under stress and it begins to multiply uncontrollably. It’s called cancer. It comes from stress.

Ha’Mashiach’s first word to you: “Why do you worry what you will eat and what you will drink and what you will wear and how you will live?” He said, “Stop this. Only pagans do that.” He says, “Don’t—look now, there’s one right behind you. If you pray for food, you are a pagan.” Yahusha says, “Take a deep breath.” It’s important, you know, because you’ll choke if you don’t. We are not supposed to pray for clothes—we’re in the Kingdom. The King is responsible for His citizens. In a democracy, the citizens responsible for themselves. Two different thinking altogether.

So when you ask Elohim for money and food, you insult Him because you are telling Him He’s a negligent King. So what does He say? He says, “Take no thought of these things.” He says, “Don’t even think about food and clothing. Don’t insult Me.” He says what? “Because your Father knows what you need.” Help. He says—Mattithyahu 6—all this in Mattithyahu 6. Either all you supposed to do is seek to get into the Kingdom—seek it, study it, pursue it, understand it, go after it, make it your passion—get into it, understand that. He says, and everything will be added to you.

Thank you, Yahusha. Someday I’ll come back and teach on faith. I’ll really show you what faith is used for in the Bible. It was never used to get clothes and car and house. Faith is used to move mountains—that means things that are in the way. It’s to curse trees that don’t bear—not to get things. You live by faith in the Kingdom of Elohim—it’s your currency. You believe what the King says and the King does what He promises—that’s faith. But if you’re going to use faith in the Kingdom, He pointed at mountains. Want to get a meal? The meal comes with citizenship.

HalleluYah. Lift your right hand. Say, “Yahuah, I repent. I change my mind. I will never worry again about my life—what I will eat, what I will drink, what I will wear, how I will live. I surrender everything to You. I am Your servant. I am Your citizen. I am under Your government. The Kingdom of Elohim is my jurisdiction. I receive protection, provision from my King from this day forward. I have peace, love, and joy in the Ruach Ha’Qodesh. This is the Kingdom. Welcome home.”

Yo.




Oh, let me just finish this before we go get 13. I want to show you something. Look at verse 16. Take a deep breath. These last two verses are the important ones. Then He begins to talk about you in the verse—that’s the ones who are here this morning. He says, “Blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear; because assuredly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to hear what you are hearing and to see what you are seeing and they didn’t hear it.” He made you more important than Mosheh, Yirmeyahu, Yechezqel, Dani’el, Yoseph, Iyov, Amos, Ovadyah, Yonah, Miykah, Chabaqquq. He said they wanted to hear what you hear today. What were they hearing? About the Kingdom.

You don’t believe me—read the next verse. “Therefore let Me explain the parable to you.” He says—I like that statement. Ha’Mashiach didn’t explain many of His parables. This one He did. So please, pastors, don’t invent messages from this passage. Don’t make up sermons that He didn’t say. Don’t use this to raise money. He’s about to explain the Kingdom—the parable.

Now remember that it’s about what? Sower, sown, seeds, seeds falling in different places, etc. So He said, “Let Me explain to you what the problem is.”

Verse 18—verse 19 rather. Go: “When anyone hears the message about what?” The Kingdom. So what’s the parable about? The message about the Kingdom. “And doesn’t understand it fully, the devil himself comes to snatch it away.” Now you begin to understand the devil is so afraid of this message, the minute you hear it he comes to snatch it away. Now you know—you Assemblies of Elohim brother—don’t get caught up in that. I mean, on your way out the door he tells you that snatching.

Read the verse again. Verse 19: “When anyone hears the message about the Kingdom and does not understand it fully, then the wicked one comes to snatch away what was sown in his heart.” Heart—mind. “This is he who received the seed by the wayside.” And he goes on to talk about the fact that there are these two different groups—in every group when you read the whole chapter it says the seed is the message of the Kingdom, not money. And the soil is the minds of the people. Some will get it, some will hate it, some will refuse it, some will get excited and it’ll die and they’ll go back to their own ways—four different groups. And every group I speak to—that’s what He’s talking about. And He says the devil is after all of them to snatch that message away from them, because the devil knows if you ever capture the Kingdom message he can never control you again. HalleluYah.

That’s why I’m glad you’re here, my brother. You know, you’ve been in church for a long time—you and your wife been in church all these years, hundred—you know, 50, 60 years—and Elohim says, you know, at the end I want you to get the right one. He says, and He brought you here. He don’t want you to retire with the wrong thing.

Nicodemus was an old man and he was the pastor of the synagogue all his life. Pastor came by night to Yahusha. His question: how can I enter this Kingdom? That was his question. Ha’Mashiach was 30 years old—young fella just like me—young. “Are you going to be Pastor Miles? You know, I’m 70 and you young friend.” Yes—56, you know—you, uh, but tell me something—teach me this, please.

See, in order to keep your rituals, the Kingdom challenges your history. You got two choices: open your eyes wide and go look for it, or close your eyes and say, “I wasn’t at the conference. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I wasn’t—I didn’t hear a thing.” You got a choice: either go and seek it, or pretend it never existed, and you go back to your washing your hands.

Tonight we’re going to talk about ideas because theology is about ideas. That’s why you use the word ideology. What are the source of your ideas you believe? Where you get them from? Henry VIII, pope, Calvin, Matthew Henry, Martin Luther—where’d you get them from? Saint Augustine. The source of your ideas is the source of your ideology. Your ideology becomes your theology. Your theology becomes your philosophy. Your philosophy becomes your life. And there you have it. So if your ideas are wrong, your whole life is wrong.

Ready for this: and the word for ideas in Hebrew is the word word. In the Greek it’s the word dabar. And thus it says, “In the beginning was the word”—idea—“and the word was with Elohim and the word was Elohim. All things were made by dabar”—Elohim’s idea—“and Elohim’s idea became flesh.” So Ha’Mashiach was Elohim’s original idea coming back to earth. When an idea is exposed, it’s called a word. Prove it: you don’t know what I’m thinking till I speak. So Ha’Mashiach is called the word. He’s Elohim’s idea expressed. That’s why He is called dabar. So whatever He says is Elohim’s idea, and His first statement: “Repent, for the Kingdom of the Shamayim has arrived.” Have a good lunch today. His ideas.