BUILD YOURSELF WITH A DISCIPLINE THAT GUARANTEES MASSIVE GROWTH PART 1

Romans chapter 8













Today we are walking in: BUILD YOURSELF WITH A DISCIPLINE THAT GUARANTEES MASSIVE GROWTH PART 1













Genesis 27:8

Now therefore, my son, obey H8085 my voice according to that which I command thee.





OBEY






Today we look to the word OBEY --H8085 - shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'; a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, attentively, call gather together, carefully, certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, make a proclaimation, publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.









The Torah testifies.........……



Genesis 27:13

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.





Exodus 23:22

But if thou shalt indeed obey H8085 his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.





Deuteronomy 13:4




Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.










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



Joshua 24:24

And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey H8085.




Nehemiah 9:17




And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.




Jeremiah 7:23




But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.









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



Joshua 24:24




And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.





Job 36:11

If they obey H8085 and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.





Psalm 18:44




As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.




























BUILD YOURSELF WITH A DISCIPLINE THAT GUARANTEES MASSIVE GROWTH




Thank you for joining us for another teaching. There is a sobering truth echoing across the landscape of the modern church, a truth that few want to admit and even fewer are prepared to confront. We are living in a time when church attendance is high, but kingdom impact is low. We are surrounded by believers who are loyal to denominations but not to divine order. They know how to function within religious systems, but they have never truly entered into the government of the Kingdom of Yah.




They know church, but they do not know the Kingdom, and that single distinction will be the reason why many will miss the rapture. You see, the church was never meant to be a substitute for the Kingdom. It was meant to be the instrument that reveals it. But what we have done is trade power for programs, exchange purpose for popularity, and replace revelation with routine.




Many Christians are faithful to tradition but blind to truth. They can recite church history but cannot explain kingdom authority. They honor rituals but resist transformation. They are more concerned with their position in a pew than their posture before the King. And when Yahusha returns—not for a denomination, not for a doctrine, not for a program, but for a prepared people—they will be left behind. Not because they were evil, but because they were ignorant of Yah’s agenda.




This is not about religion. This is about rulership. This is not about being busy in the building. It is about being aligned with the government of Yah. You can spend your entire life inside church walls and never enter the reality of the Kingdom. And when the sky opens and the trumpet sounds, heaven will not recognize religious activity. It will only respond to spiritual alignment.




This is the hour to shift, to wake up, to realize that knowing church is not the same as knowing the King, and that access to eternity comes not through routine, but through relationship and revelation. The cry of the Spirit in this hour is clear. The Kingdom is at hand. The King is coming. And only those who have truly submitted to His lordship, who have come out of religion and into rulership, will rise when He calls.




The rapture will not be for the casual. It will be for the consecrated. And that begins not with a service, but with surrender. Not with activity, but with authority. Not with membership, but with a mandate. Time is now. The warning is real. And the question that must pierce every heart is this: do you know the Kingdom, or have you just learned how to do church?




Many Christians know church, but they do not know the Kingdom. This is one of the most devastating realities in the modern body of Mashiach. People have grown up inside sanctuaries, memorized verses, sang in choirs, paid tithes, and served on committees, yet they have never encountered the true meaning of Yah’s Kingdom. They have perfected the traditions of religion but have failed to submit to the rulership of the King.




This distinction is not small. It is the very reason why many will miss the rapture. It is not because they were evil, not because they did not attend church, and not because they never heard the name of Yahusha. It will be because they never aligned themselves with the true government of heaven. They mistook church attendance for citizenship and tradition for transformation.




To understand this tragic misalignment, one must return to the original intent of Yah. From the beginning, Yah’s desire was not to create a religion, but to extend His Kingdom from heaven to earth. He created man in His image to rule, to manage, and to govern the earth as a reflection of His heavenly Kingdom. Sin interrupted this divine order, but redemption through Yahusha was not to simply restore religion. It was to restore rulership, alignment, and dominion under the authority of Yah’s Kingdom.




And yet, instead of preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, much of the modern church has settled for a gospel of personal survival. Instead of raising sons and ambassadors, we have built spectators and pew warmers. Instead of training citizens of the Kingdom, we have trained members of denominations. This confusion has cost us, because when you know church but do not know Kingdom, your entire spiritual life becomes ritualistic rather than revelatory.




You begin to see your walk as a weekly event rather than a daily submission to the King’s will. You start to measure your faith by your activity, not your alignment. People sing songs they do not live, quote scriptures they do not obey, and pray prayers with no understanding of the authority behind them. They look good on Sunday morning, but they have no oil for when the midnight cry comes.




They know how to shout, but they do not know how to submit. They know how to serve in the church, but not how to obey the King. The Kingdom is not just a concept. It is a country, a realm, a system of authority and government. It has laws, principles, culture, power, and priorities. It requires submission, not merely attendance.




This is why many Christians will be left behind—not because they never heard the gospel, but because they never received the Kingdom. The King does not return for religious people. He returns for those who are subjects of His reign. You can say, “Adonai, Adonai,” and still not enter in. You can cast out demons and prophesy in His name and still be unknown to Him. Why? Because church activity is not kingdom submission.




Many have joined churches but never surrendered to the King. They have adopted a form but denied the power that transforms. They have built programs but neglected purpose. They are more loyal to their denomination than to their divine assignment. They defend church doctrine more passionately than they pursue kingdom truth. They trust in rituals, not in righteousness.




The Kingdom of Yah is not about buildings and stained glass. It is about influence, authority, and the will of Yah being done on earth as it is in heaven. The Kingdom demands a different kind of living. It calls for holiness, not performance. It demands character over charisma, submission over strategy, obedience over offerings.




In the Kingdom, you cannot live how you want and still expect to reign with the King. You cannot mix the world’s values with the Kingdom’s standards and think you will be counted worthy to escape the judgment that is coming. The Kingdom is not a democracy. You do not vote on what Yah says. He is not seeking your opinion, only your obedience.




Many believers have not been trained to think like Kingdom citizens. They still see Yahusha as someone to rescue them from hell, not someone to rule over every area of their life. And that is why the rapture will be a shock to many. It will not be a time of rejoicing for everyone who attends church. It will be a moment of divine separation.




It will be the moment where allegiance to the King is revealed, not by what people said, but by how they lived. Those who lived for the Kingdom will rise. Those who knew the language of church but not the laws of the Kingdom will remain.




This is why the message of the Kingdom must be restored, because it is not enough to raise up people who are emotionally excited but spiritually unaligned. The Kingdom is not about emotionalism. It is about order. The rapture will not be delayed for those who are almost ready. The trumpet will not wait for the religiously busy. It will sound for the prepared, the submitted, the aligned, the ones who not only believed in Yahusha but also made Him King of their mind, their decisions, their lifestyle, their priorities, and their passions.




These are the ones who did not just worship Him on a single day, but honored His rulership every single day. They are the ones who crucified their flesh, who sought His will over their own, who lived by Kingdom principles even when it cost them. These are the ones the King is coming for. And sadly, many who knew the structure of church will find that the doors of the Kingdom are not open to them, because the Kingdom is not inherited through attendance. It is inherited through alignment.




They confess Mashiach, but they do not carry the cross. They speak His name with their mouths, but they do not follow Him with their lives. This is the great divide between salvation and discipleship, a divide that many believers have never crossed. In a world where convenience is preferred over conviction, many have embraced a version of Yahusha that offers comfort without cost, blessings without obedience, grace without transformation.




They want Yahusha to save them from hell but not to sanctify their hearts. They want His hand to provide, but not His voice to command. And in doing so, they build a shallow faith that cannot withstand the weight of judgment or the call to readiness. This is why many will miss the rapture—not because they did not believe in Mashiach, but because they never truly followed Him.




The cross is not just a symbol. It is a sentence. It is a death sentence to the flesh, to self-will, to worldly desires, to pride, and to compromise. When Yahusha said, “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me,” He was not offering a suggestion. He was issuing a condition, a requirement, a covenant call.




Yet so many have bypassed this demand and instead settled for a cultural belief system that values safety more than sacrifice. They go through the motions of faith without dying to self. They quote scriptures about victory while living in defeat. They sing about surrender while refusing to lay anything down. They applaud messages on blessing but resist words on repentance.




Their faith is rooted in comfort, not in the call to carry the cross. But carrying the cross is not optional for those who desire to be with the King. The cross is the proof of discipleship. It is the path that leads to the crown. The rapture is for those who have walked the narrow way, not those who admired it from a distance.




It is for those who crucified their flesh daily, who turned away from the world’s systems, who chose the pain of obedience over the pleasure of sin. Many believers admire the cross from afar. They wear it on necklaces. They decorate it on walls. They even celebrate it during certain seasons. But they do not carry it in their daily decisions.




And because of this, they are unprepared for the return of the Master. They have faith without fruit, confession without cost, and belief without obedience. There is a vast difference between making Yahusha your Savior and making Him your King. The Savior rescues, but the King reigns. And too many are content to be rescued without being ruled.




They have prayed the sinner’s prayer but never lived the disciple’s life. They have come to the altar but never walked the narrow road. They want to be forgiven but not formed. They want grace to cover what they will not surrender. But the cross demands everything. It demands your thoughts, your choices, your desires, your time, your relationships, your resources, your future.




It calls you to die to your old nature so that the new nature of Mashiach can be formed in you. This is not legalism. It is lordship. And where there is no lordship, there can be no rapture readiness. To confess Mashiach is to acknowledge Him publicly, but to carry the cross is to follow Him privately when no one is watching.




It is to obey Him when it is inconvenient. It is to walk in integrity when compromise would be easier. It is to pursue holiness in a world that rewards rebellion. Many have mistaken verbal confession for eternal qualification. But scripture says, “Not everyone who says to Me, Adonai, Adonai, will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of My Father.”




This is where many fall short. They have acknowledged His name, but they have not surrendered to His will. And when the trumpet sounds, only those who have truly followed will rise to meet Him. The tragedy is that much of modern preaching has made the cross optional. It has preached comfort over commitment, ease over endurance, emotionalism over obedience.




It has produced crowds, not disciples. It has filled gatherings with spectators, not soldiers. And while the message of grace must always be central, it must never be separated from the call to transformation. Grace empowers you to carry the cross. It does not exempt you from it.




The cross is what separates the prepared from the pretenders. It is what purifies the bride and readies her for the Bridegroom’s return. Without it, there is no true faith. Without it, there is no access to the Kingdom. Without it, there is no readiness.




The rapture will reveal who truly belongs to Mashiach, not by words, but by fruit, not by emotion, but by endurance, not by attendance, but by allegiance. The cross you carry today determines whether you will be caught up tomorrow. It is not enough to say you have decided to follow if you are not willing to lay down your own desires, your own agenda, your own way of life.




The true follower of Mashiach is not known by how loudly they worship, but by how deeply they surrender. Many have mistaken loudness for loyalty. In the end, the difference will be undeniable. Those who truly carry the cross will have already died to the world. And when the trumpet sounds, they will be ready to rise.




But those who only confess Mashiach without crucifying the flesh will be left behind, bewildered, confused, and undone. Because the cross was never merely a concept. It was the call. It was the test of true discipleship. It was the path to glory. And many, having rejected it, will find they were never truly following at all.




They are in the world, and tragically, they are also of the world. This is the silent compromise that has swept through the modern church like a subtle storm, eroding the distinction between the holy and the common. Many believers no longer live as citizens of another Kingdom, but rather as residents of a world that is quickly passing away.




They have not just walked through the systems of Babylon. They have built houses there. They have embraced its values, admired its idols, and adopted its language. They speak of Mashiach, but their hearts are tethered to culture. They sing of heaven, but they live for earth. They know the Word of Yah, but they follow the wisdom of men.




And in doing so, they disqualify themselves from the company of the prepared.




The world has a way of seducing slowly. It does not always confront; it invites. It offers success and recognition, security and applause. It presents platforms, positions, and possessions. And before long, the believer who once walked in separation begins to walk in assimilation. Their wardrobe changes, their convictions soften, their prayer life weakens, and their priorities shift.




What was once considered compromise is now considered balance. What was once seen as sin is now labeled personal freedom. They still attend gatherings, but their heart is elsewhere. They still quote scripture, but they no longer live it. They speak of calling, but pursue careers. They say they love Yah, but their affection is divided, distracted, and diluted.




The systems of Babylon are not just external. They are internal structures of thought and desire. They exalt self above submission, preference above principle, and comfort above consecration. Many believers today are more shaped by social media than by scripture. They are discipled by celebrities, influenced by culture, and entertained by what once grieved the Spirit.




They are so immersed in the noise of the world that they no longer hear the whisper of the Spirit. They have traded intimacy with Yah for interaction with trends. They have replaced the altar with ambition. And the longer they dwell in Babylon, the more they begin to look like it, sound like it, and serve it without even realizing they have drifted.




This drift is dangerous because when you live like the world, you lose your sensitivity to the Spirit. When your eyes are fixed on the world’s rewards, you cannot discern the urgency of eternity. And when your feet are rooted in Babylon, you cannot rise when the trumpet sounds. The rapture is not for those who have made peace with the world. It is for those who have overcome it.




Scripture says, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” Yet many try to balance both—a love for Yah and a love for the world. But light cannot fellowship with darkness. Holiness cannot mix with compromise. The narrow path cannot be walked with wide feet.




There is a difference between being present in the world and being possessed by it. Yahusha never called us to isolation, but He did call us to distinction. We are to be salt and light, preserving truth, shining in darkness, transforming culture, not being conformed by it. But instead, many today are indistinguishable from unbelievers.




Their priorities are identical. Their speech is the same. Their goals mirror those of the world. They seek influence without intimacy, platform without prayer, popularity without purity. And in doing so, they become deceived, thinking they are spiritually strong while being completely disconnected from the presence and purpose of Yah.




This deception is subtle. It tells people that they can chase both the Kingdom and the culture, that they can carry the cross while still clinging to compromise, that they can be ready while still entertaining worldly desires. But the truth is clear. Friendship with the world is enmity with Yah.




If we do not break our allegiance to Babylon, we will not be counted among those who rise when the King returns. Many are so concerned with building their brand, their business, their name, and their influence that they have forgotten the only thing that matters—being found faithful.




When the trumpet sounds, it will not be your following, your fame, or your financial success that matters. It will be your faithfulness, your obedience, your holiness, your separation. The spirit of this age has infiltrated even the pulpits. Messages that once called for repentance now offer self-help strategies.




Preaching that once brought people to their knees now entertains the crowd. Conviction has been replaced with convenience. Reverence has been replaced with relevance. And many who are not rooted in truth are swept into a cycle of entertainment, emotionalism, and emptiness.




They leave inspired but unchanged. They encounter messages but never the Master. They are connected to a church brand but not to Mashiach Himself. And when the King returns, it will be evident who was truly set apart and who was seduced by the world.




The call to come out from among them and be separate is not a suggestion. It is a command. Holiness is still required. Consecration is still demanded. The narrow way is still the only way. And while the world grows darker and more deceptive, the people of Yah must grow brighter and more distinct.




We must not blend in. We must not bow to culture. We must not exchange our eternal inheritance for temporary applause. This world is not our home. Babylon is not our destiny. And if you do not disconnect from it now, you will be disqualified when the Bridegroom comes.




Many will miss the rapture not because they denied Mashiach with their lips, but because they denied Him with their lifestyle. They were more committed to fitting in than standing out, more committed to building their own empires than advancing the Kingdom of Yah, more obsessed with looking successful than living surrendered.




They called Yahusha King, but Babylon was their master. And when the cry is made and the trumpet sounds, they will find themselves left behind. Not because Yah failed to warn them, but because they chose the world over His will.




They have the form of godliness, but they deny its power. They have perfected the outer shell of spirituality, but the inner core remains untouched. They know how to appear devout. They attend every service, lift their hands during worship, say the right things at the right time, and can quote verses with eloquence.




But beneath the surface, there is no true submission to the Spirit. There is no transformation, no repentance, no conviction, and no fruit that reveals the character of Mashiach. Their walk is a performance, not a partnership. It is ritual without relationship, activity without authenticity.




It is a spiritual illusion—one that deceives others and tragically deceives themselves. And because they mistake form for power, they remain spiritually powerless and unprepared for what is coming.




This condition is dangerous because it is deceptive. It allows people to believe they are right with Yah because they are busy for Yah. They assume that involvement equals intimacy, that being around Yah’s people means being aligned with Yah’s purpose. But the Kingdom of Yah is not in word, but in power. It is not about what you say, but what you live. It is not about the songs you sing, but the surrender you give.




You can memorize scripture and never be transformed by it. You can serve in ministry and still carry secret sin. You can impress people with your knowledge and still grieve the Spirit with your disobedience. That is the danger of form. It looks like godliness, but it lacks the power to change anything.