Feb 28 2026, Saturday Teachings
We begin from this point: our goal is to grow to a place where we no longer need to be constantly reminded. The Word should become our nature — not something secondary, but who we truly are.
From the very beginning, we should be ready.
So how has everyone’s week been? Some of you had classes on different days, some had meetings. How are you progressing? How is everyone doing?
One sister shared that in class they were learning about the different ages and the different programs God established for each generation. In the age of Moses, the law was given. In the age of Christ, grace and truth came. Now, truth is being emphasized — the fullness of the sons of God.
She explained that during her personal prayer time, even as early as 12:30 a.m., the Lord began revealing something to her. He showed her that the Bible is not just a book of letters. It is a living book — a book of life — and everything in it operates by the Spirit.
He brought her to Philippians 3:9, which speaks about not having our own righteousness, but the righteousness that comes through faith in Jesus Christ. That is the only righteousness acceptable to God.
The Lord impressed upon her that the Word of God must not be read with the natural mind alone. It must be understood by the Spirit. Revelation comes only by the Spirit of God. Without the Spirit, the Word remains just letters. With the Spirit, it becomes life.
That is what she received, and she gave thanks to God for it.
Then we discussed the outpouring of the Spirit — that God said He would pour out His Spirit upon all flesh. The older ones may dream dreams; the younger ones may see visions. This is a classification, not a limitation.
You do not need to be asleep to have a vision. Vision is not only something you see when your eyes are closed. A vision can simply be a target.
For example, if you decide that this year you will save $50,000, that becomes your vision. Because of that vision, you will not skip work. You will not waste money. You will stay disciplined. That target drives your actions.
You did not sleep to see that vision — you decided it.
In the same way, you can decide that your goal is to enter and walk in the kingdom of God.
However, there are also spiritual visions that come by revelation. As we go deeper in class, we will discuss what causes spiritual “leakage.”
Sometimes virtue and spiritual strength are given to you, but something causes it to leak away. It is handed to you, but you cannot retain it. You cannot maintain it.
The root issue is righteousness.
If you are righteous, you can maintain what God gives you. But when righteousness is lacking, the enemy finds an opportunity to steal what you have received.
Scripture says, “Hold fast to what you have received, so that no one takes your crown.” Holding fast requires righteousness.
There is a role for each of us to play. There is work for us to do.
Consider weakness in prayer. What causes it? Can a weak soldier defend a city?
Imagine placing a fearful soldier on a watch post. If he sees a giant and becomes afraid, he may abandon his post. The city then becomes vulnerable, and the enemy destroys it.
Weakness makes what you have vulnerable.
But when you build yourself up in righteousness, your spiritual strength increases. Your authority as a child of God increases. You can defend your crown. You can guard the Word in your heart. If God gives you something at 100%, righteousness helps you keep it at 100%. Otherwise, it begins to depreciate.
This is not an issue affecting only one person. It happens to many. But the Lord is correcting it.
Brother Emmanuel then shared about grace.
We have been discussing the program of grace, based on John 1:17, which says the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
In the time of Moses, the law operated. Now we are under grace and truth.
Grace is the gospel program — God’s spiritual design and activity for the salvation and restoration of man back to the kingdom.
Grace is freely given.
Grace makes us children of God.
But truth makes us soldiers of God.
We also discussed the sowing of a seed. When the Word of God is received into our spirit and we are born again, that is the sowing of the seed — that is grace.
But the germination and growth of that seed is truth.
Grace plants the Word in you freely.
Truth requires effort, growth, proof, and evidence. It is no longer just receiving — it is walking it out.
The Word of God contains life and glory within it. But growth depends on how it is nurtured.
We constantly receive words through preaching. But words can come from different sources. Discernment is necessary.
The Word from God produces growth and maturity when properly received and nurtured.
So grace makes you a child of God.
Truth trains you into a soldier of God.
Grace is the beginning.
Truth is the development.
Grace plants.
Truth grows.
Grace gives birth.
Truth builds strength.
That is the difference between the two programs.
We continually receive preaching. We receive words. But the word that comes to us can come from different sources. It can come from God, or it can come from other influences, depending on where our interests lie and what we are aligned with.
Now, this program of truth is different. It is not something passive. It requires work. It requires active involvement in the work of God — in building and restoring the fear of God within us, restoring the vision of God, and restoring the vision of the kingdom.
There are principal keys to this process. The first key is prayer. The second key is the study of the Word. The third key is the preaching of the gospel — evangelism.
These three must work together. Prayer, study of the Word, and preaching of the gospel cannot be separated. When these three are combined and practiced consistently, revelation begins to flow.
What does this mean?
It means that the building and strengthening of my spirit — the formation of me into a soldier — comes through truth. But this now depends on my effort and my involvement in the Word.
How seriously am I taking it?
There is a difference between someone who works seriously and someone who works carelessly. Some people work just to get by. Others work with intention and interest.
Am I walking in the Word with interest?
Am I pursuing growth because I truly want to become what God has called me to be?
This is where I find myself now. The Lord has revealed to me that I must put in more effort. So far, I have tried — but it is not enough. I must pay closer attention to these three areas: prayer, study of the Word, and preaching the gospel.
True revelation flows from these. The little revelation I have now can increase if I grow in these areas. That is where intimacy with God is built. You cannot know God outside His Word.
So my resolution is this: to add more effort in prayer, in studying the Word, and in sharing the gospel. That is where true revelation comes. That is where communication with my Creator is strengthened.
Hallelujah.
Another sister shared a testimony.
She said they had been given an assignment to pray at midnight. One night, she was cleaning her kitchen very late. She was tired and sleepy. After midnight, she went to bed.
As she lay down, the Lord spoke to her and said, “You forgot.”
She wondered what she had forgotten. The Lord said, “Your prayers.”
She felt warm and hesitant, but she got up and went to pray.
During that prayer time, the Lord began revealing something profound to her: that God is life. Jesus Christ is life — not merely a concept, not rules and regulations, but life itself.
As she prayed, she began to travail in the Spirit, something she had not experienced in many years. Even when she had no words, the Spirit prayed through her, just as Scripture describes.
She saw the Word manifesting in her life. Throughout the day, she spoke to people about the Lord. She gave all the glory to Jesus. She realized that any righteousness based merely on rules is not the truth. The truth is the life of God living in us through His Spirit.
Every time we open the Bible, we should receive the life that Jesus died to give. The Holy Spirit is that life.
When we preach the gospel, we are not offering people rules and regulations. We are offering life to a dying world.
Then the discussion shifted.
The question was asked: Where does the phone fall in our spiritual life? Is having a phone the same as being controlled by it?
It was clarified: the issue is not the phone itself. The issue is the flesh.
If you wake up in the morning and the first thing you reach for is your phone instead of speaking to God, that reveals something. It is not necessarily sin, but it is flesh.
Scripture teaches that to be carnally minded — to live according to the flesh — leads to death.
If the first thoughts of your day are social media, scrolling endlessly, and not God, then flesh is dominating. After that, you rush into work or school, and the entire day continues in fleshly activity.
Why is it called flesh? Because there is nothing in that activity that directs you toward God. It is purely human nature, human desire, human habit.
The problem is not solved merely by praying about it. Prayer is important, but action is necessary.
If you recognize that your phone is consuming your time, then reduce it. Cut it down. Take control.
Does the phone control you, or do you control the phone?
If it controls you, then take back authority. Put it aside when not needed. Use it intentionally. If you pray endlessly but take no action, nothing changes.
Finally, the discussion shifted again.
There will be a pause in the teaching on gospel programs because the present need is to address righteousness — gospel righteousness.
What does “gospel” mean?
When we say gospel, we are referring to the Word of God — the message of God. It is the message that reveals God’s mind, His plan, His will, and His thoughts.
The gospel reveals the mind of God.
And righteousness must align with that revealed mind.
What Is Righteousness?
Before we talk about gospel righteousness, we must first understand righteousness on its own.
So the question was asked:
What does righteousness mean?
Different answers were given:
Doing the will of God.
Following God.
Putting down your flesh.
Living by God’s standard.
Doing the right thing.
All of these are correct — but let’s define it clearly.
Main Teachings
Definition of Righteousness
Righteousness is the effort you apply to do the will of God.
It is:
The effort you apply to please God.
The effort you apply to obey His Word.
The effort you apply to follow His command, direction, and instruction — without altering it.
Notice the word effort.
Righteousness is not passive. It requires your participation. It requires your response.
If God says, “Pray,” and you feel tired — righteousness is the effort you apply to deny sleep and obey Him.
If the flesh is weak but you choose obedience — that effort is righteousness.
You cannot please God and please your flesh at the same time. It is impossible.
To please God, you will often displease your flesh.
Every Word of God Contains Something
When God speaks, His Word always contains:
A Command – “Get up and pray.”
A Direction – “Go left. Go right. Do this now.”
An Instruction – “Build the ark with these measurements.”
“Stop doing this.”
“Preach the gospel.”
“Make disciples.”
Command.
Direction.
Instruction.
If you obey them, you are walking in righteousness.
If you ignore or delay them, you are not.
Many times God says, “Do this now,” and we say, “I’ll do it later.”
The moment you alter His instruction, you step out of righteousness.
Righteousness Is Not About People
You are not obeying God to please:
Your family
Your friends
Your church
Or any man
Because when you truly obey God, you may fall out with people.
But it is better to fall out with men than to fall out with God.
If you fall out with men, God can defend you.
If you fall out with God — who will defend you?
Righteousness in Secret
The true test of righteousness is not when people are watching.
It is when:
You are alone.
No one can see you.
No one is monitoring you.
You have opportunity to compromise.
In that moment — what do you choose?
If you say, “No one will know,” and you compromise, that is not righteousness.
But if you reject evil — even when unseen — that is righteousness.
Righteousness is choosing God when it costs you something.
Many people compromise because they don’t want to lose favor with men.
But in trying not to be rejected by men, they become rejected by God.
And when the Lord cannot trust you, He cannot honor your words.
What Righteousness Does for a Child of God
Righteousness is not just a definition.
It produces something.
Righteousness is your authority.
Righteousness is your strength.
Righteousness is your power.
If you are not righteous, you have no authority in the spirit.
When your obedience is complete, you have power over disobedience.
Creation responds to righteousness.
Why?
Because when you obey the Creator, His creation responds to you.
You rule, subdue, and dominate in righteousness.
This is what was lost in the fall of man.
Man fell from righteousness.
And Scripture says:
Righteousness exalts.
It lifts you.
It honors you before God.
Just as it was said of Jesus:
“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Why?
Because He did only what pleased the Father.
Final Understanding
Righteousness is:
Effort applied to obey.
Effort applied to please God.
Effort applied to deny the flesh.
Effort applied to follow instruction without alteration.
Choosing God in secret.
Maintaining your relationship with Him.
Righteousness is not a feeling.
It is disciplined obedience.
And from that obedience comes authority, power, and honor before God.
RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS
Scripture teaches that righteousness exalts a person.
It lifts you before God.
When the Lord honors a man, He honors the words of that man because of his righteousness.
Let us look at Genesis 18:16–33.
In this passage, Abraham stands before the Lord as God considers judging Sodom and Gomorrah. The Lord says:
“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?”
Why would God reveal His plans to Abraham?
Because Abraham was righteous.
God said:
“For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment.”
Righteousness is keeping the way of the Lord — not your way, not society’s way, but God’s way.
Because of Abraham’s righteousness, he was able to intercede for Sodom. He pleaded:
If there are 50 righteous — will You spare it?
What about 45?
40?
30?
20?
10?
And the Lord said He would spare the city for the sake of the righteous.
That shows the power of righteousness. Even one person who truly walks with God can preserve a generation.
What Is Righteousness?
Righteousness is the effort you apply to do the will of God.
It means alignment.
To be righteous is to align yourself with:
God’s ways
God’s thoughts
God’s standards
God’s system
Not your own.
In Isaiah 55:8–9, the Lord says:
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways.”
Many things may seem right morally, socially, or culturally — but that does not make them righteous.
Righteousness is not determined by society.
It is determined by obedience to God.
If the Lord says, “Do not do this,” and society approves it, obedience still means you must not do it.
Morality is not always righteousness.
Only alignment with God’s Word is righteousness.
The Responsibility of Righteousness
Ezekiel 18 teaches that:
If a righteous man turns away from righteousness, he dies.
If a wicked man turns to righteousness, he lives.
Righteousness is not a title.
It is a lifestyle.
Now let’s connect this to the Gospel.
The Gospel has a destination — the Kingdom of God.
Gospel righteousness becomes:
Your role
Your responsibility
What heaven expects from you
Everyone in a household has a role.
The father provides.
The mother nurtures.
The children assist.
Even a newborn baby has a role.
What is the newborn’s responsibility?
To cry.
If the baby does not cry, something is wrong.
In the same way, when you become a child of God, you must cry — spiritually.
Where do we cry?
In prayer
In study
In meditation
In evangelism
Evangelism is spiritual crying.
When a baby cries, everyone pays attention.
When a true child of God “cries” through evangelism, heaven responds.
If you claim to be born again but never evangelize, never pray, never intercede — are you functioning as a child?
Crying draws attention.
If you cry and no one responds, examine your voice. Are you crying as a child — or complaining like an adult?
A spiritual child cries in evangelism until souls are drawn to Christ.
Minimum expectation? Win souls. Draw others to Christ.
Ordering Your Day in Righteousness
Prayer is part of your righteousness.
The day does not begin when you wake up at 6 a.m.
The day begins at midnight — the start of a new cycle.
When you pray at the beginning, you take charge of your day.
If you wake up late spiritually, you are already playing catch-up.
When you start your day with God:
You set the spiritual template.
You establish dominion.
You order your steps.
Prayer before action strengthens your evangelism.
Preach the Gospel and then pray —
Compare that prayer to a prayer without obedience.
There is weight behind obedience.
Final Understanding
Righteousness is:
Alignment with God’s will
Obedience above opinion
Responsibility in the Kingdom
Consistent spiritual discipline
Evangelistic burden
Living by God’s standard, not culture’s
Grace makes you a child of God.
Righteousness makes you accountable in His house.
And obedience keeps you standing before Him.
Effort Is Not Work
Let’s say you are pushing a box from Point A to Point B.
You push for eight hours.
You sweat.
You strain.
You are serious.
But after eight hours, the box is still at Point A. It has not moved an inch.
Question: Have you done any work?
You applied effort — yes.
But was there movement? No.
Work is not just effort.
Work is effort that produces result.
You cannot call it work if nothing changed.
Obedience Is Not “Trying”
The same principle applies spiritually.
You cannot say:
“I tried to obey.”
“I meant to obey.”
“I almost obeyed.”
If you did not obey, then nothing was done.
Obedience is not intention.
Obedience is action.
When you obey the Word of God:
You do not edit it.
You do not reduce it.
You do not compromise it.
You do not negotiate it.
You do it.
Anything short of that is effort without result.
Gospel Evangelism: The Area of Accountability
Now we come to Gospel evangelism — raising seeds.
If this is your responsibility, then it must show in results.
It means:
Every single day,
You must speak the Word of God to at least one person.
Not occasionally.
Not when convenient.
Not when you feel spiritual.
Daily.
It should not pass a day without you preaching the Gospel to someone.
And not casually.
You speak with expectation:
Expectation that they will come to Christ.
Expectation that they will follow.
Expectation of fruit.
Because preaching without expectation is like pushing a box that never moves.
We Are Checking Results
This is where accountability increases.
The question is no longer:
“Did you try?”
The question is:
How many did you speak to?
How many are responding?
Who is following Christ because of you?
Christianity is not theory.
It is responsibility.
Effort must produce movement.
If you claim obedience, it must produce fruit.
If you claim evangelism, it must produce souls.
If you claim righteousness, it must produce alignment.
The Core Lesson
Effort without result is not work.
Intention without obedience is not righteousness.
Preaching without expectation is not evangelism.
Move the box.
Obey fully.
Preach daily.
Produce fruit.
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