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Stay Teachable Remedial Courses! Francis E. MADOJEMU

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There are courses in our Christian walk that are remedial and not our main course of our lives and examples are shared here but if we dont move our focus to those real things we may just live an unfufilled life and fail to get the fullness of the blessings of God.

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Stay Teachable Remedial Courses! Francis E. MADOJEMU

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Perfect Lacking Nothing!

James 1:2-4

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the

testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking

nothing.

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Perfect Lacking Nothing!

Don’t let the word perfect throw you: It can be

translated mature, and we also need to remember we mature in aspects.

[ Galatians declares the fruit of the spirit is love but shows

different as aspects]

Note the play of words, perfect and complete.

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Perfect Lacking Nothing!

This means you can be perfect or matured and

incomplete, meaning you may have grown up and be developed but can have parts missing or

immature and complete, which is being fully developed and yet

undeveloped mentally. God wants both.

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Perfect Lacking Nothing!

1:4 Perfect does not denote absolute

sinlessness, but carries the idea of being fully developed or mature.

Complete underscores the thought of fullness

and wholeness.

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Perfect As God Is!

Matthew 5:48

48 “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father

in heaven is perfect.

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Perfect As God Is!

The emphasis in the command to be perfect is not

on a flawless moral nature, but on an all-inclusive

love that seeks the good of all.

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Perfect As God Is!

Instead of following the example of

sinners who love only those who love them, we are to be like the Father in also loving those

who do not love us.

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Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Note it is singular fruit of not fruits of, but it as aspects.

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Fruit of the Flesh

Galatians 5:19-21

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication,

uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies,

outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

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Both Are Practices

Galatians 5:19-21

21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you

beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things

will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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To Practice or Not To Practice

Notice the word “practice” which

means we do not have to do them, we have a

choice to practice basketball or football in the same way we can choose not to

practice these things.

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We Even Have Small SinsWe also must notice the list of these works of the flesh which we in the church

have narrowed to adultery and

fornication as being the most important but God wants us to deal with even the so called “little

ones.”

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Why?

Song of Solomon 2:15

15 Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, For our vines have tender grapes.

THE SHULAMITE

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Main Courses and Remedial Courses

Almost all American community colleges offer remedial reading, writing,

and mathematics courses.

Remedial programs are designed to help students catch up academically by teaching basic

academic skills.

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Main Courses and Remedial Courses

In a given year, remedial courses serve about

two-fifths of students at public community colleges and about one-fourth of

students at private two-year colleges in the United States.

Remedial courses are less common at four-year

colleges.

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Main Courses and Remedial Courses

These courses are not the main

courses they were admitted to

learn but are necessary to help

them succeed.

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Main Courses and Remedial Courses

For any student to concentrate on

these courses and not do what they were admitted to

do would ultimately lead to

failure!

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Main Courses and Remedial Courses in Church!

In the same way in the church it seems as though we still major on the minors and

minor on the majors.

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Main Courses and Remedial Courses in Church!

There are courses in our Christian walk that are

remedial and not our main course

structure for example:

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Remedial Courses

Healing

Deliverance

Prosperity

Breakthrough

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Good but not Best!

While these are good in themselves and

provide us with relief it can many times obscure us from seeing and doing

Gods ultimate courses some of

which are:

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Main Courses

Salvation. Health

Equipping for Service

Wealth

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Main Courses

These main courses swallow up the needs in the remedial ones

and we are then expected graduate to

fulfill purpose by developing Character

necessary to fulfill destiny.

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Why is this important?

God is in the restoration business!

Notice the terms used in

the bible,

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Why is this important?

Genesis 1:27-28

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over

the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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Why is this important?

Did Adam need Healing,

Deliverance Prosperity or

breakthrough in the Garden of

Eden?

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The Same is Happening in

Society & Education

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DESCHOOLING SOCIETY  By IVAN ILLICH

"Many students, especially those who are poor, intuitively know what the schools do

for them. They school them to confuse process and substance. Once these

become blurred, a new logic is assumed: the more treatment there is, the better are the results; or, escalation leads to success."

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DESCHOOLING SOCIETY  By IVAN ILLICH

"The pupil is thereby "schooled" to confuse teaching with learning, grade

advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new.

His imagination is "schooled" to accept service in place of value."

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DESCHOOLING SOCIETY  By IVAN ILLICH

"Medical treatment is mistaken for health care, social work for the

improvement of community life, police protection for safety,

military poise for national security, the rat race for productive work."

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DESCHOOLING SOCIETY  By IVAN ILLICH

"Health, learning, dignity, independence, and creative endeavor are defined as little

more than the performance of the institutions which claim to serve these

ends, and their improvement is made to depend on allocating more resources to the

management of hospitals, schools, and other agencies in question."

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Slavery, Deliverance & Freedom

Dr Myles teaches that there is a big difference between

slavery, deliverance &

freedom and I think the

church stopped at deliverance not

freedom

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^iBridge_Hub

This why  I am so excited abut the ^iBridge_Hub we are formally opening

for our anniversary I would get to work

everyday with believers and unbelievers in

tapping creativity and shaping minds to

freedom

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Born Again Once!

How do I enter the kingdom, Jesus was teaching Nicodemus!

That's our destination not just being born again 

Seek ye first the kingdom Salvation has a purpose to know the king & come

into his kingdom

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The New Birth

John 3:1-6

1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless

God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “ Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born

again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

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The New Birth

John 3:1-6

4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “ Most assuredly, I

say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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Born Again Once!

Its like getting an american visa & a ticket to enter the

kingdom of the US & then an oath to

become a citizen & come under the laws &

protection of the American Government!

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The Biblical definition of Restoration

Job 42:10-12

10 And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 Then all his brothers, all

his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with

him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had

brought upon him.

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The Biblical definition of Restoration

Job 42:10-12

Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.12 Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning;

for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

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The Biblical definition of Restoration

According to the dictionary, “to

restore” means to “bring back to

the former or original

condition.”

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The Biblical definition of Restoration

When something is restored in the

scriptures, however, its always increased,

multiplied or improved so that its latter state is significantly better than is original state.

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God is in the Re-Business:

Redeemed, Restore,

Recovered, Revelation

etc

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God is in the Re-Business:

Joel 2:21-26

25 “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust,

The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. 26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, And praise the name of

the Lord your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And My people shall never be put to shame.

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The Ultimate Restoration!

The ultimate restoration is the

return of the church, the bride of Christ, to the

majesty and glory God intended for

her.

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Restoration of All Things

Acts 3:21

21 “whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all

things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the

world began.

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What is Restoration

Restoration means

becoming all that God originally

intended the church be.

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What is Restoration

Remember restoration means the

establishment of something more and better than

the original.

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What is Restoration

Restoration also means the

release of Gods Power without

measure through the church.

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These Remedial Courses are Vital

They demonstrate

that the kingdom of God is here

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The Kingdom of God is Here

Matthew 9:35-38

35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their

synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every

sickness and every disease among the people.36 But when He saw the

multitudes,

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The Kingdom of God is Here

Matthew 9:35-38

He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.37 Then

He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38

“Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

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The Kingdom of God is Here

Matthew 10:1, 5-10

1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to

cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. 5 These twelve Jesus sent out and

commanded them, saying: “Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the

Samaritans. 6 “But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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The Kingdom of God is Here

Matthew 10:1, 5-10

7 “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ 8 “Heal the sick, cleanse the

lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.9 “Provide neither gold nor

silver nor copper in your money belts,10 “nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor

staffs; for a worker is worthy of his food.

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Kingdom vs. Kingdom

It’s Kingdom vs. Kingdom and the

healings and deliverances are the

bonuses in the Kingdom of God

He reinforces this concept when john asks

if He is the one!

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Matthew 11:1-5

1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, that He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities. 2 And when John

had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples

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Kingdom vs. Kingdom

Matthew 11:1-5

3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?” 4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: 5 “The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear;

the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

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Kingdom vs. Kingdom

Luke 4:16-21

16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it

was written:

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Kingdom vs. Kingdom

Luke 4:16-21

18 “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has

sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at

liberty those who are oppressed; 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.” 20 Then He closed the book,

and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

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Bottom line:

There is the good news of the coming of

Kingdom of God and its benefits the

restoration and remedy of mans challenges and bring the world back to

what God originally intended it to be.