Warrior Church Home Fellowship Study

Dr. Kevin Zadai 04-23-2023

Our Generation is Predetermined by God

God's ultimate goal is that we love and encourage each other so that we become mature and unified in the faith as the worldwide body of believers.

~Kevin Zadai

And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings.
—Acts 17:26

DISCUSSION:
And this week, I want to talk to you about the fact that we are all pre-appointed for our generation. We are an integral part of not only adding to what previous generations have done, but also building for the next generation. Then they can also build upon what we've done and even go further. So we are all part of God's great plan, and we are supposed to be on the earth now. Acts 17:26 speaks about how God planned in advance where and at what time everybody would live. He knows and understands all the generations.

GOD'S PLAN IS FOR HIS CHURCH TO DISPLAY HIS GLORY
The mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
—Colossians 1:26-27

Paul talked about God's great plan in Ephesians and Colossians. Though I read my
Bible for many years, it wasn't until recently that I learned the revelations we are discussing now. God's mystery of the ages, which was hidden, is now being revealed in this dispensation of time. Paul's writings reveal the plan for the church and how we, as a corporate body, are called to display the glory of the Father in these last days.

Although I read my Bible, it wasn't until I went to Heaven that I understood the Lord's plan for the corporate body of Christ. God wanted me to minister to people individually, and I do. Still, His greater plan was that everybody would get on the same page together to be unified and mature in the faith (Ephesians 4:13). It took years for me to figure out what Paul was saying from the beginning. So this week, we will discuss God's great plan because it's so important to understand.

The different schools and ministries I was a part of mostly taught about the individual believer and our relationship with God. We must understand that God wants to bless, heal, and guide us. However, I saw God's ultimate goal is to love and encourage one another so that we become mature and unified in the faith as the worldwide body of believers. A correction needs to come to the body of Christ because we have a lot of vocabulary that seems selfish. I know that sometimes there is an overemphasis because it's needed; however, in these last days, we must come together corporately. I believe that Warrior Notes is part of the solution to that.

o Why does correction need to come to the body of Christ concerning the unity of believers?

BELIEVE WITH CHILD-LIKE FAITH
God told us that we are to believe; He requires us to have faith in Him. This is not a suggestion; we must have faith. What does that really mean? We are supposed to see mountains move (Matthew 17:20). So something has to be wrong if we do not see mountains move. I would think that by 2000 years after Jesus was here, we would be seeing a lot more than we're seeing; it should at least be what there was in the early church. We must go back to the basics and look at things more simply like a child would. Jesus stated that unless you receive the kingdom as a child, you will not inherit or enter it (Matthew 18:3).

But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this impossible, but with God all things are possible."
—Matthew 19:26

In Matthew 19:26, Jesus said, "With men, this is impossible, but with God, all things are possible," which sounds so simple. However, His instruction seems difficult in our days because we're not seeing much of the impossible being done. We see it among Warrior Notes, and some Christians worldwide are encountering miracles, but it should be on a much larger scale by now, after 2000 years.

I realized that we must understand that God is not asking us to do the impossible; He will do the impossible. He's asking us to believe for the impossible, which is what we are required to do. We are instructed to pray for people and lay hands on the sick (Mark 16:17-18). It is God Who will cause them to recover. We are not responsible for the healing; we're responsible for the praying and the believing. This seems so simple, and that's why we miss it. When I was on the other side, I saw how we have become very complicated.

Jesus spoke to people who weren't as educated as we are today. We have much more education. Back then, most people were at a third-grade level because they were farmers who weren't well-schooled. They didn't go to universities and take online courses as we do; they were just simple people who learned a skill. They were intelligent and excellent at what they did, but they did not have a broad education.

We have become overcomplicated to where we overanalyze instead of just receiving things by faith. Jesus said that with man, this is impossible. We need to accept that many things are impossible in the natural realm, but all things are possible with God. This means that if we access Him through a relationship with the Holy Spirit and experiential knowledge, certain truths will start to be implemented into our lives. The heavenly realm influences us through the Holy Spirit and God's Word in our Bible.

It was embarrassing to me when I realized that God's plan was for the body of Christ, even though it's right there in the Bible. Why do believers have such an individualistic mindset? We have become focused on personal prophecy, prayer requests, and finances to the point that Christianity has become tailor-made for each individual. 

Warrior Church Home Fellowship Study

Dr. Kevin Zadai 04-23-2023

But whatever happened to the church? The church is God's idea, not man's. He started the church, and His will was that the body of Christ would be in unity. We need to get back to that.  

WHEN BELIEVERS AGREE, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

Again, I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in Heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.

—Matthew 18:19-20

If all of us gather together and agree as touching one thing, it shall be done for us as the corporate body.

• We can see impossible things happen when we come together and agree.

• As a group, we are called to have teaching and prayer, then agree for specific requests because Jesus said it would be done, period. I absolutely know this to be true.

• In our fellowships, if we build each other up, hear what God is saying through our Bible study, and pray, we will develop our faith to the point where we all agree.

• God's perfect plan is that we will agree and see the impossible happen.

• Even as we are still growing in personal faith, personal prophecy, and our walk with God, the Lord wants us to emphasize the corporate body of believers coming together, having fellowship, and providing for each other as a community.

• We will see the impossible happen through the influence of God inserting Himself into a group of people that just will not take no for an answer. They will believe God to intervene and come through.

My faith increases when God overwhelms me with His presence, but I understand it is not for me. We were taught to build our faith by quoting and meditating on Scripture. Sometimes God just overwhelms me and convinces me of something through His Spirit to where I have the ability to believe past what I can do on my own. This also happens in a corporate setting where we help each other increase our faith.

STARTING A MOVE OF GOD

For with God nothing will be impossible.

—Luke 1:37

Luke 1:37 states that with God, nothing will be impossible. When I encounter God, the Holy Spirit, and the Word, He moves me into a greater understanding, which increases my faith. The whole idea is that He is greater and will influence me. Think about how if God moved in one of your lives, you would wake up impacted by that supernatural encounter the next day. Then imagine when you got together, that person shared as the Spirit of God was all over them, and everybody started to experience it. And then you all began praying, and suddenly, all of you are participating in one person's experience. That's how past moves of God have started.

Great moves of God have started with individuals who prayed and sought God, then got together and started praying. I have studied all these moves and found that they started with one or two individuals who just got together. Then people started coming to prayer meetings, sought God, and it came on them. I've seen this happen in churches where I was sent to help the pastor. We watched whole moves of God that lasted three years, where literally at the end of every service, no one was standing, not even ushers. People crawled out of services and couldn't even get to their cars.

I've seen God move in our own ministry where nobody could stand. I've watched people get glued to the floor. The presence of God that was on me spread to all of them. That happens in our meetings; it keeps growing and growing.

God's plan may be for an individual to have a supernatural encounter with Jesus, but it is not to exalt them as being a godly person or a superhero in the faith; it's so that the whole body is blessed. That's why I don't remain silent about what happens with me. I tell everybody so that it can be transferred to all of you. I want all of the Warrior Notes family to encounter the Spirit of God powerfully.

Don't worry about doing the impossible. Just believe for the impossible and let God do it. Let it be done so that everyone's blessed in the body of Christ.

PRAYER:

Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for my family all over the world. We love everyone at Warrior Notes. Lord, I ask by Your Spirit that You visit each individual and each group. I pray that You will start the move of Your Spirit in these final days. Lord, let Your power heal many. Father, stretch forth Your hand and drive out those demonic forces so that Your people will be healed in their spirits, souls, and bodies. Stretch forth Your hand, Lord God, and touch everyone's finances. In the name of Jesus, amen.

1. What happens when believers come together to study God's Word, pray, and develop their faith to where they agree?

2. Luke 1:37 says that with God, nothing will be impossible. According to this study, what are some ways to increase your faith?

3. How can one person's supernatural encounter with God impact the body of Christ and the world? Talk about how these are not to be viewed as superheroes but are meant to bless the whole body.

4. Discuss the importance of understanding how God ordained your generation according to Acts 17:26. Why is it important that we move from an individualistic mindset to caring about our generation?

5. Discuss how great moves of God have been started in the past. How does that encourage you? And how does that impact your sense of responsibility to the Lord and the body of Christ?