We all want to go to heaven. Since we were little learning our first story about Jesus, we have desired to come to that hallowed place some day. That is why there are thousands of Christian religions and denomination in the world, and all claim to be the way to heaven. But, is being Christian a guarantee that you will indeed reach heaven one day? Matthew 7:21 says, 'Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.' Many people turn sour when we talk about obeying the will of the Father. They lose their joy. When the Father came down to walk the earth, He saw also how the Jewish people were pretending to be obeying the will of God. In Mark 7:6-7 He says, "Well, hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." These people were worshipping God, but their worship was in vain because their hearts were far from the Father. How about you, where is your heart?

The Heart is the Mind

This heart is not the literal organ that is pumping blood into your chest. This refers to another translation of heart in the Hebrew language. This heart means the mind that we have. In your mind are your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words and your words become concepts. Your concepts become ideas and ideas are what makes us! 'Heart' here is that which refers to both your conscious and subconscious mind. Your subconscious mind is your real thinking. Your conscious mind is what manipulates you. But all your true emotions are inside your sub-conscious mind. This is the seat of the spirit-either of the devil or of God. So, where is your heart Matthew 6:21 says, "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." God is looking for the hearts of those who are not yet in the Kingdom. When you come into His presence, the question that the Father is going to ask is, "Where is your heart?" So many people complain whenever I teach about tithe giving. They accuse this ministry of always talking about money. They ask why we are always looking for money. But it is not the money that I am looking for; neither is God looking for it. God is looking for your heart. So, tithing is not a money test; it is a heart test. Why is money always involved whenever God looks for a man's heart? This is because people don't get angry when receiving money is involved, but when giving is involved, so many people become furious. Why is this so? This is because so often, people's hearts are wrapped up in their money. The question here then is this: LOVE OF GOD or LOVE OF MONEY?

Most of the time, you say with your mouth that you love God. But where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The heart is the center of your thinking. The center of your life is where your heart is located. It is what you love. And when somebody tries to get what you love, naturally, you would be unhappy about it. If you have the love of money in you, naturally, you will be upset when your money is taken away from you. Your money is the center of your life. It is where your love is!

What did the Father say? He said, "If you love me, keep my commandments." (John 14:15) Tithing is one of His commandments. So if you love Him, your giving is not a question of money. It is a question of the heart To locate your heart, examine where you freely spend your money and time. If God sees that your heart is coated with the love of money, He will, of course, cleanse you. He will remove the love of money that is in you so that your love for money will become your love for Him. This is why so many children of God must first lose everything in their lives to be brought back to the will of God. You see, in the Kingdom, we should only love the Father. Matthew 6:33 says, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God , and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." What does this mean? Everyone in the world is seeking his or her own good. This is wrong! Instead of seeking our own good, we must first seek the advancement and glory of the Kingdom. That is why when you become a faithful child of God, the first thing you would think about when you receive blessings from the Lord, is what you could do to for the advancement of the Kingdom.

The Son is the Example

Why is there a Son? There is a Son because the Son is a faithful preacher. The Son is the Father's residence. Everyone wants to go to heaven. Heaven is a beautiful place. It is made of pure gold. Everybody thinks of heaven as their future residence but nobody thinks about the residence of the Father. The Father could no reside in gold. No matter how beautiful heaven is; it is still a lonely place without His children. So where does the Father want to live? The Father wants to live in us, human beings. But when He came here, and looked for a place to reside in, nobody was found worthy to be His residence. As Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Until the day came when He appointed a seed from the race of the first Adam, just as He used a body to be indwelt by His Spirit in the Jewish setting. In this present generation, He again bore a body where He could dwell and his purpose for coming is

to save the first Adam an to make that body His residence How will the Father do that? He must first make an example. The Father in the Jewish setting was the example for being a Son of God. Who among the race of Adam and Eve will be like Him, who will be born in the spirit? Do you know why the Lord suffered for our sins? Do you know why He underwent that cruel sacrifice on the cross? That was to produce ME! The purpose of His suffering was to produce a body from the race of the first Adam, but with the spirit of the second Adam, Jesus Christ , whose loyalty is in the Father. That body will become His Son, the example for the race of the first Adam, the race where we all belong. The loyalty of the spirit of the first Adam is in the devil. Everyone that is born of that race automatically has the spirit of disobedience to the will of the Father in him-and his faithfulness and loyalty will be to the devil, not to God. When the Lord becomes cruel to you, will you remain faithful to Him? Many times, the Father in heaven will intentionally become cruel to you. He was cruel to the Son, and Jesus Christ in the Jewish setting was crucified because of that cruelty. The Son even expressed the cruelty that He felt when He said: "Father, Father, why hast Thou forsaken me?" But He did not go against the will of God. Instead, He drank of that bitter cup. That is the true Son! Isaiah 53:10 says that when He was hanging on that cross, He was happy because He saw His seed - the seed that will save the first Adam. For among the race of the first Adam will rise up a seed in whom the new spirit will be born. That day was fulfilled; and His Son is here on earth- a son whose loyalty is not in the old world; but in the new world-the new earth.

How can we see our heart?

How can we see our heart? We can see our heart when it has undergone trials. The children of God in His kingdom become joyful whenever they are facing trials. Their faithfulness becomes stronger! That is why there is only one issue here: the issue here is whether you are a child of God, or a child of the devil. Religion is not the issue here. Money and anything else in this world is not the issue here. The issue here is whether you are a child of God or a child of the devil? When you are not born in the spirit, though you are a leader in your denomination, you will not be saved. That alone is not a guarantee for your salvation. Even the Jewish people strongly believed that they were the true children of God. But when Jesus Christ came, He told them, "If God is your Father, then you would love me. You would not seek to kill me. But you are of your Father the devil and the works of the devil you will do." (John 8:42-44) In Luke 18:18-25, a rich young ruler asked God, saying, "Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him. 'Sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.' And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Where was the heart of the rich young man? His heart was in his wealth. Having wealth is not a sin. It is only when you have love of this wealth that you commit sin in the eyes of God-it is when your love for money becomes greater than your love for God. Where is your heart? Where did you deposit your heart? Is it wrapped up with money? When God takes your heart, and all your money is attached to it, you will surely weep. Then God will clean your heart, so that your love will be purely dedicated to Him. Whom you love, and what you love are the keys to your attitude. The Love of money is equivalent to the love of self. If you love yourself more than you love God, then this is equivalent to the love of money. Some love themselves so much they do not like it when they are being discussed, especially when their pride, or whatever it is that they love about themselves is touched. They say, "Talk about anything except that!" Now, when you love something, you are attached to it. You'll do anything to hold on to it. When you have the love of money, your attachment to it becomes deadly. When you have that love, it is all right for you to be separated from God, as long as you are not separated from your money. You'll oppose anything that will separate you from it. You will do anything to gain it and kill anything that will go between you and it. That is why God is Your Heart? looking for your heart. Why is He looking for your heart when He refers to your mind? It is because the heart is the metaphoric equivalent of the mind- your heart connotes your love for something. Where is your heart? Is it in your money, in your family, in sex, in your honor, or is it in God's will? If your heart is in God's will, then the Lord has finally found you-just as He has found me. He has made me His Son and now, I am teaching many people to follow the path which I have traversed. As the Son of God, I will tell you, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me." (John 14:6) I am the residence of the Father. Before you can see the Father, you must come to me first. Listen to all my teaching. If you follow my teaching and accept it wholly, you will also find the Father, just as I had found Him. Not only will you see Him, but you will also be with Him.

The Spirit of the New Jerusalem

The Lord is looking for the most beautiful spirit that will obey His complete will; this will produce children. He is looking for a spirit that says, "Without condition, I will love you, and I will follow only your will in my life." Who are the children of God? We are the children of God. We have physical bodies, but our spirit follows the will of our mother. Our mother now is the sprit that says, "From now on, not my will, but thy will be done in my life." Our new mother is the New Jerusalem, a new spirit. We are the children of the New Jerusalem. As the children of the New Jerusalem, we all must experience spiritual growth. We all must grow in the spirit. All of us must bear fruit, and must learn how to take care of the souls that will enter into the Kingdom. All of us must become faithful in His sight. Our treasure is the will of God - and this is the reason why we are here inside the Kingdom. Our heart is fixed in following the will of the Father. We seek His Kingdom first because we love Him. We always think of the Father's pleasure in our lives-what is the will of the Father, what will bless the name of the Father, what will glorify the name of the Father? When we come to worship before Him in spirit and in truth, the Father will say, "These are the worshippers that I am seeking after - those that will worship me in spirit and in truth." Who are these worshippers? These are the people whose heart is with God. How will God find and locate your heart? God will find your heart when you say, "From now on Lord, not my will, but your will be done in my life." If I ask you now, where is your heart? It is only you and the Father who knows where it is. If you want to go to heaven an be saved, follow Him in your life. Then, you will see the truth that He is the only one that can bring you to heaven and give you everlasting life.