08/08/2026
THE CHURCH OF THOSE WHO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
The Main Focus of a Christian and the Church After Repentance
The month of August in our church - Embassy of God - is dedicated to civic responsibility.
After repentance, every Christian must ask himself an important question: What should be my main focus? What should be the main direction of life, not only for an individual believer but also for the Church as a whole?
Acts 5:28
“Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!”
The focus of the Church should not be on the Church itself, but on society and the country. Our focus is Ukraine because this is where God has placed us. The Church is a platform, a pulpit, while the main audience is all of Ukraine.
The first Church described in the book of Acts was extraordinarily active — so active that it was impossible not to notice it. The believers became part of society. They were everywhere, completely intertwined with the life of the people. The Church was integrated into society and influenced it.
Today, the authorities often no longer need to pass special laws to restrict the Church because the churches themselves have confined themselves within their walls. Many believers simply sit in churches, while God’s plan is entirely different.
The ideal Church is a Church without walls. It must be in society and influence society.
At the beginning of its ministry, the Embassy of God Church distributed millions of newspapers throughout Kyiv and all across Ukraine. They were in practically every home. We were on television, in the metro, on the streets — everywhere people were. This is how it should be today as well. The Church must be present in every sphere of society, serve people, and bring them the Word of God. We need to sow God’s seeds in people’s hearts.
The Lord said:
Mark 16:15
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
The purpose of the Church’s existence is to be the salt of this world. Salt is useful only when it is added to food, not when it remains in its packaging or in the saltshaker. It must mix with what it wants to change. This is precisely how its glory is revealed. In the same way, the glory of the Church is revealed when it penetrates every sphere of society and brings God’s values there.
Unfortunately, many Christians today love comfort too much. They spend all their time in church, arguing about who is right, who is wrong, and who preaches or sings better. But true believers think about something else: where they can serve society and how exactly they can do it. Then they go and do it.
Habakkuk 2:14
“For the earth will be filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.”
Glory to God, today we have the internet. Let us use it for the glory of God: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Telegram, and other platforms. We need to use every possible means so that people will not be able to avoid the Gospel.
Acts 17:6
“But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, ‘These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.’”
We must have our own opinion about everything that is happening in the country. We must be like our spiritual forefathers. We must become those very people “who have turned the world upside down,” those who are capable of changing society. This is why the first Christians were called those “who have turned the world upside down.” They cared about everything that was happening around them. They were not indifferent. They preached Christ and changed society through their influence. Today, every Christian must determine which part of society he must bring God’s influence into and bring Christ there.
Acts 17:17
“Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there.”
The country and society must be our main focus so that we may spread the fragrance of Christ there and bring Christian values, true values, into them. The war in Ukraine is also a consequence of the wrong values of nations and their governments.
Acts 19:25–27
“He called them together with the workers of similar occupation, and said: ‘Men, you know that we have our prosperity by this trade. Moreover you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands. So not only is this trade of ours in danger of falling into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Diana may be despised and her magnificence destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.’”
Embassy of God Church, you are God’s seed in Ukraine. Dig out God’s wells for the country. Every generation must dig out its own well.
Christians are those who turn the world upside down, changing its sinful foundations into true ones. They bring God’s righteousness in place of lawlessness. The values of the Kingdom of God must reign everywhere, throughout the whole earth. Amen!
Pastor Sunday Adelaja
02-08-2026
