# HOLY GHOST CONVENTION 2026 THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT MINISTRIES IBADAN

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## Transcript

[0:01] Speaker 1: Hallelujah to Jesus. Praise the name of the Lord.
[0:08] Speaker 2: Good evening, everybody.
[0:09] Speaker 1: It's my joy to be here and I'm truly honored.
[0:14] Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you so very much.
[0:17] Speaker 1: I want us to please, while standing, can we honor
[0:22] Speaker 1: our father and our mother, daddy and mommy Waleoke.
[0:26] Speaker 2: We honor you, sir.
[0:28] Speaker 1: Honor you sincerely.
[0:30] Speaker 2: Thank you.
[0:31] Speaker 1: Hallelujah. You know, as God helps us with the younger
[0:37] Speaker 1: ones who are coming, the more we rise, the more
[0:40] Speaker 1: we appreciate the labor. The message of Pastor Shola ministered
[0:45] Speaker 1: deeply to me. Deeply. That message, it was not just
[0:49] Speaker 1: for everybody. It ministered deeply to my heart.
[0:53] Speaker 2: Honestly.
[0:54] Speaker 3: The more we rise, the more we see the value
[0:58] Speaker 3: of the sacrifices that the fathers have made The shoulders
[1:02] Speaker 3: upon which we have risen, it's become easier for us
[1:06] Speaker 3: to serve the program of God.
[1:07] Speaker 1: We honor you, sir. And we honor you, mommy. One
[1:10] Speaker 1: more time, let's honor our father and our mother. And
[1:15] Speaker 1: please let me honor every, the pastors, the fathers of faith,
[1:21] Speaker 1: and all who serve in the ministry. I may not
[1:23] Speaker 1: know your names, but can we give them a big
[1:25] Speaker 1: God bless you.
[1:26] Speaker 2: A big God bless you.
[1:28] Speaker 1: Hallelujah. Let me honor him. Since I came up and
[1:32] Speaker 1: I met him preaching, Pastor Shola, thank you.
[1:35] Speaker 2: That message was very prophetic.
[1:38] Speaker 1: Very prophetic. Let me encourage you, find a way of
[1:42] Speaker 1: listening to that message again. There are messages that are
[1:45] Speaker 1: for serious Christians. Very serious Christians. This is one of such.
[1:50] Speaker 1: We honor you, sir.
[1:51] Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you for pouring out your heart and
[1:54] Speaker 2: your all.
[1:55] Speaker 1: And if my eyes are not deceiving me, that's Pastor
[1:59] Speaker 1: King Pelu, God bless you. Such an honor. I'm not
[2:03] Speaker 1: the host, but since I spotted you, God bless you.
[2:08] Speaker 1: Let's lift our hands and just ask the Lord.
[2:10] Speaker 2: To speak to us again.
[2:11] Speaker 1: The entrance of his word gives us light and understanding.
[2:20] Speaker 2: Father, we thank you. We thank you.
[2:25] Speaker 1: Thank you for what you are already doing. Thank you
[2:27] Speaker 1: for what you are already saying Our hearts are inclined,
[2:32] Speaker 1: our ears attentive to the things that you are saying. Lord,
[2:36] Speaker 1: we pray that you will speak to us mightily, mightily.
[2:42] Speaker 1: In addition to all that you've said to us in
[2:44] Speaker 1: this conference, be glorified. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
[2:51] Speaker 1: Please be seated for sake of time. Hallelujah. Let me
[2:59] Speaker 1: just take, I feel like connecting to what Pastor Shola
[3:02] Speaker 1: has said so that we take it from there because
[3:06] Speaker 1: he taught something very serious in the spirit that I
[3:09] Speaker 1: don't think we should take lightly. Hallelujah. And I intended
[3:14] Speaker 1: talking along three areas in line with your theme within
[3:18] Speaker 1: the time that we have. But let me start by
[3:20] Speaker 1: saying this. There are three levels of the anointing. that
[3:27] Speaker 1: a believer can walk in throughout his lifetime. There are
[3:31] Speaker 1: three major.
[3:33] Speaker 2: Dimensions of the anointing.
[3:35] Speaker 1: Number one, according to scripture, the anointing that comes into
[3:43] Speaker 1: that believer when you are grafted into Christ. The Bible
[3:48] Speaker 1: calls it the anointing you have received from the Holy
[3:51] Speaker 1: One that teaches you all things. The assignment of that
[3:54] Speaker 1: anointing is not for impact. That anointing empowers transformation. So
[4:02] Speaker 1: when you receive of that anointing, it empowers the believer
[4:06] Speaker 1: to begin to walk in partnership with the Word of
[4:08] Speaker 1: God and to bring that experience of transformation. Old habits,
[4:16] Speaker 1: old lifestyles, everything that is inconsistent with the ways of God.
[4:21] Speaker 1: A man cannot suddenly be transformed by their own power.
[4:25] Speaker 1: So the assignment of that anointing is to grow that
[4:29] Speaker 1: believer so that you become like Jesus Christ in experience.
[4:34] Speaker 1: Number two, the second dimension of the anointing that a
[4:38] Speaker 1: believer can receive, this one is imparted upon you when
[4:43] Speaker 1: you find your place as far as purpose and destiny
[4:48] Speaker 1: is concerned. This anointing answers to your assignment, not to
[4:52] Speaker 1: your personality. It answers to your assignment. I have found David,
[5:00] Speaker 1: my servant.
[5:02] Speaker 2: Not my son.
[5:03] Speaker 1: David, my servant. And there is a kind of oil
[5:07] Speaker 1: that came on my servant.
[5:09] Speaker 2: Not my son. I found David.
[5:13] Speaker 1: But the day he became my servant, I poured the
[5:17] Speaker 1: holy oil upon him. The Spirit of the Lord is
[5:22] Speaker 1: upon me, Jesus said. Even though he was declared to
[5:26] Speaker 1: be the Son of God with power, that anointing did
[5:29] Speaker 1: not come until he was ready for his assignment. How
[5:32] Speaker 1: God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and
[5:36] Speaker 1: with power, not because he was the Son of God,
[5:39] Speaker 1: so that he will go about doing good as it
[5:42] Speaker 1: was written in the volume of the book concerning him.
[5:45] Speaker 1: This anointing answers to your assignment. So if you do
[5:49] Speaker 1: not find your place in God's program, you may never walk.
[5:53] Speaker 2: In that dimension of the anointing.
[5:55] Speaker 1: Even though you are a child of God.
[5:57] Speaker 2: Number three.
[5:59] Speaker 1: The third level of the anointing or the third dimension
[6:01] Speaker 1: of the anointing. And this is important for this conference.
[6:05] Speaker 1: This one comes upon you not just because you are saved.
[6:09] Speaker 1: This one comes upon you not just because you have
[6:11] Speaker 1: found your place. It comes upon you in honor to
[6:15] Speaker 1: your discerning prophetic seasons. That you know what God is
[6:20] Speaker 1: doing for the hour. You know what God is doing
[6:24] Speaker 1: for the now. And through the sacrifice of alignment and yieldedness,
[6:29] Speaker 1: you position yourself to be useful for that hour. Listen,
[6:34] Speaker 1: you can answer the call of God upon your life
[6:37] Speaker 1: and yet not be useful in certain seasons. Answering the
[6:41] Speaker 1: call of God does not make you useful generically. It
[6:45] Speaker 1: will take seasonal alignments to still be useful in God's program.
[6:50] Speaker 1: There are people today, they are not necessarily, they are
[6:53] Speaker 1: not backsliders. But because they failed. to pay the price
[6:58] Speaker 1: to get to this third level of the anointing, they
[7:01] Speaker 1: seem to fade out of relevance in certain seasons. And
[7:05] Speaker 1: it's not because they have finished their assignment. It's because
[7:08] Speaker 1: when God decided to do something new over a season,
[7:13] Speaker 1: they were not aligned enough to yield to what he
[7:19] Speaker 1: intended doing. The Bible says, and of the sons of Issachar, men,
[7:24] Speaker 1: among the many tribes, there were men who had an
[7:27] Speaker 1: understanding of the times and they knew what Israel ought
[7:31] Speaker 1: to do. There are three reasons, according to scripture in
[7:34] Speaker 1: my study of the Bible, why Jesus wept. Number one
[7:38] Speaker 1: was in John 11, 35. The Bible says he wept
[7:41] Speaker 1: at the tomb of Lazarus. And the men, when they
[7:44] Speaker 1: saw him, they said, oh, how he loved him. So
[7:46] Speaker 1: he wept because of compassion. Number two, The second reason
[7:52] Speaker 1: why Jesus wept, as we read in scripture, was, I
[7:56] Speaker 1: think in Luke 19, the Bible says he looked at
[7:59] Speaker 1: Jerusalem and he wept. He said, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, if
[8:03] Speaker 1: you had known, that should be from verse 42 or
[8:06] Speaker 1: thereabout to 44, if you had known, even in this
[8:10] Speaker 1: your time, the things that pertain unto your peace, it says,
[8:14] Speaker 1: but now they are hidden from your eyes. And then
[8:18] Speaker 1: when we get to verse 44, Luke 19, it says,
[8:21] Speaker 1: because thou knowest not the time of your visitation. Because
[8:27] Speaker 1: you do not know the time. You were insensitive to
[8:31] Speaker 1: a prophetic season. You were insensitive to a Kairos moment.
[8:36] Speaker 1: You were insensitive to a moment where God was moving.
[8:40] Speaker 1: You see, God is always moving, but he's not always
[8:43] Speaker 1: doing the same thing. There are times in the spirit
[8:47] Speaker 1: where his emphasis will be bathing. There are times where
[8:51] Speaker 1: his emphasis will be maturing those who are already born.
[8:55] Speaker 1: There are times in the season where God will be
[8:58] Speaker 1: revealing his blueprint for the next season. So he says,
[9:01] Speaker 1: I will stand upon my watch. And I will set
[9:06] Speaker 1: myself upon the tower. So that I will see what
[9:09] Speaker 1: he will say unto me. Let me pray for someone
[9:12] Speaker 1: up front. In the name of Jesus. As the spirit
[9:14] Speaker 1: of God is moving prophetically. Across the globe. Across Africa.
[9:20] Speaker 1: I pray for you. In the name that is above
[9:23] Speaker 1: all names. May you be sensitive to discern what he
[9:26] Speaker 1: is doing. may you be sensitive to align to what
[9:31] Speaker 1: he's doing.
[9:32] Speaker 2: Is someone shouting amen?
[9:34] Speaker 1: May you be sensitive to discern what he's doing. Hallelujah.
[9:40] Speaker 1: There is an anointing that responds to prophetic seasons. An anointing.
[9:46] Speaker 2: I'll tell you this.
[9:47] Speaker 1: I've studied by the message of God. I'm a student
[9:50] Speaker 1: of revival, awakenings, the move of God, and history, the
[9:54] Speaker 1: history of the church. There was a season from the
[9:59] Speaker 1: 70s into the 80s down to the 90s. There was
[10:02] Speaker 1: a grace that was released upon the fathers. It was
[10:05] Speaker 1: a grace for territory and it was a grace for faith.
[10:09] Speaker 1: All those who descended and aligned, they obtained that grace
[10:14] Speaker 1: and they did mighty things in their times. Are we
[10:17] Speaker 1: together now? They were not the only ones who were there.
[10:20] Speaker 1: They were not the only ones who were saved. But
[10:22] Speaker 1: they were the only ones who could discern and who
[10:24] Speaker 1: could see. Pastor Shola, while he was speaking, he gave
[10:28] Speaker 1: an example. And I saw our daddy nodding at the crusades.
[10:31] Speaker 1: He could still remember even at his age. Very clearly,
[10:34] Speaker 1: some of those meetings where Archbishop Benson is the host
[10:37] Speaker 1: of blessed memory. As he raised the dead and did
[10:40] Speaker 1: some of those mighty things. As young as we are,
[10:44] Speaker 1: there were certain of these moves we saw ourselves. It's
[10:48] Speaker 1: not all of them that we read in the books.
[10:50] Speaker 1: We are still young, but not too young to not
[10:53] Speaker 1: have known. God made us witnesses to some. Is somebody
[10:57] Speaker 1: learning now? Lift your right hand. Say, Father. No, come on.
[11:01] Speaker 2: This is not all of you.
[11:02] Speaker 1: Say, Father. In the name of Jesus, I receive grace
[11:07] Speaker 1: and sensitivity to discern seasons, to discern moments. And to align.
[11:15] Speaker 2: In the name of Jesus.
[11:18] Speaker 1: Hallelujah. There are many believers who wonder why. They seem
[11:25] Speaker 1: not to be at the epicenter of the move of God.
[11:28] Speaker 1: It is not because God decided to favor others. And
[11:32] Speaker 1: to lead them. And it is not always an issue
[11:34] Speaker 1: of a pre-election of grace. It is that some person's.
[11:39] Speaker 1: have been able to trail and to track where God is.
[11:42] Speaker 1: Because you see, where God's word is and where the
[11:46] Speaker 1: will of God is, that is also where you find
[11:48] Speaker 1: his power for the hour. Where God's word is and
[11:53] Speaker 1: where God's will is, I can tell you without prophesying,
[11:57] Speaker 1: that is where you will find his power for the hour.
[12:00] Speaker 1: The anointing for the hour is located where the will
[12:04] Speaker 1: of God for now is. It's located where the word
[12:07] Speaker 1: of God for now is. Hallelujah.
[12:11] Speaker 2: So I'd like to talk.
[12:12] Speaker 1: Very quickly on three things. I was very touched when
[12:16] Speaker 1: I saw your theme. We're talking about the move of
[12:21] Speaker 1: God and mantles and global awakenings.
[12:25] Speaker 2: And this is an area that I am passionate about.
[12:27] Speaker 1: I have invested a major part of my little life
[12:31] Speaker 1: and work with God. Not only in participating by grace,
[12:36] Speaker 1: but in studying. studying the move of God. Why is
[12:41] Speaker 1: it that God has seemed to move mightily in certain lives, regions, territories,
[12:47] Speaker 1: whereas it looks like his presence is, you know, barring
[12:50] Speaker 1: of impact in other regions. And I'll be sharing with
[12:53] Speaker 1: you a few keys. I'm praying in the name of
[12:55] Speaker 1: Jesus that God will open our eyes. If you desire
[13:01] Speaker 1: to be used by God, if you desire to walk
[13:05] Speaker 1: in In God's prophetic emphasis for this season, there are
[13:09] Speaker 1: three things. And these three things will be the scope
[13:12] Speaker 1: of my discussion this night very quickly. There are three
[13:15] Speaker 1: things that you must know. Number one, you must understand
[13:19] Speaker 1: the program of God. Please, if you're writing, write that down.
[13:22] Speaker 1: You must understand the program of God. And I'll explain
[13:26] Speaker 1: that for a moment. You cannot serve under a mandate
[13:29] Speaker 1: you do not understand. You must understand God's prophetic programs.
[13:35] Speaker 1: For the nations. Perhaps you want to put it that way.
[13:38] Speaker 1: That's the first requirement. That you want God to use
[13:42] Speaker 1: you globally. You want God to use you regionally. Territorially.
[13:47] Speaker 1: You must have a thorough understanding. Of God's prophetic program.
[13:52] Speaker 1: Now let me say this with all due respect. There
[13:54] Speaker 1: are pastors. There are churches. There are leaders. There are
[13:58] Speaker 1: good people who love Jesus. And they have been praying
[14:02] Speaker 1: revival for a long time. but they cannot articulate intelligently
[14:07] Speaker 1: God's prophetic program. It's like you desiring that you function
[14:13] Speaker 1: in a company and they ask you, okay, what does
[14:16] Speaker 1: this company produce?
[14:18] Speaker 2: Why do we exist?
[14:19] Speaker 1: And you say, well, I don't know and I don't care.
[14:21] Speaker 1: All I know is that I want employment. You will
[14:24] Speaker 1: be useless to the employer until you understand the nature
[14:28] Speaker 1: of the work so that you are not an enemy
[14:31] Speaker 1: as far as productivity is concerned. Who is learning? Praise
[14:34] Speaker 1: the name of the Lord. So you must understand God's
[14:38] Speaker 1: prophetic program for the nations. Say God's prophetic program for
[14:44] Speaker 1: the nations. Number two. The second thing you must understand
[14:50] Speaker 1: to be valuable especially in this end time. The second
[14:54] Speaker 1: thing you must understand is the demands as far as
[14:59] Speaker 1: the kind of vessel God is looking for is concerned.
[15:03] Speaker 1: God's prophetic program answers to certain demands. Answers to certain demands.
[15:12] Speaker 2: Hallelujah.
[15:14] Speaker 1: If you're understanding me, say amen. So it's one thing
[15:18] Speaker 1: to understand God's program. But you must understand that God
[15:22] Speaker 1: loves everybody. But he cannot use everybody. God loves everybody,
[15:29] Speaker 1: but he cannot use everybody. Being available is profitable, but
[15:35] Speaker 1: not enough. You must be usable. Can we honor Apostle Achidome?
[15:39] Speaker 1: God bless you, sir. Such an honor. Thank you, sir. Hallelujah.
[15:44] Speaker 1: God loves everybody, but he cannot use everybody. Please pay attention.
[15:48] Speaker 1: The Bible says in a great house, someone say a
[15:50] Speaker 1: great house. So the house is already great, regardless the
[15:55] Speaker 1: kinds of vessels in the house. But it says in
[15:57] Speaker 1: a great house, in fact, it puts it this way.
[16:00] Speaker 1: It says, nevertheless, the foundation of the Lord standeth sure,
[16:03] Speaker 1: having this seal, that the Lord knoweth them that are his.
[16:07] Speaker 1: And let every man who names the name of Christ
[16:09] Speaker 1: depart from iniquity. Then it says in a great house.
[16:12] Speaker 1: There are all kinds of vessels. It says some of
[16:16] Speaker 1: these vessels, by reason of their alignment, they are unto honor.
[16:20] Speaker 1: And some vessels are unto honor. They are vessels of gold.
[16:25] Speaker 1: Vessels of silver. Vessels of wood. Vessels of clay. How
[16:32] Speaker 1: many of you know that these vessels are not made.
[16:34] Speaker 2: Of the same material?
[16:36] Speaker 1: But the Bible says, by reason of the material, the composition,
[16:40] Speaker 1: the texture, the strength of these vessels, some have become
[16:44] Speaker 1: vessels of honor and others dishonor.
[16:47] Speaker 2: Not by preordination.
[16:49] Speaker 1: Then it says, if a man will purge himself, that
[16:53] Speaker 1: man can transcend. From wool to clay to silver to gold.
[16:59] Speaker 1: And that man will become a vessel of honor, fit
[17:03] Speaker 1: for the master's use. We have an illusion, with all
[17:07] Speaker 1: due respect, that just because you are in Christ, it
[17:10] Speaker 1: means God must use you. No, no. The Bible talks
[17:14] Speaker 1: about the vine and the branch. It says there are
[17:16] Speaker 1: some branches that are useless and that God cuts them off.
[17:20] Speaker 1: Because they are not.
[17:21] Speaker 2: Bringing any value.
[17:22] Speaker 1: The Bible says he gave unto one five talents. Are
[17:25] Speaker 1: we Bible students? He gave unto one two talents. Matthew 25.
[17:30] Speaker 1: He gave unto one one talent. According to their several ability.
[17:35] Speaker 2: Not according to his love for them.
[17:38] Speaker 1: The same Lord is rich unto all. But in terms
[17:41] Speaker 1: of distribution of graces and mandates and mantles. It is
[17:46] Speaker 1: according to their several ability. And at the end of
[17:50] Speaker 1: that story, you will see he was correct. The one
[17:53] Speaker 1: who got five truly deserved five. The one who got
[17:57] Speaker 1: two truly deserved two. The one who got one deserved zero.
[18:04] Speaker 1: Because the one who had five, from that story you
[18:08] Speaker 1: see that he was a diligent person. He had mastered
[18:11] Speaker 1: how to multiply it. The guy who had two was
[18:14] Speaker 1: humble enough to learn from the guy who had five
[18:17] Speaker 1: because their results were similar. And the lesser is blessed
[18:21] Speaker 1: of the greater. So I perceive that the man with
[18:24] Speaker 1: two said, Listen, I don't know how to multiply this
[18:26] Speaker 1: but I can follow you. That you were trusted with five.
[18:30] Speaker 1: The guy with one would have followed the guy with two.
[18:33] Speaker 1: Would have followed the guy with five. He would have
[18:35] Speaker 1: had the same result. But he was angry. He went
[18:38] Speaker 1: to bury talent. You bury seeds, not talent. When you
[18:43] Speaker 1: bury talent, it does not grow. You refine talent. Then
[18:47] Speaker 1: you bury seeds. Hallelujah.
[18:51] Speaker 2: Praise the name of the Lord.
[18:56] Speaker 1: Many times when we see God using men mightily, while
[19:01] Speaker 1: it is true that it is the grace of God,
[19:04] Speaker 1: Perhaps some of you may have heard me say, if
[19:06] Speaker 1: we do not balance this, we are going to produce
[19:09] Speaker 1: lazy Christians who do not understand the responsibility component of
[19:14] Speaker 1: kingdom come. It is not just grace available.
[19:17] Speaker 2: That produces champions.
[19:19] Speaker 1: It is grace received, grace utilized, grace maximized. Because grace
[19:25] Speaker 1: can be abused. So when you see God doing great
[19:29] Speaker 1: things with our Father and with many, many, you know,
[19:33] Speaker 1: sermons of the living God, don't just say it's the
[19:35] Speaker 1: grace and the mercy of God. As though to downplay
[19:38] Speaker 1: their participation. It is grace received. As many as received him.
[19:45] Speaker 1: That means not everybody will receive him. But as many
[19:48] Speaker 1: as received him.
[19:50] Speaker 2: You see that now?
[19:51] Speaker 1: Grace received. Grace utilized.
[19:54] Speaker 2: Grace maximized.
[19:57] Speaker 1: The third thing I'll talk about if I have the time.
[19:59] Speaker 2: My time is almost gone. But I'll just talk about
[20:01] Speaker 2: that very quickly.
[20:04] Speaker 1: Is.
[20:05] Speaker 2: The concept of honor and alignment.
[20:08] Speaker 1: And this is where the relay dimension of God's prophetic
[20:12] Speaker 1: program is concerned. I hope I'll be able to touch
[20:15] Speaker 1: on that real quick. Honor and alignment. I'm grateful that
[20:19] Speaker 1: God used Pastor Shola to just touch that a bit.
[20:23] Speaker 1: It says, our fathers labor and you have entered into
[20:25] Speaker 1: their harvest. There is a dimension of possibility because God
[20:30] Speaker 1: is a covenant keeping God. The Bible in Hebrews chapter
[20:34] Speaker 1: 11 says, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
[20:38] Speaker 1: the evidence of things not seen. And then the Bible
[20:41] Speaker 1: talks about women who received their death to life and
[20:44] Speaker 1: talked about others who died without obtaining the promise. And
[20:49] Speaker 1: the Bible says without us they would not be complete.
[20:52] Speaker 1: The reason, the meaning of that is that It is
[20:55] Speaker 1: possible that a missionary can come and serve God and
[20:58] Speaker 1: die and not get his harvest. But in his record,
[21:01] Speaker 1: for God to be just, that harvest should be there.
[21:04] Speaker 1: Many years after, it's not only courses that are transgenerational.
[21:09] Speaker 1: Programs too are transgenerational. Blessings too are transgenerational. He's the
[21:15] Speaker 1: God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The patterns may change,
[21:19] Speaker 1: but it's still a relay.
[21:20] Speaker 2: He's somebody learning now. Praise the name of the Lord.
[21:22] Speaker 1: So very quickly, let's see how we can, within the time,
[21:26] Speaker 1: just summarize this. My apologies in advance. I may not
[21:29] Speaker 1: have time to talk about this elaborately, but I think
[21:32] Speaker 1: it's very important. So I started by saying three things
[21:35] Speaker 1: you must know to be relevant in God's program for
[21:38] Speaker 1: the hour. Number one, you must understand the full picture.
[21:41] Speaker 1: of God's prophetic program for the nations. You have to
[21:45] Speaker 1: understand that. Number two, you have to understand the kind
[21:48] Speaker 1: of vessel God is looking for. There is a kind
[21:52] Speaker 1: of vessel that God can use. And then number three,
[21:56] Speaker 1: you must understand the concept of honor and alignment. Honor
[22:01] Speaker 1: and alignment to seasons. One of the assignments of the
[22:04] Speaker 1: spirit of Elijah is to restore sons to fathers and
[22:08] Speaker 1: restore fathers to sons. It says, lest I bring a
[22:10] Speaker 1: curse upon the earth. Pastor Shola got it. I mean,
[22:14] Speaker 1: I was almost going to run from my seat to
[22:16] Speaker 1: come and give him a big hug. Because our generation,
[22:19] Speaker 1: with all due respect, in our arrogance as young people,
[22:21] Speaker 1: we're about to miss something that is very serious. Except
[22:25] Speaker 1: God helps us. May God show us mercy. In the
[22:28] Speaker 1: name of Jesus Christ. So very quickly, what is God's
[22:30] Speaker 1: prophetic program? We call it many names. We call it
[22:35] Speaker 1: thy kingdom come. We call it the great commission. We
[22:39] Speaker 1: call it the end time move of God. Regardless what
[22:42] Speaker 1: name you call it, I want to summarize for you.
[22:44] Speaker 1: You know, I studied a lot of, you know, materials
[22:48] Speaker 1: on evangelism and missions, you know, in a bid while
[22:51] Speaker 1: just trying to prepare myself for what I thought God
[22:54] Speaker 1: was calling me into. And with all due respect, while
[22:57] Speaker 1: appreciating the books and the resources that I consulted, I
[23:01] Speaker 1: found a problem. The problem was that the definitions for
[23:06] Speaker 1: the program of God seemed to me to be incomplete.
[23:11] Speaker 1: So on the one hand, we had people who emphasized
[23:14] Speaker 1: evangelism or global missions, world evangelization as the summation of
[23:20] Speaker 1: what God was doing on earth. And we found others
[23:23] Speaker 1: who spoke about maybe the maturity of the saints. They
[23:26] Speaker 1: had that grace of a teacher. And we had others who,
[23:29] Speaker 1: you know, were apostles in the marketplace. And it seemed
[23:33] Speaker 1: to me for decades that there was a conflict between
[23:36] Speaker 1: these three bodies of people. So the evangelist, with all
[23:39] Speaker 1: due respect, would tell those in the marketplace, you are
[23:42] Speaker 1: not serious, get into soul winning. And they would say, look,
[23:45] Speaker 1: what we are doing is also relevant. And then the
[23:47] Speaker 1: ones who are training people in church would say, look,
[23:50] Speaker 1: forget about this lesson. And so there was a conflict
[23:53] Speaker 1: until the Holy Ghost opened my eyes to see. That
[23:56] Speaker 1: what we call the great commission, even though theologically there's
[23:59] Speaker 1: nothing written in the Bible as we call it the
[24:01] Speaker 1: great commission. It was a word that just put together
[24:04] Speaker 1: a summation of God's program. Let me run for you
[24:07] Speaker 1: very quickly what the Bible calls or what we call
[24:11] Speaker 1: the great commission. Hallelujah. The great commission is not evangelism alone.
[24:17] Speaker 1: The great commission is a tripartite combination of world evangelization, discipleship.
[24:25] Speaker 1: And territorial transformation. I say that for summary. The Great
[24:30] Speaker 1: Commission is a tripartite composite.
[24:33] Speaker 2: Please don't forget this.
[24:35] Speaker 1: Number one, soul winning or world evangelization. Number two, discipleship.
[24:42] Speaker 1: The process that brings believers to a point of maturity
[24:46] Speaker 1: and stature in spiritual things. Number three, territorial or societal transformation.
[24:52] Speaker 1: It is at that point that the believers you have
[24:55] Speaker 1: raised and trained become light and salt. It says you
[24:58] Speaker 1: are the salt of the earth, not the church. You
[25:01] Speaker 1: are the light of the world, not the church. If
[25:05] Speaker 1: you omit any of these three, you will corrupt God's program.
[25:09] Speaker 1: And through the years, the reason why we have lost
[25:12] Speaker 1: out on many prophetic moves is that this entire scope
[25:17] Speaker 1: was not captured. With all due respect, those who have
[25:21] Speaker 1: invested their lives raising people, they stress one area out.
[25:25] Speaker 1: and left the other area for an example we stress
[25:28] Speaker 1: evangelism just an example and when we bring in the
[25:31] Speaker 1: harvest there's nothing to do with them and so for
[25:35] Speaker 1: years those believers become baby christians who are 10 years
[25:39] Speaker 1: in church are we together and because of longevity in
[25:43] Speaker 1: church we make them elder we make them pastor and
[25:47] Speaker 1: they have the title but not the growth And so
[25:50] Speaker 1: they end up destroying, and you are wondering, is this
[25:52] Speaker 1: person really saved? The salvation is genuine, but we miss
[25:56] Speaker 1: the second part of the Great Commission. Are we together?
[26:01] Speaker 1: Now the danger is that if we focus on just
[26:04] Speaker 1: building believers and don't do evangelism, as the fathers are dying,
[26:09] Speaker 1: you will not have people who are closing the gap.
[26:11] Speaker 1: There will rise another generation that knew no Pharaoh. Is
[26:14] Speaker 1: someone understanding? And then if you stop at just raising
[26:19] Speaker 1: people and don't send them out, you will cause trouble
[26:22] Speaker 1: in church because everybody will be anointed but everybody cannot preach.
[26:28] Speaker 1: By the time you have raised the people, everybody in
[26:31] Speaker 1: the choir has the strength and the capacity of a warrior.
[26:35] Speaker 1: What do you do with that energy? So there's all
[26:39] Speaker 1: kinds of fight and competition because when we raise people,
[26:42] Speaker 1: they should be deployed.
[26:43] Speaker 2: Who is learning?
[26:44] Speaker 1: There are three scriptures that must be put together to
[26:48] Speaker 1: give a full picture of the Great Commission.
[26:50] Speaker 2: Number one, Mark.
[26:51] Speaker 1: Chapter 16, from verse 15 to 20, Jesus was speaking
[26:56] Speaker 1: for sake of time. He says, go ye into all
[27:01] Speaker 1: the world. Go ye.
[27:03] Speaker 2: Someone say go ye.
[27:05] Speaker 1: One more time, say go ye. Go ye. and preach
[27:09] Speaker 1: the gospel to every creature. That's the first mandate. Go
[27:13] Speaker 1: ye into all the world and preach the gospel to
[27:17] Speaker 1: every creature.
[27:18] Speaker 2: What is the gospel?
[27:19] Speaker 1: 1 Corinthians 15, 1 to 6. I won't go there
[27:23] Speaker 1: for sake of time. It's one of the most concise
[27:26] Speaker 1: presentation of the gospel by Apostle Paul himself. 1 Corinthians 15,
[27:31] Speaker 1: 1 to 6 gives us a concise presentation of the gospel.
[27:35] Speaker 1: For sake of time, the second mandate... matthew chapter 28
[27:41] Speaker 1: from verse 18 matthew chapter 28 please give it to
[27:45] Speaker 1: us from verse 18 so jesus said all authority in
[27:50] Speaker 1: heaven and on earth is given unto me verse 19
[27:55] Speaker 1: let's shout the first two words you can see one
[27:57] Speaker 1: to go another go ye again are you seeing so
[28:01] Speaker 1: there is one go ye to preach the gospel but
[28:05] Speaker 1: there is another go ye to teach all nations everybody
[28:09] Speaker 1: say go ye and preach say go ye and teach
[28:16] Speaker 1: you see that now when it is preaching the gospel
[28:19] Speaker 1: it is to every creature where it is teaching it
[28:22] Speaker 1: is all nations And then verse 20 defines the scope
[28:27] Speaker 1: of the teaching. It says, teaching them to observe all
[28:30] Speaker 1: the things I have commanded you. And while you are this,
[28:34] Speaker 1: be sure that I'm with you to the ends of
[28:36] Speaker 1: the age. So number one, go ye to preach evangelism.
[28:40] Speaker 1: Number two, go ye to disciple nations. And then the
[28:45] Speaker 1: third mandate is in Acts chapter 1 and verse 8.
[28:50] Speaker 1: But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost
[28:53] Speaker 1: has come upon you.
[28:54] Speaker 2: This one is not just go ye.
[28:56] Speaker 1: You will be witnesses unto me.
[28:59] Speaker 2: And it defines your geography.
[29:00] Speaker 1: In Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria, to the uttermost part
[29:05] Speaker 1: of the earth.
[29:06] Speaker 2: It is not what you will say, it's what.
[29:08] Speaker 1: You will be. The first two has to do with
[29:11] Speaker 1: you teaching, declaring, vocal actions. But the third one has
[29:16] Speaker 1: to do with you becoming. matthew chapter 5 14 to
[29:21] Speaker 1: 16 ye are the salt of the earth but if
[29:24] Speaker 1: the salt has lost its several where which shall it
[29:26] Speaker 1: be salted it stands good for nothing except to be
[29:29] Speaker 1: thrown down and trodden under the foot of men then
[29:33] Speaker 1: he says you are the light of the world a
[29:35] Speaker 1: city that is set on a hill that cannot be
[29:37] Speaker 1: hidden neither do men like a lamb and put it
[29:41] Speaker 1: under a bushel but that they put it on a
[29:43] Speaker 1: candlestick so that it will give light to everybody within
[29:46] Speaker 1: the room verse 16 says let your light so shine
[29:52] Speaker 1: before men that they may see your good deeds and
[29:56] Speaker 1: glorify your father which is in heaven So it is
[30:00] Speaker 1: Mark 16, Matthew 28 and Acts chapter 1 verse 8
[30:08] Speaker 1: together that completes the great commission. When you miss out
[30:13] Speaker 1: on any of this, there will be an.
[30:15] Speaker 2: Error in the kind of product you are raising.
[30:17] Speaker 1: Are we together? Preaching the gospel brings them into the kingdom.
[30:22] Speaker 1: Discipleship and discipleship, oh dear. For discipleship to be accurate,
[30:29] Speaker 1: it must cover four areas.
[30:31] Speaker 2: Number one, doctrine. Doctrine.
[30:35] Speaker 1: The first major area of discipleship, doctrine. Doctrine talks about
[30:39] Speaker 1: the foundational truths of the Christian faith. No matter what
[30:43] Speaker 1: a believer knows or believes, if he's not grounded in
[30:47] Speaker 1: the foundational truths of the faith, he will be standing
[30:52] Speaker 1: on shaky ground. Number two, the principles of the kingdom.
[30:57] Speaker 1: This is the second area of discipleship. They must be
[31:00] Speaker 1: taught what the Bible calls the mysteries of the kingdom.
[31:03] Speaker 1: The principles of the kingdom. Number three, wisdom for living.
[31:09] Speaker 1: how to be a sheep in the midst of wolves.
[31:13] Speaker 1: If believers are not given the wisdom for living, they
[31:16] Speaker 1: will be lovely people, but they will fail in the
[31:20] Speaker 1: place of work because they do not understand universal principles.
[31:24] Speaker 1: The Bible says, knowest thou the ordinances of heaven and
[31:27] Speaker 1: canst thou establish the dominion upon the earth thereof. Job 38, 33.
[31:33] Speaker 1: When you read the NIV and NLT rendition, it is profound.
[31:37] Speaker 1: It says, do you know the laws of the universe?
[31:39] Speaker 1: And can you set up God's dominion with it upon
[31:42] Speaker 1: the earth? NIV says, do you know the laws of
[31:45] Speaker 1: the heavens? You see that now? nlt talks of the
[31:50] Speaker 1: laws of the universe so aside from doctrine and aside
[31:53] Speaker 1: from wisdom that is among believers for an example you
[31:58] Speaker 1: need you can be born again you can be filled
[32:01] Speaker 1: with the holy ghost but if you do not understand
[32:03] Speaker 1: the law of relationships you will fail if you don't
[32:06] Speaker 1: understand the law of honor you will fail have you
[32:08] Speaker 1: seen that now the law of relationships and the law
[32:10] Speaker 1: of honor Although they are kingdom principles, but they are
[32:13] Speaker 1: universal principles. So there are many believers filled with the
[32:17] Speaker 1: Holy Ghost, but they cannot rise to managerial levels because
[32:20] Speaker 1: they do not know the way to the city. You
[32:23] Speaker 1: know the way to heaven, but you don't know the
[32:25] Speaker 1: way to your city.
[32:26] Speaker 2: Is someone learning?
[32:29] Speaker 1: The fourth area that must be covered in discipleship is wisdom.
[32:34] Speaker 1: I mean, a word compliant worldview. Now, I come from
[32:37] Speaker 1: the north and I saw very extensively the way Muslims
[32:45] Speaker 1: raise their children. The first assignment is to give them
[32:50] Speaker 1: what we call an Islamic worldview. That means there is
[32:54] Speaker 1: a way a Muslim interprets everything in life. Whether he's
[32:57] Speaker 1: a billionaire or he's a pauper, whether he's a truck pusher.
[33:01] Speaker 1: Some of you who were once Muslims and became Christians,
[33:04] Speaker 1: you were trained in.
[33:05] Speaker 2: A way, it was subliminal. But when you bring.
[33:09] Speaker 1: A Muslim right here, The first assignment is, what in
[33:13] Speaker 1: this place defends Islam? What in this place promotes Islam?
[33:18] Speaker 1: It's not his business who is doing well or not.
[33:21] Speaker 1: He has been given a world view. Is someone learning? Yeah.
[33:25] Speaker 1: If you ask a Muslim, what are you interested in?
[33:27] Speaker 1: He says, it depends. Number two world view they have
[33:31] Speaker 1: is they never rest till they get to the place
[33:34] Speaker 1: that controls the system.
[33:36] Speaker 2: Once you put a Muslim.
[33:37] Speaker 1: Even if he comes here, with all due respect, Now
[33:40] Speaker 1: I'm just using that as an example.
[33:41] Speaker 2: Is somebody learning?
[33:43] Speaker 1: Bring a Muslim here and just keep him here. The
[33:46] Speaker 1: next thing that happens is that he will find a
[33:49] Speaker 1: way of knowing who controls this place. He will either
[33:53] Speaker 1: persecute the person and take him out of the way
[33:56] Speaker 1: or befriend the person. They don't rest till they become
[33:59] Speaker 1: power brokers.
[34:01] Speaker 2: It's a worldview. Believers need to be trained.
[34:05] Speaker 1: To have a word compliant worldview. There is a way
[34:09] Speaker 1: Christians should look at life.
[34:11] Speaker 2: Politics, economy.
[34:13] Speaker 1: Are we together?
[34:13] Speaker 2: We are summarizing. We are summarizing.
[34:18] Speaker 1: So this is just part one of it. Has someone
[34:21] Speaker 1: learned this now? And then number three. Territorial or societal transformation.
[34:27] Speaker 2: Now let me tell you this.
[34:29] Speaker 1: Christianity is a transformative faith practice. The meaning of that
[34:33] Speaker 1: is that the Christian faith does not leave the participants
[34:38] Speaker 1: or the beneficiaries at the same level. It is a
[34:41] Speaker 1: transformative faith process. Are we together? That means... Jesus was
[34:46] Speaker 1: speaking about the kingdom in Matthew 13. And he was
[34:50] Speaker 1: demonstrating the influence of the kingdom. He said the kingdom
[34:53] Speaker 1: of God is like a little leaven. That once it
[34:57] Speaker 1: is put, it does what? It leavens the whole thing.
[35:01] Speaker 1: A little leaven. That means no matter how small we are,
[35:06] Speaker 1: once we are powerful, once we are transformed, we begin
[35:10] Speaker 1: to influence the cosmos. That the kingdoms of this world
[35:15] Speaker 1: become the kingdoms of our God and of his Christ.
[35:19] Speaker 1: And when we talk about territorial transformation, number one, we
[35:22] Speaker 1: must impact. Now, Christianity affects every area of living. But
[35:28] Speaker 1: in order of priority, the first port of call when
[35:32] Speaker 1: the gospel comes to a man is the regeneration of
[35:36] Speaker 1: his heart. and then the transformation of his mind. Are
[35:39] Speaker 1: we together? So the gospel is a message that saves,
[35:43] Speaker 1: but the gospel is a value system that transforms society.
[35:48] Speaker 1: We must not only preach the gospel that saves, we
[35:51] Speaker 1: must also capture the value system, moral excellence. That means
[35:56] Speaker 1: if the gospel or the faith life is allowed within
[36:00] Speaker 1: a region, crime rate should reduce. Are we together? Somewhere
[36:05] Speaker 1: in that teaching, a responsible believer should come up. Now
[36:09] Speaker 1: I say this with all due respect. The quality of
[36:12] Speaker 1: believers we have in this nation and around the world
[36:16] Speaker 1: are not a representation of God's potential. It is a
[36:21] Speaker 1: representation of the error in the curriculum of training. What
[36:26] Speaker 1: needs to be changed is number one, the vessel. This
[36:30] Speaker 1: is not a pastor's conference, forgive me. But I hope
[36:32] Speaker 1: we're getting it now. We're talking about mantles. We're talking
[36:37] Speaker 1: about taking over the nations. The vessel that needs to
[36:41] Speaker 1: be changed. Then number two, the quality of your product.
[36:46] Speaker 1: Many of us here who are corporate people, there is
[36:48] Speaker 1: what we call quality control system. What is the assignment?
[36:52] Speaker 1: It's to standardize operations.
[36:54] Speaker 2: Are we together?
[36:55] Speaker 1: So that as you have it here, you have it there.
[36:57] Speaker 2: Please let me your attention for one moment.
[36:59] Speaker 1: How many of you know that in the secular, you
[37:02] Speaker 1: can have, say for an example, a professor of surgery from,
[37:08] Speaker 1: let's say... Obafemi Awolowo University, and another professor of surgery from, say,
[37:13] Speaker 1: another university in England, and then a professor of surgery in, say, Unilad.
[37:19] Speaker 1: Did you know they can meet for the first time
[37:22] Speaker 1: at the surgery ward and not doubt their ability? Because
[37:26] Speaker 1: of the standardization of the institution and the program that
[37:31] Speaker 1: builds them. How come a Christian cannot come from Kano?
[37:34] Speaker 1: Another one from Lagos. Another one from Imo. When we meet,
[37:38] Speaker 1: we are afraid of ourselves. It means that a different
[37:41] Speaker 1: curriculum is what is building us.
[37:45] Speaker 2: Who is learning now? Think about it for one moment.
[37:52] Speaker 1: If you give me water right now, I left Abuja
[37:56] Speaker 1: to be here. If you give me water, I'm not
[37:58] Speaker 1: going to be afraid because the water was given in Ibadan.
[38:02] Speaker 1: The formula is correct. The purification process is correct. It's
[38:06] Speaker 1: not a secret. I can go to a village and
[38:09] Speaker 1: if I see bottled water, I trust it because of
[38:12] Speaker 1: the brand on it. If you give me the one
[38:15] Speaker 1: from the well, I may doubt it. But once I
[38:18] Speaker 1: see swan or whatever it is, I say, bring it,
[38:20] Speaker 1: I'll drink it. But how come if I say I
[38:22] Speaker 1: am a Christian or I am a man of God,
[38:24] Speaker 1: you say, hold on, let me be watching first. Is
[38:30] Speaker 1: someone learning? The problem is not God. It is the
[38:36] Speaker 1: vessel and the content. When the vessel is right, then
[38:41] Speaker 1: the problem is the content. Listen, if you understand what
[38:44] Speaker 1: I just said, you have understood how Satan destroys God's
[38:47] Speaker 1: program in the territory.
[38:48] Speaker 2: The first attack is on the vessel.
[38:50] Speaker 1: If you cannot get the vessel's lifestyle and character, he
[38:53] Speaker 1: will corrupt the message. Hallelujah. I have to respect my time.
[39:10] Speaker 1: Another time God will grant us grace. I will talk
[39:13] Speaker 1: about some other areas. But let me just tell you
[39:15] Speaker 1: very quickly. What kind of man is God looking for?
[39:18] Speaker 1: God loves everybody. But he cannot use everybody. There are
[39:22] Speaker 1: non-negotiable conditions for a man to be used by God. Hallelujah. Probably,
[39:32] Speaker 1: let me just give two or three. There are at
[39:34] Speaker 1: least seven elements that qualify a man. And the word
[39:39] Speaker 1: qualified does not mean merit by right. It's just that
[39:42] Speaker 1: you utilize the grace of God. You made use of
[39:45] Speaker 1: it and it has produced this. There are at least seven.
[39:48] Speaker 1: But for sake of time, let me just give four.
[39:50] Speaker 1: Number one, the man who will be used by God
[39:55] Speaker 1: must be deeply in love with God and must exalt
[39:59] Speaker 1: him above any other thing.
[40:02] Speaker 2: Deeply in love with God. Deeply in love with Jesus.
[40:06] Speaker 1: And that you prioritize Jesus and the kingdom above every
[40:10] Speaker 1: other thing. You cannot serve God until you get to
[40:15] Speaker 1: a certain threshold of passion. Passion for God. Passion. There
[40:21] Speaker 1: are many believers who want to use God. They do
[40:24] Speaker 1: not really love God. He's just an easier way to
[40:27] Speaker 1: getting their goals. It's easier than going to a Habbalist.
[40:33] Speaker 1: It's easier to use God's way to receive healing than
[40:36] Speaker 1: to go to the one you pay money.
[40:38] Speaker 2: Are we together?
[40:40] Speaker 1: So you find most people saying, Lord, I love you.
[40:42] Speaker 1: The Bible says, they draw nigh to me with their lips,
[40:45] Speaker 1: but their hearts are far away from me.
[40:47] Speaker 2: Someone say, I love you, Jesus. And mean it from
[40:50] Speaker 2: your heart.
[40:50] Speaker 1: Say, I love you, Jesus. Yes, there is a realm
[40:54] Speaker 1: in the spirit that is only for those who love him.
[40:57] Speaker 1: Love him more than their necessary food. And there are
[40:59] Speaker 1: indices that measure.
[41:01] Speaker 2: Love for Jesus.
[41:02] Speaker 1: Number one, your passion for him. Your passion for his word.
[41:05] Speaker 1: Your passion for prayer. Time is a component that defines intimacy.
[41:11] Speaker 1: You cannot say you are passionate about a person or
[41:14] Speaker 1: a thing and not want to spend time. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
[41:22] Speaker 1: Number two, your passion for the house of God. You
[41:24] Speaker 1: cannot say you love God and yet not be passionate.
[41:27] Speaker 1: So let me give you number two quickly. Number one.
[41:29] Speaker 1: The first requirement to be the kind of vessel that
[41:32] Speaker 1: can be used of God. Your life, your love, everything
[41:36] Speaker 1: must be about Jesus.
[41:38] Speaker 2: Number two, enlightenment. Enlightenment.
[41:43] Speaker 1: The vessel that must be used of God must be
[41:45] Speaker 1: one who contends for a superior dimension of illumination and transformation.
[41:52] Speaker 1: Let me tell you this, the price for dominion is transformation,
[41:56] Speaker 1: not desire. The price for dominion Is transformation. There is
[42:01] Speaker 1: a version of you. That cannot host the power of God.
[42:05] Speaker 1: There is a.
[42:05] Speaker 2: Version of you.
[42:07] Speaker 1: That cannot host the program of God. There is a
[42:09] Speaker 1: version of you. That cannot host and manifest the glory
[42:13] Speaker 1: of God. So he demands that we grow. He says
[42:16] Speaker 1: as little born babes. Desire the sincere milk of the word.
[42:19] Speaker 2: That by it you may grow.
[42:21] Speaker 1: And that from a child. Thou has known the holy scripture.
[42:24] Speaker 1: Which is able to make you wise. Unto salvation.
[42:27] Speaker 2: Acts 20.32 says.
[42:29] Speaker 1: And now brethren i commend you to god and to
[42:32] Speaker 1: the word of his grace which is able to build
[42:35] Speaker 1: you up and to give you an inheritance among them
[42:38] Speaker 1: that are sanctified colossians 3 16 let the word of
[42:43] Speaker 1: christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom teaching speaking
[42:47] Speaker 1: to yourselves in psalms hymns and spiritual songs making melody
[42:53] Speaker 1: in your heart as unto the lord who is learning
[42:56] Speaker 1: the bible says jesus increased In wisdom. Increased. Increases the possibility.
[43:03] Speaker 1: Listen to me, if you want to be used by God,
[43:05] Speaker 1: in addition to praying, saying, Lord, use me, you must
[43:08] Speaker 1: contend for the level of capacity. How many of you
[43:12] Speaker 1: know the problem with the wife of the sons of
[43:14] Speaker 1: the prophet was capacity, not oil? The oil always looks
[43:19] Speaker 1: like the shape of the vessel receiving it. If your
[43:22] Speaker 1: vessel is small, the oil will look small. Two people
[43:26] Speaker 1: can be anointed at the same degree, but because one.
[43:29] Speaker 2: Person has stretched his.
[43:30] Speaker 1: Capacity, God can do more through that person. How many
[43:34] Speaker 1: of you know that you can have two riverbanks, but
[43:37] Speaker 1: one has created a tributary so that it waters the garden.
[43:41] Speaker 1: Another one is stagnant. Which one will be useful? The
[43:44] Speaker 1: one with tributaries. Transformation. Number three. The third key, if
[43:53] Speaker 1: you truly want to be used by God, you want
[43:56] Speaker 1: to be used by God personally. You must understand God's
[44:01] Speaker 1: prophetic program. I listed that already. You cannot serve the
[44:04] Speaker 1: program of God in ignorance. You must understand God's prophetic program.
[44:10] Speaker 1: Generally and then what he's doing. Emphatically for the hour.
[44:14] Speaker 1: Number four. You must understand God's spiritual succession system.
[44:20] Speaker 2: This is very powerful. And I'll end with this.
[44:24] Speaker 1: If you do not understand God's spiritual succession system, you
[44:28] Speaker 1: will get into a lot of trouble because you will
[44:30] Speaker 1: not be able to receive the baton faithfully.
[44:33] Speaker 2: There are many other elements. There are at least seven
[44:35] Speaker 2: of them.
[44:38] Speaker 1: Let me end with this. God wants to do great
[44:44] Speaker 1: things in our lives. One day the Lord told me
[44:47] Speaker 1: something in my heart and I'll say this. At least
[44:50] Speaker 1: I can say this. Do you know the reason why
[44:53] Speaker 1: many of our fathers of faith have not gone to
[44:55] Speaker 1: be with the Lord? And they will still be here
[44:57] Speaker 1: for a while. I will tell you why. Because their
[45:00] Speaker 1: presence is an act of mercy. Because the generations that
[45:05] Speaker 1: are bragging to take over from them don't have the
[45:07] Speaker 1: kind of capacity to wear their shoes. Listen to me.
[45:11] Speaker 1: Listen to me. If you think the fathers are leaving soon,
[45:14] Speaker 1: think again. Most times, because of the arrogance of our generation,
[45:19] Speaker 1: we believe that because we have had access to light,
[45:23] Speaker 1: the eye of Eli may be dim, but he's still
[45:27] Speaker 1: God's priest and prophet.
[45:29] Speaker 2: Are we together now?
[45:30] Speaker 1: Yes. You know there is knowledge that puffs up. And
[45:34] Speaker 1: I'm praying sincerely on behalf of my own generation. I
[45:37] Speaker 1: can only speak for my own generation that God will
[45:40] Speaker 1: help us.
[45:41] Speaker 2: So that our arrogance will not bring a curse upon us.
[45:44] Speaker 2: I tell you this.
[45:45] Speaker 1: If you rate a man only based on preaching, you
[45:49] Speaker 1: don't understand ministry. Preaching is only about 20 to 30%
[45:54] Speaker 1: of ministry. There are men who the reason why they
[45:57] Speaker 1: are alive is because they represent the gatekeepers to certain possibilities.
[46:04] Speaker 1: This role is greater than what they do on Sunday.
[46:07] Speaker 1: That they become the defenders of God's program until a
[46:10] Speaker 1: generation arises. Let me tell you, there are men like that.
[46:15] Speaker 1: So certain things that happen to people across territories is
[46:19] Speaker 1: not necessarily because of their prayer. It's the strength of
[46:23] Speaker 1: the altar that was built by certain people. They have
[46:26] Speaker 1: built certain bulwarks. They take certain hits spiritually. Is somebody learning?
[46:35] Speaker 1: When we honor the fathers, it is not about who
[46:38] Speaker 1: knows more or who knows less. It is not even
[46:40] Speaker 1: an issue of experience. It's an issue of stature. stature
[46:45] Speaker 1: listen to me let me speak at least to my
[46:49] Speaker 1: generation the generation that disrespects the fathers is the generation
[46:54] Speaker 1: you are i hope you know that dishonor is a
[46:56] Speaker 1: seed and there is no harvest that is as small
[47:00] Speaker 1: as the seed zone i hope you all do not
[47:04] Speaker 1: dishonor the grace of god that is giving you a
[47:07] Speaker 1: treasure across the nations And I'm not just saying this
[47:12] Speaker 1: because I'm invited here. Sincerely, it's a principle. I'll tell
[47:16] Speaker 1: you a story as we wrap up. My apologies, daddy.
[47:18] Speaker 1: I've taken a few minutes. Many years ago, I was
[47:22] Speaker 1: in a Reinhard Bonnke crusade. Many of you have heard
[47:25] Speaker 1: that about me. I went for that crusade. I was
[47:28] Speaker 1: already ministry. But he had come into a region that
[47:32] Speaker 1: was close to me. There was no possibility of getting
[47:35] Speaker 1: any visa to travel anywhere. As I would say, who
[47:38] Speaker 1: dash monkey banana? Visa for where? Now that he had
[47:41] Speaker 1: come to my vicinity, I'm showing you the power of
[47:44] Speaker 1: alignment and discernment. There are certain seasons that don't repeat themselves.
[47:49] Speaker 1: If you don't see them when they come, you miss it.
[47:53] Speaker 1: Blind Bartimeo maximized moment because Jesus was passing Jericho for
[47:58] Speaker 1: the last time. The man shouted and there were others
[48:01] Speaker 1: who said, keep quiet. I could imagine him say, it's
[48:04] Speaker 1: not your fault. You can see. You don't know my pain.
[48:07] Speaker 1: He shouted them all. And Jesus stopped and said, bring him.
[48:10] Speaker 1: He said, what do you want?
[48:11] Speaker 2: He didn't say, give me eyes. He didn't say, open
[48:14] Speaker 2: my eyes. He said that I.
[48:15] Speaker 1: May receive my sight. That prayer is.
[48:18] Speaker 2: Not for blind people. Listen to me.
[48:24] Speaker 1: Sight is not only a function of a good eye.
[48:28] Speaker 1: Sight is a function of a good eye plus light.
[48:33] Speaker 1: A good eye in darkness will still not see. So
[48:36] Speaker 1: when he said that I may receive my sight, he
[48:39] Speaker 1: did not say correct my eye. Young people have time
[48:57] Speaker 1: and have zeal. Let me just end.
[48:59] Speaker 2: I have to end.
[49:06] Speaker 1: I write to you, children. I write to you, young men.
[49:15] Speaker 1: I write to you, fathers. There is a letter for
[49:19] Speaker 1: every generation. Focus on your letter. I write to you, children.
[49:28] Speaker 1: There is a letter children should be reading. I write
[49:31] Speaker 1: to you, young men. There is a letter young men
[49:35] Speaker 1: should be reading.
[49:36] Speaker 2: I write to you, fathers.
[49:38] Speaker 1: Now fathers can read the letter.
[49:41] Speaker 2: Of young men and children.
[49:43] Speaker 1: It is an honor that their age and their work
[49:46] Speaker 1: with God has given them. But there are certain letters.
[49:49] Speaker 1: Look at who is addressed to first before you try
[49:52] Speaker 1: reading it. If you open the letter of fathers as
[49:56] Speaker 1: a child, you will be doing the same thing the
[49:58] Speaker 1: sons of Noah did. That was what brought a curse
[50:02] Speaker 1: upon Africa. There is a letter that does not concern you.
[50:13] Speaker 1: God knows what he's doing with the fathers. Wait till
[50:17] Speaker 1: you get to their age. That's when you will see
[50:19] Speaker 1: how delicate it is. One day, God showed me a
[50:22] Speaker 1: revelation that made me afraid of him. And it amplified
[50:26] Speaker 1: my honor for fathers. I was invited to preach in
[50:30] Speaker 1: the vision. And there were lines of fathers of faith.
[50:32] Speaker 1: Some of them had gone to be with the Lord.
[50:34] Speaker 1: And some of them, like our father, they were all
[50:36] Speaker 1: lined up. And when I got to the pulpit, to
[50:39] Speaker 1: my shock... The stage that I saw was no.
[50:41] Speaker 2: Longer a stage.
[50:43] Speaker 1: The only place I could keep my feet was the
[50:45] Speaker 1: tip of the pulpit. And as I put my feet there,
[50:48] Speaker 1: it was shaking. And the fathers were laughing. They said
[50:51] Speaker 1: that's how they stand.
[50:53] Speaker 2: Watch this.
[50:54] Speaker 1: I mean what I'm saying. And they said, no, I
[50:56] Speaker 1: should not be afraid. It will take practice. They said,
[50:58] Speaker 1: with time, I will learn how to stand. And I said,
[51:01] Speaker 1: my God. So as a congregant, what you are seeing
[51:04] Speaker 1: is different from what really happens at the altar. When
[51:08] Speaker 1: I got out of that vision, I vowed with my
[51:10] Speaker 1: spirit that in my life, in their life and to
[51:14] Speaker 1: their grave, I will not dishonor any father. When you
[51:18] Speaker 1: see God doing some of the things he's doing with
[51:20] Speaker 1: our lives.
[51:21] Speaker 2: Let me tell you.
[51:22] Speaker 1: I would be lying if I tell you just everything
[51:24] Speaker 1: about prayer and fasting. Honor is a magnet. It can
[51:29] Speaker 1: draw graces to your life. Reinhard Bonnke. He had preached
[51:37] Speaker 1: the first day. I was a man of God.
[51:40] Speaker 2: I had revelation. I had grace.
[51:42] Speaker 1: God had been doing great things in my life. But
[51:44] Speaker 1: I stood there in that place six hours. He preached
[51:47] Speaker 1: the first day. By the second day, I said I
[51:50] Speaker 1: should not just attend alone. I need to honor this man.
[51:54] Speaker 1: They were wheeling people from the wheelchairs, daddy. And I
[51:57] Speaker 1: pleaded with them. I said, please, I know I'm not
[52:00] Speaker 1: part of, can I wheel some of the people too
[52:02] Speaker 1: to the front? They said, no, no, I was not trained.
[52:04] Speaker 1: I wasn't part of the committee. I said, what committee?
[52:07] Speaker 1: I came here with hunger. That was how I was
[52:10] Speaker 1: wheeling the people and praying in tongues. I said, Lord,
[52:14] Speaker 1: this is how it will be in my meetings too.
[52:16] Speaker 1: I have honored you and I've honored those who have
[52:18] Speaker 1: gone ahead. I stood there for six hours, no seats.
[52:23] Speaker 1: When Reinhard Bonnke, he was preaching a message so simple.
[52:28] Speaker 1: Some of us that God has trusted with grace would
[52:30] Speaker 1: be done insulting that man. Very simple message. He was
[52:35] Speaker 1: about to take water. When my eyes opened, my hunger
[52:39] Speaker 1: had gotten to heaven. For the first time in my life,
[52:42] Speaker 1: I saw a vision of the manifestation of the Holy
[52:46] Speaker 1: Spirit like a dove. It was a dove that was
[52:48] Speaker 1: bigger than this tent. Maybe like three or four times.
[52:51] Speaker 1: And I'm not exaggerating. hovering the entire or the i
[52:56] Speaker 1: thought everybody was seeing it do you know by the
[52:59] Speaker 1: time that vision was done i had backed the stage.
[53:04] Speaker 2: I had a voice through.
[53:05] Speaker 1: That vision genesis chapter one it says and the spirit
[53:09] Speaker 1: hovered round the face of the waters and the lord
[53:12] Speaker 1: told me it is the union of the movement of
[53:15] Speaker 1: the spirit and the spoken word.
[53:17] Speaker 2: That beds the miraculous it's.
[53:19] Speaker 1: Not just something that i read in my bible receive
[53:26] Speaker 1: I manifest that's right your power and your wisdom till
[53:35] Speaker 1: the nations see Jesus lifted up exalted I see I
[53:47] Speaker 1: manifest your power and your wisdom till the nations see
[53:58] Speaker 1: jesus lifted up glorified can you pray in one minute
[54:07] Speaker 1: and say father may i be relevant in.
[54:10] Speaker 2: Your program for the hour please.
[54:13] Speaker 1: Lift your voice and pray The mandate, the mantle, the
[54:18] Speaker 1: grace that I need for my generation and for the hour.
[54:24] Speaker 1: Let it rest upon me. I repent of dishonor. I
[54:28] Speaker 1: repent of jealousness. I repent of pride. Lift your voice
[54:34] Speaker 1: and pray. God is still moving. God is still making.
[54:43] Speaker 1: God is still empowering. God is still granting grace. God
[54:48] Speaker 1: is still releasing mantles. God is still raising man. He
[54:53] Speaker 1: is called the maker. In Jesus name we pray. Daddy,
[55:12] Speaker 1: can I do the altar call? Can I do an
[55:13] Speaker 1: altar call? Hallelujah.
[55:16] Speaker 2: My time is up.
[55:17] Speaker 1: Thank you for sparing me a few minutes. But we
[55:20] Speaker 1: cannot end a prophetic meeting, particularly in a mission, a
[55:25] Speaker 1: ministry that is strongly, strongly evangelical in its approach. It's impossible.
[55:32] Speaker 1: It would not be justice. Let me invite someone, just
[55:37] Speaker 1: one sincere person. You heard all of the teachings. You
[55:41] Speaker 1: heard the little that we shared tonight. And you're saying, Apostle,
[55:45] Speaker 1: on hearing you, I cannot deny that something has gone
[55:49] Speaker 1: wrong in my life. Either I have not made this
[55:52] Speaker 1: decision at all, or I truly have been born again,
[55:56] Speaker 1: but things went haywire. And right now, I'm tired of
[55:59] Speaker 1: playing church games. I truly want to meet it with Jesus.
[56:03] Speaker 1: I'm going to count one to five. And I just
[56:05] Speaker 1: need one sincere person. Whether you are to my left,
[56:08] Speaker 1: to my right, front or back when i begin to
[56:12] Speaker 1: count run and leave your seat and come and stand
[56:14] Speaker 1: here give me the honor of leading you to jesus
[56:17] Speaker 1: as a final function praise the name of the lord
[56:20] Speaker 1: i begin my counting one let's celebrate them as they
[56:23] Speaker 1: come two if you're coming run leave your seat three
[56:34] Speaker 1: let's celebrate them as they come you're.
[56:37] Speaker 2: Ready to mean business with Jesus. The Bible says, as.
[56:42] Speaker 1: Many as will come to him, he will in no
[56:44] Speaker 1: wise cast away. Come. I'm not asking you if you're
[56:48] Speaker 1: a pastor's child. I'm not asking you if you have
[56:51] Speaker 1: a Christian name. I'm not asking you if you are
[56:55] Speaker 1: serving in church.
[56:57] Speaker 2: All those are wonderful.
[56:58] Speaker 1: But I'm asking you, if you have a functional relationship
[57:02] Speaker 1: with Jesus. Three.
[57:04] Speaker 2: We count five and we begin to pray. If you're coming, hurry.
[57:07] Speaker 2: Come quickly.
[57:08] Speaker 1: Don't be ashamed. He's giving you a new beginning right now. Four.
[57:14] Speaker 1: Let's celebrate them. Let's celebrate them.
[57:16] Speaker 2: They're coming.
[57:17] Speaker 1: They're coming.
[57:18] Speaker 2: You're winning that war finally. Finally. Finally.
[57:28] Speaker 1: Five. Let's celebrate God for these ones. Look at me,
[57:34] Speaker 1: my dear brothers and sisters. The Bible says, for God
[57:37] Speaker 1: did not send his son into the world to condemn
[57:39] Speaker 1: the world, but that the world through him might believe.
[57:42] Speaker 1: It says, there is no other name given unto men
[57:44] Speaker 1: under heaven by which we should be saved. Jesus loves you.
[57:48] Speaker 1: That's why he brought you to this convention. Let me
[57:51] Speaker 1: request that you lift your right hand. This is not
[57:53] Speaker 1: unto me. This is not unto daddy. This is unto Jesus.
[57:57] Speaker 1: Lift it as high as you are able to. And
[57:59] Speaker 1: I want you to say this from the depth of
[58:01] Speaker 1: your heart.
[58:02] Speaker 2: Say, Lord Jesus.
[58:04] Speaker 1: Say it again. Say Lord Jesus. Tonight I have heard
[58:08] Speaker 1: your word. I love you with all my heart. I
[58:13] Speaker 1: believe you are the son of God. I believe you
[58:18] Speaker 1: died for my sin. I believe you rose.
[58:22] Speaker 2: Again for me.
[58:24] Speaker 1: Right now I receive Jesus into my heart.
[58:30] Speaker 2: As my savior. My lord. And my king.
[58:35] Speaker 1: I declare.
[58:36] Speaker 2: That the power. Help them.
[58:39] Speaker 1: Of sin. Satan. Hell. And the grave. Is broken over
[58:45] Speaker 1: my life. From tonight. I'm a child of God. I
[58:49] Speaker 1: go forward ever. And backward never. Keep your hands lifted.
[58:53] Speaker 1: Father thank you. We present to you the ones Jesus
[58:57] Speaker 1: died for. And in the name of Jesus. By the
[58:59] Speaker 1: authority of God's word. We declare your sins forgiven. We
[59:02] Speaker 1: call you bona fide recipients of the life of God.
[59:05] Speaker 1: The grace to live the victorious Christian life is imparted
[59:09] Speaker 1: upon you. from tonight. You go forward ever and backward never.
[59:14] Speaker 2: It's in Jesus' mighty name we pray.
[59:16] Speaker 1: Amen. Can I request that you look to my right?
[59:19] Speaker 1: I see our auntie waving a placard. I believe she's
[59:22] Speaker 1: representing the counselors. The counselors are there. Please, all of
[59:25] Speaker 1: you to my left. That will be your right. There
[59:27] Speaker 1: will be a committee that will receive And have a
[59:30] Speaker 1: word with you.
[59:32] Speaker 2: I decree and declare.
[59:33] Speaker 1: Be blessed in Jesus name. Be blessed in Jesus name.
[59:39] Speaker 1: I stand upon the grace of our father.
[59:41] Speaker 2: And I declare.
[59:42] Speaker 1: Go from glory to glory. You will remain relevant throughout
[59:47] Speaker 1: your lifetime. I curse the power of the grave. I
[59:52] Speaker 1: curse the power of delay. I curse the power of setbacks.
[59:57] Speaker 1: I speak over you. Go forward. Advance.
[1:00:02] Speaker 2: Make progress.
[1:00:03] Speaker 1: Live for Jesus. And serve him all the days of
[1:00:06] Speaker 1: your life. In Jesus name we pray. God bless you
[1:00:10] Speaker 1: and thank you so very much.

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