Welcome to the Potter's House Salmon Arm podcast. We are a Bible-Believing Church located in
beautiful British Columbia, Canada. We are proudly part of the Christian Fellowship Ministries
with 3,000 churches around the world. We are a church focused on world evangelism, discipleship
and church planting. Here we will share recent sermons from P.H.S.A. Church and other sermons
from throughout our fellowship. I am Pastor David Bickford and I will be your host for this podcast.
I thank you for listening today and we hope these messages are a blessing to you and bring you closer
to God. Hello and welcome back to the Potter's House Salmon Arm podcast. I am the pastor here
in Salmon Arm. My name is David Bickford. Today I have something new and it is Mitchell Mondays.
This is going to be a collection of sermons from our founding pastor, the late Wayman Mitchell,
and our current head pastor, his son, Greg Mitchell, based out of Prescott, Arizona.
These are powerful messages from our fellowship leaders and I hope that these messages add to
your week. God bless. This evening, what a real privilege for me to turn this pulpit over to my
pastor. Pastor Greg has just been such a blessing to our fellowship. His dad, I was very, very close
to his dad in the years. It was a hard time when he passed away, but what was really, really neat
is that Pastor Greg was already stepping into the place of leadership. I remember being at a
leadership meeting where Pastor Greg actually shared with all the leaders that he was just trying to
fulfill a need by helping in Prescott, but God raised him up and we are very privileged tonight to
be able to experience the ministry of Pastor Greg. I am so thankful for his ministry
and let's give him a warm Canadian welcome as he comes.
Thank you. Praise God. Amen. Thank you. I am honored to be here with you. Wasn't able to be
here last year, so I missed out, but I'm very, very grateful to be with you again this year and
I'm trusting God's going to do good things. I was in Chandler on Tuesday and those of you
have been praying for Pastor Campbell, giving a good report that he is recovering. God did a
miracle in him. You don't know, his heart stopped in the airport in Sydney, Australia,
but a doctor was standing next to him. When that happened, was able to revive him and after some
recovery in Australia, surgery, underwent surgery. Now he's back home and very, very good to see him.
So no doubt if God arranged a doctor to be there when you need it, I said clearly God has more for
you and he's not finished. And so I was very glad. So you keep praying for him that he'll have
full recovery. Turn in your Bibles to Psalm 133. Psalm 133 in 1900
in Spindletop Hill, which is outside of Beaumont, Texas. They started drilling for oil. They believe
that there was oil underneath a salt dome. They started in October of 1900. By January 1901,
they had drilled down 1,020 feet, hadn't hit oil yet. But on January 10, 1901, mud came gushing out
of the hole at high speed, then natural gas, and then oil started shooting out 150 feet up in the
air. They called the Lucas Geyser. It was the most powerful ever seen at that time. The oil began to
flow at the rate of 100,000 barrels a day. That was the large, that was more that was being produced
by all oil wells in North America at that time. First year produced three and a half million
barrels of oil. Second, 17.4. Three of the largest petroleum companies were sparked or spawned out of
that initial strike. So here's my point from that story. They drilled, but then the oil began to flow.
The scripture that we're going to read is a very famous one, and it speaks about the anointing oil.
Oil, as you know, is a symbol of the Holy Spirit, and our text tells us what it will take. We're
going to learn what will it take for the oil to flow. But there is a question that I am posing
to you that actually forms the title of the sermon, and that is, will the oil flow?
The oil flow, because that depends on us, and we're going to look at this from God's word.
Will the oil flow? Psalm 133 starting at verse one,
Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.
It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron,
running down on the edge of his garments. It's like the dew of her maw, descending upon the
mountains of Zion, for there the Lord commanded the blessing, life evermore. Will the oil flow?
I want to begin three simple thoughts. Number one, here's the first one. It starts with the head.
Verse two says it's like the precious oil upon the head. In the Bible, when it uses that word head,
head is a symbol of leadership or spiritual authority. This text is talking about Aaron,
who was the head or the leader of the Levites. He was the chief priest, the one who put people
in touch with God. First Chronicles 8, 28, they were heads of their fathers' houses by their
generations, chief men. They dwelt in Jerusalem. Over 25 times you'll find that phrase in the
Bible, heads of houses. The one who leads a clan, a tribe, a group of people. Literally,
one who leads is one who determines what happens. First Corinthians 11, 3, I want you to know the
head of every man is Christ. The head of woman is man. The head of Christ is God. It starts with the
head. The body is affected by the head. Anyone who has had a stroke or suffered brain damage,
what's happening in the head now affects the arms, the legs, the rest of the body. So here is my
point that I want to bring out. You cannot expect the body to be what the head is not.
If you are the head of a home, I'm speaking now to pastors. If you're the head, if you're the one
who leads the church, if you are not committed, passionate, and surrendered, they will never be.
Because our text says it starts with the head. When I was concert director, about to go out to
preach, I was at my parents' house. The phone rang. Dad answered the phone. It was a young pastor on
the other end. He was complaining that the people won't give. He is mad. These people, they won't
give. There's no money. They're not giving. So Pastor Joe, I could hear his end of the conversation.
Well, are you preaching on money? To each of this, the man was giving an irritated reply. Yes, I'm
preaching on money. Are you teaching? Yes, I'm teaching on money. Are you taking offering? Of
course I'm taking offering. So I could see Dad, you know, mentally scratching his head, and finally
he asked, he asked the pastor, he said, well, are you tithing? Crickets. The pastor wasn't tithing.
Now, no one knew that. He didn't say, I want you all to give, but I'm not going to do it.
But the Bible says it starts with a head. He could not get them to be what he is not. This is true
in life. A carnal head will never produce a spiritual body. The pastor's carnal, the body is
going to be carnal. A covetous head can never produce a liberal body. The pastor's driven by
money, the people will be driven by money. A cold head will never produce an honest body.
A carnal body will never produce an on-fire body. In our text, it gives a powerful principle, and
that is anointing runs downward. Verse two, it's like the precious oil upon the head running down.
A very common complaint that I hear from pastors, and this is around the world, pastors say these
people are not going to get these people to fill in the blank, pray, give, commit, surrender, go.
The mistake that they're making is that this is always a people problem. This is a body problem.
They come to conferences, they hear a brother giving a report, and people are getting saved,
and God is doing good things, and people are getting involved, and they're giving money,
and of course they are. You got the good people. I got the bad people. They're not doing it.
But that's not biblically correct. The Bible says anointing flows
downward. In fact, there are people that they are eager to claim their right to be the head.
There are foolish husbands, that their favorite verse is what I quoted before,
1 Corinthians 11.3. Do you know this woman? I'm the head of the house, because the Bible said so
in 1 Corinthians 11.3. There are pastors who have to frequently remind the people, I'm in charge.
I'm going to give you a little clue in life. If you ever have to tell someone that you're in charge,
you're not. See, leadership, this is not something to be demanded. It's a responsibility,
because anointing flows downward. To anyone who is in authority, whether that is in a home,
a ministry, or the pastor of a church, we will answer for authority. It is not, give me a title.
I want to be in charge so everybody knows that I'm important. See, you answer for authority in the
garden. Husband and wife both sin, but God came looking for who? Adam. Where are you? Because it
is a responsibility, James 3.1, dear brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers
in the church, for we who teach will be judged more strictly. Pastor, pastor, I want to be in
charge. Can I have a title? Can I have a ministry? I want to be able to tell people what to do.
You might not know what you're asking for, because it comes with greater accountability.
When the cruise ship Costa Concordia shipwrecked some years back off the coast of Italy,
who did they charge? The captain. A maritime lawyer said the captain is the master of the vessel.
Every crew member looks to the captain for guidance and leadership. It's the captain's
responsibility to know the waters and avoid coming close to any shoals and reefs. So the first
principle, if the oil is going to flow, the Bible says it starts with the head. Principle number
two is, very simple, you need the oil. Our text speaks about oil and is talking about a particular
kind of oil. It is anointing oil, verse two, like the precious oil upon the head. This is the
anointing oil that was poured on Aaron when he was anointed as priest. Oil is a very important
element of the Bible. It is a supernatural dimension, literally God at work, God doing
something. We believe in the Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The three parts of the Godhead.
What the Father plans, the Son purchased, the Holy Spirit is the one who provides that.
He is the one who empowers all that the Father planned and the Son purchased. The Holy Spirit
is all about supernatural power. This is what we have to have at work in our lives, in our churches.
We need something supernatural. You don't need a program. You need a miracle. You need God doing
what we cannot do, doing more than we can do. Micah 3, 8, but I am full of power by the Spirit
of the Lord. That should be the cry of every pastor, of every person involved in ministry.
God, let me be full of power, full of supernatural ability. Zechariah 4, 6 and 7, so he answered and
said to me, this is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel. Not by might nor by power, but by my
spirit, says the Lord of hosts. Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, you shall become a
plane and he'll bring forth a capstone with shouts of grace, grace to it. See, what God is promising,
he can supply a supernatural dimension in ministry. We're not talking about doing something
for God, trying to bring God's presence to other people. God never intended for you to try to
minister in your own power. Luke 24, 49, I'll send the Holy Spirit as my father promised, but stay
here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven. Our text
speaks about oil and it is anointing oil. In the Bible, prophets, priests and kings were three
types of people who were anointed. This of course was the rite of consecration when they were
dedicated to the Lord, but notice this, when they're going to do something for God, oil,
they had to have the oil. They could not begin their ministry without oil.
It is the power of the Holy Spirit, God doing something beyond human wisdom, human planning,
human talent, human organization, human ability. Isaiah 10, 27 says,
in that day, his burden shall be taken from off of your shoulder, the yoke from off your neck,
and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. Think about that, a dimension.
Dimension. People are held captive in many ways in life and the Bible says,
what is going to break bondage off of people? Have you ever tried to talk a drug out of drugs?
You ever tried to talk an alcohol? I don't know if you're aware of this, drugs are killing your
life. Have you ever had a drug out of God? I was unaware of that. Thank you for pointing that out.
No, no, no, it takes a miracle for someone to be, and the Bible says, the anointing can break the
yoke. Luke 4, 18 and 19, the spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor. Send me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the
captives, recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those that are bruised, to preach the
acceptable year of the Lord. Jesus is announcing his ministry and he says something is going to
happen supernaturally. He describes the effect prisoners set free, eyes are opened, broken hearts
are healed. Something has to happen. I was counseling last night to new convert, to couple,
and I'm speaking just very simply. She's simply telling of the different things in her life,
and I am telling her, oh, I pointed out from the Bible, God is able to cleanse and God is able to
deliver. I just spoke for a few moments and she looked at me and she said, I can feel it.
Something is changing in, we hadn't even prayed yet. Something is changing inside. What was
happening? Not because I said something clever that she was going to write down. A supernatural
dimension, that is what we have to have. Our text speaks about anointing oil. Think about anointing.
Anointing manifests in two profound ways. Number one, how do you tell if someone is anointed?
Anointing manifests through human speech. That's firstly, 1 Samuel 3, 19, Samuel grew and the
Lord was with him and did let none of his words fall to the ground. That is the dimension of
anointing. Have you ever had that feeling that you're witnessing to someone and it just feels
like it's dribbling down your chin? Like, no, I need it to go to their heart.
You preach, doesn't feel like anything is happening, but the Bible says when Samuel spoke,
those words did not fall to the ground. What that is saying is they made impact. Luke 4, 22,
everyone spoke well of him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from his lips. You know,
grace in the Bible is of course kindness or he was speaking kindly, but it's power. That word is
power, powerful. They were amazed at the powerful words that he was speaking. What needs to happen,
we have to have words that penetrate. Acts 2, 37, Peter's words, they were pierced to the heart.
When he preached, you can read the sermon that he is simply pointing out biblical and godly logic
and connecting it to their lives, but the effect is they, the Bible says, they were pierced to the
heart. God did a miracle. I was earlier this year in New Zealand and a man was there on the,
probably the second row, and his entire face is tattooed. He had, and I learned from him,
and I learned that his testimony, his pastor told me his testimony, his pastor was on the streets
in the city of New Zealand where he was, and he saw two gangsters. He saw they were part of the
largest gang in New Zealand called the Mongrel Mob. It was a bike gang, criminals. He saw two of them.
He started witnessing one of them listen. He said the other guy listened for a minute, scowled
and stormed away, and he thought to himself that guy was not into it at all. He said one year later
he got a call. It was the man who walked away, and that man said to him,
for one year I cannot get the words out of my head that I heard you say that day. He said,
what time is church? I want to come to church, and here he, I met he and his wife. Here his entire
face is tatted out, lifting his hands, worshiping. God did a miracle. What happened? The words
pierced to the heart. That is what anointing does. James Hervey, he was a friend of the Wesley's at
Oxford. He talked about the change that took place when he was filled with the Holy Spirit.
He said while my preaching was once like the firing of an arrow in which the speed and the
force depends on the strength of the arm and bending the bow, he said after I was filled with
the Holy Spirit, it's like the firing of a rifle that all it takes is the touch on the trigger
to set it off. Anointing is manifested in speech. It makes what you say effective.
It's talking about words that inspire the disciples on the road to Emmaus. What they said after
talking with Jesus, didn't our hearts burn within us while he spoke? That is what needs to happen.
Listen, in preaching, it has to be more than clever arguments, biblical, you know, tense Greek verbs.
There needs to be something of fire. I remember when I was a young disciple in Australia,
when my father would just preach on destiny, my heart would begin to pound. He was simply saying
God has a plan for your life. You can do something for God, but he was anointed. Something powerful
would happen. One man asked my father, he said, Pastor Mitchell, when you preach, there's more
going on than what you're saying. And he said, what is it? In other words, it's not just his sermon,
yes, and I want you, he says when you preach, there's something more going on. People want to
do the will of God. Why? Anointing. Second thing that anointing is or that it does, anointing causes
us to have favor with people. First Samuel 320, and all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that
Samuel had been established as a prophet of the Lord. There was something supernatural. He had been
anointed. The Bible says his words don't fall to the ground. But the second thing is other people,
they could feel, they could see something in Samuel. They were drawn, they wanted to listen to him.
That is what has to happen. You have to have a supernatural dimension. Listen, my wife and I
went out when I was 21 and she was 19, and believe me, we looked like we were 12. I have the photos
to prove it. There is no one who in the natural would look at us and go, wow, I'm going to trust
my whole life with that guy. But you know what? God was doing a miracle. There were people,
the only people who ever asked about our age were religious people from outside. Converts,
they would listen. Converts were drawn. Converts would follow because anointing causes favor with
people. It's supernatural. Charles Spurgeon said it's extraordinary power from God, not talent that
wins the day. It's extraordinary spiritual unction, not extraordinary mental power that we need.
Mental power may fill a chapel, but spiritual power fills the church with soul anguish. Mental
power may gather a large congregation, but only spiritual power will save souls. What we need is
spiritual power. And I tell you, that is the power of the Holy Spirit. That brings us then to the
third thought. So if it starts with the head, if it's the oil that you need, let's talk about the
determining factor. Our text says the determining factor of whether oil flows or not is unity.
Verse one, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Unity,
the word simply means one, to be as one, to be together. Unity is powerful. Whenever there is
unity and agreement, power can be released. Genesis 11, 6, the Lord said, indeed the people are one.
They have one language and this is what they'll begin to do. Nothing they propose to do will be
withheld from them. Unity is powerful. Whether that is in business, or in the church, or in the
whether that is in business, whether that is in sports, when everyone on the team will work
together as one. Even evil, our text says, even for evil unity is powerful. Our world is being
transformed by unified evil. I don't know, I can't speak for Canada. America is being changed in
terrible ways because wicked people are uniting to change it. Unity. So think about this, lack
of unity affects the oil. Our text says unity causes oil to flow, so let's use reverse logic.
Disunity, where people are not one, that stops the flow of oil. Mark 325, and if a house is
divided against itself, that house cannot stand. Think about this, husbands and wives.
The Bible tells about a wife named McCall. She was not in agreement with her husband. She despised
her husband David. They were not one, they were two completely separate. The Bible says she was
barren to the day of her death. The flow of life that should have been at work was stopped. But
this is true in every human relationship. Husbands and wives, people and pastors, pastors and leaders,
brothers and sisters, fellow pastors, unity can release the oil, but unity can stop the oil. Think
about some ways that this manifests. Think about conflict for a moment. The book of Philippians,
can you imagine, you understand what the, when we say epistles, they were letters. That's what it
meant. They were letters that were written. In those days, there was no internet. They couldn't
live stream. Pastor Paul had a message for the church. So they would gather, they had this written
on parchment. Pastor Paul, he has something he wants us to know. So they all sat down in church and
they're, Philippians is a wonderful book. Chapter two, at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow
and every tongue, they're like, you can imagine in the pew, yeah, depending on where they're from.
They're excited. Yes. Then they get to chapter four and verse two, and I appeal to Iodia and
Syntyche, please, because you belong to the Lord, settle your disagreement. Iodia and Syntyche are
sitting in church. Knock it off. Think about that. Conflict. Here's the problem. There are people that
conflict is as normal as breathing. There are people that in every human relationship,
they fight. They're mad. They wake up in the morning mad. They fight with people. They fight
with their family. They fight with people in the church. They fight on the job. They fight with
the pastor. They fight with everybody. They go to the store. They're looking at people. What are you
looking at? They're going to fight with them too. And they think that that is normal. They're
thinking that that is normal. In their mind, everybody fights like that. As a matter of fact,
they teach their children how to fight, how to hold on to offenses, how to be mad at people.
I don't know if you understand this, there are many people in the world who aren't fighting with
anyone. For some of you, this will blow your mind. Like, no way. What kind of freaks are those? No.
Listen, conflict is not normal. There are people, you've gotten used to it. You're just totally
used to fighting with people. But the Bible says it's killing the flow of the oil. Envy. Let's be
honest. Anytime I hear someone say, that person really bugs me, I know that means the person who
bugs you, they have something you wish you had. They get to do something you wish you get to do.
That's why they bug you. Envy is the root of much conflict. Rebellion. You have people, they're at
odds with everyone in authority. There are people at odds with the pastor. I got people, I ask,
why do you come to church? You hate everything I do. You hate everything I say. I don't want to make
you miserable. Critical of everyone in authority. Tribalism. You know, we can survive black magic
and witchcraft as a fellowship. We cannot survive tribalism. You know what that means? Tribalism.
I'm not talking about first nation people. No, no, I'm talking about churches. Talk about people
who, it's normal, you're proud of where you come from. Thank God. I thank God for my church. I
thank God for my pastor. I thank God for my home church. But what happens is, we start saying,
I'm better than you because of where I'm from. As a matter of fact, I'm suspicious of you because
you're not where I'm from. It doesn't matter what you've done. You're just not where I'm from,
so there's got to be something wrong with you. And there are people, this is how they view in the,
we're all, yeah, we're taking the world for Jesus, but I'm really worried about them because they're
not us. And clearly we're superior because I'm. So what happens because of tribalism, there are
people, they will not support someone who's not from their tribe. They speak against people who
they're from another tribe, another wing of the fellowship. They divide their people against their
people. As the old saying, there are some men, they'll fly around the world to preach a sermon.
They will not drive across town to hear one. You know the story, a man went and visited
an asylum for the criminally insane and he was shocked. There was a hundred inmate. These are
people, they are violent. They are absolutely crazy people, very dangerous. If they're on the
streets, he starts counting 100 of these violent, dangerous people, only three guards. So he kind of
got near the guard. He said, aren't you worried that these guys are going to unite and attack you
and overcome you so they can escape? And the guard said, you don't understand, crazy people never
unite. You should say, man, right there, that's the truth. You say, who's he talking about? And
that's true. Crazy people never unite. I asked the question, will the oil flow? It starts with the
head. You need the oil, but will it flow? Because our text says, apparently there are some people,
it will not flow because they do not have unity. You cannot have the flow of the oil of the Holy
Spirit without unity. What does that mean? That means for some of us, we need to repent.
We need to repent of our pride, rebellion, envy, evil speaking, tribalism. Acts 3.19,
repent therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out so that the times of refreshing
may come from the presence of the Lord. You want the times of refreshing, but the Bible says it
starts with repentance. There's something just dead flat wrong. Eurycha, Eurya and Syntyche,
knock it off. That's called repentance. Stop it. Change your heart and your mind.
If we want to repent, then we need to choose to be in agreement and unity. Listen, there are things
in life worth fighting about. Okay? I understand this. It's my job to step in. If we got to fight,
I have no problem with that if it's important. You don't have to fight about everything.
What people want to do, they want to fight over non-essentials. You could make up your mind,
you know what? I am not looking to pick a fight with anybody. You could let go of some of your
personal preferences. How about this? I'll give you a radical idea. What if you decided in life,
I am going to be a blessing to everyone around me. I am going to be a blessing to my fellow
believers in my home church. I am going to be a blessing to my pastor. I'm going to be a blessing
to the other churches in our area. I just want to be a blessing.
Our text says we could have a flow of anointing oil and supernatural power
when we have unity. Our verse is again, behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity. It's like precious oil upon the head running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron
running down on the edge of his garments. It is like the dew of her mom descending from the
mountains of Zion. For there the Lord commanded blessing and life evermore. The dew of her mom,
this is something our brothers spoke about in the desert, but they've had a little bit of rain.
Even if it's weeds, now something begins to grow. The Holy Spirit can bring life to your soul. He
can bring life to your family, life to your church, life to your church, life to your church,
family, life to your church. But the Bible says unity is what brings that to pass.
This is a promise that's actually connected to prayer. Matthew 18, 19, and 20, I say if two of
you agree on earth concerning anything 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.
Jesus says you could pray for anything if you would agree.
Listen, that's powerful. Husbands and wives, if you would agree, if you would get on the same page
when my daughter was backslidden, we were putting her out of the church and now we were putting her
out of our house, and I took Lisa in the back room and I said we're gonna put her out. She's been
living in immorality. We're gonna live what we believe for all these years. What I tell everybody
else, we're gonna do it. And I said I want you to be with me on this. And she just said, Greg, are
you sure? And I tell you, there was terror in there, but I said yes, this is what God wants.
We're going, we're not gonna change our mind now because it's our daughter. My wife got behind me.
She didn't, she didn't later on tell my daughter, you know, I never agreed with your dad. I always
thought that was mean. This is the problem. There are couples here. God can't help you because you're
not on the same page. If you were to get on the same page, the Bible says you could pray for anything.
God could do a miracle for you. The book of Acts shows us what God wants when the day of
Pentecost was fully come, Acts chapter 2 verse 1. They were all with one accord in one play. They
all wanted the same thing. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind.
It filled the whole house where they were sitting. There appeared to them divided tongues as of fire.
It sat on each of them and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other
tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. A supernatural dimension of life that immediately
impacted the community immediately began to touch other nationalities. We are still feeling the
impact of that when people got in one accord. So I ask again the question that I asked at the beginning,
will the oil flow?
I close this story. In 1907, 1500 men gathered in Pyongyang, Korea. They were going to have a 10-day
Bible conference. The 1500, these were people representing the leadership of hundreds of
churches. For six months, missionaries to Korea had been praying for a mighty move of God.
Among the Korean church. So they come to conference. Everybody knew there were two
men that had been fighting with each other. So God is moving on something and in their kind of
tradition of the type of church it was, on Monday a man came to the microphone and he confessed.
Mr. Kang confessed whatever he knew anyway. He had hatred in his heart for Mr. Kim.
But Mr. Kim sat there and wouldn't say a thing.
Some of the missionaries are very concerned about this. But suddenly God did something.
Kim came to the pulpit and he confessed, I have been guilty of fighting against God.
He said I've been guilty of not only hating Kang, that's the guy they all knew he was mad at,
but Peng Mok Sa, which is the pastor.
Turning to the pastor, he said, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Turning to the pastor who was the missionary, he said, can you forgive me and can you pray for me?
The pastor stood and he started to pray in Korean and all he got out was, father, father.
And they said it seemed as though the roof lifted off the building and the Spirit of God came down
from heaven in a mighty avalanche of power. Across the auditorium, hundreds stood with arms,
stretched out toward heaven calling on God. Others lay prostrate on the floor. Hundreds cried out to
God for mercy. Revival broke out. The oil began to flow. But not only while they were at conference,
when they returned to their home, they carried that revival. They would stand and just tell people in
their home church what God did in the conference. And the same thing would happen. The fire would
fall. The oil would flow. And people began to get saved. Churches were revived. They were filled with
a burning passion to reach the lost. In all of the churches, they started seeing drunkards, gamblers,
adulterers, murderers, thieves, self-righteous people, people who were Confucianists, those
involved in false religion, get saved and transformed into new creatures in Christ. Listen to this.
By 1912, only five years later, there were then 300,000
members of the Korean Protestant Church. And that was in a nation of only 12 million people.
The oil flowed. 12 million people, 300,000. How many people live in Canada?
36 million? Okay, so 36 million, do the math. That would be like 900,000 people being in our
churches in Canada. What made the difference? The oil flowed. The oil flowed.
The oil flowed. So I ask again, the question is, I know what God can do,
but the question we have to decide is, will the oil flow? Let's bow our heads. Close our eyes all
across this place. Thank God. Thank God for His goodness. I'm asking right now.
There are people here, you don't know Jesus. You are not right with God. I want to challenge you
about your great need. You need to be saved. You need to be born again. God needs to do a miracle
in you. I am not talking about a program. I'm not asking, would you like to go to church?
I'm asking, have you surrendered your life to Jesus Christ? That's what it means. We
surrendered your life to Jesus Christ. That's what it means to be a Christian.
God, I want you to rule in my life. I'm tired of living my own way. That's what sin is. It's
rebellion, living my own way. God, I want to live your way. How many people here, you're not right
with God tonight, as God would deal with you. You say, Pastor Greg, I want to turn from my sin.
I need Jesus. I need a miracle. How many of you here lift up your hand, Pastor Greg? I need Jesus.
I want to get saved. I want to get right with God. Or maybe you're backslidden.
Praise God. That was another powerful message by one of our leaders in the fellowship.
I just want to take this opportunity to quickly give you an invitation to Christ if this message
impacted you in some way and you want to give your life to Christ. You want to know how to do that.
It's pretty simple. All you have to do is say a quick prayer, something simple and short,
just like this. Dear Lord God, I know that I'm a sinner and I know that you sent your Son, Jesus
Christ, to set me free from my sin. He came to earth to die for our sins and he rose again
so that we might be saved. I repent of my sin. I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.
I thank you for the salvation you give us through grace. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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