fleet.
In the midst of your birth
My heart is captured to lurk
I have in me the burning fire
Oh, a sound of cravings
I have in me the burning fire
So when you believe with your heart
and you confess the lordship of Jesus with your mouth
you belong to the body of Christ
You read 1 Corinthians chapter 12, 13 the Bible says
for by one spirit are we all baptized into one body
Hallelujah!
We are baptized by one spirit into the body of Christ
Do you have it out there?
For by one spirit are we all baptized into one body
whether we be Jews or Gentiles
whether we be born or free
and we've been all made to drink into one spirit
Hallelujah!
So it is by the spirit of God when you get born again
that you become part of the body of Christ
Anybody that has believed in Jesus is part of the body of Christ
So anyone that believes in Jesus is put in the body of Christ
Obibi Jesu Christo dia
Onipanaba beye Christo hunem dia
When you become born again
when you become part of the body of Christ
when you accept Jesus Christ as your lord
the most important decision to take is
the church that you are going to belong to
You don't attend the church because the church is closer to you
A lot of people have that issue
You don't go to church because the church is closer to you
You go to a church because you are going there to grow
Hallelujah!
Come on, praise the name of the Lord
So you go to a church
and the local church is the unit of the universal church
So the universal church is for all those who have put their faith in Christ
Obibi Jesu Christo dia
Onipanaba beye Christo hunem dia
When you become part of the body of Christ
when you accept Jesus Christ as your lord
the most important decision to take is
the church that you are going to belong to
Alright, it's a part or it's a unit of the body of Christ
So right now, the body of Christ refers to all those who have been born again
And you see millions and millions and millions of people
the day we go to heaven, we will see all those who have put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
Hallelujah!
And that is why it is wrong to think that because somebody does not go to your church
the person is your enemy
No, no, you have a problem
We have brothers in pentacles
We have brothers in assemblies of God
We have brothers in what are the churches again?
We have brothers in CAC
We have brothers in Methodist
We have brothers in Presby
We have brothers in all the churches that believe that Jesus Christ is Lord
Hallelujah!
So everybody that believes in Jesus is a brother
You are driving a car, somebody is going to church because it's not your church
You have three empty spaces and the person is going toward your direction
You don't even get sense to stop and say, oh where are you going to?
So I'm going to a pentacle, you go, you drop the person, then you come
Gospel is passing, you know what they are going to do?
Hallelujah!
If the person believes in Jesus, the person is a brother
The person says, I have a very soft spot for people who are firm on their faith
regardless the kind of church they are coming from
Because we are all brothers and sisters
We have one father, God is our father
Hallelujah!
When you read Ephesians chapter 4 of the 7
I think 4-7 or something there
Let's go there, 4-7
Or 4, let's start from the 3
Let me show you something there
And they are going to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace
Next verse
There is one body, one spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling
Next verse
One Lord, one faith, one baptism
So it doesn't matter where you are coming from
Then it says one God and father of all
Who is above all and through all and in you all
So we all have one father
Praise the name of the Lord
Now, we all have one father as a universal body
Now when you get born again
The church that you belong to is your local church
So Gospel Waves is your local church
Praise the name of the Lord
It is your local church
See this is my local church
This is my local church
Now what is a local church?
Local church is the place where you receive nourishment and training
For the purpose of God for your life and for his church
Praise the Lord
That's where you receive training
So here in this church, what are we offering?
We are offering Christian education
We are offering training
Are we together?
A church is not a place where you go and look for a job
A church is a place where you go to get yourself trained in the things of the spirit
In the things of Christ, hallelujah
After you are born again
You belong to a church
You join a church and that is how you tend to grow
Have you ever met those people who say we can serve God in our homes?
Hallelujah
We can serve God in our homes
We don't need to go to church
We can serve God and worship God in our rooms
Of course every church that calls the name of the Lord
We all have one father
But you see the whole thing is like
Someone goes to Montezori
Someone goes to international school
Someone goes to preparatory school
Someone goes to Saito
They are all school
They all have one curriculum
But it turns out that the people who go to Montezori and stuff like that
Higher percentage of them turn out well
Are we together?
They turn out well
I am sorry
That's right
You know
School
But your school is natural
It's not overpassing
You don't even have to think about whether you pass or not
You will just pass
You have passed just by joining that school
Alright
Yeah
Very important
Especially at the foundation level
KG
Because we are a country
Three basic international LA
You know
So the same thing on Muzia
But
The new school
School
Because everybody is learning
So that's the system
Do you understand?
There are some schools to nobody is learning
Even if you begin to learn they will mock you
Do you understand?
So there are schools in the same way all of us has one father
All of us we have one father
All of us one body
But the church you go to can make you
It can even make you mentally depressed
A dear man of God says that your state of mind is
Directly proportional to the kind of church you belong to
If a Christian is not correct
Trace it to the church he belongs to
If a Christian is better
If a Christian is unforgiving
If a Christian does not respect
Go and look at the church that's how they are
Most often they are not
Because that's how they are trained there
Hallelujah
It will be very difficult for you to belong to a church like this and commit suicide
It's not because pastor will see you
No what in life can you want to get?
That is above Christ that you want to go and die
But there are churches that make you think like even if you don't have a car you are not a human being
Do you understand what I'm talking about?
If you don't go to school you are not a human being
So people are going through all kinds of things just so that they can have a car
That they can also roll their keys
If you belong to a church where maybe even a medical doctor is the one who is on duty on a particular day to push gate
You know that this church nobody is nobody
You understand what I'm talking about?
Everybody is serving God nobody is thinking about anybody
So it gives you an environment where you can grow in a healthy way
But you are not going to be able to do that
So you are just you won't say the word
Hallelujah
So they are all churches but there are churches and there are churches
So the local church you belong to is very important where you are raised
And you know what for me I can tell this is the best local church you can belong to
Because we take our time to teach you the word of God
Here nobody is interested in your money
Praise the name of the Lord
Of course I mean if we are doing something we will collect
But nobody is interested in your money
Nobody is interested in your degree
If you have a degree go and put it home
Here we are serving God here
Do you understand what I'm talking about?
Nobody is saying whether you are married or you are not married that's your problem
It's for you and your family business
Do you understand what I'm talking about?
We are here to serve God
Now so the church you are a part of is what is called local church
So if they ask you what's your local church
They simply mean to tell you or to ask you where do you fellowship
Sorry a friend is saying
And know now your friend local church
How to get in this place
And that is the local church
Now when you become part of the local church
You ought to become very profitable in the local church
Now we have those who go to church
And we have those who serve in the church
They are not the same
We have those who go to church they are faithful
Every Sunday they are there
Every Wednesday they are there
Every Tuesday they are there
Whatever service time they go to church
But they don't serve in the church
There are people who go to church but they don't serve God
Hallelujah
There are Christians who go to church but they don't serve God
Now I'm not talking about people who are sinning
No because the moment we talk about
So we have sorry for forgetting about those things
I'm talking about those who don't do anything in a church
For example you can meet someone and ask the person
What do you do in church?
You can meet them in a common floor member
So such people they go to church
They don't serve God
Hallelujah
Are those people too saved?
Of course they are saved
But when they get to heaven they will not get any reward
Are we together in this place?
Come on we are all together in this place?
Good
So let me just take some few minutes of your time
And then finish you
How many of us have heard people who say I don't need to go to church
They say oh people will be like oh I believe in Jesus
I believe in the Bible just I don't go to church
I worship God in my room
I serve God in my room
We don't need to go to church because we are even the church
Then they will tell you that you know that the church is not the building
The church is the people
So we don't need to go to church
We are the church
When the person tells you that
When you meet somebody like that and the person tells you that
You know the first thing you should ask the person
Where is that written in the Bible?
That you are the church
If the person is able enough to quote it
Then you ask the person
It is what? So let's say the person is in Ephesians chapter 5 verse 30
The Bible says we are the body of Christ
Or it is in 1 Corinthians Ephesians chapter 1
So okay so it's in Ephesians
It's in Ephesians
Or if the person say it is in Corinthians 12 maybe 27 or whatever
So it's in Corinthians okay
Let's go to Corinthians chapter 1 verse 1
First before we come to the one that you are saying which is inside
That is if the person is able to quote
Or if you are able to even help the person to quote
To support what the person is saying
Now let's go to 1 Corinthians 1
Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ
Through the will of God and sustenance our brother number 2
On to the church of God which is at Corinth
So where you are quoting from is a letter to a local church
Do you understand?
We don't need to go to church because we are the church
Because you read it from Corinthians
But here is that book that you are using it not to go to church
That book was written to a local church
It was written to a group of people in a place an assembly
So how can you use a letter written to an assembly
To neglect the assembly of the brethren
So people say we don't need to go to church
That's how you handle them
We don't go because we can save God in our room
You see I can read my Bible in the room
Okay where you are quoting
The thing you are quoting to say you can read your Bible
Because you are saying God is everywhere
That thing that you are writing
You are saying was written to a local church
Praise the name of the Lord
So he says to them that are sanctified in Christ
Called to be saints with all that in every place
Called upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord
Both theirs and ours
Hallelujah
So it's a book that is written to a
Come on it's written to a
Let's go to Philippians chapter 1 verse 1
Paul and Timotheus the servant of Jesus Christ
To all the saints in Christ Jesus
Which are at Philippi
So it refers to the church that is at Philippi
So the Philippian church
Are we together?
All these things we call epistles
They were written to churches
Except Philippians
And Philippians was written to a person
Who was already a Christian and Paul knew that he was part of the church
But he was having a problem with his servant
Do you understand that?
Aha so that is that
So like somebody is having a problem
So I write a letter that oh go and tell
But he belonged to a church
You can never use any part of the Bible
To support that you don't need a church
Hallelujah
So when I read the Bible I understand
That is another misconception
The fact that you are home and you don't go to church
Shows that when you read the Bible you don't understand
Because if you read the Bible and you understand
You will know that you have to be part of a church
Why don't you go to church?
Because the God that is in the church is the same God that is in the house
Savior
So these are things people say
That are a product of lack of understanding
When you get born again you need
It's like a child that is born at the hospital says
I can eat there is food everywhere so I'm
Mama don't take me home
The local church is your home
It's your home
It's your place of training
It's your place of knowledge
It's your place of feeding
Praise the name of the Lord
I would get out of this place now
I would be good
Number two
So that is the answer you give to those people
Number two
Somebody says we don't need pastors
When we pray God hears too
How many of you have heard that before?
We don't need pastors
We are all the children of God
No those kind of statements
To say that the pastor is also a human being
So what the pastor can do we can all do
The pastor prays and God hears
Which one will pray with here?
Ephesians chapter 4
Your answer is there
Past pastors are also Christians
They are also normal human
Pastors are not Christians
Pastors are Hinduists
411
He says and he gave some apostles
He gave some prophets
He gave some evangelists
He gave some pastors and teachers
So we have what we call the fivefold governmental ministries
In the local church or for a local church
Every church must be headed by a pastor
Because the Bible says it is God who gave
God gave these people as gifts to the church
Do you understand?
You can also meet someone who will tell you
If me and my brother and my sister
We meet together and we pray
The Bible says where two or three are guarded
There are in the midst of them
So if we gather we are two people
God is there
God is there but God didn't say there
They will be drained
Are we together?
So three of you cannot just go and stay somewhere
And claim that you are having church
Who is the pastor?
And you don't get up to call yourself a pastor
Praise the name of the Lord
Number one you have to be called by God
Number two you have to be trained
Number three you have to be sent
That's what we call release
I mean I should have
This is a normal church service
That's what we call release
Act chapter 13
Am I teaching good?
I like how the whole place is
Tendrously silent
Act chapter 13 verse 5
Verse 5
No no no ok let's begin from three
Let's begin from three
When they had fasted and prayed
They put their hands on them
They sent them away
Now this when you read from verse 1
God spoke in the church
In a local church
That I have called Paul and I have called Barnabas
Paul received his calling in the local church
He didn't receive it on a mountain
He didn't receive it on a tree
When I was there
I saw the eyes of God with tears
I opened your eyes
He sent them in the church
And the Bible says when he called them in the church
It was the church that prayed for them
And the church sent them away
So a qualification for a pastor
Is not someone who has even gone to a Bible school
Ah let me say that again
You don't become a pastor because you went to a Bible school
And a man there poured oil on you and laid hands on you
That is not apostolic
You become a pastor
When you are called from the local church
It is attested by your pastor
Or attested by your brethren and finally your pastor
And then they lay hands on you and then they release you
That is whether it's an independent calling
Or it's even a calling in the church
If it's a calling in the church
I mean, Pasalina is a pastor of the
As I was saying, the Takradi branch
Maybe God is sending you to Takradi
Yes
That's why I laid my hands on her
And I even declared her a commission pastor
She's not an ordained pastor
She's a commission pastor
Do you understand what I'm talking about?
She's a commission pastor
Pasalina is a commission pastor
A commission pastor means do and let see
So that finally we can all attest to the fact that you're a pastor
Are we together?
So it's not like what the Charismatics are doing today
You just go out the window and say
Nyangupon freme
That's not scriptural
Come on, praise the name of the Lord
Hallelujah
So they sent them
What I'm saying is that
God instituted pastors, prophets, teachers, evangelists
For a particular reason
And their assignment, Christians don't do
It is pastors that do
So anybody that says you don't need a pastor
Their passing is actually robbing you of God's gifts
Yes, of course I understand
Some pastors messed up
Some pastors took people's money
And all of that I get it perfectly right
But the fact that cars are getting accident
And people are dying
Does not mean that sitting in a car is wrong
God gave you gift
And the gift God gave you after salvation
Is called your pastor
Your pastor is your gift
I am your gift
I am not your brother
I am not your friend
I am your gift
And you see
When somebody gives you a gift
I should talk to you
I don't know if it's possible
I would have talked after I've spoken to you
About the structure of the local church
But I don't know if I have time
So your pastor is your gift
And if I give you a gift
You decide to treat it the way you want to treat it
If the gift is going to be a blessing to you
It will be how you treat it
If the gift is going to be a cash to you
It's how you treat it
For example
I go and I buy you a dress
A very nice dress
Powerfully
And the dress is very expensive
Then I see you wearing that dress to farm
Or the kitchen
Or doing something menial with it
Do you think I'll be happy?
Exactly
So your pastors are
That is why there are people in the church
No matter how we pray for them
It's not going to work
Because you will not be able to be blessed by something that you dishonor
Something you don't have a reverential respect for
See some people when they do something wrong
And their pastor even tell them
They lack the common sense to even come and say I'm sorry
A lot of people are trained very badly
Very bad
They don't
Listen
And it's very important
If I had time I would have explained that to you
I would have explained that to you
Maybe there's a message I would preach last week in August
Not being a bad example in the local church
I'll teach that
Yeah
A lot of people who have problems with God
Were the people who didn't treat God's chosen leaders rightly
They always ended up having problems with God
Even when the leader is misbehaving
It's not your problem
See there are Christians today
When they hear things about pastors
They are the people to discuss it in their house
Master if you do that you are bringing cases on yourself
Leave them alone
Do pastors misbehave?
Of course yes
Do some of them fool around?
Of course yes
But it is not your business
The genres I'm talking about
So just leave them
You want to walk away?
Quietly go
Do you understand what I'm talking about?
Yeah
So when you say
I remember
You remember what?
You see that in your mouth?
So God has given these people as gifts to you
So if you value what God has given you
You will honor it
You will cherish it
You will respect it
You will value it
Who is calling?
The pastor
I'm big
You are cursed
In this our generation we have the
We have the habit of
Making the sacred
Unsacred
We don't fear anything
A pastor is called a
He's just by grace that you are able to talk
Praise the name of the Lord
So when I
Sorry
He is God's gift to you
Do you understand?
So how you are going to treat him
Will be equal to how much of a blessing he will be to you
So we can just walk into their pastors
Whatever and tell them their mind
I'm going to tell my pastor my peace of mind
You see why you are about to die
When a man stands in an office
He is not just there alone
He has spirit
He has angels
He has anointings
That can either bless you or fight you
Can I say that again?
When a man stands in an office
He is not just there alone
The moment the person is called a pastor
The person is sent as a prophet
As an apostle
As an evangelist whatever
Be careful how you handle yourself around the person
You have to be very smart
Because he can either be a curse to you
Or he will be a blessing to you
But whatever he will be
Depends on you
Do you think we are together in this place now?
Some people go as far as lying to their pastors
Drinking their pastors
We are together in this place right?
So you can say you don't need a pastor
If you are not born again you can say you don't need a pastor
Because the Bible says he gave some prophets, teachers, evangelists and all of that
For the perfecting of the saints
God gave those gifts to you to perfect you
To bring you to a state of completion
To bring you to a state of maturity
To bring you to a state of completeness
Hallelujah
And you see that work is not easy
Because you are going to meet
For example like the video we watched
You are dealing with somebody who has been smoking
Who has been doing all kinds of bad things
For how many years
Then you go and you win the passing
God expects you the pastor
To raise the passing and let the passing become sound
Yet yet in your school
So one person
Your mouth certificates
One person
Do you understand?
It's not like that
Yesterday around 12 something
Somebody called me
Pastor Mazan has been vomiting
And I had to pray for the passing
Which teacher would you call?
Who is your teacher?
Your RME teacher you would call?
He would not even begin
That was somebody who can call
Pastor I'm dying, I'm dying
If you start your car it's not starting
You have to find the motor
You have to find the motor first
When you get there you finish
I don't have money, can you come and collect it tomorrow morning?
Hallelujah
The work never has a closing time
No closing time
And you are going to raise these people
Look at the way you are
I wish I could take pictures of you
In the next 15, 20 years to come
Your testimonies will be different
Some people will come
And now your testimonies are going to be
I remember when I met the Lord
Somebody led me to Christ
And then they led me to this church
So when I came, the church was full of young people
Where are all young people back then?
Now you'll be talking about it back then
And then
The man of God our Father
Now you have a mouth to say your Father
Thank you so much man of God for not giving up on me
Look at me today
But right now when we are looking for you
To bring you to church
It's like an amalgam wall
For some years to come
I have seen a lot of people like that
You'll stand and you'll be talking
Tears are rolling down your eyes
Maybe I'll show you
Maybe one of the world's God is doing around
I'll show you one lady
He said they could come and knock on her door
She's inside
She even insulted the shepherd
She said don't you have anything to do?
Are you crazy? Are you stupid?
I said I will not come to church again
And said the shepherd stood there
With a smile
I said my shepherd smiled
After the insults
We are going to church
And he said this lady sat there
Sat there
It was a testimony
I think no it wasn't like that
It's another church
They sat there sat there sat there
And it was church time
Like church was closing
The lady said I'm not going
When church closed she was still there
If you didn't come to church you would also not come out
Why are you looking? What do you want from me?
I'll call the police on you
What are you looking for? Leave me alone
It's church by force
He said but you know those kind of souls
I said I'm not going anywhere
You made me
Not go to church today
No no no no
We all die here
And finally
He said you go next week I'll come
Said we have a deal
Then the soul went out toward her, swearing
So after he was
He said a lot of powerful things
Then he went, knelt down in the face
Of the soul and said thank you ma
For not giving up on me
Some of you that's how your testimony should be
You see calls
Test messages
This is why I'm not going to church
I'm going to the church
But listen
It is our duty
That we take a soul like you
Ahhhh
Train you wind you wind you
Scrab you
Rehearse you brush you
Tear you drain you
Do this you come you go you mess up
We come we still love you
We try to encourage you
Okopi moa
Kaka kaka kaka kaka kaka
Kaka
Opening prayer
Unemusa afide unawenyi
Awadonya unkoponwi
That is the work of a pastor
That's why God says they are your gifts
They are your gifts
Those of you who have soul witness
Come and look for you these are your gifts
It's not easy to have
Someone to show you pure love like that
It's not like you are beautiful that somebody wants to even
Just see
That's why I'm talking like that
Yeah yeah
The person is coming
If you are the person
Is driving wasting fuel
On a big coconut
Headed boy like you
It's like a different man is
Rising in me
Do you understand?
All these sacrifices they make sacrifices
Some of them they come to you
And they are not even eating
Some of them you come and say hey I don't have money
Then the money they have to use to eat
They will give you that money so that
You go and eat after they are eating
Then you run away
Oh my God
But amazingly what you are doing
Finally when you become like that
So see
They say
A good measure
Press down
Shaking together and running over
They will give you
It's serious
Say my pastor is my gift
No if you
Forget anything today don't forget
This one say my pastor is my gift
So you need a pastor
You need a pastor
Cherish your pastor
Don't be running away from your pastor
He's not an armed robber
Don't be running away
There are some church members
You can go to that
You will knock he will never come out
He can even smell you coming
Then you see the louvers
Nobody is in the house
Somebody was looking for a soul
Oh no
I saw my friend
I saw him in the room
Oh
Auntie Becky
Don't do that
Tell somebody don't do that
Don't do that
I don't know
I'm from
I'm from a pastor that is touch
Come to church as you are
Praise the name of the lord
Come to church as you are
That's what the man is saying
As you keep on coming one day
God's hand will touch you
All your chains will break away
You become so free
And you become so excited
And you be serving God with joy
And some gladness
Today when you guys were coming
You were doing the confessions
The creed
And then I saw the oparical people were coming
Some were walking
Some were talking
Then I saw Evelyn
I was looking through the window
She was like this is my confession
Jesus Christ is my
With some smile
I said this lady knows how to go to church
My god
I don't know what was going on
This is my confession
Jesus got that
I said wow
Praise the name of the lord
So that is that everyone needs a pastor
Now let's go to the message
Hallelujah
Alright
It's good to be in church
You see when you are hugging
So tell the person it's good to be in church
Come on
Tell the person it's good to be in church
Church is good
Come on
Church is good
Don't be running away
It's good to be in church
I'm sorry yeah
I'm sorry
I say
I'm sorry
Hallelujah
So our pastor are our gifts
God gives them to us
don't run away from your
Jesus. Don't run away from your
leaders. Don't run from the
people who came and preach the
gospel IIII don't have time.
The Bible says remember them
who spoke the word of god
firstly to you. Remember that
says put them in your mind.
Amen. Revere them. Revere them.
Pasarabi is coming to your
house. You are dodging. Revere
them. Revere them. Those who
spoke the word of god to you.
Those who shared their hearts
with you. Those who shared
their souls with you. When you
see them, receive them with
joy. Hallelujah. See it as an
honor. Hallelujah. So, yeah,
that's that's my shepherd from
church. That's my cell leader
coming. Yeah. Hey, why are you
busy like that? Why are you
trying to tie the oh yeah, my
god. I'm so busy. I'm so much
for you. I'm saying hey, hey,
you are here. No. Receive them
with some respect, some value,
some honor. You understand
what I'm talking to you about?
Are we together in this place?
Yes. There are little, little
things that we do that we
attract blessings that we don't
know. Little, little things
that we do. Little, little
things that we do. Somebody
will pray for it. And the
things that we do. Hallelujah.
See, it's important to be part
of a local church. It's very
important. Now, let me try to
try and see if we can finish.
Hebrew chapter ten verse
twenty-five.
Ten twenty-five. Ten twenty-five.
Let's begin from twenty-four.
Twenty-four.
Are you here with me
because I'm on the screen. One
two, Gail.
That's right. Next verse.
I can't.
I can't spend six hours solid
on this scripture. The Bible
says, don't not forsake in the
assembling, the gathering, the
gathering of ourselves together.
Don't, it is, don't forsake it.
Now, I'll explain, they don't
forsake the assembling of
ourselves together. As the
manner of some is. There are
some Christians, they don't
like going to church. Don't
copy them. See, this is God
talking to you. This is the
mind of God. He says, don't
neglect, forsake the assembling
together of yourselves. As it
is the manner.
Do you know what the word manner
there? It is the habit. So,
there are people have the
habit of not going to church.
And the Bible says, don't be
like they've done. Copy them.
You are three people in the
house. You decided to come to
church. Two people say, oh
Charlie, today we're not going
to church. Charlie, let's go
and play basketball. The Bible
says, don't copy them. Don't
copy them. See, that is what
the Bible says.
That is the manner of some.
Don't copy them. And the Bible
says they are Christians. He
said they are Christians. Don't
copy them. Tell somebody don't
copy them. If you are, if you
are part of those who have that
manner, say, tell the person,
don't copy me.
So, now you have the manner.
I go home now.
And then pocz 이번 sobriety.
They give all kinds of excuses.
nine forty-nine upon ten.
Number nine forty-nine.
because
Finally,
The Bible said that is the
manner.
Should we go to church every
day? Sunday church is okay. I
hear you say we are going to
church on Wednesday evening.
We are going to church on
Wednesday. Why would you go?
Go and ask which is every
evening. They have to meet
every evening. and when they
don't come for meeting, they
beat them.
Ask the people ask the people
we are we are out of time. So I
want to ask you, who also do
do you stick who who who join
cult and stuff like that? You
can't say you're not joining
their meeting. It means that
any meeting that is spiritually
uh uh uh focused any meeting
that has spiritual focus. You
don't treat it anyhow because
if you treat it anyhow, it will
affect your life. Church is
the highest cult. I want to say
that. I'm sorry.
Now, you can't say I'm not
coming because you are afraid
that if you don't go, your
mother will die. Now, you go
but as for church using, oh,
I'm tired. Today, I don't feel
like I'm going to be here. The
Bible says, don't let that be
your character. Don't let be,
don't let that be your
character. Don't let that be
your manner. Praise the lord.
Your character should be going
to church like it should be
your character. Let people say
you love church. You are. He
likes church too much. Why do
you like church like that? If
you are here and you have the
opportunity, there is an
opportunity for you to change.
Just decide. Because listen,
these words that that are
coming to you, they are not
ordinary. They are anointed
words. They are anointed words.
So, the Bible says, don't not
forsake the assembly of
yourselves again. As the manner
of some is. But exalting one
another. I'll talk about it
later. So much the more as you
see the day approaching. What's
that for? We have to believe
Beautiful.
in the year of the days. We are
in the last days.
sorry
How are we together?
Especially
the house of God. So, you are
home. The Bible say judgment to
begin from the house of God.
When God comes, you'll not be
there. He said, if it will
begin from us, if the
judgment will begin from here,
the people are outside. If God
is actually even beginning from
here, any outside for no.
We are
Yes,
is
all right
we have serious things doing crashing out to souls bringing souls to church and all
I'm not going to say, ah, does that mean that it's not serious?
Let the dead bury their dead.
I know what I'm saying, some of you don't like it, but I don't apologize for it.
Church is not for functions.
Do you understand what I'm talking about?
Your, your, your, my mother's brother is dead.
I'm sorry.
No, no, no, go and do whatever.
I'm sorry.
No, no, no, no.
We'll get, if the church has money, we'll take like five people, we'll just buy them plane tickets, and they will meet you there.
You can't take people through that stress.
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please.
Hallelujah.
We go to church to be trained.
Now the word not forsaken, put a different version there that has neglect.
Let me help us to understand.
This is actually where the message is.
Ekata lipo.
Ekata lipo, that's, that's the Greek word.
I said neglect, neglect, neglect, neglect.
Not neglecting, he says, and do not neglect our own meetings.
Do you find, that's what Bible is telling you.
Say, don't neglect our own meetings.
And do not neglect our own meetings.
As is the habit of some.
Some people have that habit.
Praise the Lord.
And the Bible says don't neglect it.
And the word neglect means to leave something when the thing is even struggling to survive.
Praise the Lord right now.
We leave something when the thing is struggling to survive.
Hallelujah.
There are people who don't care.
When they leave the church, they just go like that.
They are worship leaders, they play keyboard, they play drum, they play whatever.
They can decide that today I'm not coming to church.
I'm not making any arrangement for anybody.
They will not come.
Are we together?
To leave something that when you know that you're leaving will cause a harm.
So this also goes beyond just attending a church.
But when you know that you're not coming to church will cause a great harm.
It will shake things in the church.
The Bible says don't neglect it, don't come to that state.
That is that word.
It means to leave something that is even struggling to breathe.
Praise the name of the Lord.
Are we together?
I just don't feel like going to church.
Maybe you are a Bible school teacher, you are whatever.
And then you don't, and then you see we are trying to, the church, everybody is trying to fix something.
Somebody is, the one who is singing is feeling very painful.
The person is very hurt in his heart because there's nobody to play the drum.
There's nobody to play the keyboard or something like that.
You stand here, you don't even know what you are going, at least you, maybe you rehearse the song.
After the rehearsal, keyboardist decide I will not show up.
Do you understand what I'm talking about?
Or you all plan, oh we are going to clean the church at this time.
You come and nobody is there.
The Bible says that is the character of some people.
They have masters in disappointment.
PhD in not showing up.
They will not call anybody.
They will not inform anyone.
They will not, you call them, they will not answer.
The Bible says don't let that be your character.
Tell somebody don't let that be your character.
Say don't let that be your character.
Hallelujah.
You are going to show up all the time.
And when you come, you come with joy.
Because you see the Bible says, but encourage one another.
See so let your presence in the church encourage somebody.
Don't let your presence in the church make somebody feel like.
What is this?
I don't know how many of you have been there before.
But somebody can be intimidating you in the church.
You may be here, you are singing.
And the way somebody is receiving the song, then you are asking yourself,
am I really singing it right?
Am I okay? Am I singing the thing?
The Bible says don't have that character in the church.
Encourage, the person is singing.
Sometimes as they are singing, lift your hands too and rejoice.
Some of you ask, and hold me.
I'm singing, they were just standing there.
You are not encouraging me.
I am preaching, you are sleeping.
You are not encouraging me.
I am preaching, you are chewing gum.
You are not encouraging me.
Pastor is preaching.
You are not encouraging me.
That is the spirit of pride.
It's called self-aggrandizement.
You are proud.
Do you understand what I'm talking about?
You are coming, you are looking like you are a scary goat.
So as we are looking at your face, there is no hope.
No, don't be like that.
When you come to church, cheer up.
The Bible says encourage somebody.
Praise the name of the Lord.
You tell that brother or sister, oh today the song was very powerful.
Wow, the person is dancing, you know.
Then you can even just come and tap the person.
Wow, the song was very powerful.
You blessed my life.
It encourages the person.
The person feels like wow, I'm doing something.
Then you just go, hey, this girl, would it be your sin?
You are too far, no more la.
What is this?
So anytime the person comes to stand here to sing, the person is shaking.
Somebody is leading an opening prayer.
Oh, can we lift up our voices and pray, begin to thank God.
He told me something.
He said that when they told you to pray, they told you to pray for 15 minutes.
His prayer will be 15 minutes.
He started praying, 45, 40 minutes and he is still praying.
So I said, you are going to lead an opening prayer, I say no, no, no, please.
Say no, no, no, I will not.
I said why?
That day they said I will pray for 15 minutes.
They made me pray for 45 minutes.
And that day when I was praying, nobody was praying.
It was Pasakeven and Pasanowa that were giving him the morale.
Else he would have dropped the microphone or something.
He wanted the air to open so at least he would have been vanished.
But is he not going to pray again next week?
So Pankwa is praying next week.
Put your hands together for the Lord.
So everybody come and encourage him.
Then when he raise the prayer topic, start praying.
Hallelujah.
But it is true.
That's how we encourage one another.
Somebody is preaching, you are there, you are doing your face like.
You are not encouraging that person.
Praise the name of the Lord.
I mean somebody is ushering you with a smile.
You are coming in, somebody is ushering you with a smile.
You are welcome.
You are welcome to...
You don't encourage.
The person is smiling, smile back.
Do you understand?
Thank you.
Here you are.
Somebody is smiling.
Do you understand?
So the Bible says in the check when we come together, let's encourage one another.
Yeah, encourage, encourage one another.
Let everybody feel like I'm doing something.
Yeah.
Yeah, whatever.
You don't even see the top from there now.
Some of you did not say something.
You are discouraging me.
The guy changed my name.
Because it's not easy.
For a moment, Gifty forgot her name.
She said, I'm here with my sister.
Christ take it out.
What is my name?
It's not easy.
When you stand here and people are sitting, it's not easy.
I can give you the...
I can give somebody a microphone and I say come and stand and say hallelujah.
You say lelaha.
When you look at the people, you forget hallelujah.
It's not easy.
Praise the name of the lord.
Hallelujah.
A whole seneyama like me, he changed my name.
He changed my name.
He changed my name like that.
I am Kwame.
I was never born on Wednesday.
I was born on a Saturday.
Do you understand?
But the vim has to be there.
We are all growing.
And they did fantastic.
That's what I'm saying.
They did fantastic.
Fantastic.
Hallelujah.
Fantastic.
What's fantastic is what's fantabruta.
Praise the lord.
So encourage one another.
When you come to church, don't leave your smile home.
Alright.
That church is not a place where you come and you frown, you feel like you are a serious human being.
You are not serious like that at all.
You see, why should we come to church?
Why should we not neglect the assembly of the brethren?
Why should we come to church without smile, without support, without encouragement?
You see, let's take for example, I'll come to that, but let's take for example, somebody's relative is dead in the church.
The person is going through a lot.
Like when you hear the person's whatever, me like this, the day you hear my grandma has died, that day I may not even be able to preach.
If it's my mother, I will manage to preach.
It's not like anything, I'm just telling you the fact.
Alright. Sometimes I can be there.
Sometimes my father, my grandma will die or is about to die.
Then I'm, my eyes, I want you to, they figure out those of when you come and I'm crying, leave me alone, say man I'll go, you don't know Bible.
No, no, no.
That day I will cry.
Jesus wept.
Yeah, I will wept.
I will wept.
I will cry.
When somebody loses a relative, just be encouraging the person.
How is it going? It's well.
Do you understand? If the person is born again, you know the relative is born again, so you are going, he's going to heaven.
Just encourage the person.
I want to get a, be a source of strength in the church.
So don't say you are a common floor member.
Here we don't need common floor members here.
No, no, no, no. Everybody has something to offer.
Do you know why? Let's go to 1 Peter 4.10. I'm just trying to close very soon.
1 Peter 4.10. I'm done, I'm done, I'm done.
You will marry this year.
Hey!
Gabi, souls are dying, you want to marry?
I'll say amen.
He says, listen, the Bible says, as each one has received a gift,
use it to serve one another
as good stewards of the many sided grace of God.
Do you see that in the Bible?
Everyone look at that. He says, as each one. So God says, I have given each one of you a gift.
And the Bible says, use the gift to serve one another
as good stewards of the many sided grace of God. I don't have time to explain that.
So in the church, different gift, different gift, different gift, different gift.
Every gift is a side of the grace of God.
So we have many gifts in the church.
And that is the many sided grace of God.
And the Bible says, whatever you have, use it to serve God.
Use your gift to serve God.
I'm asking me, I'm still saying, I need somebody to do mime.
They should cut a little part of the message, like two minutes, and the person will come and mime on the stage.
Nobody has shown interest.
You see, so what you can do, whatever you have a gift, the Bible says, use it to serve one another.
So if no one can sing, when he comes to stand here to sing correctly, he is serving you.
Even the one that will say, we are worshipping God, is it God who dances?
Is it God who gets happy?
We are the people that enjoy his voice.
We are the people that enjoy his gift.
We are the people that enjoy his anointing.
As I'm here, I'm a veteran teacher and a preacher of the word.
I am serving you now with the word of God.
You know how to sing.
You will not join the choir.
It means that you are not serving one another.
You are not serving in the church.
There's a message I will preach.
It's called one another.
Because there are a lot of one another's in the Bible that is serious.
One another message.
That day, everybody will be one another.
So the Bible says, use it to serve one another.
Don't use your gift to serve one another.
Do you understand?
Here, right here in the church, use it to serve one another.
Yes.
I said what?
Yes.
Use it to serve one another.
Every gift that you have should be used in the church of God.
Yes.
It's serious.
And this is how we'll be rewarded in heaven.
How much of the gift that we use to serve one another.
So I know how to play drum.
I will not come to church.
I know how to play keyboard.
I don't feel like going to church.
I know how to sing.
I don't feel like going to church.
Oh, I know how to do this.
Some of you, where you have eyes for arrangement,
you can sit here right now.
And you look, if I get it, like I'll tell everybody to move away
so I will see the chairs.
You look at the chairs, red, red, red, like at this chair.
Can't we sew something and put it like cover the top?
Like maybe three colors?
And we'll change the settings.
Some of you have that eye.
You have that.
Look at the cover too.
It's blue and white.
It will never come in my head.
Never.
It will never.
I saw wine and blessing.
This is how you go.
It's nice.
And look at the flowers.
Everything is inside some.
I will not me, apart from preaching the word to you,
writing books, singing, anything that is kind of is not my life.
Praise the Lord.
Somebody is there.
And the lights was installed by Pasarema.
Yes.
To John, I'm talking to you about.
Yeah.
He saw that day he was dead, he's sweating his wire ring.
Jumping.
Joyfully serving God.
And that day they were, he also using glue to glue their place,
their carpet and stuff like that.
Use your gift to save God.
I'm telling you, seriously, use your gift to save God.
I said, use your gift to save God.
Somebody came to clean the church.
The church you entered, somebody clean it before you sat inside.
Somebody turn on the fan.
The person is serving you.
I want to get out in this place.
As we are talking, somebody is busily sitting behind the console,
trying to get me my natural voice.
Right now, I'm trying to customize my preaching voice.
Yeah. Praise the name of the Lord.
So you see now I don't talk like this.
No, no, no.
I just, I'm talking like it's a plan.
It's a plan.
Yeah.
I'm giving myself a voice signature.
Yeah.
I'm managing the distance.
So it's a particular length.
You have no idea.
It's a plan.
It's a serious plan.
I'll not be talking like this.
No, no, no.
It's gone.
It's a plan.
I'm working on it.
So I'll get a voice signature.
What I love, what I'm hearing.
That's why I told them that, no, no, no, no, no.
You are changing my voice.
Bring the real one.
I'm not saying that the person is working on it.
Someone is playing keyboard for you.
Someone is playing drum for you.
So you, what are you doing?
What, what, what gift do you have?
What are you serving the church with?
Some of you, when you speak English, it's like cocoa butter.
I don't like standing before people.
Like I don't, I just, I just, I just don't like it.
You see your face?
You don't like it.
So who likes it?
In your testimony, when God wanted to build, there were people of God, they were carpenters.
And the Bible said, God said, I'll fill them with all wisdom, I'll fill them with my spirit in all wisdom to do the carpentry.
Some people would do the blocklaying.
Some people would do the glasses.
Some people would do this.
And all the people God used were his own people.
You're going to, right now, if you want to build it, so long as he's here, so long as he'll do glass, we'll not pay him a dime.
We'll just buy the things for him and he'll do.
And they'll just be doing bank for him.
He eats.
Some of you know how to lay blocks.
You do the blocks.
Hallelujah.
Yeah.
Some people want to learn all these things.
Maybe CCTV installations and all.
We will use you.
The Bible says seven, let's read again.
He said, no, no, no, no, no, no, go back, go back, go back.
You like going somewhere.
14.
As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the many sided grace of God.
Today, it was very beautiful seeing all kinds of people here doing the choir.
It means they all came for rehearsals yesterday.
So it means I can join the choir but I will not come for rehearsals.
No, you should come for rehearsals.
Praise the name of the Lord.
And it's nice, once they are all here and they are singing, powerful.
Hallelujah.
Of course, I mean somewhere, who said, you know, Ed, that we will be your friend.
But you know, all those incommunicates will be corrected.
And even the boldness to stand here to serve God is worth commending.
It's worth commending.
Praise the name of the Lord.
Let's put our hands together for our choir here.
We have the best choir.
Praise the name of the Lord.
Hallelujah.
Now, listen, let's go to Romans chapter 12.
What's the Bible?
Let's look at verse 4.
For just as we have many parts in one body and all the parts do not have the same function.
Next verse.
So we who are many are one body in Christ and every one part of one another.
Next verse.
We have gifts that differ according to the grace that was given to us.
So we have different graces.
If prophecy in proportion to our faith.
Next verse.
If service, if service in our serving.
We do different translation for the verse 7.
So it says if service in service, do TLB.
You don't have TLB?
He says our ministry, let us give ourselves, that's ASV.
Yeah, I said it.
Now, the word service, they talks about serving.
So it says in serving, let's serve one another.
In serving, alright?
So he, or in help, there's a particular version that say helps.
Helps ministry.
It means simply doing something in church.
Do you understand?
It means doing something in church.
Listen, the way to grow, alright, practically is to do something in church.
Is to do something in church.
When you listen to the word of God.
You start serving.
You serve in a local church.
So people who are not committed to the church.
People who are not serving in the church.
They can't grow.
And most often they are the people with the big issues.
Today, I pray that you be committed.
And your commitment will be seen in doing something for God.
Join something today.
Are we together?
I said do what?
Join something today.
Be part of a department in the church.
I said me, I don't like, you know when you join departments like that.
The Bible says that if it is serving, if it is ministry.
The word ministry there means service.
Rendering service.
Cleaning of chairs.
Is part of it.
So that's why we say we are going for church service.
We are not going to church.
We are going for church service.
1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 27.
Now you are the body of Christ and members in particular.
Next verse.
28.
God has said some in the church.
First apostles.
Secondarily prophets.
Thirdly teachers.
After that miracles.
After that gifts of healings.
Helps government.
Diversities of tongues.
So the Bible says in the church.
In a church, in every church.
The Bible says God has said in the church.
God has said in the church.
God has said some in the church.
So there are people God has said in the church.
You are said by God and you are not doing the work of God.
So God has said in the church.
First apostle.
Me I am set in this church.
I am not an apostle to nature.
I am here.
I am your apostle.
Whether I am too tall or not.
I am your apostle.
And it is God who sets me here.
I didn't bring myself here.
Do you understand what I am talking about?
So and then God has said some to us prophets.
I am here.
That some of you with serious prophetic giftings.
But you know what?
You will not even reveal yourself.
You don't want to say oh man of God maybe I see things small small.
Or I feel something when I am there I feel like something is about to burn.
Then I think it will burn.
Then I will call you and give you training.
You are running away.
That some of you with these solid gifts.
And then the Bible says thirdly.
That some of you profound teaching.
Right now today I am going to create a new department.
Yeah I will create it.
I will create it.
Yeah.
It's called foundation school teachers.
I will create and give them training.
Those people have gift of teaching.
But they are sitting down.
So I will create a department for them.
Where they will also be teaching at foundation school.
Yeah.
They will come and teach.
At some place they call it foundation school.
But here we call it foundation school.
You will teach.
We will create it here today.
The Bible says God has set people to workers of miracles.
There are some brothers in the church.
When you are going through something.
Some don't waste your time looking for a pastor.
Just look for them.
They will lay down.
God has set them to do miracles in the church.
So when you see.
When you read the whole chapter.
Don't envy those people.
Because you also have your special anointing.
So don't say oh this guy.
Everyday when they can say this person prayed there is a miracle.
This person prayed there is a miracle.
So oh me too I want that one.
Look for your own.
And then do it.
And it's very important.
So there are some people in the church.
Miracles.
Sometimes when they are sharing the testimony.
How can you do that?
Some people in the church.
God has given them the grace to work miracles.
And then he says some to gifts of healings.
So the miracles is not just talking about healing.
No no no it's not just about healing.
There are some people miracles.
Some to healings.
The word miracles actually there means works of power.
Works of power.
Powerful power.
See don't be in the church and be misbehaving.
These are people God is setting in the church.
I want to get God is setting people in the church.
Five years to come you will be shocked the kind of people that will emerge from this church.
I will send some of you.
I will say oh go there is somebody in Casua.
The person called that he can't walk.
I can't go there.
Go and bring the person to walk and come home.
I have seen people like that.
And the testimonies are like that.
I have seen people like that and the testimonies have been amazing.
Hallelujah.
One day there is a sister whose mother got paralyzed.
The sister's mother got stroke straight.
And then the lady didn't call me because she said she has heard that I have always been talking about Siam.
Siam and Sam.
In terms of healings and stuff like that.
And she see me pray for them that they are going to do miracles.
So when the thing happened the lady didn't call me.
The lady called Siam.
And Siam picked Sam.
They sat on the motorbike.
And then they went to either Achimota or somewhere.
The mother was at the hospital and the doctor said she has a stroke.
She will not be able to walk.
You know all those kind of things.
They said please we want to come and get the woman to walk.
Say who are you?
So our pastor, the lady has called us to come and pray.
So we are coming to get.
Say aha.
So please please please give us way.
Father in the name of Jesus thank you for the power of the Holy Ghost.
Right now in the name of Jesus we command your body to receive strength.
Rise up and walk.
They collected the woman like the woman started walking.
That day they discharged the woman from the hospital.
Not the doctor.
They don't even know where medical school is.
They discharged the woman.
The woman has even married.
And the woman is walking.
God is set.
Put your clap. Clap.
It's a good thing. Clap.
So in the church.
This church is a seer's church.
We are not coming here to.
God has set people like that.
And I love it.
I love.
And they didn't even tell me. When they came they didn't tell me.
Weeks later than they were talking.
The lady mentioned.
So I called them and said oh yeah.
I said hey.
These people.
The person walked.
It's not a small thing.
The person walked.
Walking like real.
And the person carried her to his home.
And the Bible says he went home rejoicing.
The person went home rejoicing.
You think God can't do that with you.
God can't do that with you.
God can cause you to be a miracle worker.
You don't like what I'm telling you.
I said God.
God can cause you to be a miracle worker in the church.
Yeah.
That's how it is.
It's not like somewhere when somebody heals a cat.
They say I'm going to start a healing ministry.
Here we don't do that here.
I'm the apostle.
I am the apostle.
But I am
so glad and happy
when I hear that these things are
happening. Somebody who could not walk.
The person couldn't walk.
And the testimony is they are playing.
Let's see you. Let's see you.
Your testimony is worth sharing.
Oh let's put our hands together.
Yeah. We have some of our brethren
from Kintampu. Where are they? Michael
Getup. Yes.
And where's the other lady she's going?
Where's Pat? Yeah.
They are joining us from Kintampu.
You see what I'm talking about?
Alright so sit down. So this girl. No no no.
Come here. You are still a girl.
This girl.
Look in the face of God. When they were having
evangelism. And saw a man
who had a walking stick.
Who cannot walk on his own.
This young girl. Right now
she's getting a little bit bigger because
she's a young girl.
And then she laid hands on
the man. Do you know the man's age?
You didn't ask?
The video is still there. Maybe we'll do it.
We'll use it for what God is doing around town.
Yeah so we have to use it. We'll use it.
So remind me. We'll use it. You'll see.
And laid hands on the man.
And commanded the man to walk.
And the man was
walking.
The man who couldn't walk.
And the man started walking. Ran like that.
So fantastic.
So God has set some in the church.
To do these things.
Are you understand?
There are some people. Yeah we all walk in healing.
Every Christmas we pray for the sick.
But there are some people they do it with ease.
When they come. Because maybe you when you go
He just came and said. Father
thank you Lord. Thank you Lord.
Thank you Lord. Thank you. Thank you.
Rise up and walk.
And then the Bible says that.
He set some to be helps.
Oh the helps I can spend twelve years on it.
Helps.
Hallelujah.
The word helps.
People. Listen.
People have the
gifts.
To save.
They cannot just be in a place
and not do anything.
And it is God who did what.
Who set them there.
You can't say you came to Christ and
you don't belong to any part of this.
Then it says tongues.
Governments.
That people good with administrative works.
They can be here say oh no. Okay so
Man of God I think let's do this.
Let's do that. Let's do that. Let's do that.
Administration.
I was not an administrator.
I like let me preach the word go home
sleep. Let's come back again. But there are some
people they have this administrative
they can just be there.
They can create a structure
for everything. There's a brother I know a brother
like that. Very controversial.
But when that guy
begins to sit down to draw up a structure
he's actually working on our Bible school.
It's so wow.
I'm like hey so what's up with
Stevie how do you get all this in? I just do it with ease.
Sometimes I'll sit down and crack my mind.
I'm just trying. So if you're a pastor you can't
do all things. Just know that God has sent people like
that. If I find you don't know it's
good with administration I say alright so let me just
give this to you. And then that's that.
I thought you are good with research. I say go and do this thing.
So that I can give my
head to the ministry of the word and prayer. That one
is my office.
Oh thank you Lord.
Thank you
Lord.
Hallelujah.
Praise the Lord.
You have something
to offer in the body of
Christ. You are
not useless. Say I'm not useless.
Don't be a common
floor member. You might have even joined
church today. Find
something and do. Praise
the name of the Lord.
I
have
a
burning
fire
Oh
a
sound of
grace
I
have
a
burning
fire
The burning
fire