1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:15,280 In Christianity, God is a preserver. 2 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,520 In Christianity, God is a deliverer. 3 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,520 In Christianity, God is one who prospers. 4 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:22,520 He's a prosperer. 5 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,520 He's one who prospers. 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:39,400 So in Christianity, God is our suitor. 7 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:40,980 Welcome precious people. 8 00:00:40,980 --> 00:00:47,480 This is the Dasco Moment with Minister Higherlife, a moment of truth and learning our foundational 9 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:49,280 matters in the faith. 10 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:55,520 Now today we want to start a new series and the series is titled The Ministry of the Christian. 11 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:01,720 We want to take a time and go through the Word of God and look through and see our eternal 12 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,480 assignment or our eternal purpose given to us by God. 13 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,280 What is the essence of being born again? 14 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:12,900 After being born again, having the truth, knowing who you are in Christ, what is next? 15 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:14,760 Do you just get to know your righteous? 16 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,200 Do you just get to know your holy? 17 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,520 Do you just get to know you are born again? 18 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:19,520 What is next? 19 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:20,520 All right. 20 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,120 So without wasting much time, I want us to go into the Word of God. 21 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:30,360 Second Corinthians chapter number five, second Corinthians five, 17. 22 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,920 Now let me begin from 14. 23 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,360 The Bible says, for the love of Christ constraineth us. 24 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:41,480 I'm reading from the King James, because we thus judge that if one died for all, then 25 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,120 we're all dead. 26 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:49,280 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, 27 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,480 but unto him which died for them and rose again. 28 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,560 Wherefore henceforth, knowing no man after the flesh? 29 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:03,400 Yeah, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 30 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:08,200 For if therefore, if any man be in Christ, now I want you to take critical notice of 31 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:14,480 that, therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. 32 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,560 All things are passed away. 33 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,680 Behold all things have become new. 34 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:26,800 And all things are of God who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ. 35 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:27,920 Hallelujah. 36 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:32,060 And have given to us the ministry of reconciliation. 37 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:38,880 To wait, verse 19, to wait that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, 38 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:48,080 not imputing their trespasses unto them, and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 39 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:49,540 Praise the name of the Lord. 40 00:02:49,540 --> 00:02:54,480 After being born again, there is a ministry that God gives you. 41 00:02:54,480 --> 00:03:00,880 And the Bible sums the whole ministry as the ministry of reconciliation. 42 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,800 Now when you get born again, the Bible is very emphatic. 43 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:06,880 You become a new creation. 44 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,480 Now who is a new creation? 45 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:14,600 A new creation is one whose past has no legal claim over his life. 46 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:20,440 The sins you committed, the place you were born, the whatever that surrounds your life. 47 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:25,040 Now when you get born again, the Bible says all things have become new. 48 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:31,240 Your faith in Christ Jesus brings you to a point of absolute newness. 49 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:35,840 So when you get born again, you are not the old person again. 50 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,960 When you get born again, you are a new creation. 51 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,480 Now the word new from the Greek is kynos. 52 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,680 Now kynos is, it means unused. 53 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,840 Something that has never been used before. 54 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,840 It's the emergence of a new species. 55 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:52,320 That's the word kynos. 56 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:57,160 So if anyone gets born again, that person becomes a new person. 57 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:02,240 A kind of creature that has never existed before. 58 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:07,280 The life, the nature of God comes to live in that person. 59 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:13,740 But you see, all these things are, all these things that happen to us are for a purpose. 60 00:04:13,740 --> 00:04:19,440 We don't just get born again, become a new creation, and just shout about it. 61 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,560 We become new creations with a mandate. 62 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:28,400 So the Bible says having become new creations, the verse 18 says that, and all things are 63 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:29,400 of God. 64 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,960 The all things here refers to the new nature. 65 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:37,000 Everything that is involved in the new creation are of God. 66 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,760 So when you get born again, everything about you emanates from God. 67 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,300 It comes from God. 68 00:04:43,300 --> 00:04:46,040 It is from the God realm. 69 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:50,640 When you read James chapter 1, James 1, quickly let's run, then we'll come back here. 70 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:55,320 But let me just take some few moments to let you understand something. 71 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,200 Now let's go to James chapter 1 from the verse 17. 72 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,480 Now let me begin from 16. 73 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:10,600 The Bible says, do not err, my beloved brethren, because every good gift and every perfect 74 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:18,440 gift is from above and coming down from the father of light with whom is no variableness. 75 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:19,440 Praise the name of the Lord. 76 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:26,480 Neither shadow of turning, of his own will begat he as, glory to God, of his own will 77 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:34,140 begat he as, hallelujah, with the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruit 78 00:05:34,140 --> 00:05:36,320 among his creatures. 79 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:42,500 So when you get born again, all things are of God, every good gift, every perfect gift 80 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:43,500 comes from God. 81 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:46,100 It comes from the father of light. 82 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:54,800 So what we read in 2 Corinthians chapter 5, 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 18, the Bible 83 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,960 says, and all things are of God. 84 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,960 We can say, and all things come from God. 85 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:00,960 All right? 86 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:06,560 So through our didactical teachings, I have brought you to a place of understanding, letting 87 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:11,140 you know some of the things that you received when you got born again. 88 00:06:11,140 --> 00:06:14,080 We spoke about the Holy Ghost receiving the Spirit of God. 89 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:19,680 We're going to have a recap into that in this particular series. 90 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,120 You got born again. 91 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,600 You were delivered from the power of darkness. 92 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,920 You received forgiveness and all of that. 93 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,120 All these things are of God. 94 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,280 There's nothing that comes from you. 95 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:32,640 All these things are of God. 96 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:39,960 Your total nature, the totality of your nature, the totality of your newness, all the component 97 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,760 of your newness emanates from God. 98 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,560 Now that is something that you must understand. 99 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:50,560 You see, there are a lot of people who get to think that, oh, being born again, there 100 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,240 are things I have to add to my life before I can move with God. 101 00:06:54,240 --> 00:07:00,160 But when you get born again, the Bible says all things are of God, all that we do here, 102 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:05,800 all that we do as Christians is simply to realize the things that emanate, the things 103 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:06,960 that come from God. 104 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:07,960 All right? 105 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:14,080 So it says all things are of God who has reconciled us to himself. 106 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:20,920 This is very important, that when you get born again, you are reconciled to God. 107 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:25,800 Now to reconcile means to bring back again. 108 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,440 It actually means to exchange. 109 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,560 In the Greek, it means to exchange. 110 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:30,600 All right? 111 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:36,240 So it is where there is enmity, there is anger between two parties, and then it is exchanged 112 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,800 for peace. 113 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:45,680 So to reconcile means to bring two parties together, two parties who couldn't see eye 114 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,040 to eye, to bring them together. 115 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:54,600 Now the Bible says that all things are of God who has reconciled us to himself. 116 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:59,760 The Lord took, our Father took the initiative in bringing us to himself. 117 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:00,760 All right? 118 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,640 When you read 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 18, let's go there. 119 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,980 Let's go to 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 18. 120 00:08:08,980 --> 00:08:11,960 We are going to have an amazing time. 121 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:12,960 All right? 122 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:20,320 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 18, the Bible says, for Christ also has once suffered for sins. 123 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:21,320 Amazing. 124 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,560 The just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. 125 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:26,820 All right? 126 00:08:26,820 --> 00:08:31,800 So Christ went through all the things he went through that he might bring us to God. 127 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,080 This is very important. 128 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:38,960 There are a lot of Christians who have believed in Jesus, yet they see God afar. 129 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,320 They see that God is very far away from them. 130 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,360 This is a truth that we cannot joke with. 131 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:50,880 The Bible says Christ died, the just for the unjust, he died once for our sins. 132 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,800 Now the word once there means once for all times. 133 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,280 He's not going to die again. 134 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,800 And he died for our sins so that he will bring us, he will lead us to God. 135 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,520 He will bring us home. 136 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:01,520 All right? 137 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:06,640 So when you believe in Jesus Christ, you simply activate the purpose to which he died, to 138 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:07,640 which he died. 139 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:08,640 And what is that? 140 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:09,960 You come home with God. 141 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:16,360 Now coming home with God is what 2 Corinthians says, we are reconciled back to God. 142 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:21,520 So God takes the initiative through Christ to reconcile us to God. 143 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,660 We come to have a communion with God. 144 00:09:24,660 --> 00:09:29,160 You know when you read 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 9, the Bible says, God is faithful 145 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:35,440 by whom you were called unto the fellowship of his son, unto the communion of his son, 146 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:37,360 unto the friendship of his son. 147 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:43,520 So when you get born again, it is a coming back to divinity. 148 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,320 It's a coming back to God. 149 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,280 When you get born again, it's a coming back to God. 150 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:53,680 You see, the whole idea, I was telling some people the other day that you don't get born 151 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:55,680 again to match to Zion. 152 00:09:55,680 --> 00:10:00,240 You know, there's a song, we are matching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion. 153 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:01,240 That's wrong. 154 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,600 We don't, you don't get born again to match into Zion. 155 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:05,600 All right? 156 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:06,600 Just for the records. 157 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:07,600 Let me get into the word. 158 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,600 Let me show you something. 159 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:09,600 This is not part of it. 160 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,800 I just want to chip this into that you understand something. 161 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:12,800 All right? 162 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,080 Hebrews chapter number 12. 163 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:16,080 Let's get there. 164 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:17,800 Hebrews chapter 12. 165 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:26,280 The Bible says in verse 22, he says, but ye, but you are come unto Mount Zion. 166 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,680 You have come unto Mount Zion. 167 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,400 Come on, say I have come unto Mount Zion. 168 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:35,880 He says, you have come unto Mount Zion and unto the city of the living God. 169 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:37,480 He didn't say you are matching. 170 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,400 He didn't say you are about to come there. 171 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,400 He didn't say he's going to bring you there. 172 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,960 He says, being born again, you have come. 173 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:44,960 All right? 174 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,360 The word come there means you have appeared. 175 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,200 We were born Zionite. 176 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:50,480 We were born in Zion. 177 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:56,480 So he says, you have come unto Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, 178 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,640 and to an innumerable company of angels. 179 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:04,040 You've come to the place where the angels cannot be counted. 180 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:12,600 So being born again, you live in a company of innumerable angels, angels that cannot 181 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:13,600 be counted. 182 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:14,600 All right? 183 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:15,600 That's what it means. 184 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,100 So you are not matching to Zion. 185 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:19,400 You are not preparing to get to Zion. 186 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:20,480 That is wrong, you know? 187 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,040 And mostly they sing that song when somebody is dead. 188 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:24,760 So we say, oh, we're all matching to Zion. 189 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:26,760 So when you die, you go to Zion. 190 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:27,760 No. 191 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:29,280 When you die, you don't go to Zion. 192 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,160 When you get born again, you are born in Zion. 193 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,560 The Christian does not match to Zion. 194 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:37,120 The Christian is born in Zion. 195 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,920 The Christian comes in Zion. 196 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:40,520 He appears in Zion. 197 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:41,520 All right? 198 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:42,520 So that is wrong. 199 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:43,520 So let's continue. 200 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:48,520 Then he says, and to, so to the general assembly and church of the firstborn. 201 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:49,520 So what is Zion? 202 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,000 Zion simply means the church of Christ. 203 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,080 All right? 204 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,280 So to the church of the firstborn. 205 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:56,280 And who is the firstborn? 206 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:57,280 Jesus Christ. 207 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:01,320 So Zion is Christ and his church. 208 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:07,840 So when you get born again, in order to say, or we can say, for us to say, you are born 209 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:11,920 again, we can say it in a different way by saying, you have come to Zion. 210 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,360 So you have come to Zion means that you are born again. 211 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,520 Now if you say you are matching to Zion, you are simply saying, I'm preparing to be born 212 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:18,520 again. 213 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:19,520 And that's absurd. 214 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:20,520 All right? 215 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:21,520 That's absurd. 216 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:22,520 So that is that. 217 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,000 Let's get back to what I was sharing with you. 218 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,000 All right? 219 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,600 Second Corinthians, second Corinthians chapter number five, verse 18. 220 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,880 So all things are of God who has reconciled us to himself. 221 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:34,920 All right? 222 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,040 So when you get born again, you are reconciled to God. 223 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:39,600 This is very important. 224 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,480 It means that, let me show you something. 225 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:49,760 The Bible says that there is one mediator between God and men, not God and Christians. 226 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,080 Christ is not a mediator between us and God. 227 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,040 Jesus died to bring us to God. 228 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:57,040 Hallelujah. 229 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,000 And that's why the Bible does not tell us to pray through Jesus. 230 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,360 The Bible says we should pray in the name of Jesus. 231 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,360 Jesus says, I am the way, the truth and the life. 232 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:10,120 When you get born again, you have passed on the way to the Father. 233 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:14,680 So even Jesus is not a mediator between you and God. 234 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:15,680 All right? 235 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:18,440 Now I'm going to, in this series, I'm going to kind of say some hard things. 236 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:19,440 All right? 237 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,360 So Jesus is not a mediator between you and God. 238 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,520 Jesus brings you to God. 239 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,640 So the Bible says that he died so that he would bring us to God. 240 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,040 He would bring us back to God. 241 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:37,400 See when man sinned in the garden, man was separated from God. 242 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,400 All right? 243 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,000 When you read Ephesians 2, you can read the whole of Ephesians 2 and you can get the story 244 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 there. 245 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 All right? 246 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 For the sake of time, we're not going to read it. 247 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,480 But man was separated from God. 248 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:52,400 The whole issue of being born again, all right, is not just going to church. 249 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,400 It's not finding friends who go to church. 250 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,560 It's not going to register your name in a church. 251 00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:59,280 Being born again simply means you are coming back to God. 252 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:00,280 All right? 253 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:04,960 So what man lost in the garden has been restored. 254 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:09,440 Man was with God and man sinned and man got separated from God. 255 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,640 Now when you get born again, you are brought back to God. 256 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:16,440 So Jesus died to bring us back to God. 257 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,000 This is a big truth. 258 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,000 All right? 259 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,200 He died to bring us to God. 260 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:22,960 I'm not a stranger. 261 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,240 Being born again, I am in the household of God. 262 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,360 I'm a member of God's family. 263 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:29,360 Oh, hallelujah. 264 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,360 I'm a member of God's family. 265 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:32,720 So you're brought to God. 266 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:33,720 All right? 267 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,920 So now listen, he says that having been brought to God, he says, who has reconciled? 268 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:45,360 So God, all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ. 269 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,800 Our reconciliation came about by Jesus Christ. 270 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:54,720 Now by Jesus Christ means by the sacrifice of Jesus, by the death of Jesus, by the barrier 271 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,240 of Jesus, by the resurrection of Jesus. 272 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:05,480 So by the things that Jesus did, i.e. his death, his barrier, his resurrection, and 273 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:10,600 his ascension into glory, we are brought to God. 274 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:18,120 So by that, so God used what Jesus did as a platform to be able to mingle with us. 275 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:19,120 All right? 276 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:21,080 So he did that by Jesus Christ. 277 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:26,760 Then he says, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation. 278 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,080 Now this is what I want to talk about today. 279 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,080 All right? 280 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:37,720 Jesus Christ died to bring us to God so that we will also receive the ministry of reconciliation. 281 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,000 So every Christian has a ministry. 282 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,600 Now I've heard a lot of people say, oh, I'm not called. 283 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,880 There are some special people who are called to do the work of God. 284 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:47,880 All right? 285 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:48,880 I'm just a backbencher. 286 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:49,880 Uh-uh. 287 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:56,200 If God wanted you to be a backbencher when you got born again, the best way to be a backbencher 288 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:57,520 is to die. 289 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:02,940 Because the Bible says in Hebrews that there is a great cloud of witness. 290 00:16:02,940 --> 00:16:04,080 You know what they are doing? 291 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:10,840 They are sitting at the sides of the stadia or the stadium and they are watching us play. 292 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:11,840 You understand? 293 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:16,240 So if you're born again and you are alive, you are not a backbencher. 294 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:17,400 All right? 295 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,360 You are not a spectator. 296 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,440 The spectators are those who have gone to be with the Lord. 297 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:27,960 So when I hear a Christian says, I'm not called, God has called some people to do the work 298 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,280 of God, you know, oh, let's go for evangelism. 299 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:31,280 He says, I'm not called. 300 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:32,840 Let's go and he says, I'm not called. 301 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:34,440 It's for some people. 302 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:35,440 No. 303 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:36,440 No. 304 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:37,440 All right? 305 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,040 It's for every single person. 306 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,060 In fact, the Bible makes a very emphatic statement. 307 00:16:42,060 --> 00:16:45,520 Maybe we are going to take a critical look at it, not today. 308 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,200 But the Bible says that he gave gifts to men. 309 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,400 He gave some apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, pastors. 310 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:52,400 All right? 311 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:57,520 And the Bible says he did that the five foot ministries for the perfecting of the saint 312 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,740 for the work of the ministry. 313 00:16:59,740 --> 00:17:04,400 So the reason why your pastor is there is to make you to work for God. 314 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:05,440 All right? 315 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:12,280 The whole idea of becoming a Christian or in fact, you start to live your Christian 316 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:19,600 life when you get actively involved in the ministry of reconciliation, you get you get 317 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,520 to live your Christian life. 318 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:28,560 The start of your Christian life or bearing fruit as a Christian or growing as a Christian 319 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:33,080 is simply being active in the ministry of reconciliation. 320 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:35,280 Now, what is the ministry of reconciliation? 321 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:40,920 I told you, reconciliation is putting parties together, putting two sides that they want 322 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,400 to see eye to eye, bringing them together. 323 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:48,480 Now, if we have received the ministry of reconciliation, it means that we have the ministry of bringing 324 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:49,920 people back to God. 325 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:51,160 All right? 326 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:56,960 So every Christian has the ministry of bringing people back to God. 327 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,360 It is our ministry. 328 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:01,680 It is the heartbeat of God. 329 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,560 It is the dream of God. 330 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:08,600 You see, in one of the in one of the episode, I told you that I read from the word that 331 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:13,440 the Bible says God wants all men saved. 332 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,840 And that is the ministry of reconciliation. 333 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,160 God wants all men saved. 334 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,680 God wants all men to come to him. 335 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,920 So the moment you get born again, you are implanted. 336 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,640 You are brought into that very agenda of God. 337 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:29,840 And what is that agenda? 338 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:33,400 To bring men to make men friends of God. 339 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:39,960 So that cocaine dealer, that drug addict, that homosexual, that whoever, that armed 340 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,960 robber, there is that there is a ministry that we carry. 341 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:48,560 And the ministry is to bring these people, make them friends of God. 342 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:49,560 It's amazing. 343 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:54,060 A lot of Christians have rather made people feel that they are enemies of God or God is 344 00:18:54,060 --> 00:18:55,060 against them. 345 00:18:55,060 --> 00:18:56,560 God is what will kill you. 346 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:57,560 God is about to. 347 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,080 I remember when Covid came. 348 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:04,120 Now, everybody said that is God's judgment to the world because the world has become 349 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:05,120 sinful. 350 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:06,600 So God is cleaning the land. 351 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,280 I mean, when did Covid become blood? 352 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:15,940 There is no spiritual detergent as powerful as the blood of Jesus Christ. 353 00:19:15,940 --> 00:19:21,520 It is the blood of Jesus that has the power to this morning I was singing a song. 354 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:22,520 All right. 355 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,120 The Bible says that praise the Lord. 356 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:26,120 All right. 357 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:27,120 The one that has believed in Jesus. 358 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:35,240 He says the vilest offender who truly believes that moment from Jesus, he receives a pardon. 359 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:42,120 The blood of Jesus is able to wash that person so clean, regardless his sins. 360 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:45,200 And this is what the Lord wants us to do. 361 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:49,180 Bringing men to himself, making men friends of God. 362 00:19:49,180 --> 00:19:52,880 When you look at a prostitute, can that prostitute be a friend of God? 363 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,880 You see, and the Bible says that ministry, God has given us that ministry. 364 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:02,120 See, you have that ministry to make to make peace between God and men. 365 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:03,560 Now Jesus died. 366 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:04,880 And that is the first thing. 367 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:10,720 Now you now stand on what Christ has done to bring men to God. 368 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,520 All together to bring men to God. 369 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,800 And this is a serious ministry that we have. 370 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:25,260 Any Christian that is not actively involved in bringing men to God, that Christian is 371 00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:29,160 becoming problem or problematic in the body of Christ. 372 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:30,160 Why? 373 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:37,680 Because see, if every one of you listening to me will actively involve him or herself 374 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:43,640 in the work of God, I'm telling you, we will win more souls than we have won. 375 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:44,640 All right. 376 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:50,280 If everybody gets involved, most often than not, a lot of people think, oh, I'm not called. 377 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:55,800 One day we're praying for somebody and then a pastor came and the pastor said, you are 378 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:56,800 too young to pray. 379 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,960 You are too young to pray for the person because when you pray and the demon leaves the person, 380 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,480 the demon will come and enter you because you are not spiritually strong. 381 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,200 And that was stupid. 382 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,200 All right. 383 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,840 Listen, every single person, the moment you get born again, now I'll talk to you about 384 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,360 the spirit in a moment. 385 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:14,360 All right. 386 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:18,320 The moment you get born again, there is a ministry on your head. 387 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,720 There is a ministry you are brought into. 388 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:24,800 See, there is no such thing as irrelevant Christian. 389 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,220 Every Christian is relevant to the things of God. 390 00:21:27,220 --> 00:21:31,440 Every Christian is relevant to the ministry that God has given every Christian. 391 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:35,760 In fact, let me shock you to the Christian that is even sinning. 392 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,940 That Christian is relevant to God. 393 00:21:37,940 --> 00:21:44,840 So if that Christian will wake up and realize that there's no time and realize that we were 394 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:50,680 born onto an agenda, I always say something that bringing people to God, reconciliation, 395 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:55,400 reconciling people to God, winning souls and telling people about the gospel, preaching 396 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,020 the gospel is the father's business. 397 00:21:58,020 --> 00:22:00,320 And we were born onto the family business. 398 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:07,040 The family business of God is bringing men to God, is bringing people who are vile, who 399 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:13,000 are vile offenders, people who don't even want to see God, who don't want to hear God, 400 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,360 bringing them to God. 401 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:17,200 The Christian has a ministry. 402 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,400 Every Christian has a ministry. 403 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,600 Every child of God has a ministry. 404 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:22,600 Every Christian. 405 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,080 Someone say, I don't even know my ministry yet. 406 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,080 Aha. 407 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:31,480 So there is that which is called the foundational ministry, the ministry for every Christian. 408 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:36,960 I want you to, I want you to close your eye at this moment and shout it, I have a ministry. 409 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,560 There is a ministry that is committed to me. 410 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:44,440 You see, this ministry is bringing people to God. 411 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:45,720 It's bringing people to God. 412 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:51,820 And amazingly, when you bring people to God, then they also bring people to God. 413 00:22:51,820 --> 00:22:53,960 Because somebody brought me to God. 414 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,700 Somebody taught me the word of God. 415 00:22:55,700 --> 00:22:57,020 Somebody preached to me. 416 00:22:57,020 --> 00:22:58,640 Somebody got me born again. 417 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,280 And I also have gotten people born again. 418 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:07,240 Now it is your turn to also get people born again, to matter in the agenda of God. 419 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:13,480 You see, we live in days and time that you cannot, I want to repeat that again, you cannot 420 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,680 give yourself to excuses. 421 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,600 You cannot give your mind to frivolities. 422 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,600 You can't give your attention to things that have no eternal value. 423 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:23,600 All right? 424 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,360 You can't, you can't afford to do that because listen, every minute counts. 425 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:29,760 Every second count. 426 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,420 Some of you, you are in various campuses. 427 00:23:32,420 --> 00:23:35,480 Some of you, you are in various professions. 428 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,440 And yet people cannot even see that you are a Christian. 429 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:40,760 There is no Christian heat. 430 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,640 You don't carry the fire. 431 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:43,640 All right? 432 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:48,520 In the early days, when a Christian appears, you will know that a Christian, let me show 433 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:49,520 you something. 434 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:55,040 Jesus's dream of what Christians were to be, he wrote it down. 435 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:58,040 He wrote it down in Mark, we'll look at it extensively. 436 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,440 He wrote it down in Mark chapter 16. 437 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,000 16 verse 17. 438 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,240 Let me show you quickly. 439 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:04,600 Let me show you. 440 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,140 Yes, you will like it. 441 00:24:07,140 --> 00:24:08,140 Let me show you. 442 00:24:08,140 --> 00:24:11,140 Mark 16 verse 17. 443 00:24:11,140 --> 00:24:13,800 Listen to what Jesus said. 444 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,080 Let me begin from 16. 445 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:20,600 He says that, no, let me, let me begin from, I think 15 will be fine. 446 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:21,600 All right? 447 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:27,120 And he said unto them, talking about the disciples, he said unto them, go ye into all the world 448 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:30,000 and preach the gospel to every creature. 449 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,880 This is what Jesus told the disciples. 450 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,480 He says, go ye into all the world. 451 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,640 Go into every atmosphere. 452 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:42,160 Go into every system and preach the word, preach the gospel to every creature. 453 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:47,920 Now listen, then he says, he that believes and is baptized shall be saved and he that 454 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,240 believe it not shall be condemned. 455 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,120 Now look at what Jesus, Jesus said. 456 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:59,160 Then Jesus says, and these signs shall follow them that believe. 457 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,560 So Jesus says, this is the dream. 458 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,320 This is what I have prepared. 459 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,200 This is my mind for all those who are going to believe. 460 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,200 All right? 461 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,200 All those who are going to believe your message, all those who are going to believe the gospel, 462 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:14,200 he says, these signs shall follow them that believe. 463 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:15,560 Now are you a believer? 464 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:21,080 Then Jesus has a destined, has some destined signs that must follow you. 465 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,360 This is to every Christian. 466 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:26,280 He did not say these signs shall follow pastors. 467 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,440 He did not say these signs shall follow prophets. 468 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,560 He didn't say these signs shall follow the apostles. 469 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:36,600 He didn't say these signs shall follow them that are born again 50 years and all of that. 470 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,440 He said these signs shall follow them that believe. 471 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:46,640 The moment a man put his heart into the gospel of Christ, believing the death, the burial 472 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:51,700 and the resurrection of Christ, these signs are mandated to follow you. 473 00:25:51,700 --> 00:25:53,920 Number one, he says, these are the signs. 474 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:58,200 In my name, number one, they will cast out devils. 475 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,200 My goodness. 476 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:00,200 Hallelujah. 477 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:06,600 So if you want to know a Christian, one day I was talking to somebody and the person was 478 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:11,360 preparing to go to go and get baptized, to get baptized in water. 479 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:13,240 Then I asked the person, why are you going to be baptized? 480 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:14,560 I just wanted to ask. 481 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:15,920 I just wanted to break his heart. 482 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,800 They say, oh, I'm going to be baptized because I'm born again. 483 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,920 I've been born again for many years and I've not been baptized. 484 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:21,920 And I said, so why now? 485 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:22,920 Why are you going to be baptized now? 486 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:28,920 They say, you know, baptism is an outward show that a man has given his life to Christ. 487 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:30,600 The Bible never said so. 488 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:35,760 The outward show that a man has believed or has given his life to Christ, number one, 489 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,040 in the name of Jesus, that man will cast out devils. 490 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:44,240 This is how we know a Christian. 491 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,720 How do we know a Christian? 492 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,320 We know a Christian, who is a Christian? 493 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,040 The one that has believed in the message of the apostles. 494 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,680 I don't have time to expand to you what the message of the apostles are. 495 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,080 Jesus says, you shall be my witnesses. 496 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:57,600 You shall be witnesses of me. 497 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:58,600 All right. 498 00:26:58,600 --> 00:26:59,600 What about the apostles? 499 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,920 He said the apostles are going to be witnesses of him. 500 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,280 That witnessing, they've witnessed to us. 501 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:06,840 We have believed their message. 502 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:11,080 And Jesus says, when you believe in the message, you become a Christian, right? 503 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:16,640 And the first thing that must follow every Christian, every Christian, every child of 504 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:22,000 God, the first thing that must follow that Christian, number one, in the name of Jesus, 505 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,960 that Christian has what it takes to cast out devils. 506 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,280 Jesus didn't say through my name. 507 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,600 Jesus did not even say by my name. 508 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,600 Jesus did not say at the mention of my name. 509 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,440 Jesus is in my name. 510 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,800 In my name is a legal, it carries a legal ideal. 511 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:40,800 And what is that? 512 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,540 It is a delegated authority. 513 00:27:43,540 --> 00:27:48,340 So it means that we will act in his name, like a president sending somebody. 514 00:27:48,340 --> 00:27:50,740 The person is treated as the president. 515 00:27:50,740 --> 00:27:52,640 So Jesus is in my name. 516 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:53,880 It means they will act. 517 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,260 And when they act, it will be like I am acting. 518 00:27:57,260 --> 00:28:02,800 Every authority, every power that backs my casting out of demon, you know what? 519 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:03,960 They have it. 520 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,920 So every Christian, the moment you get born again, it's not when you get born again and 521 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:09,920 you get trained. 522 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,200 It's not even when you get born again in 10 years time. 523 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:19,520 The moment you say, dear Lord Jesus, Romans chapter 10, verse 9 and 10, the Bible says, 524 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:24,560 And if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart 525 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,800 that God has raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved. 526 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:34,080 For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto 527 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:35,080 salvation. 528 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:39,760 So the moment you believe in Christ, the moment you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and your 529 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:45,440 personal Savior, the Bible says, these signs shall follow you. 530 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,440 First sign, in my name they will cast out devils. 531 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,000 Every Christian is a devil chaser. 532 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,840 Every Christian is a demon caster. 533 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,280 Every Christian is a terror to the kingdom of hell. 534 00:28:58,280 --> 00:28:59,280 Hallelujah. 535 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,880 And this is what a lot of Christians are not told today. 536 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:07,440 Today in the house of God, in the body of Christ, in the church of Christ, we tell people 537 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,640 that generational cases are following them. 538 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,560 We tell them that there's an ancestral case that is following them. 539 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:13,920 Where did we get it wrong? 540 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,800 Jesus is when somebody gets born again. 541 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,360 These are signs that will follow the person. 542 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,120 See, the signs that are following me everywhere I go. 543 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,880 I know that, you see, and I don't cast out demons because I'm a pastor. 544 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,840 I cast out demons because I'm born again. 545 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,240 I cast out demons because I have believed in Christ Jesus. 546 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,680 I have believed in the message of Christ. 547 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:41,120 Jesus brought a message, and the message is that man can come back to God. 548 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:42,640 Man can come back to their father. 549 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,160 Are you understanding that? 550 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,600 And these signs shall follow them that believe in the message of Christ. 551 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,800 They say that, number one, they shall cast out devils. 552 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:55,360 They will cast out devils in his name, not in your name. 553 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,520 Now, let me give you a typical example of what it means in my name. 554 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,720 Let's say that you are driving. 555 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:05,120 You are driving one hot afternoon, and then you see a policeman. 556 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,240 This guy is drunk, but the person is in uniform. 557 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,840 This guy looks very, he doesn't even look handsome. 558 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,560 He looks smallish, and yet he's in uniform. 559 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:18,440 And you're coming, and the person stands in the middle of the road, and he does this. 560 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:19,680 Now, what does that mean? 561 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,800 It means stop. 562 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:27,560 Whether you believe him or you don't believe him, whether he's drunk or he's not drunk 563 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:31,200 or he's stopping you in the name of the government of Ghana. 564 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:38,280 So you don't park the car and go and ask him, why are you drunk? 565 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,000 You see, that is authority. 566 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:46,480 Sometimes some people are like, I was talking to somebody, and then the person says, I have 567 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:47,480 not prayed enough. 568 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:52,040 Now, prayer is good, but Jesus did not say that they will cast out devils after they 569 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,040 have prayed. 570 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:54,040 It is when you believe. 571 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,040 So when you believe, you are like that policeman. 572 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,160 This is not about your character. 573 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:00,520 It's not about your attitude. 574 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,120 It's about your position. 575 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:03,120 It's about your belief. 576 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:04,120 All right? 577 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:10,840 So you believe in Jesus, you have received the authority to cast out devils. 578 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:15,000 Look at yourself, put your hands on your chest and shout it, I cast out devils. 579 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,160 Now, I did not say say it, I say shout it, you know. 580 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:19,160 So shout it. 581 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,880 If there's anybody around you, let them hear. 582 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:22,880 This is it. 583 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:28,960 You can be a Christian and accept that there is a generational case that is following you. 584 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:37,260 That is, that is, you know, a lot of people, a lot of Africans are Africanizing Christianity. 585 00:31:37,260 --> 00:31:38,260 You get it? 586 00:31:38,260 --> 00:31:42,120 There are used to demonic things, we are used to, you know, in my village, there's a fetish 587 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:46,840 priest who can be dancing and he will stand on the rooftop on a ceiling and then he will 588 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:51,000 be bringing money and we'll be walking on a thin thread and stuff like that. 589 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,320 We'll be walking in the sky and all of that. 590 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:59,560 So we've seen all these kind of things that we think that all Christianity is about, is 591 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:04,440 about what somebody is doing against you, what your family's spirit is doing against 592 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:09,800 you, what one auntie is doing against you and what is doing against your family. 593 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,200 That is not Christianity. 594 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:15,080 See Christians are not people who are on the defensive side. 595 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,360 We are at the offensive side. 596 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,400 We don't defend, we offend. 597 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,760 So say, how there's somebody that's a witch in your family. 598 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:27,260 Then you know, you go and see one, one, one on serious man of God, the person now gives 599 00:32:27,260 --> 00:32:33,420 you sand, then he gives you sand, then he makes the sand with palm oil and then put 600 00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:35,120 seven salt inside. 601 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,400 When you finish, then you add three leads to it. 602 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,000 Then you put 50 Pesos coin inside. 603 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,680 Then when you're done, you put ginger inside. 604 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:48,320 Then you blend after you put the ginger, you blend some garlic and then you put it inside. 605 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,360 When you are done, then you put pepper inside. 606 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,200 Then you put the picture of those who are doing you inside. 607 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,720 That is madness. 608 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,480 When you get born again, cases don't follow you. 609 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:03,400 Jesus says, one of the signs that follow you is that in his name, you cast out devils. 610 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,200 This is the, these are the signs. 611 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,560 These are the things that, that identify a Christian. 612 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,280 These are the outward signs of a Christian. 613 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:18,600 That Christian does not tolerate the activities of demons. 614 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:24,280 That Christian is, is not a sweet place for demonic activities. 615 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:25,920 One day we were in a car. 616 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:30,000 I was in a car with one of the pastors called Pastor Kelvin and we're coming from a car 617 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:36,040 and I think we had gone for a program with Pastor Chris and then when the car were coming, 618 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:43,160 then we got to a place like, I'd say like 300 meters to where we had to alight. 619 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:47,040 Then a lady started convulsing in the car seriously. 620 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,160 Now we were at the back seat. 621 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,280 It was as if we were wired together. 622 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,040 I just jumped on the lady. 623 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:54,920 The lady was right at the back of the driver. 624 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,400 I jumped on the lady. 625 00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:02,360 I blasted in thorns and I cast out the demon and the lady manifested in the car and we 626 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:05,880 had to pass where we were going and then she was okay. 627 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,040 We let the lady okay. 628 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,720 So a Christian is not a nice place for demonic activities. 629 00:34:11,720 --> 00:34:14,560 Jesus says, these signs shall follow them that believe. 630 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,920 I want you to arise in your consciousness. 631 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,040 I want you to arise in your mind. 632 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,400 I want you to arise in your spirit. 633 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,080 That see, listen, there is a move. 634 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:25,680 There is a shift. 635 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:32,480 There is a stirring and God expects you to rise up to this call, the ministry of reconciliation. 636 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,960 We have a ministry out together. 637 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,240 Then Jesus says number two, they will speak with new tongues. 638 00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:39,240 They will... 639 00:34:39,240 --> 00:34:42,920 They will speak with new tongues. 640 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,320 They will speak in tongues. 641 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:49,480 Now so if you see somebody pray in tongues, it is the outward sign that this is a Christian. 642 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:53,640 All right, so he says, in my name, the Wukasna devils, they will speak with new tongues. 643 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:54,640 Now let's continue. 644 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,200 Then he says that they shall take up serpent. 645 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:03,680 Now serpent in the word of God is symbolic of demonic powers. 646 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,940 You know, Jesus said that in Luke, he says that in Luke, he says, I give you power to 647 00:35:07,940 --> 00:35:10,080 tread over serpent and scorpions. 648 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:15,840 That word, serpents and scorpions, right from the word of God is a description of the power 649 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,920 of the enemy, the venomous power of the enemy. 650 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:24,080 So when the Bible uses serpent and scorpions, it talks about the poisonous power of the enemy. 651 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,080 And the Bible says when you get born again, you will lift it up. 652 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:28,560 Do you know what it means to lift it up? 653 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:35,800 To lift it up means to remove it from where it is and place it at where it ought to be 654 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:36,960 out together. 655 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:43,120 That is why as a Christian, you must not be scared about the power of the enemy. 656 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:47,800 One day we woke up to go and open our shop. 657 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,840 I was done with senior high school, junior high school. 658 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,960 I don't know which one, but I was done with one of them. 659 00:35:53,960 --> 00:36:00,360 And then when we went to open the shop, I saw three eggs and some red cloth, you know, 660 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,480 those kind of things, and feathers and some crazy stuff. 661 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,640 I didn't say, I was not a pastor. 662 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:06,640 I was a Christian. 663 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,720 I didn't say, oh my God, where's my pastor? 664 00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:15,520 Now the unfortunate thing was that the eggs were broken. 665 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:16,520 That was it. 666 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:17,520 You know what I would have done? 667 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,880 I would have taken the eggs because I had a stove in the shop. 668 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,840 I would have fried them and I had an oil and I had onions there. 669 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,520 I would have fried them. 670 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:30,640 See, we take the power of God, we take the power of the enemy and we put it where it 671 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:31,640 belongs. 672 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:32,640 Are you understanding that? 673 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:36,440 So I say, ah, I had a dream and in the dream I was eating. 674 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,120 So they say you are going to get witchcraft, you are going to get sickness and stuff like 675 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,120 that. 676 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:41,120 I had a dream. 677 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,280 You think the devil is so kind to serve you food in your dream? 678 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,760 No, even if it is the food of the devil, what do you do to it? 679 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:48,760 You eat it. 680 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,240 Jesus says, you don't want Jesus to serve you. 681 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:52,400 He says they will take up serpents. 682 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:53,400 Now let's continue. 683 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:59,880 Then he says that, and this is an interesting passage, and if they drink any deadly thing, 684 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:04,440 Kabasuta Kabaya, it shall not hurt them. 685 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:05,440 That's what Jesus said. 686 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:11,160 He says if they drink any deadly thing, it means that if they are poisoned, it can't 687 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,160 work on them. 688 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:20,760 Now, this is what, this is Jesus' definition of a Christian. 689 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:21,760 All right? 690 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:27,560 If you went to Jesus and you asked Jesus, who is a Christian? 691 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,080 Jesus will say, number one, the cast out devils. 692 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,080 Number two, they speak with tongues. 693 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:33,800 Number two, they take up serpents. 694 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,600 Number three, they drink deadly things and it does not hurt them. 695 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,000 They get poisoned, it doesn't hurt them. 696 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,000 Hallelujah. 697 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:44,160 Then the last one says, they shall lay their hands on the sick and they will recover. 698 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,920 Now I will take my time and expand all these things in the subsequent videos. 699 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:54,080 He says they will lay their hands on the sick and they will recover. 700 00:37:54,080 --> 00:38:00,120 So every Christian has what it takes to put his hand on the sick and get that person healed. 701 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:01,560 I want to get that. 702 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:11,520 So this is the ministry of reconciliation that we have, bringing people to God, bringing 703 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:12,680 people to God. 704 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:18,520 And every Christian is involved or every Christian must be involved. 705 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:23,200 This is Jesus' dream of who a Christian is. 706 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:28,520 This is Jesus' dream of what we are supposed to be. 707 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:33,880 So what we read in 2 Corinthians 5, verse 18 and 19, it says we have received the ministry 708 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:35,880 of reconciliation. 709 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,880 We have received the ministry of bringing people back to God. 710 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:45,880 You see, you cannot receive a ministry without being empowered. 711 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:53,160 In our next video, I will take time to explain to you the empowerment that we have in carrying 712 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,120 out that ministry. 713 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,400 Every Christian must be involved. 714 00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:58,400 Let's see. 715 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,920 Let me show you something quickly. 716 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:02,920 All right. 717 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:04,780 So Luke chapter 24. 718 00:39:04,780 --> 00:39:11,440 So Luke 446, the Bible says, and he said unto them, thus it is written. 719 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:12,440 All right. 720 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:13,600 Thus it is written. 721 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:21,280 And thus it behove Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, the third day, and that 722 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:26,960 repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations. 723 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:27,960 Beginner Jerusalem. 724 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,640 So Jesus told his disciples, this is what you are supposed to do. 725 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:32,640 All right. 726 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,560 You are supposed to tell the world. 727 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,000 You are supposed to tell them their sins are forgiven. 728 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,840 You are supposed to carry out the ministry of reconciliation. 729 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:43,040 And every Christian must be involved. 730 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:44,040 Don't say you are a weak Christian. 731 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,720 Don't say, I have a lot of problems I'm dealing with. 732 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:47,720 Uh-uh. 733 00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:51,080 There is that which is called the ministry of the Christian. 734 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,360 The ministry of the Christian. 735 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,680 I have a ministry as a Christian. 736 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,880 I have a ministry as a believer. 737 00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:58,880 I have a ministry. 738 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,900 And you see, that ministry is very simple. 739 00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:03,200 Bringing people to God. 740 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:04,320 It can be your manner. 741 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:05,600 It can be your friend. 742 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,560 It can be that friend at work. 743 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:09,560 Your colleague. 744 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,120 You see, wherever you are. 745 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,560 The Bible made a very powerful statement. 746 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:17,000 In Matthew 514. 747 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,080 Let's read that. 748 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:19,080 Very important. 749 00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:22,840 And then I'll wrap it up and then bring it to a close. 750 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,920 Matthew chapter number five, verse 14. 751 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:30,360 The Bible says, ye are the light of the world. 752 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:31,360 All right. 753 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:36,040 It's talking to us who believe in him, says, ye are the light of the world. 754 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:37,040 All right. 755 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:42,440 Then it says, you are a city that is set on a hill that cannot be hit. 756 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,840 So this is who we are. 757 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,040 We are the light of the world. 758 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:50,600 You see, the world is hopeless without Christ. 759 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,520 And Christ is in us here in this world. 760 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,600 The world is hopeless without Christians. 761 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,400 The world is hopeless. 762 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:02,160 Don't mind all those people who say, we don't need Christianity. 763 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:05,960 The problem of the world is because of religion and stuff like that. 764 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,580 They don't know what they're talking about. 765 00:41:08,580 --> 00:41:10,840 We are the light of the world. 766 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:14,680 We are a city that is set up on a hill that cannot be hit. 767 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,640 He says that you are the salt of the earth. 768 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:18,640 What is salt used for? 769 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,920 Salt is used for preservation. 770 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,400 We are those that preserve the earth. 771 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,320 We are those that preserve the world from corruption. 772 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:28,240 We are the light of the world. 773 00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:33,920 We are those that have the light of God to permeate through every darkness. 774 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,040 I want to encourage you. 775 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:37,920 Don't belittle yourself. 776 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:43,480 We have come to a point in our faith that this is so much needed that you will not be 777 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:44,480 a backbencher. 778 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:45,480 All right. 779 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,000 You will not be a backbencher. 780 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,880 In the next video, I will tell you something. 781 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:54,840 He says that I will open a pool of waters in the desert land. 782 00:41:54,840 --> 00:42:02,060 You see, the spirit of God in us calls us today into the ministry of the Christian. 783 00:42:02,060 --> 00:42:06,040 He calls us today that will become fruitful in the field. 784 00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:07,520 Jesus says something. 785 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:13,760 He says that the harvest is plentious, but the laborers are few. 786 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,600 Would you be a laborer today? 787 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:21,720 Would you make up your mind today to say that I don't know how I'm even going to start, 788 00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:27,720 but I am going to be effective in the things of God. 789 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:28,720 Maybe you were effective. 790 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:32,880 You used to be effective, but now it looks like your fire is down. 791 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:34,400 You feel like giving up. 792 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,840 I want you to look at God's heart. 793 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,320 I want you to look at God's mind. 794 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:44,120 There's nothing in this world that is worth living for. 795 00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:47,660 There's nothing in this world that is worth dying for. 796 00:42:47,660 --> 00:42:52,640 There's nothing in this world that is worth giving your life to except Christ and his 797 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:58,720 mandate, except Christ and his agenda, except Christ and his purpose. 798 00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:02,320 Paul made a very amazing statement in Galatians chapter number two. 799 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,520 Look at what Paul said. 800 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:09,440 Paul said in Galatians chapter number two, amazing, amazing. 801 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:11,840 Galatians chapter two, verse 20. 802 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:16,200 Paul says, I am crucified with Christ. 803 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:20,640 Nevertheless, I live, yet not I. 804 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:24,720 Says yet not I, but Christ lives in me. 805 00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:30,520 And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God who 806 00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:33,440 loved me and gave himself for me. 807 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:37,400 He says that I am crucified with Christ. 808 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:39,320 Nevertheless, I live, yet not I. 809 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:43,240 But the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God who 810 00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:46,040 loved me and gave himself for me. 811 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:47,880 I am crucified with Christ. 812 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:54,480 To be crucified with Christ, it means to be intertwined with Christ in what he's doing. 813 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:58,240 To be intertwined with Christ with what he's doing. 814 00:43:58,240 --> 00:43:59,400 What is Christ doing? 815 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,880 Paul says, I'm crucified with Christ. 816 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:03,640 I am crucified with Christ. 817 00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,680 I pray in the name of Jesus. 818 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:10,200 You see, our generation is becoming so soft on these things. 819 00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:17,040 You know, we think church and Christianity is all about pictures, social media, showing 820 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,120 this, showing that, showing this, showing that. 821 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:22,040 No, there is a crucifixion with Christ. 822 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,200 Christianity is crucifixion with Christ. 823 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:30,320 It's where you are blended, oh boy, shatapa, you are blended with Christ in his vision. 824 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:33,480 You are blended with Christ in his mandate. 825 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:37,440 It is where your whole life is all about Christ. 826 00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:38,440 It's called living. 827 00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:40,800 This is the life which I now live in the flesh. 828 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:44,160 I live, I live, I live, I live. 829 00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:47,560 Listen to this, I live by the faith. 830 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:50,160 I live by the faith of the son of God. 831 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:51,440 Paul says, I live by the faith. 832 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:54,160 Now, the Greek word for faith is pestis. 833 00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,280 I live by the convictions. 834 00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,880 I live by the convictions of the son of God. 835 00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:02,020 It can also be said, I live by the dream of Jesus. 836 00:45:02,020 --> 00:45:03,520 What do you live by? 837 00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:05,680 What are we living by these days? 838 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:06,680 All right? 839 00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:08,000 We're living by our ambitions. 840 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,220 We are living by what is trending. 841 00:45:10,220 --> 00:45:12,440 We are living by the opinions of people. 842 00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,280 We are living by our lust. 843 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,720 We are living by the things we crave for. 844 00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:18,900 This is a generation we are craving for money. 845 00:45:18,900 --> 00:45:20,320 We are craving for fame. 846 00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:21,760 We are craving for power. 847 00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,680 We are craving everybody want to better himself. 848 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:28,560 Everybody thinks more about what they can, the value they can add to themselves. 849 00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,480 But listen, we are going to be here for just a few years. 850 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:34,640 We are going to be here for, we are not going to be here for 200 years. 851 00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:36,760 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 852 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:40,320 Either you're going to die or you will vanish. 853 00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:42,960 However, the truth is this. 854 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:45,700 We will not spend 200 years. 855 00:45:45,700 --> 00:45:52,920 Can you think about the fact that 200 years from now, even if Jesus had not come, if Jesus 856 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,240 has not come, it's going to be new people. 857 00:45:55,240 --> 00:45:56,600 There will be no me. 858 00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,200 There will be no you. 859 00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:02,240 But you see, in eternity, we are going to live in eternity for eternity. 860 00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:03,440 We will live in eternity. 861 00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:07,040 So you see, we need to have eternity in view. 862 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,020 We need to have eternity in focus. 863 00:46:10,020 --> 00:46:11,520 We are distracted with so much things. 864 00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,240 We are distracted with a lot of things. 865 00:46:13,240 --> 00:46:16,200 But you see, there's one thing that matters. 866 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:22,840 At the end of the day, at the end of it all, did you live a life for Jesus? 867 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,300 Were you bold about your faith? 868 00:46:25,300 --> 00:46:28,440 Did you tell that colleague at the office about Jesus? 869 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:31,680 Did you tell that sister or that brother about Jesus? 870 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:36,440 How well did you work in the ministry of reconciliation? 871 00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:43,520 I pray for you today that in the name of Jesus Christ, you would drop the pride. 872 00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:46,040 You would drop the cares of this world. 873 00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:47,920 You would drop your personal ambitions. 874 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:49,720 Yes, you are going to work. 875 00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:51,520 Yes, you are going to go to school. 876 00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:53,760 Yet, you are going to go into that profession. 877 00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:57,760 But listen, your heart will be founded upon Christ. 878 00:46:57,760 --> 00:46:59,800 Your heart will be founded upon Christ. 879 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,920 You will talk to that person at your office about Jesus. 880 00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:06,740 You will talk to that mate who sits next to you about Jesus. 881 00:47:06,740 --> 00:47:10,040 You will not live your life in conformity to the world. 882 00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,040 You will not become so indifferent. 883 00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:14,520 No, no, no, no, no. 884 00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:17,720 Because there are people, when you look at them, they are not different from their friends. 885 00:47:17,720 --> 00:47:19,920 They are not different from their worldly friends. 886 00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:21,760 They go to the same places they go to. 887 00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:22,760 They also go to the nightclub. 888 00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:24,800 They also play the same songs. 889 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:26,760 They also dance to the same songs. 890 00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:28,240 They do the same thing. 891 00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:29,980 They say the same vulgar things. 892 00:47:29,980 --> 00:47:30,980 You understand? 893 00:47:30,980 --> 00:47:31,980 They do the same thing. 894 00:47:31,980 --> 00:47:32,980 There is no difference. 895 00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:38,960 You see, there is that spirit of fire that comes into the Christian. 896 00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:42,000 Alright, I will tell you in the next video. 897 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:43,000 The Bible says something. 898 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,080 It says that, and I will pour out my spirit. 899 00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:50,200 I come to pass in those days that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh. 900 00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:51,200 I will pour. 901 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:53,640 I will release my spirit. 902 00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:54,640 That's what God is saying. 903 00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:56,320 He says, I'm going to build an army. 904 00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:59,040 I will pour my spirit upon this army. 905 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:00,040 I will pour out. 906 00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,400 God says, I will pour out. 907 00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:08,520 You see, the word pour out, it means to immensely supply. 908 00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:10,280 To give without measure. 909 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:16,360 He says, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh. 910 00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:21,080 He says, everyone, every, he says, your sons and daughters, they will prophesy. 911 00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:24,400 It is going to be a holy commotion in all the earth. 912 00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:26,880 It's going to be a holy commotion in all the earth. 913 00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,120 You can catch that spirit wherever you are. 914 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:30,920 You can catch that spirit wherever you are. 915 00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:33,900 Listen, I know that there is the fire of God in you. 916 00:48:33,900 --> 00:48:35,360 You can't deny it. 917 00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:40,100 There is that knock of Jesus on your heart daily, having known Jesus, that this is not 918 00:48:40,100 --> 00:48:41,160 your life. 919 00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:46,020 Even if you have been caught in sin and you feel like you can't come out. 920 00:48:46,020 --> 00:48:50,280 Even if you have been caught in lukewarmness and you feel like you cannot come out. 921 00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:53,640 Even if you are caught in offense, you think somebody has offended you. 922 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:56,760 A brother has offended you to the point that you don't want to go to church again. 923 00:48:56,760 --> 00:49:01,400 I know that deep within your heart, Jesus constantly talks to you. 924 00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:05,600 Deep within your heart, the spirit of God is knocking on your heart. 925 00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,320 That come for this thing. 926 00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:08,520 Do this thing. 927 00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:10,560 This is your life's mandate. 928 00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:16,480 And I pray in the name of Jesus, I pray for you, I pray for you that you never be comfortable. 929 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:19,760 I pray for you, you never be comfortable in lukewarmness. 930 00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:21,140 I pray for you. 931 00:49:21,140 --> 00:49:23,840 Your fire will not be replaced. 932 00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:25,760 You shall not be like Esau. 933 00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:29,280 You will not sell your bed right for a pot of food. 934 00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:35,840 You will not sell the ministry of reconciliation for personal gains, for lust, for sin and 935 00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:37,480 for whatever. 936 00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:40,320 Wherever you fail, rise up. 937 00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:41,320 Wherever you fail, rise up. 938 00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:46,320 The Bible says that let him who has ear, let him hear what the spirit is saying to the 939 00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:47,320 church. 940 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:50,680 I pray for you in the mighty name of Jesus that you will rise up. 941 00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:54,040 I know that there is an army in a dry bone. 942 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:57,220 Even if you have become so dry, there's an army in you. 943 00:49:57,220 --> 00:49:58,760 You can rise again. 944 00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:03,240 Even if you backslided and now you are falling insane and you think God does not want to 945 00:50:03,240 --> 00:50:04,240 see your face. 946 00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:05,820 You feel like your anointing is gone. 947 00:50:05,820 --> 00:50:07,400 You feel like your fire is gone. 948 00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,960 You feel like you have been overwhelmed with so much troubles. 949 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:11,360 So you don't want to do this thing again. 950 00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:16,240 I pray for you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ that you are coming out so strong. 951 00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:18,320 I pray for you in the name of Jesus. 952 00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:20,000 You are rising so strong. 953 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:25,720 The fire of the spirit of God, the prophecies of God, the words of God that have gone ahead 954 00:50:25,720 --> 00:50:27,800 of you, they shall not fail. 955 00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:28,800 They shall not fail. 956 00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:29,800 They shall not fail. 957 00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:31,800 I feel like saying what Jesus said. 958 00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:33,160 I have prayed for you. 959 00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:36,600 I have prayed for you in the name of Jesus Christ. 960 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:43,800 Listen, in that school, at that office, in that family, be a shining and a burning light. 961 00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:46,520 Be a shining and a burning light. 962 00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,760 Be a shining and a burning light. 963 00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:50,480 The Bible speaks of John the Baptist. 964 00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:52,920 He says he was a shining and a burning light. 965 00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:54,360 He was a shining. 966 00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:58,480 When you got close to me, when you got close to him, you feel God. 967 00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:00,840 When you get close to John the Baptist, you see God. 968 00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:01,840 You feel God. 969 00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:05,280 There's something unusual about him. 970 00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:09,080 I pray for you in the name of Jesus that there will be something unusual about you. 971 00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,000 At your workplace, people begin to sense God. 972 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:16,200 One day, I was walking from the house to the church, and whilst I was going, a gentleman 973 00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:18,480 stopped me and said, sir, can I follow you to church? 974 00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:20,080 This is like three, four years ago. 975 00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:21,080 Can I follow you to church? 976 00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:22,080 I said, why? 977 00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:26,440 He said, anytime you come to pass, something draws me that I should follow you to church. 978 00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:27,440 You know what? 979 00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:31,600 I took this guy to church, to my father's church, and this guy got born again. 980 00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:34,600 He prayed in tongues, and his life was changed. 981 00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:37,320 Listen, I pray for you in the name of Jesus. 982 00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:41,200 That fervency, that fire of God will be felt by nations. 983 00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:44,720 Wherever you are, I feel like there's somebody that is watching me. 984 00:51:44,720 --> 00:51:47,160 The hand of God is coming upon you so strong. 985 00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,720 The hand of God is coming upon you so strong. 986 00:51:49,720 --> 00:51:55,120 In the name of Jesus, I can hear the sound of a lady who is crying out for help. 987 00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:56,600 Your help has come. 988 00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:58,920 Your help has come in the name of Jesus. 989 00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:00,200 Your help has come. 990 00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:05,840 I hear to tell you there's a mighty prophetess in you in the name of Jesus Christ, and from 991 00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:08,680 your mouth, nations will hear God. 992 00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:14,400 From your mouth, nations will hear God to you whose hands are made to heal the sick. 993 00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:19,040 In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, that hand will heal, and to the one that is meant to 994 00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:21,720 prophesy to the nations, you will. 995 00:52:21,720 --> 00:52:22,760 Nothing will stop you. 996 00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:23,760 You will. 997 00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:27,880 Not even your mistakes, not your flaws, not your sins, not your backslide, not your laziness 998 00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:32,720 in the mighty name of Jesus, because this is a time I'm calling you onto the altar. 999 00:52:32,720 --> 00:52:36,320 I'm calling you onto the fire in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. 1000 00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:37,320 I pray for you. 1001 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:40,280 Maybe you're watching me and you don't know Jesus Christ. 1002 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:42,400 I want to lead you to the Lord Jesus Christ. 1003 00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:45,080 I want to pray with you right this moment. 1004 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,040 Close your eyes and pray with you as we bring this session to a close. 1005 00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:52,320 Say, Dear Lord Jesus, I thank you for dying for me. 1006 00:52:52,320 --> 00:52:54,240 Thank you for saving me, Lord. 1007 00:52:54,240 --> 00:53:01,360 I confess with my mouth today that you rose from the dead, and I believe with my heart 1008 00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:03,000 that you are Lord. 1009 00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,480 This day I confess Jesus, he is Lord. 1010 00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:12,720 I confess Jesus, he is Lord, and by his blood I am washed from my sins. 1011 00:53:12,720 --> 00:53:17,200 Father, I receive salvation in the name of Jesus Christ. 1012 00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:19,840 Thank you, Lord, for making me born again. 1013 00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:22,000 Thank you, Lord, for making me your child. 1014 00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:25,120 I declare today I'm part of the family of God. 1015 00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:26,480 I'm born again. 1016 00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:30,280 And if you're watching me and you are sick in any part of your body, put your hand wherever 1017 00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:35,000 you're sick, your eye, your leg, whatever it is, put your hand there, let me pray for 1018 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:36,000 you. 1019 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,600 In the name of Jesus, I command that asthma to leave. 1020 00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:40,840 I command that asthma to leave. 1021 00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:43,920 I command that asthma to leave in the name of Jesus. 1022 00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:49,720 That constant headaches that comes at night in the name of Jesus as you are hearing me, 1023 00:53:49,720 --> 00:53:51,440 I command you to come out. 1024 00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:54,980 I command you to come out of your body in the name of Jesus. 1025 00:53:54,980 --> 00:53:57,280 Let the peace of God remain in your body. 1026 00:53:57,280 --> 00:54:02,260 Let the power of God remain in your body, and let the fire of God be burning in your 1027 00:54:02,260 --> 00:54:03,680 heart in the name of Jesus. 1028 00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:05,840 Thank you for making the time with us. 1029 00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:07,680 Catch you same time next week. 1030 00:54:07,680 --> 00:54:34,680 In the name of Jesus, bye.