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So today we're going to continue in the manifestation.
The kingdom of God. And we're going to be looking
at priesthood. Manifestation. The kingdom of
God. And we're going to be looking at priesthood.
Priesthood. Numbers chapter 18. Numbers chapter
18. Proverbs 1 to 7. Then the Lord said to Aaron,
you and your sons and your father's house. with
you shall bear the liberty related to the sanctuary,
and you and your sons with you shall bear the
liberty associated with the priest. Also bring
with you your brethren of the tribe of Levi,
the tribe of your father, that they may join
with you and serve you while you and your sons
are before the tabernacle of goodness. They shall
attend to your needs and all the needs of the
tabernacle. But they shall not come near the
article of the sanctuary and the altar, lest
they die. They and you also. They shall be joined
with you and attend to the need of the sabbatical
of meeting, for all the work of the sabbatical.
But an outsider shall not come near to you. Praise
the Lord. And he said, You shall attend all the
duties of the sanctuaries and the duties of the
altar, and that there may be no more rods on
the children of Israel. Praise the Lord. Verse
6 now said, Behold, I myself have taken your
brethren, the Levites, from among the children
of Israel. They are a gift to me, a gift to you
given by the Lord, to do the work of the tabernacle
of meeting. Therefore you and your sons with
you shall attend to your priesthood for everything
at the altar and behind the veil, and you shall
serve. And I give you priesthood. to you as a
gift for service. And the outsider shall not
come near. Sorry, the outsider who comes near
shall be put to death. Praise the Lord. Manifesting
the kingdom of God. Praise the Lord. So we see
here that God was giving Aaron and his sons the
facts of the priesthood. He gave them to be people
who would serve God in the sanctuary, in the
tabernacle, in the altar. These are the people
responsible to do the things of God, him and
his sons and his brethren. They are particular
people. They are not from the tribe of Judea.
They are not from Manasseh. They are not from
any other tribe in Israel, but particularly these
people. This is who God has saddled the responsibility
of taking care of the altar, of bringing sacrifices,
of sacrificing to God and doing everything. related
to the altar. This is what God has restored on
them. Praise the Lord. They will serve the needs
of the sanctuary. They will perform the duties
that is their real. And an outsider shall not
come near what they do. And the outsider here
is not talking about somebody who is not of the
tribe of Israel. He's talking about a different
tribe. Somebody else from another tribe cannot
come and do the responsibilities. That they are
doing. Praise the Lord. They cannot come and
do this responsibility. If not, they are going
to die as a result. The disobedience of that
would mean that they are not going to be alive
anymore. So why did God commit this priesthood
to these people alone? Why did it? Is it God's
intended plan for his people that a tribe would
become a priest to him? Is it his intention from
the beginning? Is that what God has ordained?
Or is that what he has desired? Praise the Lord.
So let's look at God's plan on signing priests.
Were they particular people? Is he going to just
be a tribe? Or is he going to be the whole nation?
Or is he just going to be a man? Praise the Lord.
Exodus chapter 19. So the children of Israel,
having gone through Egypt, have come out and
they have seen many... miraculous things that
God has done. God has delivered them with a strong
hand. God has defeated their enemies. They have
seen the hand of God. They have been fed in the
wilderness. They drank from the rock. They have
eaten manna and God has fed them from food from
on high. Their clothes were not worn out. They
have seen the greatness of God. They have seen
that which God has done for them. And so when
we come to Exodus 18, from verse 3 to 6, it says,
then you shall be a special treasure to me above
all people. For all the earth is mine, and you
shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy
nation. These are the words which you shall speak
to the children of Israel. Praise the Lord. So
the intention of God from the beginning was that
the entirety of Israel would become a nation
of priests. They would become a holy nation to
God, a treasure to God. They will become a people
that God treasures. Because he said this thing
to them, not after something else has happened,
a lot of things have gone wrong. But immediately
as they are coming out, God made it clear what
his intention was for them. That they are going
to be a special people above every other person.
That the nation will see them and know that truly
this is the people of God. Praise the Lord. This
is the people of God. And he says to them that
if they will obey his voice, if they will hear
him, if they will believe the thing that he's
saying, they are going to be a treasure to him.
They are going to be a nation, a holy nation,
and a kingdom of Christ. Praise the Lord. So
Manasseh is supposed to be a kingdom of Christ.
Judah is supposed to be a kingdom of Christ.
They were supposed to be, they're supposed to
be a kingdom of Christ too, where God dwells.
Praise the Lord. So in other sense, God was seeking
a relationship with everybody. Praise the Lord.
God was seeking a relationship with every one
of them. He didn't just want Levites. He didn't
just want the tribe that Aaron came from or Moses
came from to be these people who will stand before
him perpetually. But it should be that people
of every tribe or the tribe of Israel will become
a nation of priests. A holy nation to be with
special people. to priests. But then why did
we see that he then gave instructions to Lubach?
Why did he particularly then speak to Aaron and
his brethren consigning priests to him? He wanted
them to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.
That was his intention from the beginning. So
he made it clear to them, I want to have a relationship
with you. I want to have an interaction with
you. I want to have fellowship with you. That's
my intention. I didn't just want one person or
Moses to just come before me. I want everybody
to come before me. I want everybody to hear my
voice. I want everybody to understand my ways.
I want everybody to see the things that I will
show to them. Praise the Lord. So God's original
plan was for his people to be a kingdom of Christ,
to be a people of Christ and an only nation to
him. But then we see, so... We see, and a good
example of that we can see from also Genesis,
where this type of priesthood that God was seeking
to have with these people came about. Genesis
chapter 14, verse 18. Then Meshizedek, king of
Salem, brought out bread and wine, and he was
a priest. of the Most High. And he blessed him
and said, blessed the Abraham of the Most High,
possessor of heaven and earth. Praise the Lord.
He said, blessed be God Most High who delivered
your enemies into your hand and has given and
he gave him a sight of all. Praise the Lord.
So we see also that this king was an example
of what God was intending. for his people to
become like. He said he's a priest of the most
high. Praise the Lord. He was royalty. He was
a special person, right? But also somebody who
has the ability to perform the duties of a priest.
Praise the Lord. So he was not just somebody
who was going to take instruction from the priest
and then do as a king or execute. But he was
somebody who knows the intention of God and has
the power to execute. Praise the Lord. He was
somebody who knows. The intention of God. He
knows the things to do. He knows what God demands
from these people. And so he also has the power
to execute because he's royal. Praise the Lord.
So we see example of that. The king of Salem,
right? He's described as a chief ruler, right?
Somebody who is a principal officer to execute
the things of God. Praise the Lord. So we see
that this priest has the ability to bless the
people, right? He has the strength to bless Abraham.
He blessed him because he has royal power. He
can give blessing. Praise the Lord. So God's
intention was to make them a nation of priests.
So why didn't that happen? Why is it that we
now see that it was Levi that he was talking
to? Exodus 23. So Exodus chapter 20, we see that
the children of Israel have gathered underneath
the mountain and God was going to give them instruction.
God came to have this fellowship. Praise the
Lord. Remember, we read 19, where God declares
His intention consigning what He wanted. He wanted
them to be a kingdom of peace. He wanted them
to be a holy nation, a treasure to Him. So in
verse 20 now, we see that they have come to have
this fellowship. They have come to interact with
this God. They have come to start the thing that
God intended for them. Praise the Lord. And so
God then begins to speak. And then from verse
19, sorry, from verse 18, we begin to see. He
said, Exodus 20, from verse 19, from verse 18.
He said, when the people saw the thunder and
the lightning, And they heard the trumpet and
saw the mountain in smoke. They trembled with
fear. They stayed at a distance and said to Moses,
Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But
do not have God speak to us or we will die. Praise
the Lord. So we have seen that God has desired
that these people should come. And when they
came, they started making a different confession.
When they had the voice of God or when they came
to God, they started to have a different, they
started making different choices. So in a sense,
they didn't want to have this interaction. They
didn't want to have this relationship. They wanted
somebody to be between them and God, somebody
who they would listen to because they didn't
want to hear God for themselves, but somebody
who would mediate for them. And that's what Moses
was for them. Let him hear and speak to us. Praise
the Lord. And say, for we will die. But God had
called them to the mountain, or God had called
them to come underneath the mountain, know that
they were not going to die. Praise the Lord.
So there was, God's intention was clear, but
the people decided this is what they want to
do. We don't want to have this interaction with
you. We don't want to have this type of relationship
with you. So God desired a fellowship from them,
but then they desired something else. They refused,
we saw in the studies that we did. They refused
the proposal of God to have a fellowship with
them. They refused the proposal to have that
fellowship with them. We saw that in the gospel
in Deuteronomy. They refused this invitation
to have fellowship. That's why we see then that
the children of Aaron and his brothers have now
taken the responsibility to be ministers, to
be people. who would carry out the responsibilities
of God. Praise the Lord. So this is too much
for them, what they have seen. It's so thunder,
it's so lightning. It was much for them. It was
something that they cannot bear anymore. So they
appointed Moses. They said to Moses, you speak
to us and we'll listen to you. Become our mediator.
Become that person who will stand between us
and God. Praise the Lord. And I imagine that,
and according to the studies that we have done,
We know that the people that have stayed with
God or the people that stay with God are people
that become like God. Praise the Lord. People
that stay with God are people that become like
God. We saw that in Matthew chapter 18, right?
Where because of the revelation of Christ, Peter
knew who he was. Praise the Lord. So the people
that stay more with God, the people that interact
more with God, are people that become more like
God. So if you're somebody who has decided that
you want to be studying the Word of the Lord,
if you're somebody who has decided that you want
to be praying, you want to seek the face of God,
the more you become like God. If you're somebody
who decides that somebody else should speak on
behalf of God to you, you will never grow. Praise
the Lord. You will not know the intention of
God. Because Moses went to the mountain. Praise
the Lord. Remember how he's experienced, how
he started his own. He saw a burning bush, right?
He was scared at first, but he received an invitation
and he accepted it. And since then, he has gone
and he has interacted with God. How is it that
he hasn't refused that? So it wasn't too much
for Moses. So it's not too much for anybody who
stays with the Lord. It's not too much for anybody
who stays in the place. A fellowship with God.
Because they will know that God is not trying
to kill them. Because they will know that God
has good plans for them. Because they will know
that in this fellowship would make me the thing
that God expects me to be. Praise the Lord. So
they appointed Moses to be a mediator, to be
somebody who would be between them and God. So
then we see that then the Levite were appointed.
Moses also is on the tribe. of Levi. So, we see
that the Levi then were appointed to negate to
the people who would perform or who would be
ministers of God because they have given that
responsibility to Moses and God respected their
decision. We saw from our studies, right, that
God respected the decision they have made. So,
they gave the Levi to serve at the altar. I will
begin to see some of the services that they render.
Some of the services that a priest renders. Deuteronomy
chapter 20. Deuteronomy chapter 20, verses 1
to 4. He said, When you go out to battle against
your enemies and see horses and chariots and
people more numerous than you, do not be afraid
of them, for the Lord is with you, who brought
you up from the land of Egypt. So it shall be,
when you are on the verge of battle, that the
priest shall approach and speak to the people,
and he shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, today
you are on the verge of battle with your enemy.
So this is the thing that the people are missing,
right? Because a minister or somebody who is
a priest is somebody who is saddled with that
responsibility to give assurance, to tell the
people. of the promises of God, to remind them.
So when there's trouble, the priest comes and
he tells them that God is with you. How does
he know that God is with them? Because he has
been with the Lord. He has been in the service
of the Lord. So the priest will come and encourage
them. The Lord is with you. So the priest speaks
to the people. They speak life to the people.
When there's fear, they come and they speak to
them so that they are encouraged. They strengthen
the people. It reminds the people of the presence
of God. That God is not far from them. Praise
the Lord. That God is not far away from them.
That their troubles are not too big for God.
That the thing that they're facing is not above
God. He said, God is with you to save you. Praise
the Lord. God is with you to save you. So these
are the duties of what a priest does. He's there
to strengthen the people. He's there to give
them assurance. of the promises of God. He's
there to encourage them. Praise the Lord. We
see also in Malachi, Malachi 2, verse 7. Praise
the Lord. So the priest also is somebody who
keeps knowledge. He keeps knowledge. The people
come to him to seek for... The Lord. You see,
he's a messenger of the Lord. So the priest speaks
the word of the Lord. Praise the Lord. The priest
speaks the word of the Lord. A messenger of the
Lord. He speaks the counsel of God to the people.
He's a messenger of God. So the original plan
of God is that his people become a kingdom of
priests. Praise the Lord. So when they go to
battle, they will not need somebody else to come
and tell them. The presence of the Lord is with
you. They will know that the presence of the
Lord is with them because they have been in fellowship
with this God. Praise the Lord. So that they
will not need somebody to monitor them. Oh, did
I do this wrong? Or did I not do that wrong?
Because they know because they have been in fellowship
with the Lord. His intention is for them that
they are well aware of the things that He has
desired. Not that somebody else will come and
tell them. If that person didn't say it, they
will do something else. Praise the Lord. So they'll
therefore need somebody to keep chasing after
them, to keep running after them, to keep telling
them, that thing is wrong, this is wrong, because
they have no idea. Praise the Lord. So his intention
is that all of them know, all of them have fellowship,
all of them have interaction with him. Praise
the Lord. We see also that David, although he's
not from the tribe of Levi, he did minister.
Praise the Lord. So if the plan of God was not
that the people should... be a kingdom of priests,
then something would have happened to David.
He gave, he did sacrifices to the Lord. We see
in 2 Samuel 6, verse 12 to 20. 2 Samuel 6. We're
going to read verse 13 and 17. 2 Samuel 6, verse
12 to 20. We're going to read verse 13. So it
was when those who bear the ark of the Lord had...
So they brought the ark of the Lord and set it
in the place of the tabernacle that David had
erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings before the Lord. And when
David had finished offering burnt offerings and
peace offerings, he blessed the people in the
name of the Lord of hosts. So we see here that
David, as a king, he did this sacrifice. He did
the work of a priest. So we see that that is
the intention of God. Because if that is not
the intention of God consigning them, something
would have happened with him. Praise the Lord.
So let's see this priesthood in the New Covenant.
This priesthood in the New Covenant. So as we
saw, the king of Salem had come, right? Who was
somebody that was greater than the tribe of Levi
or somebody who was greater than Aaron. And he
came in the order of a royal priesthood. He came
because he was a king and a priest. Somebody
who was greater than what Aaron was. Because
Aaron was just a priest. But we see that Jesus
served or came as a greater high priest. We see
that in Hebrews chapter 6. Hebrews chapter 6
verse 20. So Jesus served as a greater high priest.
Hebrews chapter 6 verse 20. Where the four runners
have entered for us. Even Jesus having become
high priest forever according to the order. of
Melchizedek. Praise the Lord. So he served a
greater purpose as a greater high priest that
will be reconciled to God. So he mediated between
us and God. Praise the Lord. And that mediation
was not one that he would make us continually
need, but he would have, he sought that he came
to create or to bring back that relationship
or the original plan of God. So Jesus, the work
of Jesus, or the priesthood of Jesus, eclipses
the Aaron's priesthood. Praise the Lord. So the
work of Jesus has brought us, as we saw in John
chapter 3, right? He has brought us the dominion
of God, right? It has brought us the royal power
of God. It has brought us the forgiveness of
sin. It has brought us the power of righteousness.
Praise the Lord. The ability to be reconciled
to God. to be one with him, to be one spirit
with him. He has brought us to the kingdom of
God. Praise the Lord. So this is what Christ
has done for us. In John chapter 3, we see that
we're able, because of the work of Christ, we're
able to experience the kingdom of God. We're
able to see the kingdom of God. We're able to
see the power of God. We're able to see the salvation
of God because of the work that Christ has done.
In John chapter 3. Proverbs 3 to 8. Right? We're
able to see that the work of Christ has brought
us the ability to experience the kingdom of God.
Praise the Lord. So did Israel's failure stop
God's plan? Did their failure or their refusal
to His proposal of fellowship stop the intention
of God? Praise the Lord. No. Because of what
Christ has done. Because of what Christ has done,
we're able to be To be brought back to that original
intention of God. That is to be a nation of priests.
To be a royal priesthood. To be a treasured people.
To be a holy nation. 1 Peter chapter 2, verses
4 to 5. Come to him as to a living stone rejected
indeed by men and chosen by God and precious.
You also as living stone are built up a spiritual
house, a holy priesthood to offer up. spiritual
sacrifice acceptable to God through Jesus. Praise
the Lord. So because of what Christ has done,
we're able to offer a spiritual sacrifice. We're
able to offer a spiritual sacrifice through him
that is acceptable to God. So the failure of
Israel or the failure of the people of Israel
has not, didn't stop the intention of God. Did
not stop the intention of God because of what
Christ has done on the cross. Verse 9. He said,
but you are a choosing generation, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, his own special people, that you
may proclaim the praises of he who called you
out of darkness into his marvelous light. Verse
10. Who once were not a people, but now the people
of God, who had not obtained mercy, but now have
obtained mercy. Praise the Lord. So the original
plan and intention of God did not stop because
Israel had seen or Israel had refused to accept
the invitation of fellowship. Praise the Lord.
Because of Christ, that initial arrangement is
still present. Because of Christ, that initial
intention of God is possible for the children
of God. Praise the Lord. Because he said the
same thing that he was saying to them. that there
will be a people that are a treasure to him.
And he says, you are a special people. So that
has not stopped the intention of God. Revelation
chapter 5, verses 9 to 10. But he sang a song
saying, You are worthy to take the scroll and
to open its seal. For you were slain and have
redeemed us to God by your blood out of every
tribe and tongues and people and nation. He said,
you have made us kings and priests to our God
and we shall reign on yet. Praise the Lord. See,
he has called us. Can we go back to the previous
verse? He said he has redeemed us by his blood.
It's out of every tribe, right? Out of every
nation. So you see, there's no longer limitation.
It's not just the children of Levi. It's not
just them that have that access to God. Out of
every tongue and every nation and out of every
people, you see, he has made us king and priest
to our God. Praise the Lord. He has made us.
So this is not, this speaks of an identity. Praise
the Lord. This speaks of an identity. He has
made us kings and priests to our God. Praise
the Lord. He has made us royalty to our God and
we shall reign on the earth. So in the sacrifice
and in the things that Christ has done, every
of God's people have received this polytheism.
to be kings and priests on the earth. Praise
the Lord. Because of what Christ has done, we
have received this calling. This is not if I
accept it or I reject it. Praise the Lord. As
long as you are in Christ, this is a calling
that is upon your life, to be king and priest
on the earth. Praise the Lord. So God's initial
plan was fulfilled in Christ. You are now royal
Christians. It's the people that now can serve
and manifest. The power of God. The presence
of God. Praise the Lord. We can serve and manifest.
We can serve and execute. Below the intention
of God, we can execute. Praise the Lord. We have
the power to execute. We have the power to execute
the will of God on the earth. We have the power
to be a blessing to people. Just like Mashiach
said, to bless people. To say you are blessed.
Because we have that power to bless. To teach
people the word. We saw the duties and the roles
of priests. He said that they keep knowledge.
Praise the Lord. They give instructions to the
people. We have that power to teach. We have
the ability to teach. We have the ability to
bless people on the earth. To remind people of
the promises of God. Praise the Lord. To remind
people of the promises of God. To strengthen
those who are weak. Praise the Lord. To strengthen
those who are weak. To preach the gospel to the
lost. Praise the Lord. To preach the gospel.
So this is the thing that we have in Christ.
He has made us kings and priests on the earth
because of what Christ has done. Praise the Lord.
So his original intention of fellowship has been
restored. Praise the Lord. His original intention
of promise has been restored in Christ. We have
the ability to fellowship. We have the ability
to approach his throne of grace. Praise the Lord.
There will no longer be fear. There will no longer
be, oh, we heard the sound of thunder and we
are afraid. There is a strength now to approach,
to stand before him. Praise the Lord. To speak
with him, to fellowship with him. We are a royal
Christian. He said a chosen generation. And a
lot of us know the song. We are a chosen generation.
We run with it. And we dance with it. And we
move around with it. But sometimes we like the
idea of being special. We're not actually acting
specially. We like the idea of, oh, I'm not part
of these people. There is a higher calling. There
is a higher something. There is a higher dimension
to my life. But then, we don't know how to then
execute this higher dimension in our day -to
-day life. Praise the Lord. He said, you're a
chosen generation. A people that are set apart.
A people that once did not know God, but now...
have obtained mercy. A people that understand
the intention of God. Praise the Lord. A people
that understand the intention of God. We're royal
priesthood not because we are singular. Right?
We're royal priesthood because it is who we are
and the manifestation should be clear. Praise
the Lord. The manifestation should be clear.
So what is stopping us from fulfilling these
realities? These things that we have said. And
he said he has made us kings and priests from
yet. To execute his judgment, to execute his
intention. Praise the Lord. To serve, to bring
deliverance to people, to be a blessing. God
is stopping us from this fellowship. So God wants
us, he wants this fellowship from us. Praise
the Lord. He has made us. So we shouldn't refuse
this fellowship by how we behave or how we live
our lives. Praise the Lord. We shouldn't refuse
this fellowship of the Father. It's a fellowship
with the Father. John chapter 1, verse 1 to 4.
John chapter 1. Sorry, 1 John chapter 1. So that
which was from the beginning, which we have had,
which we have seen with our own eyes, which we
have looked upon, our hands have handled, consigning
the word of life. The life was manifest and we
have seen it and bore witness. and declare to
you that eternal life, which was with the Father
and was manifest to us, that which we have seen
and had, we declare to you, that you also may
have fellowship with us. And truly, our fellowship
is with the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.
And these things I write to you, that your joy
might be full. Praise the Lord. It's a true fellowship,
it's that we have fellowship with God. and Jesus
Christ. Through fellowship is that we have fellowship
with God and with Jesus Christ. So we're just
going to look at mediators. So as the people
refused the proposal of God, they made Moses
the mediator between them and God. So somebody
who would speak on their behalf. Somebody who
is in the middle to say what their intention
is. what the plan of God is and declare it to
them. Praise the Lord. So somebody will speak
to God, conciling them. But because of what Christ
has done, we are able to speak to the Father.
Praise the Lord. We are able to speak to the
Father. We are able to speak to the Father. We
can now approach the throne of grace where we
can speak with God. Hebrews 4, verse 14. It's
a saying then that we have a great high priest
who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the
Son of God. Let us hold fast to our confession.
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize
with our witness, but was at all points tempted
as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore
come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy and find grace. and find grace to
help in times of need. Praise the Lord. So we
are able to come to God. We are able to come
to God because of what Christ has done. So the
mediation of what Christ has done for us allows
us to come to God. The mediation of Moses did
not allow the people to come to God. Praise the
Lord. There was a block. There was something
that was blocking. them from having fellowship.
But the mediation of what Christ has done is
that we can now come boldly to God because of
what he has done. So it therefore means that
we can hear God for ourselves. Praise the Lord.
It therefore means that we can hear God for ourselves.
It therefore means that the intention of God
is that your pastor teaches you the word, shows
you the things of God, but he should not be your
mediator. Praise the Lord. He should not be The
one that hears God for you. Praise the Lord.
God intends that at some point, with understanding,
you are able to hear Him. You are able to fellowship
with Him. Praise the Lord. You are able to fellowship
with Him. That you are able to come to Him. There
are some people that only know what their pastor
says. My pastor said this, my pastor said that,
my pastor said that. But there is no fellowship.
You don't know what God says concerning your
life. You don't know what God says concerning
your situation. You don't understand. the things
of God, because you have refused to fellowship.
You have refused to take advantage of that which
has already been given to you. He has made us
kings and priests. So are God to reign on the
earth. Because you have refused to take advantage
of fellowship, you will always seek to hear God
from your pastor, or from a brother, or from
somebody who sees you on the road and says, hey
you, I see this, I see that. Baby, you don't
fall on your knees and start crying. Praise the
Lord. I remember some time, some years ago, when
they are giving the word, I'd be asking, is that
not a word for me? Why is it that somebody here,
they're giving word to this person, that person?
How is it that somebody is not giving me nothing?
And a few occasions, I do receive the word, but
why is it that it's only this person that receives
the word? They are praying and they pass the
CIA. This is what God is saying concerning your
life. I'm going through a lot. Pastor, hear something
for me. Praise the Lord. But that's not the intention
of God. God intends that you hear Him for yourself.
That you are the person that hears Him for yourself.
It means that you take the responsibility of
fellowship. You take the responsibility of fellowship.
That you see that something is going on, you
pray about it. Praise the Lord. You pray about
it. There is a strength that comes from corporate
prayers, right? We're able to pray from now,
from morning till evening, most of the time because
we are here all together. Praise the Lord. But
God wants you to hear Him for yourself. He wants
a one -on -one interaction with you, that you
also know Him, that you know how to pray concerning
your situation. Praise the Lord. That you know
how to pray concerning your situation. That you
know how to pray concerning your situation. When
you see that something is going on in your environment,
you pray about it. You study the word of the
Lord about it. Because in doing that, you will
be able to execute His plan and purposes on the
earth. That you will be a priest to your family.
Praise the Lord. That you will be a priest to
your family. Some of us, if our parents know
what some of us know now, our life maybe will
be far better. We have not gone through the levels
that we are born through because they committed
us to pastor. You teach my type. Praise the Lord.
Or they committed us to schools. Schools teach
my children this, teach them that. We don't know
the teachers are going through a lot. Praise
the Lord. And they have many other children that
they will take care of. Right? You don't pay
attention to them. So that you be a priest in
your family. Praise the Lord. That you be a priest
in your family. You're the one that hears God.
If you are not yet hearing, you are hearing.
Praise the Lord. God, there is a crisis you are
looking for, which is important with you, by
the way. But you also know how to pray. Praise
the Lord. And we saw prayers the other time.
And we said that the first thing that prayer
does is that it helps you, you as a person. Your
challenges used to come and go. If you think
about it, they come and they go. The biggest
one you have faced, Right? It has come and it
left you. Praise the Lord. But you were still
there. So it changes you. No matter how difficult
the challenge is, it's that you take the time
to have fellowship. You take the time to seek
the face of God. Because in that, you are able
to execute the plans of God concerning your life.
Praise the Lord. You are able to hear the plans
of God concerning your life. So the people feared
because... He saw thunder and lightning. The
more you fellowship with God, the more fear will
go away. Praise the Lord. The more fear will
go away. I remember one time, the house I was
staying, there was a problem. Somebody was, I
don't know whether he was sick or he was seeing
something. He was in his room. He seemed to be
seeing things. Praise the Lord. And he was panting
too much. They called everybody. Everybody was
running. All of that. They came and called me
downstairs. I came up. I said, what's going on?
I saw somebody in the room. Logically, I was
asking you, how did you come to this room and
somebody started having problems? What happened
between them? But I saw the guy. He was really
going. He was not breathing properly. So many
things were happening, right? And he was seeing
things. I don't know what he was seeing, but
he was seeing things and moving around, right?
The first thing that will enter my head is, I've
seen this movie before. You have watched it in
Nigeria, right? And you see that somebody is
seeing things. Praise the Lord. So I thought
about it, thought about it. They fear, what can
I do? I started to pray, right? I start to pray.
I start to pray. I start to pray. And I prayed
and prayed and prayed and prayed. We needed to
take him to the hospital. How frightening it
was that the people don't want to help. They
were like, that is in that building. I called
him. I said, look, this person is not breathing
properly. We need to take him downstairs. But
the situation was looking like, if you touch
this guy, maybe what is following you will follow
you. Right? So they didn't want to come at all.
Like, there were boys there. They didn't want
to come. And this guy was like me. We need to
take him downstairs. Right? It was ladies that
helped carry him down. Praise the Lord. It was
the ladies in that house that helped carry him
down to the car. Right? He did. They had to take
him to Nigeria, but he was fine. Praise the Lord.
At the end of the day. So, there's so many things
that will come and will happen. You will not
understand it. Right? You will even, you would
fear about it. But when you know that, what else
do I know? I'm not a doctor. There's nothing
that I know. I cannot diagnose anything. I just
have to pray. Praise the Lord. I just have to
pray because that is what I understand. That
is what I know. Praise the Lord. That is what
I know. And there's so many people they could
have called. There's so many people they have
called, right, that refuse to go there. So the
more we fellowship with God, the more fear will
go away. The more you fellowship with God, the
more fear will go away. The more you know God,
the revelation of God is the revelation of you.
You find yourself in God. We saw that in Matthew
16 -19. And then to the people that are priests,
he says that their portion is the Lord. In Numbers
18 -20, he says that God is their portion. Praise
the Lord. It means that God will take care of
them. The people that work in that office, that
God takes care of them. That God is their portion.
He takes care of them. So what is stopping you
from manifesting? Your priest, what is stopping
you from manifesting that which is given to you?
Is it fear? Is it your lack of fellowship? There's
very little that we will be able to do or somebody
can be able to do for you, even in terms of prayer
and all of that. But if you learn how to fellowship,
you will discover that as somebody is saying,
there's a problem here, you'll be hearing, for
me, this is what God is saying. I've had this
thing clearly because you have prayed. Praise
the Lord. You have prayed. You have prayed. There's
some issues in your life that I'm sure you know
that God has not revealed it to any pastor. And
you know. Because he's telling you that you have
to deal with it. You have to pray. You have to
study. You have to seek my face concerning this
issue. You need to stand up and begin to act
like that which you have. Praise the Lord. So
our priesthood is restored in Christ. A kingdom
of priests to serve. our God, to execute His
judgment on the earth, in our lives and the people
that are around us. Praise the Lord. Let's just
open our mouth and just begin to bless the name
of the Lord. If today's message was a blessing,
share it with a friend. Till next time, be blessed.