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gifts. Brethren, I would not have you ignorant,
yet know that ye were Gentiles carried away unto
these dumb idols, even as they were led. 3. Wherefore
I give to you to understand that no man speaking
by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus, accost.
Hallelujah. Praise God. You see, and that no
man can say that Jesus is Lord, but by what?
By the Spirit of God. Hallelujah! Praise God!
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same
Spirit, and there are differences of administrations,
but the same Lord, and there are diversities
of operations, but it is the same God who walketh
how? All in all but the manifestation say the
manifestation say the manifestation but the manifestation
of the spirit is given to how many men only pastors
only men only women only people that are given
to prayers but the manifestation is given to
how many to every man all to do what is it to
hide it not to use it but to do what to profit
with all eight for to one is given by the spirit
the word of wisdom that is now he's talking about
the manifestation amen hallelujah yeah so he
said the manifestation of the spirit is given
to me to do what to profit what to profit all
right good so see now everybody eight for to
one is given by the spirit the what the word
of wisdom to another the word of knowledge by
the same what spirit nine to another faith by
the same spirit to another gift of healing by
the same spirit to another working of miracles
to another prophecy to another deciding of spirits
to another diverse kinds of tongues to another
interpretation of tongues by the same spirit
but all these what are the all these huh what
are the all these so that i will know we're in
the same class what are the all these What are
the spiritual gifts? Let's name it. Word of wisdom.
Word of knowledge. Faith. Gifts of healing. Working
of miracles. Designing of spirits. Diverse kinds
of tongues. Interpretation of tongues. Prophecy.
Hallelujah. It's given to how many men? To all
men. Praise God. 11 says, what kept that one
and the self -same spirit? Dividing to what?
Dividing to only pastors? Dividing to only prayer
people? Dividing to how many men? Every man how?
Severally as what? As he will. Praise God! Hallelujah!
So in this season we are talking about we are
considering manifesting the kingdom of God and
this morning we'll just talk about manifesting
the things of the spirit. Manifesting what? the
things of the spirit. It's going to be a long
one but we'll start somewhere and connect somewhere.
Praise God! Definitely I'll start somewhere and
then connect somewhere. So we might jump in the
middle and connect somewhere. Amen? Praise God!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Manifesting
the what? The things of what? Can you say I have
the ability? I have the ability within me is
the ability to manifest the things of the Spirit.
Hallelujah! Praise God! So now, what we see,
right? When you see chapter 12, right? How is
chapter 12 starting from verse 1? Everybody,
1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 1. Verse 1, 1
Corinthians. Yes, so how is it starting? So when
when I will start a communication or when a communication
is starting by noun concerning spiritual gifts,
right? What comes to your mind when somebody
is talking to you, right? Colari, somebody is
talking to you and you say noun concerning spiritual
gifts. What does it mean? Good. So he has said
something before and he wants to talk about this
matter. Is it not? You're so when you're talking
to somebody you're so, you know, you know when
this was happened when this happened this led
to this this led to that but you know You understand
that thing that happened, you know, it's supposed
to be this way this way Actually, you know when
we now see there are lots that showed but and
now Concerning the business. So what he's already
saying is that he has already addressed a matter,
right? And now he wants to address another what?
Another matter. Amen. Hallelujah He said, now
concerning spiritual gifts, now concerning the
things pertaining to the Spirit. Amen. So, but
now the thing we are going to look at is verse
11, right? What is it that he was telling them
that he had to move to now concerning spirituals?
Let's look at chapter 11 everybody. Chapter 11,
chapter 11, chapter 11, I think we have discussed
chapter 11 in the cell on Friday. Amen. How many
of us were not in the cell on Friday? You were
not in the cell on Friday. How many of us were
not in the cell? Don't be ashamed. Don't be ashamed.
As I say, how many of us are not in the cell?
Some people are scratching their head. Just don't
lie. Don't lie. Don't be sincere. I will not
attack you. I just want to take a statistical
something. Do you know what I want to share like
dollars? Yeah, you don't know. So just how many
people were not in the cell? Okay. Okay, half
of us, half of us were not in the cell. Okay,
if you were in the cell, you will have understood
what we have discussed in what? In chapter 11.
Praise God. So what we see, He has already addressed
a matter regarding fellowship, food, eating.
Amen? And the major contention and the major
thing that He has already addressed is how they
should walk in what? In love towards one another.
Praise God. Hallelujah. That concerning fellowshiping
together, concerning coming together and then
eating. I have also realized that you guys don't
work in love towards one another. So much so
that you have allowed food to be a contention
amongst you. How did we know that? Right? He
started from 18. Everybody go to chapter 11 verse
18. See where he began to address them. He said,
for first of all, when you do what? When you
come together, where? In the church. I hear that.
There be what? Divisions what? Among you. And
I do what? And I partly believe it. Praise God.
And then now 19. For there must be also what?
Heresies among you. that there which are approved
may be made manifest what among you that those
people that are the reason why heresies are among
you that this particular people may be made what
manifests praise god so definitely because i
see and i hear that there are divisions among
you and you guys are not walking in love towards
one another This must be a product of what? Of
wrong doctrine. There is a teaching that is prevalent
where? Among you. So much so that you guys have
approved. You guys have been able to entertain
such heretic what? Doctrine among you. Praise
God. But however Now he went down to now talk
about the division the division the division
the division and 34 now see how he ended 34 34
no 1134 He says and if any man do what if any
man what? Hunger let him do what? Let him eat
at home that year come not together unto what?
And the rest will I set in order when I what?
When I come. So he has already addressed the
matter of division regarding when they come together
where? In the church. Praise God. And then now
he will now start chapter 12 by saying what?
Now concerning what? So it tells us that he has
not finished addressing the matter of division
and confusion among them. Amen. He still wants
to address a matter that also these people are
having issue with. Praise God. And then now he
began saying, now concerning what? Spiritual
gifts. We have learned, right? In this church,
when you check your Bible KJV, or your Bible,
I don't know the version you're using, right?
You realize that that gift is italized. Right?
So which means if you check the original, context
of the original Greek Bible, you will see that
now concerning what? Spirituals. Right? Brethren,
I will not have you what? Ignorant. Amen. Then
he began to address and talk about that. How
do we know that he's addressing another issue
among them? After he has spoken till verse what?
Verse 11. See verse 12 everybody. Please everybody
pay attention to this class, please. verse 12
see how he see the communication said for as
the body is what is one and had what many members
and all members of that one body be many are
one body so also is what is christ for by one
spirit are we all baptized into what one body
whether we be jews or gentiles whether we be
born or free and have been all made to do what
to drink into one's spirit. For the body is not
what? One member but many." See verse 15 now,
everybody. If the foot shall say, because I am
what? Not the hand, I am not of the body. Is
it therefore not of what? The body, does this
sound division? Does this sound somebody like
somebody saying, you know, I am the one that
can prophesy? Does it sound like that? Yes, if
the ear shall say because I am not the eye, I
am not of the body, is it therefore not of the
body? Amen. And then now the communication continued
till chapter 13 now. Amen. And see now after
speaking now concerning what? Spirituals. See
the way now he will start chapter 13 everybody.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of
angels and have what? have not what charity and
have not love I am become as what sounding brass
or a tinkling what Simba and though I have the
gift of what prophecy and understand all mysteries
and knowledge and know I have and though I have
all faith so that I could remove mountains and
have no charity. I am what? I am nothing. So
what is teaching and what is explaining to them?
In the midst of all the confusion, in the midst
of all the division, in the midst of all the
prophecy, in the midst of all the word of wisdom,
in the midst of all the word of knowledge, because
you guys have made a choice. not to walk in love,
you have become a what? A sounding what? Yes,
you are just making noise. So the believer, let
me say this now, the believer that prophesies,
the believer that gives word of knowledge, the
believer that gives word of wisdom, the believer
that heal the sick, the believer that raises
the dead, that refuses to walk in love, is a
sounding what? Is a sounding symbol. Secondly,
He was addressing them and saying that, guys,
all the gifts of the Holy Ghost, all the operations
of the Holy Ghost, all the diversities of the
Holy Ghost, when you come together in the trust
to eat, when you come together to fellowship,
when you come together to pray, when you come
together to stay in the apostles' doctrine, one
of the things that will be a blessing to one
another is that you walk in what? In love. Hallelujah.
So if I have to prophesy, that I'm prophesying
to edify my brother, Amen? That I'm walking in
what? In love. So there's no place where I'm
standing. I'm saying, Oh, you know, when I just
got into the church, I received like 15 words.
He said, you see like Pastor, in a manner like
you now, the Spirit of God is taking me. He's
taking me. You know, have you spoken about it?
Did you call my line? Did I call your line? Let
me tell you what the spirit is saying. I know
you have an Asuka. It's Projo. I hear P -U. P
-U. P -U. It's P -E. I know it's P. P -O -J -O.
P -O -J -O. Sorry, sorry. Yes, yes, yes. He said
yes, Papa. He knows. He knows. And then after
Savis, you know, you just go about, you know,
guys, today, Savis was on fire. You know, I even
saw one of the team leaders, he was just struggling
to give a simple word. I just floored. You know
the way I was flooring? You know this prophetic
is a habitat. Nonsense. What Paul was addressing
to the church, he was addressing that through
the platform of love, when the gifts of the Holy
Ghost are let loose, I'm using the word let loose.
Amen? Because you understand why I'm saying let
what? Loose. Through the platform of love. When
the gifts of the Holy Ghost, when the oppressions
of the things of the Spirit are manifested, the
entire Church are left edified. Hallelujah! Every
time you allow the things of the Spirit to be
manifested through you, to be seen through your
life, The mindset that should be behind you or
in your heart is that I am doing this That my
brother is what is edified. I am doing this that
my sister is straight up I'm not trying to prove
a point. Amen. I'm not trying to put some kind
of you know I always say that in this church
will make the things of the spirit to be normal.
I'm using the word normal we don't make big deal
out of the things of the spirit because they
are for everyone praise God hallelujah and so
now after he has addressed the matter of love
in chapter 13 right he now went to chapter 14
see everybody see chapter 14 he said follow afterward
love hallelujah follow after love in all your
doings follow afterward love and desire what?
Spiritual gifts. But rather, that ye may what?
Prophesy. So we see him correcting arguments.
We see him correcting divisions. We see him correcting
doctrines. We see him correcting their lack of
love towards one another. In fact, I wrote it
this way. Paul was addressing a loveless spiritual
church. Do you know what I said? Paul was addressing
a what? A loveless spiritual what? Church. Don't
be a loveless believer. Learn to walk by the
Spirit in love. He was addressing and telling
them that the things of the Spirit or the oppression
of things of the Spirit or all the things concerning
spirituals must be made by love. And you see
now from chapter 1 Paul you know this church
this church is a spiritual church but also let
me use the word quote and unquote a controversial
church that needed training that needed teaching
amen probably maybe as we are reading put yourself
somewhere praise God Okay, first Corinthians
chapter 1 verse 11. First Corinthians chapter
1 verse 11 to 13. See some of the things he kept
addressing in this church. You will almost think
that these guys are not saved. But before we
go to 11, see verse 7. See what he told them.
Verse 6 or from verse 5. That in everything,
ye are what? Please help us to go to verse 1
so that everybody will see that these guys are
not unbelievers. Verse 1. Paul called to be an
apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God
and sustenance our brother. Verse 2. On to what?
unto the Church of God which is at where? At
Corinth. Amen. So which means that this letter
is to believers. Amen. Is to what? Believers.
To them that are sanctified in Christ. Can you
see? These guys are what? Saved. Christ Jesus
called to be saints with all that I in every
place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our
Lord both death and ours. Grace be unto you and
peace from our God our father and from the Lord
Jesus Christ I thank my God always on your behalf
Can you see the kind of heavy words that are
coming the commendation coming towards this church?
For the grace of God which is given you by Jesus
Christ five that in everything ye are Enriched
by him in all utterance and in what and in all
knowledge six even as the testimony of Christ
was what? confirmed in you seven, so that ye
come behind in what? So this short we're seeing
every manner of the display of spiritual gifts,
waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
amen? So verse 11 everybody, having said all
these good things, for it had been declared unto
me, can you see what he's saying? For it had
been what? declared unto me, my brethren, by
which are of the house of Chloé, that yea, that
there are what? That there are what? Contentions
were among you. Now this I say, that every one
of you did what? These are people that he said,
O you combine no gift, O you are enriching all
utterance, O you are enriching all revelations.
but I hear also that there are what contentions
were among you. Now this I say that every one
of you said, I am of Paul, and I am of what?
Apollos, and I am of what? Sephas, and I am of
what? Christ. How many groups? Four groups. In
how many churches? One church. Oh, you know.
Me, I love Pastor Victor. You know Pastor Victor,
when I sit before him, there's this way he keeps
talking to me like this. I get touched. I don't
like Pastor Ema. Pastor Ema sometimes is kind
of boring, you know. But you know, Pastor Chidi,
first when you visit, he will give you food first.
You know, when he handles your stomach, then
he will talk to you. No, no, no. I don't like
Pastor Costing. Pastor Costing will make you
to come to see you first. He will stress you
more. Two groups are two groups. You say you
know we we in this church. We are the carcass
that I give it to the taste of the spirits You
know if I let me say you think you know today
say prayer Sunday So during prayers now see what
they are doing world with you we thank God all
of us We're going to have own group. So even
when pastor say group yourself don't group So
that was their fire here. Let's show them three
groups four groups. Those ones are UFOs They
are unidentified flying objects, you know, we
Have you noticed that in this church there is
segregation? You know last week I greeted Pastor
Kosting. He just answered me with his nose. How
are you? We follow Christ. We don't follow anybody.
How many groups? Four groups. But you know, have
you noticed that these same people are the people
that are on fire for the gifts of the Holy Ghost?
These same people are the people that have been
given a heavy commendation. I just heard something
now. So which means that You can be commended
on the things of God. You can be commended on
the things of the Spirit. You can be commended
but somewhere in your heart you have refused
to understand God's kind of love. So much so
that that you should do what? You should allow
for the oppressions of the things of the Spirit
to do what? To flow easily through you. I'm going
somewhere because after now we are going to take
time and do what? And pray. Praise God. Probably
maybe today we're gonna do it too too too too
too too too. Praise God so that you can be able
to minister to one another without any what?
Restriction you'll be glad do you know I've noticed
something? The people that you pray more for
them you receive so much of God's instruction
for them I've noticed that working in what in
love so he has addressed contentions right chapter
3 verse 1 to 5 see another contention again and
I brethren could not speak on to you as what
But are they spiritual? Is this church a spiritual
church? But still what is saying? But as unto
what? Canal! We are diagnosing them now. Even
as unto what? Babes! In what? In Christ. I have
fed you with milk and not with meat. For hither
to ye were not able to do what? To bear it. Neither
yet know. Now are ye able. Three now. For ye
are yet what? for whereas there is among you
envying, can you see now where contentions are
coming from? Because they refuse to deal with
what? They are envying, strife, divisions, I
hear not what, cannot, and work as what? As men.
For while one said, I am of Paul, and another,
I am of Apollos, I hear not what, cannot. Who
then is Paul? Who then is Apollos? But many stars
by whom hear what? Believes even as the Lord
gave to what? every man See chapter four now
six seven, so you'll be seeing different matters
everybody six seven and These things brethren
I have in a figure transferred To myself and
to Apollo's for your sakes that here might learn
in us not to think of men are both That that
which is written for that no one of you be what?
Can you see? No one of you be what? Answer me.
No one of you be what? Where are you people reading?
Verse 6 now. For verse 6. No one of you be puffed
up. Okay, let's do something. Close this, this
thing. So that they will call it, they will be
saying it. Because when I say what, everybody's
eyes is there. Close it. Okay, verse 6 everybody.
That no one of you be what? Be puffed up for
what? One against what? Another. When we say
puffed up one against another, what do we mean?
Show. Right? Pride, chapter 5 now, 1 -2, chapter
5, 1 -2. See this kind of church, spiritual church,
but see this kind of church. So do you mean that
it is possible to have this thing inside church?
Yes, 5 -2. It is reportedly common. It is reported
commonly that there is what? In which kind of
church? Are we sure this is a Corinthian church,
a spiritual church? It is reported commonly that
there is fornication among you. And such fornication
is not so much as named among what? Like these
guys are terrible in fornication. That one should
have is what? Can you see? Two. And ye are what?
Buffed up. And have not rather what? Morn. So
which means that this information, for this information
to get to Paul, this information is a common
information where? Within them. That they know
among them there are people that are having their
father's wives. Same church. see what he says
instead they should mourn that he had done these
deeds might be taken away from among you three
nasty for i verily as absent in the body of present
spirit have judged already as though i were what
concerning him that had what that are so done
what done this six now everyone let's go to chapter
six dare any of you having a matter against another
go to the law before the unjust and not before
the saint Do you not know that the saints shall
judge the world, and in the world shall be judged
by you? Are ye unwary to judge the smallest what
matters? He's addressing five here now. Which
are we dealing about? Corinthian Church. Knowing
not that we shall all what judge angels, how
much more things that pertain to this life, if
then ye have judgment of things pertain to this
life, said them to judge who at least esteem
what? in the trust five I speak to your shame
is it so that there is not a wise man among you
no not that shall be able to judge between this
is brethren but brother go ahead to the law with
that brother and that brother before the unbelievers
now therefore there is utterly a what false way
among you with church 7 verse 1 to 4 now concerning
the things whereof ye wrote unto me i know one
more amazing thing they were the ones that wrote
these things to him somebody snitched them hallelujah
so it's good snitch if there's somebody here
that you know you have to snitch on him do what
yes snitch on the person write a letter to the
pastors so i saw brother shoko bleke in one corner
and he's just pressing the face i'm pressing
everywhere you saw him are you sure it's asa
but you know When you are talking I don't mention
my anonymous information, you know. If we treat
you like Paul, we will call you there. I say,
Brother Shoko Bleke, you see, Brother Shonkwe,
he is the one that saw you. Was there anything
like that? That's what was happening here. Amen.
And see now what he told them. 8, 8, 8 verse
1. Now as touching the things offered unto us,
I do, okay, no, verse 7. Chapter 7 -1, now concerning
the things whereof ye wrote unto me, it is good
for a man not to do what a woman, nevertheless
to avoid, let every man have his own wife, and
let every woman have her. So when you read the
whole chapter, he's addressing issue. You go
to chapter 8, issue. You go to chapter 9, issue.
You go to chapter 10, issue. You go to chapter
11. issue you go to chapter 12 each more issues
god bless you and then chapter 13 he now gave
them the solution i say you guys because you
lack love hallelujah you lack what you lack love
so now having said all these things a church
that is full of the spirit yet a loveless Believer.
Loveless congregation. They are not working in
what? In love. Praise God. So now, when you see
that chapter 12, you now say, now concerning
what? Spirituals. Hallelujah. Praise God. So
now, when we read Romans chapter 8, everybody.
Okay. Yes. In five more minutes. Romans chapter
8. Romans chapter 8. Verse 9 to 10. Romans chapter
8. Are we there? Don't worry. There is nothing
that will be shown on that board. Open your Bible.
are we there everybody but ye are not in what
in the flesh but in the what in the spirit if
so be that the spirit of god dwell where dwell
where in you now if any man have not the spirit
of christ he is what so how do we know a person
that is of christ that the spirit of god does
what dwell in the person right see now verse
10 and if christ be where In you the body is
dead because of what sin but the spirit is lie
because of what? righteousness Spirit in you
Christ where in you praise God say I have the
spirit of God in me The spirit of God dwells
in me. So the indwelling of the spirit of God
in you Validate or is the evidence that what
you are saved you are born again. Hallelujah.
Praise God So now, a short fast on the school
now. How do a man become born again? Romans chapter
10. This is just very fast. How do I become born
again? Because what we are doing now in the next
few minutes is for believers. If you are not,
if you are here, sorry, and you are not saved,
as you are seated there, you can be saved. Amen.
Hallelujah. Yes, so salvation is just there,
is here. So you can be what? you can be saved.
Praise God. Romans chapter 10 verse 9. That if
thou shall do what? Shall confess with what?
With thy mouth. What are you confessing? Are
you confessing your sins? Are you confessing
your sins? What are you confessing? Look at your
Bible. What are you confessing? What are you
confessing? So in salvation what do we confess?
Do we confess sins? Do we confess deliverances?
Do we confess all our dirty lives? Do we confess
our weaknesses? What do we confess? the Lord
Jesus Confess with your mouth with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus and shall do what? everybody let's
read it and shall believe in thy heart that God
had what? Raising from the dead thou shall be
what? Because for with the heart man does what?
Belief unto righteousness and with the mouth
confession is made unto what? Salvation! So how
do we become saved? Or how does an unbeliever
become saved? He confesses the Lord Jesus with
his mouth and does what again? He believes with
his heart. What does he believe in? That God
has raised Jesus from what? from the dead. What
gets a man saved is that the man believed that
Jesus is raised from the dead. Glory hallelujah.
That is what gets a man saved. It's not that
I was moving, you know, only by the legacy, but
an express way. So as the car goes to voo, voo,
voo, I just saw a white man just hold the other
glass. I would just hit one tree. I came out,
all my clothes, there was no dust. That was how
I knew I was saved. You are a liar. That's not
how you get saved. You know I was dreaming, I
was flying. Somebody now shot a gun. As somebody
shot a gun, you know I just perceived now in
my heart as I just said dream. Somebody here,
you're here now. You had a dream yesterday. You
saw yourself dead. Yes, I just had it now. As
I just, as I mentioned dream, I had it and it's
strong now in my heart as I'm speaking. Just
now. In fact, you woke up afraid. Who is the
person? Who is the person? You are here. Who
is the person? Don't be ashamed. We are not trying
to do any of these things. Who? Who is the person?
Who is the person? Okay. You know, last week,
that's the same thing. I gave a word here, you
know, and then the next day, I mentioned the
next day, right? Yeah, the people reached out
to me saying that the word was for them and this
is what they are experiencing presently. Hallelujah!
Don't come and meet me after service. Don't meet
any pastor. Let them keep pressing you. At least,
when they press you enough, and you will show
up. You see, the Holy Spirit is helping us daily
to practice the things of the Spirit. So many
a times when I say I know what I'm saying, it's
truly because I know what I'm saying, truly.
Even as I'm talking now, I could feel the emotions
about it. You woke up and you never slept again
till this morning. That person, yes. And this
is not the first time you've been experiencing
it. You've been experiencing it a couple of times.
and you're already getting to be afraid of sleeping
at night. So how does a man get saved? A man
gets saved by confessing the Lord Jesus Christ
and believing it is hard that God has raised
him from what? From the dead. John 3, 16, let's
call ourselves for God's soul of the world. Yes,
whosoever what? But how do we do that believing?
What do we believe in? That God has what? Raised
Christ from what? from the dead that is what
we believe in with the heart that believing now
is what causes us to confess the Lord Jesus that
is why I say no one can say the Lord Jesus except
by the spirit praise God hallelujah praise God
so the man that has the spirit of God write this
thing down now because we are standing up now
the man that has the spirit of God has all the
things of God in him So we have Romans chapter
10 verse 9 to 10 salvation John 3 16 salvation
John 3 verse 3 to 6 at John 3 verse 3 to 6 Nicodemus
came and met him. He said oh, how can I be born
again? Right? He said do you mean that I have
to go into my mother's womb and then my as old
as I am? Amen. He said no, no, no, no, that's
not it. You have to be born of the water, which
is what? Which is the spirit for that that which
is born of the flesh is what is flesh and that
which is born of the spirit Is what is spirit
praise God and I will stop here right the spirit
of God is the evidence and the fulfillment of
Jesus's promise to the believer the spirit of
God is the evidence the spirit of God in you
is the what is the evidence and the fulfillment
of what? Of Jesus' promise to the believer. The
Spirit of God in you is the evidence that Jesus
has risen from the dead. The Spirit of God in
you is the evidence that the Spirit of God is
still at work on the earth. Hallelujah! So how
will Jesus walk today on the earth? Through me.
Hallelujah! Say, Jesus is walking? Jesus is walking?
Jesus is walking? Today on the Earth, through
me, hallelujah! Be blessed.