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right in. 1 Corinthians chapter 1, everybody.
So one of the words that I remembered mentioning
on Sunday, I mentioned something. I said Paul
was addressing the church in Corinthians, a loveless
spiritual people. What I meant by a loveless
spiritual people is not as though. Can you hear
me? Okay, sir. Okay. So it's not as though these
people don't have the love of Christ in them.
Amen. The day the believer comes into Christ,
the day the believer. receives the life of christ
he receives all that is in christ jesus so when
when i say loveless people it was not or is not
as though these people don't have love at all
no the believers in the corinthian church have
the love of christ in them amen They have all
that is in Christ. Also, they have it in them.
So the only challenge with them is that what?
They have made a choice. Willful ignorance, right?
Not to walk in love. Praise God. So now, let's
see verse 2. Let's see verse 2. Everybody, please
pay attention to your Bible. And see the kind
of, there's a reason why I want us to read verse
2 to 10. Right? Because I want to say something
that will build on all that we are discussing.
Or from verse 1. Paul called to be an apostle
of Jesus Christ through the will of God and sustenance
our brother. See verse 2 everybody. Put your
attention very well. Unto the church of God which
is at Corinth. To them that are what? sanctified
in Christ Jesus. They are in who? They are in
Christ. Christ is in them. Amen? So all that
is in Christ is in these believers. How do I
know? Let's continue reading. Called to be what?
Called to be saints. With all that in every place
called upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
both theirs and what? And ours. So this church,
these believers are in who? They are in Christ
Jesus. And Christ is also what? In them. Praise
God. So these people have love. These people
have all the gifts of the Holy Ghost. These people
have all that is in Christ Jesus. Verse 3. Grace
be unto you and peace from God our Father and
from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always
on your behalf for the grace of God, which is
what? Which is given you by Jesus Christ. That
in everything, can you see everybody? That in
everything, ye are what? Ye are enriched by him.
Hallelujah. Not in some things. Not in one thing.
Not in two things. Not in three things. That
they are enriched in how many things? In everything.
The believer is the man that is enriched in everything
in Christ Jesus. We have treated it in our cell
meeting. The realities of the believer in Christ
Jesus. As we are discussing heaven. The realities
of the believer in Christ Jesus. So the believer
is enriched in Christ in how many things? In
all things. And he said by him. Who? By Christ.
That hymn there says that ye are enriched by
Christ in all utterance and in all how many words?
All knowledge. Can you see? All utterance, all
knowledge, all gifts, the love of God, the patience
of God, the character of God, the kindness of
God, they are enriched in all things. See verse
6. Even as the testimony of Christ was what?
Was confirmed in you. Can you see verse 7? So
that ye come behind in what? In no gifts. Because
they are enriched in all things. They are enriched
in everything. They are enriched in every gift.
They come behind in no gift waiting for the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 8. Who shall
also confirm you unto the end that ye be blameless
in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 9.
God is faithful. By whom here we are called.
Unto the fellowship of his son. Jesus Christ
what? Our Lord. Unto the union. Now what fellowship?
Unto the union. Of which his son. Our Lord Jesus
Christ. Seva stand everybody now. Seva stand.
So that you will know that this church is enriched
in everything. Now I beseech you, brethren, by
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all
speak what? The same thing. And that there be
no what? Divisions where? Among you. But that
ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
and in the same judgment. Hallelujah. In the
same mind and in the same judgment. Because ye
are enriched in everything. Because for the grace
of God has been given to you by Christ Jesus.
Because the peace of God and his grace has been
given to you. Because ye are enriched in all
utterance. Ye are enriched in all knowledge.
You see this church. It's a church that has all
things. So whatever that is in Christ Jesus is
in them. Hallelujah. However, this church, when
you now see verse 11, it now say, for it has
been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by
them which are of the house of what? Of Chloe,
that there are what? Contentions where? Among
you. So some people from the house of Chloe,
where the people that declared unto him that
there are what? Contentions among them. And he
began verse 12 and began to address all the contentions.
And we read on Sunday in chapter 3, he addressed
an issue. Chapter 4, he addressed an issue. Chapter
5, he kept addressing till chapter 13, 14 and
15. He ended 15 and 16, now bringing their minds
to a different matter entirely, having addressed
all the issues and then encouraged them to walk
in love. So most times when you see that there
are disputes and when there are issues and then
in the body of Christ, you want to address a
matter between two believers. You are not addressing
the matter between the believers as though they
don't have that which is in them that is supposed
for them to live that kind of life. No. But rather,
you see a deviation from their reality or who
they are or their identity in Christ Jesus. That
is why in chapter 3, he would tell them that
I would love to speak to you as unto spiritual,
but I have to speak unto you as unto what? Canal.
as unto faith in who? In Christ. So these people
are spiritual people. Question, who is a spiritual
person? A spiritual person is one that is saved.
One that has the Holy Ghost. I'm just giving
us a summarized definition of a spiritual person.
A spiritual person is any believer or any man
that is what? That is saved. whether you pray
16 hours whether you pray 30 hours whether you
have locked in your room for 16 days or you fast
and pray for 191 days that does not make you
more spiritual and make your other brother or
the other believer less spiritual The man in
Christ is already spiritual. Let me say it again.
The man in Christ is already what? Spiritual.
The man in Christ is already spiritual. However,
that man that is spiritual can make a choice,
can act on his will to behave carnally. That
person can willfully decide not to walk by the
Spirit of God. That person can willfully decide
not to express the life of God in him. That person
can willfully decide to exhibit a life that is
apart his identity. So that is what is happening
with the Church of Corinthians or the Church
in Corinth. And I needed to build this to say
this now. You are hearing me on this platform.
You are spiritual. You are spiritual. You are
spiritual. You are spiritual. You are spiritual.
You don't need to do anything extra to make you
spiritual. The day you receive the life of Christ,
you became spiritual. What you always need to
do as you are taught, as you are trained, is
to give expression to the life. That you have
in the spirit. When we say pray always. What
we are saying. We are not saying that you should
pray. To become spiritual. No. We are saying
that give expression. To your spiritual life.
When we say study God's word. We are not saying
study God's word. To become spiritual. No. Because
that will be works. But rather. We are saying
that you are already spiritual. Give expression.
To your spiritual life. And how you give expression
to your spiritual life. Is by studying God's
word. When we say. Attend the gathering of believers.
We are not saying that. Coming to the gathering
of believers. Will make you spiritual. No. But
we are saying that. When you always. Attend the
gathering of believers. And you are always among
the gathering of believers. You are giving expression.
To your reality in Christ Jesus. And likewise.
Every time you refuse to give expression to your
spirituality, listen to what I will say now,
you're already backsliding. You hear what I'm
saying? Every time you refuse to what? To give
expression to your identity in Christ Jesus,
you're already what? You are already backsliding.
You're going to find yourself acting carnally.
Your fervency will go down. Your passion will
dwindle. It will go down. Your love for God will
continue to wax weaker and weaker. Your love
for the saints will continue to grow cold. That
is what actually happened to the church in Corinth,
and Paul had to address it. And that is why we
are addressing this matter, because there is
some way that we are going. So he was telling
them that all that is in Christ Jesus in chapter
13 must find expression through the platform
of love. Let me say this now as it's coming to
my heart. Live a life that validates your spirituality
by walking in love. Live a life that validates
your spirituality by walking in the love of Christ
towards your beloved brothers or towards brethren.
Because every time you refuse to walk in love,
you're going to find division. So how do you
know these people are not walking in love? One,
because we can see division. You see in verse
10, he has already encouraged them in verse 10.
He said, please have the same mind. He said,
let there be no divisions. That is how the bond
of perfectness will be seen among you. Every
time you don't love your brother, every time
you don't love your sister, every time you don't
seek the advantage and the benefits of the other
brethren, you will find yourself in division.
There will be strife. Let me read the things
here in chapter 3. There will be divisions. One
will say I am of Apollos. One will say I am of
the other. You're going to see envy. You're going
to see malice. You're going to see jealousy.
You're going to see so much of unforgiveness.
No love. No love. Wheresoever. There is no love
of God. made manifest or express, the life of
God will be stranded in that place. Do you hear
what I said? Where so ever there is no love of
God expressed, every gathering, every believer
or any believer, you don't see the love of God
expressed or made manifest through his life.
You will see the things of the spirit. You will
see the character of God. You will see the life
of God stranded. You will see the life of God
limited in that place. So this church at Corinth
have made a choice or have given a room for Satan
to find expression among them by not working
in love, by allowing divisions, by allowing strife
and ETC to be seen among them. And so now, we
also now return. How did we arrive at this place?
Because we say these people are saints. Verse
2 said that chapter 1 verse 2 called them that
they are saints. Which means that they are believers.
They have the life of Christ. And we say we also.
We have the life of Christ. We are saints. We
are spiritual. Then we now read Romans chapter
8. Romans chapter 8, verse 9 to 10. Romans chapter
8, verse 9 to 10. He said, yea, not in the flesh,
but in the spirit. You are in the spirit. You
are in the spirit. And he said, we are in the
spirit. Brother, you are in the spirit. Peter,
you are in the spirit. Pastors, we are in the
spirit. Team leaders, you are in the spirit.
You are not in the flesh. If so, be that the
spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have
not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Stand now. And if Christ be in you, the body
is dead. Because of what? Because of sin. So
sin no longer have dominion over us. But the
spirit is what? Is life. Because of what? Righteousness.
See verse 5 now everybody. For they that are
after the flesh. Do what? Do mind the things
of the flesh. But they that are after the spirit.
Because they are in the spirit. Do mind the things
of what? Of the spirit. 6 now everybody see.
For to be carnally minded is death. But to be
spiritually minded is what? Is life and peace.
So the church in Corinth were carnally minded.
They were not spiritually what? Minded. And I
tell us today, the only way that the life of
God. Will be made manifest through us. Until
we become spiritually what? Minded. Until we
pay attention. To the things of the spirit. Until
our attention. Is tilted. Towards our reality.
In Christ Jesus. Our identity in Christ Jesus.
If not. We will continually. To be carnally what?
Minded. So Christ in us. The spirit in us. Hallelujah.
Christ in me. The spirit in me. Some days ago,
until last week, I went throughout the day just
meditating, meditating, meditating, meditating.
I think my wife told me something in the morning.
So she said that when you come back from work,
I'm going to tell you the story. We're just discussing
early in the morning. So I'd gone out to work.
I'd forgotten I'd been busy. In fact, I was so
busy, I came back. And so in the night, so and
then she now said, aha, please, what is it? There
was something I wanted to tell you. What was
it? So she could not remember and I could not
remember. And then I now, the next thing I now
said, Holy Spirit, please remind me, please.
Remind me, Holy Spirit. Because most times I
go throughout the day, you could just see on
the road, I would just be like a mad person.
Holy Spirit, please help me. Help me, please,
Holy Spirit. Help me. Help me, Holy Spirit. I
could be in the office. Please, Holy Spirit,
help me. My mind will just wander in thoughts.
I say, Holy Spirit, please help me. And then
within just a few seconds to a minute about.
Then the whole thing that she wanted to tell
me just came flooding my mind. Let me say this
now to someone here on this platform. If you
have to utter it, please utter it. The Holy Spirit
help me. Probably it has to do with your prayer
life. It has to do you have been struggling to
study God's word. You have been struggling to
study the scriptures. Say, Holy Spirit, do what?
Help me. You see, the God kind of life cannot
be lived by the human kind of effort. You didn't
hear what I said? The God kind of life cannot
be lived by what? By the human kind of effort.
It can only be lived by the Spirit's power. Your
spiritual life, your spirituality can only be
powered by the Spirit of God. It can only be
sustained by the Spirit of God. Your prayer life
can only be sustained by the Spirit of God. Let
me tell you all the things you have written.
That Lord, I want to do this for you. I want
to do this for you. I want to do this this year.
I want to fast. I want to pray. I want to study
the words. I want to meditate more. I want to
preach more. I want to evangelize more. I want
to organize crusades and conferences. All those
desires can only be sustained by the Spirit of
God. It will be good for you. To lean on the
Holy Ghost always. And say, Holy Spirit, do what?
Help me. Help me, Holy Spirit. There will be
less struggle. Your strength, frustrations will
be reduced more. Have you ever had series of
weeks? We have discussed that with Pastor Chidi
and then probably maybe a couple of the pastors
also. And it has worked with so many of us. You
set your heart to pray. By 5 a .m. Or let's say
by 3 a .m. And your alarm rang, rang, rang, rang,
rang. And you didn't hear your alarm. And then
some few minutes to 3. From nowhere. You are
just up on your bed. I remember the last time
I did 90 days of the power of confession. That
was 2022. I experienced firsthand. If the Holy
Spirit does not help you in your walk with God,
your efforts will be futile. You know when you
are sleeping by 3 a .m. and you need to be up
by 5 o 'clock or 5 .30. And then when you wake
up, what's the time? What's the time? I realized,
how is it that I woke up? Right on time. How
is it that I'm waking up. My alarm rang 4 a .m.
I didn't wake up with alarm. And then I'm up
right on time. I said all these things to say
this. Once you lose the consciousness of living
a spiritual life. You will start being conscious
of a kind of life more. Every time you are not
spirit minded. You will be carnally minded. And
once you are carnally minded, you cannot be able
to give expression to the things of the Spirit.
Even when you try it, you will know in your heart
that there is no connect with the Holy Ghost.
So we are in Christ. The Spirit is also what?
In us. And we established that we read Romans
chapter 10, verse 9 to 10, how a man becomes
saved. We also read John chapter 3, verse 16.
Then let's read John chapter 3, everybody. John
chapter 3. John chapter 3. So the church at Corinth
knows what is salvation because these people
are already saved. Why are we doing this? We
are doing this part because everything we are
discussing, You know, it's only for the ones
that are saved. And if you are not saved, you're
on this platform, you can be saved now as you're
hearing me. John chapter 3, verse 3 to 6. Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, except a man be born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God. Because he must
say unto him, how can a man be born again when
he is old? Can he enter a second time into his
mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered, verily,
verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born
of water, which is the spirit, the Kairul now,
T -S -K -R -U -L, of water, which is the spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That
which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that
which is born of the spirit is what? His spirit.
Acts chapter 2. Acts chapter 2 verse 38 to 39.
Acts chapter 2 verse 38 to 39. Then Peter said
unto them. Repent and be baptized. Every one
of you. In the name of Jesus Christ. In the resurrection
of Jesus Christ. For the remission of what? Of
sins. The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus
Christ. That is what brought about the remission
of what? The remission of sins. Hallelujah. If
we go back to all the conversation. Of Peter.
He talked about how Christ was crucified. How
he died. And how he was what? How he was raised.
And the promise of the Holy Ghost. Was shed on
all flesh. Amen. So he ended up placing the verse
38, for the remission of sins and ye shall receive
the gift of what? The gift of what? Of the Holy
Ghost. For the promise is unto you and to your
children and to all that are far off, even as
many as the Lord our God shall call. And then
we now also, 1st Galatians chapter 3. Galatians
chapter 3. Galatians chapter 3. So the man that
becomes saved, what does he receive? He receives
a gift. What is the gift he receives? He receives
the gift of the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. So what
have we received as salvation? We have received
the gift of the Holy Ghost. Galatians chapter
3 verse 13. Galatians chapter 3 verse 13. He
said, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse
of the law. Be made a curse for us, for it is
written. Curse is everyone that hung everywhere
on a tree. Everybody, verse 14 now. That the
blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles.
Through who? Through Jesus Christ. What is this
blessing of Abraham? Everybody see. That we might
receive the promise of the Spirit through what?
Through faith. Hallelujah. So what have we received
as salvation? We received the Spirit of God.
1 Peter chapter 1 verse 3. 1 Peter chapter 1
verse 3. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 3. Blessed be
the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who according to his abundant mercy has begotten
us again unto a lively hope. For some version
says that we have been born again unto a lively
hope. By what? How did we become born again?
By the resurrection of Jesus Christ. From where?
From the dead. Hallelujah. And we said on Sunday,
how does a man become born again? He believes
with his heart. What does a man believe? He believes
that God has raised Jesus Christ from where?
From the dead. And he confesses what with his
mouth. He confesses the Lord Jesus. He becomes
saved. So if you're on this platform and you
are not saved, I bring to you right now that
you can be saved and partake in the life of God
and also receive the Holy Ghost. And I will tell
you that God raised Jesus from the dead. Christ
died. He was buried and he was raised from the
dead for you. God does not delight in you being
or living a life under condemnation. What he
has for you is eternal life. What he has for
you is his own life. The gift he has for you
to validate his love for you is his Holy Ghost,
his own spirit. So if you're hearing me and you're
not saved, you're on this platform. I announce
to you that God loves you. Christ died for you
even before you knew it. While you were still
yet a sinner, the scripture says Christ had died
for you. He was buried for you. And he was raised
for you. That is what brings you into the life
of God. That is what you believe with your heart.
And with your mouth, you confess the Lord Jesus
Christ. So if you're hearing me this evening,
before we continue, you can confess the Lord
Jesus Christ with your mouth, believing with
your heart that God has raised him from the dead
for your sins. If you're hearing me, whether
you're in your room, you're driving, you're seated,
you're standing, you're on the way, you are and
can be saved. Because everything we're going
to continue discussing now in the next minutes
we have, you cannot be a participant of it. It
will be strange to you. So the man that has the
Spirit of God in him has all the things of God
in him. The Spirit of God in you, on Sunday we
say, is the evidence and the fulfillment of Jesus'
promise to the believer. Amen? So we have received
the promise, the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of God
in you is the evidence that Jesus is risen from
the grave. He is no longer in the grave. Luke
chapter 24. Luke chapter 24. Luke chapter 24
verse 1. Now upon the first day of the week.
Luke chapter 24 verse 1. Now upon the first day
of the week, very early in the morning, they
came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices
which they had prepared and certain others with
them. And they found the stone rolled away from
the sepulcher, and they entered in and found
not the body of the Lord Jesus. Hallelujah. And
it came to pass, as they were much perplexed
thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in
shining garments. And as they were afraid and
bowed down their faces to the earth, they said
unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
He is not here, but he is risen. Hallelujah.
Remember how he spoke unto you when he was yet
in Galilee. Verse 7 now, everybody. Saying, the
Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of
sinful men and he be crucified at the third day.
Rise again. Hallelujah. Then now, everybody,
let's go to 36 now. That he be what? He be raised
again. But is that the evidence that Christ is
risen? That the stone is rolled away. The stone
is rolled away. Is that the evidence? Is that
the evidence that his body was not there? Is
that the evidence that Christ is risen? No. 36
now. And as they spoke, Luke 24, 36. And as they
spoke, please look at the lines of the scriptures,
everybody. And as they spoke. And as they speak,
Jesus himself stood in the midst of them and
said unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were
terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they
had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why
are ye troubled? And why do thoughts arise in
your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that
it is I myself. Handle me and see. For a spirit
hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have. Hallelujah.
And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his
hands and his feet. And while they yet believed
not for joy and wondered, he said unto them,
have ye any meat? He said, okay. And they gave
him a piece of broiled fish. And of a honeycomb.
And he took it. And did it before them. Hallelujah.
Is that the evidence that Christ is risen from
the grave? No. Is that the evidence because he
has eaten meat. And he has eaten fish. Is that
the evidence? No. And they gave him now. 44.
And he said unto them. These are the words which
I speak unto you while I was yet with you. Hallelujah.
That you will give me fish and you will give
me bread and I will eat and all things must be
fulfilled. Is that what the scripture says? Is
that what your Bible says? Is that what your
scripture says? That when Christ is giving fish
and bread, that the scripture is fulfilled? No,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. He says that
what, these are the words which I speak unto
you while I was yet with you, that all things
must be fulfilled, which were written in the
law of Moses and in the prophets and in the Psalms.
Concerning who? Concerning me. It's not the stone
being rolled away that is written concerning
him. That is what is the reason why, you know,
the evidence why he's risen. 45. Then open here
their understanding that they might understand
the scriptures. Everybody now stay with me. And
say unto them, those it is written that it behooves
Christ to what? To suffer and to rise from the
dead. The what? The third day. And that repentance.
Hallelujah. That repentance and remission of
sins should be what? Should be preached in his
name among all nations, beginning at what? Jerusalem.
And ye are what? Ye are witnesses of these things.
Hallelujah. And behold, as witnesses now, I send
the promise of the Father upon you, in the city
of Jerusalem. until ye be endued with power from
where from on high what are their weaknesses
they are witnesses of his death burial and resurrection
what will be the evidence that they are witnesses
that the spirit of god they shall receive power
from on high the spirit of god In the apostles,
in the disciples, now legalize them to be what?
Witnesses for Christ. They have become ambassadors
for Christ unto reconciliation. Same we see in
Acts chapter 1. He told them that in Acts chapter
1 verse 8. Acts chapter 1 verse 4 and Acts chapter
1 verse 8. Let's read it. Acts chapter 1 verse
4. And being assembled together with them, commanded
them that they should not depart from Jerusalem,
but wait for the promise of the Father, which
said he, ye have heard of me. For truly John
baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized
with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. But
ye shall receive power. After that, the Holy
Ghost is what? He's come upon you and ye shall
be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and in
all Judea and in Samaria and unto the autumn
of what? Part of the earth. Hallelujah. They
are not receiving the Holy Ghost for the second
time. That was not what is happening with them.
Amen? So what Christ was telling them is not
that they are going to receive the Holy Spirit
the second time. We're going to look at what
is happening with them that Christ is speaking
to them. So we're going to look at the conversation
of Christ to them or his communication to them.
So what have we received? We have received the
Holy Ghost as the evidence that Jesus is risen.
And we have become his witnesses to preach repentance,
to preach his death, burial, and what? A resurrection.
So how will Jesus walk today on the earth? He
will walk through us as his witnesses. How will
Jesus walk on the earth today? He will walk in
the believer through his spirit. So the Spirit
of God in the believer will produce the outworkings
of God through the believer. Let me repeat it
again. The Spirit of God in the believer will
produce the outworkings of God through the believer.
The spirit of God in the believer will produce
the outwalkings of God through the believer.
So when we read Mark, for example, Mark chapter
16 now. Verse 17, everybody. Or let's start reading
from verse 15. Mark chapter 16. And he said unto
them, go ye into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature. He that believeth and
is baptized shall be what? Saved. But he that
believeth not shall be damned. And this sign
shall follow them that what? Believe. In my name
shall they cast out devils. They shall speak
with new tongues. How are the believers doing
this? The Spirit of God through the believers.
Cursing them to cast out devils. Cursing them
to speak in what? In new tongues. They shall
take up serpents. The spirit of God. They shall
drink any deadly thing. It shall not hurt them.
The spirit of God. They shall lay hands on the
sick. And the sick shall recover. The spirit
of God. At work in you. Dear believer. How do
I know? Verse 20. And they went forth. And preached
everywhere. The Lord walking with them. Confirming
the word. With signs. How? Following. Where the
spirit of the Lord is. The Lord is. So how will
God. Heal to the believer. His spirit. How will
demons be casted. Through his spirit. Say, yes,
I receive power. After the Holy Ghost is what?
It's come upon you. His spirit validates the
believer as a true witness for Christ. Let me
say this. The spirit of God in you validates
you as the witness for Christ unto nations. So
when we read the book of Acts. What we see throughout
the book of Acts, what we see is manifestations
and expressions of the new birth. We see the
new birth from Acts chapter 2. Everybody, let's
go to Acts chapter 2. Acts chapter 2, everybody.
Let's go to Acts chapter 2. When we go through
the book of Acts, what we see is manifestations.
What we see. His expressions of the new birth.
In the apostles. Acts chapter 2. From verse 1.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come.
They were all with one accord in one place. And
suddenly. There came a sound from heaven. As
of a rushing mighty wind. And it filled. All
the house. Where they were sitting. And there
appeared unto them. Cloven tongues as of fire.
And he sat upon each of them. Everybody see verse
4 now. See verse 4 and the workings of the Holy
Ghost now. See verse 4. And they were all filled
with what? With the Holy Ghost. And the Holy
Ghost began to speak in tongues through them.
Is that what the scripture says? Who began to
speak in tongues? Please. Check your Bible very
well. Please ensure that you're working with
me. Check your Bible very well. And they were
filled with the Holy Ghost. And who began? Who
began to speak with other tongues? They began
to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave
what? Authorize. Let's read it this way. Brethren.
And they were filled with the Holy Ghost. And
the Spirit gave them utterance. And they began
to speak with what? With other tongues. They
were the ones speaking. The utterance was coming
from the Holy Ghost. They were the ones speaking.
The utterance was coming from where? From the
Holy Ghost. You know, I'm saying it now, sensitively
and carefully because of where we are going now.
In 1 Corinthians chapter 12. It's the Spirit
that gives the prophecy. The believer is the
one that prophesies. It's the Spirit that brings
word of knowledge. The believer is the one that
gives the word of knowledge. It's the Spirit
that brings word of wisdom. The believer is the
one that gives the word of what? If you're writing,
write this now, please. The Holy Spirit needs
your participation. The Holy Spirit needs your
participation for the life of God to be made
manifest. The Holy Spirit needs your active participation,
your conscious. for the life of God to be made
manifest. There cannot be the oppression of the
Spirit of God without your participation. Brethren,
when it comes to the oppression of the things
of the Holy Ghost, Holy Ghost, see, your conscience
and your acting and your deliberate participation
is needed. In fact, let me add another word again.
Your fervent participation. Your fervent participation.
Your fervent participation is needed when it
comes to the operations of the things of the
Spirit. And we saw immediately as they began
to speak with other tongues. In verse 14 now.
But Peter. Standing up. Being filled with the
Holy Ghost. Standing up. With the eleven. He
lifted up his voice. And said unto them. Ye men
of Judea. And all. Ye that dwell at Jerusalem.
Be these known unto you. And hearken unto my
words. Verse 17 now. Okay. Let's read down to
verse 17. For these are not drunken as ye suppose,
seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But
it is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel,
verse 17 now. Because we are coming now to all
this now. It shall come to pass in the last day,
said God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all
flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall
do what? Shall prophesy, and your young men shall
see visions, and your old men shall do what?
Shall dream dreams. Dear beloved brethren, the
Holy Ghost needs your participation. When it
comes to the manifestation of the things of the
Spirit, the Holy Spirit needs your participation.
When it comes to manifesting the kingdom of God,
Jesus needs your participation. When it comes
to prophecy, your participation is needed. Your
participation is needed. When it comes to healing
the sick, he said, these signs shall follow them
that believe. Because they believe and because
they have decided to go and obey their participation.
Working with the Holy Ghost. Makes that life
of God seen everywhere. He said they shall lay
hands on the sick. And the sick will be what?
Will be healed. You are not the one healing the
sick. Jesus needs your participation. He is the
one healing the sick. You are not the one fabricating
your tongues. Jesus needs your participation.
He is the one giving utterance and interpretation
of the tongues through you. You are not the one
fabricating your prophecy. Jesus is the one.
You know when I was in school in the university
in Nigeria. There is this church. I will not
say the name. However, they were deviating from
the main church. Because I know the main church
don't do that. That they have what they call
school of the spirit. That they will teach you
tongues. They teach tongues. They will say, Shabbala
Kata, Shabbala Kata. You will repeat all of you
that are attending the school. Shabbala Kata,
Shabbala Kata. Let me say the one that my pastor
in Zaria will always say. He will say, All of
you also will follow. Okay, can you join? You
can start there. Don't start mechanically. Start
it, start it, start it. Start it, start it. That
way now, you know, you can flow. The Holy Spirit
is not a locomotive train. He is not some sort
of manual spirit where you have to train people
to say some certain... You know that one? That
is called divination. That in their teaching
is called divinations and enchantments. Only
native doctors do that. Oh, glory to God. In
this kingdom, the Holy Ghost gives us utterance.
We just speak. Hallelujah. I just speak. I just
speak. He's giving utterance right now. He's
giving utterance right now. 24 hours, 7 days.
He is giving utterance right now because the
believer is connected and knitted with the Holy
Ghost. Jesus told us in John chapter 14, John
chapter 15, John chapter 16, He said, He will
dwell in you forever. The Holy Ghost dwells in
me not for two weeks. How? Forever. And that
is why even right now, I can speak in tongues.
Hallelujah. Because he is the one that is giving
me utterance. I can prophesy right now because
he is the one giving me utterance. I can lay
hands on the sick and the sick will get healed
because Jesus is stretching for his hands through
me and healing the sick. So they were all filled
with the Holy Ghost. So what we see in the believers,
we're going to read Acts, Acts. We're going to
read so many places in the book of Acts and we'll
validate that. So they began to speak with tongues.
Acts chapter 10 now. Let's read Acts chapter
10. Your participation is needed. Acts chapter
10 verse 45. And day of the circumcision. Acts
chapter 10 verse 45. which believed were astonished.
And as many as came with Peter, because that
on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift
of the Holy Ghost. You remember Peter says for
everyone, right? Why are they astonished? 46,
for they heard them do what? Speak with tongues
and magnify God. Hallelujah. Then answered Peter.
They were filled with the Holy Ghost. And they
spoke in what? They spoke in tongues. Acts 19
verse 6. Acts 19 verse 6. Acts 19 verse 6. Acts
19 verse 6. And when Paul had laid his hands
upon them. The Holy Ghost did what? Came upon
them. On them. And they spoke with what? With
tongues. And what? And prophesied. Hallelujah.
They were the ones that spoke in tongues. They
were the ones that did what? That prophesied.
Praise God. So now, what does it mean to be filled
with the Spirit? That's a big question there.
What does it mean to be what? To be filled with
the Spirit. What does it mean to be filled with
the Spirit? What does it mean to be filled with
the Spirit? We just read Acts chapter 2 verse
4. Let's go back there again. What does it mean
to be filled with the Spirit? What does it mean
to be filled with the Spirit? Acts chapter 2
verse 4. Acts chapter 2 verse 4. And they were
all what? Filled with the Spirit. Holy Ghost.
If you survive on the line of the world, you
will all be filled with the Holy Ghost. You will
be filled with the Holy Ghost. So on the line
of the world, filled with the Spirit. Can we
read a couple of scriptures that also talks about
being filled with the Spirit? Ephesians chapter
5 verse 16. Ephesians chapter 5 verse 16. Ephesians
5, verse 16. Redeeming the time because the days
are evil. Wherefore, be ye not unwise, but understanding
what the will of the Lord is. Verse 18. And be
not drunk with wine wherein is excess, but be
what? But be filled with the Spirit. Semi -colon
there. What does it mean to be filled with the
Spirit? Speaking to yourselves in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making
melody in your heart to who? To the Lord. Luke
chapter 1 verse 41. Luke chapter 1. We have just
five minutes and then we are done for this. Luke
chapter 1 verse 41. We can read the scriptures,
only the scriptures, and then we'll build on
it by God's grace on Sunday. Luke 1 .41. And
can you see everybody? And it came to pass that
when Elizabeth had the salutation of Mary, the
babe lived in her womb. And Elizabeth was what?
Was filled with the Holy Ghost. And she what?
There's a colon there. And she speak out with
a loud voice and said, bless a doll amongst what?
Women. In Acts, you were filled with the Holy
Ghost. They began to speak. Amen. In Ephesians
chapter 5, you are filled with the Holy Ghost.
You begin to speak. Elizabeth was filled with
the Holy Ghost. He began to speak. Luke chapter
1 verse 67. Luke chapter 1 verse 67. And his
father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Ghost.
And he did what? And he prophesied saying. Amen?
He began to speak. Can you see it, everybody?
Began to speak. Look at chapter 4, verse 1. Look
at chapter 4, verse 1. And Jesus, being full
of the Holy Spirit, returned from Jordan and
was led by the Spirit into what? Into the wilderness.
Big field of the Holy Ghost. Acts chapter 4.
Verse 30. Acts chapter 4 verse 30. Thank you
Holy Spirit. Acts chapter 4 verse 30. See what
the scripture says. By stretching forth. 30 31.
By stretching forth thy hand to heal. And the
signs and wonders may be done by the name of
thy holy child Jesus. 31. And when they had prayed.
The place was shaken. Where they were assembled
together and they were all filled with what?
With the Holy Ghost. And they speak the word
of God with what? With boldness. Acts chapter
9 verse 16 to 17. Acts chapter 9 verse 16 to
17. For I will show him now, I will show him
how great things he must suffer for my name's
sake. And Ananias went his way, and entered into
his house, and putting his hands on him, said,
But I saw the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared
unto thee, in the way as thou camest hast sent
me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and
be filled with what? With the Holy Ghost. You
can add these scriptures, Acts chapter 7, verse
65. Acts 7 was 55. Acts chapter 13 was 52. Acts
chapter 13 was 9. Acts chapter 13 was 9. And
Acts chapter 6 was 3. Acts chapter 13 was 9.
Acts chapter 6 was 3. So write this. What does
it mean to be filled with the Spirit? That word,
to be filled with the Spirit, to be filled, to
be filled, the Greek word to be filled means
pimplemi, P -I -M -P -L -E -M -I, or pleres.
P -I -M -P -L -E -M -I, pimplemi, or pleres.
p -l -e -r -e -s pimplemi opleres and that word
means to be thoroughly permeated to be confirmed
by the event of the influence please write this
one To be confirmed by the event of the influence.
Let me repeat myself. To be confirmed by the
event of the what? Of the influence. It means
to allow for the demonstration and the manifestation
of the gift of the Spirit. I have one more minute.
It means to allow for the demonstration and the
manifestation of the gift of the Spirit. It means
to allow for the demonstration or the manifestation
of the gift of the Spirit. Hallelujah. So which
means I end today by saying this. So which means
that only the man that has the spirit of God
can be able to manifest the things or can be
able to manifest the spirit of God. Let me say
it directly so that you will understand what
I'm saying now when we come. Only the man that
has the Spirit of God can manifest the Spirit
of God. Only the man that has the Spirit of God
can demonstrate the Spirit of God. Let me say
lastly, please. Please write this statement boldly
because it's upon this reality that we are going
to experience and see all the things that we'll
keep seeing much more. Only the man that has
the spirit of God can manifest the spirit of
God. Only the man that has the spirit of God
can demonstrate the spirit of God. Why? Because
we say the man that has the spirit of God has
all the things of God in him. Hallelujah. Jesus
will say, he shall give, he shall transfer all
that is mine to you. He shall give you all that
is mine. He shall give it unto you. Praise God.
So when we come, the next time by God's grace,
we are going to build upon this. Hallelujah.
You see now, I began by saying that the church
at Corinth had all that is in Christ in them.
Hallelujah. Because Paul had already told them
that, that they are enriched in everything. Praise
God. So the believer, we are seeing now also
that you are also enriched in everything. How
are you enriched in everything? Because you have
the Spirit of God. How did you have the Spirit
of God? Where did you get the Spirit of God from?
At salvation. Salvation, how? Because Jesus...
died he was buried and what he was raised from
where from the dead hallelujah we appreciate
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