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right in. The believers' authority in Christ.
And from Wednesday, I... I started teaching about
the supernatural and interestingly, I went to
Exodus straight up. I went to Exodus and the
reason for that, right? The reason for that is...
To show us, which we will continue today, to
show us some spectacular things that actually
happen. The reason was for us to open our eyes
to see that spectacular things can actually happen
in the Bible. So I've talked about the supernatural
and now I'm saying the word spectacular. Now,
the entire context, so you can begin to write
down now, the entire context of the Bible is
supernatural. That's where to start from. The
entire context of the Bible is supernatural.
And that is why if we pick the Bible as a book,
okay? If we pick the Bible as a book to begin
to teach, right, natural areas and sectors of
life, it will be very misleading. It will be
an abuse. Because the entire context of the Bible
is supernatural. The Bible is supernatural. Within
that supernatural, there are spectacular things
that are taking place. And by spectacular, right,
there are spectacular things that are taking
place within the supernatural. And these spectacular
things, they are things that we see. They are
very visible in the natural. So when supernatural
things take place, sometimes it's very visible
in the natural. You will see it. And that's very
spectacular. And you're wondering. Wow. Things
that cannot be explained, right? By science,
things that cannot be explained by your thoughts,
right? Things that cannot be explained. So in
where we come from, we are used to calling it
miracles, right? So when you see something happen,
something, an intervention in the natural, that's
a miracle, right? That's a miracle because you
are seeing it. But do you know that your fate
is also supernatural? Your fate is supernatural
and it is spectacular as well. Why? Because you
began to see Christ the way he should be seen
according to the scriptures. That's spectacular.
Your revelation, something was taken away the
moment the gospel was preached to you. And your
perspective changed. And the way you see God
changed. That's spectacular as well. But most
of the time, right, the one we want to call the
first pedagogy, the one we refer to, is that
one that the leg became straight again, the kidney
was restored, the eyes of the blind was opened,
and all of that. And that's why I intentionally
took us to Exodus. To see that, but just to backtrack
this, to say that the entire context of the Bible
is supernatural. Right? It's supernatural. And
it has an impact on the natural. Now, let's read
Romans chapter 14. Romans chapter 14. Let's go
to Romans chapter 14. I should not pick something
there to explain. Romans chapter 14, we can start
from verse 13. Okay, yes, start from verse 1.
Verse 1 of it, thank you. Now, it says, As for
the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but
not to quarrel over opinions. One person believe
he may eat anything, So he's talking about a
context where some people believe differences
in dietary rights in eating. And he's saying
that, well, someone's... who is weak, right,
is taking only vegetables, and the other one
believes he could take anything, right? So we
see something here, and he used the word weak
in faith. You see the word? He used the word
weak in faith. So he's not talking about someone
who is sick, that the doctor has prescribed vegetables
or water for them, you know, in some cases, right?
But he's talking about someone who is weak in
faith. So when it comes to faith, it definitely
means... That knowledge is involved. It means
that knowledge is involved. It could be that
the person does not have abundance of the knowledge
of the word. So that's why I say weak in faith.
And I say because of their weakness in faith,
they eat certain things and choose not to eat
other things. So we see the difference. Now,
if we go to chapter 15, verse 1, chapter 15.
Verse 1, Romans. He said, we who are strong have
an obligation, right, to bear with the failings
of the weak. Don't forget, it's a conversation
that is continuing in that chapter 5. He said,
we who are strong have an obligation to bear
with the failings of the weak and not to please
ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor
for his good. to build him up, right? To do what?
To build him up. So we see two kind of believers
here. One is strong, right? Some people are strong
and some people are weak. And we see that in
the context of that, it's talking about faith.
And I said, it's knowledge, right? It's knowledge.
Now let's go to chapter 14, verse 13. Let's speak
from there. There's something I want to try to
establish before we go into, it will help us
to proceed. From verse 13, it says, therefore
let us not pass judgments. Do you see that it's
about knowledge now? In the person's mind, that
in the person's thinking, something is unclean
and should not be eaten. Right? So it's about
knowledge. That weak in faith means you could
be weak in knowledge, right? Not understanding
that everything is clean and nothing is unclean
in itself. Are we together? So let's proceed.
Now, for if your brother is gripped by what you
eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what
you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ
has died. So do not let what you regard as good.
spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is
not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness
and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Whosoever
touch self Christ is acceptable to God and approved
by men. So then let us pursue what is, what makes
for peace and mutual upbuilding, right? Do not
forsake. Do not, for the sake of food, destroy
the work of God. Everything is indeed clean,
but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble
by what he eats. So you will see that Paul is
actually trying to say that for this person who
is not eating certain things, right? You should
be accommodating, right? You should be accommodating.
But I want to point out something in that accommodation.
There's something in that accommodation that
we must not miss. Because it would mean that
you leave someone who is weak in faith because
you want to accommodate them. So you say, oh,
because he doesn't eat, then you accommodate
the person. And the person stays and the person...
So the person will remain weak in faith, right?
So for someone who is weak in faith, what do
we do to them? For someone who is weak in faith,
what do we do to them? Edification, yes. Yes,
it's edification. When you are weak in faith,
you will receive edification. What is edification?
Right? Something that is for upbuilding. Right?
Something that is for upbuilding. What do you
call it? Ephesians 4 verse 11. Let's go. Ephesians
4 verse 11. Ephesians 4 verse 11. And he gave
the apostles and the prophets and the evangelists,
the shepherds and teachers to equip the saints
for the work of ministry. For building up the
body of Christ until we attain to the unity of
faith and of the knowledge of God, of the Son
of God, to mature man would, to the measure of
the stature of the fullness of Christ. So we
are no longer tossed around, right? We are no
longer the children tossed to and fro by the
waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine.
What you see there is equipping the saints. The
word kalatismos, right? And we see building up
the body and we see knowledge, right? So precise
and accurate knowledge of God. So when it comes
to building up, right? When it comes to building
up, what is needed, right? Is teachers who would
explain Christ to you. So if you go back to that
14, right? If you go back to that Romans 14,
you will see that Paul emphasized something.
He emphasized building up. In fact, when you
come to verse 14 of Romans 15, right? Go to verse
14 of Romans 15. He said, I myself am satisfied
about you, my brothers, that you yourself are
full of goodness, filled with all knowledge,
and able to instruct one another. Romans 15,
14. He said, I myself am satisfied about you,
my brothers, that you yourself... Are full of
goodness. Filled with all knowledge. And able
to instruct one another. Right. Now from verse
14. He started talking about building. Building
up. From verse 14. Chapter 14 rather. Chapter
14 verse 19. He said let us pursue what makes
for peace. And for mutual building. We see that.
Chapter 15 verse 4. He said, whatever was written
in former days was written for instruction. That
through endurance and through the encouragement
of the scriptures, what is written in the scriptures,
we might have hope. May the God of endurance
and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony
with one another in accord with Christ. That
together you may, with one voice, glorify God.
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore,
welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you
for the glory of God. So, what you will see consistently
here is that Paul is saying, let there not be
argument and quarrel, right? About what to eat
and what not to eat. Let there not be argument
and quarrel about it. However, let there be a
conversation on what... Let there be a conversation
through the scriptures instructing one another
for building up. So if you are weak in faith,
we are not going to leave you to be weak in faith.
We will have a conversation, right, instructing
each other through the scripture for your building
up. So it will not be good for the church to
say, oh, we are going to leave you because you
are weak in faith. No, no, we are not going to
leave you. Right? We're going to have a conversation,
not by quarrels about my opinion or your opinion,
but according to the scriptures. He said, through
the encouragement that comes from the scriptures.
He said, I know that you are filled with all
knowledge, verse 14, and able to instruct one
another. So instructing one another means we
can teach one another rather than quarreling
over opinions. So those are two different things.
So in the body of Christ, we can instruct one
another. So you can show me something from scriptures,
I can show you from scriptures, we can explain
and check and receive encouragement from scriptures.
So we don't argue, we don't quarrel, right? But
we can build up each other. So the person who
is weak in faith can be instructed. That's where
I'm going. The person who is weak in faith can
be instructed, can be engaged in a conversation
for upbuilding. Hallelujah. Now let's bring this
to the supernatural. When it comes to the supernatural,
I'm going to apply just what we see here. People
are weak in faith. Someone can be weak in faith
that they don't believe in the supernatural,
right? When you don't believe in the supernatural,
you are weak in faith because the scripture explains
it and shows it across the scriptures. So if
you don't expect the supernatural, you're weak
in faith. If you don't look forward to the supernatural,
you're weak in faith. So what do we do? We instruct
you by the scriptures so that you become strong
in your faith. You become strong in your faith.
Now, when you see things out there and they say,
oh, supernatural is taking place, don't be first
as a believer. Don't be first. Let not your first
position to say is not real. Don't do that. Right?
Don't do that. It's like, For example, if you're
in a family, right? You're in a family and there
are... How can I put the illustration? You are
in a family, right? And you have a big screen.
You have a... Probably you have a big television
in your house. And your television is actually
a soft touch, right? You can touch it. You can,
you know, flip it. You can connect it. So smart
that it can actually communicate with you. Now,
you have it in your house, okay? When you go
out to somewhere, right, and someone puts a big
screen, it's not soft touch. It's not anything,
right? It's just a big screen that is not even
smart. But the difference is that it does not
have that big head. You know, television's big
head. It does not have that power. It's just
flat. And the person started touching it. Will
your first disposition be that it's a lie? Your
first disposition will not be that that is not
true. In fact, first, you will say, that is true.
Why? Because you have the original in your house.
Do we get it? Are we getting it? I'm painting
something. Because you have the original in your
house, right? When you see it, you will not say,
oh, this is fake. No, no, no. You say, ah, no,
these things happen. Now, when you now come close
and discern it, right? You now say, okay, this
person is not being sincere. Right? But your
faith disposition is not that. It is not real.
Okay? So you believe because these things are
given. They happen in the scriptures. So when
you see a supernatural take place, right? You
just, okay, this thing happened, right? That
is one. That is one. I'm just giving us, there
are many factors that you can take, but let your
regular disposition. You know why? Because it
will affect your faith. It will affect your faith.
If you are commonly seeing the supernatural and
you always say, erroneous. Sorry, I said erroneous.
Say, it's a lie, right? Oh, you said this one
there. No, no, no. Don't do that. Let your faith.
Ah, I believe this thing happens, right? Then
you can decide. You can check the person's knowledge.
You can check it by scriptures. But your first
position is that the supernatural, that is someone
who's strong in faith. That's someone who's strong
in faith. Now, let's go to 2 Corinthians 4, 7.
2 Corinthians 4, 7. So, we would increase in
knowledge. And then we will be able to manifest
the supernatural. 2 Corinthians 4, verse 7. It
said, but we have this treasure. Right? Let's
read from verse 5. 2 Corinthians 4, verse 5.
For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Christ
as the Lord, with ourselves as your servants.
For Jesus' sake. For God who said, let light
shine out of darkness as shone in our hearts.
Okay, to give the lights of the knowledge of
the glory of God in the face of Christ. Can you
see what he's giving, right? He said, God who
said, let light shine out of darkness has shone
in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge
of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
So light has shone in our hearts. Hallelujah.
Can we say light has shone in our hearts? Light
has shone in our hearts. Yeah. Now, look at what
he now says in verse 7. Actually, that's supernatural.
That's supernatural. Calling light out of darkness,
right? Calling light. That's supernatural. Now,
let's see what he now says in verse 7. He says,
but we have this treasure in jars of clay. So,
this thing that is happening to the believer,
right, is happening within this body. This light.
is happening within this body, right? So we have
this treasure in jars of clay to show the surpassing
power belongs to God and not us. We have this
treasure. We have the supernatural event. It
took place in us. It took place within us. Hallelujah.
Are we together? So in this mortal body, there
is the supernatural. Can you say in this mortal
body, there is the supernatural? And I'll manifest
the supernatural. So be bold. Know that although
this body is frail, is weak, is clay, like it
says, but there's treasure inside. Okay? There's
treasure inside of you. You must know that. There's
treasure inside of you. Therefore, you should
not be doubtful of the supernatural. You should
not think that you cannot walk in the supernatural.
You can. You can. Interestingly, those who do
not even have the indwelling, indwelling is the
spirit of God residing permanently in them, they
walked in it. And they showed us a pattern that
this is possible. And that was why I went to
Exodus, right? I went to Exodus and I began to
show us, right, how Moses walked in the supernatural,
right? How Moses carried out the spectacular.
Right? Through the supernatural power of God.
So we checked Exodus 14. We checked Exodus 16.
We also checked Exodus 17. I think we also checked
Numbers 21. Right? If you can check that, we
checked Numbers 21. And I said that we'll come
and check Kings today. And when we check Kings,
we'll move a little bit into Old Testament. Into
the New Testament, sorry. The New Testament.
Now let's go to 1 Kings 17. 1 Kings 17. 1 Kings
17. I think I explained this already. Now, let's
read from verse 17. Let's read from verse 17.
From verse 8 to verse 16 is an explanation of
divine provision, right? A supernatural provision
to a woman, right? Who is lack, who is in need,
right? Someone who is in need, who is lacking.
There's a supernatural provision. And this is
a woman who has been in need and the prophet
of God was sent to her and she both met her needs
and the prophet of God needs, right? So their
needs were met in that supernatural encounter.
Now look at verse 17. It says, After this, the
son of the woman, the mistress of the house became
healed and his illness was so severe that there
was no breath left in him. And he said to Elijah,
Have you brought calamity even upon the widow
with whom I sojourned by killing her son? He
strived himself upon the child three times and
cried to the Lord. Oh, Lord, my God, let this
child's life come into him again. And the Lord
listened to the voice of Elijah and the life
of the child came into him and it was revived.
Hallelujah. Now, this is a supernatural event
and we see something very practical there. Now,
there's no doctrine that you can preach here
and say anytime someone is sick, you lie down.
No, no, no. It doesn't work like that, right?
This is a supernatural, a one -time event, almost
all across the scripture. But we see laying of
hands in the act of apostles, right? We see laying
of hands. We see physical contact with people
who are sick and they are healed. Now, one thing
you would observe here is that the woman said,
you have given me food, right? Is it that you
have given me food now to take away my son? So,
she is looking at, you have come now, you have
done good. But now you are doing evil. Evil has
come. Now, that is idolatry, right? It's the
devil that does kind of a thing. You find it
in idol worship where they can give you something
and some part of your life is functioning and
then another part of your life is going down,
right? That's idolatry. God does not do that.
God does not function like that. Now, what we
see here is another supernatural, right? Disconnected
from what had happened in the first time. So
it's not like, oh, because this has happened,
then the child died. No, no. These are two different
events in the same woman's life. She was in need.
The prophet of God ministered. The son died.
The prophet of God ministered. So in the supernatural,
there's abundance and more than enough for you.
It's not a one -time thing, okay? So it's not
like, oh, God has done one thing for you. Oh,
you work in the supernatural in 1999. And now
it's not there again. No. Or you begin to say,
oh, because something has happened to me. Like
she said, you have brought my sin to remembrance.
See, these are wrong perceptions about God. Right?
So someone says, oh, because of my sin now, I
cannot walk in the supernatural again. Or supernatural
cannot function for me. No. No. The believer
has the capacity. And you see the man of God
ministering. So the supernatural is in abundance.
for every believer. It's not a one -time thing.
It's not something that God would do and something
else evil would happen. You see the question
Elijah had, Elijah asked, he said, I view, I
would take that as a rhetorical question, right?
I would take that as rhetoric, right? Asking,
is it possible for evil to come from God? And
he said, he said no by actually saying, Lord,
let the life return. So the supernatural is a
bonus. It can happen to you several and several
and several times in every circumstances, uniquely.
Hallelujah. Let's go to 2 Kings 2, 14. We'll
just read them, then I'll show something. 2 Kings
2, verse 14. We saw something else there as well.
2 Kings 2, verse 14. Then he took the cloak of
Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the
water, saying, Where is the Lord, the God of
Elijah? And when... He had struck the water.
The water was spattered to one side and to the
other. And Elisha went over. He went over. 2
Kings 2 verse 21. Just go to the same verse,
same chapter, verse 21. Then he went to the spring
of the water. This is another. Regularly taking
place in the life of a man of God. So it's something
regular. Then he went to the spring of the water
and threw salt in it and said, So says the Lord,
I have healed the water from now on. Neither
debt nor miscarriage shall come from it. 2 Kings
3, 17. Within a short period of time. So it is
something normal that can happen. So we have
to normalize it in our life that, yes, we can
experience the supernatural power of God regularly.
It's not only in Christmas, it's not only in
Sunday service. For thus says the Lord, you shall
not see the wind or the rain, but that stream
shall be filled with water. so that you shall
drink, and you, your livestock, and your animals.
Another provision. Now let's go to Acts. Let
me just read one scripture in Acts to corroborate
with this. Go to Acts chapter 5. Acts chapter
5 verse 12. It says, Now many signs and wonders.
We're what? We're regularly what? Everybody,
can we read that together? One, two, go. Now,
many signs and wonders were regularly done among
the people by the hands of the apostles. Does
it relate to what we have been reading? Yes,
regularly. Normal, they carry out signs and wonders,
healing, deliverance. Hallelujah. Healing, deliverance
taking place from the Old Testament into the
time of the apostles. So the supernatural is
something that you can walk in. It's something
that you can walk in. Let's now go to Matthew
28. So we've seen people who does not have the
Holy Ghost residing in them permanently, right?
Carrying out and functioning in the supernatural
and doing a lot. Matthew 28 from verse 16. Now
the 11 disciples went to Galilee. to the mount
to which Jesus had directed them. And when they
saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted.
And Jesus came and said to them, All authority
in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them
to observe all that I have commanded you. And
behold, I am with you. to the end of the age.
Hallelujah. I am with you to the end of the age.
Now, the reason why I read this scripture is
because some people used to say that, of course,
the prophets did it, right? The prophet of the
Old Testament did it. Jesus himself did it, which
we are going to see in the book of Matthew. And
the apostles did it. But they will say that this
has ended, right? Please, let's concentrate,
right? Let's look at this side. Now, he said
that these, some people say, these things have
ended. But here, Jesus says something. He said,
I am with you, even towards to the end of the
age. Are we together? So it means that if Jesus
is working the supernatural, he is working in
the supernatural in the believer. He's working
out the supernatural through the believer. So
I am with you to the end of the age, saying that
you will continue to do the work that I've been
doing. You will continue in these activities
that I've been doing, that I've commenced. So
because of God's presence in the life of the
believer, right, the supernatural is possible.
Because of Christ's presence in the life of the
believer, the supernatural... It's possible.
The supernatural is possible because of Christ's
presence in the life of the believer. Hallelujah.
Now, let's see how people actually receive the
supernatural, right? Let's see how they... Now,
the case of Elijah, the prophet was saint, right?
The prophet was saint. God said, go there, you
will find a woman, right? So by divine instruction,
people can receive the supernatural. By divine
instruction. So that was what we saw in the case
of Elijah. Someone was instructed. So someone
can receive the supernatural by divine instruction.
Means a man of God was instructed, received a
word, and therefore the person moved and approached
you and laid hands on you. So the supernatural
can be received by divine instruction. Someone
received a word and moved and therefore the person
received. Matthew 8. Let's go to Matthew 8. So
first I say divine instruction we can receive.
Matthew 8 verse 1 to 4. When he came down from
the from the mountain great crowds followed him
and a leper came to him and knelt before him
saying Lord if you will you can make me clean.
If you will you can make me clean and Jesus stretched
out his hands and touched him saying I will be
clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing
to anyone, but go show yourself to the priest
and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a
proof. For a proof. It is someone receiving the
supernatural by asking. So you can ask. You can
ask. Right? You can ask. You can ask. You can
ask. You can say, Brother, I want to receive
from you. You can ask, right? You can ask and
someone can minister to you. You can ask for
the supernatural, someone can minister to you.
So you can ask. When we come together and we
say we are ministering to each other, we are
asking each other, can you minister to me? Don't
forget we already saw that a believer's faith
can be weak, right? A believer's faith can be
weak. We saw it at some point in time. And we
say knowledge will increase, right? And when
the knowledge increases, the person becomes strong.
In this context, right, a believer's faith can
be weak and you can say, please. I want to receive
the supernatural by your ministration. And someone
can minister to you. And you can receive the
supernatural. Hallelujah. Say, I receive the
supernatural by the ministration of my brothers
and my sisters. Amen. Now let's go to verse 5.
Let's continue from verse 5. So you can ask,
you can seek, right? You can seek someone to
lend to you. Now, verse 5 says, So Jesus said,
well, the way you guys function here, right,
is that you want me to be around, right? You
want me to, you will see that that is the way
they function. So Jesus said, I will come to
the house, right? I will lay hands on the person.
And the child will be healed. The master will
be healed. But the centurion said, Lord, I am
not worthy to have you under my roof. But only
say the word. And my servant will be healed.
For I too am a man under authority. With soldiers
under me. And I say to one, go. And he goes.
And I say to another, come. And he comes. And
my servant. And to my servant. Do this. Sorry.
So I said to one, go. And he goes. And to another,
come. And he comes. And to my servant, do this.
And he does it. And Jesus heard this. He marveled
and said to those who followed him, Truly I tell
you, there is no one in Israel have I found such
faiths. Now, he's not talking about salvation
here, okay? He's talking about the faiths to
receive from Christ. This person showed a dimension
of a faith to receive from Christ. And Christ
was like, this is new in this environment. These
people always want me to come into their house
to lay hands on them. But this faith to receive
from me, I haven't seen in this environment.
So, it also means that we can have faith for
healing. We can have faith for healing even when
nobody is there and it will take place. That
is the first thing. We can have faith. But let's
see. He said, I tell you, many will come from
the east and many will go, okay, I think we don't
need to read that, right? The emphasis here is
actually the faith. The faith of this man, the
believing was sufficient to heal his master.
All right. So faith is another way, right? You
have a healing to receive faith. Now, verse 13.
Let's see verse 13. Okay, that's the conclusion
of this. And to the centurion, Jesus said, go.
Let it be done for you as you have once believed.
So certain things will be done in your life according
to your belief, right? Certain things will be
done according to your belief. So your faith
to receive healing. Faith to receive healing.
So you can seek, you can ask someone, you can
exercise faith and you can receive healing. Matthew
8, verse 14 to 15. And when Jesus entered Peter's
house, he saw his mother -in -law lying sick
with a fever and he touched her and the fever
left her and she rose and began to serve him.
This one is not somebody requesting. This one
is not somebody expressing faith, right? But
it's Christ himself seeing a situation and intervening.
So as a believer, because you walk in the supernatural,
you will find people who are sick and you can
intervene and touch them and they will be healed,
right? You don't need to be told, you don't need
to be, someone doesn't need to ask you, right?
When you see a situation as chaos, which is sickness,
you can lay hands on the person and the person
will be healed. The person will be healed. So
by laying of hands, by touching, we can see healing
taking place. We can see healing taking place.
Matthew 9, 27 to 29. And as Jesus passed on from
there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud,
Have mercy on us, son of David. Yeah, this one
is very, very crucial. When he entered the house,
the blind men came to him. And Jesus said to
them, Do you believe that I'm able to do this?
They said to him, Yes. Then he touched their
eyes. So two things there. They believed, they
exercised faith and healing. And Jesus did what?
He touched their eyes. And what happened? He
said, according to your faith, be it done to
you. And their eyes were opened and Jesus tenderly
warned them. See that no one knows about this
and all of that. Do you realize that they gave
a revelation that is not complete about Jesus?
Do you realize? What did they call Jesus? Son
of David, right? Isn't he the son of David? Verse
27. He said, have mercy on us. Who? Son of David.
You know, there used to be a time before knowledge
came that I used to use this prayer. Let's ask
Son of David. You know, in some places we all
come from, Son of David, you have to call it
and it will invoke that power that happened on
that day. And something will happen. They actually
gave a revelation that is not complete about
Christ. But that did not stop the supernatural.
Hallelujah. Because they believe in the healing
power of Christ, right? Although they were not
completing knowledge, it means that they had
no precise knowledge about Christ, right? They
had no precise knowledge about, but they knew
something about him that he has the power to
heal them, right? So even you as the believer,
you might not have a precise knowledge. You might
not have incomplete, you know, you might not
have the accurate knowledge about everything,
right? Or is anyone here has gone through the
scripture back to back and you know everything
now, right? You know everything, line by line.
No, we are still learning, right? We learn every
day. Does that stop you from administering healing?
Does that stop you from receiving the supernatural?
No, no, it does not. It does not. The faith to
receive from Christ was sufficient and they received.
See, even the unbelievers would receive from
you when they come around you and they believe
in the power that is at work in you. They can
receive. If you check the house of apostles,
those guys that were sitting at the gates, he
didn't say whether they were believers or not.
Just looking at them, okay, let's go there. Let's
check. He had no information about him. He just
looked at them and know that these guys have
been doing something in this town. And he wasn't
even looking for... healing was thinking about
something else was looking for something else
right so let's see from that's acts chapter 5
from verse 12 let's see is that acts chapter
5 it's 3 right yes act chapter 3 let's go to
act chapter 3 yes act chapter 3 he said now peter
and john we are going up to the temple at the
hour of prayer the night hour and a lame man
from birth was being carried whom they laid daily
at the gate of the temple that is called the
beautiful gate to ask for alms. Of those entering
the temple, seeing Peter and John about to go
into the temple, he asked for what? He asked
to receive alms, right? And Peter directed his
gaze at him. As did John and said, look at us.
And he fixed his attention to them, expected
to receive something from them. But Peter said,
I have no silver and gold. But what I do have,
I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
I rise up and walk. Rise up and what? And walk.
Right? So there's no description of whether this
guy, this guy was just looking, in fact, he wasn't
even expecting healing. It was just the apostles.
Because they had nothing to give and all that
they could have, all they had, was the power
of God in them. Right? They were not... rich
folks who had some luxury, who had sufficient
to, you know, just build a house for the guy.
But what they had was more important than what
they did not have. What they had was more important
than what they did not have. And he said, rise
and walk. So, he received from what the apostles
had. And we can say that, you know, this guy
Nebra does not record of where he said, I believe.
Right? Where he said, I believe. Now let's see,
let's see one of the scriptures. Back to Matthew
8. Matthew 8. Matthew 8. Let's continue in that
same line. Matthew chapter 8. Let's go to Matthew
9 verse 18. Go to Matthew 9 verse 18, sorry.
Matthew 9 verse 18. I think it has a corresponding
scripture in Luke 8. So we'll read it together.
While he was saying these things to them, behold,
a ruler came in and knelt before him saying,
my daughter has just died, but come and lay your
hands on her and she will live. You see that
is a pattern. It's a pattern they believe when
Christ lay hands, they'll be healed, right? Some
people believe just by faith and they will look
at something else happening similar to the fate
of the centurion. And behold, a woman who had
suffered from a discharge of blood for 12 years
came up behind him. And that a person exercising
faith, right? This one is not waiting for Christ
to touch her, right? She just said, if I myself,
right, could touch him. I will be healed. And
she was healed at that moment. Now, this was
Jesus going somewhere to actually administer
healing. He was actually going somewhere. It
wasn't even for her, right? It wasn't even, he
never planned her. But because of her faith,
that if I, that could be an affirmation that
you keep saying, right? When we come here, we
say affirmation at the end of service, don't
take them for granted. The words are powerful
on your lips. They can or they will put you into
the supernatural as you move in the week. This
is what she was just saying. If I will just touch
him. And this is not because she just came. She
has heard about Christ. She has been following.
She's in the crowds. Means that she had heard
many testimonies about Christ. And Ahonu is,
if I will just lay my hands. And she kept saying
that until she did it. And she received healing.
So faith, we are seeing faith for healing here.
Supernatural faith, healing. Let's go to Luke
chapter 8 and just see, I mean, a connection
with these. And I'll just say a few things. Luke
chapter 8, Luke chapter 8, verse 46. Now from
verse 43. And there was a woman who had a discharge.
The same story. of blood for 12 years. And though
she spent all her living on physicians, she could
not be healed by anyone. Now, let me say something,
right? Let me say something to us. We are, I
mean, we've said it several times that the supernatural,
right, and the doctors, they are not against
each other. Are we together? We have said it,
that the doctors and the supernatural healing,
they are not against each other. They work hand
in hand, right? We see the apostles when they
go, they also use oil as a means of healing,
right? Now, it would just be more appropriate
or it would be a proper alignment that when anything
happens in your life, right, the first is the
supernatural. So your first source of healing
is the supernatural. Are we together? So when
you fall sick, first is not, oh, the doctor.
What if the doctor doesn't have what to give
you? So first, supernatural. Then you go for
the doctor. We prioritize the supernatural. That
is what we are doing because that is from there
the healing begins. So she says she has spent
all her what? All her living. Don't spend all
your living on physicians before you believe
in the supernatural. Okay? Don't spend all your
living on physicians first. Believe in the supernatural.
then you can approach the physician. You know,
I've shared a testimony in this church, right,
of how I came here. I actually shared a testimony,
and I'm going to say it, right. So I was prayed
for by the pastors, and I had an issue, right,
with stones. And I felt within me when they prayed
that that stone was gone. I knew that kingdom
stone was gone. I knew it. I was so sure. And
I came here, and I shared the testimony. So in
the course of the week, I kept observing my body.
I drank enough. I went to see the physician.
I drank enough water. It moved a little bit.
But I knew from the day the pastor prayed that
I've received my healing. So I kept sharing that
this stone is gone. This stone is gone. This
stone is gone. But while I was sharing, I was
also checking. Okay? I want to get a report that
says it's gone. So... I kept drinking water.
I followed all the instructions. And at some
point, the doctor said, okay, this is what you
have to do to get this thing out. Right? And
I said, okay. I called pastors. Okay, the doctor
said they want to do their own part. And I was
admitted. And I was kicked out. Right? It was
what? Kicked out in the easiest possible way.
Now, there are stories of people who go through
that process. And it wasn't as easy as mine.
Right? There are people who went through that
process. And they had to keep going for it every
three months. So my faith in the supernatural
had already made me whole. And I allowed the
doctors to do their job. So while we're preaching
this, we are also saying that there are things
in the natural like torch, like drinking, like
rubbing, that works as well as supernatural.
But we don't want you to, first of all, right?
Because it's a matter of faith. You can put your
faith in the doctor. right the doctor give you
the i don't know they give you the is it the
easiest way for them to deal with your problem
right easiest way for them to deal with your
problem so let's go back to the scriptures he
said she could not be healed by anyone and she
came up behind him and touched the friend of
his garment and immediately the discharge of
the blood seized so you have to join the accounts
together one says she was saying in her mouth
right and this one skip that and emphasize the
touching and The end point was that they were
what? The blood seized. And Jesus asked, who
touched me? And all the night, Peter said, Master,
the crowd surround you and are pressing on you.
And Jesus said, someone touched me and I perceive
that power had gone out from me. And when the
woman saw that she was not, when she saw... And
when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she
came trembling and fell down before him and declared
in the presence of people why she had touched
him. So we see faith again. Faith again. It means
that as Christ was there, the healing power went
from him and she received healing. So as a believer
too, Right? It is possible that healing power
can be administered from you to someone. Right?
We used to use this thing for prayer. I think
we just need to stop it. And, you know, when
Pastor finished preaching, he said, virtue has
been released and more virtue should be put.
There's a way we put it. Please, let's not say
that again. Actually, it doesn't deplete. Okay?
So, the power does not deplete. Right? So, if
I share my ministration with you, if I minister
to you, there's no depletion in me. It's always
like that, right? Do you get it? It's a sharing.
It's not like I remove some part of my power
and I give you. So when you have to, you have
to now pray for me, right? For that power to
come, right? No, no. The power does not deplete.
So it stays there permanently. So therefore,
if you heal one person, another person comes,
the person can receive. Right? You don't have
to go through anything. And if someone also preaches,
when a pastor preaches, we will not say, virtue
has been released and let it be returned. No,
no, no. There are prayers in Ephesians that we
need to use, right? So when power is regular,
in your life, power is regularly released. Hallelujah.
Say, in my life, power is regularly released
for the demonstration of the supernatural. You
are always full of power. You are always full
of power. So therefore, there is no time. that
you cannot administer the supernatural. Right?
You are always full of what? Of power. So believe
it that you can walk in the supernatural. I don't
know what kind of sickness, I don't know what
kind of challenges you have been facing, but
believe in the supernatural. You will see it.
It will manifest. It will manifest. We've seen
people believe. So you can receive through instructions.
You can receive when you're sick. You can receive
exercising your faith. You can receive when hands
are laid on you. You can also receive when people
bring, when people exercise faith for you. Right?
It means they bring you into the gathering of
the brethren. You can receive the supernatural
and divine manifestation of the power of God.
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