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Holy Ghost. Holy Ghost. As you're seated, can
you just pray in tongues for two minutes? Don't
look at your friend. Don't look at anybody. Just
close your eyes. Can we all close our eyes? I'm
praying the Holy Ghost. Can we all close our
eyes? Everybody close your eyes. Don't be distracted.
Close your eyes. Thank you. Thank you for watching.
One more minute. Let's pray. Please ensure your
eyes are closed. Don't be distracted. Pray in
the Holy Ghost. One more minute. Holy Ghost.
Holy Ghost. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name.
Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians chapter 12. 1 Corinthians
chapter 12. Everybody. Can everybody say, I have
the Holy Ghost? I have the Holy Ghost. Can you
say, I have the Spirit of the Living God? And
He lives in the inside of me. He is my helper.
He is my teacher. He is my leader. He dwells
in the inside of me. Hallelujah. Praise God.
1 Corinthians chapter 12, everybody. We're just
going to introduce what we have and then we see
how the Holy Spirit strengthened us to be able
to take it in the coming days that are ahead
of us. He said, now concerning spiritual gifts,
if you have been in this assembly for a while,
you will understand that we've talked about this
so much. Amen? And we say in the original context,
we don't have... Spiritual gifts as it were.
When you're reading, if you have the Old King
James Version, you realize that the gifts there
are in Italic. Amen? And we say that it was introduced
by translators, right? For the sake of giving
it a context. Amen? Because of what is contained
within that particular chapter. Praise God. Hallelujah.
So we say now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren,
I will not have you what? I will not have you
what? Ignorant. Praise God. I will not have you
ignorant. Why will Paul return them back to this
place? Let's go to chapter 1. So it's not like
they are ignorant. They don't know what he's
talking about. Praise God. He's addressing a
local church that are aware of spiritual gifts.
Praise God. Yes, they are aware of it. You can
have something and don't know how to use it.
Praise God. You can have something and don't
know how to what? And use it. We call that abuse.
Praise God. Every time you don't know how to
use a thing, you don't understand the value.
Every time you don't know how to use a thing,
what happens is that you're going to abuse it.
Every time you don't know how to use a thing,
what is going to happen is that you're going
to use it to cause chaos. Hallelujah. Praise
God. And then we go to chapter 1 now. So that
you see, why will he tell them, I will not have
you ignorant? That kind of a statement will be
a statement given to people that are conversant
about something. Because if I come to you and
say, I will not have you ignorant, I know that
you know something. But the challenge is that
you are not living by those things. Amen? Praise
God. Then we go to chapter 1 now. Let's hear
why he will tell them that. 1 Corinthians chapter
1. Let's start reading from verse 1 so that we'll
have a big context to it, right? Paul called
to be an apostle of Jesus Christ. Please take
away these verses. Everybody's going to read
their Bible. Thank you. I love you. So if you
don't come to church with Bible, just be looking
at the ceiling. It just means that... You either
didn't know that here was a church or you think
it was some form of club or something. Or probably
you were not taught about what church is. So
take it away. You say I've reduced your work
so that you too can also read the Bible. You
know, right? Our media team, you know, right?
Yes, I just brought help now to you. Praise God.
Verse 1, everybody, look at your Bible, everybody.
We're going to be opening scriptures and then
open your Bible, everybody. Paul called to be
an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of
God and sustenance, our brother, unto the church
of God, which is at Corinth, to them that are
sanctified in Christ Jesus called to be the saints
with all that are in every place called upon
the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, both theirs
and ours. Three, grace be unto you and peace
from our God. From God our Father and from the
Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always on your
behalf. Hallelujah. I thank my God what? Always
on your what? When you hear such a remark or
such a prayer, what's the next thing that will
follow? Beautiful things, right? Yes, when I
say, oh, Bro Collins, I thank my God always on
your behalf. The next thing that you shall say
is, you'll be hearing good remarks. Is it not?
Right? If I'm going to... Correct him. And I
defy him. I'll tell him, Collins, I am not happy
or I'm unhappy. I'll introduce it from the beginning.
Hallelujah. And then he said something. Verse
4. For the grace of God which is given you by
what? Jesus Christ. First salvation. Amen. Yeah,
so he thanked God for their saved. Praise God.
5. That in everything you are what? Enriched
by him. In how many utterance? In all utterance
and in all knowledge. So the believer in Christ
Jesus is the man that is enriched in all what?
Alterance and in all what? Knowledge. Praise
God. Amen. See six now. Even as the testimony
of Christ was what? Was confirmed way in you.
Amazing testimonies. Seven. So that ye come behind
in what? Yea, come behind in what? Waiting for
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Yea, come
behind in no gift. That this church are not actually
empty of spiritual gifts. Praise God. But we
see now in chapter 12, he would tell them that
I will not. He said now concerning what? Spiritual
gifts. It's just like I'm just talking to you.
And then as I'm talking to you about your academics,
I'm talking to you about your life after Cyprus,
I'm talking to you about what you should do,
then it's almost like I just remembered something
that has not been discussed. Amen? And then I
go, now concerning your prayer life, I will not
have you ignorant about how to carry out your
prayer life. And so let me tell you how to properly
carry out your what? Your prayer life. That's
the same context here. Praise God. It has gotten
into my ear that when you go to pray, you just
sing songs and sing songs and then share some
comedy and some form of laughter here and there.
And then you call it, you know, prayer lock out
or prayer locks in and then everybody goes home.
It just shows that you don't understand what
prayer is. Praise God. Hallelujah. So he wants
to bring an order to them here. Verse 2 now,
everybody. 1 Corinthians 12, 2. Ye know that
ye were what? Gentiles carried away unto these
dumb idols, even as ye were what? Were led, right?
He said, wherefore, I give you to what? I give
you to what? To understand. I will not have you
ignorant, and I give you to understand. That
no man speaking by the Spirit of God, Call it
Jesus what? Accursed. And no man can say Jesus
is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah.
So our first encounter with the Spirit of God
came as a result of the gospel that we've heard.
Hallelujah. Praise God. We heard the truth of
the gospel which the Holy Ghost brought to our
hearts and we believe it with our heart. And
we confess the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe
that God raised him from what? From the dead.
And we became saved. So your first encounter
with the Holy Ghost was at salvation. Hallelujah.
Was at what? Salvation. Praise God. The title
of our... Because somebody will say, this man
is just moving. He didn't tell us what we are
talking about. Right? Holy Ghost meetings. Holy
Ghost. Meeting. You don't write meetings or meeting.
Holy Ghost Gathering. Holy Ghost what? Meetings.
I can't see you writing the title. You're trying
to think about the topic? Don't worry. Don't
think about it. Just write it. Write it. Let
me see you write. Holy Ghost Meetings. That's
the title. When I teach, I want to see everybody
writing. If you're using your phone, go to your
notepad and be writing. You understand in a bit
why you have to. If you are using your phone,
do what? I make you, by the authority of the
lead pastor, their sister lead pastor, and all
the associate pastors, today I ordain you as
a security officer of your neighbor. If your
neighbor is beside you and he is not writing,
or the neighbor is just pressing phone, and playing
games or scrolling WhatsApp, ask the person,
are you still a non -believer? Ask the person
that question if you see that person. Amen? You
know what he said in verse 2? He said, verse
2, he said, ye know that ye were what? Gentiles
carried away unto this what? Dumb idols. So ask
the person, are you still a Gentile carried away
by these dumb idols? Yes, I give you that authority
to be a security officer now on this morning.
Praise God. You will understand in a bit why
it's important for us. Praise God. So what's
the topic? What's the topic? Holy Ghost. Holy
Ghost. Can you say I love Holy Ghost meetings?
Say I love Holy Ghost meetings. Say I will attend
Holy Ghost meetings. Hallelujah. Praise God.
So I said that our first encounter was at where?
Where was our first encounter? Our salvation.
Where did we first encounter the Holy Ghost?
Praise God. So that means that you are already
qualified for a Holy Ghost meeting. Praise God.
The number one criteria for you being part of
a Holy Ghost meeting is that you have encountered
the what? The Holy Ghost. Praise God. Hallelujah.
Yes, so we encountered the Holy Ghost first when
we first heard the gospel. Amen. The truth about
Christ. So the first information we had, that
was the same information about Christ that made
us say, Jesus is Lord. Verse 3 says, no one,
no one or no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but
by what? By the Holy Ghost. So what you had made
you receive the Spirit of God and you became
spiritual. Can you say what I had, what I received
as salvation, the Spirit of God made me spiritual.
Say, I am spiritual. I am spiritual because the
Spirit of God dwells in me. Yes, that's your
reality. Hallelujah. That's your new nature.
So what you heard, what you received, the Spirit
of God has made you what? Spiritual. 1 Corinthians
chapter 2. 1 Corinthians chapter 2. What did
you hear? 1 Corinthians chapter 2. Verse 2 to
5. What did you hear? See what Paul will tell
the Corinthian church. And at the same time,
it's a letter for us. Amen? He said, for I determined
not to know anything among you. Save Jesus Christ
and Him crucified. That's the message. Jesus
Christ and him what? Crucified. Three. And I
was with you in weakness and in fear and in much
trembling. And my speech and my preaching, which
is Jesus and him crucified, was not with enticing
words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of
what? Of the spirit and of what? And of power.
No wonder in Romans chapter 1. Let's go to Romans
chapter 1. What did we hear? We heard the gospel.
And that same gospel is the power of God, is
the wisdom of God. Romans chapter 1 verse 16.
It says, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ, for it is the power of God unto what?
Salvation to everyone that what? Believed. Hallelujah.
Praise God. To everyone that what? Believes.
Automatically you are part of this power. Praise
God. Automatically you are part of the Spirit
of God. Because now the Spirit of God dwells
in you. So we are in 1 Corinthians chapter 2.
Then verse 10 to 12. 1 Corinthians chapter 2,
10 to 12. He said, But God hath revealed them
unto us by His Spirit. For the Spirit of God
started all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11. For one man knoweth the things of God, and
things of a man, save the Spirit of man which
is in him. Even so, the things of God knoweth
what? Know man, but the Spirit of who? The Spirit
of God. Everybody, please go check your Bible
now as we are reading it. See verse 12. Can we
read everybody? 12. Everybody, want to go? Now.
Is it tomorrow? When? Now. This is the current
reality now. Praise God. updated version update
news now now we have received not what let's
read all together but the spirit which is that
we might what know the things that are what freely
given to us of what of god hallelujah praise
god 13 which things also we speak not in words
which Man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy
Ghost teaches, comparing what? Only a spiritual
man can compare spiritual things with spiritual.
Hallelujah. Praise God. So the day you received
the Spirit of God as salvation, you became, what
did you become? Spiritual. Hallelujah. Praise
God. Hallelujah. So the word spiritual, the word
spiritual means, The word spiritual means the
Spirit of God by the Spirit of God in the Spirit
of God with the Spirit of God. The word spiritual
means the Spirit of God by the Spirit of God
in the Spirit of God with the Spirit of God.
What spirit are we talking about here? We are
talking about the spirit of the living God. Hallelujah.
We are talking about what? The spirit of what?
The living God. Peter will teach in Acts chapter
2. He said for now what do you see? That event
you see that everybody is speaking in tongues
and different kinds of utterances is because
that which has been prophesied by prophet Isaiah
and Joel has been fulfilled now. Amen. that the
Spirit will be shed. And today, glory to God
before your eyes, Christ has now what? Shed off
the Spirit. Praise God. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians
3 .16 1 Corinthians 3 .16 So we said the word
spiritual means what? Echo it, let me hear. Yes.
Yes. In the spirit of God, yes. With the spirit
of God. Hallelujah. So and I said, what spirit
are we dealing with here? We are dealing with
the spirit of God. Hallelujah. If you are saved
here, you don't have a demonic spirit. You have
what? The spirit of God dwelling in your what?
Inside. Somebody will say, but sir, I tried my
best to stop smoking. I think I have a demon
spirit in me. But I know I am saved. You don't
have a demon spirit in you. You have the spirit
of God, where? In you. However, you are oppressed
by a demon spirit. So you cannot have two spirits
inside you. You cannot have a good spirit. A
holy spirit and an unholy spirit in what? Inside
you. You cannot. Even in the demonic realm, they
know this. That a higher spirit and a lesser
spirit don't stay in the same place. They understand
it. Jesus will tell them, if I cast out this
devil that you are saying, by the spirit of what?
Beelzebub. Then the kingdom of Satan is divided.
So you see, when you go to see a native doctor,
the native doctor is only permitted to interact
with one level demonic realm. So when you go
with demons, what the native doctor will do to
cast out one, he's going to invoke a higher one,
beg the one, say, please, remove him, leave him
now, please. That higher one will say, okay,
kill a virgin. So they will now slaughter. We
just hear a lady has been kidnapped and then
story has ended. But you have the Holy Ghost
inside you that is higher than every other spirit.
What you need is your yielding to the Spirit
of God. That thing you call challenge is not
a challenge to the Spirit of God. That thing
you call challenge is because you are still holding
on to it. If only you can yield to the Spirit
of God. I tell you this by the Spirit of God
for free. You see, he said now. You have not
received the spirit of what? Of the world. What
have you received? Did he say tomorrow? Did he
say next two weeks? What have you received now?
The spirit of God. You have not received the
spirit of lust. You have not received the spirit
of pride. You have not received the spirit of
addiction. You have not received the spirit of
fear, as he says in Romans chapter 8. You have
not received the spirit of bondage. But when
we have received the spirit of sonship, that
we may cry, Abba, Father. That is the spirit
of what we have received. You are spiritual.
That is the mindset you must have. Holy Ghost
meetings are for spiritual men. Hallelujah. Holy
Ghost meetings are for what? Yes, for people
who know that I am spiritual. Let me tell you
good news. As you are sitting here, you are not
empty. You are either having the Holy Ghost,
you are saved. Or if you are here this morning
and you are hearing me and you are not saved,
let me tell you, you have a demon spirit. And
that spirit is the spirit of Satan and it's at
work in your heart now. And that spirit this
morning. If only you can believe. With your heart
that Jesus. That God has raised Jesus from the
dead. And you can confess with your mouth. The
Lord Jesus. Then there will be an exchange this
morning. Hallelujah. Praise God. So you are what?
You are spiritual. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians
chapter 3. Verse 16. See what the scripture says.
Can we read it all together? Know ye what? That
you are and dwell outside you. And the Spirit
of God does what? And the Spirit of God dwells
where? In where? So that this place now, if I
will ask you a common question now. When we say
the Spirit of God dwells in you, what does the
English mean? Huh? Come on. This is a classroom.
Let's talk. When I say the Spirit of God dwells
in you, what do I mean? Am I negotiating it with
you? Am I trying to argue it with you? What am
I saying to you? Yes, I'm giving you an emphatic
reality. Praise God. Hallelujah. He said you
are the what? The temple of the living God. How
did you become the temple of the living God?
At salvation, the Spirit of God did what? Dwelled
in you. You did not become the temple before
the Spirit dwelled in you. The Spirit of God
dwelled in you and you became the what? The temple.
Let me repeat myself again. You were not the
temple. And then the Spirit of God dwell in you.
But rather what? The Spirit of God did what?
Dwell in you and you became what? A temple. That's
it. Praise God. Hallelujah. He said, so how do
I know? Romans chapter 8. Romans chapter 8. Verse
9. He said, but ye are not in the flesh. But
you are in the Spirit. Hallelujah. Say, ye are
not in the flesh, but ye are in the spirit. If
so, be that the spirit of God dwell in you. Now,
if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he
is what? He is none of his. See verse 10, everybody.
And if Christ be in what? In you. The body is
dead because of sin, but the spirit is what?
Is alive because of what? Righteousness. See,
I have been called to righteousness. I've been
called to a life of righteousness. Oh, I didn't
work for it. Say it, I didn't work for it. I
didn't labor for it. God gave me as a gift. Yes,
that's what the scripture says. Praise God. The
same thing we see in John chapter 3, verse 3
to 5, everybody. You see, all this that we are
establishing this morning, He's going to lay
a foundation for where we're going. Amen? John
chapter 3, verse 3 to 5. We'll read 3 and then
jump to 5. Jesus answered and said unto him,
John chapter 3, verse 3, and we jump to verse
5. Jesus answered, verse 3, and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a man
be born again, he cannot, what? See the kingdom
of God. Verse 5. Hallelujah. Say, except a man
be born of water, which is the Spirit, he cannot
what? He cannot enter into what? The kingdom
of God. Hallelujah. Praise God. Say we are spiritual.
Say we are spiritual. Say we are spiritual. You
know, sometimes you can just be accustomed to
one meeting. You know how just funny it is that
some people just, some believers will just choose
one meeting to attend in the church. You are
part of NECF and the only meeting you love is
just Sunday service. Let me give us an assignment
now. Just turn to your neighbor. Do you have
a neighbor? Ask the person a reality question.
How many services do you attend even in this
church? Please get an answer. After that answer,
ask the person which of the services. What answer
did you get? How many services? Two services?
How many? All services. How many did you get?
What answer did you get from him? Oh, it's new.
Okay, I love you, brother. What answer did he
give you? Two services. That's which one and
which one? Sunday and sale. Midweek service,
you don't come. I love you. The fact that it's
happening on Zoom is a service. Which answer
did she give you? Three. Only three. Which one
and which one? Sunday, cell and... So that's
all. She does not attend prayer cruise. She does
not attend catatismus. All of those things they
don't attend. I know somebody that wants to run
home, don't want to attend catatismus. Praise
God. You know, you can be accustomed to only
one service. You say, you know, me, eh? Pro college,
you don't understand. The way I love Sunday service.
You know, that, that, that morning song. Most
especially when, when, when, when Sister Shoko
Bleke leads the song. You know, I love that her
voice. Like an ambulance. That service is always
sweet. They have prayer meetings. No, no, no.
Prayer meetings are not for us. Not for us. I
didn't see you in cell meetings. No, no. Cell
meetings, I don't like. They always pick on me.
They always what? Pick on me. Blessed are thou
when you are picked. For the call of God has
been certified upon your life. You know, I was
with someone some days ago and then we're talking.
The person said, he said, so why me? I just feel
I don't want to attend cell meetings and the
rest. Because when I go, everybody see me as
though I'm unserious. I asked the person, so
what have you done to prove them that you're
not unserious? He said, nothing. He shows you're
unserious. If you miss cell meetings, it means
you are unserious. You miss midweek service,
it means you are. You miss Friday meetings, it
means you are. You miss Sunday meetings, it means
you are. You miss Catholicism, it means you are.
We arrange prayer crews for this local church
and you make up your mind. Brother, I will not
have you ignorant. You have returned onto dumb
idols. Saturday, we're going to have prayers.
We say, so -so -so day, we're going to pray from
9 to 5 or to 7. We will be there just praying
and not comedy. And that is the day you will
make up your mind not to attend. Can't you see
that you're working with the participation of
spirits? Spirits must be helping you to make
such a decision. I'm telling you. Yes. At least
be like Peter. Be like James. Follow us to the
place and sleep. After one hour, we're going
to tap you. Brother, so can you not tarry with
us for an hour? We'll continue. At least be within
the atmosphere. Hallelujah. Praise God. Tell
your neighbor, don't be accustomed to one meeting.
Don't be accustomed to one meeting. Attend all
meetings. Let me give you a heavy assignment
now. Can you take note of the name of the person
now? I'm saying this now. We're going to do this
now by the Spirit of God. Take note of the name
of the person now. And ensure. Please write the
name of the person. Write the name of the person.
Write the name of the person. We're going to
take it further now. Please pass us. We're going
to do this now. Amen. Amen? Take the phone number
of the person now. The number, and if you lie,
what happened in Acts is going to repeat itself
here. I'm just joking. I'm just joking. I'm serious.
Take the number of the person. I'm serious. The
number the person uses for WhatsApp. I can't
see you taking it. You see, I've given time because
I know what I'm receiving in my heart. That's
why I'm doing this now. In case you don't know,
Holy Ghost meeting has started. Whatever you
see me doing here, I'm not doing it because it's
planned. Yes. Have you done that? Have you done
that? Have you transferred the number? Is it
saved? Then the last instruction. Look at the
person and say, look at my eyes. I'm serious.
Say, look at my eyes. I will chase you for the
rest of this year. You must attend all services.
Yes. Yes, you must attend all services. Yes,
you must. You see, Holy Ghost meetings are not
for babies. However, babies can be around the
environment and see what is out there. See, Pastor
Victor does. You see? Uh -huh. You hear? Uh -huh.
That's how they'll be there, they'll be wondering.
Huh? Why are they falling? Why are they so prophesying?
Why are they saying this? Church meetings grows
the believer. Do you know what I said? Attending
church meetings does what? Grows the believer.
Check your growth in the things of God. It's
directly proportional to how you commit yourself
to church meetings. You cannot choose one meeting
and expect growth. It's just like saying, I want
to take only carbohydrates. What will happen
to you? Eh? What is the symptoms of kwashako?
Eh? Eh? Nurses and medical doctors, pharmacists.
Perturbed belly, feet, thin arms. You've forgotten
what? And big head. You don't attend church meetings,
you're going to have a big empty head. Full of
pride and arrogance. They are judging me. They
are testing me. I don't like the pastor. I don't
like... Can't you see what is inside your head,
Isenbe? But when you attend local church meetings,
all of it, in a little time, we're going to see
growth. Hallelujah. From one level to another.
to another, to another, to another, to another,
to another, till you now mature and measure up
to the full stature of Christ. Praise God. So
Christianity, Christianity is built around church
meetings. The life of a believer is built around
what? Church meetings. This gathering is the
church. Hallelujah. Praise God. So if you're
a Christian and you don't know what we do in
gatherings, it will show in how you're growing.
It will show in how you're struggling to pray.
Let me tell you, prayerlessness is a symptom
of your spirit showing that you are sick. Every
time you don't love to pray, it shows that you
are what? You are sick. Every time you don't
love to read the Bible, it shows that you are
what? You are sick. And you need an immediate
attention. For some of us here, I'm going to
say this now. If you are in the category, the
Spirit of God wants you now to revisit your life
again. For some of us, you just got sick yesterday.
For some of us, you've been sick. throughout
the last three months because that was the last
time you prayed. For some of us, you've been
sick almost the last six months. You need to
be in ICU. Yes. So if you are writing, write
this. One of the ways to check if you are growing
or not is through your participation in... in
gatherings of believers. Your commitment. One
of the ways to check if you're growing or not
is through your what? Participation in the gathering
of what? Of believers. It's just so amazing how
you run away from gathering of believers. God's
provision, God's will for you. Let me tell you,
as simple as late coming is, every meeting I
come late, it disturbs me. Ask my wife, she'll
tell you. I always want to be on time. I always
want to be there where? On time. It disturbs
me. Don't be used to just behaving anyhow. If
you did that in Africa, or you did that in Nigeria,
or you did that in Cameroon, or you did that
in Congo, or you did that in Casablanca, good
news for you. after hearing all the things you're
going to be hearing as being part of this local
church, you will never repeat those kind of lifestyle
or behaviors. You know, Christian meetings, please,
if you are writing this, write this. You say,
Christian meetings or gatherings is the will
of God for me. Say, Christian meeting or meetings
It's the will of God for what? For me. We're
going to look at it. Church meetings, local church
meetings, they are what? They are will of God
for me. It's God's provision for my growth. Exodus
chapter 19 now. Exodus chapter 19. Exodus chapter
19. So that you won't say the meeting started
when Jesus was around. No. It has been God's
will for his people to always gather. Hallelujah.
It has been God's will for what? For his people
to always what? Yes. Exodus 19 verse 17. And
Moses brought forth the people out of the camp
to meet with what? To meet with what? With God.
And they stood at what? The nether part of what?
Of the mountain. And Mount Sinai was all together
on a smoke because the Lord did what? Descended
upon it in what? In fire. He brought all the
people together to meet with who? To meet with
God. Hallelujah. Can you see a gathering there?
Can you see a gathering there? 23, Exodus 23.
Exodus 23, verse 3 to 7. ass going astray thou
shalt surely bring it back to him again if thou
see the ass da da da da da da da thou shalt not
rest to rest the judgment of thy poor in his
cause keep thee far from a false matter and innocent
and righteous slay thou not for i will not justify
the what the wicked and thou shalt take no gift
for the gift blinded the wise and this and this
um I'm coming. Let me go back from where they
began to gather. Okay, actually that gathering
began from chapter 20. Go to chapter 20. God
started speaking from chapter 20. And God spoke
all these words to them saying, I am the Lord
thy God which has brought thee out of what? Out
of the land of Egypt, out of the house of what?
Bondage. That communication extended into chapter
21, into chapter 22, into chapter what? 23. And
even 24. All through you're going to see the
children of Israelite gathering and meeting God
and God speaking to them. Hallelujah. Leviticus
23 verse 3. Leviticus 23 verse 3. Gathering.
Leviticus 23. 23 verse 3. Six days shall thou...
Shall work be done. But the seventh day is the
Sabbath of what? Rest. And what? Holy gathering.
If you are using the version that says that.
Ye shall do no work therein. It is the Sabbath
of the Lord in all your what? Your dwellings.
Hallelujah. That there is a day set aside for
what? For holy meetings. Hallelujah. For holy
gatherings. We see it has been God's plan for
his people to always what? Gather. Deuteronomy
chapter 4. Deuteronomy chapter 4. If you're here
and you're God's man, then God's will for you
is to always be among believers. Deuteronomy
chapter 4 verse 10. When the Lord said unto me,
do what? Do what? Oh, check your Bible. Don't
be looking at me. When the Lord said unto me,
do what? Gather me the what? The people together
and I will do what? And I will make them to do
what? To hear my word. Where do we hear God's
word? In gatherings. Hallelujah. Where do we
know the plan of God? Where? In the local church.
Where do we know the mind of God? Where? In the
local church. He said, I will make them hear
my words that they may do what? Please be reading
with me. That they may do what? That they may
learn to fear me all the days that they shall
live upon the earth and that they may also what?
Hallelujah. You know, when you go beside Tito,
and then during prayers, they say pray. And you
start praying. I don't know where he learned
that. You know, Tito is somewhere around there.
You know what Tito will do? Tito will fold his
hand behind. When he does, he will look at you.
Are you still doing it? Yes, okay. You continue
doing it. You know, we are at the training center.
For whatever reason, I looked at Tito and I saw
that that young man is a prophet. I just tapped
his start. I said, do you know Tito is a prophet?
He's going to grow to be a prophet. And he told
me that somebody said it also. He confirmed it.
And you know, since from that day, the way I
look at that boy has changed. Every day, I pay
attention. They say, hold your neighbors and
pray. I say, come, come, let's hold hands. And
I held him. We are praying. He looked at my leg.
I'm shaking my leg. He started shaking his leg
too. Pastor Victor shared about Exploit. Exploit
had a song or something that was happening on
YouTube or somewhere. And she was correcting
the lyrics of those songs. How beautiful it will
be when she is 20. They will teach their children.
What you teach to your generations, you don't
get it on Facebook. You don't get it on TikTok.
You get it from the local church. Let me tell
you, you can pass wealth to them and they will
end up in hell. You can pass any kind of thing
to them, they will end up what? In hell. But
you can't pass eternal life to them. Their lives
will never remain the same. God wins. So if you're
here and you're a parent, start paying attention
to what your children are feeding. Don't say
it's a child, it's Cocomelon. Cocomelon, giddy,
giddy, giddy, giddy, giddy, giddy. He's crying,
pass Cocomelon for him, he'll keep quiet. Who
told you that at that stage, they cannot learn
Jesus? If they can learn Cocomelon, they can
learn Jesus. Go to Nigeria and see the kind of
things that people are doing now to children.
Because people, everyday believers are realizing
that their children are more possessed with lots
of useless information online. So everybody is
on guard now. Hallelujah. Let's read this verse
and then we're going to stop here. We're just
going to build on this. Amen. You see, we moved
from where? From salvation. from that we are
spiritual and we are going to what? To gatherings.
Why gatherings are important now for believers.
Amen? And now we are, now we've returned back
to Old Testament, as it were, to now see where
gatherings, that God's plan has been for his
people to always what? To always gather. Because
that is where his mind is communicated. That
is where his plans, his intentions, whatever
he is doing on the earth, right, is being revealed
to his people. Yes. Say Deuteronomy again, chapter
6. Deuteronomy chapter 6, verse 6 to 7. You say
he is a child. Don't worry. Don't train him in
the way of the Lord. You will understand very
soon that he is not a child. Deuteronomy chapter
6, verse 6 to 7. And these words which I commanded
this day shall be in thy heart, and thou shalt
teach them what? Diligently unto thy children,
and shalt talk to them when thou what? When thou
what? When thou seated, when thou gather, even
together in what? In thy house. And when thou
walkest by the way, and when thou liest down,
and when thou walkest, rise then up. It's a right
thing for families to always gather and pray.
Let me tell you this. It's sickness to a family
when the father and the mother cannot pray with
the children. It's a huge abnormality. I can
tell you, most of our growth, most of our growth,
I mean ourselves, most of what we saw that made
us who we are today, as God has used those platforms,
is because our parents, when we grew up, we see
them always meeting. But you know, at a certain
time, Satan struck with misunderstanding and
those prayers stopped. Boy, we saw red fire in
our family. Let me tell you, you can have a unity
of account. You can have a unity of money. You
can have a unity of business. If you don't have
a unity of faith in your home, you are dead gone.
Hallelujah. So God desires that even in your
family, that there are gatherings. Hallelujah.
Say, my wife, don't say this boy is a child.
Tomorrow, we're going to take a fast and pray.
Hold your wife, hold your husband, gather your
children. Just spare us some time and pray. Lay
hands on them. Prophesy. Declare God's word upon
their lives. Gatherings has been the plan of
God for his people. When we come, the next time
we meet, we're going to continue from there.
Hallelujah. We're going to continue building.
We are still in Old Testament now. Still looking
at gatherings. Amen. When we come, We're going
to span out through and then into New Testament.
And then we will now jump into kinds of meetings.
Amen. So that we will know Holy Ghost meeting.
What really is a Holy Ghost meeting? And why
do we need a Holy Ghost meeting? Hallelujah.
What are the benefits of such a meeting to us?
When we gather, what really is happening to us?
Praise God. Can we just stand up on our feet?
So you see, you are spiritual. Your participation
in gatherings, in local church meetings, just
indicates how healthy or sick you are. For example,
let me give an example now. For example, when
we say, can we pray in the Holy Ghost? Don't
be looking at the ceiling and be scratching your
head. That is when you realize your body is itching.
No, no, no, no, no, no. When we say, let's pray,
let's do what? Let's pray. That is how healthy
you should be. Can we just pray in the Holy Ghost
and give thanks? Can we just pray in the Holy
Ghost and give thanks? The Spirit of God is here.
He dwells in us. The will of God, the mind of
God is made manifest in meetings. It's obvious
what He's doing in our hearts. He told us what
he's doing in our lives and with our lives. He's
communicating his intents to us. We're thankful
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