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Can we just still pray in the Holy Ghost just
in two minutes? Can we just pray in the Holy
Ghost in two, three minutes? One of the things
that you're going to pray. Amen. Let me just
instruct us. Please follow the instruction. The
instruction is one. And the prayer is that, Lord,
I have supernatural experiences. I have supernatural
experiences. And I have so much operations. I
see so much operations of the gifts of the Holy
Ghost. I have supernatural experiences. And I
experience and I see so much. operations of the
gifts of the Holy Ghost at work in my life. I
have supernatural. Before we pray, let me say
something. Last two days, I wanted to sleep.
And after the whole prayers, I just said something.
I said, Holy Spirit, as I sleep, I have supernatural
experiences. And I slept. That night, I had several
dreams. Series of dreams from one to another,
to another, to another. But let me just say one
on this platform. So there's a pastor in Nigeria.
We have never met. We have never talked. I know
about him through someone that left from here.
But it's been a while we spoke about the pastor.
But I slept. And when I slept, I had a dream
with him that both of us were traveling on a
road. I was inside a bus. The pastor was also
in their bus. If you are in Nigeria or in Africa,
you know that normally where you are taking,
where you are traveling long distances, the driver
tends to stop on the road. So that everybody
that needs to ease themselves, buy food and all
those things. So, but this time around, we met
them on the road and then they were resting.
So the pastor and his friend were just by the
car, you know, sitting down and kneeling behind
on the car. And then I dropped from my bus. And
as I saw him, I quickly recognized him. I recognized
him by the face. And I said, oh, pastor, how
are you doing? Fine. How is everything? You know,
so I was like, ah, so -and -so person has told
me so much about you. He was like, wow. I said,
yes, sir. You know? So, and when we started talking,
he now began to tell me something about humming
and something about mounting. Right? The dream
was so real. So real. So, but I perceived from
the dream that he was trying to tell me about
something. So, but as we're just talking, my
driver called that let's go. And we left. And
then we left them there. They also had their
own journey. So, but when I woke up, I contacted
that person. I said, please, what's the name
of this pastor and his ministry and this and
this? Details were sent to me. And then I chatted
with the person. The person said, well, I have
access to him. I said, okay, these are some of
the things I saw. These are some of the things.
But as I started chatting, I began to perceive
in my heart that the Lord was bringing increase
to the pastor's ministry. It was bringing increase,
and at the same time, there was going to be an
outburst of the things of the Spirit, healing,
miracles, signs, and wonders. And when I chatted
with the person, the person told me, ah, sir,
in fact, this is twice now we have had about,
is it 14 or 21 hours of prayers. And I told the
person, I said, as I'm chatting you now, confirm
from the pastor also, because this same thing
I'm saying now, somebody told the pastor some
days ago. Recently, Abagji, same thing. It's
a confirmation. So all my chats that we chatted
with the person was forwarded to the pastor.
And you know, the pastor replied. And amazingly,
the pastor replied and confirmed everything that
I said. Every one of them. I just slept. I have
not seen the person on Instagram. I didn't scroll
my phone. I didn't talk with anybody. And this
person is in Nigeria and I'm here. Supernatural
experiences. Word of wisdom. Word of knowledge.
Certain things that are going to happen, the
Spirit of God will bring it to our hearts. Our
eyes will see in the Spirit. Our ears will hear
by the Spirit. I tell you this. I can tell you
series of testimonies that have happened in just
these past two weeks. Supernatural experiences.
By the spirit of God. Deeper levels. I tell you.
Deeper levels of experiences. These things are
real. And they are happening by the spirit of
God. Can we just pray? In two minutes. The instruction
is. I have supernatural experiences. And I see
more operations of the gifts of the Holy Ghost.
I have supernatural experiences. Maltese of the
Obrich of the Horde of the Cobbiddy. Errato.
Rosobracat. Zemelec no Cototeci. I have supernatural
experiences. In the spirit, my heart is open
in the spirit. I receive instructions for my
wife. I receive instructions and directions for
my children. There is much more demonstrations
of the geese fleets. In Jesus' name we pray.
In the name of Jesus, we pray. There's a sister
that used to worship with us here in this church.
She was among the first people that we started
the church with. But it's been a while I spoke
with her. It's been a while I spoke with her.
You know, that night, I don't know, I can't call
it a dream, I can't call it a vision, but it
was too real. I knew that this was beyond just
real. You know, and I saw her in the church.
She was wearing their regalia, white in the church.
Everybody was wearing white clothes. But when
I saw I was there and I wonder, I said, but no,
why are you among these people? Because I was
like, the knowledge you have, you're not supposed
to be among this. But it was like, I saw manipulation.
That's what I perceived in the dream. That I
saw as though someone manipulated her to be in
that assembly. You know, so I reached out to
her and I told her, I said, how are you doing?
How is the place? Which church do you worship
with? She told me it's in Soso Place. And I said,
perfect. I said, but this is what I had as a
dream. I dreamed about this, this, this, this,
this. She said, Pastor, do you know that two
of these days have been having the same dream
I just told you about? And when we began to talk,
she began to tell me certain things. And I told
her, these are some of the things I perceive
by the Spirit of God. And she now had to confirm
how certain people have been coming to her to
talk to her about the work of ministry. And I
told her, I said, okay, these are the things
I perceive in my heart that you need to be careful
about this. You need to be careful about this.
You need to be careful about that. I know a whole
lot. So the Spirit of God is able to supply so
much supernatural experience to you. Be open.
Be open. Let your heart be open. Take initiative
and participate in what the Holy Ghost is doing.
He will use you to bring deliverance to your
friends. He will use you to bring comfort to
your family. He will use you to bring direction
to your husband. He will use you to bring direction
to your wives. Husband, listen to your wives.
Wives, listen to your husbands. Children, listen
to your friends. Listen to your children. Directions
are coming by the Spirit of God in the Holy Ghost.
The demonstration of the things of the Spirit
are unlimited. They are unlimited. As we continue
teaching, there will be so much that the Holy
Ghost will be bringing to you. I tell you this
by the Spirit of God that you're going to be
receiving instructions by the Spirit of God.
Even when we began praying, I perceived by the
Spirit of God someone came. You have been praying
these past few days regarding revelation and
knowledge. Regarding revelational knowledge,
you desire to not only read and listen to messages
and see life in the world, but also you want
utterance by the Spirit of God. Receive that
now in the name of Jesus. Receive that now in
the name of Jesus. Even after this meeting, I
tell you this, by the Spirit of God, you are
experiencing so much revelation and knowledge.
So much, I tell you this. And it will be obvious
and the pastors are going to confirm it because
they're going to see you walk in it. Glory to
God. So we are discussing about the Holy Ghost
meeting. Please. If you're on this platform and
you receive a word, please, can you indicate
in the chat box? If you receive a word, you're
on this platform, can you indicate on the chat
box? Say, I have a word. Just write, I have a
word. I will give you opportunity to say the
word. But if you cannot, please, you can type
the words on the chat box. If you have received
for order, let's put it this way. For order,
please, if you have received a word, can you
type it on the chat box? If you have received
it from an individual, just send a private message
to the person. Like this afternoon after I returned
back from work, as I was getting ready, I was
receiving a word from my friends, and I was sure
about the words. Please, if you have received
a word by the Spirit of God, just type the word
on the chat box for order. 1 Corinthians chapter
12. 1 Corinthians chapter 12. I hear the word
joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy. There is going
to be so much joy released out of the gatherings
we are going to be having from now into cataclysmos.
We will be living meetings rejoicing. We will
be living meetings full of joy. We will be living
meetings full of strength. We will be living
meetings full of laughter. We'll be leading meetings.
Literal healings will be taking place. Literal
healings. Literal healings will be happening
in our meetings. We will be leading meetings
with joy. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians chapter 14.
Thank you, Holy Ghost. Did I say chapter 14?
Chapter 12. 1 Corinthians chapter 12. The title
of our message is Holy Ghost Meetings. Holy Ghost
Meetings. Holy Ghost Meetings. Verse 1. On Sunday
we just stop at verse 3. Let's start reading
from verse 1 to 3 today. Now concerning spiritual
gifts brethren, I will not have you ignorant.
I just want to do a fast recap now. That verse
3 there is talking about the believer. It's talking
about people that are saved. You can't say Jesus
is Lord. You can't confess the Lord Jesus Christ
except by the Spirit of God. And that is Romans
chapter 10. Let's go to Romans chapter 10. Let's
see. You can put your hand in 1 Corinthians chapter
12 so that you can cross -reference this scripture
verse 3. It says that no man can say that Jesus
is Lord. No man can confess that Jesus is Lord
by what? By what? By the Holy Ghost. 1 Corinthians
chapter 3. Verse 9. Thus give thou shall confess
with thy mouth. If thou shall say with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus. and shall believe in thy heart
that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved. Only the man that is saved can
say the Lord Jesus, can confess the Lordship
of Jesus. And that happens by the Spirit of God.
And we said in the last message, How did we encounter
the Spirit of God at salvation? How at salvation?
By the word of truth that we've heard, that is
the gospel. So the hearing of the gospel, that
is salvation, was that first moment where we
encountered the Spirit of God. And since then,
our lives never remained the same. Hallelujah.
Our nature changed. See what the scripture says.
That man has a regenerated spirit in the Lord.
He has a new nature. And that is why when we
keep reading now, it says all things are God
who has reconciled us unto himself like Jesus
Christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation.
A new nature with a new assignment. Hallelujah.
A new nature with a new assignment. A new nature
with a new calling. A new nature that separated
us from the dumb idols that we've been carried
away. Our previous life. When we read Ephesians
chapter 2. I know these scriptures that is coming
to my spirit now. We didn't read them on Sunday.
But they are just popping more in my heart. Ephesians
chapter 2 verse 1. He said, and you had it quickened.
Who were dead in trespasses and sins. In time
past, yea, walk according to the curse of this
world, according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that now walketh in the children
of disobedience, among whom also we all had a
conversation in time past. Can you see? Dumb
idols in the past. So the believer cannot be
known again by his past nature. So how did we
encounter the Holy Ghost? We encountered the
Holy Ghost and salvation. How? By the hearing
of the gospel. That gospel that we have heard
has made us spiritual men. So we have the Spirit
of God dwelling in our insides. When you say
that I am spiritual, What you are saying in essence
is that I have the spirit of God dwelling where?
Dwelling in my inside. And we read Corinthians
chapter 3 verse 16. We say you are the temple
of the Holy Ghost. So the Holy Ghost dwells in
our inside. Hallelujah. I don't have another
type of spirit. I don't have a demon spirit.
I don't have a spirit of lust. I don't have a
spirit of pride. I don't have a spirit of jealousy
in me. I have the spirit of the living God dwelling
in my inside. See, let me set the course of our
hearts in order. That you see this casatismo
that is coming this year. Whatever you will do,
as long as you're on this island, be part of
it. I have the spirit of the living God dwells
in me. And whatever you see, you see, that thing,
that thing that we see in the church manifesting
the kingdom of God is already powered on the
spirit of God that is dwelling in us. Every manifestation,
every demonstration, every oppression is powered
by the Spirit of God. Which we are going to come
to see in the subsequent verses we're going to
read in 1 Corinthians chapter 12. So we establish
in a way of introduction on Sunday about salvation,
that the Holy Ghost meetings are for peace. Hallelujah.
Can we have people that are unsaved come to it?
Yes, we're going to come to it. Amen. But Holy
Ghost meetings primarily for people that are
saved. Hallelujah. Because we're going to see
the word giving room and we're going to see the
Holy Ghost giving room for manifestation, for
demonstration and for operations. Hallelujah.
So all that I've said now are the things that
we discussed. On Sunday, in a way of introduction,
that we are saved. We are spiritual men. The
Holy Ghost walks in us when? Hallelujah. He said,
now, where we read in 1 Corinthians chapter 12.
He said, not tomorrow. Now, we have not received
the spirit of the world. What have we received?
We have received the spirit of the living God.
Now. The believer's life is a current reality.
Do you hear what I said? The believer's life
is a current reality in Christ. It's not a past
reality. Oh boy, every day our lives is a current
reality in Christ Jesus. The walkings of the
Holy Ghost is a current walking. That is why
the believer must desire to see more. the manifestation
of the things of the Holy Ghost at work in his
life. Because it's a current reality. There is
more in the spirit of God to experience. Our
hearts must be set in order. Our hearts must
be set in order. There is so much that the Holy
Ghost wants to do in our lives. And let me tell
us, these things can only happen in meetings.
Hallelujah. These things can only happen in meetings.
Let me share a testimony of Bro Gabriel. Bro
Gabriel is on this platform. When he was experiencing
the symptoms of some of those illnesses, his
wife would tell us when she comes to church,
she would say that he has mission. In fact, if
you are like him, he wants to come to church.
You must understand that all that God will do
in your life, the training, the teachings, will
happen through meetings. Let me say it again.
You must understand that all that God will do,
all that God will manifest, the instructions,
the growth, the directions, the clarity, will
happen through meetings. The trainings will happen
through meetings. The growth will happen through
meetings. The manifestations will happen through
meetings. I will not have you ignorant, my brethren.
Do not despise meetings. We are who we are today
because of meetings. Bro Victor will shout that.
All the pastors will shout that. Every one of
us will shout that. We are who we are today as
a result of what? Meetings. I remember my mom,
oh boy, my mom would force us to go to vigils.
She does not care whether you will go. I have
one picture somewhere here among my album. I
shared it some time ago. My mom gave me her story,
one big Bible. The Bible is bigger than me. One
big Bible. And we touch like you see me. You
know, I held a big Bible and we touch like. Brethren,
in that vigil, I slept all through. But we're
still there. She would tell the brothers when
they are going, when she cannot go. She said,
please, can you branch and take my children to
vigil? Don't worry. Any minute they are going
to sleep, let them sleep there. In the morning,
drag them back. Some vigils, we don't know what
was happening, what they did there. I know the
church is big. So you actually even went there
angrily, you know. So when people are praying,
you are at the back sleeping. So sometimes they
will remember that you are sleeping. They will
just come around. I know Pastor Victor is smiling.
He must have had a similar experience, you know.
So they will come and drag you. You know, you
will go around. They will just pray, pray, pray,
pray. Before they knew, you will sneak again.
But let me tell you, let me say this. You see,
with the Holy Ghost, even if you don't know the
value of a meeting, He will ensure that that
knowledge catches with you in the future. So
some things will be illogical, but with time,
the Holy Spirit will make it logical to your
mind. Do you hear what I said? Some things will
be what? Will be illogical to you now. But as
you continue to grow, as the Holy Ghost continues
to ensure that you are being trained in church
meetings, in gatherings, they will start getting
logical to your mind. So these things, these
experiences are experiences happening to men
that have the Holy Ghost in their inside. Hallelujah.
So one of the things we established on Sunday
is that Holy Ghost meetings are for spiritual
men. And what do we mean by spiritual men? Men
that are saved. Men that have the Spirit of God
dwelling in their inside. As we began to read,
we said that again. That God's will has been
that his people will always be gathered before
him. God's will has been that his mind will be
revealed to his people in gatherings. God's will
has been that his people will be trained in gatherings.
That is why Pastor Victor shouted, you cannot
be built or built in isolation. You can't say
that my Holy Spirit is special. No, we have received
common spirit. We have received common faith.
We have received common gospel. We have received
common gifts. Hallelujah. So we began to read
from Exodus. We began to read all through to
trace and see how God's will has been for his
people. It has been in gatherings and meetings.
Can you just add these two chapters of the Old
Testament that we've read? Let's read 2 Kings
chapter 23. Oh, glory, glory, glory, glory, glory.
2 Kings 23. Desire the things of the Spirit.
Desire supernatural experiences. Desire to see...
The Holy Ghost manifests much more through your
life. 2 Kings 23, verse 1. And the king sent,
and they gathered. Can you see? If it's your
Bible. And they gathered unto him all the elders
of Judah and of Jerusalem. And the king went
up into the house of the Lord, and all the men
of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem
were with him. And the priests and the prophets
and all the people, both small and great, and
he read in their ears. Hallelujah. He read in
their ears all the words of the book of the covenant
which was found in the house of the Lord. And
the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant
before the Lord, walked after the Lord, and to
keep his commandments and his testimonies and
his acts with all their heart and with all their
soul. to perform the words of this covenant that
were written in this book. And all the people
stood to us to the covenant. Did it happen with
everybody in their houses? No. How did it happen?
All the house of Judah, all the people of Jerusalem
were what? Were gathered before the Lord in the
temple. so that the words of the covenant can
be read into their ears. Where do believers learn
how to obey God? In meetings. Where do they hear?
about the instructions from the mind of God in
meetings. See, nobody should undermine meeting.
Don't ever be among people that undermine believers'
meetings. When they say, you, eh, you, eh, it's
your church. Tell them, this church, church,
church, church, church, church, is what has made
my life better, better, better, better, better.
I remember one guy, we grew up doing Sunday school.
Then, I would drive around with my mom's car,
and then he saw me one day, he just came, he
said, he said, you, eh, they used to call me
Wadi at home. You know? And then, he said, you,
I don't understand. You know, you people, this
same person with this Sunday school, see his
statement. He said, you know, you people are
doing church, church, same guy with this Sunday
school. He said, you people are doing cho -chos.
You know, we now, things have changed. And I
said, Abek, can you just find me something there?
You see now, you are driving car around. I say,
you see this car? The owner of the car just gave
me the key. She foils it. She put everything.
It's not my car. His mouth is already black.
When I say black, you should already know. The
Lord will give you understanding. His mouth is
already black. His eyes very red. He needs the
next 20 nera so that he can smoke his lungs away.
Let me tell you, this same chore, chore, chore,
chore that he said we have been doing is where
we are now. We is where we are. That same...
that they refuse to do is where they are now.
I returned home in 2022 after eight years. Do
you know that I saw these boys on that same place
where they drink local beers? Same place. That
is after almost 12 years, 13 years or 14 years.
These guys are still on that same place. Let
me say this. Nobody ever, nobody ever stands
with Jesus. Nobody ever gives his best for Jesus.
And Jesus sees his life to be a waste. Never.
It will never be said of you. That because you
gave yourself for Christ. See let me tell you.
Let me say this now. God has already sealed it.
By the gift of the Holy Ghost in your heart.
That your life can never be a waste. If you need
an evidence. Hold this as an evidence. That God
has sealed it. That your life can never amount.
See, you know when they say, no, no, no, no,
no, no, you're going to be a waste. They just
give me some time. That is the evidence we have.
So, God's might has always been revealed. Let's
just write this down, please. You can add it
as an extra scripture. Chronicles, 2 Chronicles
15, verse 9 to 15. 2 Chronicles 15, verse 9 to
15. Luke 4, verse 16. Luke 4, verse 16. Let's
see God reads. Luke 4, verse 16. Are we all here?
Hallelujah. Praise God. Luke chapter 4 verse
16. See what the scripture says. And he came
to Nazareth and Jesus came to Nazareth where
he had been brought up and as his custom was.
Can it be said about you that Attending believers'
meetings is your custom. Hallelujah. It's your
custom. As his custom was, he went into the synagogue
on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. I was
glad when they said to me, let us go to where?
Let us go to the house of the Lord. As his custom
was. He went to the synagogue. As his custom
was. Please was always in the church. Or is always
in the church. As his custom is. I am always
at the prayer meetings. As my custom is. I am
always at Sunday services. As my custom is. Let
it be said about you. That is your custom. As
his custom is. Jesus already had a custom. That
he was always in the synagogue. Can you see?
God's wings. Even Christ was always in God's
wings. Luke 24. Luke 24, verse 33. And they rose
up together. Luke 24, verse 33. And they rose
up the same hour and returned to Jerusalem and
found the 11 guard up together. Hallelujah. And
them that were with them, saying, The Lord is
risen indeed and has appeared to us. The testimonies
of Christ are always shared among believers in
meetings. And when we continue reading, we will
see that Christ made them gather together. He
expanded the scripture and taught there for 40
days. In where? In meetings. In meetings. Gatherings.
John chapter 20. Here we are gathered together.
John chapter 20. Verse 19. John chapter 20 verse
19. Then the same day, at the evening, being
the first day of the week, when the doors were
shut, where the disciples were assembled, where
the disciples were gathered together for fear
of Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst and
said unto them, Peace be unto thee, unto you.
And when he had so said, he shut up. unto them
his hands and his side. Then where the disciples
glanced, they saw the Lord. Where is Christ revealed
in gatherings? Where is Christ seen in gatherings?
Where is Christ known in gatherings, in meetings?
Jesus met them consistently in gatherings. Acts
chapter 1 verse 15. Acts chapter 1, I have lots
of scriptures, so I'm just giving us 2, 3, 2,
3, 2, 3. Acts chapter 1 verse 15. After they
received instructions from Luke chapter 24, see
Acts chapter 1 verse 15. And in those days, Peter
stood up in the gatherings of the believers and
said, the number of... of names together were
about 120. He stood up in the gatherings of the
believers. Acts chapter 2 verse 1. Acts chapter
2 verse 1. Acts chapter 2 verse 1. And when the
day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
with one accord in one place. They were all gathered
together in one place. The same thing we see
in Acts chapter 1 verse 14. They all continued
together in oneness in prayer and supplication
with the webed and many the brother of Jesus
and with the brethren. They all together in three.
in prayers, in teachings. Acts chapter 2 verse
46 to 47. Acts chapter 2 verse 46. And they continue
in daily together in one accord in the temple
and breaking bread from one house to another.
did eat their meat with gladness and singleness
of heart, praising God and having fervor with
all the people, as the Lord added to the church.
If you are like me, you can say, as the Lord
added to the caverns of the believers, daily
sought as he should be seen. The caverns of the
believers. Where will the Lord bring increase
in meetings? Where will the Lord bring multiplication?
In meetings. They started 12, they became 120,
they became 3 ,000, they became 5 ,000, they
became a multitude in Acts chapter 6. The Lord
kept increasing, increasing them. By Acts chapter
8, they were scattered abroad. Acts chapter 8,
there was so much persecution and they scattered.
Multitudes separated and scattered everywhere.
Good news, they didn't scatter to be individual.
They scattered and continued raising gardens
and meetings. There's an example there in Acts
chapter 8. And Philip went down and preached
the gospel to the city of Samaria. When we read
down to 12, 13, 14, you will see God's dreams
there again. So when you keep reading across
all the book of Acts, you're going to see God's
dreams upon God's dreams upon God's dreams. Let
me give us these references so that we can go
to them. Acts chapter 3 verse 1. Acts chapter
3 verse 1. You will see God's dream prayer hour.
Acts chapter 3, verse 1. Acts chapter 4, verse
23 to 24. I think our brother, our brother Prince,
you know, Prince, I'll be, I'll be, I'll be saying
Pastor Prince, Pastor Prince. They're a pastor
already. Hallelujah. Right? Yes, he read from
Acts chapter 4. Amen? You will see God's dreams.
Acts chapter 4, 23, 24. You will see God's dreams.
Behold their threatenings. The scripture says
they return back to their company. Hallelujah.
Acts chapter 5, verse 12. God's dreams. Acts
chapter 5, verse 12. Acts chapter 5, verse 42.
Acts chapter 5, verse 42. Acts chapter 10, verse
27 to 33. Acts chapter 10, verse 27. Sorry, Acts
chapter 10, verse 27, and then you jump to 33.
You will see meetings, meetings, meetings, meetings.
Acts chapter 12, verse 5. Acts chapter 12, verse
5, and you go to 12. You will see meetings and
gatherings of believers. Acts chapter 14, verse
27, meetings. Hallelujah. Acts chapter 16, verse
13. Gatherings. And then extra scriptures. You
check the remaining ones for yourself and then
you are able to find. 1 Corinthians 5, verse
4. 1 Corinthians 5, verse 4. You will see meetings.
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you
are gathered together, and my spirit, with the
power of our Lord Jesus Christ. Meetings. In
the name of Jesus Christ, we will gather up together.
Meetings. 1 Corinthians 5, verse 4. 1 Corinthians
chapter 12, field chapter 14. 1 Corinthians chapter
12, field chapter 14. Gatherings and meetings.
Those instructions of God to the church were
instructions for meetings. Ephesians chapter
4, verse 11 to 13, the gifts are for meetings.
Pastors for meetings, apostles for meetings,
evangelists for meetings, prophets for meetings.
Philippians chapter 1, verse 27, meetings, gatherings.
Only let your conversation be as it becomes the
gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see
you or else be absent, I hear of your affairs,
that you stand together in one spirit, with one
mind, striving together for the faith of the
gospel. So we could see. Or we can see from all
the scriptures. They guard us for prayers. They
guard us for teachings. They guard us for preaching.
They guard us for evangelisms. Let me say it
again. They guard us for prayers. They guard
us for teachings. They guard us for preaching.
They guard us for evangelisms. They guard us
for fellowships and communions. Let me say it
again. They guard us for prayers. They guard
us for teachings. They guard us for preaching.
They gathered for communions and fellowships.
They gathered for evangelisms. Meetings. Meetings.
So the way you see and participate in meetings
shows how you are growing. Your desire, your
passion, your commitment to believers' gatherings
shows how you are growing. So why do we need
meetings? Why should we identify meetings? Why
should we identify meetings? Simple answer. So
that we can know how to conduct ourselves in
those meetings. Please hold this sentence that
I just said now with treasure because this is
the sentence we're going to operate with instructions.
Why do we need to identify different meetings?
Simple answer. So that we can know how to behave
and conduct ourselves in the different meetings.
Let's start reading from verse... 14, yes. These
days I write unto you, hope it to come unto you
shortly. See verse 15, everybody. But if I tarry
long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest
to do it, please. 1 Timothy 3, verse 14. Let's
read verse 15. But if I tarry long, and that
thou mayest know how thou oughtest to do it,
to be his, to conduct, thank you Pastor Victor
for that word, to conduct yourselves in the house
of God, which is the church of the living God,
the pillar and the ground of truth. There is
a way the believer must conduct himself in the
house of God. So the believer knows every time
I'm coming to church, I am coming to the pillar
and the ground of truth. I am not coming to some
form of club. I am not coming to some form of
comedy platform. I am coming to an atmosphere
where I am going to be taught a trade. He says
you should know how to conduct yourself, even
in my essence. Hallelujah. So why should we identify
meetings? So that we can know how to conduct
ourselves. Do you know that there are certain
meetings? If you don't know the meetings, your
participation is not effective. And because your
participation is not effective, certain things
you're going to miss out on those meetings. So
there's a way we need to conduct ourselves in
meetings. There's a manner that we need to conduct
ourselves in meetings. So there's a way that
we need to jump into the meetings. There's a
posture. There's a posture. There's a posture.
Every time we are coming, there's a posture.
So we learn how to behave in the household of
God from the church. We learn how to do things
in the church, in meetings. All that we've listened.
from all that we've read, from all that we've
seen scripturally. You can write this for topic
now. Different kinds of meetings. Different kinds
of meetings. Different kinds of meetings. I know
this teaching by the Spirit of God is going to
bring so much revelational knowledge to us. And
it's going to change how we participate in meetings.
It's going to change when we come to church meetings.
It's going to change how we behave, how we conduct
ourselves. I know this by the Spirit of God.
Number one meeting. Number one. The very frequent
meetings that we always have is the teaching
meetings. Teaching meetings. You see, all the
things that we're going to discuss are all from
the scriptures we have read and where we are
coming from. The very frequent meetings that
we always have at what? At teaching meetings.
So teaching meetings are always and must always
be the frequent meetings we have. Teaching meetings.
And are always and must always be the frequent
meetings we should always have. Please, don't
ever get tired of teaching meetings. They are
always the frequent meetings that we should have.
They must always be the frequent meetings we
must have. Always. Because teaching meetings...
produces all the kinds of other meetings we're
going to talk about. Let me put this. Put premium
priority on teaching meetings. Please, I beg
you. If you are listening to me, are you on this
platform? Put premium. You say, oh, this church,
eh? You know, we are always having teaching,
teaching, teaching, teaching, teaching, teaching,
teaching, teaching. Godda, if you don't, let's
move. You understand this thing that I held in
my mouth now that I did not say very soon. Let's
just move it now. So these meetings are the primary
meetings that must always be found in local church.
They are the primary meetings that must always
be found where? In local church. Let me tell
you this now. Something came to my head now.
I just got an answer for somebody now. How do
I identify a local church I should be part of?
Number one, this answers your question now. Somebody
came to this platform with this question, and
this is the answer. How do I identify a local
church to be part of for my growth? Number one,
look out that that church gives premium so much
effort to teachings. They don't joke with teachings
of God's word. They don't joke with the doctrine
of Christ. Teaching services. So in teaching
meetings, what happens? In teaching meetings,
what happens? In teaching meetings, what happens
is that we come around to hear God's word. We
come around to hear God's word. We come around
for biblical doctrine, to be taught and trained
in biblical doctrine, the doctrine of Christ.
In teaching meetings, we come to study. You see,
we've been moving from one scripture to another,
to another, to another. This is teaching meeting.
So in teaching meetings, What happens? We come
around to hear God's word. We come around and
we are taught and trained in biblical doctrine.
Doctrine of who? Doctrine of Christ. We come
to study God's word. We move from one scripture
to another. We move from one scripture to another.
We look into different texts. We move from one
text. We move to Genesis. We go to Exodus. We
move to Jeremiah. We go to Psalms. We go to Isaiah.
We move to Matthew. We go to Luke. We go to Acts.
We go to Romans. We go to Revelation. We come
to 1 John. We go to 2 John. We go to 3 John.
We move from one scripture to another. That is
what we find in teaching meetings. In these meetings,
we have a subject. We are taught on subjects.
We study it. We study it. We study it. When I
was on campus, I used to attend a church. Let
me say it this way now, because I have knowledge.
I believe the Holy Spirit led our path to that
church. However... We attended that church with
the wrong motive because, you know, in the universities,
students, they are looking for sharp, sharp church.
You know, sharp, sharp church. Let me use this
word. Probably some of us, we are looking for
hit and run church. You know, hit and run. We're
looking for those churches that are hit and run.
Sniper churches. 30 minutes, 5 minutes, 15 minutes,
25 minutes of work and we are out. First service,
second service, third service, fourth service,
fifth service, sixth service, for 35 minutes
each, for 35 minutes. We're looking for sniper
move kind of atmosphere. You know why? Because
already our CGPA has sniped us. You know, so
we're looking for where we'll just have it fast
and return back to the class. And then we now
heard that there is one church. You know? Let
me say the church because the church has built
us. Called the Oasis of Love Church. So, all
of us entered the bus and then carried ourselves
there. We didn't want to stay. One of the churches
where we used to attend, Pastor Victor knows
it. You know? We didn't want to stay in the chapel
because the church... So, you know? Thank you,
Pastor Victor. Pastor Fred said, our lives cannot
be built on heat around church model. Yes. Let
me say that. Let me say that. Our lives will
be built on stay and wait model kind of churches.
Stay and what? Stay and wait model kind of churches.
So we ran away. We went there. And that was where,
for the first time, I began to hear about Kenneth
Hagin. I began to hear about faith. Our pastor.
Pastor, I will call his name because he is a
great man. Pastor Tendi. Sir, we will take only
faith. They will say, the theme for the teaching,
for the coming, he always use this word, the
theme for the coming Sundays is faith. We will
teach faith for 10 months. See, you will hear
faith. That faith will enter your DNA. It will
enter your brain. It will enter your body. Have
you ever been taught to the point that the message
you were enjoying it, it became bitter, it started
getting sweeter, it started, you now are growing
in it, you are moving in it, you are building
faith and you are moving. So you see, teaching
meetings are not hit and run meetings. Teaching
meetings are meetings where you are built solidly
on God's word. So in teaching meetings, God communicates
his plans. He communicates his purposes. Do you
hear what I said? In 2 Timothy, God does what?
He communicates His plans. He communicates His
purposes to us. So now, let's look at scriptures
now so that we can build on that. Genesis 18,
verse 19. Genesis 18, verse 19. So you see how
we are building upon precepts, upon precepts.
Is not happening haphazardly. Genesis. Chapter
what? Chapter 18 verse 19. For I know him. God
was talking about Abraham now. For I know he.
That he will command his children. He will teach.
his children, and his household after him, and
they shall keep the way of the Lord. These things
come to us so that we can know how to walk with
the Lord. They will keep the way of the Lord
to do justice and judgment that the Lord will
bring upon Abraham that he has spoken of to him.
Hallelujah. These are the things that come to
establish us, that we may know how to walk with
the Lord. You know, one of the sisters, I shared
a testimony just some minutes ago when I began
sharing the testimony. Just send a message, which
I know I will share it in the next teaching.
When I have opportunity. Genesis 18, 19 says,
God was saying, I know he will do what? He will
command his children. Hallelujah. How beautiful
it is that when you find a local church such
as NECF and you know you will be taught the way
of the Lord. Exodus 19, verse 7 to 8. We serve
upon precepts about teaching. Exodus 19, verse
7 to 8. We will do as Moses returned the words
of the people unto the Lord. Hallelujah. In that
means, they heard the word of the Lord and proclaimed,
we will do all that the Lord requires of us.
In meetings. Exodus 24, 3 to 8. Exodus 24, 3
to 8. And Moses came and told the people all
the words of the Lord and all the judgments and
all the people answered with one voice and said,
All the words which the Lord has spoken, we will
what? We will do. Hallelujah. We know how to
walk with the Lord from teaching meetings. We
are taught how to walk with the Lord from teaching
meetings. We know the ways of the Lord through
teaching me things. And that ye may teach the
children of Israel all the statutes which the
Lord has spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
And thou shalt teach the children of Israel.
When you teach them, what will happen today?
And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eliezer,
and unto Itamar, his sons that were left, take
the meat offering, remember the offerings of
the Lord made by fire, and eat it without a living
beside the altar, for it is most holy. And from
there he began his kingdom. Deuteronomy chapter
4 verse 10. Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 10. Deuteronomy
chapter 4 verse 10. Especially. Okay, yes. Especially
the day. Especially the day that thou stood before
the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said
unto thee, Gather me these people together, and
I will make them to do what? To hear my words,
that they may learn. It is with these courts
that we may learn. Hallelujah. It is with these
courts that we may learn of the Lord. that they
may learn to fear me all the days, that they
shall live upon the earth, and that they may
also teach their what? Their children. Let me
read this one chapter, and then we stop here.
When we come the next time, we're going to read
scriptures from the New Testament, and then we
build a structure for me. Hallelujah. We will
build a structure from it and we will work with
that so that we will know how to conduct ourselves.
What and what do we need when it's a teaching
meeting? What and what do we need when we are
coming to Sunday services? What and what do we
need when we are coming to midweek services?
When we are coming to self -meetings? Joshua
chapter 8 verse 34 and we stop here. Joshua chapter
8 verse 34 and afterwards. Read all the words
of the law, the blessings and the curses, according
to all that is written in the book of the law.
There was not a word of all that Moses commanded,
which Joshua read not before all the congregation
of Israel, with the women and all the little
ones and the strangers that were what? Unversant
among them. Let me say this and I stop here.
Teaching meetings are not for men only. Teaching
meetings are for both men and women and children.
Do you know what I said? Teaching meetings are
for everyone. Both men, both women, both children,
both old, young. See, for everyone. And say,
these ones, they are small. They are small. They
are not small. For everyone. For men, for women,
for children. Hallelujah. That we may know how
we ought to behave and conduct ourselves in those
meetings. Can't we just appreciate God? Can't
we just bless God? Because the coming days that
are ahead of us, these teachings are pivotal
for us. They are preparing us for the move of
the Holy Ghost that is coming ahead of us. Can
we just appreciate the name of the Lord? Can
we say thank you, Jesus, for revelation and knowledge?
Thank you, Jesus, for building us on this reality.
We bless you, Lord. Glory to God forevermore.
Thank you, Father, for in Jesus' name we pray.
Amen. Hallelujah. Thank you for listening to
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