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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is

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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your

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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until

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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive

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right in. James chapter 5 verse 14. Is any among

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you sick? Let him call the elders of the church

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and let them pray over him, anointing him with

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oil in the name of the Lord. Verse 15. And the

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prayer of faith will save the sick or would heal

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the sick and the Lord will raise him. And if

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he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. So

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we were trying to discuss that at the end of

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last session, that one pattern we have seen,

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that no apostle or Jesus ever appoint or ordain

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leaders in the church. Or lead us by using oil.

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And we say it's by laying of hands. By laying

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of hands. Again, I think we were discussing with

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the pastors. We said laying of hands is supernatural.

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Are we together? And we said at the ending that

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that does not mean that you can't use oil. And

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we noted that we have the power to impact the

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power of God through oil for people to be healed.

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Just like we saw the aprons and handkerchiefs.

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Just like we saw the shadow of Peter. That means

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things can leave our body. to heal others. Did

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you understand what I'm saying? So, but we have

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not seen the use of oil in ordination or appointing

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of elders. Look at James, and we saw that James

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was writing to the Jews who were scattered abroad.

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They were believers, but they were Jews. And

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so it makes sense why he has to talk about oil

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because he's the only person that seems to connote

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the use of oil. And remember, even here in James,

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it's not in ordaining elders, it's to the sick.

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You saw the disciples that I want to show you

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one pattern. You saw when Jesus asked the disciples

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to go and preach and heal, they use oil to anoint

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the sick. Do you understand what I'm saying?

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Again, Here is also the sick. As we said, it

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has its medicinal value and inclination to be

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used. And I want you to note verse 15. So that

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you know that what is doing the work is not the

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oil. He said clearly that the prayer of what?

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Faith. That was saved there. Shall save the sick,

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means I heal the sick. And the Lord would raise

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him up. So it's unambiguous that what does the

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work is a prayer of faith. Are we together? Amen.

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Now let's study further. Now apart just anoints,

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let's look at the word anointed. Anointed is

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translated from the word cryo, C -H -R -I -O

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in Greek. That word in the New Testament appears

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about five times. Anointed, it appears five times

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in the New Testament. Four of which refers to

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Jesus only. Or in reference to Jesus only. And

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I want you just to read those texts. Luke chapter

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4 verse 18. Luke chapter 4 verse 18. The spirit

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of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed

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me to preach the gospel to the poor. Of course,

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very clearly there he anointed. He has sent me

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to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty

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to the captive, to recover the sight to the blind,

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and to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

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to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

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Of course, You know, that's a quotation from

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Isaiah. Are we together? Amen. If you read Isaiah

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61, you see that 61, verse 1 and 2. Also, we

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see the next text that shows that is also...

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Acts chapter 10, verse 38, how God has anointed.

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Anointed. See that again. But I will read the

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next one, which is Acts chapter 4. So Acts chapter

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10, verse 38 shows us something about Jesus also.

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He anointed him with the Holy Ghost and power.

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or Jesus Christ of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit

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or Holy Ghost with power. And then Jesus went

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around doing good and healing all who were oppressed

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by the devil for God was with him. Look at chapter

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four, verse 27. Chapter four, verse 27. For truly,

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Against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed.

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Again, about Jesus. Both Herod and Pontius Pilate,

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with the Gentiles and the people of Israel were

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gathered together. Amen. Hebrews chapter 1, verse

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9. Hebrews chapter 1, verse 9. You have loved

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righteousness and hated lawlessness. Therefore,

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God, your God, has anointed you with the oil

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of gladness more than your companions. Again,

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he's talking about Jesus or Christ. Now, if you

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look closely, particularly these two texts, look

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for the direct quotation from Isaiah 61, verse

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1 and 2. Look for 18. Of course, when Peter was

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speaking and he noted Acts chapter 10 verse 38,

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he was also not speaking from a vacuum or it

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was not novel. He was speaking from the writings

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of the prophets. Are we together? Remember, he

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was explaining, he was preaching in the house

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of Cornelius, telling him the gospel. He was

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leaning as well on who? On the text Isaiah 61,

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verse 1 and 2. Because that's exactly what Isaiah

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61 is talking about. How God anointed Christ

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with the Holy Ghost and power and waited about

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doing good. And that's exactly Isaiah 61. You

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understand? Although not quoted like Luke 4,

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but... The background is Isaiah 61. Because that's

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exactly what he was anointed to do. Are we together?

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So when Peter talked about that, and then he

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spoke, they listened and they understood the

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mission of the Messiah. And while he speak, the

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Holy Ghost fell on them. So in all this, we can

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see that they are referring to the consecration

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for ministry. I mean, that's again being separated.

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When you said one is anointed in this context

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of Christ in the Son. In fact, Isaiah would say,

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for the Spirit of God is upon me, for he has

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anointed me. So he starts listing the things.

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Which means that he is separated for this purpose.

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He is separated for this purpose. So the only

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place that anointed was used that wasn't referring

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to Christ is 2 Corinthians 1 .21. 2 Corinthians

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1 .21. Now, he who established us with you in

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Christ has done what? Has anointed us in God.

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Has anointed us in God. Has anointed us in God.

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Here, you can see that anointed is used for who?

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All believers. anointed is used for all believers.

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Did you see that? Because he says that Now he

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who establishes us with you, he said us with

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you in Christ, has anointed us is God. So he's

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talking about all believers. All believers. It

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is not referring to preachers, except that the

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fact that the preachers are also what? Believers.

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This is not a text that is talking about only

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those who are anointed as believers. I mean as

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preachers. But of course, if you put it to preachers

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as believers, then of course it's talking about

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preachers as well. So some preachers called 1

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Chronicles. 1 Chronicles, I don't know which

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one we'll use, but it means the same thing. Let's

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read from 1 Chronicles maybe. 1 Chronicles 16.

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That same text was... repeated in Psalms 105

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verse 15. 1 Chronicles 16. Let me just read that

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one, 1 Chronicles, because of course. 16 verse

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22. Are you in 22? Saying, do not touch my anointed

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ones. and do my prophet no harm. This text, this

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text, preachers like it. Once you begin to talk

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about it, you say, touch not the Lord's anointed,

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except you want to die. You know, believers now,

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we are called to give life, but we want to always

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call death. Now, if you stay there one verse,

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you might not. So just move backward, you will

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know. So verse 20, when they went, look at the

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day, it's not one person. He said, when they

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went from nation to nation and from one kingdom

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to another people, he permitted no man to do

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them wrong. Yes, he rebuked kings for their sake.

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So this place is talking about the entire nation

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of Israel. So it's not talking about some specific

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people. It's not talking about some specific

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people. It's talking about the entire nation

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of Israel. So the word anointed or cryo simply

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means to set apart or to consecrate. But we saw

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the term by Jesus as well used for the believers

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that were being set apart. So, when you try to

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replace the word anointed with set apart in all

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the texts, you can read it well. Notice, I want

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you to note, that it is not referring to power.

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Did you observe that? He's talking about that

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we have been separated, we have been consecrated,

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or Christ has been consecrated for the work,

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for the purpose of which he changed. Are we together?

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Again, there's another word. So, when we said,

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I am anointed, I know, they know that we are

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picking it from second, Corinthians 1, 20 what?

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I am anointed. Anody is the same word. I will

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preach Jesus everywhere I go. I am his. He is

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mine. I will follow him until the end of time.

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So, That's what we're saying. Are we together?

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So, we have seen anoint. We have seen anointed.

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And there's another word, anointing. John is

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the only person that uses it. Anointing. You

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understand? We like that word. So let me tap

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anointing. Okay, let's see whether that is what

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we can tap like palm wine. Glory to Jesus. Are

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you in 1 John chapter 2? Let me read from verse,

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1 John chapter 2, let me read from verse 18.

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Please, I want you to pay attention. Little children,

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it is the last hour. And as you have heard that

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the Antichrist is coming. Even now, many Antichrists

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have come by which we know that it is the last

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hour. Are we together? By which we know it is

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the last hour. How do we know? Because many Antichrists

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have already... Are we together? Amen. Amen.

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Remember where we read yesterday in John? John

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told us that if any man does not believe that

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Jesus Christ came in the flesh, 2 John chapter,

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2 John, yes, 1. Of course, it's only 1, but 7.

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If any man does not believe that Jesus Christ

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has come in the flesh, he's an antichrist. Is

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that okay? Yes. So you can see that John is also

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talking about antichrist here. He said they have

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already, he's there here. And that's why we know

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he's the last hour in the sun. They went out

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from us, but they were not of us. For if they

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had been, Of us. They would have continued with

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us. But they went out. That they might be made

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manifest. That none of them. Were of us. But

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you have an anointing. Please pay attention.

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You have an anointing. From the Holy One. And

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you know. All things. You know all things. So

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first and foremost. What is that anointing? He

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said you have. So it's not something you are

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trying to. Because he's talking to believers

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here. So first and foremost, whatever it is we're

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going to see. But he's trying to tell the believers

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that you have an anointing. You have the anointing.

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And he said that anointing is from the Holy One.

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And what that anointing does is that Because

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of the anointing, they know all things. The question

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is that what is the all things he's talking about?

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Again, we have to see. Verse 21. I have not written

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to you because you do not know the truth. I have

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not written to you because you do not know the

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truth. No. You know it. Don't worry. Whatever

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condition, we shall preach. Hallelujah. Amen.

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So he said, you have an anointing. He said, I'm

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writing to you. He said, verse 21. He said, I

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have not written to you. Is this one still working?

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Okay. I have written to you because you... He

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said, I have not written to you because you do

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not know the truth. But because you know it,

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and that no lie is of the truth. So he don't

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defy the lie, which is the opposite of the truth.

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Verse 22. Who is a liar? He said, but he who

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denies that Jesus, who denies that Jesus is the

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what? Is the Christ. He is what? The Antichrist.

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Who denies the father and the son? Verse 23.

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Whoever denies the son does not have the father

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either. He who acknowledges the son has a father

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also. Therefore, let that abide in you. Wait

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a minute. Let which abide? What is he talking

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about it should abide? He said, let that abide.

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Of course, he's talking about the truth. He said,

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let the truth abide in you, which you heard from

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the beginning. Did you hear that? Remember John?

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Are you together with me? Which you heard from

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where? You remember John 1 .1. That which was

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from the beginning, which we have heard. which

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we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked

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upon and our hands have handled concerning the

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word of life. Did you see that? He said that

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which is from the word, the beginning. That's

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the same thing. So he's talking about the light

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they have received about a person. That's why

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when you read, John 1 verse 2, he said, Verse

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3, So he's talking about that. That which you

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have had from the beginning, He said, abide.

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He said, let that abide in you. If what you had

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from the beginning abides in you, you also will

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abide in the Son and in the Father. And in this

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is the promise. And this is a promise that He

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has promised us eternal life. These things...

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I have written to you concerning those who try

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to deceive you. Again, verse 27, he said, But

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the anointing which you have received from him

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abides in you, and you do not need anyone to

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teach you. Are we together? You know, this is

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one of the texts so many people now use, say

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we don't need teachers. You see, if you jump

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out of context, you are going to put anything

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that is there. But as the same anointing teaches

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you concerning all the things, and it's true,

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and it's not a lie, and just as it has taught

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you, You, it's not you will. It's you abide,

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you understand? He said in him. Now, listen.

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All that we have been talking about abide, abides.

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There is no way it instructs the believer to

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abide in him. That him is it. Because he has

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already mentioned in verse 21, you understand?

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That therefore, sorry, verse 21. No, 24. Therefore,

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let that abide in you which you have received

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from the beginning. What they have received is

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the knowledge of God. You understand what I'm

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saying? So, he said, let that abide. That's an

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instruction to the believer. Abide in the knowledge

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of him you have received. Are we together? When

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Paul said, I have fought a good fight. I have

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finished my race. I have kept the faith. What

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he's saying is that I have kept the sound doctrine,

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which means he has abided in the truth. You do

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want something? So you can't tell a believer

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to abide in Christ. Where is he? In the sun.

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You can only tell the unbeliever to come to Christ

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because the believer is already in the Christ.

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So that last part. Abide in him is abide in it.

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Because that is the knowledge, not a person.

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It's the knowledge of the person. Because you

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are speaking to believers. Again. When you look

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at the word anointing. As we said, it was used

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by John Luke. Verse 20 and verse 27. So that

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word anointing is. chrisma. That is C -H -R -I

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-S -M -E. It means to smear. Please, take good,

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pay attention. Anointing is not power. It means

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to smear. In a sense, smearing something. In

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verse 20, John, was not referring to the Spirit

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either. When he was talking, he said, but you

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have an anointing from the Holy One. That anointing

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is not the Spirit. Remember, the context is Antichrist

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that they have come. That's the context. So here

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the discussion is about Antichrist that came

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with a knowledge. And that knowledge is a lie.

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And that's why he said, Who is a liar? You see,

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a liar is a one who denies that Jesus is the

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Christ. That's the reason why if you check, he

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said you have an anointing and you, verse 20,

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and you know all things. Now, all things here,

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as Pastor Fred would say yesterday, is not all

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like in English. It's contextual. What is all

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he's talking about? Verse 21 says, I have not

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written to you because you do not know the truth.

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But because you know it. And that no lie is of

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the truth. So I want you to note that part. Very

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important. So. If you look in carefully, the

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word anointing here means knowledge. Note carefully.

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The word anointing here in this context means

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knowledge. So if you substitute it with knowledge.

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But you have a knowledge from the Holy One. And

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you know all things. Because you have the knowledge.

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And what knowledge is he talking about? He said,

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you know the truth. It's the knowledge of the

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truth. And that knowledge is okay, but that's

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the knowledge he said, you know all things. That

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is, you know the truth about the Christ, that

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he is the Christ. Those who speak otherwise are

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liars. That's why he said, In that thing, you

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do not need a teacher. Are we together? This

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type of knowledge, that's why he said, the spirit

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be a witness with our spirit that we are who?

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We are the sons of who? Are we together? So,

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do you need anyone to tell you again that you

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are born again? No. That's why he said, if you

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look downward, verse 27, he said, but the anointing

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which you have received. From him, there is a

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knowledge that comes from identifying with God.

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Did you understand what I'm trying to say? He

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beareth witness. There is a knowing that you

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receive from him. You don't need a teacher, that

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one. You know, you know. Did you understand what

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I'm saying? You know. And that knowing, because

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without you, you wouldn't have even been born

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again. And that's why you don't need a teacher

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that already you are in that you know. That's

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what is disgusting. And because antichrists have

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gone out trying to discredit that Jesus is not

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Christ, Jesus is not the Christ, you say, no,

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no, no, no, no. You already have it inside you.

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You don't need anyone to teach you. You say,

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I do not need anyone to teach you. Here is not

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even... Because he's referring to the Antichrist

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who have gone out. Because they are spreading

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all kinds of lies. He says, you don't need those

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things. But the same anointing, the same knowledge,

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he teaches you concerning all things. And what

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is this all things? The knowledge of the truth.

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The knowledge that Jesus is the Christ. And that's

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why he said, And it is true. Look at it. You

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see that? You see that? He said concerning all

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things. And it is true. What is the other opposite

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lie? What did he say? He said those who say that

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Jesus is not the Christ. That is the lie. The

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truth is that Jesus is the Christ. He said you

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know it. You don't need any teacher. And just

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as. It has taught you. Just as it, just as it

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has taught you, abide in it, not abide in him.

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Do you understand what I'm saying? It's tautology.

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Is it even tautology? It's somehow to tell a

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believer to abide in him. Do you understand what

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:52.339
I'm saying? Are we together? Okay, let's see

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John. You know, sometimes you have to work with

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:57.019
John to understand what he's trying to say. You

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only tell the believer to come into Christ, to

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abide in him. Look at 1 John. Go down what? Go

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to chapter 3. Because it's a continuation. Look

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at verse 23. And this is his commandment, that

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we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus

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Christ, and love one another. As he gave us commandment.

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Now, he who keeps his commandment, do what? Talk

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to me. Oh, are we together? Okay, let's read

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this verse. Let's read it. Let's read it together.

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You understand? Verse 24. Let's read verse 23

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first. Go back to 23. Let's read together. Now,

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and this is his commandment. Please note. You

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know, sometimes when they say commandment, the

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first thing that comes to your mind is do, don't.

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Do, don't. No. Don't. Just read. Don't worry.

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Just read. One, two, three, go. And this is his

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commandment that we should believe on the name

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of his son, Jesus Christ. As he. So what is the

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commandment here? And what is the commandment

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here? Good is one and the same. It's like love

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the Lord with all your heart and also love your

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neighbor as yourself. You understand? So he said

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we should believe. That's the commandment. It's

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not do's and don'ts. Are we together? Next, verse

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24. One, two, three, go. Now he who keeps his

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:48.969
commandment abide in him. Stop. What is this

00:34:48.969 --> 00:34:54.690
commandment? Believe, right? So, hear that belief,

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do what? So, can you say to a believer who has

00:35:01.130 --> 00:35:05.789
believed, bro, can you abide in him? Is that

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correct? No. So, you can see that if you obey

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the commandment, that means you abide in him.

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And he in you. Are we together? And that's why

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he continued, he said, and by this we know that

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he abides in where? By you. By the spirit, which

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what? Oh my goodness. So it's a confusing fact

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:46.440
to tell a believer abides in God. What you are

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:50.619
saying, he does not have the spirit. Any man

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:55.159
that have the spirit abides in him. If you do

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not have the spirit, you are none of his. I am

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his and he is mine. So when you go back to chapter

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2, when verse 20 is an error of this, you understand?

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So it's not abide in him. No, it's abide in it.

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It's in the knowledge. And what is the knowledge?

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You abide in the knowledge of the truth. Are

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we together? So anointing here is not power.

00:36:31.530 --> 00:36:35.809
Anointing here is not the Holy Spirit. Anointing

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here is knowledge. Knowledge of the Holy One.

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Glory to Jesus. Are we together? So you could

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see that. In all that we have searched, there

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is nowhere. So now, if you say, bro, I want to

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:58.980
tap anointing. Did you see that you are confusing?

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Because knowledge is not something you tap. Did

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:06.760
you get what I'm trying to say? Did you tap knowledge?

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No. You are taught knowledge. After all, This

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type of knowledge, he said, you do not need a

00:37:17.510 --> 00:37:21.750
what? A teacher, because you know it. Remember,

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the teachers he's even referring here are those

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antichrists, because they are coming to bamboozle

00:37:27.590 --> 00:37:34.349
them with a new different thing. So, are we together?

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Now, go to Mark. Mark. Chapter 10, verse 16.

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Quickly, Mark 10, 16. Are you in Mark 10, 16?

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Are you in Mark 10, 16? So now your language

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about anointing, anointed, anoint have to be

00:38:05.610 --> 00:38:10.670
adjusted. You have to speak as one who has been

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taught. Amen. Are we together? Verse 16. And

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he took them up. Of course, he's talking about

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the little children. Verse 14. But when Jesus

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saw it, he was greatly displeased and said to

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them. Verse 13. Then they brought little children

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to him that he might touch them. But the disciples

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rebuked those who brought them. But Jesus saw

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it, he was greatly displeased, and said to them,

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Let the little children come to me, and do not

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forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God.

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Assuredly I say to you, whoever does not receive

00:39:05.969 --> 00:39:08.909
the kingdom of God as a little child, will by

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no means enter it. Verse 16. And he took them

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in his arm, laid his hands on them, and do what?

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He laid his hands and blessed them. So we saw

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laying of our hands to heal the sick in the sun,

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to cast men into the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

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To ordain or to consecrate, to separate, to appoint.

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Now we have seen also another term, to bless.

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What does that mean, to bless? Jesus Christ carried

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the children and he blessed them. That word is

00:39:55.820 --> 00:40:01.920
a verb, blessed. We together? Please follow me.

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:22.719
It was translated from the Greek word. Which

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means to speak well of. To celebrate by praising

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or by thanksgiving. To speak well of. To speak

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well of. Eulogio is the root word for eulogitos.

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Now, this one is eulo, then gitos means g -e

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-t -o -s, tos. Now, eulogitos is an adjective.

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It means praise, adoration, or adorable. Or spoken

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well of. That one is a verse. This one is an

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adjective. Now, from these eulogators, we have

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:26.820
the English terms we know today. Eulogize, right?

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Eulogy. Amen? Yes, that's where we got those

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:40.380
words. And so... Apart from these eulogitos,

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or in this case, let's use the adjective. Yes,

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:51.739
the eulogitos, we have another term for blessed

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or blessing, which is, yesterday Pastor Fred

00:41:54.900 --> 00:42:03.480
noted that, makarios. M -K -A -R -O -U -R -O

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-R -I -O -S. A -K -A -R -I -O -S. Which means

00:42:15.389 --> 00:42:22.230
to be fortunate. Means to be fortunate. Well

00:42:22.230 --> 00:42:28.610
of. Or praise. Or happy. No, no praise. To be

00:42:28.610 --> 00:42:33.650
fortunate. To be well of. Or to be happy. The

00:42:33.650 --> 00:42:37.869
other one which we talked about. You will get

00:42:37.869 --> 00:42:42.590
told it has to do with praise, adorable, or spoken

00:42:42.590 --> 00:42:46.969
well of. These are the two you see in text where

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they appear. In all this, you will see where

00:42:50.610 --> 00:42:57.789
it talks about plenty money. You understand?

00:42:58.329 --> 00:43:03.469
No, they don't mean plenty money. So Jesus laid

00:43:03.469 --> 00:43:08.659
hands on the children to bless them. They were

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:14.059
not sick. Are we together? Amen. They were not

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:18.099
sick. He laid his hands on them to bless them.

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He put his hand on them. What did he do? He blessed

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:28.960
them by the Spirit and spoke words upon them.

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So we do that also with the laying of hands.

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Are we together? We do that also with the what?

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:41.179
with the laying of hands. Come, let me show you

00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:46.400
how to bless. Come. Because that is what we do.

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And all of us are going to do it in the sun.

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To bless, as I said, means to speak words by

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:59.519
the Spirit upon the person. Are we together?

00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:05.780
It's like we lay hands on him and then you declare

00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:15.510
words. By the Spirit. Huh? You are blessed as

00:44:15.510 --> 00:44:22.949
you move out. Any limitations of men is not your

00:44:22.949 --> 00:44:26.829
limitations. I decree progress upon your life.

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You are kept by the power of God. You are not

00:44:31.949 --> 00:44:35.909
stranded. You are not stranded in the name of

00:44:35.909 --> 00:44:39.519
Jesus. You are not stranded. That is means to

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:43.000
bless. Do you understand what I'm saying? That's

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:48.039
what it means to bless. You are praying your

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:53.280
heart and you are releasing them. Do you understand

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:57.659
what I'm saying? So we use the laying of hands

00:44:57.659 --> 00:45:01.780
as well for that. Any word you speak comes with

00:45:01.780 --> 00:45:05.300
power because there is a transmittance. Are we

00:45:05.300 --> 00:45:10.159
together? Remember we said that our body are

00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:15.780
God's methods. Understand? For releasing his

00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:27.440
power. A God's way. So you begin to speak. Doors

00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:32.599
are open. And you see things happen. That's blessing.

00:45:35.630 --> 00:45:40.650
So when people are blessed like that, you see

00:45:40.650 --> 00:45:43.869
things happen. So when Jesus laid hands on these

00:45:43.869 --> 00:45:48.809
children, he said something. He blessed them.

00:45:49.730 --> 00:45:53.750
He blessed them. Are we together? Hallelujah.

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So now, usually the reason why many believers

00:45:58.869 --> 00:46:03.460
miss supernatural things. It's because they are

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:05.480
looking for the spectacular. Like what I did

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:14.079
to Prince. Many people are watching for him to

00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:17.940
somatumble. That's when they will know something

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:20.559
has happened. Did you understand what I'm saying?

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:24.019
Sometimes when you begin to go that way, you

00:46:24.019 --> 00:46:31.489
will miss what God is doing. Yes. Sometimes when

00:46:31.489 --> 00:46:36.750
we stretch our hands and lay our hands, the spectacular

00:46:36.750 --> 00:46:39.429
happens. But if you are always looking for the

00:46:39.429 --> 00:46:44.110
spectacular, you missed a lot about God. Are

00:46:44.110 --> 00:46:46.809
we together? Because you are trying to apply

00:46:46.809 --> 00:46:50.889
feelings and the natural senses to decode where

00:46:50.889 --> 00:46:55.730
the things. You want to see something. No, we

00:46:55.730 --> 00:47:03.320
walk by faith, not by word, not by sight. So

00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:07.880
be careful that you are always focused on the

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:11.219
spectacular. So we have seen that the lay of

00:47:11.219 --> 00:47:13.860
hands is done to minister the power of God to

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:18.039
the sick, to minister the baptism of the Spirit,

00:47:18.260 --> 00:47:27.099
to impart blessings, to commission men into special

00:47:27.099 --> 00:47:31.719
ministries, into ministries. In all these instances,

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:36.179
We saw effect of the laying of hands are evidence

00:47:36.179 --> 00:47:40.320
in their life or in the life of the recipients.

00:47:40.900 --> 00:47:46.000
Now the minister of laying of hands equips the

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:59.679
minister for greater works of ministry. So what

00:47:59.679 --> 00:48:04.110
should we note? How do I receive? I think this

00:48:04.110 --> 00:48:06.070
is where I'm going to round up this before we

00:48:06.070 --> 00:48:09.130
start praying. How do I receive this ministry

00:48:09.130 --> 00:48:15.409
from my brother, from my sister? How? How do

00:48:15.409 --> 00:48:17.389
I receive the ministry of the laying of hands?

00:48:19.469 --> 00:48:27.050
How? Go back to that Mark 6 where we read. We

00:48:27.050 --> 00:48:31.420
read it. I want us to pay attention. In verse

00:48:31.420 --> 00:48:34.699
1 and 2, Jesus taught and performed miracles

00:48:34.699 --> 00:48:37.679
by the laying of hands. Look at it. Verse 2 says

00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:42.300
that when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach

00:48:42.300 --> 00:48:45.340
in the synagogue and many hearing him were astonished

00:48:45.340 --> 00:48:48.519
saying, where did this man get these things?

00:48:49.699 --> 00:48:54.659
And what wisdom is this which is given to him?

00:48:55.400 --> 00:49:00.599
That such what? mighty works are performed by

00:49:00.599 --> 00:49:05.860
his hands. So they saw it. You know, there is

00:49:05.860 --> 00:49:08.320
something that happened. By the time you go to

00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:11.619
verse 3 and 4, then they began to say, what type

00:49:11.619 --> 00:49:15.480
of this thing is this? Is this not the carpenter,

00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:19.460
the son of Mary, the brothers, we know them,

00:49:19.539 --> 00:49:22.699
see them? How can this man be doing citizen?

00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:31.119
But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without

00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:35.800
honor except in his own country and among his

00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:41.480
own relatives and in his own house. See, I've

00:49:41.480 --> 00:49:45.340
seen this thing play out so well. That's why

00:49:45.340 --> 00:49:47.659
you have to be careful, especially if you have

00:49:47.659 --> 00:49:55.400
relatives, siblings in the sun, husband and wife.

00:49:56.300 --> 00:49:59.639
God will really have to help you. God will really

00:49:59.639 --> 00:50:03.260
have to help us all so that you don't treat what

00:50:03.260 --> 00:50:07.179
is sacred common. And one of the greatest things

00:50:07.179 --> 00:50:09.840
that you will have to treat with caution is familiarity.

00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:16.000
You know the person in the natural very well.

00:50:17.460 --> 00:50:26.869
So you tend to look down upon the person. No.

00:50:26.869 --> 00:50:32.750
And it happens. One of my cousins, I used to

00:50:32.750 --> 00:50:39.530
stay in their place, sleep with them. I mean,

00:50:39.570 --> 00:50:42.170
God has been helping us. We have suffered a couple

00:50:42.170 --> 00:50:44.070
of failures, but then we have realized, well,

00:50:44.150 --> 00:50:47.449
thank the Lord for that. We went to school, we

00:50:47.449 --> 00:50:51.909
are doing wonders, doing a lot of exploits. And

00:50:51.909 --> 00:50:55.280
then, We enter university. Many people will come

00:50:55.280 --> 00:50:57.659
to us. We'll teach them. We'll do tutorial. There

00:50:57.659 --> 00:50:59.699
was a time the medical student called me. Then

00:50:59.699 --> 00:51:01.659
I was the biochemistry. Biochemistry used to

00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:04.340
give them tough time. So they called me from

00:51:04.340 --> 00:51:06.440
the department. I will come and be doing tutorial

00:51:06.440 --> 00:51:09.380
for them. There's one of our lecturer. Man, he

00:51:09.380 --> 00:51:13.780
has been giving them tough time. So they will

00:51:13.780 --> 00:51:15.599
call me. We'll go to a place which he doesn't

00:51:15.599 --> 00:51:18.500
know. So they will collect the secret from me.

00:51:18.559 --> 00:51:21.489
When they go, they will be of help. Because he

00:51:21.489 --> 00:51:25.469
always wanted to make it difficult. So I would

00:51:25.469 --> 00:51:30.250
do tutorials for them and all that. But this

00:51:30.250 --> 00:51:34.210
is my cousin. We sleep in the same room. The

00:51:34.210 --> 00:51:39.809
same bed. He was withdrawn in school while I'm

00:51:39.809 --> 00:51:41.570
graduating first class. I mean, you don't understand

00:51:41.570 --> 00:51:44.969
what I'm trying to say. This is how you can sit

00:51:44.969 --> 00:51:48.130
with somebody in your own house. Have the grace

00:51:48.130 --> 00:51:50.760
you want. Others from outside will come and collect

00:51:50.760 --> 00:51:55.159
it. You, you'll be hungry here. That's why I

00:51:55.159 --> 00:51:57.219
say you have to. That's why this statement is

00:51:57.219 --> 00:52:02.739
scary sometimes. A prophet is not without honor

00:52:02.739 --> 00:52:07.659
except in his own country and among his own relatives.

00:52:09.980 --> 00:52:12.880
In his own house. You know, Jesus was bringing

00:52:12.880 --> 00:52:16.519
the thing closer. First he said country. He now

00:52:16.519 --> 00:52:23.039
moved to relatives. Move it to house. So, this

00:52:23.039 --> 00:52:25.619
is one thing you have to be careful if you want

00:52:25.619 --> 00:52:28.619
to receive the ministry of laying over hands.

00:52:30.260 --> 00:52:34.099
Dishonor. When a man lays hands on you, don't

00:52:34.099 --> 00:52:38.519
see your cousin. Don't see your husband. Don't

00:52:38.519 --> 00:52:44.199
see your pastor. Don't see your friend. You have

00:52:44.199 --> 00:52:49.889
to see him from the right perspective. Are we

00:52:49.889 --> 00:52:54.289
together? You have to see him well in who he

00:52:54.289 --> 00:53:03.949
is. Look at verse 5. He said, now he could do

00:53:03.949 --> 00:53:08.289
no mighty miracle. This was the person they were

00:53:08.289 --> 00:53:12.789
giving testimony in verse 2. Yeah? That they

00:53:12.789 --> 00:53:18.360
said he did mighty miracles, mighty works. Are

00:53:18.360 --> 00:53:21.659
performed by his hands. Mighty. Again in verse

00:53:21.659 --> 00:53:26.360
5. In his own place. In his own country. With

00:53:26.360 --> 00:53:32.239
his own people. He said he could do. No mighty

00:53:32.239 --> 00:53:37.639
miracle. Mighty works there. Except. He laid

00:53:37.639 --> 00:53:42.300
hands. On a few. Sick people. And healed them.

00:53:43.019 --> 00:53:48.179
I believe these are people who. Who refuse. What

00:53:48.179 --> 00:53:49.780
the other people are saying, they say, well,

00:53:49.880 --> 00:53:51.980
if you people think that this is me, I will go.

00:53:52.480 --> 00:53:58.760
They see where they collect their own. Dishonor

00:53:58.760 --> 00:54:05.519
is a limitation. Dishonor is a limitation. What

00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:07.940
began as mighty works, they saw it somewhere.

00:54:08.139 --> 00:54:10.380
They were testifying of it, but they couldn't

00:54:10.380 --> 00:54:17.719
receive it. Let me tell you the truth. Dishonor

00:54:17.719 --> 00:54:20.920
limits the flow of the power of God. You can't

00:54:20.920 --> 00:54:23.860
receive from what you dishonor, from what you

00:54:23.860 --> 00:54:30.000
are disdaining. You treat it with contempt, like

00:54:30.000 --> 00:54:34.440
Esau. You can't be part of it. You treat it anyhow.

00:54:38.000 --> 00:54:41.340
You are rather... Man of God, how can a mighty

00:54:41.340 --> 00:54:44.260
God be limited? Yes, I said that dishonor limits

00:54:44.260 --> 00:54:47.139
the flow of the power of God. How can you say

00:54:47.139 --> 00:54:55.000
that? Oh, yes. God can be limited by men because

00:54:55.000 --> 00:54:57.420
he's not a tyrant. You know, he's only a tyrant

00:54:57.420 --> 00:55:01.179
that whether you like it or not, he will crush

00:55:01.179 --> 00:55:07.090
you and enter. No, God is not a tyrant. If you

00:55:07.090 --> 00:55:09.130
refuse the salvation, he will not crush you to

00:55:09.130 --> 00:55:15.730
collect it. So he's saving power and healing

00:55:15.730 --> 00:55:19.429
power. How mighty he died on the cross. The power

00:55:19.429 --> 00:55:23.230
to save his soul. But you see, when a man rejects,

00:55:23.230 --> 00:55:34.150
he still hinders that. Yes. To those who refuse

00:55:34.150 --> 00:55:39.530
to believe. you will limit the power of God.

00:55:42.190 --> 00:55:45.630
So where this honor goes, unbelief goes. You

00:55:45.630 --> 00:55:47.929
see, that's how they started. The Bible tells

00:55:47.929 --> 00:55:50.329
us, if you look at that place, in that mark,

00:55:50.909 --> 00:55:56.130
they started by looking, when you go down, you

00:55:56.130 --> 00:56:03.690
will see what the Bible says. Hallelujah. But

00:56:03.690 --> 00:56:06.210
6th and 7th, and he marveled because of the award.

00:56:07.079 --> 00:56:09.619
He started as dishonor, he goes to unbelief.

00:56:10.199 --> 00:56:15.880
Because that's how he sat. That's the point.

00:56:17.179 --> 00:56:20.519
So look at the story of those God he rescued.

00:56:23.900 --> 00:56:35.960
Psalm 78. Look at Psalm 78 verse 41. Are you

00:56:35.960 --> 00:56:43.519
in Psalm 78? Verse 41. He said, Yes, again and

00:56:43.519 --> 00:56:48.139
again they tempted God. And do what? And limited

00:56:48.139 --> 00:56:54.460
the Holy One of who? Of Israel. How did they

00:56:54.460 --> 00:56:59.440
limit that? The answer is unbelief. For 40 years,

00:56:59.659 --> 00:57:02.219
God had been wanting to do wonders to them. They

00:57:02.219 --> 00:57:06.389
refused. That's how they limited him. Through

00:57:06.389 --> 00:57:14.530
unbelief. Are we together? If you go back to

00:57:14.530 --> 00:57:22.289
verse 54 to verse 56, you will see that verse

00:57:22.289 --> 00:57:27.650
56, yet they tested and provoked the Messiah

00:57:27.650 --> 00:57:32.030
and did not keep his word, his testimonies, but

00:57:32.030 --> 00:57:35.219
turned back and acted unfaithfully. Like their

00:57:35.219 --> 00:57:39.079
what? Like their fathers. They were torn aside

00:57:39.079 --> 00:57:45.420
like a deceitful ball. So dishonor and unbelief

00:57:45.420 --> 00:57:48.840
work together. Dishonor will eventually drag

00:57:48.840 --> 00:58:01.260
unbelief along. Be careful how you speak. Be

00:58:01.260 --> 00:58:04.940
careful how you speak. Don't speak. less of sacred

00:58:04.940 --> 00:58:10.019
things. Don't speak less of sacred things, of

00:58:10.019 --> 00:58:15.719
spiritual things. You hear many believers who

00:58:15.719 --> 00:58:20.420
talk anyhow. This is. Why will you be rushing

00:58:20.420 --> 00:58:23.579
to touch the man of God? Why will you even have

00:58:23.579 --> 00:58:26.739
to call him? Is he not God inside you? Can't

00:58:26.739 --> 00:58:29.099
you pray in your own house? You can pray inside

00:58:29.099 --> 00:58:35.320
your room and God will hear you. Yet that same

00:58:35.320 --> 00:58:39.440
person has already taken an appointment to see

00:58:39.440 --> 00:58:41.739
the doctor the next day and God is inside him.

00:58:44.159 --> 00:58:49.039
Did you understand what I'm saying? When you

00:58:49.039 --> 00:58:50.639
go to the doctor, does it show that you have

00:58:50.639 --> 00:58:54.219
unbelief? They are not anti each other. But yet

00:58:54.219 --> 00:59:00.000
that same unlearned person is trying to take

00:59:00.000 --> 00:59:06.699
you out of where to receive. When you call the

00:59:06.699 --> 00:59:10.599
elders, that means you believe. You are just

00:59:10.599 --> 00:59:14.840
doing the will of God. Are you sick? He said,

00:59:14.880 --> 00:59:19.599
call the elders. He knows the Holy Spirit is

00:59:19.599 --> 00:59:23.360
inside you. He knows God, the one that is telling

00:59:23.360 --> 00:59:25.360
you to call the elders is inside you. He knows

00:59:25.360 --> 00:59:29.599
it. There is a system through which he reaches

00:59:29.599 --> 00:59:34.400
people. And the system is man. The earlier you

00:59:34.400 --> 00:59:37.460
understand it, the better for you. You understand?

00:59:39.539 --> 00:59:45.920
God's system is man. He has never done anything

00:59:45.920 --> 00:59:48.320
on the earth without man, and he will never do

00:59:48.320 --> 00:59:50.420
anything on the earth without man. You better

00:59:50.420 --> 00:59:55.880
know it now. He chose it like that. Can he do

00:59:55.880 --> 00:59:59.179
without us? Yes. Has he ever done anything without

00:59:59.179 --> 01:00:06.469
us? No. Are we together? Amen. He said, I will

01:00:06.469 --> 01:00:09.989
read. I'll sit down and read my Bible. I don't

01:00:09.989 --> 01:00:13.369
need anybody. I don't need anybody. And he forgot

01:00:13.369 --> 01:00:15.230
that this man that wrote this one. I mean, how?

01:00:23.389 --> 01:00:26.730
Hallelujah. No, don't make careless statement.

01:00:28.570 --> 01:00:33.570
This honor is a limitation to receiving. What

01:00:33.570 --> 01:00:38.110
is honor? Honor simply means I see you as you

01:00:38.110 --> 01:00:42.869
are in Christ. That's honor. Honor means I see

01:00:42.869 --> 01:00:47.510
you as you are in where? In Christ. For instance,

01:00:47.690 --> 01:00:52.010
you can have a true scripture. Many places where

01:00:52.010 --> 01:00:57.110
he asks us to honor one another. Look at 1 Thessalonians

01:00:57.110 --> 01:01:03.300
5. Just giving you an example. Because... It

01:01:03.300 --> 01:01:07.480
is the word of God, the will of God. He said,

01:01:07.519 --> 01:01:10.119
I will hold your brethren to recognize those

01:01:10.119 --> 01:01:15.619
who labor among you. And I'll offer you, that

01:01:15.619 --> 01:01:19.420
is your leaders, in the Lord and admonish you.

01:01:19.579 --> 01:01:27.960
Look at that. And to esteem them very highly.

01:01:29.139 --> 01:01:32.880
Very highly. Esteem them what? highly in love

01:01:32.880 --> 01:01:36.760
for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourself.

01:01:39.539 --> 01:01:42.940
How can you be at peace when everybody's attitude

01:01:42.940 --> 01:01:51.139
every day is a complaint to you? Honor means

01:01:51.139 --> 01:01:55.440
I will not treat what is a sacred thing like

01:01:55.440 --> 01:01:59.559
a common thing. Your brother is a holy... You

01:01:59.559 --> 01:02:02.010
remember what we read? He's what? He's anointed.

01:02:03.110 --> 01:02:05.610
Oh, are you hearing what I'm saying? He means

01:02:05.610 --> 01:02:09.329
he has been set apart. He's a sacred. Don't treat

01:02:09.329 --> 01:02:12.969
him as common. You know, there's a way some of

01:02:12.969 --> 01:02:19.289
us, we like only people. He's only one you know

01:02:19.289 --> 01:02:21.210
that his father is a senator. The way you treat

01:02:21.210 --> 01:02:26.250
him differs. How cannot? You are cannot. Yet,

01:02:26.389 --> 01:02:29.539
the man you are sitting. He's the next governor

01:02:29.539 --> 01:02:33.519
he didn't know. Did you hear what I'm saying?

01:02:39.420 --> 01:02:41.820
When you are watching TV and then your father

01:02:41.820 --> 01:02:44.039
is telling you, that governor we are classmates,

01:02:44.119 --> 01:02:49.179
you know they never knew children. They never

01:02:49.179 --> 01:02:53.280
knew children. It's now that he has become something

01:02:53.280 --> 01:02:57.530
that he wants to identify with you. Can you identify

01:02:57.530 --> 01:02:59.449
with every brother here without discrimination?

01:03:01.110 --> 01:03:03.590
That's why we often caution our sisters. Be careful.

01:03:03.710 --> 01:03:07.369
When you begin to see a brother who singles you

01:03:07.369 --> 01:03:12.150
out, suddenly the brother that has been stingy

01:03:12.150 --> 01:03:17.010
is a generous man. And you are smiling. Hey,

01:03:18.190 --> 01:03:25.940
be careful. He's not generous. is a conditional

01:03:25.940 --> 01:03:31.280
generosity. Yes, sir. Be careful of brethren

01:03:31.280 --> 01:03:36.699
whose attitudes are discriminatory. Which means

01:03:36.699 --> 01:03:39.679
that it's not what is normal. It's not what flows.

01:03:40.099 --> 01:03:41.980
Do you understand what I'm trying to say? Be

01:03:41.980 --> 01:03:45.219
careful. You would think that they are doing

01:03:45.219 --> 01:03:51.500
you... No, that's not true. So, I don't want

01:03:51.500 --> 01:03:55.440
you for henceforth. You joke. I had to correct

01:03:55.440 --> 01:03:57.280
some of her sisters. When they meet together,

01:03:57.380 --> 01:03:59.980
do you say anything to her? You are foolish.

01:04:00.199 --> 01:04:03.699
Huh? This foolish girl. This, this. I mean, how

01:04:03.699 --> 01:04:05.559
can you be talking like that to your sister?

01:04:07.219 --> 01:04:10.440
I mean, you don't understand that she is a sacred...

01:04:10.440 --> 01:04:20.119
No. We always want to speak less of people. If

01:04:20.119 --> 01:04:21.739
somebody comes around, it's just because they

01:04:21.739 --> 01:04:23.800
are older than him. Say, a small boy. How are

01:04:23.800 --> 01:04:29.179
you? Small boy. How about now? How can I say,

01:04:29.239 --> 01:04:31.340
ah, man of God, how are you doing? I hope you

01:04:31.340 --> 01:04:33.539
are doing well. I mean, does it cost you anything?

01:04:36.019 --> 01:04:38.559
That is what God wants. Look at 2 Corinthians

01:04:38.559 --> 01:04:45.880
5 .16. So see men, that is what, as God. See

01:04:45.880 --> 01:04:52.059
men in Christ. That's honor. Are you 2 Corinthians

01:04:52.059 --> 01:04:55.369
16? He said, therefore. From now on, we regard

01:04:55.369 --> 01:04:59.869
no one according to what? You see, the problem

01:04:59.869 --> 01:05:04.250
of those people in Nazareth is that they are

01:05:04.250 --> 01:05:09.150
seeing Jesus in the what? In the flesh. He said,

01:05:09.190 --> 01:05:11.329
even though we have known Christ according to

01:05:11.329 --> 01:05:13.369
the flesh, Paul said we have knowledge. He does

01:05:13.369 --> 01:05:17.349
this. But it has passed. He said, yet now, yet

01:05:17.349 --> 01:05:23.820
now, we know him to us no longer. If you see

01:05:23.820 --> 01:05:27.159
Jesus in the flesh, he will never be your savior.

01:05:28.480 --> 01:05:32.179
Did you understand what I'm trying to say? Even

01:05:32.179 --> 01:05:35.800
Mary, his mother, she had to believe in Jesus.

01:05:39.380 --> 01:05:41.159
So if you are still praying for her, know that

01:05:41.159 --> 01:05:47.960
she has also found a way. So what I'm trying

01:05:47.960 --> 01:05:52.079
to say is that you must see him. as he is and

01:05:52.079 --> 01:05:54.920
you must see your brother as he is in Christ.

01:05:55.159 --> 01:06:00.199
That's all. If you want to receive the goodness

01:06:00.199 --> 01:06:05.119
of God, it's with men. God decided that way to

01:06:05.119 --> 01:06:09.800
put it in men. The goodness of God is with men.

01:06:10.139 --> 01:06:16.300
It's in his church. And that's what he decided.

01:06:21.920 --> 01:06:24.099
don't allow offense. That's another thing. Listen,

01:06:24.239 --> 01:06:27.000
that's why if not, you remove some portions of

01:06:27.000 --> 01:06:30.420
scripture, the Bible knows so other people offend

01:06:30.420 --> 01:06:33.079
you. That's why I say, you should create space.

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You should create space. You must hear this even

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in the dark. Don't focus on offenses. Don't allow

01:07:01.940 --> 01:07:07.619
them to settle your heart. If you are going to

01:07:07.619 --> 01:07:12.579
have God blessed through your life or have others

01:07:12.579 --> 01:07:20.059
blessed you, you must be relational. You must

01:07:20.059 --> 01:07:28.679
learn to build quality relationships. Be careful

01:07:28.679 --> 01:07:39.019
about the weakness of men. The limitation, the

01:07:39.019 --> 01:07:45.219
limitation of the man of God can stop you from

01:07:45.219 --> 01:07:50.739
receiving. I don't mean the limitation of man

01:07:50.739 --> 01:07:53.099
of God can stop the power. Did you hear what

01:07:53.099 --> 01:07:57.170
I said? You focusing on his limitation. can stop

01:07:57.170 --> 01:08:02.750
you from benefiting from him. We admonish every

01:08:02.750 --> 01:08:05.429
believer to be working on his life, to be working

01:08:05.429 --> 01:08:08.090
on your character, to be working on things that

01:08:08.090 --> 01:08:11.289
you are still weak at, to be practicing the Lord,

01:08:11.489 --> 01:08:16.210
to be obedient. But as people grow, you have

01:08:16.210 --> 01:08:20.130
to be patient. Because if you focus and look

01:08:20.130 --> 01:08:23.729
at their weaknesses, you're not going to gain

01:08:23.729 --> 01:08:26.460
anything from them. Did you understand what I'm

01:08:26.460 --> 01:08:30.399
trying to say? You're not going to get. Numbers

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27. Look at it. Numbers 27. Verse 18. Glory to

01:08:49.500 --> 01:08:56.420
Jesus. I'm trying to discuss how can you receive

01:08:56.420 --> 01:09:04.600
it. First, by honor. This honor limits the power

01:09:04.600 --> 01:09:15.039
of God. Secondly, I'm trying to discuss that

01:09:15.039 --> 01:09:24.250
be careful that you do not Allow the weakness

01:09:24.250 --> 01:09:30.529
of men be an obstruction. Be an obstruction.

01:09:31.930 --> 01:09:37.649
Look at verse 18. Numbers 27, 18. And the Lord

01:09:37.649 --> 01:09:46.810
said to Moses, take Joshua the son of Num. With

01:09:46.810 --> 01:09:51.649
you a man in whom is a spirit. And lay your hands

01:09:51.649 --> 01:09:56.569
on him. Set him before. Eliza the priest. And

01:09:56.569 --> 01:09:59.449
before all the congregation. And you greet him.

01:10:00.029 --> 01:10:02.970
In their sight. And you shall give some of your

01:10:02.970 --> 01:10:10.850
authority. Of course. That some is in italics.

01:10:11.029 --> 01:10:13.729
You shall give your authority. Because he is

01:10:13.729 --> 01:10:18.109
going. To him. That all the congregation of Israel.

01:10:19.979 --> 01:10:24.859
may be obedient. He shall stand before Eliza

01:10:24.859 --> 01:10:28.960
the priest who shall inquire before the Lord

01:10:28.960 --> 01:10:38.439
for him. By the judgment of the Urim at his word

01:10:38.439 --> 01:10:45.779
they shall go and at his word they shall come

01:10:45.779 --> 01:10:51.590
in. He and all the children of Israel with him,

01:10:51.630 --> 01:10:55.250
all the congregation. So Moses did as the Lord

01:10:55.250 --> 01:10:58.149
commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before

01:10:58.149 --> 01:11:00.829
Eliza, the priest, and before all the congregation.

01:11:00.930 --> 01:11:05.289
And he laid his hands on him. And Enu greeted

01:11:05.289 --> 01:11:11.189
him. In other words, he consecrated him. He set

01:11:11.189 --> 01:11:15.350
him into ministry. Just as the Lord had commanded.

01:11:16.390 --> 01:11:28.449
By the hand of Moses. By the hand of Moses. The

01:11:28.449 --> 01:11:33.149
same person that disobeyed God is the one that

01:11:33.149 --> 01:11:38.989
God uses or used to lay hands on the next leader.

01:11:39.109 --> 01:11:45.369
Be careful. Hallelujah. Did you see that? Moses

01:11:45.369 --> 01:11:48.210
has disobeyed God and disqualified him from entry.

01:11:48.369 --> 01:11:51.470
But that same man is the one that will have to

01:11:51.470 --> 01:11:58.210
the next one. That's why I say you have to be

01:11:58.210 --> 01:12:01.609
careful with what you call weaknesses of a leader.

01:12:07.329 --> 01:12:10.750
Look at Deuteronomy 34 .9. I want you to see.

01:12:11.039 --> 01:12:13.239
That laying of hands, that place didn't say anything.

01:12:13.340 --> 01:12:19.460
But look at Deuteronomy 34. You think, I see,

01:12:19.500 --> 01:12:22.500
when Moses laid hand on him, nothing happened.

01:12:22.640 --> 01:12:27.239
See it. See how the Bible put it. He said, now

01:12:27.239 --> 01:12:30.600
Joshua, the son of Noam, was full of the spirit

01:12:30.600 --> 01:12:36.479
of wisdom. Why? Why? He said, for Moses has what?

01:12:36.960 --> 01:12:45.869
Has laid his hands on him. This is the man you

01:12:45.869 --> 01:12:48.489
call already, he has missed it. He has already

01:12:48.489 --> 01:13:01.229
disobeyed God. Now listen, there's one observation

01:13:01.229 --> 01:13:05.909
which is very critical. I'm telling you, go and

01:13:05.909 --> 01:13:09.390
look at it and study. Throughout Joshua's life,

01:13:09.529 --> 01:13:13.739
throughout, there is no record. of him referring

01:13:13.739 --> 01:13:19.100
to the error of Moses. Not one. No place ever

01:13:19.100 --> 01:13:23.539
Joshua ever mentioned. There's no record. Joshua

01:13:23.539 --> 01:13:27.899
ever referred to the mistake Moses did. Never.

01:13:31.579 --> 01:13:36.180
Never. Joshua never spoke of Moses' mistakes.

01:13:36.880 --> 01:13:40.100
We don't have record of it. He focused rather

01:13:40.100 --> 01:13:45.079
on the instructions of Moses. Because they passed

01:13:45.079 --> 01:13:49.520
those things to him. In fact, if you look at

01:13:49.520 --> 01:13:55.079
Joshua chapter 11 verse 15. Joshua 11 verse 15.

01:13:56.479 --> 01:14:13.710
Look at Joshua's focus. And the Lord, as the

01:14:13.710 --> 01:14:19.109
Lord had commanded who? Had commanded Moses his

01:14:19.109 --> 01:14:25.310
servant. So Moses commanded Joshua. And so Joshua

01:14:25.310 --> 01:14:31.630
did what? He did. He left nothing undone of all

01:14:31.630 --> 01:14:34.289
that the Lord have commanded Joshua. Is that

01:14:34.289 --> 01:14:38.850
what your Bible says? Eh? The man was focused

01:14:38.850 --> 01:14:45.090
in finishing the tax that was given to his master.

01:14:46.189 --> 01:14:55.170
Even though he's no longer here. You, every now

01:14:55.170 --> 01:14:58.850
and then, you go and find and see that one place.

01:14:58.989 --> 01:15:00.670
You are talking every now and then about your

01:15:00.670 --> 01:15:05.930
pastor. His mystic, his this, his that, his that.

01:15:09.460 --> 01:15:14.260
Always. How can you receive from him? I know

01:15:14.260 --> 01:15:16.939
we have questioned some of you. Then, small lie

01:15:16.939 --> 01:15:18.779
you started having. Already you started attacking

01:15:18.779 --> 01:15:24.319
people online. This is hypodigma. No, what you

01:15:24.319 --> 01:15:30.279
are saying is wrong. You didn't know Greek? No.

01:15:32.720 --> 01:15:41.739
Revelation is not for attacks all around. We

01:15:41.739 --> 01:15:45.779
know the person we are attacking. When the Bible

01:15:45.779 --> 01:15:48.119
says, for the weapons of our warfare are not

01:15:48.119 --> 01:15:51.760
carnal, we know what we are doing. Our concern

01:15:51.760 --> 01:15:56.319
is not the person of someone. It's not the personality.

01:15:56.939 --> 01:15:59.800
Our concern is, he didn't say pulling down men.

01:16:00.760 --> 01:16:03.119
He said pulling down stronghold. And what are

01:16:03.119 --> 01:16:09.020
those stronghold? Casting down what? imaginations.

01:16:13.640 --> 01:16:16.399
And every high thing that I exalted is served

01:16:16.399 --> 01:16:22.279
beyond the knowledge of Christ. That is what

01:16:22.279 --> 01:16:26.800
we are called to do. To go into those things.

01:16:30.500 --> 01:16:34.100
Hallelujah. I want you to say this. I'm not a

01:16:34.100 --> 01:16:38.409
carrier of men's fault. I'm not a carrier of

01:16:38.409 --> 01:16:44.409
men's weaknesses. I see them in Christ. Hallelujah.

01:16:45.229 --> 01:16:49.170
No, you are a carrier of the deposit of God.

01:16:49.449 --> 01:16:53.970
You are a carrier of the goodness of God. You

01:16:53.970 --> 01:17:00.170
are the carrier of the mandate of God. You're

01:17:00.170 --> 01:17:04.890
not carrying fault of men. The Lord has laid

01:17:04.890 --> 01:17:09.050
upon him the... our iniquities all. Are we together?

01:17:09.569 --> 01:17:12.670
So don't carry any iniquity. Leave it. There

01:17:12.670 --> 01:17:16.590
is someone that has carried it. You, there is

01:17:16.590 --> 01:17:19.630
a mandate upon your life to carry. Hallelujah.

01:17:21.770 --> 01:17:24.930
So to receive and to be blessed by people, you

01:17:24.930 --> 01:17:28.909
must see them in Christ. You must see them as

01:17:28.909 --> 01:17:35.510
who they are. These are men and women. who have

01:17:35.510 --> 01:17:38.029
their fault. We all have in one way or the other.

01:17:40.149 --> 01:17:44.189
Weaknesses. All of us must work at it. That's

01:17:44.189 --> 01:17:47.270
why if you're a leader and your people who are

01:17:47.270 --> 01:17:49.289
following, they could not see evidence of growth,

01:17:49.310 --> 01:17:52.630
you are failing. How can somebody stay with you

01:17:52.630 --> 01:17:55.310
for two, three years and even him cannot see

01:17:55.310 --> 01:17:57.270
that something is happening in your life? Did

01:17:57.270 --> 01:17:59.569
you understand what I'm trying to say? Something's

01:17:59.569 --> 01:18:03.899
wrong. I'm challenging us, those who are in the

01:18:03.899 --> 01:18:06.500
position of leadership. Don't stay the way you

01:18:06.500 --> 01:18:11.199
are. There must be a sign that something has

01:18:11.199 --> 01:18:13.199
improved in your life. That's what makes you

01:18:13.199 --> 01:18:17.819
a leader. Not that you keep complaining that

01:18:17.819 --> 01:18:22.140
the people are not coming. How can they come

01:18:22.140 --> 01:18:34.220
when every day you are regurgitating Sambé? You

01:18:34.220 --> 01:18:36.100
don't need to tell anybody where he is blessed,

01:18:36.140 --> 01:18:38.840
he will come. Not all men will come, but you

01:18:38.840 --> 01:18:41.579
will see the committed ones. So is there a way

01:18:41.579 --> 01:18:43.840
to start complaining? Why won't you be every

01:18:43.840 --> 01:18:45.880
day laboring for themselves? Those of you that

01:18:45.880 --> 01:18:48.979
are leaders of UNITV, how many times do you have

01:18:48.979 --> 01:18:53.939
all the leads and be praying for them? This work

01:18:53.939 --> 01:18:57.800
is labor. Every day our prayer team read our

01:18:57.800 --> 01:19:02.399
paphras, right? Who is one of you, right? Always

01:19:02.399 --> 01:19:08.270
do a what? Labouring. I hope those people who

01:19:08.270 --> 01:19:09.869
are believing it here, they are also labouring.

01:19:12.949 --> 01:19:15.909
So of course, every believer must work at it.

01:19:16.090 --> 01:19:19.909
Must work in the word. Must work on their weaknesses.

01:19:20.390 --> 01:19:24.710
But you know, even while we are at it, our God

01:19:24.710 --> 01:19:28.430
is still using the same people in the sun. If

01:19:28.430 --> 01:19:30.949
the Holy Spirit indwells those people, brother,

01:19:31.029 --> 01:19:34.579
it's enough to keep quiet. Are we together? Yes.

01:19:35.899 --> 01:19:37.720
Even with their weaknesses, the Holy Ghost is

01:19:37.720 --> 01:19:43.380
there. God is going to use people, you know what

01:19:43.380 --> 01:19:49.260
I'm saying? Not because of their weaknesses.

01:19:49.539 --> 01:19:52.420
I've said this over and over. You know what I'm

01:19:52.420 --> 01:19:56.180
saying? Yes. The person, as he continues to become

01:19:56.180 --> 01:19:59.020
weak and weaker, you know what I'm saying? The

01:19:59.020 --> 01:20:03.640
person, too, is... His ministry will be shrinking.

01:20:06.180 --> 01:20:08.859
But be careful. The fact that he's an ally does

01:20:08.859 --> 01:20:11.659
not mean that he doesn't have anything. Did you

01:20:11.659 --> 01:20:21.500
understand what I'm saying? Yes. So, you have

01:20:21.500 --> 01:20:29.039
to know that. Samuel will not even choose David.

01:20:30.890 --> 01:20:35.430
He came and saw the broad -chested man, that

01:20:35.430 --> 01:20:39.010
guy, you know that guy, Eliab. And he confused

01:20:39.010 --> 01:20:43.409
the prophet. He said, surely this is the Lord.

01:20:45.270 --> 01:20:59.329
He saw Eliab instead of David. What is he trying

01:20:59.329 --> 01:21:04.479
to tell us? A lot that you need as you want to

01:21:04.479 --> 01:21:09.119
receive from men. Understand? You have to have

01:21:09.119 --> 01:21:13.039
a large heart. You must see them in Christ. Oh,

01:21:13.159 --> 01:21:15.920
I'm emphasizing that word. I hope you take note.

01:21:16.520 --> 01:21:21.260
You must see them where? In Christ. Lastly, let

01:21:21.260 --> 01:21:26.319
me say this. Very important. Because we're going

01:21:26.319 --> 01:21:30.170
to pray in the sun. We're going to use those

01:21:30.170 --> 01:21:33.109
moments. All that we've learned, we're going

01:21:33.109 --> 01:21:36.250
to practice it. In the next one hour, we have

01:21:36.250 --> 01:21:39.470
to pray. We have to practice it. The grace of

01:21:39.470 --> 01:21:45.029
God is here to heal, to empower, to bless. But

01:21:45.029 --> 01:21:48.130
you must know how to receive. You come with honor.

01:21:48.390 --> 01:21:53.630
You come with faith. We read that text, Mark

01:21:53.630 --> 01:21:56.569
chapter 5. Just let me give you the story we

01:21:56.569 --> 01:21:59.819
have heard. We read part of it about the woman

01:21:59.819 --> 01:22:03.659
with an issue of blood. You know, son, you must

01:22:03.659 --> 01:22:09.439
come with faith. Faith. The power of God moves

01:22:09.439 --> 01:22:14.039
in the direction of faith. The power of God,

01:22:14.060 --> 01:22:20.560
it moves in the direction of faith. While the

01:22:20.560 --> 01:22:24.899
crowd were oppressing him, the power flowed to

01:22:24.899 --> 01:22:31.619
the person who believed. And Jesus knew. He knew

01:22:31.619 --> 01:22:33.779
something left him by the word of knowledge.

01:22:34.619 --> 01:22:40.279
The power of God flows. Your case doesn't need

01:22:40.279 --> 01:22:43.239
to be mentioned before you can receive your healing.

01:22:43.520 --> 01:22:47.079
Did you understand what I'm saying? When Jesus

01:22:47.079 --> 01:22:52.239
was going, he was not attending to her. Jesus

01:22:52.239 --> 01:22:56.119
was going to the house of Darius, the leader

01:22:56.119 --> 01:22:59.399
of the synagogue. Because they don't say, Master,

01:22:59.640 --> 01:23:04.260
please come and help me. You think you know what

01:23:04.260 --> 01:23:10.340
I'm trying to say? But she intercepted it in

01:23:10.340 --> 01:23:15.300
the sun. If only I can touch the hem of his garment,

01:23:15.439 --> 01:23:21.159
his clothes. You don't need to wait in the sun.

01:23:21.260 --> 01:23:23.659
You don't need to wait for one special occasion.

01:23:25.180 --> 01:23:28.489
You have a need or something, You know the pastor

01:23:28.489 --> 01:23:30.970
says, go and meet him. Say, sir, I come. This

01:23:30.970 --> 01:23:34.649
is what I want. Don't wait and say, I will see

01:23:34.649 --> 01:23:36.569
him after service on Sunday. What is the meaning

01:23:36.569 --> 01:23:44.090
of that? Just message him, pastor, I want to

01:23:44.090 --> 01:23:46.449
see you. Or message your leader, I want to see

01:23:46.449 --> 01:23:52.770
you. Or come and tell your roommates. Say, please,

01:23:52.829 --> 01:23:58.930
bro, I want to see you. This is an issue. And

01:23:58.930 --> 01:24:00.770
Joseph kneeled down. Please lay hands on me.

01:24:00.810 --> 01:24:07.010
This matter has to go. Yes, sir. You don't have

01:24:07.010 --> 01:24:09.409
to wait. They say, ah, I heard they have Takunda.

01:24:09.510 --> 01:24:12.329
When is their prayer meeting? Oh, they say, is

01:24:12.329 --> 01:24:16.670
it Monday or what? Eh, I'm thinking whether I

01:24:16.670 --> 01:24:21.229
should go to their prayer meeting or not. You

01:24:21.229 --> 01:24:30.680
wait till Monday? Why? Yes, sir. Why? Oh, you

01:24:30.680 --> 01:24:35.579
saw him going to the prayer meeting. Like Peter

01:24:35.579 --> 01:24:39.560
and John. They were going to the hour of prayer.

01:24:40.000 --> 01:24:45.619
You know, son, do you need plenty of time for

01:24:45.619 --> 01:24:55.399
us to be late? No. So there are some of us you

01:24:55.399 --> 01:24:58.060
have to show. It's when you're in the closet

01:24:58.060 --> 01:24:59.779
that that's when you show honor and respect.

01:25:00.939 --> 01:25:06.659
You know, I love it. Who was that? I think, yes,

01:25:06.659 --> 01:25:08.239
I was commenting. I was saying some things I

01:25:08.239 --> 01:25:11.619
was commenting. I saw, what was that? David Doe.

01:25:12.560 --> 01:25:15.159
Even in America, in the front of the, in the

01:25:15.159 --> 01:25:18.500
airport, he would go down and prostrate. I mean,

01:25:18.520 --> 01:25:20.279
do you understand what I'm trying to say? That

01:25:20.279 --> 01:25:23.079
culture has not left him, the culture of honor.

01:25:23.800 --> 01:25:25.869
Did you understand what I'm trying to say? I

01:25:25.869 --> 01:25:28.350
was commanding that. But some of us, just you

01:25:28.350 --> 01:25:30.729
have degree, suddenly everybody has become...

01:25:30.729 --> 01:25:36.890
I mean, did you get that? Even when a person

01:25:36.890 --> 01:25:39.090
from your village just speak one Yoruba, you

01:25:39.090 --> 01:25:42.149
don't want to think, how can you speak my language

01:25:42.149 --> 01:25:45.229
here now? Something is wrong with you. Your village

01:25:45.229 --> 01:25:52.310
is following you. No. Oh, no. Oh, no. You don't

01:25:52.310 --> 01:25:55.640
need to wait. It doesn't matter how long your

01:25:55.640 --> 01:25:58.859
problem has lingered. That woman has been suffering

01:25:58.859 --> 01:26:03.159
for 12 years. She heard about what Jesus was

01:26:03.159 --> 01:26:06.979
doing. Faith in Christ solved the whole problem.

01:26:07.840 --> 01:26:12.039
There was healing. That's what we are going to

01:26:12.039 --> 01:26:16.199
be praying in the son. Jesus touched the woman.

01:26:16.300 --> 01:26:19.340
He said, daughter. He was 34. He said, daughter.

01:26:20.380 --> 01:26:24.159
He said, your faith has made you whole. Mark

01:26:24.159 --> 01:26:28.939
5, 34. Your faith has made you well. He said,

01:26:28.979 --> 01:26:31.359
go in peace and be healed of your affliction.

01:26:33.180 --> 01:26:39.800
It started with what she heard. She wasn't the

01:26:39.800 --> 01:26:42.159
only one that she heard it though. Of course,

01:26:42.220 --> 01:26:44.439
those crowds were following because they knew

01:26:44.439 --> 01:26:51.720
Jesus has entered town. A lot of people heard.

01:26:52.199 --> 01:26:58.079
Only few acted in faith. She only acted on what

01:26:58.079 --> 01:27:02.359
she had. She touched. And there was a touch.

01:27:04.300 --> 01:27:08.960
And things happened. So as we, it's a posture

01:27:08.960 --> 01:27:14.439
of receiving. You understand? It's a posture

01:27:14.439 --> 01:27:17.539
of receiving. Let me tell you, each time you

01:27:17.539 --> 01:27:20.479
want to receive, you see, most of us who know

01:27:20.479 --> 01:27:23.460
in the distance, When you want to pour down water,

01:27:23.579 --> 01:27:30.380
water normally go down what? In, we call it potential

01:27:30.380 --> 01:27:33.920
difference. Anyway, in the physics kind of a

01:27:33.920 --> 01:27:36.579
thing. You understand what I'm saying? But the

01:27:36.579 --> 01:27:39.319
point is that it has to move from somewhere that

01:27:39.319 --> 01:27:42.720
is higher going down lower. And each time you

01:27:42.720 --> 01:27:45.600
want to receive from someone and you look at

01:27:45.600 --> 01:27:47.619
him as your age mate, you won't get anything.

01:27:48.899 --> 01:27:51.979
Did you understand what I'm saying? Because knowledge,

01:27:52.300 --> 01:27:54.840
the reason why you are listening to me is that

01:27:54.840 --> 01:27:57.699
there is an honor you have, you understand, that

01:27:57.699 --> 01:28:00.680
I'm your leader. So for that reason, your heart

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is already open. As I taught, light is coming.

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But let's imagine you see me as your housemate,

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you understand, as I call me. Maybe when we are

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listening, maybe I even slap our snoring. You

01:28:13.279 --> 01:28:17.260
understand? See this brother? You understand?

01:28:22.439 --> 01:28:25.819
You won't get anything. Do you understand what

01:28:25.819 --> 01:28:28.699
I'm saying? You won't get anything. So whether

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it's a pastor here, whether it's a leader here,

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anybody that comes to lead anything, you must

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see the person correctly. You must see the what?

01:28:40.199 --> 01:28:44.920
The person correctly. That is how to receive.

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If you miss this part, all that we have been

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discussing since yesterday, there's a problem.

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The psalm says there's a problem. And you don't

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need just once. In the psalm, when it comes to

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the things of spirit, covert, no covetousness.

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Oh, you didn't get me. You didn't want the psalm

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to say? He said covert. You convert earnestly.

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There is not enough when it comes to the things

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of the Spirit. There's not enough. If Pastor

01:29:24.069 --> 01:29:27.069
Fred has laid hands on me four times, five times,

01:29:27.189 --> 01:29:30.449
I need it more. When I go to me, Pastor Cesar,

01:29:30.449 --> 01:29:35.449
I'll say, do it again. Do it again. It's for

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establishing you. Now, this consciousness must

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come on you that these things have effect and

01:29:45.720 --> 01:29:48.500
you will see the effect in your life. Notice

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only that we are reading that men's ministry

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are shifting. That men are becoming fruitful

01:29:54.000 --> 01:29:57.479
when hands are laid upon them. We just read in

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Deuteronomy 34 that the wisdom has come upon

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Joshua because Moses laid his hands upon him.

01:30:06.659 --> 01:30:11.729
Be expectant that something And I have said it,

01:30:11.770 --> 01:30:14.949
desire it. What exactly are you looking for?

01:30:15.609 --> 01:30:17.989
What do you want changed? Do you want your prayer

01:30:17.989 --> 01:30:22.890
life to be improved? You are expecting, let me

01:30:22.890 --> 01:30:25.390
tell you, they will shift you off. I'm telling

01:30:25.390 --> 01:30:29.829
you, into that realm you desire. That impartation

01:30:29.829 --> 01:30:33.050
can happen. Whatever you see in another person's

01:30:33.050 --> 01:30:36.390
life that you want, go and meet the person. I

01:30:36.390 --> 01:30:40.550
told you how we followed our mommies here. And

01:30:40.550 --> 01:30:43.350
I'm still following. If I see a grace, I follow

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it. I don't wait. I don't say that the Lord will

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do it. Who will do it? He has given men. I told

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you, men are systems and methods of God. Did

01:30:58.090 --> 01:31:03.210
you understand me? If you truly say the Lord

01:31:03.210 --> 01:31:05.529
will do it, then look for those men. God has

01:31:05.529 --> 01:31:09.770
put those things. That is his own way of doing

01:31:09.770 --> 01:31:15.529
it. He decided it that way. So I don't want you

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to be seeing your brothers and sisters here ordinarily.

01:31:18.229 --> 01:31:25.010
We're ordinary. If you are elderly, things of

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the spirit does not answer to the physical, material,

01:31:27.310 --> 01:31:29.930
this, you know. Don't say, I'm older than you.

01:31:30.010 --> 01:31:34.170
What does that mean? You're speaking like that,

01:31:34.170 --> 01:31:44.520
brother. No. No. No. There must be a change.

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And that is the last chart I'm giving you. There

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must be a change in your heart. You will see

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differently. God has given you a seeing eye.

01:31:55.119 --> 01:31:57.619
You can't be seeing like somebody who's natural.

01:31:58.899 --> 01:32:01.619
You know, son, for the things of the spirit are

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only foolishness to the carnal mind. You are

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not carnal because you have the spirit of God.

01:32:08.430 --> 01:32:11.489
He said, you are not in the flesh. You understand?

01:32:11.649 --> 01:32:15.869
Because the Spirit of God dwells in you. So you

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must see correctly in the Spirit. This boy, these

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small boys. Don't be saying like that. You're

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going to be closing many things. See that brother

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close to you. See that sister close to you. That's

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why you must treat them with honor. With honor.

01:32:37.739 --> 01:32:41.359
We don't know. Paul told Timothy to the older

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men, even to us as pastors, the way I treat mummies

01:32:45.319 --> 01:32:48.119
is, they will say, ah, sir, how are you doing?

01:32:48.319 --> 01:32:51.739
Ah, do you know sometimes they will honor them.

01:32:52.779 --> 01:32:55.460
He said to the elders, those who are elderly,

01:32:55.479 --> 01:32:58.979
he said, treat them as fathers. He said to those,

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the older women, he said, treat them as mothers.

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He said to the sisters, he said, treat them,

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I mean to the ladies. Younger women, treat them

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as sisters. He now added something with all purity.

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With all purity. That's why we frowned it at

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people that sent our sister any kind of message.

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You are careless. You don't honor them. Honor

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means to treat them with purity. We will not

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take it lightly. You are careless. Oh, everybody,

01:33:33.720 --> 01:33:35.840
you know what you are doing. We know you. We

01:33:35.840 --> 01:33:39.119
know what you are doing. Don't think we don't

01:33:39.119 --> 01:33:44.460
know. We know. We know all those systems. We're

01:33:44.460 --> 01:33:54.800
in the world, but not of the world. Yes. That's

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not honor. He said, treat them as sisters with

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all purity. With all purity. With all purity.

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That is honor. You see them as sisters. You're

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not planning to cheat them. No, you're not. So

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it's a season of impartation. And that's how

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Mary sees. It's by seeing them as they are in

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Christ. Once you turn to the natural, you understand,

01:34:31.590 --> 01:34:40.529
many things will evade you. Many things will

01:34:40.529 --> 01:34:43.329
evade you. If they lie, they should take the

01:34:43.329 --> 01:34:49.529
light. I am telling you, you will hear it. And

01:34:49.529 --> 01:34:52.529
we will lay hands on you. You will be blessed

01:34:52.529 --> 01:34:59.869
and you will do wonders. Yes, you will do wonders.

01:35:00.529 --> 01:35:05.829
Your mercy will expand. There will be fruit,

01:35:05.909 --> 01:35:09.619
fruit that lasts. Your label will not just be

01:35:09.619 --> 01:35:12.800
crushed. You label, label, label upon somebody's

01:35:12.800 --> 01:35:14.720
life. Then you hear that he has gone back to

01:35:14.720 --> 01:35:19.399
his own. No. You will see them and you will rejoice.

01:35:20.699 --> 01:35:27.939
Because it will last. It will last. And that's

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what the Lord puts this ministry in the church

01:35:30.819 --> 01:35:36.060
for. To establish man. To establish man in his

01:35:36.060 --> 01:35:41.109
own agenda. I am aware. Don't worry. I'm aware

01:35:41.109 --> 01:35:46.529
that this ministry has been bastardized. It has

01:35:46.529 --> 01:35:49.310
been abused. Did you see that I didn't mention

01:35:49.310 --> 01:35:51.430
anything about abuse throughout the teaching?

01:35:51.630 --> 01:35:55.090
It's deliberate. That's why I say it's a doctrine

01:35:55.090 --> 01:35:58.130
of the laying of hands. We don't do doctrine

01:35:58.130 --> 01:36:02.109
from error. You understand? Because each time

01:36:02.109 --> 01:36:05.380
you are trying to... Teach based according to

01:36:05.380 --> 01:36:07.159
the error that is happening. You are likely to

01:36:07.159 --> 01:36:10.239
go to another extreme. Just stay and teach the

01:36:10.239 --> 01:36:13.399
word. The farm that has been abused, some people

01:36:13.399 --> 01:36:16.500
come. You understand? You say, I want, I have

01:36:16.500 --> 01:36:24.920
a, what do you call it? I need money to go this

01:36:24.920 --> 01:36:28.340
way, go this way. The pastor will lay hands on

01:36:28.340 --> 01:36:30.920
you. All through the laying hands we see. He

01:36:30.920 --> 01:36:33.079
didn't say anybody come. Even the one that tried

01:36:33.079 --> 01:36:35.979
to say, give me this power. He said, your money

01:36:35.979 --> 01:36:37.859
perish with you. You think the gift of God can

01:36:37.859 --> 01:36:41.300
be what? Can be purchased with money. Did you

01:36:41.300 --> 01:36:44.140
understand what I'm saying? No. We know it has

01:36:44.140 --> 01:36:46.960
been abused. But even the devil quoted the Bible

01:36:46.960 --> 01:36:48.720
wrongly. Did you understand what I'm saying?

01:36:48.739 --> 01:36:51.439
So, Bible has been abused. I've been abused by

01:36:51.439 --> 01:36:55.239
the Pharisee. That's why they say that the hay,

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that is different. And the focus is the Word

01:36:59.640 --> 01:37:05.229
of God. So take the ministry of the lane of hands

01:37:05.229 --> 01:37:09.510
serious. It's an important part of the church

01:37:09.510 --> 01:37:15.510
that empowers men. That's God's system. Take

01:37:15.510 --> 01:37:19.850
it serious. Are we together? Are we together?

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So can you just rise? We appreciate you being

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here today. We hope you carry this word with

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you throughout your week. Don't forget to check

01:37:31.439 --> 01:37:34.060
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