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right in. It's good to be here this evening again
to share the Word of God with us. To continue
from where we stopped on Sunday, like I said
on Sunday, as we teach, as we teach, you have
to believe that the power of God is at work and
that as the word of God comes, that you will
receive. Hallelujah. As the word of God comes,
that you what? You will receive. The word of
God comes that you will receive. Hallelujah.
Can we open our scriptures to Acts of Apostles?
Acts of Apostles. Acts verse. chapter 10 that's
chapter 10 at chapter 10 Verse 44. Acts chapter
10, verse 44. The title of the teaching is still
the power gifts. The power gifts of God that
is at work in the believer. Acts chapter 4, chapter
10, verse 44. It says, while Peter was still
speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon
all those who heard. the word right so peter
was teaching peter was explaining about what
christ has done peter was preaching the word
of salvation right he was preaching this in cornelius
house and to his family members and to people
that were there and while he was preaching i
was preaching right They were expecting to believe,
right? So it was actually invited to teach them
about the power of God, which is the salvation
message. And while Peter spoke, what happened?
He said, the Holy Ghost fell upon them. It means
that they received what they were expecting.
Do we get it? Peter was teaching and they received
the Holy Ghost because the reason why they told
Peter to come was to come preach to them. that
they might understand the message of Christ and
the power of God much more. And while he spoke,
they received the Holy Ghost. So when teaching
is going, I said that on Sunday, I said when
teaching is going, you must be very expectant
so that you can receive. You must be very expectant
so that you can receive. If you're looking forward
to healing, you're looking forward to deliverance,
you're looking forward to the miraculous taking
place in certain areas of your life, while the
teaching is going on before the pastors even
lay hands on you, you can receive. Right? So
these people were very expectant to receive.
Hallelujah. So that is just to charge us. I'm
going to charge us a little bit more before I
go into the teaching. The reason is because...
Your ability to receive or your capacity to receive,
right? It has something to do with your state
of mind, right? So if you're not expecting to
receive, you're not looking forward to receive,
you're not setting your heart to receive, it's
very difficult for you to receive. So we see
this. Now let's go to Romans 10. Romans 10. Romans
10 verse 9. 9 and 10. Romans 10, verse 9 and
10. That if you confess, right, start from verse
8 so that we can have a little bit of connection.
He said, but what does it say? The word is near
you in your mouth and in your heart. I feel like
taking it a little bit further. Go to verse 7.
Go to verse 7. Or verse 6. Let's start from verse
6. He said, but the righteousness, of faith speaks
in this way, right? The righteousness that is
of faith. So it's talking about righteousness
that people will receive. Speaks in this way,
say, do not say in your hearts who will ascend
into heaven that is to bring Christ from above,
right? Or who will descend into the abyss that
is to bring Christ from the dead, right? So this
statement is a statement of doubt. So when they
preach the gospel to you, you say, who will bring
the Christ down? Right? How can he come down?
Or who would raise him up from beneath? Right?
How can resurrection take place? He said, this
is a statement of doubt. Right? But look at what
it says. He said, but what does it say? The word
is near you in your mouth and in your heart.
That is the word of faith which we preach. That
if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus
and believe in your heart that God has raised
him from the dead, you will be saved. Do we believe
this this evening? Everybody, do we believe the
statement that God raised Christ from the dead?
We believe the statement. Amen. Good. So you
believe the statement, right? Acts of Apostles.
Acts of Apostles. Let's go to verse 19 straight.
Let's go to chapter 19, sorry. Acts of Apostles
chapter 19. It says, and God, from verse 11 please.
Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands
of Paul so that even handkerchiefs or aprons
were brought from his body to the sick and the
disease left them and the evil spirits. went
out of them. Do you believe this as well? You
see, the yes is going out. Do you believe this?
You know why I'm reading these two scriptures?
Because what Brother Victory read in Mark chapter
16 is that when the message is preached, you
believe both the salvation and the miraculous
that comes with the salvation. So most believers,
we stop. at that salvation. The faith that you
used to receive the miraculous and the faith
you received at salvation, it's not different.
As you have believed, as you have received salvation,
the faith to receive the miraculous is in you.
Do you get it? That is what I'm asking you. Do
you believe that you're saved? You say yes. Do
you believe that Christ is alive? You say yes.
If you believe that, therefore, the miraculous
tool, You have to take it along. So that is why
Dan Mark 16, Dan Mark 16 really brings these
two things together. He said, he that believes,
16, 16, he that believes is baptized and shall
be saved. So most of the believers stop there,
right? He that does not believe is damned and
they stop there. Now this limits us to function
effectively as believers. When you say such things
as verse 17 is not part of what you have or you
need something extra to work in verse 17, it
makes you not to be effective in your faith.
That's a scripture that we read in Philemon,
right? That we might be effective when we know
that verse 17 is part of what we have. So what
is in verse 17? It says, these signs shall follow
them that believe. It's not like, oh, they have
to believe to receive salvation. Then they will
believe to receive. No, no, no, no. It said,
those that have believed, that have received
salvation, these signs will follow them. It said,
and these signs shall follow them that believe.
In my name, they shall cast out devils. They
shall speak with new tongues. And they shall
take up serpents. If they drink any deadly thing,
it shall not hurt them. And they shall lay hands
on the sick and they shall recover. When this
thing was written, Paul was not saved. Right?
Let's say by the time when this war, this conversation,
this was happening with Christ and his disciples.
Right? Paul was not saved. But did he partake
in this? Yes. Acts 19. Right? He said that, in
fact, his aprons were taken to places and people
were healed. So why am I saying this? Because
as we further into teachings of the miraculous,
you must always have it at the back of your mind
that it will take place through you and in you.
It will take place through you and in you. Hallelujah.
Can you say it will take place through me and
in me? The miraculous will take place through
me and in me. It means that you are both. A minister
of it and a recipient of it. Hallelujah. All
right. So let's continue from where we stopped
last Sunday. So you have to keep believing these
things. You have to keep holding on to it, right?
No matter what your physical circumstance is
saying, this is what you hold on to. That the
power of God is at work through me. Now, James,
before we go to James, 2 Kings 2 verse 8. So
we're talking about Elijah and the exploit he
did and the miraculous and the power that took
place that happened through him. So let's go
to 2 Kings 2 .8. Now, so this is another scenario,
right? This is another scenario which was repeated
in verse 12 and 14. So he said, now Elijah took
his mantle, rolled it up and struck the water
and it was divided this way and that so that
divided this way and that. so that the two of
them cross over on the ground, right? Of course,
we've seen this in the case of Moses as well,
right? Go to verse 12 to 14. So let's start from
12. He said, And Elijah saw it, and he cried
out, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel
and its host men. So he saw him no more, and
he took hold of his own clothes and tore them
into two pieces. Next. And he also took up the
mantle of Elijah. that had fallen from him and
went back and stood by the bank of the same river
of the Jordan, right? So he needed to cross back.
And he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen
from him and struck the water and said, where
is the Lord of God of Elijah? And when he also
had struck the water, you see, when he also had
struck the water, it was divided this way. And
that's, and Elisha also what? crossed the river
so we see that this thing becomes so uh it become
a place where both elijah and elijah walked in
right the miraculous and this uh power gift right
reflecting in their lives daily so now there's
something that is spectacular because the bible
in the new what we call the new testament referred
back to at least one of them which is was elijah
so we can open to james We can open to James.
I just pointed that out to show us, you know,
how this is common among the prophets, right?
So the prophet did it. The next one also went,
did the same thing. Now I wanted to show us something
that there were some sons of the prophets in
that environment, right? Those people were walking
in level of unbeliefs. Right? They had some unbelief
in them because it was the unbelief. You can
go back home to study because I have a lot to
go. It was the unbelief that was in them that
was making them tease Elisha. Right? So they
had some unbelief in them and they were making
them tease. So, you know, the Lord will take
your master from you. Right? So they were kind
of teasing him. But when he came back, and they
saw the miraculous that took place. What did
they do? They bowed down. They submitted to him.
So they became his own students. They bowed down
as if, you know, we came down to you. So it shows
levels in different, like different people's
responses, right, to the miraculous. So you can
check that and you will see that that is taken.
Now, James 5 referred to Elijah. James 5 referred
to Elijah in a very... necessary way that we
examine it. We examine it because it's in relations
to what we are teaching. James 5 from verse 13.
He said, Is any among you afflicted? Let him
pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalm. Is any
sick among you? Let him call for the elders of
the church and let them pray over him, anointing
him with oil in the name of the Lord and the
prayer of faith. shall save the sick, and the
Lord shall raise him up. And he that committeth
sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your
faults to one another and pray one for another,
that they may be healed, that ye may be healed.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much. Elias, which is Elijah, was a
man subject to like passion as we hear, and he
prayed earnestly that it should not rain, and
it rained not. On the day, Now, the emphasis
here that we need to see is that from verse 15
first. The prayer of faith. What does it do?
The prayer of faith does what? Save the sick,
right? The prayer of faith will save the sick.
And we see a practice there. Which is, let them
pray over him, right? Anointing him and all of
that. But what we see there that saved the sick
was what? The prayer of faith. The prayer of
faith. Now, verse 16. Let's say the B part. He
said, the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous
man availeth what? Much. Now, let's use ANPC
that we used to use. Right? It's ANPC. He said,
the earnest continued prayer of the righteous
man makes tremendous power available. Now, in
this context, who can tell me the tremendous
power that was made available? What was there
in this context? What is it? Healing, right?
Healing, right? Healing is it. Are we all together?
So healing was the power that was made available
there. Right? So they saw healing physically
and say, ah, effect your fervent prayer of a
righteous man. It means that it makes healing
available in this context. Now look at how they
explain how power is reflected. They pick a man
who had walked in such thing and they presented
him as what? As an example for us that we may
believe that we can walk in these things. Do
we see it? So he said, Elijah was a man such
as like Bashar as us. So they gave him an example
of when he made something, right? In the physical
to seize by supernatural power, which is in this
context, power of prayer. So Elijah made a statement
and in the physical, the manifestation was seen.
So it means that whatever we say in prayer, whatever
we say in faith, we can see the manifestation
in what? In the physical. That is why they brought
Elijah into that context. That whatever you say
in faith, whatever when you pray, right? He said,
he said, there's a man like us, right? And he
prayed earnestly that it should not rain, right?
And it seems not to rain. And when he prayed
again, he shows the intervention of the supernatural
in the natural. And they brought someone. Right?
Who is the prophet of God as us? Let me put it
that way. Right? Who is the prophet of God as
us? Who believe God's message as us? So therefore,
whatever it will come, right? As we see, as we
walk in prayer. So the miraculous can walk through
us. So again, that power, right? That power that
is made available is healing here and we see
it take place. So we see that a man that exercised
the power of gifts was used to teach the power
of prayer. A man that exercised the power of
gifts, he worked in that, right? Was used to
exercise, was used to teach about the power of
prayer. We pray and we manifest the power of
gifts of God, right? That is in us. So just a
quick review. Is it working? Let me save my time.
So just a quick review, right, of what we are
doing. We said that the word of the Lord is already
in us, right? The word of the Lord is already
in us. Therefore, we can walk in the supernatural.
1 Corinthians 2, 12, verse 7 to 11. 1 Corinthians
12, verse 7 to 11. You should write it down.
1 Corinthians 12, verse 7 to 11. It refers to
every man. It refers to every man can walk in
the operations of the gift of the Spirit. Every
man can walk in the operations of the gift of
the Spirit. Every man, 1 Corinthians. So it refers
to every man, right? So every one of us. You'll
see 1 Corinthians 14, which says that when each
of you come together, you have something to offer.
1 Corinthians 14. So it means that every one
of us can walk in this. Also, we said that we
don't need to do anything special. Like you need
to go on seven days fasting, six days fasting.
While those things are beneficial, right? While
they are beneficial for the believer, right?
I'm not saying you should go all through the
year without fasting. That would be wrong, right?
While they are beneficial for you to put yourself
on that subjection, right? It is not what is
cooking the miracle. You know, like some people
say, it's not what is cooking it. So some people
say, okay, when someone is sick, you have to
go seven days fasting, go and pray first, then
come back. That is not what we see. In the pattern
of Moses, in the pattern of Elijah, in the pattern
of Jesus, we do not see that. We do not see that.
So let's see. The next thing we need to see,
we also said that divine authority hits the physical
realm evidently in the physical, which is the
demonstration of power. Now, let's see. Showing
forth, say something again, that showing forth
the manifestation of power, right, increases
our faith. Increases our faith. So we're going
to see an example from Matthew 11, verse 1 to
5. Matthew 11, verse 1 to 5. We're going to see
an example there. You would observe that when
Jesus, right, heals people, most of the time,
he tells them, don't reveal, right? Don't go
tell anyone. But there was a time that Jesus
said, go and tell him this, right? So the question
is, is Jesus trying to flaunt to John, right?
Is he trying to flaunt some things to John? So
let's see. He said, now it came to pass when
Jesus finished commanding his 12 disciples that
he departed from there to teach and to preach
in their cities. Next please. And when John had
heard in prison about the works of Christ, he
sent two of his disciples and he said to him,
are you the coming one or we do need to expect
another one? And Jesus answered and said to them,
go and tell John the things which you hear and
see. That means the message, right? And the miraculous
that you see. So let's see. The blind see, the
lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf
hear, the dead are raised to death and the dead
are raised up. And the poor have the gospel preached
to them. Just stay there. He said, go and tell
John what you see and hear. And what is it that
the blind can see? The lame can walk. The lepers
are cleaned, right? The deaf hear. The dead are
raised up and the poor have the gospel preached
to them. So this was what Jesus said, which is
next. Let's see what is next. Verse six. and
blessed is he who is not offended because of
me. So Jesus said, go and tell him, which is
an unusual pattern, right? So what you would
observe, also from John chapter 14, is that Jesus
reveals himself for people who wants to believe,
who wants to know the truth, who wants to come
to faith. Jesus reveals himself to them. But
for people who are stubborn and hard -hearted,
right? He speaks to them in parables. So you
will see this pattern in the life of the Pharisees.
You see this pattern in the life of the Sadducees
that knowing their pattern of person, right?
Jesus regularly withdraws himself from them because
their heart is not to believe, but for unbelief.
So in cases when Christ reveals... It creates
when Christ reveals himself. Is that what? Faith
will be what? Released. That faith will be exercised.
Are we together? Yes. That faith will be exercised.
So also, when the supernatural is made manifest,
right, is that people will believe it. Is that
people will make this a point by which they can
stand on and say, Father, I've seen you manifest
this. Then it is possible. It is possible. So
you can just write Matthew 12 verse 2, Matthew
12 verse 2, Matthew 12 verse 2, verse 9 and verse
14. I think we should go there. Matthew 12 verse
2. Can you quickly go there? He said, and when
the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, look,
your disciples are doing what is not lawful on
the Sabbath. Verse 9 to 11. Verse 9. Now when
he had departed from there, he went into their
synagogue. And behold, there was a man who had
a withered hand. And they asked him, saying,
Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day? So if
you observe their pattern, their pattern is that
they wanted to catch him in a matter. They wanted
to hold him down in a matter. So he doesn't reveal
himself because he knows that he's not unto faith.
Now, that they might accuse him. So you can see
that they might accuse him. Verse 11. And he
said to them, what is it there among you who
has one sheep and if it falls into a pit on the
Sabbath will not lay hold of it and lift it out?
Next. Of how much more value then is a man than
a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on
a Sabbath. Verse 13. And he said to them, stretch
to the man, stretch out your hand. And it stretched
out and it was restored as whole as the other.
Glory to God. Then the Pharisees went out and
plotted against him how they might destroy him.
So you see that when the miraculous is even made
manifest in their face because of the state of
their hearts, they couldn't breathe of faith.
Right? So we can see that from verse 15 to 16,
you see Jesus withdrew from them because they
lack faith. Right? We drew for them, you know,
this thing. So when this thing is expected that
they will come to believe, but they are hard
-hearted. They are hard -hearted. All right.
So we see this as regular patterns in Jesus.
So when he teaches and all of that. Now, it therefore
means that showing thoughts, right, the supernatural,
is for faith to be built in the believer. Say,
I have faith. When I see the supernatural, when
I see the supernatural, My faith is strengthened.
I don't disbelieve it and I work in it. Okay,
good. So let's now start the first gift that
is in the power gifts. What is the gift of faith?
What is the gift of faith? What is the gift of
faith? What is the gift of faith? We've established
that all believers have this, but we need to
know what it is so that we can know how to work
in it. We're going to see about four examples
on how this thing functions so that you can work
in it. You know, when you see examples from scriptures,
it helps you to know circumstances where you
can work in it, right? No, write down. The gift
of faith is the ability to receive. Okay, you
can write it this way. It is the ability resident
in the believer. Let's put it so we can put it
in good context. The gift of faith is the ability
resident in the believer. The gift of faith is
the ability resident in the believer to receive
a miracle on behalf. To receive a miracle on
behalf of another. It is the ability resident
in the believer to receive a miracle on behalf
of another who may be unable to express faith.
Okay? Who may be unable to express faith to receive
regarding that issue. Right? Who may be unable
to express faith on an issue. Right? Express
faith, right? Regarding that issue. I guess I'm
able to put that. Faith to receive regarding
that issue. So it means that there are circumstances
that you might find yourself, right? And you
are not exercising faith. A brother can receive
for you, right? He can stand in faith for you.
So when we hold each other's hands and we pray,
right, is because I know that you are overwhelmed,
right? I know that you are overwhelmed and I'm
stepping in so that my faith, right, can help
you to receive. Now we need to check scenarios
that we see that will help us. Now, write this
down also. It functions, it functions or it is
seen in operation. It functions or it is seen
in operation with the gift of healing and the
workings of miracles. It functions and it is
seen in operation with the gift of healing and
the workings of miracles. So someone can receive
a miracle for you when you find yourself in circumstances.
Someone can receive healing for you when you
find yourself in circumstances. Right? So, does
this say something to you? That proximity is
not a problem. You see? When it comes to the
supernatural, proximity is not what? It's not
a problem. You can receive for someone far away.
Now, let's see. Let's check the scriptures. Let's
check the scriptures. Matthew 8, verse 8 to 13.
We're going to check about... about five scriptures
to establish the patterns that we are seeing
when someone wants to receive. So it is when
you want to, you can receive for someone, right?
When the person is in trouble and all of that.
So let's see patterns from scriptures and we
can learn. So the centurion answered and said,
Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under
my foot, but only speak a word and my servant
will be what? Healed. So the servant of the centurion,
was not in that proximity. It was far away. Right?
And the centurion said, just speak a word. I'm
here. So he came to meet Christ that Christ might
go to heal. Verse 11. Verse 10, sorry. Okay,
go to verse 9. Sorry, I don't read that. For
I am a man under authority and having soldiers
under me and I say to this one, go and he goes
and to another come and he comes and to my servant,
do this. So the servant was not there. He came
to receive from Christ. He came to receive from
Christ. Now you can write this down. The recipient
was absent in this context, right? We can write
that the recipient was absent so you can receive
for someone. However, it was a relative. It was
a relative of this centurion. It was absent,
but it was a relative of this centurion. It was
absent, but it was a relative of this centurion.
Okay, so we see that he was absent, but the centurion
exercised faith and they received. And Jesus
ministered, right? So Jesus was the minister.
So you can be in a meeting, you can be in a believer's
meeting, you can be in a prayer meeting. And
when they say, right, people should come to be
prayed for, you don't have to think about yourself
alone, right? You don't have to think about yourself
alone, right? You have to know people that you
have been trusting God for. Then through your
faith, wherever they find themselves, they can
receive. Right? Whenever they find themselves,
they can receive. So the recipient was absent,
but there was someone standing in to receive
for this person. And Jesus means that. Jesus
was wowed. He said, I've never seen this kind
of faith in Israel. Right? I've never seen this
kind of faith in Israel. So you can receive.
Can you receive for your parents when we pray
here? Can you receive for your siblings? Can
you receive for your brothers? Can you receive
for your classmates? Yes, you can. You can. When
you bring their circumstance here and we pray
about it, you can, for them, you can exercise
faith and they can receive. Matthew 17, verse
14 through 20. And when they had come to the
multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to
him and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son. for
he is epileptic and suffers severely, for he
often falls into fire and often into the water.
Next. So I brought him to your disciples, but
they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered
and said, O faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you? How long shall
I bear with you? Bring him here to what? To me.
So in these circumstances, in any believers,
when you see church meetings, you would find
people being brought forward. So the person might
be present, but does not have capacity to receive.
Okay? So what we see here is that the recipient
could not receive because of the state of mind,
because of the ailment itself. So it's not wrong
for them to bring people to sing, but wants them
to be prayed for. Right? Because they don't have
capacity to receive. It could be, how do you,
for example, the deaf and the dumb, how do you
expect them to exercise faith? Right? So people,
how do you accept them to even know what is going
on in the environment? Whether there's a healer
somewhere. Right? Whether there's a believer
smitten somewhere. So people bring them in. This
is the pattern of the Old Testament. Sorry, the
New Testament church. We see it regularly. They
bring them to receive healing. So we see that
this person brought a son. to receive healing.
And the son was not able to receive, was unable
to exercise the faith, but the parent exercised
the faith. So you can exercise the faith by bringing
someone as well. Do we get it? So you can bring
someone to church and the person can be prayed
for and the person will receive healing. Right?
The person will do what? Will receive healing.
Even if the person said, well, this, that, bring
the person. Right? You can exercise faith and
the person can receive healing. So, the one believing
the healing was present, right? The parent exercising
faith was present. So, we see that. The parent
exercising faith was present. So, don't be in
your house and say, Pastor, I sent somebody to
church to come and receive. Where are you? Right?
You that you're exercising the faith. Don't just
tell people who come to church. No, you bring
them. You bring them. You sit beside them. You
encourage them in faith. You tell them you'll
be healed. You tell them the problems will be
solved. As pastor is preaching, just keep believing.
Right? You believe for the person. When they
cause such kind of issues, you come out on behalf
of the person. The person is not believing and
they can't receive. So your presence, your presence,
right? Your presence with the person. Also, we
said the disciples could not cast that out, right?
They could not cast that out. And we can teach
that subsequently, right? We can teach that subsequently.
It's a matter of faith. It's a matter of faith.
It means they couldn't exercise faith for that
to take place, right? They couldn't exercise
faith for that to take place. So the minister
also must what? Must have the faith, right? The
minister, if you're ministering this thing, let's
say you're ministering this to someone, you must
also have the faith. Someone cannot have faith.
He's bringing someone to you. And you're a minister,
you're not doubting it. You will not be able
to help just like the disciples were. So every
minister must believe it. Right? Don't put yourself
on receiving end alone. I only receive miracles.
My own is to receive. Your hands are always open
when you're coming to church. Your hands are
never stretched. You know? Meanwhile, they've
thought of laying of hands. Please. You are a
minister, right? Everybody in this church is
a minister, right? Yes, we are ministers. So
where you want to minister is you must believe
it. You must believe it. Acts chapter 3, verse
1 to 11. Acts chapter 3, verse 1 to 11. People
who could not receive it, sorry, people who could
not exercise faith received because someone stood
in God for them. He said, And Peter went up to
the temple at the hour of prayer, the night hour.
And a certain man lame from his mother's womb
was carried home delay -delay at the gate of
the temple, which is called beautiful, to ask
alms from all those who enter the temple. Who,
seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple,
asked for alms. And fixing his eyes on him, with
John, Peter said, Look at us. So he gave them
his attention, expecting to receive something
from them. Then Peter said, Siva or God, I do
not have, but what I do have, I give you. In
the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up
and walk. Right? Rise up and walk. Now, we see
someone who can actually receive here, but what
he's planning to receive is something else. Right?
He wasn't planning to receive healing. His circumstances
were so terrible that he had limited what he
could receive. So just harms. He limited what
he could receive to just hands. But Peter and
John, knowing that they can intervene, what did
they do? They ministered healing. They ministered
healing to this man. So they were the ones who
actually exercised faith. The minister himself
exercised faith for this man to receive. Because
this man does not even know the power of God.
He does not even understand the power of God.
So there are people around you that don't understand
the power of God. There are people around you
that don't understand the power of God. But you
can, because you have understood, receive for
them. Right? There are people around you that
don't understand the power of God. There are
people around you that don't even know what is
miraculous. There are even believers that will
say they don't believe it. They can fall into
this category. But you, knowing the power of
God, you can what? You can receive for them and
tell them you are healed. They will receive it
and go. They can call it anything. The providence
of God, the will of God and all of that. But
the truth is about the matter is you have ministered
healing through you that has been made manifest.
Hallelujah. So the minister can stand in faith
and help people to receive. That is why we call
you here regularly. Come out if you have the
circumstances. Let's pray for you. Right? The
word of prophecy comes to you and it tells you
your circumstances. You are expected to come
out in faith. You see, coming out is an exercise
of faith. You know, some people say, I don't
want to come out. People will know myself. There's
nothing like that. Coming out where you are called
is an exercise of faith. So you come out and
you are prayed for. Mark 2, verse 3 to 4. Mark
2, verse 3 to 4. Luke 5, verse 17 to 39. Same
situation. Mark 2 verse 3 to 4. Luke 5 verse
17 to 39. Same situation. You can add verse 20
to it just for context. Then they came to him
bringing a paralytic who was carried by four
men. Then behold, men brought on a... Sorry.
And when they could not come near him, yes, good,
because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof
where he was. So when they had broken through,
they let down the bed on which the paralytic
was lying. This is, you know, you should have
good friends. You should have good people around
you, right? People who have faith. His cacos,
they brought him from where? From the ceiling
to enter. So who exercised faith in this context?
Okay. Get you a set of friends. You know, if
you have one, maybe that one will be, they will
not be able to carry you alone to the roof. Others
might be doubting. Get you a set of friends that
walk in faith. Set of friends that can see circumstances
in your life and will not join, will not do pity.
They will not do, they will not do, that they
will be walking in faith to see how God will
bring forth the miraculous in your life. Hallelujah.
So a group of people, friends, exercised faith
and they brought him down, right? And what did
Jesus see? Let's see. And Jesus saw what? Their
faith. These folks that were putting someone
from the road, Jesus saw their faith and he said
to the paralytic, son, your sins are forgiven,
right? He healed the paralytic. So despite restrictions,
right? Despite restrictions, they kept exercising
faith. So they brought him. They couldn't pass
through the door. They went. So despite every
obstacle, what did they continue to do? Faith.
They keep believing. They keep finding a way
to get to Christ, to receive this. So they kept
on finding a way until they saw the minister
and they were ministered to. They were ministered
to. So what we see here is that have friends
who walk in faith. Not friends that you will
tell about your circumstances that will begin
to, you know, pity you and look towards you and
say, you know, there's nothing we can do. And
they would rather even bring down your faith
the more. You know, it's so sad. So find good
friends that receive good word, that grow in
the word, and they can help you in circumstance.
Your greatest help in circumstance is faith.
The moment you drop out of faith in a circumstance,
it's difficult to resolve it. Luke chapter 8,
verse 40. Luke chapter 8, verse 40, 49 to 52.
We see Jairus, right? Inviting Jesus into his
house to receive healing. Let's see what happens.
So it was when Jesus returned. The multitude
welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and
he was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell
down at Jesus' feet and begged him to come into
his house. For he had an only daughter about
twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as
he went, the multitude thronged him. Leave the
case of the woman of history of blood. Go to
verse 49. Go to verse 49. While he was still
speaking, someone came from the ruler of the
synagogue's house saying to him, your daughter
is dead. Do not trouble the teacher. You know,
you don't want people like this around you. Your
daughter is dead. Do not trouble the teacher.
The teacher did not say he's troubled. The minister
did not complain that he's troubled. He just
finished one and he's moving it to the next one.
But when Jesus heard it, He answered him saying,
do not be afraid. Only what believe and she would
be what? She'll be made well. She'll be made
well. Next. He came into the house and he permitted
no one to go except Peter, James and John. And
the father and the mother of the girl stopped
there. Why? Because they were already mocking
the miraculous. They say, oh, she's dead. That
will be crying. Right? They were already gathered
crying there and say, ah, the daughter is dead.
Why is the teacher going in? They were already
mocking. But the teacher, but those who have
faith, they went in with him. Jesus said, Peter,
James, John, you guys are, you know how this
works. You know this is the power of God coming.
And the father and the mother of what? Of the
girl. Get you a company that does what? That
works in faith. Get you a company, get yourself
a company that works in what? in faith, that
exercise the gift of faith, that exercise the
gift of it to receive for you. Not people that
would be in pity party. Can we stand up and pray?
I just want us to pray right now. Can we stand
up and pray? You know, you will pray for yourself
that I walk in the gift of faith towards people
around me. towards every circumstance surrounding
me. You have to pray that you walk in it. You
are not someone who will be pitying people. You
are not someone who will be showing impossibility
in your statements. You are someone who will
walk. Can we stand up? Can we stand up? We need
to walk in this. In the few minutes that we have,
I want you to pray. You know, so that you won't
be among those that will say, oh, go out because
you are not exercising faith. You won't be people
that people will stop coming to because they
know that when they come to you, they cannot
receive faith. You have to be someone who walks
in faith. Who walks in faith towards others around
you. Who can receive towards others around you.
Can we begin to pray in the Holy Ghost? We appreciate
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