WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:06.639 Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.660 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:13.939 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:13.939 --> 00:00:17.879 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:24.239 right in. It's good to be here this evening again 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:32.060 to share the Word of God with us. To continue 00:00:32.060 --> 00:00:40.100 from where we stopped on Sunday, like I said 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:43.719 on Sunday, as we teach, as we teach, you have 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:48.119 to believe that the power of God is at work and 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:50.880 that as the word of God comes, that you will 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:55.820 receive. Hallelujah. As the word of God comes, 00:00:56.060 --> 00:01:00.119 that you what? You will receive. The word of 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:05.079 God comes that you will receive. Hallelujah. 00:01:12.140 --> 00:01:14.719 Can we open our scriptures to Acts of Apostles? 00:01:23.379 --> 00:01:40.120 Acts of Apostles. Acts verse. chapter 10 that's 00:01:40.120 --> 00:02:04.560 chapter 10 at chapter 10 Verse 44. Acts chapter 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:08.159 10, verse 44. The title of the teaching is still 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:12.639 the power gifts. The power gifts of God that 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:17.860 is at work in the believer. Acts chapter 4, chapter 00:02:17.860 --> 00:02:21.819 10, verse 44. It says, while Peter was still 00:02:21.819 --> 00:02:26.860 speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon 00:02:26.860 --> 00:02:32.439 all those who heard. the word right so peter 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:36.319 was teaching peter was explaining about what 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:39.599 christ has done peter was preaching the word 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:43.080 of salvation right he was preaching this in cornelius 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:44.939 house and to his family members and to people 00:02:44.939 --> 00:02:48.259 that were there and while he was preaching i 00:02:48.259 --> 00:02:52.379 was preaching right They were expecting to believe, 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:56.159 right? So it was actually invited to teach them 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:58.439 about the power of God, which is the salvation 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:01.960 message. And while Peter spoke, what happened? 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:04.620 He said, the Holy Ghost fell upon them. It means 00:03:04.620 --> 00:03:07.240 that they received what they were expecting. 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:12.240 Do we get it? Peter was teaching and they received 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:14.900 the Holy Ghost because the reason why they told 00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:17.830 Peter to come was to come preach to them. that 00:03:17.830 --> 00:03:19.789 they might understand the message of Christ and 00:03:19.789 --> 00:03:22.229 the power of God much more. And while he spoke, 00:03:22.530 --> 00:03:28.009 they received the Holy Ghost. So when teaching 00:03:28.009 --> 00:03:30.030 is going, I said that on Sunday, I said when 00:03:30.030 --> 00:03:33.009 teaching is going, you must be very expectant 00:03:33.009 --> 00:03:37.780 so that you can receive. You must be very expectant 00:03:37.780 --> 00:03:40.800 so that you can receive. If you're looking forward 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:42.759 to healing, you're looking forward to deliverance, 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:44.080 you're looking forward to the miraculous taking 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.599 place in certain areas of your life, while the 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:48.379 teaching is going on before the pastors even 00:03:48.379 --> 00:03:52.539 lay hands on you, you can receive. Right? So 00:03:52.539 --> 00:03:55.020 these people were very expectant to receive. 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:58.000 Hallelujah. So that is just to charge us. I'm 00:03:58.000 --> 00:03:59.840 going to charge us a little bit more before I 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:01.900 go into the teaching. The reason is because... 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:04.680 Your ability to receive or your capacity to receive, 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:07.719 right? It has something to do with your state 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:10.699 of mind, right? So if you're not expecting to 00:04:10.699 --> 00:04:12.319 receive, you're not looking forward to receive, 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:14.620 you're not setting your heart to receive, it's 00:04:14.620 --> 00:04:18.620 very difficult for you to receive. So we see 00:04:18.620 --> 00:04:28.540 this. Now let's go to Romans 10. Romans 10. Romans 00:04:28.540 --> 00:04:34.319 10 verse 9. 9 and 10. Romans 10, verse 9 and 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:40.759 10. That if you confess, right, start from verse 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:42.379 8 so that we can have a little bit of connection. 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:45.600 He said, but what does it say? The word is near 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:50.899 you in your mouth and in your heart. I feel like 00:04:50.899 --> 00:04:53.980 taking it a little bit further. Go to verse 7. 00:04:54.459 --> 00:04:58.959 Go to verse 7. Or verse 6. Let's start from verse 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:01.959 6. He said, but the righteousness, of faith speaks 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:05.139 in this way, right? The righteousness that is 00:05:05.139 --> 00:05:06.279 of faith. So it's talking about righteousness 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:08.439 that people will receive. Speaks in this way, 00:05:08.459 --> 00:05:11.620 say, do not say in your hearts who will ascend 00:05:11.620 --> 00:05:15.680 into heaven that is to bring Christ from above, 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:20.579 right? Or who will descend into the abyss that 00:05:20.579 --> 00:05:24.139 is to bring Christ from the dead, right? So this 00:05:24.139 --> 00:05:27.319 statement is a statement of doubt. So when they 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:29.060 preach the gospel to you, you say, who will bring 00:05:29.060 --> 00:05:31.889 the Christ down? Right? How can he come down? 00:05:32.089 --> 00:05:34.889 Or who would raise him up from beneath? Right? 00:05:34.910 --> 00:05:36.850 How can resurrection take place? He said, this 00:05:36.850 --> 00:05:38.910 is a statement of doubt. Right? But look at what 00:05:38.910 --> 00:05:42.170 it says. He said, but what does it say? The word 00:05:42.170 --> 00:05:44.310 is near you in your mouth and in your heart. 00:05:44.449 --> 00:05:48.589 That is the word of faith which we preach. That 00:05:48.589 --> 00:05:51.769 if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus 00:05:51.769 --> 00:05:54.790 and believe in your heart that God has raised 00:05:54.790 --> 00:05:58.050 him from the dead, you will be saved. Do we believe 00:05:58.050 --> 00:06:00.860 this this evening? Everybody, do we believe the 00:06:00.860 --> 00:06:03.459 statement that God raised Christ from the dead? 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:07.939 We believe the statement. Amen. Good. So you 00:06:07.939 --> 00:06:11.160 believe the statement, right? Acts of Apostles. 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:25.379 Acts of Apostles. Let's go to verse 19 straight. 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:29.759 Let's go to chapter 19, sorry. Acts of Apostles 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:37.220 chapter 19. It says, and God, from verse 11 please. 00:06:39.100 --> 00:06:44.279 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:49.420 of Paul so that even handkerchiefs or aprons 00:06:49.420 --> 00:06:53.699 were brought from his body to the sick and the 00:06:53.699 --> 00:06:58.079 disease left them and the evil spirits. went 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:02.500 out of them. Do you believe this as well? You 00:07:02.500 --> 00:07:04.800 see, the yes is going out. Do you believe this? 00:07:06.660 --> 00:07:08.579 You know why I'm reading these two scriptures? 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:12.920 Because what Brother Victory read in Mark chapter 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:18.680 16 is that when the message is preached, you 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:21.740 believe both the salvation and the miraculous 00:07:21.740 --> 00:07:26.120 that comes with the salvation. So most believers, 00:07:26.180 --> 00:07:32.180 we stop. at that salvation. The faith that you 00:07:32.180 --> 00:07:33.980 used to receive the miraculous and the faith 00:07:33.980 --> 00:07:36.519 you received at salvation, it's not different. 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:39.240 As you have believed, as you have received salvation, 00:07:39.860 --> 00:07:44.220 the faith to receive the miraculous is in you. 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:48.699 Do you get it? That is what I'm asking you. Do 00:07:48.699 --> 00:07:50.959 you believe that you're saved? You say yes. Do 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:52.019 you believe that Christ is alive? You say yes. 00:07:52.180 --> 00:07:56.420 If you believe that, therefore, the miraculous 00:07:56.420 --> 00:07:59.689 tool, You have to take it along. So that is why 00:07:59.689 --> 00:08:05.050 Dan Mark 16, Dan Mark 16 really brings these 00:08:05.050 --> 00:08:09.430 two things together. He said, he that believes, 00:08:09.490 --> 00:08:12.110 16, 16, he that believes is baptized and shall 00:08:12.110 --> 00:08:14.790 be saved. So most of the believers stop there, 00:08:14.889 --> 00:08:18.910 right? He that does not believe is damned and 00:08:18.910 --> 00:08:24.350 they stop there. Now this limits us to function 00:08:24.350 --> 00:08:28.220 effectively as believers. When you say such things 00:08:28.220 --> 00:08:33.639 as verse 17 is not part of what you have or you 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.240 need something extra to work in verse 17, it 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.019 makes you not to be effective in your faith. 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:43.340 That's a scripture that we read in Philemon, 00:08:43.379 --> 00:08:46.179 right? That we might be effective when we know 00:08:46.179 --> 00:08:50.700 that verse 17 is part of what we have. So what 00:08:50.700 --> 00:08:54.279 is in verse 17? It says, these signs shall follow 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:58.059 them that believe. It's not like, oh, they have 00:08:58.059 --> 00:08:59.740 to believe to receive salvation. Then they will 00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:01.820 believe to receive. No, no, no, no. It said, 00:09:01.860 --> 00:09:03.879 those that have believed, that have received 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:08.620 salvation, these signs will follow them. It said, 00:09:08.679 --> 00:09:10.519 and these signs shall follow them that believe. 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:13.600 In my name, they shall cast out devils. They 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:17.500 shall speak with new tongues. And they shall 00:09:17.500 --> 00:09:19.759 take up serpents. If they drink any deadly thing, 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:22.019 it shall not hurt them. And they shall lay hands 00:09:22.019 --> 00:09:24.340 on the sick and they shall recover. When this 00:09:24.340 --> 00:09:27.120 thing was written, Paul was not saved. Right? 00:09:27.179 --> 00:09:29.580 Let's say by the time when this war, this conversation, 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:31.960 this was happening with Christ and his disciples. 00:09:32.179 --> 00:09:35.460 Right? Paul was not saved. But did he partake 00:09:35.460 --> 00:09:39.299 in this? Yes. Acts 19. Right? He said that, in 00:09:39.299 --> 00:09:44.679 fact, his aprons were taken to places and people 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:49.370 were healed. So why am I saying this? Because 00:09:49.370 --> 00:09:53.470 as we further into teachings of the miraculous, 00:09:53.509 --> 00:09:56.350 you must always have it at the back of your mind 00:09:56.350 --> 00:09:59.330 that it will take place through you and in you. 00:10:00.950 --> 00:10:04.090 It will take place through you and in you. Hallelujah. 00:10:04.350 --> 00:10:07.570 Can you say it will take place through me and 00:10:07.570 --> 00:10:11.210 in me? The miraculous will take place through 00:10:11.210 --> 00:10:15.820 me and in me. It means that you are both. A minister 00:10:15.820 --> 00:10:22.159 of it and a recipient of it. Hallelujah. All 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:25.740 right. So let's continue from where we stopped 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:28.820 last Sunday. So you have to keep believing these 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:32.039 things. You have to keep holding on to it, right? 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:34.179 No matter what your physical circumstance is 00:10:34.179 --> 00:10:37.120 saying, this is what you hold on to. That the 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:40.019 power of God is at work through me. Now, James, 00:10:40.299 --> 00:10:44.100 before we go to James, 2 Kings 2 verse 8. So 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:47.279 we're talking about Elijah and the exploit he 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:50.259 did and the miraculous and the power that took 00:10:50.259 --> 00:10:52.279 place that happened through him. So let's go 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:57.519 to 2 Kings 2 .8. Now, so this is another scenario, 00:10:57.620 --> 00:10:59.840 right? This is another scenario which was repeated 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:03.679 in verse 12 and 14. So he said, now Elijah took 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:06.500 his mantle, rolled it up and struck the water 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:10.899 and it was divided this way and that so that 00:11:10.899 --> 00:11:14.200 divided this way and that. so that the two of 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:17.960 them cross over on the ground, right? Of course, 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:20.059 we've seen this in the case of Moses as well, 00:11:20.139 --> 00:11:24.840 right? Go to verse 12 to 14. So let's start from 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:27.539 12. He said, And Elijah saw it, and he cried 00:11:27.539 --> 00:11:29.620 out, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel 00:11:29.620 --> 00:11:32.720 and its host men. So he saw him no more, and 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.220 he took hold of his own clothes and tore them 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:39.240 into two pieces. Next. And he also took up the 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:42.080 mantle of Elijah. that had fallen from him and 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:44.500 went back and stood by the bank of the same river 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:47.620 of the Jordan, right? So he needed to cross back. 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:49.779 And he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen 00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:52.059 from him and struck the water and said, where 00:11:52.059 --> 00:11:55.259 is the Lord of God of Elijah? And when he also 00:11:55.259 --> 00:12:00.220 had struck the water, you see, when he also had 00:12:00.220 --> 00:12:03.480 struck the water, it was divided this way. And 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:06.549 that's, and Elisha also what? crossed the river 00:12:06.549 --> 00:12:12.029 so we see that this thing becomes so uh it become 00:12:12.029 --> 00:12:14.509 a place where both elijah and elijah walked in 00:12:14.509 --> 00:12:17.809 right the miraculous and this uh power gift right 00:12:17.809 --> 00:12:23.169 reflecting in their lives daily so now there's 00:12:23.169 --> 00:12:25.549 something that is spectacular because the bible 00:12:25.549 --> 00:12:27.889 in the new what we call the new testament referred 00:12:27.889 --> 00:12:32.070 back to at least one of them which is was elijah 00:12:32.070 --> 00:12:35.889 so we can open to james We can open to James. 00:12:35.970 --> 00:12:38.450 I just pointed that out to show us, you know, 00:12:38.450 --> 00:12:41.690 how this is common among the prophets, right? 00:12:41.769 --> 00:12:43.490 So the prophet did it. The next one also went, 00:12:43.590 --> 00:12:46.269 did the same thing. Now I wanted to show us something 00:12:46.269 --> 00:12:48.610 that there were some sons of the prophets in 00:12:48.610 --> 00:12:51.710 that environment, right? Those people were walking 00:12:51.710 --> 00:12:57.090 in level of unbeliefs. Right? They had some unbelief 00:12:57.090 --> 00:12:59.330 in them because it was the unbelief. You can 00:12:59.330 --> 00:13:00.830 go back home to study because I have a lot to 00:13:00.830 --> 00:13:03.029 go. It was the unbelief that was in them that 00:13:03.029 --> 00:13:08.230 was making them tease Elisha. Right? So they 00:13:08.230 --> 00:13:09.929 had some unbelief in them and they were making 00:13:09.929 --> 00:13:12.009 them tease. So, you know, the Lord will take 00:13:12.009 --> 00:13:14.570 your master from you. Right? So they were kind 00:13:14.570 --> 00:13:18.139 of teasing him. But when he came back, and they 00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:20.279 saw the miraculous that took place. What did 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:22.340 they do? They bowed down. They submitted to him. 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:24.460 So they became his own students. They bowed down 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:28.440 as if, you know, we came down to you. So it shows 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:32.460 levels in different, like different people's 00:13:32.460 --> 00:13:34.919 responses, right, to the miraculous. So you can 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:37.759 check that and you will see that that is taken. 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:43.200 Now, James 5 referred to Elijah. James 5 referred 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:48.490 to Elijah in a very... necessary way that we 00:13:48.490 --> 00:13:51.950 examine it. We examine it because it's in relations 00:13:51.950 --> 00:13:54.950 to what we are teaching. James 5 from verse 13. 00:13:56.350 --> 00:13:59.330 He said, Is any among you afflicted? Let him 00:13:59.330 --> 00:14:04.009 pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalm. Is any 00:14:04.009 --> 00:14:06.870 sick among you? Let him call for the elders of 00:14:06.870 --> 00:14:11.409 the church and let them pray over him, anointing 00:14:11.409 --> 00:14:13.909 him with oil in the name of the Lord and the 00:14:13.909 --> 00:14:17.460 prayer of faith. shall save the sick, and the 00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:19.960 Lord shall raise him up. And he that committeth 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:23.740 sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your 00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:26.179 faults to one another and pray one for another, 00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:29.480 that they may be healed, that ye may be healed. 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:32.399 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:36.700 availeth much. Elias, which is Elijah, was a 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:40.500 man subject to like passion as we hear, and he 00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:42.679 prayed earnestly that it should not rain, and 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:54.840 it rained not. On the day, Now, the emphasis 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:59.820 here that we need to see is that from verse 15 00:14:59.820 --> 00:15:03.759 first. The prayer of faith. What does it do? 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:08.799 The prayer of faith does what? Save the sick, 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:12.559 right? The prayer of faith will save the sick. 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:16.899 And we see a practice there. Which is, let them 00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:20.620 pray over him, right? Anointing him and all of 00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:22.879 that. But what we see there that saved the sick 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:27.039 was what? The prayer of faith. The prayer of 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:31.919 faith. Now, verse 16. Let's say the B part. He 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:36.519 said, the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:40.100 man availeth what? Much. Now, let's use ANPC 00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:45.549 that we used to use. Right? It's ANPC. He said, 00:15:45.610 --> 00:15:47.570 the earnest continued prayer of the righteous 00:15:47.570 --> 00:15:53.309 man makes tremendous power available. Now, in 00:15:53.309 --> 00:15:56.250 this context, who can tell me the tremendous 00:15:56.250 --> 00:15:58.169 power that was made available? What was there 00:15:58.169 --> 00:16:03.870 in this context? What is it? Healing, right? 00:16:04.309 --> 00:16:06.610 Healing, right? Healing is it. Are we all together? 00:16:07.049 --> 00:16:10.029 So healing was the power that was made available 00:16:10.029 --> 00:16:13.450 there. Right? So they saw healing physically 00:16:13.450 --> 00:16:16.389 and say, ah, effect your fervent prayer of a 00:16:16.389 --> 00:16:18.570 righteous man. It means that it makes healing 00:16:18.570 --> 00:16:22.129 available in this context. Now look at how they 00:16:22.129 --> 00:16:28.129 explain how power is reflected. They pick a man 00:16:28.129 --> 00:16:32.990 who had walked in such thing and they presented 00:16:32.990 --> 00:16:37.450 him as what? As an example for us that we may 00:16:37.450 --> 00:16:40.389 believe that we can walk in these things. Do 00:16:40.389 --> 00:16:43.809 we see it? So he said, Elijah was a man such 00:16:43.809 --> 00:16:46.789 as like Bashar as us. So they gave him an example 00:16:46.789 --> 00:16:52.909 of when he made something, right? In the physical 00:16:52.909 --> 00:16:57.330 to seize by supernatural power, which is in this 00:16:57.330 --> 00:17:00.750 context, power of prayer. So Elijah made a statement 00:17:00.750 --> 00:17:05.170 and in the physical, the manifestation was seen. 00:17:05.390 --> 00:17:08.890 So it means that whatever we say in prayer, whatever 00:17:08.890 --> 00:17:11.960 we say in faith, we can see the manifestation 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:17.579 in what? In the physical. That is why they brought 00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:19.759 Elijah into that context. That whatever you say 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:22.759 in faith, whatever when you pray, right? He said, 00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:25.220 he said, there's a man like us, right? And he 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:27.339 prayed earnestly that it should not rain, right? 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:29.099 And it seems not to rain. And when he prayed 00:17:29.099 --> 00:17:33.240 again, he shows the intervention of the supernatural 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:38.960 in the natural. And they brought someone. Right? 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:41.619 Who is the prophet of God as us? Let me put it 00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:43.539 that way. Right? Who is the prophet of God as 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:48.519 us? Who believe God's message as us? So therefore, 00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:53.440 whatever it will come, right? As we see, as we 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.940 walk in prayer. So the miraculous can walk through 00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:58.339 us. So again, that power, right? That power that 00:17:58.339 --> 00:18:00.700 is made available is healing here and we see 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:06.920 it take place. So we see that a man that exercised 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:09.660 the power of gifts was used to teach the power 00:18:09.660 --> 00:18:12.920 of prayer. A man that exercised the power of 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:16.880 gifts, he worked in that, right? Was used to 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:20.119 exercise, was used to teach about the power of 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:24.480 prayer. We pray and we manifest the power of 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:28.400 gifts of God, right? That is in us. So just a 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:37.559 quick review. Is it working? Let me save my time. 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:41.099 So just a quick review, right, of what we are 00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:44.099 doing. We said that the word of the Lord is already 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:46.480 in us, right? The word of the Lord is already 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:48.859 in us. Therefore, we can walk in the supernatural. 00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:53.900 1 Corinthians 2, 12, verse 7 to 11. 1 Corinthians 00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:56.420 12, verse 7 to 11. You should write it down. 00:18:57.440 --> 00:19:01.519 1 Corinthians 12, verse 7 to 11. It refers to 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:05.730 every man. It refers to every man can walk in 00:19:05.730 --> 00:19:09.970 the operations of the gift of the Spirit. Every 00:19:09.970 --> 00:19:14.289 man can walk in the operations of the gift of 00:19:14.289 --> 00:19:17.190 the Spirit. Every man, 1 Corinthians. So it refers 00:19:17.190 --> 00:19:19.430 to every man, right? So every one of us. You'll 00:19:19.430 --> 00:19:22.730 see 1 Corinthians 14, which says that when each 00:19:22.730 --> 00:19:25.250 of you come together, you have something to offer. 00:19:25.529 --> 00:19:29.109 1 Corinthians 14. So it means that every one 00:19:29.109 --> 00:19:33.269 of us can walk in this. Also, we said that we 00:19:33.269 --> 00:19:36.589 don't need to do anything special. Like you need 00:19:36.589 --> 00:19:38.690 to go on seven days fasting, six days fasting. 00:19:38.890 --> 00:19:42.029 While those things are beneficial, right? While 00:19:42.029 --> 00:19:44.130 they are beneficial for the believer, right? 00:19:44.150 --> 00:19:45.410 I'm not saying you should go all through the 00:19:45.410 --> 00:19:48.130 year without fasting. That would be wrong, right? 00:19:48.390 --> 00:19:52.509 While they are beneficial for you to put yourself 00:19:52.509 --> 00:19:57.329 on that subjection, right? It is not what is 00:19:57.329 --> 00:20:00.329 cooking the miracle. You know, like some people 00:20:00.329 --> 00:20:02.680 say, it's not what is cooking it. So some people 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:05.319 say, okay, when someone is sick, you have to 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:07.660 go seven days fasting, go and pray first, then 00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:10.240 come back. That is not what we see. In the pattern 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:12.720 of Moses, in the pattern of Elijah, in the pattern 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:17.359 of Jesus, we do not see that. We do not see that. 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:20.779 So let's see. The next thing we need to see, 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:24.759 we also said that divine authority hits the physical 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:27.579 realm evidently in the physical, which is the 00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:33.099 demonstration of power. Now, let's see. Showing 00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:35.559 forth, say something again, that showing forth 00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:37.980 the manifestation of power, right, increases 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:40.640 our faith. Increases our faith. So we're going 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:43.319 to see an example from Matthew 11, verse 1 to 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:47.180 5. Matthew 11, verse 1 to 5. We're going to see 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:50.640 an example there. You would observe that when 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:53.500 Jesus, right, heals people, most of the time, 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:56.400 he tells them, don't reveal, right? Don't go 00:20:56.400 --> 00:21:00.650 tell anyone. But there was a time that Jesus 00:21:00.650 --> 00:21:06.470 said, go and tell him this, right? So the question 00:21:06.470 --> 00:21:09.289 is, is Jesus trying to flaunt to John, right? 00:21:09.349 --> 00:21:11.910 Is he trying to flaunt some things to John? So 00:21:11.910 --> 00:21:14.150 let's see. He said, now it came to pass when 00:21:14.150 --> 00:21:16.049 Jesus finished commanding his 12 disciples that 00:21:16.049 --> 00:21:18.509 he departed from there to teach and to preach 00:21:18.509 --> 00:21:23.549 in their cities. Next please. And when John had 00:21:23.549 --> 00:21:28.019 heard in prison about the works of Christ, he 00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:31.980 sent two of his disciples and he said to him, 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:35.319 are you the coming one or we do need to expect 00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:38.720 another one? And Jesus answered and said to them, 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:41.980 go and tell John the things which you hear and 00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:46.579 see. That means the message, right? And the miraculous 00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:49.619 that you see. So let's see. The blind see, the 00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:51.599 lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:54.640 hear, the dead are raised to death and the dead 00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:57.990 are raised up. And the poor have the gospel preached 00:21:57.990 --> 00:22:01.250 to them. Just stay there. He said, go and tell 00:22:01.250 --> 00:22:05.890 John what you see and hear. And what is it that 00:22:05.890 --> 00:22:10.210 the blind can see? The lame can walk. The lepers 00:22:10.210 --> 00:22:14.390 are cleaned, right? The deaf hear. The dead are 00:22:14.390 --> 00:22:17.230 raised up and the poor have the gospel preached 00:22:17.230 --> 00:22:20.690 to them. So this was what Jesus said, which is 00:22:20.690 --> 00:22:25.390 next. Let's see what is next. Verse six. and 00:22:25.390 --> 00:22:28.490 blessed is he who is not offended because of 00:22:28.490 --> 00:22:32.529 me. So Jesus said, go and tell him, which is 00:22:32.529 --> 00:22:35.329 an unusual pattern, right? So what you would 00:22:35.329 --> 00:22:42.069 observe, also from John chapter 14, is that Jesus 00:22:42.069 --> 00:22:48.049 reveals himself for people who wants to believe, 00:22:48.410 --> 00:22:51.650 who wants to know the truth, who wants to come 00:22:51.650 --> 00:22:54.230 to faith. Jesus reveals himself to them. But 00:22:54.230 --> 00:22:56.309 for people who are stubborn and hard -hearted, 00:22:56.509 --> 00:22:59.569 right? He speaks to them in parables. So you 00:22:59.569 --> 00:23:01.690 will see this pattern in the life of the Pharisees. 00:23:01.710 --> 00:23:03.829 You see this pattern in the life of the Sadducees 00:23:03.829 --> 00:23:07.529 that knowing their pattern of person, right? 00:23:08.690 --> 00:23:12.150 Jesus regularly withdraws himself from them because 00:23:12.150 --> 00:23:18.210 their heart is not to believe, but for unbelief. 00:23:18.309 --> 00:23:21.440 So in cases when Christ reveals... It creates 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:24.200 when Christ reveals himself. Is that what? Faith 00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:27.839 will be what? Released. That faith will be exercised. 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:31.339 Are we together? Yes. That faith will be exercised. 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:36.960 So also, when the supernatural is made manifest, 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:40.079 right, is that people will believe it. Is that 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:43.759 people will make this a point by which they can 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:46.839 stand on and say, Father, I've seen you manifest 00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:52.529 this. Then it is possible. It is possible. So 00:23:52.529 --> 00:23:55.230 you can just write Matthew 12 verse 2, Matthew 00:23:55.230 --> 00:24:01.390 12 verse 2, Matthew 12 verse 2, verse 9 and verse 00:24:01.390 --> 00:24:06.029 14. I think we should go there. Matthew 12 verse 00:24:06.029 --> 00:24:10.009 2. Can you quickly go there? He said, and when 00:24:10.009 --> 00:24:12.349 the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, look, 00:24:12.509 --> 00:24:15.309 your disciples are doing what is not lawful on 00:24:15.309 --> 00:24:22.180 the Sabbath. Verse 9 to 11. Verse 9. Now when 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:24.559 he had departed from there, he went into their 00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:28.380 synagogue. And behold, there was a man who had 00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:30.119 a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:34.720 Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day? So if 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:36.519 you observe their pattern, their pattern is that 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:39.680 they wanted to catch him in a matter. They wanted 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:42.579 to hold him down in a matter. So he doesn't reveal 00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:45.380 himself because he knows that he's not unto faith. 00:24:46.730 --> 00:24:49.069 Now, that they might accuse him. So you can see 00:24:49.069 --> 00:24:53.450 that they might accuse him. Verse 11. And he 00:24:53.450 --> 00:24:56.970 said to them, what is it there among you who 00:24:56.970 --> 00:25:00.509 has one sheep and if it falls into a pit on the 00:25:00.509 --> 00:25:03.329 Sabbath will not lay hold of it and lift it out? 00:25:03.630 --> 00:25:07.390 Next. Of how much more value then is a man than 00:25:07.390 --> 00:25:09.869 a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on 00:25:09.869 --> 00:25:12.789 a Sabbath. Verse 13. And he said to them, stretch 00:25:12.789 --> 00:25:15.779 to the man, stretch out your hand. And it stretched 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:19.619 out and it was restored as whole as the other. 00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:25.160 Glory to God. Then the Pharisees went out and 00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:27.799 plotted against him how they might destroy him. 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:30.579 So you see that when the miraculous is even made 00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:33.220 manifest in their face because of the state of 00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:35.220 their hearts, they couldn't breathe of faith. 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:39.200 Right? So we can see that from verse 15 to 16, 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:41.559 you see Jesus withdrew from them because they 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:45.339 lack faith. Right? We drew for them, you know, 00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:47.759 this thing. So when this thing is expected that 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:50.279 they will come to believe, but they are hard 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:53.480 -hearted. They are hard -hearted. All right. 00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:55.880 So we see this as regular patterns in Jesus. 00:25:55.940 --> 00:26:00.519 So when he teaches and all of that. Now, it therefore 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:02.640 means that showing thoughts, right, the supernatural, 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:05.400 is for faith to be built in the believer. Say, 00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:09.880 I have faith. When I see the supernatural, when 00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:12.769 I see the supernatural, My faith is strengthened. 00:26:13.210 --> 00:26:17.710 I don't disbelieve it and I work in it. Okay, 00:26:17.769 --> 00:26:22.349 good. So let's now start the first gift that 00:26:22.349 --> 00:26:26.869 is in the power gifts. What is the gift of faith? 00:26:28.150 --> 00:26:32.769 What is the gift of faith? What is the gift of 00:26:32.769 --> 00:26:45.289 faith? What is the gift of faith? We've established 00:26:45.289 --> 00:26:49.410 that all believers have this, but we need to 00:26:49.410 --> 00:26:51.509 know what it is so that we can know how to work 00:26:51.509 --> 00:26:53.150 in it. We're going to see about four examples 00:26:53.150 --> 00:26:56.250 on how this thing functions so that you can work 00:26:56.250 --> 00:26:58.789 in it. You know, when you see examples from scriptures, 00:26:59.089 --> 00:27:01.910 it helps you to know circumstances where you 00:27:01.910 --> 00:27:05.410 can work in it, right? No, write down. The gift 00:27:05.410 --> 00:27:12.750 of faith is the ability to receive. Okay, you 00:27:12.750 --> 00:27:15.130 can write it this way. It is the ability resident 00:27:15.130 --> 00:27:17.589 in the believer. Let's put it so we can put it 00:27:17.589 --> 00:27:20.269 in good context. The gift of faith is the ability 00:27:20.269 --> 00:27:27.609 resident in the believer. The gift of faith is 00:27:27.609 --> 00:27:30.730 the ability resident in the believer to receive 00:27:30.730 --> 00:27:36.609 a miracle on behalf. To receive a miracle on 00:27:36.609 --> 00:27:44.240 behalf of another. It is the ability resident 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:47.440 in the believer to receive a miracle on behalf 00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:52.339 of another who may be unable to express faith. 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:59.420 Okay? Who may be unable to express faith to receive 00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:07.619 regarding that issue. Right? Who may be unable 00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:12.029 to express faith on an issue. Right? Express 00:28:12.029 --> 00:28:17.250 faith, right? Regarding that issue. I guess I'm 00:28:17.250 --> 00:28:19.730 able to put that. Faith to receive regarding 00:28:19.730 --> 00:28:25.890 that issue. So it means that there are circumstances 00:28:25.890 --> 00:28:30.589 that you might find yourself, right? And you 00:28:30.589 --> 00:28:33.170 are not exercising faith. A brother can receive 00:28:33.170 --> 00:28:35.910 for you, right? He can stand in faith for you. 00:28:36.230 --> 00:28:39.170 So when we hold each other's hands and we pray, 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:43.700 right, is because I know that you are overwhelmed, 00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:47.440 right? I know that you are overwhelmed and I'm 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:53.559 stepping in so that my faith, right, can help 00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:57.660 you to receive. Now we need to check scenarios 00:28:57.660 --> 00:29:01.640 that we see that will help us. Now, write this 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:07.019 down also. It functions, it functions or it is 00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:12.700 seen in operation. It functions or it is seen 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:18.380 in operation with the gift of healing and the 00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:21.700 workings of miracles. It functions and it is 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:26.200 seen in operation with the gift of healing and 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:31.720 the workings of miracles. So someone can receive 00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:34.539 a miracle for you when you find yourself in circumstances. 00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:37.700 Someone can receive healing for you when you 00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:42.900 find yourself in circumstances. Right? So, does 00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:47.099 this say something to you? That proximity is 00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:51.380 not a problem. You see? When it comes to the 00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:53.579 supernatural, proximity is not what? It's not 00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:57.099 a problem. You can receive for someone far away. 00:29:57.180 --> 00:30:02.079 Now, let's see. Let's check the scriptures. Let's 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:05.000 check the scriptures. Matthew 8, verse 8 to 13. 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:08.599 We're going to check about... about five scriptures 00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:13.380 to establish the patterns that we are seeing 00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:16.339 when someone wants to receive. So it is when 00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:18.640 you want to, you can receive for someone, right? 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.539 When the person is in trouble and all of that. 00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:22.480 So let's see patterns from scriptures and we 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:25.779 can learn. So the centurion answered and said, 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:28.380 Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under 00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:31.819 my foot, but only speak a word and my servant 00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:36.119 will be what? Healed. So the servant of the centurion, 00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:40.640 was not in that proximity. It was far away. Right? 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:43.859 And the centurion said, just speak a word. I'm 00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:46.299 here. So he came to meet Christ that Christ might 00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:54.000 go to heal. Verse 11. Verse 10, sorry. Okay, 00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:56.819 go to verse 9. Sorry, I don't read that. For 00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:58.359 I am a man under authority and having soldiers 00:30:58.359 --> 00:31:01.079 under me and I say to this one, go and he goes 00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:03.799 and to another come and he comes and to my servant, 00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:07.390 do this. So the servant was not there. He came 00:31:07.390 --> 00:31:11.609 to receive from Christ. He came to receive from 00:31:11.609 --> 00:31:14.230 Christ. Now you can write this down. The recipient 00:31:14.230 --> 00:31:17.650 was absent in this context, right? We can write 00:31:17.650 --> 00:31:20.250 that the recipient was absent so you can receive 00:31:20.250 --> 00:31:23.789 for someone. However, it was a relative. It was 00:31:23.789 --> 00:31:26.349 a relative of this centurion. It was absent, 00:31:26.430 --> 00:31:31.410 but it was a relative of this centurion. It was 00:31:31.410 --> 00:31:34.089 absent, but it was a relative of this centurion. 00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:45.940 Okay, so we see that he was absent, but the centurion 00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:48.160 exercised faith and they received. And Jesus 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:50.460 ministered, right? So Jesus was the minister. 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:53.000 So you can be in a meeting, you can be in a believer's 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:55.339 meeting, you can be in a prayer meeting. And 00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:58.740 when they say, right, people should come to be 00:31:58.740 --> 00:32:00.900 prayed for, you don't have to think about yourself 00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:04.059 alone, right? You don't have to think about yourself 00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:06.099 alone, right? You have to know people that you 00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:08.880 have been trusting God for. Then through your 00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:11.579 faith, wherever they find themselves, they can 00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:14.079 receive. Right? Whenever they find themselves, 00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:17.599 they can receive. So the recipient was absent, 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:20.900 but there was someone standing in to receive 00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:23.099 for this person. And Jesus means that. Jesus 00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:24.799 was wowed. He said, I've never seen this kind 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:28.619 of faith in Israel. Right? I've never seen this 00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:31.000 kind of faith in Israel. So you can receive. 00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:32.940 Can you receive for your parents when we pray 00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:36.039 here? Can you receive for your siblings? Can 00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:38.299 you receive for your brothers? Can you receive 00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:43.579 for your classmates? Yes, you can. You can. When 00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:45.579 you bring their circumstance here and we pray 00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:47.759 about it, you can, for them, you can exercise 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:53.680 faith and they can receive. Matthew 17, verse 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:59.400 14 through 20. And when they had come to the 00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:02.039 multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to 00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:06.670 him and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son. for 00:33:06.670 --> 00:33:09.210 he is epileptic and suffers severely, for he 00:33:09.210 --> 00:33:11.829 often falls into fire and often into the water. 00:33:12.710 --> 00:33:16.369 Next. So I brought him to your disciples, but 00:33:16.369 --> 00:33:20.750 they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered 00:33:20.750 --> 00:33:22.809 and said, O faithless and perverse generation, 00:33:23.109 --> 00:33:26.049 how long shall I be with you? How long shall 00:33:26.049 --> 00:33:29.519 I bear with you? Bring him here to what? To me. 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:32.440 So in these circumstances, in any believers, 00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:34.799 when you see church meetings, you would find 00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:37.440 people being brought forward. So the person might 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:40.140 be present, but does not have capacity to receive. 00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:43.779 Okay? So what we see here is that the recipient 00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:48.119 could not receive because of the state of mind, 00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:52.299 because of the ailment itself. So it's not wrong 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:54.740 for them to bring people to sing, but wants them 00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:57.609 to be prayed for. Right? Because they don't have 00:33:57.609 --> 00:33:59.390 capacity to receive. It could be, how do you, 00:33:59.430 --> 00:34:02.190 for example, the deaf and the dumb, how do you 00:34:02.190 --> 00:34:05.549 expect them to exercise faith? Right? So people, 00:34:05.569 --> 00:34:07.069 how do you accept them to even know what is going 00:34:07.069 --> 00:34:08.510 on in the environment? Whether there's a healer 00:34:08.510 --> 00:34:11.329 somewhere. Right? Whether there's a believer 00:34:11.329 --> 00:34:13.429 smitten somewhere. So people bring them in. This 00:34:13.429 --> 00:34:15.250 is the pattern of the Old Testament. Sorry, the 00:34:15.250 --> 00:34:17.389 New Testament church. We see it regularly. They 00:34:17.389 --> 00:34:21.369 bring them to receive healing. So we see that 00:34:21.369 --> 00:34:25.500 this person brought a son. to receive healing. 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:29.059 And the son was not able to receive, was unable 00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:31.940 to exercise the faith, but the parent exercised 00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:34.920 the faith. So you can exercise the faith by bringing 00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:38.019 someone as well. Do we get it? So you can bring 00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:40.440 someone to church and the person can be prayed 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:44.719 for and the person will receive healing. Right? 00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:47.059 The person will do what? Will receive healing. 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:49.739 Even if the person said, well, this, that, bring 00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:52.940 the person. Right? You can exercise faith and 00:34:53.260 --> 00:35:04.139 the person can receive healing. So, the one believing 00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:06.400 the healing was present, right? The parent exercising 00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:08.780 faith was present. So, we see that. The parent 00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:10.679 exercising faith was present. So, don't be in 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:13.000 your house and say, Pastor, I sent somebody to 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:17.000 church to come and receive. Where are you? Right? 00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:19.440 You that you're exercising the faith. Don't just 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:21.739 tell people who come to church. No, you bring 00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:24.159 them. You bring them. You sit beside them. You 00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:26.380 encourage them in faith. You tell them you'll 00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:28.340 be healed. You tell them the problems will be 00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:30.639 solved. As pastor is preaching, just keep believing. 00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:33.019 Right? You believe for the person. When they 00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:34.940 cause such kind of issues, you come out on behalf 00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:37.000 of the person. The person is not believing and 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:41.460 they can't receive. So your presence, your presence, 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:45.530 right? Your presence with the person. Also, we 00:35:45.530 --> 00:35:47.889 said the disciples could not cast that out, right? 00:35:47.949 --> 00:35:50.010 They could not cast that out. And we can teach 00:35:50.010 --> 00:35:52.829 that subsequently, right? We can teach that subsequently. 00:35:52.949 --> 00:35:54.730 It's a matter of faith. It's a matter of faith. 00:35:54.750 --> 00:35:57.210 It means they couldn't exercise faith for that 00:35:57.210 --> 00:35:59.309 to take place, right? They couldn't exercise 00:35:59.309 --> 00:36:01.869 faith for that to take place. So the minister 00:36:01.869 --> 00:36:04.710 also must what? Must have the faith, right? The 00:36:04.710 --> 00:36:07.030 minister, if you're ministering this thing, let's 00:36:07.030 --> 00:36:08.989 say you're ministering this to someone, you must 00:36:08.989 --> 00:36:11.289 also have the faith. Someone cannot have faith. 00:36:11.610 --> 00:36:13.789 He's bringing someone to you. And you're a minister, 00:36:13.949 --> 00:36:18.530 you're not doubting it. You will not be able 00:36:18.530 --> 00:36:21.429 to help just like the disciples were. So every 00:36:21.429 --> 00:36:27.869 minister must believe it. Right? Don't put yourself 00:36:27.869 --> 00:36:30.170 on receiving end alone. I only receive miracles. 00:36:30.510 --> 00:36:33.050 My own is to receive. Your hands are always open 00:36:33.050 --> 00:36:34.610 when you're coming to church. Your hands are 00:36:34.610 --> 00:36:37.409 never stretched. You know? Meanwhile, they've 00:36:37.409 --> 00:36:42.179 thought of laying of hands. Please. You are a 00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:44.400 minister, right? Everybody in this church is 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:47.719 a minister, right? Yes, we are ministers. So 00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:49.699 where you want to minister is you must believe 00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:53.460 it. You must believe it. Acts chapter 3, verse 00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:59.460 1 to 11. Acts chapter 3, verse 1 to 11. People 00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:02.300 who could not receive it, sorry, people who could 00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:05.599 not exercise faith received because someone stood 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:09.849 in God for them. He said, And Peter went up to 00:37:09.849 --> 00:37:12.150 the temple at the hour of prayer, the night hour. 00:37:13.250 --> 00:37:16.869 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb 00:37:16.869 --> 00:37:19.010 was carried home delay -delay at the gate of 00:37:19.010 --> 00:37:20.690 the temple, which is called beautiful, to ask 00:37:20.690 --> 00:37:24.849 alms from all those who enter the temple. Who, 00:37:24.949 --> 00:37:27.050 seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, 00:37:27.110 --> 00:37:31.230 asked for alms. And fixing his eyes on him, with 00:37:31.230 --> 00:37:35.610 John, Peter said, Look at us. So he gave them 00:37:35.610 --> 00:37:37.230 his attention, expecting to receive something 00:37:37.230 --> 00:37:40.480 from them. Then Peter said, Siva or God, I do 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:45.119 not have, but what I do have, I give you. In 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:48.199 the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up 00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:51.639 and walk. Right? Rise up and walk. Now, we see 00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:53.539 someone who can actually receive here, but what 00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:56.340 he's planning to receive is something else. Right? 00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:59.260 He wasn't planning to receive healing. His circumstances 00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:01.960 were so terrible that he had limited what he 00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:06.409 could receive. So just harms. He limited what 00:38:06.409 --> 00:38:09.289 he could receive to just hands. But Peter and 00:38:09.289 --> 00:38:13.409 John, knowing that they can intervene, what did 00:38:13.409 --> 00:38:17.329 they do? They ministered healing. They ministered 00:38:17.329 --> 00:38:20.769 healing to this man. So they were the ones who 00:38:20.769 --> 00:38:22.329 actually exercised faith. The minister himself 00:38:22.329 --> 00:38:24.909 exercised faith for this man to receive. Because 00:38:24.909 --> 00:38:26.469 this man does not even know the power of God. 00:38:26.530 --> 00:38:27.889 He does not even understand the power of God. 00:38:27.969 --> 00:38:30.369 So there are people around you that don't understand 00:38:30.369 --> 00:38:33.929 the power of God. There are people around you 00:38:33.929 --> 00:38:37.329 that don't understand the power of God. But you 00:38:37.329 --> 00:38:40.809 can, because you have understood, receive for 00:38:40.809 --> 00:38:44.170 them. Right? There are people around you that 00:38:44.170 --> 00:38:45.670 don't understand the power of God. There are 00:38:45.670 --> 00:38:47.409 people around you that don't even know what is 00:38:47.409 --> 00:38:49.909 miraculous. There are even believers that will 00:38:49.909 --> 00:38:53.650 say they don't believe it. They can fall into 00:38:53.650 --> 00:38:57.590 this category. But you, knowing the power of 00:38:57.590 --> 00:39:00.940 God, you can what? You can receive for them and 00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:04.340 tell them you are healed. They will receive it 00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:08.639 and go. They can call it anything. The providence 00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:10.679 of God, the will of God and all of that. But 00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:13.019 the truth is about the matter is you have ministered 00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:15.760 healing through you that has been made manifest. 00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:18.920 Hallelujah. So the minister can stand in faith 00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:22.239 and help people to receive. That is why we call 00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:24.320 you here regularly. Come out if you have the 00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:27.090 circumstances. Let's pray for you. Right? The 00:39:27.090 --> 00:39:28.829 word of prophecy comes to you and it tells you 00:39:28.829 --> 00:39:31.050 your circumstances. You are expected to come 00:39:31.050 --> 00:39:33.829 out in faith. You see, coming out is an exercise 00:39:33.829 --> 00:39:36.809 of faith. You know, some people say, I don't 00:39:36.809 --> 00:39:38.469 want to come out. People will know myself. There's 00:39:38.469 --> 00:39:42.190 nothing like that. Coming out where you are called 00:39:42.190 --> 00:39:44.929 is an exercise of faith. So you come out and 00:39:44.929 --> 00:39:50.570 you are prayed for. Mark 2, verse 3 to 4. Mark 00:39:50.570 --> 00:39:54.070 2, verse 3 to 4. Luke 5, verse 17 to 39. Same 00:39:54.070 --> 00:39:59.269 situation. Mark 2 verse 3 to 4. Luke 5 verse 00:39:59.269 --> 00:40:04.150 17 to 39. Same situation. You can add verse 20 00:40:04.150 --> 00:40:09.429 to it just for context. Then they came to him 00:40:09.429 --> 00:40:12.349 bringing a paralytic who was carried by four 00:40:12.349 --> 00:40:18.230 men. Then behold, men brought on a... Sorry. 00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:22.380 And when they could not come near him, yes, good, 00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:24.780 because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof 00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:28.260 where he was. So when they had broken through, 00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:31.840 they let down the bed on which the paralytic 00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:34.579 was lying. This is, you know, you should have 00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:36.099 good friends. You should have good people around 00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:41.400 you, right? People who have faith. His cacos, 00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:43.739 they brought him from where? From the ceiling 00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:47.099 to enter. So who exercised faith in this context? 00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:52.659 Okay. Get you a set of friends. You know, if 00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:55.639 you have one, maybe that one will be, they will 00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:57.500 not be able to carry you alone to the roof. Others 00:40:57.500 --> 00:41:00.260 might be doubting. Get you a set of friends that 00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:03.980 walk in faith. Set of friends that can see circumstances 00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:06.420 in your life and will not join, will not do pity. 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:10.940 They will not do, they will not do, that they 00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:13.880 will be walking in faith to see how God will 00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:16.260 bring forth the miraculous in your life. Hallelujah. 00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:19.340 So a group of people, friends, exercised faith 00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:24.079 and they brought him down, right? And what did 00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:27.940 Jesus see? Let's see. And Jesus saw what? Their 00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:30.820 faith. These folks that were putting someone 00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:34.920 from the road, Jesus saw their faith and he said 00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:38.059 to the paralytic, son, your sins are forgiven, 00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:44.960 right? He healed the paralytic. So despite restrictions, 00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:48.500 right? Despite restrictions, they kept exercising 00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:50.000 faith. So they brought him. They couldn't pass 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:52.579 through the door. They went. So despite every 00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:55.659 obstacle, what did they continue to do? Faith. 00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:58.019 They keep believing. They keep finding a way 00:41:58.019 --> 00:42:02.559 to get to Christ, to receive this. So they kept 00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:04.659 on finding a way until they saw the minister 00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:08.360 and they were ministered to. They were ministered 00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:12.960 to. So what we see here is that have friends 00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:15.780 who walk in faith. Not friends that you will 00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:17.900 tell about your circumstances that will begin 00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:21.420 to, you know, pity you and look towards you and 00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:24.820 say, you know, there's nothing we can do. And 00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:26.820 they would rather even bring down your faith 00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:30.960 the more. You know, it's so sad. So find good 00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:33.579 friends that receive good word, that grow in 00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:36.179 the word, and they can help you in circumstance. 00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:38.380 Your greatest help in circumstance is faith. 00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:41.820 The moment you drop out of faith in a circumstance, 00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:47.860 it's difficult to resolve it. Luke chapter 8, 00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:55.960 verse 40. Luke chapter 8, verse 40, 49 to 52. 00:42:55.960 --> 00:43:00.780 We see Jairus, right? Inviting Jesus into his 00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:03.099 house to receive healing. Let's see what happens. 00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:08.409 So it was when Jesus returned. The multitude 00:43:08.409 --> 00:43:10.869 welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. 00:43:11.289 --> 00:43:14.909 And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and 00:43:14.909 --> 00:43:17.409 he was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell 00:43:17.409 --> 00:43:21.210 down at Jesus' feet and begged him to come into 00:43:21.210 --> 00:43:25.469 his house. For he had an only daughter about 00:43:25.469 --> 00:43:29.409 twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as 00:43:29.409 --> 00:43:35.219 he went, the multitude thronged him. Leave the 00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:36.699 case of the woman of history of blood. Go to 00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:41.159 verse 49. Go to verse 49. While he was still 00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:43.420 speaking, someone came from the ruler of the 00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:46.039 synagogue's house saying to him, your daughter 00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:49.420 is dead. Do not trouble the teacher. You know, 00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:51.000 you don't want people like this around you. Your 00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:53.039 daughter is dead. Do not trouble the teacher. 00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:55.860 The teacher did not say he's troubled. The minister 00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:57.719 did not complain that he's troubled. He just 00:43:57.719 --> 00:44:00.239 finished one and he's moving it to the next one. 00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:03.579 But when Jesus heard it, He answered him saying, 00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:07.940 do not be afraid. Only what believe and she would 00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:10.659 be what? She'll be made well. She'll be made 00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:12.900 well. Next. He came into the house and he permitted 00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:15.980 no one to go except Peter, James and John. And 00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:17.820 the father and the mother of the girl stopped 00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:21.579 there. Why? Because they were already mocking 00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:26.019 the miraculous. They say, oh, she's dead. That 00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:28.559 will be crying. Right? They were already gathered 00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:31.019 crying there and say, ah, the daughter is dead. 00:44:31.260 --> 00:44:33.619 Why is the teacher going in? They were already 00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:38.559 mocking. But the teacher, but those who have 00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:41.079 faith, they went in with him. Jesus said, Peter, 00:44:41.219 --> 00:44:44.460 James, John, you guys are, you know how this 00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:46.420 works. You know this is the power of God coming. 00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:48.960 And the father and the mother of what? Of the 00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:53.739 girl. Get you a company that does what? That 00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:55.699 works in faith. Get you a company, get yourself 00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:58.519 a company that works in what? in faith, that 00:44:58.519 --> 00:45:01.440 exercise the gift of faith, that exercise the 00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:06.119 gift of it to receive for you. Not people that 00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:09.940 would be in pity party. Can we stand up and pray? 00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:14.219 I just want us to pray right now. Can we stand 00:45:14.219 --> 00:45:19.460 up and pray? You know, you will pray for yourself 00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:23.500 that I walk in the gift of faith towards people 00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:27.099 around me. towards every circumstance surrounding 00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:30.340 me. You have to pray that you walk in it. You 00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:33.940 are not someone who will be pitying people. You 00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:36.480 are not someone who will be showing impossibility 00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:40.139 in your statements. You are someone who will 00:45:40.139 --> 00:45:42.539 walk. Can we stand up? Can we stand up? We need 00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:45.000 to walk in this. In the few minutes that we have, 00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:48.420 I want you to pray. You know, so that you won't 00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:50.000 be among those that will say, oh, go out because 00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:53.739 you are not exercising faith. You won't be people 00:45:53.739 --> 00:45:55.539 that people will stop coming to because they 00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:57.340 know that when they come to you, they cannot 00:45:57.340 --> 00:46:00.880 receive faith. You have to be someone who walks 00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:04.920 in faith. Who walks in faith towards others around 00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:07.940 you. Who can receive towards others around you. 00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:12.760 Can we begin to pray in the Holy Ghost? We appreciate 00:46:12.760 --> 00:46:15.500 you being here today. We hope you carry this 00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:18.559 word with you throughout your week. Don't forget 00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:20.599 to check the show notes for additional insights. 00:46:21.369 --> 00:46:23.969 stay connected with us through our website or 00:46:23.969 --> 00:46:27.369 follow us on social media. If you are encouraged, 00:46:27.610 --> 00:46:29.809 share this message with someone you care about. 00:46:30.510 --> 00:46:32.650 Until next time, stay blessed.