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right in. You must have faith that as I pray,
I'm not praying for the answers to come, but
I'm praying so that the answers can be seen in
the natural. Hallelujah. Because all of God's
promises for the believer are yea and what? And
amen. They have been fulfilled. They have been
settled. Hallelujah. So what we do in the place
of prayer is that that which we know has been
fulfilled in Christ, we make it visible in the
natural. Praise God. You see, when you have knowledge,
as you take the place of prayer, you are praying,
you are praying, you don't quit. Because you
know that that which has been made available,
you need it or you need to insist that you will
see it where? In the natural. Sir, when I pray,
I feel weak. When I pray, I feel tired. No, no,
no, no, no, no, no. Don't pray by your feeling.
Pray by God's word. Hallelujah. Don't pray by
your feeling. Don't pray by your body. Pray by
what? By God's word. Why? Because we are making
tremendous power what? Available. So there is
something we want to see. And we know that via
prayers these things will be. Hallelujah. Praise
God. Hallelujah. First Corinthians, Acts chapter
1, verse 14. He said, these all continue with
one accord in prayer and what? Supplication with
the women and Mary, the mother of Jesus. And
with what? With his brethren. Acts chapter 2.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
they were all with, verse 1, with one accord
in one place. They were what? They were praying.
Amen. Making tremendous power available. And
then the Holy Ghost was released. Amen. Then
Acts chapter 3. Acts chapter 3. You can see verse
1. Now Peter and John went up together into the
temple at the hour of what? At the hour of prayer.
Acts chapter 4. Acts chapter 4. Verse 24 or 23.
And being let go, they went to their own company
and reported all that the chief priests and elders
had done. What? Said unto them, what is the next
verse? And when they had that, they did what?
They raised their voice saying what? To God with
one accord in prayers. They didn't go out to
protest. They didn't go out to complain. They
didn't mount roadblocks. They did what? They
raised their voice with what? Loud voice in the
place of prayer. So whatever the believer wants
to see to change, he changes it in the place
of what? In the place of prayer. 29. And now,
Lord, behold their threatening, the content of
their prayer, and grant unto thy servants that
with all boldness they may speak thy word by
stretching forth thy hand and to heal, and that
signs and wonders may be done by the name of
thy word. Holy child, the content of their prayers
was not anything to resist them. The content
of their prayers was the will of God. The same
thing that they were facing persecution on is
the same thing they were praying for. We want
to do it more. So the believer ought not to be
praying anything that the will of God. Hallelujah.
Now, Acts chapter 6. Acts chapter 6. Verse 4.
But we will give ourselves what? Continually
and what? To the ministry of what? Of the word.
Verse 8. Verse 7. And the word of God did what?
Increase and the number of disciples did what?
Multiply. Hallelujah. Because they gave themselves
to the ministry of what? Of prayers. Praise God.
Hallelujah. And we will keep reading. We will
keep reading all through. You will see in Acts
chapter 12. You will see in verse 7. Acts chapter
12 verse 7. Or verse 5. Sorry. Peter therefore
was kept in the prison but complained and murmuring
was made without ceasing by the church. What
was made? Constant prayer was made without ceasing
of the church unto God. For who? For Him. And
we saw or we see subsequent verses and what?
An angel's minister. They were praying in the
house and tremendous power is made available
and something is happening in the prison. Hallelujah.
Acts chapter 13 is the product of prayer. They
fasted. They ministered to God. Verse 2. As they
ministered to the Lord and fasted, The Holy Ghost
did what? Saved. So in prayer, we are receiving
instructions. Hallelujah. In prayer, we make
power available. We receive instructions. We
receive direction. We receive Jesus in the place
of prayer. He asks that the Lord be able to what?
Strengthen him. The scripture says, and angels
minister unto him. Hallelujah. Mark chapter 11.
Can we open to Mark chapter 11? So please, when
we say pray, Let there be faith and see. When
we say pray, with the eyes of faith, see what
must change. And as you're praying, don't pray
as though the thing you're... No, no, no, no,
no, no. See it is already done. Hallelujah. See
it is already what? It's already done. The need
is done. I was talking with somebody here in
this church, no name withhold, you know. And
I told the brother, I said, in all the plans
that you're planning, pray more about it. Don't
just plan just like that. Amen. Take time. And
what? Soak the thing in prayer. Pray, pray, pray.
Pray more about a matter than you plan about
it. You hear what I said? Pray more about a what?
A matter than you what? Than you plan for it.
This is the position of the believer. Hallelujah.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So, we're
going to make tremendous power available in a
short time again. Amen? There is no gift of prayer.
In all the places we are reading in 1 Corinthians
12, there is no place called what? Gift of prayer.
Mark 11 verse 22. And Jesus answering said unto
them, Have faith in who? In God. For verily I
say unto you, that whosoever shall say to this,
what? Be thou removed and be thou cast into what?
And shall not what? That in his heart, but shall
do what? Shall believe that those things which
he what? Said shall do what? Shall come to pass,
he shall have whatsoever he what? He said, therefore
I say unto you, N .E .C .F., whatsoever things
ever he desire, when you pray, believe that you
have what? Receive them and it's what? And it's
yours. Hallelujah. There's a version that says,
and it's yours. Faith in the place of prayer.
But you see, 22 says, have faith in who? So the
source of our faith is God. We could read lots
of scriptures. Make power available. Don't lock
up yourself inside the bathroom and be crying.
Don't lock up yourself inside your room and be
playing songs and cry and cry. Go out and take
cold water and come back. You can shed tears,
oh. You can cry, oh. But ensure you do what?
Pray. Take advantage of prayers. Conrad says
something. He said, through prayers, whatever
that we want to see, we what? We make it visible.
Praise God. Say this evening. Say this evening.
Raise your hand and say this evening. This evening,
I give myself to the things of the Spirit. I'm
going to pray and I'll receive direction. I'll
receive instructions and my life will never remain
the same. Hallelujah. Before we start, let me
say this lastly. Please ensure that every time
you take prayers, be fervent about it. Amen.
Let your mind be there. Let your attention be
there. Let everything about you be there. Don't
pray mindlessly. Amen. Hallelujah. Put, you see,
in Acts that we read in Acts chapter 12, put
the thing before you. Amen? This is Pastor Victor
now. I say, Pastor Victor, I want to pray for
you. Will I be praying for the door? How will
I do? I put Pastor Victor in my mind. Lord, increase,
increase. Work of ministry, flourish, flourish
in the life of Pastor Victor. Let there be sighs
and wonders much more, much more. You see, as
my eyes are closed. But Pastor Victor is before
me in my heart. As I pray more, it's his picture
that I see. As I pray more, it's his picture
that I see. As I pray, it's... I begin to see
with the eyes of faith, signs, wonders, miracles
are being written through his hands. I begin
to stand more in the place of prayer. I see Jesus.
Taking him from one crusade to another, I see
blind eyes open, dead are raised, deaf ears are
hearing, lame are walking, all via what? Prayers.
I put him before me. So the next time you are
praying about anything, put the thing away. Before
you see, if you can put it before you, all your
energies will be directed at it. Hallelujah.
Praise God. Hallelujah. Are we ready for the
word? Let's sit. Let's sit. Let's quickly run
this. Glory to God. Glory to God. Hallelujah.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So be consistent. Set
up a time of prayers. Amen. Set up a time of
what? Please, I beg you, any CF, one of the mark
that shows that you're learning and you're following
the trainings and then the teachings that are
happening to you. Set up a time of what? Of prayer
to do what? To pray. Philippians chapter 6. Is
it chapter 4 now? Verse 6. He say, do not be
anxious for what? For nothing. Hallelujah. But
by prayer and what? And supplication. Praise
God. Hallelujah. Prayer and supplication. 1 Thessalonians
chapter 5 where we always read. Say rejoice always.
Pray without ceasing. Luke chapter 18 verse 1.
Men ought to always. Pray and not what? And not
faint. Hallelujah. We can go on and on and on,
scriptures upon scriptures about what? About
prayers. Praise God. Hallelujah. Amen. Yes, so
let's quickly continue from where we stopped.
Glory to God. Glory to God. Thank you, Holy Spirit.
So, gift of prophecy. Gift of prophecy, amen?
So we stopped at prophetio, which means it implies
to speak forth by what? By the Spirit, to speak
forth by inspiration from the Spirit, amen? And
we say it is usually at the spur of what? of
the moment hallelujah it's not something that
you have planned you know like the way other
people will do in africa they arrange a prophecy
session you know know the name check the facebook
trail your tracks and then know a lot of things
about you and then when you apply suddenly say
do i know you have we met before do i know you
i see as i'm here the angel is taking me to atakaka
street i see a black gate i see number 15 you
know and then you see the guy that is arranged
the thing with you go And then somebody with
mic, somebody say, prophesy, major, major, forensic
prophecy, Papa. No. With the Holy Ghost, it's
at the what? Spore of the moment. At the moment
now. Hallelujah. Say, I receive prophecy at the
spore of the moment. Praise God. Can you turn
to your right and left and say, I'm going to
receive a prophetic word for you now. Yes. Hallelujah.
Some people did not just believe what they just
said. Even after all the things we say, I receive
a prophetic word for you now. And by the end
of the service, you will know that truly I have
the gift of prophecy. Hallelujah. Yes. And we're
going to do it. Amen. So, we read Joel chapter
2 verse 28. We said, and it shall come to pass
afterward that what? I will pour out of my spirit
upon all flesh. Joel chapter 2 verse 28. However,
we read Acts chapter 2, right? If you check your
notes, Acts chapter 2. But this is that which
was spoken by what? By prophet Joel 17. And it
shall come to pass in the what? Last day said
what? Said God. Acts chapter 2 verse 16. Upon
all flesh and your sons and daughters shall do
what? And we said that prophecy, definition of
prophecy is what? The Greek word for prophecy.
From the root word, good. So, we said that now,
what Peter was saying is that there is a man
named Prophet Joel. Amen? And Prophet Joel spoke
from God. You know, we said in the definition
that he's speaking by inspiration from a source,
right? But for the believer from the Holy Ghost,
amen? So Peter knew or Peter knows who prophet
Joel is. However, he has not met him in the flesh
or in the natural, right? But he has read through
the scriptures, amen? And he could be able to
say this event that is happening is a fulfillment
of what prophet Joel had prophesied. But at this
time, Peter will say prophet Joel and God said
it through who? through prophet joel but now
when we read prophet joel let's go to joel 228
we won't see as it were that god was speaking
say prophet joel this is my word you know but
it was looking as though that day if you met
prophet joel you will just meet him and he will
be saying you know and in the last days right
i will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh you
know and it will look come on what is he saying
amen hallelujah so now let's go to joel chapter
2 verse 28 Joel 2 .28 And it shall come to pass
afterwards that what? Let's read it everybody.
And it shall come to pass what? That I will You
know if you are there to look as though Joel
is saying out of him. He is the one that will
pour it right? But we see Peter now is saying
that God was the one doing what? Speaking. So
where was prophet Joel speaking from? From who?
From inspiration from who? inspiration of God,
right? Praise God. And he says that what? Upon
our flesh, your sons and daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams, your young men
shall do what? Shall see visions. And we see
Peter now, will say in Acts chapter 2 now, after
many years, right? That these things you see
happening, right? Prophet Joel spoke about it.
And God was the one that spoke about such an
event that will happen. However, Right? When
we are going to deal with the prophetic, we're
going to come to this scripture. Because you
will understand that this same scripture was
also fulfilled that time. Praise God. Hallelujah.
That this scripture was what? Was fulfilled upon
the children of Israelites as of that time too.
So, when we say the prophecy or prophetic word,
we are not saying that the prophets spoke something,
right? And then God was waiting for ages, ages,
ages, ages, ages, oh. Wait, when will this one
happen? No, no, no, no, no. You see, even when
they were speaking about the scriptures about
Christ, you see, we're going to read it now.
Let's read so that you'll see what I'm saying.
So we establish, right, that prophecy, prophetia,
prophetio, to prophesy, right? In the Hebrew
word, prophecy is naba, N -A -B -A. Write it,
naba. The same explanation, to speak by inspiration.
or to speak forth to another. Naba, N -A -B -A.
N -A -B -A. Naba means to speak by inspiration
or to speak forth to another. To speak by inspiration
or to speak forth to what? To another. So when
you go in the Hebrew language, you're going to
see, probably you check some of your concordance,
you're going to see, That word prophesy is almost
about 114 to 115 times depending on the version
that you're using. So it was used for the prophets
of God. Hallelujah. 85 % of those 114 to 115
times was used for what? For the prophets of
God. Let me put it this way. The servants of
God. I have a reason why I'm saying the servants
of God. Amen. Because I want to connect it to
something. So then we just have few, about 10
% of it for non -prophets of God. So Luke 24,
25 now, so that you see what I'm saying now in
context. Luke 24, everybody let's go there. Luke
24, verse 25. That the prophets have what? Have
spoken. Amen. 26 now. Ought not Christ to have
what? Suffered these things and to do what? And
to enter into his what? Into his glory. Amen.
27. And beginning at prophet Moses and all the
prophets, he expounded unto them in how many
scriptures? All the scriptures, the things concerning
who? concerning himself. Hallelujah. So we see
that the focus of the prophets, amen, they prophesied
the things concerning who? Concerning Christ.
Hallelujah. They didn't prophesy. So God or Jesus
will come to go back to all their prophecies
and then be able to teach the disciples or the
apostles as it were, right? And then be able
to bring to their understanding all the things
that the prophets have spoken concerning who?
Concerning himself. Concerning the redemptive
walk. However, They were not speaking at that
time as though they were unsure about what will
happen. Praise God. Even though they were speaking
and Jesus didn't happen in their time. Amen.
But they know or they knew that this thing truly
is what? It has already been concluded. So how
do we know? When we now read Hebrews chapter
11. We are not going to read but write it down.
Hebrews chapter 11 and then the first few verses
of chapter 12. We will now be able to see that
these men were not only speaking under the inspiration
of God, but they were also speaking and also
looking forward to it happening in their time.
Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Are we all
here? So the prophets were prophesying concerning
God's promise of commitment. God's promise of
what? Commitments regarding what he is fulfilling
or what he will do in Christ. So they were not
just prophesying anyhow. No, those 85 % that
we say the prophets or the servants of God were
prophesying about God's commitments. Hallelujah.
What he has already fulfilled and what he is
already doing in who? In Christ Jesus. Amen.
Please stay with me as we are moving. Romans
chapter 1 verse 11 now. So the prophets were
speaking concerning who? Concerning who? Concerning
Christ. Amen. Romans chapter 1 verse 1. Let's
quickly do a fast word study about the prophets
now speaking. Romans chapter 1 verse 1. Paul,
a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
separated unto the gospel of God, which he had
promised what? A fourth time by his prophets
in the holy scriptures. Concerning who? What
has he promised? Concerning his son, Jesus Christ,
who? Our Lord, which was made the seed, made
of the seed of David, according to the flesh,
and declared to be the son of God with what?
Power, according to the spirit of holiness, by
the resurrection of what? From the dead. Hallelujah.
So what were they prophesying? They were prophesying
things concerning Jesus Christ. They were prophesying
things that Jesus will be made the seed of David
according to what? According to the flesh. Amen.
They were prophesying and then declaring that
Jesus is the son of God with what? With power.
They were prophesying, right? Regarding the resurrection
of Jesus from where? From the dead. Praise God.
Hallelujah. You know, if you were in their time,
you would say, are you sure this thing will happen?
Praise God. I just said something now to someone
now. In the little time that we have, when you
receive a word of prophecy, right? Whether it's
an instruction, whether it's a direction, whether
it's a comfort, don't be, your first response
should not be a doubt. You hear what I said?
Your first response should not be a what? Your
first response is that receive it first by faith.
Hallelujah. One, receive it by thanksgiving.
I'm just saying another thing now. Add it to
my notes now. That when you receive a prophetic
word, your first response should not be a doubt.
Your first response should be what? You receive
it with faith and then you receive it with thanksgiving.
You see, these things I just said now already
cancel the effect of familiarity. Do you know
a wife can prophesy to her husband and if the
husband is not actually taught and trained, he
will say, ah, ah. Sweetness, you have started.
You have come again. You, you know, you know
that how things have been. Now you are already
saying all these, your big, big things. You see?
The big, big things will happen. And we pray,
not me, oh. Not this sweetness, oh. Another sweetness
somewhere. Amen? Because me, I'm part of the
big, big things that will happen. Hallelujah.
And that already happening. Amen? Praise God.
Yes. So your first response should not be a what?
You say, oh, Prince, are you sure? This thing
you are saying. You know, some people, they even
go to the extent, they say, I think somebody
gossiped my story to this person. That's why
he's saying this thing. You know, there is no
how you will know this thing. And then immediately
your mind starts doing one plus, one plus, two
plus, three plus. They say, ah, he's close to
Pastor Victor. Ah. Pastor Victor told him about
me. You see this church? That's why I don't like
this church. Somebody's story cannot be private.
Good news. With the Holy Ghost, there's nothing
about you that is private. Hallelujah. Once you
need a help and direction, and God will be glorified
in your life, He will respond to your needs.
Hallelujah. Praise God. Hallelujah. Amen. So
the prophets prophesied concerning Christ, right?
Romans 16, 25. Romans 16, verse 25. Now to him
that is of power to establish you according to
my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ,
according to the revelation of the mystery, which
was kept secret since the world, what? Began.
26. But now is no more secret. Hallelujah. But
now is no more what? Secret. Why? Because it's
made what? Manifest. And by the scriptures of
the prophets, according to the commandment of
the everlasting God, made known to how many nations?
To all nations for the obedience of what? Of
faith. So the revealing of Jesus prophesied by
the prophets is not for one man, it's for how
many nations? For all nations. No wonder in Matthew
28, Mark chapter 16, he will still tell them,
go ye into how many nations? All nations because...
Christ was not manifested for few. Christ was
made manifest for how many nations? For all nations.
So the prophets were not prophesying for a few.
The prophets were prophesying for how many nations?
For all nations. They were prophesying about
God's commitment and his promise, what he is
doing for all nations. That he is reconciling
all nations back to himself. Hallelujah. That
all nations carry his spirit. That is what is
happening. And let me say it now, in a way, that
till today, that is still happening. Amen? You
see, and Jesus in Matthew chapter 9, and Jesus,
after he has moved from city to city, to synagogue
to synagogue, and then he came and he turned,
and then he saw the people, they were fainted.
They were like sheep without what? Shefat. After
he has healed, he has taught and preached from
synagogue to synagogue, and then he turned to
them. And he said, truly, the harvest is what?
Plentious, but the laborers are what? Few. Pray
ye to the Lord of the harvest that he may what?
Send forth laborers into his world. Hallelujah.
Say I'm a laborer. I'm a laborer. I'm a laborer.
I'm a laborer in God's harvest. And it's happening
through me. Hallelujah. Praise God. 1 Peter 1
.10. 1 Peter 1 .10. I hope we know the context
of all that we are reading, right? All that the
prophets have what? Prophesied. Amen. 1 Peter
1 .10 Of which salvation the prophets have what?
Inquire and say diligently, Who prophesied of
what? Of the grace that shall what? That shall
come to you, such in what manner, what manner
of time, the Spirit of Christ which was in them.
We have already treated this in the cell meeting.
Right? And also in the church here. Right? Because
at this time, now the Spirit was not indwelling
them. Right? The Spirit was what? Was upon them.
Praise God. And if you have followed that, the
time we are taking is under concerning spirituals.
Right? And we say that the Spirit upon is for
task. Right? For work, for assignment. Praise
God. So in the Old Testament as it were, the
Holy Ghost will come upon them for what? For
a function. Praise God. Hallelujah. Does this
place look like Luke 24? Does it look like Luke
24? Praise God. Hallelujah. You see, the people
that are following are able to respond. People
that are following Luke 24. What did we go in
there? What, what, what? What did we? Okay, and
they are already going to Luke 24. Praise God.
Okay, let's go to Luke 24 so that some people
can be with us. Luke 24. Let's go to Luke 24,
verse 25. So that's, hold your hand in 1 Peter,
hold it, and then go to Luke 24. 26. Ought not
Christ to have what? Suffered these things and
to enter into his what? Into his glory. 1 Peter
chapter 1 now. Go to 1 Peter chapter 1 verse
11. the sufferings of, and the glory that should.
Does it align? Prophets speaking. Amen? Praise
God. Hallelujah. Hebrews chapter 1 verse 1. Hebrews
chapter 1 verse 1. God who at sundry times and
in diverse manners spake in time past, unto who?
The fathers by how? By the prophets. See verse
2 now, everybody. Had in these last days, right,
spoken unto us by his what? By his son, whom
he hath appointed here of all things, by whom
also he made what? He made the world. Hallelujah.
Praise God. So you see, that in the Old or in
the Scriptures, what we see happening regarding
prophecy or prophesy, that God will prophesy
through His servants called the who? The prophets.
Amen? Praise God. They are called the servants
of God because they walk hand in hand with God.
How? By the Spirit of God. So they receive inspiration
by the Spirit of God and they speak forth for
God. Amen? But what are they speaking forth?
They are speaking the things concerning who?
concerning Christ. Hallelujah. But do you know
today, we are the servants of God and we also
what? Prophesy. Hallelujah. Why and how? Because
we have the Spirit of God indwelling in us. So
if you are writing, write it too. Write it this
way in your note. That I am, I am a servant of
God and I prophesy because I have the Spirit
of God indwelling in me. I am a servant of God.
And I prophesy because I have the Spirit of God
dwelling in me or indwelling me. So every believer
has the ability to prophesy. Hallelujah. Every
believer, not one believer, not two believers,
not three believers, all scriptures concerning
Christ, we see prophesying. Hallelujah. All believers
that have received Christ, amen, They have the
Spirit of God indwelling them. All of us. Also
what? Prophesy. We can prophesy. We are prophesying.
In fact, let me take it now to extreme. We must
prophesy. Praise God. Hallelujah. Somebody just
said in his heart, Sir, do you mean I can prophesy?
Your answer, yes. Sir, how do you know I can
prophesy? Because you have the Spirit of God.
Where? dwelling in you. Praise God. Are we all
here? Is it clear everybody? Is it clear everybody?
So all of us can prophesy because what? We have
all the gifts of the Holy Ghost where? Indwelling,
indwelling us. So now, Acts chapter 2 verse 16.
Let's go back there. Don't get tired because
we are going scriptures. Please don't forget
we are talking about the gifts of what? The gifts
of prophecy. It's important that we establish
this that every believer can prophesy. Why? Because
we have the gifts of the Holy Ghost. Amen? Yes,
we can prophesy. 16. But this is that which was
spoken by what? By the prophet. Joel, and it
shall come to pass in the last days, said God,
I will pour out of my what? Of my spirit, right?
Upon all flesh and your sons and your, this is
how I always say, right? Right, with the Holy
Ghost, right? Nobody escapes it. Praise God.
With the Holy Ghost, nobody what? Escapes it.
Praise God. Every one of us can prophesy. Praise
God. It's upon the sons, it's upon the daughters,
it's upon the young men, it's upon the young
women, it's upon the maidservants, it's upon
the handmaidens. Hallelujah. Everyone, 18, I
say, I will pour out in those days of my spirit
and they shall all what? Prophesy. Praise God.
So you see, the gift of prophecy is not left
for major one. Or major three. I don't know how
you came by or how they came by by giving those
ranks. Right? And then suddenly now everybody
is looking up to major. Right? But if you are
here, let me say this now to you. Probably, I
will say it so that we can laugh. You are a major
prophet. Nobody should deceive you. You are what?
You are a major prophet. You know, I attended
a church before I came to the island. This is
like 11 years, 12 years ago. And then the man
was moving out. He was doing this. TV was showing
everywhere. You know, actually, I accompanied
my mom to the place. You know, our mothers, I
don't know, for whatever reason, they like all
these places. So I said, no, no, no, I'm not
going. I said, you people, what do you know about
Christ? You just entered university, went to
NYC and came back. And they said, okay, Momsi,
we'll call her Momsi. I said, Momsi, let's go.
Let me accompany you there. You know, I was outside
because we came late, so there's overflow. So
we are overflowed by the dog. But you know, as
the man was coming out, I knew in my spirit he
was going to call me. So I was seated at the
end, like the way Queen was seated, that way.
There's nobody. You know, he came out this way.
I said, The guy at the end, there's nobody I
had to turn and look at the... He said, no, no,
I mean you, you, you, you, you. And you know,
his church is on TV. It's on satellite. So my
brother came back from church. They were now
playing his station. They now saw that. They
came at that time where the thing was on me.
I now stood up. He said, no, rise, rise, rise.
I now stood up. Ah, I know again, NYC, we came
with stubborn head. No, you can't use us and
shine. You know, so, at the end there, he said,
do you know you're a smart chap? He's a chap.
He used to say, I've not forgotten you till today.
He said, do you know, do you know you're a smart
chap? I was looking. My mom was sitting beside
me. She was looking to see. Maybe I'll go, hey,
oh, it's true, papa. It's true. Wallahi, I was
standing. He said, where are your documents?
I said, my documents, they are not with me. They
are in Gwagwalada. You say, I can't see your
documents. I can't see toilet tissue. All of
them are tissue paper. I say, tissue paper? But
I use them to apply for visa. You say, I see
you in a white man's land. Oh, everybody knows
I'm collecting visa. I'm going to white man's
land. However, we're in the white man's land,
amen? Amen. You know? So he finish. I did not
do, hey, pray for me, Papa, pray for me, pray
for me. I went back and sat down. I saw my mom's
face change. You know, we came back home. The
first thing, as we just entered the room, what
do I think? The man of God saw it by the Spirit.
And I did not say, Papa, pray for me. I said,
Mom, even native doctors will see that I'm going
to abroad. The information is not hidden in the
Spirit. Even my name, he will know it. So there's
nothing spiritual. What do I mean by there's
nothing? We, these children, we think we know.
We think we know. My brothers and sisters, you
know. I hope you heard what I'm saying. You do
what? You know. Nobody should use you and shine.
I see P. I see R. I see I. I can see. N, N, N,
N, N. I see C. C, I see E. Yes, yes, yes. I see
C, C, C. Prince, prince, prince. Prince, you
are... Yeah, I see N, N, I see... Ewo! Ewo! Have
you forgotten your name? That you need somebody
to remind you. You see, I'm saying this now because
I will say something very important here. You
see, the prophets were not talking about streets.
All the places we read, did you see them talk
about streets? Did you see them talk about anything
natural, material? What were they speaking about?
The things concerning who? Concerning Christ,
right? And they were speaking for all nations,
things that God, God's promise, God's commitment
to all nations, right? What He is doing in Christ
Jesus, amen? The salvation He is bringing, praise
God. Please hold these thoughts because I will
say something that is important for every one
of us. Amen? Praise God. Please, these teachings
are going to save you from moving from one native
doctor's house to another, trying to know who
knows your name, who knows whether you should
be in Canada or America. Come on now. If you
are in any CF, say, I have grown past this level.
Say it. Say, I have grown past this level. Hallelujah.
Yes. When people call your name and say, I am
what again? Don't begin to say, ah, I am on television.
Don't say it. Let them see it. It has passed.
Praise God. So he said now, upon all flesh. So
the emphasis, upon what? Upon all flesh. So I
said that when we read Acts chapter 2 because
I was making an emphasis that every believer
can what? Can prophesy. So prophecy or prophesying
is not exclusive. It's not an exclusive gift
for a few people. The Holy Ghost is not an exclusive
gift for few people. So also the things of the
Holy Ghost or the gifts of the Holy Ghost is
not exclusive for only what? Few people. So you
can write it. Prophecy or prophesying is not
an exclusive gift. For what? For a few people.
Are you writing, my sister? Come on, write. You
have phone, write. I don't want to see you. If
not, they will shine with you now. They will
go and call your name. You will kneel down and
be rolling on ground. So prophecy or prophesying
is not what? It's not exclusive for what? for
few people. It's for everyone, every believer.
It's for every believer. 1 Corinthians 14 verse
5. So now we'll start reading now. You now keep
seeing. 1 Corinthians 14 verse 5. Every believer,
every believer, the gifts of the Holy Ghost is
not exclusive for a what? For a few people. It's
for how many believers? Every believer. Why every
believer? Because every believer has the Spirit
of God. Amen? Why I say prophecy is for every
believer is because every believer has what?
The spirit of what? The spirit of God. And if
every believer has the spirit of God, it means
every believer has the gifts of the spirit of
who? The spirit of God. Do we understand? Okay,
praise God. 1 Corinthians 14 verse 5. If it's
your Bible, please walk with me and then be on
the line in it. Verse 5. I will that few of you
spoke in tongues. Is that what your scripture
say? How many of you? Please be on the line in
the word all. I would that ye all speak with
what? Tongues. But rather that ye all do what?
Prophesy. For greater is he that prophesied than
he that speaketh with what? With tongues, except
he interprets, and that the church may receive
what? A defying. And during the Karatis Mosque,
we said that he wasn't saying that prophecy is
greater than what? Than tongues. Hallelujah.
So what he was bringing to the church of the
Corinthians is that when I prophesy, I bring
benefits more to the church. Amen? And the same
way I will bring benefit through prophecy, that
is how when I give tongues and what? Interpretation,
such benefits also what? Comes to the church.
And he calls that benefit edification, edifying.
And we checked, if you remember in Catechismos,
that edification means what? To build. Hallelujah.
Praise God. Are we all here? Okay, perfect now.
So you have underlined all, right? So which means
all can speak in tongues. All can what? Prophesy.
1424 now. 1 Corinthians 1424. Everybody. But
if all. 1 Corinthians 1424. Please, if it's your
Bible, still underline it. But how many all?
If all do what? Prophesy. And there come in one
that believeth not all. One unlearned. He is
convinced of how many? Of all. He is what? He
is judge of all. 25. And thus are the secrets
of his heart made what? Manifest. And so, falling
down on his face, he will do what? Worship God
and report that God is where? Is in you of what?
Of a truth. Right? Because in the charismos we
learned that tongues and interpretation of tongues
is equal to what? Prophecy. And every time we
prophesy, we are bringing God's mind, right?
Or we are bringing instructions that the mind
can be able to what? Understand. So, when we
gather and then an unbeliever come in among us,
that's what the verse is saying, and then a prophecy
is given, so which means his mind can also what?
can understand. So certain things about him are
being spoken of from God. Amen? And the end of
what will happen to him, he will fall down on
his face and do what? And worship God and report
that God is in you of a what? Of a truth. We're
going to read other verses that when they come
and then we only do tongues. Unbelievers now.
And there is no interpretation. They will say,
are all not these ones foolish people? And then
they are barbarians and then they are just babbling
things. Right? Okay, we are coming to that. So,
all prophesy. Amen. All do what? Prophesy. Amen.
All speak in tongues and what? Interpret the
tongues. Are we all here? Are we all here? Verse
26 now. How is it then brethren? When you come
together, every... Can you see it in your Bible?
How many of you? Every one of you had a what?
Psalm. Please, let's read it this way. Let's
read it this way. Go to your Bible, everybody.
Say, read it this way. How is it, brethren? When
you come together, every one of you had a psalm.
Every one of you had a doctrine. Every one of
you had a tongue. Every one of you had a revelation.
Every one of you had an interpretation. Let all
things be done unto what? A defying. Praise God.
Because that verse is not saying some of you
have psalm, some of you have doctrine, some of
you have tongue, some of you have revelation,
some of you have interpretation. No. That scripture
is saying that every one of you had a psalm.
So all of us sitting here, we have a psalm, we
have a what? We have a doctrine, we have a tongue,
we have a revelation, we have what? Interpretation
of what? And let all things be done unto what?
Edifying. Does this place look like verse 5 where
we came from? That when we prophesy, we edify
the church? That when we give tongues and interpretation
of tongues, we edify the church? Okay. Praise
God. Hallelujah. Amen. So, why are all these
things happening? Because all the diversities
of the gifts of the Holy Ghost are resident in
the believer. Praise God. The work of the Holy
Ghost is in and through the believer. In fact,
if you are writing this, I'll write it. The work
and the function of the Holy Ghost is in and
through me. The work of the Holy Spirit is in
and what? And through me. So the Holy Ghost is
working in me. And the Holy Ghost is working
what? Is working through me. The Holy Ghost is
giving a psalm in me. The Holy Ghost is giving
a psalm through me. The Holy Ghost is giving
a prophecy in me. The Holy Ghost is prophesying
through me. The Holy Ghost is giving interpretation
in me. The Holy Ghost is giving interpretation
through me. The Holy Ghost is bringing edification
in me. The Holy Ghost is edifying through me.
Hallelujah. Are we all here? Are we all here?
Praise God. Hallelujah. Because when we read
verse 4 now, 1 Corinthians 14 verse 4. See now,
why we said that now. 1 Corinthians 14 verse
4. Is everybody there? Can we read it this way?
Let me show us how to read it. For when I speak
in an unknown tongue, I edify myself. But when
I prophesy, I edify NECF. Can we read it that
way? Can we read it that way, everybody? Can
we read it that way? 1, 2, go. Verse 4. When
I speak in tongues, yes, I edify myself. But
when I prophesy, I do what? I don't put you on.
I edify NECF. You remember in Charismos what
we have learned regarding tongues, right? That
when the believer is having a tongue. Let's go
to verse 1, everybody. Verse 2. For he that speaketh
in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto what?
Not unto humanity. Hallelujah. You remember from
our teaching, right? But he speaketh unto what?
Unto God. How be it for no man do what? Understand.
What is it that the man does not understand?
Humanity does not understand the tongue. Amen.
Hallelujah. But now he said that, how be it in
the spirit, he's speaking what? Mysteries. Mysterion.
Amen. So in the teaching, we've learned that
what the believer is having with God, the believer
is having an elevated discussion. He's having
an audience with who? With God. Praise God. He's
having an audience with God. So when humanity
is around him, they cannot be able to do what?
Understand what he's saying until he interprets
what he's saying. However, verse 4 now, let's
tie it to verse 4. Verse 4, that verse 4 say
what? What is he doing? Another word for edifying.
He is building himself. Why? Because he has audience
with God and not with humanity. There's a discussion
that is happening between him and God and not
with humanity. He is building himself. But now
where he prophesies? Suddenly now, everybody
will go glory. Why? The mind is no more unfruitful
again. Hallelujah. The understanding is fruitful
because that which was spoken between the man
and God, now understanding is brought and everybody
can be able to what? Be edified. So when we shout
glory. It's because our understanding now has
received that which has been conversed between
the man and God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Must
every Christian speak in tongues? Must every
Christian speak in tongues? Thank you. Praise
God. 14 .6 now. See 14 .6. Now, brethren, if
I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall
I what? What shall I profit you? So what did
I say, man of God? Did I profit you? That's what
Paul was saying. That if I come to you in tongues,
what shall I what? Profite you. Except I do what?
Speak to you either by what? Revelation or by
knowledge or by prophesying or by what? Or by
doctrine. Hallelujah. For I perceive in my spirit
that the Lord is saying, Oh, I'm strengthening
you. I'm bringing more strength to you. I'm taking
your feet beyond your imagination. There are
certain desires. There are certain expectations
regarding the places you want to step your feet
upon. I'm taking you there. Believe me. Believe
me. I'm holding your right hand. I make things
possible. All those things that you see that
look like big and you're asking, when shall these
things be? When shall these things happen? I
am making them happen speedily. Glory to God.
You see, now he's understanding. He's profited.
There is fruitfulness that has come to him now.
And then now faith is stirred up. Faith is stirred
up. Faith is stirred up. You know, in between.
And then suddenly, there's a faith that is stirring.
Maybe he came here doubting. Maybe he came here
asking questions. Suddenly now the Holy Ghost
is bringing answers. The Holy Ghost is bringing
comfort. The Holy Ghost. Why? Verse 6. That is
why Paul said, Except I speak with what? I come
to you by what? revelation. Next is what? By
knowledge or by what? Or by what? Have you noticed
revelation, knowledge, prophesying, doctrine,
writing, all of them brings, let me put it this
way, it's not in my notebook, but let me put
it this way, brings fruitfulness to the understanding
of the receiver. Are we all here? Are we all
here? Revelation, knowledge, prophesying, doctrine,
all of them bring fruitfulness to the understanding
of what? Of the receiver. You see, that is why
there was a heavy emphasis in the Karatismos
that do not just only speak in tongues, but speak
in tongues and words. But now, speak in tongues
and words. Praise God. And in the Charismos,
we said revelation. Revelation is the word apocalypsis,
which implies disclosure, uncover. Revelation.
Please, you can write it very fast. Let's go.
Revelation is the word apocalypsis, which implies
disclosure. uncover, to lay open. Can you see
why it brings fruitfulness to the understanding,
right? Because now the information, the instruction
is open. Revelation is the word apokalipsis.
A -P -O -K -A -L -Y -P -S -I -S A -P -O -K -A
-L -Y -P -S -I -S Apokalipsis, which implies
disclosure. to uncover, to lay open what has
been veiled, to lay open what has been veiled,
to make manifests, hallelujah, what has been
hidden. Praise God. So the understanding is fruitful.
Knowledge is the word gnosis, G -N -O -S -I -S.
G -N -O -S -R -S, which implies insight or experiential
knowledge of facts, places, people, events, time.
It implies insight or experiential knowledge
of people, right? Information about people, places,
events, time. So you see, when that kind of information
comes to you, your understanding can take it,
right? It's not going to be strange to your mind.
Are we all here? Doctrine. Doctrine implies instruction.
Just write instruction. Are we all here? Are
we all here? Then prophesying. We've handled
prophesying. Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So we see, from all that
we are learning, is that what? Prophecy is for
how many believers? For all believers. Hallelujah.
And let me just write this now. It's not here,
but let me just, as it's coming to my head, write
it now. Prophecy is for all believers. Prophecy
is for all believers. and to make all receivers
fruitful. Prophecy is for all believers and to
make all receivers fruitful. So we see that prophecy
as it were is turns an interpretation of what?
An interpretation So an interpretation of tongues.
So when we see the prophecy or when we see prophecy
in operation, what we are seeing directly is
tongues and what? Interpretation of tongues.
So probably in the next few minutes, when we
say turn to your right and to your left and prophesy,
and somebody goes and then give a tongue and
then interpret it and tell you what he's receiving,
he's already prophesying to you. Amen. And somebody
may not do tongues and interpretation of tongues.
He will just go directly and speak to you. You
see, it's not always that when we say, can you
give him a word? You have to go. How about if
you're inside the bus and everybody is there?
Will you start that kind of drama? No, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You have gifts
and interpretation of tongues in you. And you
also have what? The gift of what? Prophecy. Sir,
can I give tongues and interpret it? Yes. Can
I also prophesy? Yes. All of them are what? The
same thing. Why? Because your mind or the understanding
what? Is profited. So it's not always that. My
son, my son. My son, my son. You know we have
heard all those things in all those crusades
that we're having? You see the lady will roll,
roll, roll, roll. Say, leave her, leave her.
The Spirit of God is upon her. The Spirit of
God shall roll. Yes, he's speaking now. He's
speaking. He's speaking. And then the next thing
you hear is that Jesus is coming soon. Repent.
Repent. Say, everybody quiet. The Spirit of the
Lord is speaking. He's speaking. He's speaking.
Everybody. Write it. The Spirit of the Lord does
not need to do drama before he brings forth the
mind of God to us. When we come to the prophetic,
you understand that we can tap you from sleep
and say prophesy and you prophesy without brushing
your teeth. The Spirit of the Lord, this is what
I said, the Spirit of the Lord does not need
to do drama. before he brings forth the mind
of God to his church. In fact, let me say this
now. Oftentimes when we see that kind of drama,
we term it as a demonic manifestation. Get out
of here in Jesus' name. I'm telling you, most
times you see demons. Once you give that instruction,
you will see the person will start rolling more,
rolling more, rolling more. Pastor Vito knows
what we will do. We will always carry church
people out of the church. Then I will go take
you to the back. One of these days, we are treating
this because we are going to start all these
things. We will just say, Polo, Polo, you and
Dr. Mayowa, please, can you just go deal with
this person? Let's continue what we are doing
here. And after like maybe two minutes, we don't
expect you to do seven hours there. Yes. After
two minutes, we'll now see the person coming
back. Cleaning their body. Cleaning their body.
And say, what happened to me? Say, no, nothing
happened to you. We just got a demon out of you.
Sir, is that simple that way? Yes. Are we all
here? Yes, so let's read this scripture and then
for this session, we'll hold it here. When we
come in the next session, we'll build from there.
Sorry, let me get it from 1 Corinthians here.
1 Corinthians 14, verse 3. I've closed my Bible.
1 Corinthians 14, verse 3. Praise God. Yes. But
he that prophesied, speaketh what? Unto men,
number one. When prophecy comes, for what? Edification?
Let's read together, oh. And exhortation? And
what? Come for next verse. He that speaketh what?
In an unknown tongue, he defied himself, but
he that prophesied what? He defied what? The
church. Previous verse, so that we can see it
now because I want to say something. Thank you.
He that prophesied, speaketh what? Unto men.
Why? So that what? Men can be what? So when you
are receiving prophecy in the next minute, don't
take my time, please. Don't take it. Who is controlling
the time? Don't take it, please. Just two minutes.
Don't take it. Because we'll do something, please.
So, which means that when I prophesy, men, receiver,
the people that are receiving now, to your left
and right, right? You're going to bring what?
Edification, exhortation, and what? And comfort.
Let me say something now. Sorry. So if you check
that place, right? You see, it tells us edification
and exhortation and comfort. Edification is a
compound word for exhortation and what? And comfort.
Edification, what? It's an encompassing word.
For what? For exhortation and comfort. So the
word comfort, write this fast, please. We're
going to do something now. Very soon, we're going
to stand up and then do something very fast.
The word comfort, it implies to provide help.
To provide what? Help. It's not that comfort
that, you know, something has happened, yes,
to somebody, pity. You say, hey, take heart,
you know. Something, no, you know, just be, there's
another second chance. No, no, no, no, no, no,
no. If you check the original word, it's not
pity. You're not coming to pity. He said, hey,
my sister, queen. Ah, the spirit of God has pity
on you. And God is saying, receive my love. Receive
it. Ah, ah. The word comfort, to provide what?
To provide help, exhortation. And the word exhortation
means to stand by someone. To stand by someone.
So which means the information that is being
spoken via prophecy, it gives help. When we say
help, it gives guidance. Amen? It gives guidance.
It gives direction. It gives encouragement to
the believer. So the word spoken via prophecy,
it gives what? Guidance, right? It gives what?
It gives direction. And it gives what? Encouragement
to who? To the believer. So the believer now
has counsel. He has direction. Why? He has received
what? Did you see fear in that place? Did you
see anxiety in that place? Did you see worry
in that place? Did you see anything like, oh,
my life is finished in that place? Good. Even
though we're going to treat it now when we're
talking about the prophetic in detail, when we're
talking about judging prophecies or how to judge
prophecy. No prophecy will come to bring fear
to you. When prophecies come and they bring fear
to you, they are not from Jesus. I hope you heard
what I'm saying. When prophecies come and they
bring fear to you, they are not from who? When
prophecies come and they bring anxiety to you,
they are not from the Holy Ghost. When prophecy
come and they put so much worry and burden in
your heart, they are not what? They are not from
the Holy Ghost. Prophetic words or prophetic
sayings will bring comfort. They will bring what?
Exhortation. Hallelujah. They will bring guidance.
They will bring help to you. You will realize
that God has not left you. Hallelujah. You will
realize that God is standing with you and God
is where? And God is in you. I just told us now
how to judge prophecies. Amen. So when somebody
now, because we are rising to our feet now, rise
to your feet. When somebody gives now a word
of prophecy to you and then suddenly now you
are beginning to see, don't worry, when we come
to... the prophetic, we're going to learn how
to be able, let me say it this way, how to be
able to say what you are receiving from your
spirit, right? To your receiver, to edify him.
Hallelujah. So we need to be taught. We need
to be what? We need to be taught. You know, somebody
will just receive a word in his heart and then
to warn a brother and tell him that, you know,
God is saying, let me put it this way. Maybe
the person has prayed as we pray. We're going
to pray now. Clearly, he received a prophetic
word that this person is living in outright iniquity.
In fact, he just came from one of the clubs along
Alakoi Road. And then he just come. He say, I'm
not going to anybody, so I'm just going there.
After they held their hand, you just say, God
said, let me warn you. If you don't receive,
if you don't stop what you're doing, soon time
will catch up with you. Jesus will never do that.
Praise God. So we need to be taught how to what?
How to communicate that which we are what? Which
we are receiving. Let me say it now. We have
learned one now. When you receive a thing and
the instruction you are receiving is a warning.
Right? God say, I must tell you that you should
not be stupid. No. Amen. One of the ways. Are
you receiving instruction from the Holy Ghost?
Yes. Do you have a mind? Yes. Do you have an
understanding? Yes. But it is in your responsibility
to ensure that what you are receiving is converted
to edification. That my brother is what? Is edified.
So I will come and say, the spirit of the Lord
is saying, right? The Lord says he loves you.
And he's saying that, remember, he gave his son
for you. And he's saying that the life that he
has given for you is a precious blood. And he's
saying that, turn away. Don't stay so much on
that path because he has been calling you. He
has been speaking to your heart. You see, as
you are speaking to him, instead of feeling condemned,
already something is happening within his mind.
Amen? As he's receiving it, a light is shining.
A light is shining. A light is shining. And suddenly
from nowhere, he starts crying. And then you
have not asked him why is he crying or she is
crying. But you know, after everything, you just
drag the person aside and then you say, ah. The
idea of the gifts of the Holy Ghost is that they
make ministry. Right? The work of ministry, Jesus
is not only seen, Jesus is not only glorified,
but souls are saved. Souls are not to be condemned.
Hallelujah. So you don't come using the gifts
of the Holy Ghost to condemn. You come using
the gifts of the Holy Ghost to do what? To save.
So we are going to prophesy now in the next five
minutes. That's why you're laughing. You know
you're going to prophesy? You don't know that
you're going to prophesy? Or you will prophesy?
Okay. The way you laugh, like me? Can't we pray
in the Holy Ghost? If you were encouraged, share
this message with someone you care about. Until
next time, stay blessed.