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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is

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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your

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

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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive

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right in. Just appreciate God that you are part

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of this plan of God. You are part of this plan

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of God. Just open your mouth and pray. Just pray

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for some minutes. Pray, pray, pray. And thank

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God that you are part of this plan of God. That

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from the ages past, God has you in mind. He has

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me in mind. He has all of us in mind. And he

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has brought us into this plan. And this plan,

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we see, is a promise. And this promise is a spirit

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of God that has been given to us. Hallelujah.

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So just thank God. Thank God for this reality.

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That you are not a spectator, but you are a participant.

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You are a fellow heir with other believers of

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this promise, the promise of God. Hallelujah.

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Say, I have access to the kingdom of God by the

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spirit of God. I have access to the kingdom of

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God. I have access to the kingdom of God by the

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spirit of God. I have access to all the resources

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of the kingdom of God. I have access to all the

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resources of the kingdom of God. I therefore

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manifest the kingdom of God. I therefore manifest

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the kingdom of God. I preach the gospel in the

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demonstration of the Holy Ghost. I preach the

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gospel in the demonstration of the Holy Ghost.

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I walk in signs and wonders. I operate in the

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gifts of the Spirit. My life reflects the Spirit's

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lifestyle. My life reflects the Spirit's lifestyle.

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I manifest the fruits of the Spirit because I

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have access to the kingdom of God. Hallelujah.

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And this is our story. This is our song. And

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this is our reality. Hallelujah. We're looking

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so tired. Is it because it's evening? Amen. Is

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your spirit tired? Can the spirit in you be tired?

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Hallelujah. Amen. So I just want you to just

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be alive as we look into, you know, the things

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that are ours in Christ Jesus. The summary of

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everything that we said we have. is what we see

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in the Spirit. Jesus Christ has given us by the

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virtue of his death, his burial, and his resurrection.

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So we have access to all the resources. And what

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we do when we study the Word of God is that we

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learn what Christ has done in this world. We

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learn what Christ has done. Hallelujah. In salvation,

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we don't need fullness of knowledge. to be born

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again. We just have to know that Jesus has died

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for our sins and we believe and we are saved.

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But once we come into this, you know, this reality,

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we'll begin to learn what God has done. We begin

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to understand our identity. We begin to understand

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the resources. We begin to understand our privilege,

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our privileges. We begin to understand our responsibilities.

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We begin to understand, you know, the desire

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of God. for our conduct as believers. Hallelujah.

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Now, you don't become transformed before you

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are saved. That is not how it happens. Amen?

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You can come to God the way you are, from wherever

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you are. Hallelujah. But the moment you become

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a believer, we begin to see a transformation

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in your life. So what we expect is that the Spirit

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of God that lives in you, beginning to walk.

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a new lifestyle in you because there's a new

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occupant in you. Hallelujah. So we see that the

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access to the kingdom of God, you know, enables

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the believer to be a witness. So the walking

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of the spirit in the believer enables the believer,

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empowers the believer to become a witness. Acts

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chapter 1 verse 4. Acts chapter 1 verse 4. We'll

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continue from our teaching on the access, access

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to the kingdom of God. Acts chapter 1, verse

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4 to 8. And being assembled together with them,

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commanded them, okay, and being assembled together

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with them, he commanded them not to depart from

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Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the

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Father. Hallelujah. And we, we saw in Ephesians

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3 that we are part, we've enjoyed, we are partakers

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of this promise. They should wait for the promise

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of the Father, which he said to you, which he

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said, for John truly baptized with water, but

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you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not

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many days from now. Therefore, when they had

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come together, they asked him saying, Lord, will

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you at this time restore the kingdom of, kingdom

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to Israel? And he said to them, it is not for

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you to know. Times, or seasons which the Father

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has put in his own authority. But you shall receive

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what? You shall receive power. Okay? So the Spirit

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of God in us is power. When the Holy Spirit has

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come upon you, and you shall be what? You shall

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be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea,

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and in Samaria, And to where? To the ends of

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the earth, to the outermost part of the world.

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Hallelujah. So the first thing we see the Spirit

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produces within the Christian is what? It's power.

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Okay? It's power. And power enables the believer

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to act. Alright? Power enables the believer to

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do what? To act. It enables the believer to function.

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So the Holy Spirit walking in us gives us an

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ability. It gives us an ability, gives us an

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authority to act. The Spirit grants a believer

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access to the authority of God to legislate on

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behalf of God, to be a witness for God. Hallelujah.

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We have the ability or the authority to be witnesses.

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All right? So anything we say later on, I'm just

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making a recap of what we saw on Sunday. We said

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also that anything that God will do on the earth,

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he does it how? How does he do it? He does it

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by the spirit, right? But through us, through

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men. Not just any man, but through a man that

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is born again, a man that has come to believe

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in Jesus Christ. So God walks on earth by his

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spirit, okay? But he walks by his spirit through

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men. So the agency by which God manifests The

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works of the Spirit on earth is through men.

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We read in 2 Corinthians 2 about how God diffuses

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the knowledge. 2 Corinthians 2, verse 14 and

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15. 2 Corinthians 2, verse 14 and 15. Now thanks

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be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ.

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who always leads us in triumph in Christ. And

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through us, he diffuses the fragrance of his

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knowledge in every place. This is the work of

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the Spirit in the believer. You know, he diffuses

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the knowledge of his... Verse 14, give verse

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14 again. Yes. He diffuses... The fragrance of

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his knowledge, not in some few places, but in

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every place, in every place. Hallelujah. For

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we are to God, the what? The fragrance of Christ

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among those who are being saved and among those

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who are perishing. So God uses ordinary men like

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you and I to do supernatural work on the earth.

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He does supernatural work on earth, not through

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angels, but through men, but through you and

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I. We are God's system for his work on the earth.

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Through us, God does his work on the earth. Hallelujah.

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And God bypassed our frailty, right? Our frailty

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simply means our human limitation. Now, we're

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not talking about sinfulness here. Okay? Because

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first of all, for us to be useful to God, first

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of all, he create a capacity in us. And the capacity

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is that he take away our sin. In his death, his

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burial, and his resurrection. Hallelujah. Then

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he places his spirit in us. So the spirit of

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God in us is what gives us what? The strength

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and the ability, not relying on our strength,

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but relying on the strength of the spirit of

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God in us to do the work of God. Because the

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work of God cannot be done by the flesh. The

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work of God cannot be done with the wisdom of

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men. The work of God can only be done by the

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Spirit and by the wisdom of God working in men.

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Hallelujah. Now let's look at an example of a

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man. A man, we saw an example on Sunday, of Stephen.

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A man of light passion like us. who was able

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to do great and mighty works because he has the

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Spirit of God in him. Hallelujah. And I believe

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that God is also looking up to us in this dimension

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that we will cooperate with him, okay, to bring

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about his plan and his purpose on earth. Acts

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chapter 8, verse 1. Acts chapter 8, verse 1.

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Acts chapter 8. Acts chapter 8 verse 1. We're

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going to see another example. Now, Saul was consenting

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to his death. Who's death? To Stephen's death,

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right? At that time, a great persecution arose

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against the church, which was at Jerusalem. And

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they were all scattered throughout the region

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of Judea and Samaria. except the apostles. Verse

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2. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial

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and made a great lamentation over him. As for

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Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every

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house and dragging off men and women, committing

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them to prison. You know, later on, Paul will

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say that he did this in ignorance. Because as

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far as he's concerned, this is the work of God.

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He was zealous. Paul was not a non -challenged

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person. Amen? He was not a non -challenged person.

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Even in ignorance, he was serious in ignorance.

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To tell you that God will not work with somebody

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that is not serious. Hallelujah. I'll tell you

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some people that if you are doing crime, we know

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that you are serious by your attitude to everything.

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Hallelujah. Even in the world, we see Paul, he

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was doing it with all of his mind. And when there

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is a diversion to his direction, what do we see?

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We see the same equal measure of grace, of what?

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Of vigor, of strength in the work of the ministry.

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Hallelujah. So, God demands this sense of fervency

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from us as we give ourselves to his service.

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Hallelujah. Verse 4. Therefore, those who were

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scattered went everywhere. They went everywhere.

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And when they ran away, what were they doing?

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They didn't give up on their faith. They were

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preaching the word. Verse 5. Now, this is a matter

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I want us to consider. Then Philip went down

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to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to

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them. And the multitude with one accord. He did

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the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing.

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What did they see? They see the miracles which

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Philip did. Now, when we read about Philip in

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the Bible, oftentimes we think that Philip is

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a very special man. You know, he's a very special

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man and his anointing is a special anointing.

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But what I want to bring to our notice is that

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Philip... is equally as empowered by the Spirit

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of God as you are. Are we together? Now let's

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look at what he did in verse 7. It says, For

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unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came

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out of many, not few, who were possessed, and

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many who were paralyzed and lame and were healed.

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And there was a great joy in which city? In Samaria

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because of the work that Philip did in Samaria.

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Hallelujah. So there are some certain things

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that I want us to note about Philip, okay? That

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Philip was not one of the apostles. Remember

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also with Stephen, okay? That he was not one

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of the apostles, but he was a disciple of the

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apostles. What we call today in court, he was

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an ordinary church member. There's nothing like

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ordinary church member. But to speak in our language,

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he was a church member. All right? No man is

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ordinary here. Hallelujah. Nobody here is ordinary.

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All of us are valued and are powerful equally

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because we possess the Spirit of God in us. Hallelujah.

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So he was not one of the apostles, but a disciple

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of the apostles. He was a church member. But

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what we see is that he was full of the Spirit,

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was full of the ridiculous, and of good character.

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How do I come to know that he is of good character?

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Chapter 6, verse 3. He was among those who were

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selected to share food in chapter 6. Acts chapter

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6, verse 3 to 5. Therefore, Brennan, seek out

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among you seven men of good reputation. All right?

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If we make this call in any safe and say, please,

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we need five men of good character to come out.

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Choose among you seven men of good character.

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Will your friend point it out? Your housemates,

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will you vote for them and say, this person is

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a man of good character? After you cook food

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and then you carry the entire pot to your room.

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Amen? And then you come here and then we are

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shouting hallelujah together. Will your friend

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say you are a man of good character? Will your

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wife say you are a man of good character? Will

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your husband say you are a woman of good character?

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Will even your children say you are a man or

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a woman of good character? Hallelujah. Because

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a spirit indwelling in you should produce a character.

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Hallelujah. So see, They asked them to choose

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men of good character. All right? Therefore,

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brethren, seek out from among you seven men of

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good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and

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wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

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But we will give ourselves continually to prayer

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and to the ministry of the Word, and the same

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please the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen,

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a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and

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who? And this same Philip. Prochorus, Nicanor,

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Timon, Parmenas, Nicholas, a proselyte from Antioch.

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So this means that for him to be of good character,

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he followed duly the teachings and emulates the

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lives of the apostles. Because this is what produces

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the result in his life. It means that he follows

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the teachings and emulates the lives of the apostles.

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Was it not from Philip's life that he was passionate

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and intentional about the preaching of the gospel,

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regardless of persecution? They chased them here,

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they ran away, they moved to a new town, and

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what? They continued the business of preaching

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of the gospel. Hallelujah. We are not so sure

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whether if we leave Cyprus. Some of you, we want

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to establish you to a point that we are sure

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that when you leave Cyprus, wherever you are,

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we know what you will be doing. Hallelujah. But

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sometimes, you know, people when they leave an

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environment, when they change the environment,

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their lifestyle changes. And their conduct changes.

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And they forget that they are ministers. Hallelujah.

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I was talking to a brother that left here for

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quite a while. yesterday on the phone and I was

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asking him, I said, do you remember, do you still

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remember who you are? That was what I keep asking

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him. Do you still remember who you are? Do you

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still remember that you are a minister of God?

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Do you still preach the gospel? He said, this

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year has been a very difficult year. I said,

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it means that you've not been living the life

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that we've taught you. It means that you've not

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been living according to your identity that we've

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been teaching you for all the years that you've

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been here. You've been here for over seven years

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and we expect you. So it was a time of admonition

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and encouragement. Hallelujah. So for all of

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us, we see in the life of Philip that he was

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passionate. He was passionate about the work

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of preaching the gospel. He was intentional.

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Regardless of the circumstance of persecution,

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he didn't give up. He did this. How? How did

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he do it? In the demonstration of the power.

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Of the Holy Spirit, verse 5 to verse 8, Acts

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8, we'll see the way he demonstrated it. Healing

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of the sick, casting out of devils. Particularly,

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you know, we see verse 5, verse 6. Verse 5, the

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Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached

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the Christ to them. He preached Christ to them.

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All right? And there was a change. A multitude

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heeded the things. spoken by Philip, and hearing

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and seeing their head and their soul. Amen? So

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that is how our ministry should be. People should

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hear and also see. All right? The demonstration

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of the Spirit of God practically in our lives.

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For unclean spirits crying out with a loud voice

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came out of many who were possessed, and many

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who were paralyzed, lame, and lame were healed.

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And there was great joy in that city. Hallelujah.

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I want to look at verse 12. Verse 12. But when

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they believed Philip, as he preached the things,

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what did he preach to them? He preached to them

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the things concerning who? Concerning the kingdom

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of God and the name of Jesus Christ. All right?

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Things concerning the kingdom of God. That and

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they is which is, right? Because the things of

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the kingdom are not different from the things

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concerning the name of Christ, the name of Jesus

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Christ. So preaching the things concerning the

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kingdom of God, which are in the name of Jesus

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Christ, and we see both men and women were what?

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Believed. Hallelujah. Both men and women believed.

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Amen. Also, Philip hears and understands the

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leading of God always. This means he was so intimate

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with God and his devotion that he can hear and

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know the voice of God and also act in obedience.

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This is not for special men. This is not for

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pastors. This is not only for leaders. When you're

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a leader, then now you need to learn how to hear

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God because you have a people you already didn't

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know. This should be the life of every believer.

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That you ought to learn to know the voice of

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God, recognize the voice of God, and live in

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obedience to the voice of God. Because that is

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the only man, this is the kind of man or woman

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that God will use. If a man and a woman or a

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woman does not hear, does not understand when

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God is speaking, how can you do the will of God?

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It's impossible. But we can see it practically

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in this man's life. Being a church member. Being

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a disciple of the apostles. In Acts 8, verse

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26. Let's look at verse 26. Now an angel of the

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Lord spoke to Philip. An angel of the Lord spoke

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to him. Which means that this man was having

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supernatural encounters. Amen? It's not strange

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to him to have an encounter with the angel of

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God. And the reason is not for you to tell us

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that you have an encounter with an angel of God.

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Hallelujah. It's not to add to your CV of spiritual

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rankings. But rather it's to the end that you

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do the work of God. That is the essence. That

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is the essence. So we see here there is an angelic

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encounter. Now an angel of the Lord spoke to

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Philip saying, Arise and go towards the south

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along the road which goes down. from Jerusalem

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to Gaza. This is desert. So he arose and went,

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and behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great

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authority under Candace, the queen of Ethiopians,

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who had charge of all her treasury, and had come

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to Jerusalem to worship, was returning and seated

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in his chariot. He was reading Isaiah the prophet.

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Then the spirit said to him, to Philip, go in

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here and overtake, see. Look at the way the angel

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was speaking to him. He moved in obedience. He

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reached a certain place. The Spirit of God kneels

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down to him. All right? Then the Spirit said

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to Philip, Go near and overtake this chariot.

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So Philip ran to him and heard him reading the

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prophet Isaiah and said, Do you understand what

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you are reading? And he said, How can I unless

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someone guides me? And he asked Philip to come

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up and sit with him. Hallelujah. So we see that

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he understands the leading of God, which means

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that he has an intimate relationship with God,

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which means that he's able to know the heart

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and the heartbeats of God at every time, at every

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season. That should be the aspiration of every

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one of us in this house. You don't need to just

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be running to pastors to hear God for you. Pastors

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are not native doctors. They go to consult. Hallelujah.

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They are not native doctors. Some of you think

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that when you come with the gifts, then there

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will be clarity on your issue. No. Every man

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and woman that has a spirit of God has the potential

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to hear the voice of God. Hallelujah. So the

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goal of our church meetings is to train us in

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hearing and understanding the ways of God that

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we'll know when God is speaking. We'll know when

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God is leading us. We'll know the will of God

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every time, every season, and we'll live in obedience

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and doing the will of God. Hallelujah. So Philip

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is not only, you know, trained in hearing and

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knowing the voice of God. Philip also understood.

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The Word of God. Because you cannot know the

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voice of God without the Word of God. Hallelujah.

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He didn't only know the Word of God, but he was

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skilled in what? In preaching the Word of God.

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It means he learned well from the apostles. Hallelujah.

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It means that in the course of the teachings

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on their services and their meetings, he was

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there taking notes. and going over to study to

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check. When he has questions, he's quick and

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eager to ask questions. It means that he was

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studious. He understood. See, there is a specific

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doctrine that was given to the apostles. There

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were no many doctrines. There was a specific

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message that Jesus handed over to the apostles.

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And from the apostles, we see the continuities

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of that to the church and down to us. Hallelujah.

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So the message of the gospel will always tell

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you, And it's historical. And it's apostolic

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in nature. Hallelujah. Meaning that you can trace

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from Jesus' teaching to the apostles and down

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to us in our generation. So if there's any distortion

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along the way, you can easily know that this

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is not the message of the gospel. Did Jesus teach

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it? Did the apostles teach it? How about the

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early church? Do we see them practice those things?

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And that formulates The foundation for our own

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experience is us also as Christians. Hallelujah.

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So Philip understood it. In verse 35, we see

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his response. From verse 34. So the Enoch answered

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Philip and said, I ask you, of whom does the

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prophet say this of himself or of another man?

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He didn't begin to breathe about the bush. and

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began to tell him stories and fairy tales. Right

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from that scripture, that is a skill. And where

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do we see this skill from? We can see it in Jesus'

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teaching, teaching ministry. Hallelujah. We can

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see that in the way the apostles also taught

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the scriptures. From this scripture, he interpreted

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to the Ethiopian things concerning Jesus Christ.

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Then he opened his mouth, verse 35, and beginning

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at this scripture, Obviously, we cannot see Jesus

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here. When you read, you will not see Jesus here.

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Amen? But with the understanding of the interpretation

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of the books of the old, and all the things we

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have written from Genesis to Malachi were concerning

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Christ, were concerning the promises, were concerning

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the work of God, were concerning what God will

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do in Christ, Philip opened his mouth and beginning

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at this scripture, preached who? He preached

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Jesus to him, not Miraculous. Amen? Not leadership

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because, ah, you can say this one maybe is a

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political power. You know, he has political power.

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Then I think the message that will feed this

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man is leadership. No, no, no, no. He preached

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to him, Jesus. Hallelujah. He preached to him,

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Jesus. Now, as they went down the road, they

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came to some water. And the Enoch says, see,

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here is water. What he hinders me from being

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baptized. Then Philip said, If you believe, you

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see, if you believe with all your heart, you

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may. And he answered, I believe that Jesus Christ

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is what? That means that in the course of all

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this explanation, he was able to preach Jesus

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and tell him that Jesus Christ is the Son of

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God who came on earth and he died for our sins.

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And when we put our trust in him, we will be

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saved and receive the gift of the Spirit of God.

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That is the conclusion of the message. And he

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said, I believe that Jesus is what? He's a son

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of God. Hallelujah. So he was killed in what?

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In handling the word of God because he learned

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from the apostles. Amen. And of course, we see

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the experience of the supernatural. Verse 39,

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verse 40. And other verses we've read. Now when

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they had come out of water, the spirit of the

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Lord. Verse 39. Now when they have come out of

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water, the spirit of the Lord. Caught Philip

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away so that the Enoch saw him no more. And he

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went on his way rejoicing. Who was rejoicing?

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The African. He went. The African went rejoicing.

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This is the first record of the gospel coming

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to Africa. And it didn't come by a mighty apostle.

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It came by a church member. A member of the church

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that the apostles were pastoring. Hallelujah.

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This was the first circle we have of Christianity

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in Africa. Not the one from Europe. Not the one

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from America. But this is the first time Africa

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came in contact, as we can see in recorded scriptures,

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that the gospel came to Africa. Hallelujah. And

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today, we see how the evidence of this work,

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of the work of God, even in our own lives, even

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in our continent. Hallelujah. So, he experienced

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the supernatural. which means that the supernatural

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is for every man. The supernatural experiences

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is for everyone that believe. For those who believe,

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these signs shall follow them. And you believe,

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so signs and wonders should follow. The miraculous

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should be normal. The supernatural experiences

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should be normal. There should be strange happenings

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in our midst. Hallelujah. When you experience

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the supernatural, it's not a strange occurrence.

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It should be the normal experience of the believer.

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Not once in a lifetime. Not once in a lifetime.

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The supernatural experiences can be always. That

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should be our normal disposition. That should

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be our normal encounter and normal experiences.

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Not only during catatismus. You know why many

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a times you feel the move of God during Catholicism?

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Because you prepared for it. Amen? You fasted.

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You prepared your mind. You put away your schedules.

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You adjusted yourself. You bought a brand new...

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If you put your effort up to this, you must have

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revelation of the word of God. You arrange your

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day. Amen? And you are set ready for the supernatural

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and the word of God comes and then you begin

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to speak in tongues. You give word of... That

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should be our normal default, brethren. Hallelujah.

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Every Sunday should be a supernatural service

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because we have supernatural sons and daughters

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of God gathered together for a supernatural relationship,

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for a supernatural fellowship. That should be

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a norm in our midst. So when a believer walks

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into this place, he knows that God is here. Hallelujah.

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And the message is preached and healing happens

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in our midst. And the unbeliever receives the

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message. And the unbeliever believes in the message

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of the gospel. Hallelujah. Supernatural is our

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experience. And this experience should be always

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in our homes, in our houses. It should be our

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normal experiences. Hallelujah. Now there's another

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man, Acts 9 verse 10. There's another man who

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will see examples. Why are we looking at examples?

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We're looking at these examples to stay us up,

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to stay on faith from us. To know that if this

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can happen to ordinary men, these records were

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recorded for us. That we, by them, will do what?

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We'll learn, alright? That faith will be stayed

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in us. That these are ordinary men doing extraordinary

00:33:54.390 --> 00:33:58.269
things. Hallelujah. And you, an ordinary man,

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can do extraordinary things. Because the Spirit

00:34:01.710 --> 00:34:04.609
of God that is in them, It's still the same Spirit

00:34:04.609 --> 00:34:09.030
of God that lives in you today. Hallelujah. Acts

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chapter 9 verse 10. Acts chapter 9 verse 10.

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We see another man, a disciple, not an apostle.

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In fact, this man is almost unknown in Scripture

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until this particular work that he did that we

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now come to know him. Now there was a certain

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disciple at Damascus named Ananias. Not the Ananias

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:37.900
and Sapphira. Amen? Not that one. This is a different

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:40.900
Ananias. Now, there was a certain disciple at

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:45.280
Damascus named Ananias. And to him, we see, the

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Bible was very clear about who he is. He is a

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what? He is a disciple. Okay? They don't used

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to call them church members. They used to call

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:56.960
them disciples. He is a disciple. He is a believer.

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And to him, the Lord said in a vision, So God

00:35:02.250 --> 00:35:05.769
can speak to anybody to do a work for him. Hallelujah.

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So the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias,

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and he said, here I am, Lord. So the Lord said

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to him, arise and go to the street called straight

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and inquire at the house of Judas for one cold

00:35:21.550 --> 00:35:28.650
soul of Tarsus, for behold his brain. And in

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a vision, he has seen a man named Ananias. So

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God told Paul about Ananias in a vision. And

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God spoke to Ananias in a vision about Paul.

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Amen. And in a vision, he has seen a man named

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:47.119
Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:52.659
so that he might receive his sight. Then Ananias

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:55.679
answered, look at the dialogue. This was a dialogue.

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Say, Lord, I've heard from many about this man

00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:02.389
who How this man has been terrorizing Christians.

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How he has been working with Boko Haram, Al -Shabaab,

00:36:07.449 --> 00:36:11.409
and all the terrorist organizations. How that

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he has done so much harm to the saints in Jerusalem.

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And here he has authority from the chief priest

00:36:18.590 --> 00:36:21.929
to ban all who call on your name. But the Lord

00:36:21.929 --> 00:36:24.150
said to him, Go for he is a chosen vessel of

00:36:24.150 --> 00:36:29.920
mine to bear my name before Gentiles. kings and

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the children of Israel. For I will show him how

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many things he must suffer for my sake. And Ananias

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went his way. See, Ananias did not even argue.

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Right? He knows with certainty this is the work

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:50.519
of God. This is the will of God. This is the

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:52.679
word of God. He understands that this is the

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:54.599
word of God. You understand that this is what

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:58.000
God wants. See, this must be a man that understands

00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:01.000
the ways of God. This must be a man that has

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been working intimately with God. Hallelujah.

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And he is not among the apostles. He is a certain

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:13.539
disciple. Like you, like I, like any other person

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:21.420
in this place. Like any other person. He enjoyed

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:25.909
the supernatural. He enjoyed a supernatural walk

00:37:25.909 --> 00:37:28.829
with God. In his dialogue, in his conversation,

00:37:28.849 --> 00:37:31.230
we can see that he's a man that understands the

00:37:31.230 --> 00:37:33.489
works of God. He walked with God. He communed

00:37:33.489 --> 00:37:37.090
with God. He has a fellowship with God. And we

00:37:37.090 --> 00:37:40.429
see how God used Ananias, a disciple, to minister

00:37:40.429 --> 00:37:46.590
to Paul's needs. The great apostle Paul. He was

00:37:46.590 --> 00:37:50.869
not apostle Peter or apostle John or any of the

00:37:50.869 --> 00:37:55.559
big apostles, but a certain disciple. Hallelujah.

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So you're not too small for what God will do

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or for what God is doing. Hallelujah. You're

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:04.219
not too small for what God is about to do in

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:06.739
this generation or what he's doing in this generation.

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Hallelujah. So why do we find it so difficult

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:16.280
or impossible to manifest the Spirit and the

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:18.400
giftings, the signs and wonders and the miraculous?

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Have you asked yourself? Why do we find ourselves

00:38:24.230 --> 00:38:30.610
not having similar experiences? Is it that the

00:38:30.610 --> 00:38:33.030
Spirit of God has changed his mind concerning

00:38:33.030 --> 00:38:36.730
his work in men? Is it that God is no longer

00:38:36.730 --> 00:38:38.989
working? Some people concluded that the Spirit

00:38:38.989 --> 00:38:43.369
has ceased to function this way. That God only

00:38:43.369 --> 00:38:45.929
operated for a certain time, then now is no longer

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the time for that operation, for those kind of

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operations. As though unbelievers have changed.

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As though unbelief has changed, has been reformed.

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Do you know that the unbelief of today is more

00:39:04.090 --> 00:39:08.269
even difficult than unbelief of before? Technology

00:39:08.269 --> 00:39:10.429
has come to suffocate the unbelief of today.

00:39:12.809 --> 00:39:16.369
Traveling from one place to another has affected

00:39:16.369 --> 00:39:20.019
the unbelief of today. People have exported all

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:22.239
kinds of lifestyle from one. The world has become

00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:25.760
a global place. So also wickedness has been globalized.

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So if these men will need the help of the Spirit

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:33.940
of God, the demonstration of the Spirit of God,

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the demonstration of the power of God in order

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:39.219
to reach their generation, we need that even

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:43.380
more in our generation. Hallelujah. Because the

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:46.800
enemy has become more crafty. He has become more

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:49.869
sophisticated. with information, with knowledge,

00:39:50.010 --> 00:39:53.110
and men have become more empowered to do evil.

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So we also that must confront our own generation

00:39:56.690 --> 00:39:59.670
must rely on the sophistication of the Spirit

00:39:59.670 --> 00:40:04.849
of God to reach our own generation. Walkings

00:40:04.849 --> 00:40:06.909
of the Spirit or the demonstration of the Spirit

00:40:06.909 --> 00:40:09.829
is non -negotiable for the believer of today.

00:40:12.550 --> 00:40:17.210
Hallelujah. It's non -negotiable. Through the

00:40:17.210 --> 00:40:20.349
level of technological advancement, artificial

00:40:20.349 --> 00:40:23.670
intelligence. Brother, if you don't have the

00:40:23.670 --> 00:40:31.769
spirit of God, you consult AI. Amen? AI will

00:40:31.769 --> 00:40:38.510
become your Lord and Savior. So why do we find

00:40:38.510 --> 00:40:41.710
it difficult? Because God is same yesterday.

00:40:41.949 --> 00:40:47.829
Is it easy? Same today. And forever. And we have

00:40:47.829 --> 00:40:50.210
the same access to the kingdom of God as these

00:40:50.210 --> 00:40:53.590
disciples had in the book of Acts. Why don't

00:40:53.590 --> 00:40:56.090
we see this manifestation through our lives?

00:40:58.550 --> 00:41:02.869
The reason is simple. Because we are often carnally

00:41:02.869 --> 00:41:06.550
minded. And we are not working in the spirit.

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We are preoccupied with carnal things. Carnal

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in the sense that we are preoccupied. by physical

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things. The world has been arranged in such a

00:41:19.750 --> 00:41:25.429
way that enables us to focus on physical and

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material things. So we negate the spirituality

00:41:29.349 --> 00:41:35.570
of our identity. Even our spirituality has been

00:41:35.570 --> 00:41:38.429
tailored into material things. So when we come

00:41:38.429 --> 00:41:40.789
to church, the only thing we are thinking is

00:41:40.789 --> 00:41:45.610
material things. So, The carnal man of today

00:41:45.610 --> 00:41:52.110
is in church. And his carnality has been rebranded

00:41:52.110 --> 00:41:54.670
into spirituality. That even his prayer, if you

00:41:54.670 --> 00:41:57.590
pray for one hour, 90 % of what you pray for

00:41:57.590 --> 00:42:01.070
is his carnal needs. A new job, a new house,

00:42:01.210 --> 00:42:07.190
a new car. You know, my education. Now, we're

00:42:07.190 --> 00:42:08.690
not saying these things are wrong or these things

00:42:08.690 --> 00:42:12.710
are bad. But a man that will manifest the kingdom

00:42:12.710 --> 00:42:16.380
of God. must be different. Because you know what?

00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:19.380
The Bible says that even the hidden, God knows

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:22.480
that even the hidden, what do they do? They need

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:25.360
these things, right? God knows that you need

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:29.320
them as the hidden do. So we cannot be worried

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:33.039
and moving on about these things. Hallelujah.

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:41.059
So, in Galatians 5 verse 6, Paul would tell the

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:45.210
Galatians to us. To walk in the spirit. I hope

00:42:45.210 --> 00:42:49.710
I have some time, yes. Galatians chapter 5 verse

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16. Galatians chapter 5 verse 16 to 18. I say

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then, walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill

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the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against

00:43:11.449 --> 00:43:15.380
it. things of the spirit against the spirit and

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:19.119
the spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:23.320
to one another. You see, the reason why the believer

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:25.500
of today is finding it difficult to manifest

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:28.440
is because the flesh and the spirit cannot coexist.

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There cannot be two influences in your life.

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It's either you are influenced by the spirit

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:39.599
of God or you are influenced by the flesh. But

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:41.480
one thing we want to do is I want to do the flesh.

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:44.019
I want to do the Spirit. I want to manifest God.

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:50.119
It's not possible. It's impossible. These are

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contrary to one another so that you do not do

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:55.320
the things that you so desire to do. What are

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:57.039
the things you so desire to do? The things of

00:43:57.039 --> 00:44:02.340
the Spirit. Hallelujah. You so desire to do the

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:06.599
things of the Spirit. But if you are led by the

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:11.619
Spirit, you are not under the law. All right?

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:17.599
The word work in verse 16, the word work is a

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:23.360
word peripatio. From the Greek, peripatio, P

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:30.579
-E -R -I -P -A -T -O. P -E -R -I -P -A -T -O.

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It means, in this context, it means to regulate

00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:39.849
one's life or conduct oneself. So what he is

00:44:39.849 --> 00:44:42.429
saying is that we should regulate our lives and

00:44:42.429 --> 00:44:46.670
we should conduct ourselves by the Spirit. That

00:44:46.670 --> 00:44:48.809
is, we should allow the Spirit to regulate and

00:44:48.809 --> 00:44:51.650
conduct our life. That is to say, let the Spirit

00:44:51.650 --> 00:44:56.090
inspire your living on the earth. And how will

00:44:56.090 --> 00:44:58.949
we know that the Spirit of God influences your

00:44:58.949 --> 00:45:04.909
living on the earth? It's by your conduct. For

00:45:04.909 --> 00:45:08.619
instance, The Spirit cannot lead you to do something

00:45:08.619 --> 00:45:10.940
that will harm your brother or your sister. So

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:12.920
when we see you harming your brother, we know

00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:16.260
that this one is not by the Spirit of God. Hallelujah.

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:20.920
So our lives must be regulated, must be led by

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:28.119
the Spirit of God. And then verse 16 and 17 shows

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two contradicting influences over a man's life.

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The Spirit And the flesh. Hallelujah. Two contradicting

00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:41.119
influences. The spirit and what? And the flesh.

00:45:41.179 --> 00:45:42.380
Now, when we talk about the flesh, we're not

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:46.119
talking about your physical body. Alright? The

00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:53.739
word flesh here is the word sarx from the Greek.

00:45:54.340 --> 00:46:00.679
Sarx. S -A -R -X. S -A -R -X. And this word can

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:03.969
mean two things. First, It can mean the physical

00:46:03.969 --> 00:46:08.550
body of a man, all right? And it can also mean

00:46:08.550 --> 00:46:12.789
a spiritual nature. So contextually, in this

00:46:12.789 --> 00:46:15.630
verse, it is not referring to your physical body.

00:46:16.289 --> 00:46:20.829
Your physical body is not anti -God. You hear

00:46:20.829 --> 00:46:24.030
what I'm saying? Your physical body is not anti

00:46:24.030 --> 00:46:25.849
-God because God wants your physical body to

00:46:25.849 --> 00:46:29.210
manifest on earth. Hallelujah. So your physical

00:46:29.210 --> 00:46:31.670
body is not in opposition to the spirit of God.

00:46:33.960 --> 00:46:37.059
So, but then there is an influence we call the

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:40.900
flesh. The flesh in this context does not mean

00:46:40.900 --> 00:46:43.900
your physical body. It refers to a spiritual

00:46:43.900 --> 00:46:47.860
nature. A nature that is spiritual. Because the

00:46:47.860 --> 00:46:51.619
spirit and flesh are two forces that influences

00:46:51.619 --> 00:46:56.840
the life of the man. Alright? It is the nature

00:46:56.840 --> 00:47:01.400
without the influence of God. Flesh is a nature

00:47:02.170 --> 00:47:08.329
of the influence of God. It is also called the

00:47:08.329 --> 00:47:14.710
world. Right? It is also called the world. Or

00:47:14.710 --> 00:47:18.409
you can say worldliness. It is also called the

00:47:18.409 --> 00:47:23.429
carnal nature. It is also called the sinful nature.

00:47:25.409 --> 00:47:29.590
Sinful nature. Some translation you see to use

00:47:29.590 --> 00:47:35.659
the oiled nature. Some translations will use

00:47:35.659 --> 00:47:43.179
the word sinful mind or evil nature. Hallelujah.

00:47:44.179 --> 00:47:47.800
So there are two influences. The carnal, or what

00:47:47.800 --> 00:47:51.300
we call the flesh, the old man, sinful nature,

00:47:51.460 --> 00:47:59.239
and also what? The spirit of God. So flesh refers

00:47:59.239 --> 00:48:01.619
to the thinking pattern. Flesh, first of all,

00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:06.179
is an ideology. It refers to the thinking pattern.

00:48:06.280 --> 00:48:09.400
That is, it is ideological but spiritual. Or

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:14.679
let me say it is spiritual but ideological. Because

00:48:14.679 --> 00:48:18.539
it is in the mind of man. Alright? Different

00:48:18.539 --> 00:48:23.219
from what is of God. It is a mind that thinks

00:48:23.219 --> 00:48:27.409
independently of God. That the influence is not

00:48:27.409 --> 00:48:31.289
of God, but it's of this world. This nature is

00:48:31.289 --> 00:48:37.210
in enmity against God. That for a man to think

00:48:37.210 --> 00:48:42.110
or to live independent of God is living in the

00:48:42.110 --> 00:48:44.590
flesh, is living under the control and influence

00:48:44.590 --> 00:48:48.489
of the flesh. And this nature called the flesh,

00:48:48.670 --> 00:48:52.849
the human nature or the sinful nature is actually

00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:57.039
in opposition or in enmity with God. Romans 8,

00:48:57.300 --> 00:49:01.440
verse 7 talks about that kind of life. Romans

00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:08.539
8, verse 7 to 8. Because the carnal mind, what

00:49:08.539 --> 00:49:11.139
is the carnal mind? That is the flesh, the sinful

00:49:11.139 --> 00:49:15.239
nature there. The carnal mind is enmity against

00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:19.480
God. What does it do? It does not subject to

00:49:19.480 --> 00:49:21.500
the law of God. That is the law of the spirit.

00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:23.360
That is, it does not subject to the spirit of

00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:25.960
God. That means that it is not influenced by

00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:32.360
the spirit of God. It cannot be. Hallelujah.

00:49:32.639 --> 00:49:37.639
Was it? So then, those who are in the flesh,

00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:43.920
those who are in the flesh cannot do what? Cannot

00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:47.400
please God. Those who are in the flesh cannot

00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:54.360
please God. Hallelujah. So, the mindset is influenced

00:49:54.360 --> 00:50:01.239
not by God. The thoughts, you know, our brother

00:50:01.239 --> 00:50:04.300
read to us in 2 Corinthians chapter, is it chapter

00:50:04.300 --> 00:50:07.880
10? Is it chapter 10 you read from? That talks

00:50:07.880 --> 00:50:20.860
about the weapon, right? Let me check. Help me.

00:50:21.639 --> 00:50:28.900
10 .5, right? I remember. 10 .5. 10 .4. Is it

00:50:28.900 --> 00:50:32.380
1 Corinthians? Aha. Because I'm seeing something

00:50:32.380 --> 00:50:36.179
here. 2 Corinthians 10. When he was leading us

00:50:36.179 --> 00:50:41.760
to pray. 2 Corinthians 10. Verse 4. It says,

00:50:41.820 --> 00:50:44.599
for the weapons. No, look at verse 3. Say, for

00:50:44.599 --> 00:50:48.679
though we walk in the flesh. Right? We walk in

00:50:48.679 --> 00:50:50.800
the physical, this flesh, the first flesh here,

00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:54.139
is we walk in the physical body. We do no war

00:50:54.139 --> 00:50:57.480
according to the flesh. For the weapons of our

00:50:57.480 --> 00:51:01.639
warfare are not what? Are not in the flesh, are

00:51:01.639 --> 00:51:08.039
not carnal, but mighty in God for what? For pulling

00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:12.659
down of what? Of strongholds. Casting down what?

00:51:14.420 --> 00:51:17.159
Arguments. Now, this is the flesh. Arguments.

00:51:18.179 --> 00:51:24.599
thoughts, arguments, thoughts, impressions, and

00:51:24.599 --> 00:51:27.719
every high thing that exalts itself against the

00:51:27.719 --> 00:51:32.079
word, the knowledge of God, and bringing thoughts,

00:51:32.320 --> 00:51:36.739
every thought into captivity to the word, through

00:51:36.739 --> 00:51:39.480
obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish

00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:42.460
all disobedience when obedience is fulfilled.

00:51:42.639 --> 00:51:48.719
Hallelujah. So, It's a life influence. The thought

00:51:48.719 --> 00:51:54.420
is influenced by, you know, this nature. You

00:51:54.420 --> 00:51:56.440
know, whenever you see people think cooperatively,

00:51:56.699 --> 00:52:00.099
right? Whenever you see people have a certain

00:52:00.099 --> 00:52:03.039
manner of life, they carve for themselves a certain

00:52:03.039 --> 00:52:07.579
ideology, a certain mannerism, united in an ideology,

00:52:08.019 --> 00:52:13.059
there's always a spirit involved. I can tell

00:52:13.059 --> 00:52:14.480
you that some of the philosophies and some of

00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:16.199
the ideologies we study in school, they are actually

00:52:16.199 --> 00:52:20.599
spiritual ideologies. Because for you to see

00:52:20.599 --> 00:52:23.480
men come together, having the same mind, the

00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:25.980
same thoughts, I can tell you that the spirit

00:52:25.980 --> 00:52:30.400
is involved in that organization. Remember those

00:52:30.400 --> 00:52:31.840
men that gathered that they want to build an

00:52:31.840 --> 00:52:36.420
altar, a tower. Do you think that they just sat

00:52:36.420 --> 00:52:37.760
down and then thought that they just want to

00:52:37.760 --> 00:52:40.320
go against God? There is a spirit that would

00:52:40.750 --> 00:52:44.769
that's involved in that union. Hallelujah. Please,

00:52:44.809 --> 00:52:56.809
let's have attention here. Okay? So, we must

00:52:56.809 --> 00:53:04.309
beware that there is a thought pattern that sponsors

00:53:04.309 --> 00:53:09.340
the things we see around and about us. Some movements

00:53:09.340 --> 00:53:13.139
we see around are not just political. And we

00:53:13.139 --> 00:53:15.059
as believers must be careful before we join things

00:53:15.059 --> 00:53:17.780
that we don't know. You go to an organization

00:53:17.780 --> 00:53:21.840
and they have certain beliefs. Oh, we are here.

00:53:22.679 --> 00:53:25.079
Some of those beliefs, they put them under this,

00:53:25.219 --> 00:53:29.219
you know, they look good. You know, it's anti

00:53:29.219 --> 00:53:31.739
-racism, for example. They call them in this

00:53:31.739 --> 00:53:39.769
way, you know, or women's rights, you know. equity

00:53:39.769 --> 00:53:44.070
and inclusion. Or the one that I've been studying

00:53:44.070 --> 00:53:48.349
recently is about environmental, what do they

00:53:48.349 --> 00:53:52.389
call it? Protection and sustainability. And we've

00:53:52.389 --> 00:53:55.150
written a lot of academic work in this sphere.

00:53:55.309 --> 00:53:59.329
But in the core of those ideologies, there's

00:53:59.329 --> 00:54:02.590
a spirit sponsoring it. Because oftentimes, it

00:54:02.590 --> 00:54:04.789
brings an ideology and a thought pattern that

00:54:04.789 --> 00:54:09.690
seems to exalt the self above God. So we, as

00:54:09.690 --> 00:54:13.130
we study, we open our eyes. We know that this

00:54:13.130 --> 00:54:16.570
is of God. This is not of God. And we know the

00:54:16.570 --> 00:54:19.389
extent and the limits to which we can go as believers.

00:54:20.090 --> 00:54:22.389
Hallelujah. But unfortunately, some believers

00:54:22.389 --> 00:54:25.829
have become activists, pursuing and propagating

00:54:25.829 --> 00:54:27.570
these ideologies, even without knowing the origin

00:54:27.570 --> 00:54:30.610
and root of those ideologies. He raised up your

00:54:30.610 --> 00:54:32.769
hand, he said, black lives matter. Do you know

00:54:32.769 --> 00:54:35.849
the root? Do you know the ideology? Do you know

00:54:35.849 --> 00:54:40.030
the drive of that philosophy? Before you say,

00:54:40.070 --> 00:54:42.929
I'm an activist for this, make sure that it is

00:54:42.929 --> 00:54:44.449
the Spirit of God that is inspiring your activism.

00:54:47.130 --> 00:54:50.230
Hallelujah. So that we can live our lives effectively

00:54:50.230 --> 00:54:53.130
and not just trying to follow trends because

00:54:53.130 --> 00:54:55.949
we want to be trends in this world. Hallelujah.

00:54:56.630 --> 00:54:59.130
So the manifestation of the flesh is plain and

00:54:59.130 --> 00:55:01.369
obvious. The scripture is not hidden concerning

00:55:01.369 --> 00:55:05.150
the manifestation. Galatians 5, verse 19 to 21.

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Galatians 5, 19. Now the works of the flesh are

00:55:15.039 --> 00:55:18.599
what? They are evident. It means that if you

00:55:18.599 --> 00:55:22.260
see flesh in manifestation, you will know. It

00:55:22.260 --> 00:55:24.820
means that if we enter this hall and we see somebody

00:55:24.820 --> 00:55:27.980
behaving, Pastor Victor will say that he has

00:55:27.980 --> 00:55:33.699
been going somewhere. Now this action, the way

00:55:33.699 --> 00:55:35.380
you see this sister is dressing like this, the

00:55:35.380 --> 00:55:36.840
way you see this brother is dressing like this,

00:55:36.860 --> 00:55:39.429
he has been going somewhere. And it's true. You

00:55:39.429 --> 00:55:42.610
copy it somewhere. Everybody is a product of

00:55:42.610 --> 00:55:48.590
influence. Hallelujah. Everybody is a product

00:55:48.590 --> 00:55:53.929
of influence, good or bad. So, when we see, we

00:55:53.929 --> 00:55:58.110
know, wherever we know the source, we know where

00:55:58.110 --> 00:56:00.250
this behavior is coming from. We know where this

00:56:00.250 --> 00:56:03.329
ideology is coming from. When you talk, we know

00:56:03.329 --> 00:56:07.469
the inspiration of your speech. Whether it's

00:56:07.469 --> 00:56:09.550
of God or it's of the flesh or it's of the world.

00:56:11.670 --> 00:56:15.829
So, the works of the flesh are evident. The goodness

00:56:15.829 --> 00:56:19.769
says they are plain. They are not hidden. Some

00:56:19.769 --> 00:56:22.610
translations will say they are clear to see with

00:56:22.610 --> 00:56:26.590
the eyes. How do we know the manifestation of

00:56:26.590 --> 00:56:30.210
the flesh? First, in adultery, sexual immorality.

00:56:30.309 --> 00:56:33.809
That is the first display we see, at least given

00:56:33.809 --> 00:56:38.539
to us, right? Fornication. adultery, okay? Can

00:56:38.539 --> 00:56:42.539
you give me this text in NLT? Do you have NLT?

00:56:44.860 --> 00:56:48.079
Yes. When you follow the desires of your sinful

00:56:48.079 --> 00:56:49.980
nature, I don't like the way they say your sinful

00:56:49.980 --> 00:56:52.219
nature. When you follow the desires, they should

00:56:52.219 --> 00:56:54.260
have just put, if you follow the desires of the

00:56:54.260 --> 00:56:58.340
sinful nature, okay? The results are very clear.

00:56:59.000 --> 00:57:03.579
Say the sinful nature is not my nature. But I

00:57:03.579 --> 00:57:07.400
can follow it if I want to. Yes. It's not your

00:57:07.400 --> 00:57:10.679
nature. We'll see it subsequently. When you follow

00:57:10.679 --> 00:57:13.719
the desires of the sinful nature, the results

00:57:13.719 --> 00:57:15.920
are what? They are very clear. We'll see what

00:57:15.920 --> 00:57:17.800
is manifesting in your life. And some of you

00:57:17.800 --> 00:57:19.579
are here, oh, you begin to see this list. You

00:57:19.579 --> 00:57:24.420
begin to see yourself in the list. Sexual immorality.

00:57:25.619 --> 00:57:28.599
All right? And you are in church. You are speaking

00:57:28.599 --> 00:57:32.940
in tongues. Impurity. You are going out for evangelism.

00:57:33.099 --> 00:57:35.679
You are lusting. It's lustful pleasure. The next

00:57:35.679 --> 00:57:43.860
verse. Idolatry. Okay? Sorcery. You know, they

00:57:43.860 --> 00:57:48.960
say they digitalize sorcery and idolatry. They

00:57:48.960 --> 00:57:52.360
call it horoscope, right? They call it, they

00:57:52.360 --> 00:57:54.260
say, what is your star? They used to call it

00:57:54.260 --> 00:57:59.880
zodiac, whatever. You're a believer, you're looking

00:57:59.880 --> 00:58:06.280
for zodiac sign. And you think it's a trend.

00:58:06.619 --> 00:58:08.239
You don't know that that is for them. It's real

00:58:08.239 --> 00:58:10.159
for them. And you think it's a trend. For you,

00:58:10.179 --> 00:58:15.039
the believer, your zodiac sign is Christ. Do

00:58:15.039 --> 00:58:18.139
you understand? Your nature cannot come from

00:58:18.139 --> 00:58:22.199
any moon or from the stars. Your nature is in

00:58:22.199 --> 00:58:26.000
Christ. How can a believer be looking for somebody

00:58:26.000 --> 00:58:28.340
to read him here in this place? They read him

00:58:28.340 --> 00:58:31.719
a cup of coffee, right? Yes, they do it here.

00:58:32.219 --> 00:58:35.019
Somebody will take coffee and then they... They

00:58:35.019 --> 00:58:36.840
turn it and they'll read to you like they tell

00:58:36.840 --> 00:58:39.019
you all the things. And some who can read from

00:58:39.019 --> 00:58:46.420
your palm. That is witchcraft. That is a manifestation

00:58:46.420 --> 00:58:50.559
of what? Of a life outside Christ. Quarreling.

00:58:51.820 --> 00:58:55.780
This one is familiar, right? It's here. It's

00:58:55.780 --> 00:58:58.199
not supposed to be here. But it can be here.

00:58:58.260 --> 00:59:02.559
Hostility. Jealousy. Alright? You know me, I

00:59:02.559 --> 00:59:05.409
have this. We see it in our blood. In our family,

00:59:05.469 --> 00:59:09.610
we have anger. It's in our blood. You know, we

00:59:09.610 --> 00:59:11.469
can easily get angry. When my father get angry,

00:59:11.730 --> 00:59:16.010
I took it from my father. Of course, you are

00:59:16.010 --> 00:59:19.730
influenced by what you see around you. Outbursts

00:59:19.730 --> 00:59:24.210
of anger. Selfish ambition. What motivates your

00:59:24.210 --> 00:59:27.110
ambition? Is it self? Selfishness. Distinctions.

00:59:27.469 --> 00:59:29.550
When you are in thought, you are in guru. But

00:59:29.550 --> 00:59:32.170
any group, any team you enter, you cause division.

00:59:33.800 --> 00:59:35.960
You leave media, you enter evangelism, you cause

00:59:35.960 --> 00:59:38.400
division. Why is it every time you enter there

00:59:38.400 --> 00:59:40.960
must be a problem? And you think everybody is

00:59:40.960 --> 00:59:45.860
bad. You are the one that is operating with another

00:59:45.860 --> 00:59:49.820
ideology. It's an influence that you are attending

00:59:49.820 --> 00:59:52.699
to that is manifesting the result that we see.

00:59:52.820 --> 01:00:02.579
Next verse. Envy. Alright? And drunkenness. And

01:00:02.579 --> 01:00:05.179
then you like going to parties, wild parties,

01:00:05.219 --> 01:00:06.699
parties that does not align with the purpose

01:00:06.699 --> 01:00:10.739
of God. Somebody will tell you that when his

01:00:10.739 --> 01:00:17.099
mind is too occupied, he goes to cloud nine to

01:00:17.099 --> 01:00:21.619
calm down himself. That's his own fun. That is

01:00:21.619 --> 01:00:26.860
his own way of recreation. The believer's recreation

01:00:26.860 --> 01:00:31.570
is in the spirit. Hallelujah. We are spiritual

01:00:31.570 --> 01:00:36.690
beings. Amen. And ETC, right? Other things like

01:00:36.690 --> 01:00:38.909
this. There are many. The Bible is not for this

01:00:38.909 --> 01:00:42.329
list. So they just put an like like this. Let

01:00:42.329 --> 01:00:45.170
me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone

01:00:45.170 --> 01:00:48.010
living that sort of life will not inherit the

01:00:48.010 --> 01:00:52.530
kingdom of God. Hallelujah. That is a big issue.

01:00:53.670 --> 01:00:56.329
So it is impossible for you, a believer, to see

01:00:56.329 --> 01:01:00.170
this manifested in your conduct as a believer.

01:01:00.679 --> 01:01:04.119
You are living in immorality and all sorts of

01:01:04.119 --> 01:01:08.219
things and then hope that you will manifest effectively.

01:01:08.559 --> 01:01:13.300
It's impossible. It is practically impossible

01:01:13.300 --> 01:01:16.400
to live under the influence of the flesh and

01:01:16.400 --> 01:01:19.639
manifest. It's impossible. These two cannot work.

01:01:24.219 --> 01:01:26.860
You cannot effectively manifest the kingdom of

01:01:26.860 --> 01:01:29.949
God while under the influence of the flesh. It

01:01:29.949 --> 01:01:38.610
is what? It is impossible. The Corinthian church

01:01:38.610 --> 01:01:43.130
is a practical example for us, right? Practical

01:01:43.130 --> 01:01:49.329
example, 1 Corinthians 1 verse 4. 1 Corinthians

01:01:49.329 --> 01:01:53.710
1 verse 4. We see that this is a church that

01:01:53.710 --> 01:01:57.670
have experienced the mighty power of God. I thank

01:01:57.670 --> 01:02:02.239
my God always. concerning you for the grace of

01:02:02.239 --> 01:02:05.679
God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that

01:02:05.679 --> 01:02:09.320
you were enriched in what? In everything by him,

01:02:09.320 --> 01:02:16.199
in all assurance and all knowledge. Even as the

01:02:16.199 --> 01:02:19.000
testimony of Christ was confirmed in you. So

01:02:19.000 --> 01:02:22.300
these are believers. So that you come short in

01:02:22.300 --> 01:02:27.559
what? In no ritual, in no gift. eagerly waiting

01:02:27.559 --> 01:02:29.320
for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

01:02:29.460 --> 01:02:32.300
So these men are born again, and the Bible says

01:02:32.300 --> 01:02:35.699
that they lack in no gifts. This is an entire

01:02:35.699 --> 01:02:39.380
church that lacks in no gifts. Now, let's see

01:02:39.380 --> 01:02:43.980
their lifestyle. Move to verse 10, same chapter.

01:02:45.360 --> 01:02:51.260
Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of

01:02:51.260 --> 01:02:54.030
our Lord Jesus Christ. That you all speak the

01:02:54.030 --> 01:02:55.329
same thing, which means that there's division

01:02:55.329 --> 01:02:58.909
in these thoughts. The Spirit of God is not the

01:02:58.909 --> 01:03:07.389
author of division. That you speak the same thing

01:03:07.389 --> 01:03:10.809
and that there is no division among you, but

01:03:10.809 --> 01:03:13.269
that you be perfectly joined together in the

01:03:13.269 --> 01:03:18.300
same mind and the same judgment. For it has been

01:03:18.300 --> 01:03:21.239
declared to me concerning you, my brethren, you

01:03:21.239 --> 01:03:25.340
call them brethren, by those of class household,

01:03:25.699 --> 01:03:28.400
that there are contentions among you. Though

01:03:28.400 --> 01:03:30.360
this looks like the list we read earlier on,

01:03:31.000 --> 01:03:33.860
that there's contentiousness among them. All

01:03:33.860 --> 01:03:36.420
right? Now let's move to chapter 3, verse 1 to

01:03:36.420 --> 01:03:40.599
4. Chapter 3, verse 1 to 4. If your Bible is

01:03:40.599 --> 01:03:43.039
like my own, the topic they wrote there, the

01:03:43.039 --> 01:03:47.059
people that printed this Bible. They wrote the

01:03:47.059 --> 01:03:53.559
topic, they say, sectarianism is canon. Verse

01:03:53.559 --> 01:03:55.840
1. And I, brethren, could not speak to you as

01:03:55.840 --> 01:03:58.219
to spiritual people. Are they spiritual people?

01:03:59.179 --> 01:04:02.619
Are they spiritual people? Yes. All right. They

01:04:02.619 --> 01:04:04.920
are spiritual. What makes them spiritual? Because

01:04:04.920 --> 01:04:06.800
they are born again. So it means that a born

01:04:06.800 --> 01:04:10.139
again Christian, you know, this is not a good

01:04:10.139 --> 01:04:14.219
sentence, right? A born again Christian can live

01:04:14.219 --> 01:04:18.800
in sin. That's what we're trying to say. Okay?

01:04:19.219 --> 01:04:22.179
A born again Christian can live in sin and it's

01:04:22.179 --> 01:04:25.280
not the will of God for you. It means that you

01:04:25.280 --> 01:04:27.440
cannot experience, you cannot manifest the power

01:04:27.440 --> 01:04:33.179
of God. Hallelujah. It doesn't mean that the

01:04:33.179 --> 01:04:35.119
power of God is not there, but you cannot bring

01:04:35.119 --> 01:04:37.519
it out because you are influenced by another

01:04:37.519 --> 01:04:42.599
force that is outside you. And I, brethren, could

01:04:42.599 --> 01:04:47.639
not speak to you as preachers. But as to carnal,

01:04:47.840 --> 01:04:49.760
are they carnal? They are not carnal. But he's

01:04:49.760 --> 01:04:51.800
referring to them as carnal because of their

01:04:51.800 --> 01:04:56.260
conduct. As to babes in Christ, I fed you with

01:04:56.260 --> 01:04:59.820
milk and not with solid food, for until now you

01:04:59.820 --> 01:05:02.599
were not able to receive it. And even now you

01:05:02.599 --> 01:05:06.139
are still not able, for you are still carnal.

01:05:07.139 --> 01:05:12.840
That is not Paul speaking in alignment to what

01:05:12.840 --> 01:05:16.599
the identity is. But he's, speaking based on

01:05:16.599 --> 01:05:21.679
their conduct. For where there are envy, strife,

01:05:21.880 --> 01:05:25.239
divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving

01:05:25.239 --> 01:05:30.780
like ordinary men? For when one says, I am for

01:05:30.780 --> 01:05:34.320
Paul, another, I am Apollos, are you not all

01:05:34.320 --> 01:05:39.980
carnal? Chapter 5, verse 1. Chapter 5, verse

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1. Chapter 5. Verse 1. It is actually reported

01:05:53.940 --> 01:05:57.800
that there is a sexual immorality among you and

01:05:57.800 --> 01:06:02.920
such sexual immorality that even sinners or unbelievers

01:06:02.920 --> 01:06:08.980
cannot do. And what is it? That a man will sleep

01:06:08.980 --> 01:06:13.380
with his father's wife. Imagine this kind of

01:06:13.380 --> 01:06:16.579
thing and he's in the church. and you are puffed

01:06:16.579 --> 01:06:20.659
up, and have not rather mourned that he who has

01:06:20.659 --> 01:06:22.739
done this deed might be taken away from among

01:06:22.739 --> 01:06:27.519
you. For I indeed, as absent in the body, but

01:06:27.519 --> 01:06:30.599
present in the spirit, have already judged, as

01:06:30.599 --> 01:06:35.139
though I were present with him who has so done

01:06:35.139 --> 01:06:38.599
this deed. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

01:06:38.760 --> 01:06:42.639
when you gather, when you come together, together,

01:06:43.210 --> 01:06:45.469
Allow with my spirit, with the power of our Lord

01:06:45.469 --> 01:06:48.570
Jesus Christ, deliver such one to opposition

01:06:48.570 --> 01:06:51.829
for the destruction of the flesh. What flesh?

01:06:54.409 --> 01:06:58.369
Okay. That his spirit may be saved in the day

01:06:58.369 --> 01:07:02.070
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Your glory is not good.

01:07:02.769 --> 01:07:05.269
Do you not know that a little leaven leavens

01:07:05.269 --> 01:07:08.989
a whole lump? Therefore, pour out the whole leaven

01:07:08.989 --> 01:07:11.449
that you may be a new lump. This is a parable

01:07:11.449 --> 01:07:13.929
he's speaking here. that you may be a new lamp,

01:07:14.070 --> 01:07:17.650
since you truly are unleavened, for indeed Christ

01:07:17.650 --> 01:07:21.389
our Passover was sacrificed for us. Therefore

01:07:21.389 --> 01:07:27.010
let the feast not with all leaven, nor with the

01:07:27.010 --> 01:07:30.110
leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the

01:07:30.110 --> 01:07:35.110
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. I wrote

01:07:35.110 --> 01:07:38.110
to you in my epistle not to keep company, look

01:07:38.110 --> 01:07:40.670
at this, not to keep company with the sexually

01:07:40.670 --> 01:07:45.969
immoral people, Yet, I certainly did not mean

01:07:45.969 --> 01:07:48.150
with the sexually immoral people of this world

01:07:48.150 --> 01:07:51.309
or with the covetous or extortioners or idolaters

01:07:51.309 --> 01:07:55.769
since you will need to go out of the world. But

01:07:55.769 --> 01:07:58.409
now I have written to you not to keep company

01:07:58.409 --> 01:08:02.969
with anyone, name what? Let's read verse 11 together.

01:08:03.190 --> 01:08:06.550
Let's look up. Let's read verse 11 together.

01:08:06.769 --> 01:08:10.869
Is it up? One, two, go. But now I have written

01:08:10.869 --> 01:08:14.340
to you not to keep company. Would anyone name

01:08:14.340 --> 01:08:18.920
a brother, put over a sister, who is sexually

01:08:18.920 --> 01:08:23.779
immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler,

01:08:24.039 --> 01:08:27.500
or a drunkard, or an extortioner, not even to

01:08:27.500 --> 01:08:32.699
eat with such a person? This is your Bible. If

01:08:32.699 --> 01:08:34.180
it's not in your Bible, then your Bible has been

01:08:34.180 --> 01:08:39.619
rebranded. For we have, for what I have to do,

01:08:39.680 --> 01:08:43.579
okay, rather, For what have I to do with judging

01:08:43.579 --> 01:08:47.640
those who are outside? Do you not judge those

01:08:47.640 --> 01:08:50.739
who are inside? But those who are outside, God

01:08:50.739 --> 01:08:53.300
judges. Therefore, put away from yourself the

01:08:53.300 --> 01:08:58.079
word, that evil person. Hallelujah. So, you see,

01:08:58.140 --> 01:09:02.460
this and the things we will continue on Sunday.

01:09:02.800 --> 01:09:06.920
But I want you to understand, right? That there

01:09:06.920 --> 01:09:10.140
is an influence that we can give ourselves to.

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that will limit us. And let me tell you, we'll

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see one day how this kind of lifestyle influences

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us. And we'll see what God has done to this lifestyle.

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Hallelujah. So can we open our mouth and begin

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to pray? I don't know how much of God's word

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you've seen with your eyes, but I want you to

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pray for yourself. We appreciate you being here

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today. We hope you carry this word with you throughout

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