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right in So our teaching this morning is continuing
from where we stopped the last time which is
faith for evangelism the fruit of our preaching
in the life of people you know what pastor victor
said is actually something that is a burden has
been a burden and i believe we will see the fruits
you know that there'll be a time when we'll have
gatherings of believers in christ there will
not just be us alone but people of this yun,
yun, yun, yun, yun, yun, yun, yun, yun, yun,
yun, yun, yun. yun yun yun yun yun yun yun yun
yun but the circumstances that would pray for
much more that they will lead the proclamation
of the gospel on this island that is the impact
that that makes there's a difference that that
makes so let her be abiding you know let her
be abiding all right so faith for evangelism
and i think this is the third one uh that we
we are working on and we are teaching this morning
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi us strengthen us in the
work of faith and everything writes everything
that pertains to the work of ministry so matthew
chapter 1 verse 21 or we can start from verse
20 but while he taught on these things behold
the angel of the lord appeared unto him in a
dream saying Joseph thou son of David fear not
to take unto thee marry thy wife for that which
is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost and
she shall bring forth a son and thou shall call
his name Jesus for he shall save his people from
their sins he shall save the people from their
sins so now all this was done that he might be
fulfilled which was spoken of the lord by the
prophets saying beo the virgin shall be with
child and shall bring forth a son and they shall
call his name immanuel which been interpreted
god with us then joseph being raised from sleep
did as the angel of the lord at beating him and
took his wife took unto him his wife a new anoint
until she was brought forth a first -born son
and he called his name jesus now the emphasis
is from verse 21 to 23 right and the tidying
up that we're doing is that when the scripture
talks about the incarnation of christ okay when
the scripture talks about the incarnation of
christ the resurrection which is what christ
would do is also preached alongside okay when
the scripture teaches that a child will be born
it also teaches that the child will save a people
right so it tells us what a child will do which
is teaching about the fact that god will come
in the flesh to deliver his people to deliver
us and that is one thing that we see so the incarnation
and the resolution are not preached separately
but where we find the information bring talked
about the resurrection is emphasized right the
resurrection the ascension is emphasized so we
can say that the entire gospel right communicates
the testimony of christ so talk about the testimony
of christ right it talks about the entire thing
that's jesus did it talks about the entire thing
that jesus did means it's coming to life the
incarnation is suffering is death's barrier and
resurrection okay so it's coming to life which
is incarnation is suffering is death's barrier
and resurrection and what we call the ascension
so incarnation suffering death's barrier the
resurrection and what we call the ascension which
we have taught separately that ascension means
right the giving of life into us to give us eternal
life means christ in us ascending into us and
we have taught that there are teachings on that
uh if we want to further in that or if you want
to revise that now so where is the problem why
do did i have to teach that the other day that
some people believe jesus as a prophet right
that some people believe jesus as just incarnate
some people believe jesus as why do we have to
teach that we have to teach that because when
it comes to the communication of the gospel okay
when it comes to communication of the gospel
the problem is not in the message the problem
always starts from the mind of men okay so when
it comes to the communication of the gospel when
the gospel is preached it is not the message
of the bible that has a fault no it is always
the mind of men the mind of men so the teaching
that we do helps the mind of man to align with
the accurate precise knowledge of the gospel
which is what we prayed about right what we prayed
about so sometimes when you begin to uh see people
pick some part of the gospel and say well i believe
these i don't believe that uh it's about the
mind of man so people can perceive one part of
the truth right just like the disciples also
perceived uh at some point in time only a certain
part of the truth so when you are listening to
a message one of the things that you should be
praying for yourself is lord i receive revelation
when you are listening to a message and the pastor
is preaching one of the things you should regularly
do is to say lord i receive revelation so that
you can enjoy the entire council of god in that
message right we've seen jesus being with the
disciples preaching preaching and yet at resurrection
they were wondering if it is true that it was
going to come alive again so let's open to our
bibles right just see look look 24 look 24 verse
25 and verse 25 to 34 then he said unto them
all foolish ones and slow of hearts to believe
in all that the prophet has spoken or not the
christ who have suffered these things and enter
into his glory and beginning at moses another
prophet he expounded unto them to them all the
scriptures in all the scriptures the things concerning
himself we can see it the things concerning himself
you can go to verse 30 let's see Now it came
to pass as he sat at a table with them that he
took bread and blessed and broke it and he gave
it to them And then their eyes were open and
they knew him and he vanished from their from
their sights And they said to one another did
our heart not burn right? Did our heart burn
within us while he talked with us on the road
and while he opened the scriptures to us so you
can see that ប ប ប ប ប ប these are the words
which i did words i spoke to you while i was
with you these are the words i spoke okay this
just appeared right all right these are the words
i spoke to you while i was with you luke 24 verse
44 that all things must be fulfilled which were
written in the law of moses and in the prophets
and in the psalms concerning me right concerning
me now would you say that they have not believed
jesus as the christ that has come they have worked
with him they have done what he has instructed
them to do they've preached alongside with him
they've healed the sick alongside with him yet
there's a part of the gospel that they couldn't
come into terms with and that was the suffering
of christ and the resurrection of christ so the
problem was with them now verse 45 told us what
happens and hoping they are understanding that
they might comprehend the scriptures so one of
the things you will always do is to pray for
yourself right that lord i comprehend the scriptures
i understand the scriptures i understand what
the bible says otherwise you would just appropriate
the bible wrongly right so we see that the problem
is with the mind of men so to explain that some
people believe in carnation is because we have
seen that happen in the mind of men and we put
scriptures like matthew 16 matthew 16 verse 21
to 23 which some people were about to make jesus
king haven't seen all the miracles haven't fed
them haven't understood that okay this must be
the christ they say let's make him a king right
who would not like to have a king that will continually
provide for them you know everybody likes to
have a king right that will continually provide
for them that will continually be with them right
even though they did not understand the time
our life it was going to come and stay in them
so everybody would like to have a king and they
wanted to make him a king you know it's like
somebody making a road and you know fixing the
road in your community putting uh street lights
and all of that and you want to make him the
chairman of the local government you know why
not but when it comes to the scripture and spiritual
things it has deeper understanding so they didn't
understand that the process by which jesus will
be their king is not by making him a king of
the jews so they didn't understand the process
the same thing with the disciples they didn't
understand the process by which jesus will be
with them forever they didn't understand that
process so it was their mind that could not comprehend
a king all the kings they know nif you remember
what samuel told them about the kind of kings
they are kings that rule and they rule what i
mean they rule and they rule it means that they
rule over the people over the kingdom they have
soldiers they have military they have security
and that is the kind of king that they comprehended
but scriptures made us to know that's not in
that way right and that is why jesus would say
my kingdom is not of this world right we don't
it's not of this world it's not how you make
kings in this place so they couldn't comprehend
they couldn't comprehend and we see that now
john john chapter one verse 12 uh we see that
john chapter one verse 12 i think just a little
bit of title there as well he said but as many
as receiving to them gave he power to become
the sons of god even to them that believe in
his name and verse 13 says which were born not
of blood not of the will of the flesh not the
will of man but the will of god so it's talking
about people coming to christ they believe they
receive him right and they are born of god so
it's talking about people that are being that
are born again this is a revelation what we mean
as uh post -resurrection explanation of jesus
in john chapter one so he's talking about people
that have come to believe people that have received
him so at this point they already comprehended
everything right at john 12 right what john was
referring to says well they understood now so
they believe so they became born again so coming
into being born again right means that you comprehended
you know the resurrection of right the death
barrier and uh the ascension of christ into you
so they have received him they believe in and
uh they believe and they have received him so
they are not doubting at this point the disciples
are not doubting whether he's going to die right
as we know john the book of john was written
later after many of these revelations we are
already clear rights and review so this is a
resurrection reality all right so i said it's
aligned with first john chapter three verse two
that says now are we the sons of god which means
at that present time right while this book was
written john and other disciples were the sons
of god good so i'm not going to revise every
other part which is those uh that didn't believe
in the scriptures you can listen to the message
is online is on ncf uh ncf .church and we have
the ncf media there and you can please listen
to those messages and it will bless you but the
emphasis right that we are going to make today
is for the believer so we said there are people
who believe jesus the first category of people
right the belief jesus as the belief jesus and
the entirety of the scriptures the belief jesus
and the entirety of the scriptures and we said
that those who believe jesus after resurrection
although they didn't believe uh the incarnation
they were doubting if it was truly christ but
they believe uh and there are those who just
believe that is born uh there are those who did
not believe neither the incarnation nor the resurrection
and those who believe that is a prophet now our
our empathy when we are teaching faith for evangelism
is not for them okay is not for them why because
the only people that can work in faith in evangelism
is the believer do we get it is the believer
so you cannot do evangelism when you're not safe
i mean that's not possible right if you're doing
that probably from head knowledge right you don't
have the reality of it so the people who are
responsible to do evangelism and to work in faith
for evangelism are the believers do we get that
so as a believer you are expected to work in
faith for evangelism right you are expected to
work in faith for evangelism now the first thing
we need to know okay the first thing we need
to know is that you have faith you have you have
faith this is the first thing we need to know
that there is no faith coming from outside into
you right that's when you became born again you
have the faith of christ in you when you became
born again you have the faith of christ in you
we must establish this because it is upon this
reality that's your function okay it is upon
this reality that you function you have the fate
of christ in it so you are not looking for a
fate from outside right but a fate that is established
in you right that is made manifest do you get
it you are not looking for me afraid from outside
but a fate that is established in you that is
made manifest so the question is what do we do
to this fate what we do to it is that we steer
it up okay we steer each other up we steer this
fate up for the work of ministry right we steer
this fate up for the work of ministry so that's
what believers do we steer each other up in faith
for the work of ministry we steer each other
up in faith for the work of ministry Now, why
is it necessary, right? Why is it necessary to
steer each other up in faiths for the work of
ministry? Now, that is where that scripture filament
comes in again, which was read during the prayers.
Filaments chapter one verse six. Filaments chapter
one verse six. Is that the sharing of your faiths
become effective by the acknowledging of every
good thing that is yours in christ so when we
stay together up in faith we are acknowledging
that we have it do we get it we are acknowledging
that we have it when we stay together up in faith
we acknowledge that we have faith we acknowledge
that we have faith we acknowledge that we have
faith so we steer each other up in faith the
faith is given we have the fullness of it but
we steer each other up in faith so that we can
be effective in our work of ministry is that
the sharing of your faiths may be effective so
whatever you do as a believer it will be effective
to the extent at which you acknowledge all that
is yours in christ do you get it all that you
do in christ will be effective to the level at
which you acknowledge it right to the level at
which you acknowledge it so why is it necessary
why is it necessary to stay each other up in
faith now let's write down let's write down the
conduct of a believer the conduct please conduct
in quotes in bold letters right the conduct of
a believer it means someone who has received
jesus who has believed christ someone who has
received jesus who has believed christ can show
a weakness of faith the conduct of a believer
can show a weakness of faith so someone can have
a weak faith now have you ever wondered when
you became born again when you believe jesus
and you started working with god have you ever
wondered that sometimes you manifest certain
things and at those early stages you were doubting
if you ever saved have you ever wondered you
know has that ever happened to you i'm sure it
happens to you sometimes you sit down and you
examine yourself at those very stages like i
might really see the way i just lambasted this
guy i just spoke to him anyhow and you know i
just said my mind you wonder so you go back and
you begin to think i might really say or you
find yourself with some thoughts some thoughts
and you begin to like but i said i believe jesus
but these thoughts are coming good so the believer
writes at certain seasons and time can have a
weak fate and we have to check it from the scriptures
even on certain things that are found in the
bible on certain things something the bible said
clearly you can have a weak faith on those matters
so let's check romance 14 verse one romance 14
verse one we want to strengthen each other's
feet now the truth is we all have been weak in
faith at certain points in our lives and that's
the truth we must acknowledge that at certain
points we have been weak in faith by the time
we begin to diagnose things we will see that
in certain areas we've shown weaknesses in faith
but what is sustaining us is because there was
somebody there that said brother this is what
the word of god said and because of that you
stayed firm right there are certain conducts
you wanted to manifest but because someone showed
you and said have you forgotten that this is
what the scripture says right or someone just
told you have you forgotten that god is a faithful
god and your mind just just that will just change
the entire direction you want to take right so
in certain seasons and times and time again we
can find ourselves in this challenge but let's
see how the scripture establish you know points
to some people having a weak faith in certain
circumstances romance 14 verse 1 it's a receive
one who is weak in faith but not to dispute over
doubtful things right it's a receive someone
who is what who is weak in faith now read verse
21 can we go to verse 21 said it is good neither
to eat meat nor drink wine not do anything by
which your brother stumble or is offended or
is made weak now this is talking about people
who don't believe that they should eat anything
sacrificed to idol okay so they don't believe
that they should eat anything that is sacrificed
to idol while there are other people in that
church they were just you know we can say they
believe to eat everything they were just wiping
everything like you know you would say and the
discussion came about the fact that some people's
faiths are weak what does that mean it means
that for those people right for those people
they still believe right they still believe that
if an animal is unclean or is sacrificed to idol
it is literal and should not be eaten and that
idol is something do we get it so it was having
this discussion and some says well idol is nothing
right we can eat we have the liberty in christ
and order says well their conscience will begin
to see you differently so therefore avoid it
now this does not teach that people should avoid
food sacrifice or either or any food that is
unclean but paul was saying that for love accommodates
do we get it that is the first thing that chapter
14 was saying he said for the love of god accommodates
these people okay so refrain from it you don't
have to eat it you don't have to eat it refrain
from it we know you have the knowledge and the
revelation now go to chapter 15 verse 1 pa did
not stop there but he went to 15 verse 1 and
he said something he said we then that are strong
ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and
not to please ourselves let every one of us please
his neighbor for his good to edification and
even christ please not himself as it is written
the approaches of them that approach d fell on
me so it's emphasizing that those that are strong
should be right so those that are strong is referring
to people whose conscience are clicked and they
have the understanding that meets are only a
communication of course meeting the old testament
a communication of old doctrine and meet sacrifice
to idol because there is nothing referred to
as idol right rather they would receive it with
thanksgiving and eat so this is a controversy
that is clear there now we see this in that sense
let's go to romance let's go to romance uh chapter
four let's go to roman's chapter four verse 20
it says it did not waver at the promise of god
true unbelief but was strengthened in faith some
scripture says it was strong in faith giving
glory to god now this was talking about abraham
okay and at this point in abraham's life abraham
was strong in faith right did you see that when
you are strengthened in faith you don't weaver
you don't shake you don't you don't doubt it
says he was strengthened in faith strong in faith
giving glory to god so we can say believers can
actually be weak in faith and they can strong
in faith and how do we know it is not that uh
it is not by the spirit for example we have to
measure your spirit there's no spiritometer right
there's nothing like spiritometer where we can
measure how spiritual you are however we can
know that you are strong or weak in faith by
your conduct okay we can know that you are strong
or weak in faith by what by your conduct so every
day the believer must check their conducts to
see whether they are still in faith all right
so let's write the scriptures down Galatians
2 verse 11 to 21 Galatians 2 verse 11 to 21 now
we're going to see a situation where even apostle
peter a scenario shows apostle peter that it
was also weak at some point in time it was weak
in faith now i'm intentionally not taking scriptures
from the gospels yet i'm bringing scriptures
from acts and the epistles that is why we have
read romans and we are reading acts and we're
going to read galatians now let's go to galatians
11 don't forget so be weak in faith right would
refer to i don't know if we if we define that
but it refers to the conduct of a believer in
not acknowledging all that is written in the
scripture so we can write it down you can write
it down let's write this down that should be
weak in faith refers to the conduct of the believer
the conduct of the believer that does not acknowledge
all that is found in the scripture okay the conduct
of the believer that does not acknowledge all
that is found in the bible so in your life you
can find yourself in this scenario and in romance
14 what we saw was that people said well we are
not going to eat any food even if we know god
created everything but these ones we're going
to set aside so it's a corner of the believer
that does not acknowledge all that the scripture
says now this definition will help us to evaluate
apostle peter and see and one thing that is setting
is that he grew beyond that now galatians 2 verse
11 now when peter had come to antioch paul said
i withstood him to his face because he was to
be blamed for before certain men came from james
Right before starting men came from James he
could hit with the Gentiles but when they came
What did Peter do Peter withdrew himself? He
separated himself Fearing those who were of the
circumcision Who did he separate themselves from
from the Gentiles Peter separate said let this
circumcision party not know that I am fellowshiping
with what the Gentiles why because as at this
time right as at this time there is this common
understanding then that the jews and the gentiles
should not fellowship together now you can read
that from john chapter four from that john chapter
four where jesus was talking to that woman right
and they said we will worship on the mountains
and your own your church is the church of jerusalem
the samarians their church is the church of the
mountains and they are separated so this is a
common knowledge now at this time that that's
cutting has been divided has been destroyed that's
cutting the partition the jews and the gentiles
have been taken off but this is at the early
stage of the church is at the early stage of
the church so what was happening here was that
peter was separating himself it's like someone
comes to you right and fellowship with you but
when some other friend comes the person excuses
himself now this happened to me very practically
and i'll share with you now when i believe and
i was i was laid hands upon to pray in tongues
right i was laying down upon to paint it was
in another church where i schooled so we're schooling
there and they took us for a camp and hands were
laid and i began to pray in tongues day and then
now i was sure what happened to me and i knew
i was supposed to continue in that however when
i got to my home church back home the pattern
of speaking in tongues is different it is not
by the will of man okay it is not by the will
of man is by i don't know it's it's it's what
we call something comes upon you right is by
coming upon let's use that you can still relate
with that right in the old testament you know
how spirit comes upon the prophets and the prophesy
so that was the style and when the spirit comes
upon you people will know right people will know
so i got to church that day and they started
leading prayers and i started praying in tongues
under my tongue but i was watching people are
they looking at me is anybody noticing i'm praying
in tongues and i realized that my closest friend
also are going to cut something somewhere that
it was keeping quiet and refusing to speak in
tongues so we tried our service did not pray
because we were scared of people catching us
speaking in tongues without something coming
upon you so in that scenario my fate was weak
i didn't believe that you have to just you i
believe i knew but because of the people around
and because this environment does not permit
that i didn't it took me two years to come back
to praying in tongues without you know restriction
so at that point my faith was weak so this is
similar to the case of peter right seeing some
people come around and people were not circumcised
and you have been eating with them you have been
fellowshiping with them and because some people
came you withdrew so it means that although he
knows but in his conduct right his conduct shows
that is not fully acknowledging all that is found
in the scriptures so that fits in very well that
fits in very well but what happened did peter
stay here the answer is no peter did not stay
here at any point in time now let's continue
reading let's continue reading and the rest of
the juice also played the hypocrites galatians
2 verse 13 the play words hypocrites with him
so that even banabas was carried away with their
hypocrisy but when i saw that they were not straightforward
about the truth of the gospel i said to peter
before them all if you being a jew live in a
manner of gentiles and not as jews why do you
compare gentiles to live as jews we we who are
jews by nature are not sinners of the gentiles
knowing that a man is justified is not justified
by the works of the law but by what's by faith
by faith in what's in jesus christ so here he's
saying that circumcision does not justify a man
this is paul addressing an issue even we believe
in christ jesus that we might be justified by
faith in christ and not by the works of the law
for by the works of the law no flesh shall be
justified so paul in this place spoke to peter
and explained to him now let's go to acts 11
acts 11 verse 1 to 4 acts 10 verse 45 acts 11
verse 1 to 4 acts 10 verse 45 now the apostles
and the brethren who were in judia they heard
that the gentiles also received the word of god
and peter came up to jerusalem came up to jerusalem
those of the circumcision contended with what
with him and saying you went into the words on
circumcised men and et with what and et with
them but peter did what he explained it to them
in order from what from the beginning so he was
confronted about the word of god about what he
did and he had to explain himself but one thing
that was remarkable is that in the explanation
of peter he acknowledged that faith is uh justification
is by faith and that circumcision is unnecessary
for the gentiles so that is what we call growth
in faith so you write write it down growth in
faith is when we growth in faith is when we see
the revelation of god's word when we see the
revelation of god's word we acknowledge it ប
ប ប ប ប ប at chapter 15 verse 7 at chapter 15
verse 7 now paul became or peter became the one
who spoke in the jerusalem council to explain
that circumcision is unneeded right is not needed
rather right the circumcision was not needed
so this issue of circumcision came up and when
there had been much disputes peter rose up and
said to them men and brethren you know that's
a good while ago god chose among us that by mouth
of the gentiles that by my mouth rather the gentiles
should hear the word of the gospel and believe
so god who knows the hearts acknowledge them
by giving them the holy spirit just as he would
as he did to us and made no distinction between
us and them purifying their hearts by faith now
therefore why do you test god by putting a yoke
on the neck of the disciples which neither our
fathers nor we were able to bear but we believe
that through the grace of the lord jesus christ
we shall be saved in the same manner as they
are then all the multiple all the multitude kept
silent and listened to banabas and paul declaring
how many miracles and wonders god had walked
through them among the gentiles go to verse 17
verse 17 so that the rest of the mankind may
seek the lord even all the gentiles who are called
by my name says the lord who does all these things
now if you read from verse 12 to 17 they are
to refer back to the scriptures to the old testament
to prove that god requires all men to come to
him by faith not by circumcision do we get it
not by circumcision so from this place we can
see that they were in certain accents uh weak
in faith and what happened is that they grew
the apostles grew in faith the apostles grew
in faith now what happened there is similar to
what happened in luke 24 jesus abdid yir mind
and explained to them peter opened their minds
and explained to them paul opened peter's mind
peter opened the mind of the others and do you
know what happened they put it in writing he
said write this letter and send that nowhere
should the gentiles be required to be circumcised
so we can say that revelation gives people a
strengthened faith revelation strengthens our
faiths revelation strengthens our faiths they
thought from the scriptures and point that only
by faiths should man be saved so revelation strengthens
our faiths revelation strengthens our faiths
yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi kwenye kwenye
kwenye kwenye kwenye kwenye kwenye kwenye kwenye
kwenye kwenye or they will tell you to go and
stay in church do you know what you'll be doing
in church this one is practical i i managed to
escape it they will tell you to open the books
of proverbs and be writing it you become a scribe
you will write the book of proverbs from the
first chapter to the last chapter this is i saw
it live and it happened to my cousins i don't
know why i was you know only a few times i got
into that so the punishment is you go to church
you you see that you you you write or you fast
now there is one that will help us to understand
revelation another punishment is that they will
tell you to go and evangelize they'll call it
ikede in my in my language ikede and you know
evangelism is not this one that you go and meet
people uh from where i come from you have to
carry a bell so so you have to ring the bell
and then speak right you have to ring the bell
and then you speak so this is one of the punishments
and i'm very serious about it so one of the things
that happen when you go for this kind of you
know edification is that your classmates will
see you and they would see you on the evangelism
ground right so what happened is that when they
give you this kind of punishment you want to
do it very early in the morning before the day
breaks so that you can justify that you have
done it not that anybody had listened to you
why because at that time you are avoiding your
classmates your high school mates and all of
that seeing you on the road and be teasing you
and all of that and the interesting thing is
that they will call you Woli you know they'll
call you prophets it means a prophet and then
we we didn't have a revelation that you know
when they call you a prophet you should be excited
about it and you're doing the work of god so
it was a teasing so we avoided it and as a result
somehow somehow you have to be uptight in the
house going to church not going to watch football
when the service is going on and all of that
but today what is the difference between me of
then and me of now is a revelation all the people
that pass through that system in my house if
they go out now they don't mind anybody seeing
them the difference is that we came to understand
first that truly you are a prophet it is not
a they can see it as a tease just like the word
christian is a you know it came out of a teasing
they they are followers of christ right people
who don't really understand i say oh they are
followers of christ these guys have been with
jesus right they are in the same school of thought
the same way that was to us but because of revelation
we understood that truly we share in the ministry
of christ we share in the work of christ so revelation
took us out from where our faith was weak to
where we became strong and we can boldly go out
and teach the gospel we can boldly go out and
evangelize we can go out and someone will say
oh that guy is a prophet i say yes we work in
the office of the prophet so revelations strengthens
your faiths revelation what differs between now
and then is revelation through the word of god
the bible did not change did the bible change
from then and now the bible did not change but
the understanding of what the bible says about
me and you changes what i knew then is not what
i know now so revelation strengthens our faiths
revelation strengthening our faith let's write
this down romance i think i wrote romance for
uh 20 wrote romance for 20 uh romance for 20
now put effecients one verse 17 as well effecients
one verse 17 let's let's just read that patience
you say sometimes we keep we quickly brush through
that script or we become too familiar with it
verse 15 says wherefore i also after i heard
of your faith in the lord right the lord jesus
and your love to us all the sins cease not to
give thanks for you making mention of you in
my prayers that the god of our lord jesus christ
the father of glory may give unto you the wisdom
of the spirit as you say and the revelation revelation
right in the knowledge of him these are people
that have received the faiths did you see we
heard of your faith means the faith the salvation
they have received right and your love towards
the saints so it's like someone who has believed
right and is serving in church we can put that
in our category right someone has believed the
person is serving in church and paul is saying
that i pray that you will get the revelation
in the knowledge of christ that you will not
miss the revelation you will not miss the revelation
in the knowledge of christ because it will help
you to know it will help you to know verse 18
it says the eyes of your understanding be enlightened
that ye may know what is the hope of your calling
and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance
in the saints so it makes you know what you have
been called to do that's what revelation is right
it makes you know what you have been called to
do you are not called to sit down and not preach
the gospel you are not called to you are not
going to run away from evangelism you are not
called to not preach you are called actually
to preach the gospel that is the hope to which
god has called you to that comes by revelation
now you can be a christian for many years and
you've not done evangelism right it means that
you need to come into in -depth revelation of
what that means you know it you have heard it
but the explanation and the clarity of it by
the spirit must come to you must come to you
and that is one of the reasons why we say you
should keep coming to church it will not happen
in one day do we get it revelation does not happen
like in one day you might hear the message hear
the message hear the message it becomes strong
in your hearts and one day your faith is teared
up your faith is teared up so not neglecting
the gathering of the brethren also contributes
to strengthening your faiths right not neglecting
the gathering of the brethren contribute because
that is where you hear revelation that is what
when revelation becomes done on you and you are
able to do what you have been called to do on
Wednesday we will continue much more in this
teaching but what we have been able to establish
today is that revelation strengthens you now
if there are areas of the bible if there are
things that you think that you should be doing
and you are not doing as a believer but you have
seen it in the world that the bible says this
is who you are this is how you should work you
can pray that you come into that revelation i
said what you can pray that you come into that
revelation if you are struggling in any area
of your conduct as a believer you can pray that
the revelation this is paul's prayer here that
the revelation will come that there will be a
dawn in your heart that will make you begin to
do all that is yours in christ can we pray that
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