April 4, 2021 Sunday Morning Service [Deacon Rohan Smith]

[Music] take the name of jesus [Music] precious [Music] day [Music] precious day [Music] [Music] oh [Music] precious [Music] the name of [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] oh [Music] sweet [Music] oh precious you're worthy to be praised hallelujah can we just lift our hands and can we just worship him because he's worthy you're worthy to be praised you're worthy to be magnified we thank you jesus we thank you lord jesus we thank you jesus hallelujah what can i wash [Music] oh is [Music] oh jesus oh [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh can we praise the lord everybody can we praise the lord everybody can we just lift our hands all over this sanctuary all over in your homes and can we just bless him can we just exalt him can we just thank him for grace and mercy can we just thank him for being the lamb of the cross hallelujah thank you jesus hallelujah worship with us this morning [Music] reach my eyes [Music] oh [Music] [Music] it was it was [Music] [Music] the [Music] [Music] i know it was [Music] i know it was one day when i was lost [Music] me [Music] [Music] thank you jesus and as we approach the throne of grace this morning we want to ask god to calm down in a special way we want a tangible presence of the lord in the host this morning that radiates through the camera screens and touch you where you are hallelujah a fresh touch a fresh wind this morning and this one we're just gonna thank him we're gonna thank him for mount calvary we're gonna thank him for the blood that he shed way back on calvary we're gonna thank him almighty god for the stripes that has made us whole we're gonna thank him for the perfect sacrifice and can we just approach the mercy seat this morning can we just give god praise this morning god of all gods king of all kings the conquering lion of the tribe of judah my savior my sacrifice lord jesus we come before your throne this morning lord god of heaven we want to say thank you thank you almighty god because if it had not been for you then where would we be you're such a good god you're such an all-knowing god there was none worthy so you came lord jesus we want to say thank you thank you for your sacrifice thankful thank you lord jesus for your comfort thank you lord jesus that when we are sick oh god it is already done because you said by your stripes we are healed oh god thank you lord jesus you looked beyond our faults and you saw our needs when you were on the cross we were on your mind lord jesus you looked way beyond time and looked through lord jesus time and you saw each and every one of us and knew that we would have needed you lord jesus thank you for your salvation thank you lord jesus for mercy thank you god that we are no longer under the law but we are in the dispensation of grace lord jesus where we can cry our father where we have an advocate jesus oh lord have mercy we give you praise this morning we give you glory we give you thanks lord jesus dwell with us this morning minister with us this morning lord jesus sit upon our bishop sit upon each and every singer the engineer oh god the cameraman jesus the musicians each and every saint each and every visitor each and every online saint in the name of jesus permeate the screen go through and enter their living room let it lord jesus be a place where they can cry holy holy holy is the lord god almighty dwell with us this morning as we worship you and as we give you praise and as we give your glory in jesus name in jesus name can you turn your hymnals to him 50. hallelujah thank you jesus death hath no terror for the blood but one o glory hallelujah to the land [Music] is [Music] hallelujah glory hallelujah to the lamb by the spirit power as you said hallelujah hallelujah [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] the crab rose again ourselves oh glory hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] oh glory hallelujah [Music] a big tree from the grave rose again oh glory hallelujah to the land from the dead [Music] oh praise god come on we praise the lord everybody everybody in the house everybody in your different places of worship right now let's lift our hands and give glory to the great god the one who was here almost 2 000 years ago in the flesh and who died and on a sunday morning like this rose again from the grave i'm glad for what jesus did i i on friday was going through watching a movie the passion of christ and when i saw i mean i saw it already and i had to shed a tear again because when we look and we see the brutality and we see what he went through just to purchase this salvation that you and i have and when we see that he went through and went down into the belly of the earth and was there and then rose from the dead brothers and sisters you and i have a right to worship god you and i have a right today to jump and to skip and to shout and to magnify the god of heaven we don't have to be afraid of death anymore we don't have to walk around worrying what's going to happen tomorrow as children of the most high god we have a right and a privilege given what jesus did to sing and shout and glorify the great god of heaven i hear one songwriter put it this way because of what jesus did he said it is joy unspeakable and full of glory we thank god for this salvation we can sing today but then when we think about what he did nearly 2 000 years ago the brutality the horror they pulled out his beard they boxed i believe even a teeth a tooth or a few teeth might have been hit out his face was marred he was bruised when they saw him they couldn't even recognize him for those who knew him it was terrible what they did to him but nevertheless saints of the most high god he did it so that you and i can be free and can stand on a day like this and give glory to his precious name anybody in their homes want to shout a praise right now anybody on their instrument want to type appraise right now anybody in whatsoever means or more the method that you can use want to lift up a praise to the great god almighty just to signal your thanks to him for the great sacrifice that he has made i'd love for us to to pull our hymnals one more time he said it is joy unspeakable and full of glory the half has never yet been told i i know the verse goes like this one three zero amen you're at home grab your hymnals you have your instrument i have found these graces all complete we're going to sing we're going to rejoice i thank him for the blood i thank him for the sacrifice i thank him for what he did on calvary and today even as you remember it ah we shed a tear still but there is a joy that is bubblingly down in our bellies because of what he did and we are going to build it out this morning it is joy unspeakable and we glorify the great god of heaven glory to god [Music] oh it is [Music] oh glory of joy [Music] is [Music] no oh [Music] is is oh [Music] oh [Music] when i get when i get when i get there all because of what jesus did when i get there oh thank you for watching hallelujah when i get there when i get there thank you [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] we'll see oh [Music] hallelujah [Music] is come on everybody give the lord a handclap of praise in your space wherever you are lift your hands and glorify the great god of heaven you know we can sing like this and we can shout like this and we can magnify god like this because of what he did 2 000 years ago if you're loving your experience with god saint of god wherever you are just lift your hands quietly wave them to heaven and just glorify him because of what he did way back there because of the blood that came from his hands because of the blood that came down from his feet because of the blood that came through his side because of the blood that came after they stop that crown of thorn on his forehead we can rejoice today we have a right and none of us should be afraid to glorify god none of us should be afraid to shout and to skip and to magnify god even if our neighbors look across and think that we are mad you can be mad for jesus and don't feel any way about it you have a right to glorify god because he has done as the writers said great things for me we are off i am glad put your hands together everybody and give the lord a handcuff of praise he is worthy to be praised he is worthy to be praised these words to be praised amen i wonder if we can pull our hymns again you might get tired of me with a hymn book you know but listen to me we're going to sing and glorify god we should be able to do one more sing the wondrous love of jesus seeing his mercy and his grace in those mentioned bright and blessed he'll prepare for us a place hey saints of god you know it might sound funny you probably would have thought that all day today we would have been singing about the shed blood that's that's all right we could but then because of the shed blood we can sing about heaven we can sing about joy we can sing about salvation we can sing about the rapture we can sing and shout and skip about because of what he did and because of the blood so we are aligned to the word of god as we sing as we glorify god put your hands together one more time wherever you are shout out praise type of praising magnify god as we take it off when we all get to heaven praise god [Music] see his mercy and his grace [Music] my [Music] victory [Music] hey [Music] victory [Music] [Music] oh [Music] every day [Music] foreign [Music] victory [Music] [Music] we will sing glory to god glory to god what a great time of worship and praise we are having in the house and it is all because of jesus nothing that we have done nothing good that we have done but it is all because of the mercies of the living god and we magnify jesus today amen many men who may be seated singers and amen i just want to greet all our saints all our visitors but before i even do that we really want to acknowledge amen the presence of the lord god almighty not only under this tent where we are beaming from but i know he he is in the the respective homes of the saints who have made their home the church and you are there worshipping him and you're there magnifying him the spirit of the lord is in every place and we are happy this morning and we say blessed holy ghost we welcome you we thank you mighty god for being in our midst wherever they are wherever the people of god are scattered abroad this morning worshiping you we thank you for lending your presence to the place of worship wherever that place is at this time and we say jesus we magnify you to the saints of god who are in the house amen very limited every state that is here this morning is occupied fully occupied they are this is sometimes we have to give god thanks for situations like these you know because you have times when folks might be sitting in church and while others are pushing the service you know folks are just sitting down and passing time and biding time but what a thing when 100 of the gathering is fully engaged in worship in god and magnify the lord it does something and i really want to first of all appreciate and thank all of those that are here this morning to make it happen god bless every one of you in the precious name of jesus god bless you god bless you god bless you amen and then to the saints of god who tune in faithfully god bless you all in his precious name you have been faithful you have made it worth our while in coming here to make sure that we can be to you because you want to be in church and you want to worship the lord the lord bless you for your faithfulness in tuning in week after week and and making it possible for the saints to assemble together even though it's not in the regular format we say god bless you to the saints in jamaica wherever you are god bless the jamaican family to the saints over there uh overseas wherever you are god bless the overseas family to the uh visitors that have joined us online we say god bless you thank you for making it the faith apostolic ministries thank you for tuning in specifically today to faith chapel of the faith apostolic ministries can we put our hands together for all the visitors wherever they are this morning if you're at home put your hands together amen those in the tabernacle are already putting their hands together but we want to acknowledge and appreciate every visitor that have tuned into service this sunday morning which they call resurrection sunday morning we want you to know that we appreciate every one of you every visitor every saint everyone that is participating god bless you god bless you in jesus name amen and i just want to take the time out also in fact before i leave the announcements we have a few announcements this morning amen and we want the saints to know that once we hear what is happening to you or with you even if it's not you directly but a family member it touches us also your family is our family even if they are not shaved there is a connection because you are a part of us and so if your sister is ill or if your mother is ill even if they are not saved and even if they don't come to this church amen it touches us and we want you to know that we are praying for you so when we give the announcements we are going to mention some names and some relatives of some of our saints who are not well some have actually passed but it touches us and we are going to be praying for the family you know as time goes by we will continually be praying but we want you to know amen that we are touched and we will be praying and we are praying for you i'm gonna spring a surprise as usual amen singers you want to just pull the right song amen and i'll sit for a moment and the singers we're not collecting any offering this morning if you have it you can just drop it anywhere on a thing but amen is not it's it would have probably been offering time so you can always drop it there no ushers are here this morning okay so he's tripling up as an usher so you can always leave the bucket and it will drop it in afterwards but i want you to sing group and then afterwards i'll give amen some announcements and then we continue from there amen god bless you receive the faith chapter singers at this time in the name of the lord jesus [Music] [Music] i know not why the sovereign king should leave [Music] is but his precious [Music] unworthy of the blood [Music] [Music] unworthy [Music] [Music] but all i know is [Music] precious [Music] but all i know is that he did [Music] just [Music] unworthy of the blood that sets me [Music] a troubled [Music] but all i know is [Music] unworthy of the blood that sets me free [Music] oh [Music] it flows for me [Music] pop your nose [Music] for his [Music] is oh [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] shed for me [Music] that is [Music] is [Music] all of my fears [Music] cleansing blood precious blood [Music] yes yes [Music] we thank the lord we thank you lord yes yes yes yes [Music] is [Music] [Music] yes [Music] everybody let's sing it oh yeah it was for you one more time [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] that's right [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] oh hallelujah [Music] my hallelujah yes oh oh yes [Music] all the way i am [Music] [Music] oh [Music] jesus oh jesus [Music] [Music] oh jesus [Music] just [Music] [Music] oh we could stay here all day and sing about the blood sing about the sacrifice and not get tired we could be here all day all evening and magnify the great god and still have more to sing about because he has been absolutely good and awesome to us and i want us just to lift our hands again one more time everywhere and wave them to heaven signaling that we appreciate the sacrifice that we appreciate the blood that was shed it was the greatest price that could ever be paid it was the greatest ransom that could ever be given for anybody anything in this whole wide world 100 trillion dollars is nothing it could not purchase the salvation of man a thousand hundred million trillion hills of gold still wouldn't be enough to atone for the soul of man but the ultimate price was paid where god became man what a thing the angels in heaven must have wondered what has happened to the almighty so that he could love people that were made from dirt that he the great creator would make such a strategic chess move to become a manner so that he could pay the ultimate price to purchase the salvation of men that rejected him all the love that sawed me all the love that bought me all the grace that brought me to the fold every child of god this morning just by thinking of what jesus did for us ought to be on their knees our hearts ought to be bowed this morning because of the ultimate sacrifice that was paid the ultimate price that was paid for you and i and one more time let's just lift our hands close our eyes don't look at your husband beside you don't look at the children around you forget about the neighbor next door shut off the smell of the aroma coming from the kitchen of your neighbors or even your own for this brief moment let it be you and jesus alone a time of thanksgiving a time to say thank you jesus over this period some folks haven't even yet said thank you jesus but can we just look away for these few moments and just after and flowing and flowing and flowing just say thank you jesus can we do that for a couple of seconds nothing else just thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you for the sacrifice thank you jesus thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord we prostrate before you and we say thank you thank you thank you for suffering the agony thank you for taking the blows for me thank you thank you thank you thank you for suffering the indignity of being nailed to our cross we are criminals alone would have gone thank you thank you we thank you we thank you we bless you we appreciate you we thank you we thank you our hearts are bored or our right now we thank you we bless you we glorify you lord hallelujah in jesus name in jesus name thank you thank you thank you if nobody else in the world says thanks i lift my voice and i say thank you but i thank you for your people everywhere who are saying thanks and together we say thank you jesus glory to god glory to god praise god what a great savior can we put our hands together and just appreciate the master appreciate the master amen amen he's awesome and he's greatly to be praised praise god just to quickly give us some announcements uh just to bring up bring us up to speed with what is happening with some of our brethren um we want to let sister barbara brown we were praying for your mom because we got the the news that she did surgery sister gloria brian and noticed we said sister it's all because you're a part of us sister brown and we were praying for gloria bryan and we got report that sister gloria bryan who is the mother of sister barbara brown has came out of surgery it was successful and she is recuperating and recuperating well we say to god be the glory amen great things he has done sister marshall stewart that's the wife of brother adrian stewart amen she lost her father and um i want you to know sister short we we place it here in the public because we want the brethren to know so that we all can join together in praying for you and in praying for the entire family and so i asked the saints as you hear these names these are brethren amen from this assembly whose relatives blood relatives amen are affected one way or the other i want us to remember these brethren and their families and bear them up in prayer sister melvina johnson and of course we know sister johnson who is the sister of sister marlene hibbert right sister johnson she lost her sister and i imagine how much they're grieving at this time we want you to know sister johnson we're praying for you we're praying for the family and i asked the church to remember amen the family of sister melvina johnson then um sister fiona champini and we know sister champagne a man sister champagne he lost her dad we would have heard the news where this bus on waltham park road and you know hit this gentleman it was her dad and she has lost him and i can just imagine the the horror and then know the grief and we have heard about it sister champagne we want you to know that we are praying i ask the saints everywhere just remember to bear up the brethren at this time it's not easy amen i just heard from sister yvonne rowe last night she shot me a little what's up and she lost her aunt when we went to look for sister grant in trelawney about two or so years ago on our way back we stopped in christiana and we fellowshipped with her aunt and only to hear last evening from sister yvonne that she was ill she went to the hospital she came back home and shortly afterwards she died uh we are praying for you sister yvonne we are praying for the entire family and we want you to know just rest it it's hard but just lean heavily on jesus he's there for you and all of us amen we are investing together and then sister sean williams you would have heard us talk about it some time ago she lost her brother i am hearing now that she has lost another brother now this is just i don't know what is happening i really don't know what is happening but it is life it is the way of life but i can tell you sister shauna you have support from heaven and you have support from the brethren and you just be strong in the lord all of you just be strong in the lord and in the power of his might amen and we are praying that the god of heaven the good god of heaven will reach down and comfort every last one of you and the entire family amen as only he alone can we had to take the time and run through these because these are our brethren all affected in one way or the other and we want you to know that we're family and we are going to be praying for you and we will be in touch with you also just to use this opportunity just before i asked the preacher to come just before he can manage one more song to to open the door for the preacher amen so before the preacher come they sing as we'll sing one more time but i just want to use this opportunity to to let the church know you know because of all that is happening with all the plans that would normally be made in a time of you know in the time of planning for thanksgiving services everything is just going in a different direction you know because of the protocols and all and brother oneer allen i just want to use the opportunity this morning to let us know that the service of thanksgiving for our brother will be this coming wednesday yes this coming wednesday cannot even be on a weekend again it has to be a weekday and of course the protocol calls for only 10 persons and it's difficult for us because he's so well known and beloved in our local assembly i believe all of us even one of our team members should have been available to be uh is paul beerus we will have two being spallbearers so we are fortunate in that regard amen but i know the usher group the youth department and the other area that he serves so many folks would have loved to be there but just to let you know that you know i will be there and to others so you will be well represented under the circumstance and on wednesday will be the service of thanksgiving and this is just purely for information because the 10 persons who are to be there are is already selected and nobody else can be there it's just what is happening in the land at this time but i do know i discussed it with sister kimono already that once the the environment has changed we will have a service of thanksgiving even though we would have done the burial already we will have a service of thanksgiving where you know when we are all here just as a sign of respect and allow for everybody to share amen in that time so that will come and then we will all participate but for now amen it's going to be wednesday and at least we will try to see if some zoom link can be established we will try and if that can be done amen even there you will be able to participate in some form or shape and we then take it from there but these are the announcements i really want us to brethren everywhere remember the names that were called remember the brethren that are grieving at this time and let's just bind together and lift them up in prayer in the name of the lord jesus let me ask the singers one last time to lead us amen as we prepare for the ministry of the word amen in jesus name praise god [Music] lord take me back to the place where i found you it's been so hard to trying to make it [Music] on my own oh i need your direction just to make the right selection oh lord take my hand lift me up and let me stand his blood will carry me [Music] it will carry me [Music] how we redeemed my soul that was lost his blood will carry me i've tried so hard just to make it [Music] by the way [Music] [Music] oh please lead me [Music] is how we redeemed my soul that was lost his blood will carry me [Music] i've tried so hard trying to make it on [Music] by the way but when [Music] oh it will carry me [Music] is that was blood will carry me his blood will carry me [Music] all the way his blood will carry me [Music] his [Music] [Music] hallelujah and we thank you singers for reminding us of that fact his blood will carry us all the way praise god what a blessed assurance at this time brothers and sisters everywhere it is my privilege and my delight to invite to come to this podium and to minister the word of the living god to us please help me to receive at this time elder minister rohan smith and the holy ghost receive him in the name of the lord jesus praise god praise god thank you sir god bless you all hallelujah [Music] and i don't know if i will ever get used to being up here but i certainly won't get used to being up here and it's not anyone down there amen hallelujah can we just lift our hands and worship god thank you lord thank you jesus thank you lord we love you lord we love you we love you god hallelujah we love you jesus we love you lord jesus oh for grace to really love you lord o for grace oh for grace to love you lord can you just love him if you're at home if you wanted to take two minutes to just love god hallelujah jesus thank you lord [Music] thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you lord hallelujah thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus thank you lord halloween [Music] i know we are filling numbers but can we just worship here can we just give him glory you at home just give him glory just give him glory jesus just give him glory just give him glory thank you lord thank you lord thank you thank you jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we love you jesus you are the amen you're the only thing that really really matters you're the only thing that counts hallelujah [Music] it was david that says who have i in heaven but the oh lord you know some folks have great contact sir have great contacts some folks know a lot of people people of worth people that holds big position in this world you know i know i know no such person jesus is the only one hallelujah hallelujah that i know of worth thank you jesus thank you lord thank you lord i want to turn to the book of kings amen i want to turn to the book of kings um i want to read from first kings chapter 19 i think it's verse 19 first kings chapter 19 verse 19 i'm just going as i feel led i know it's customary to have a message about the blood around this time of the year but i'm just going as i feel led as i always try and do amen bless the lord so first king chapter 19 verse 19. so he departed hence and found elisha the son of shafat who was plowing with 12 yoke of oxen before him and he with the 12th so it's a bit awkward how it is written here but i think what he was saying was that in total he had 24. yo um yoke of oxen and that's a lot of oxen that's a lot of accent to be plumbing with you you would not have so many oxen if you are poor it means that you were a man of worth means that you had you know you had you had some money amen amen man of substance not only that but it speaks to the the work that he was doing it was probably a huge feel if you have if you have a half a acre you would need 24 oxen you know probably it was a huge field so he had he had a lot his parents was probably rich and he had a lot amen the bible says an elijah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him and he left the oxen and ran after elijah and said let me i pray thee kiss my father and my mother and then i will follow thee and he said unto him go back again for what have i done to thee and he returned back from him and took the yoke of axem and slew them and boiled their flesh with the instrument of the oxen and gave unto the people and they did it then he arose and went after elijah and ministered unto him let us turn quickly also to the book of ii kings chapter 2 verse 2 says and elijah said unto elisha tarry here i pray thee for the lord has sent me to bethel and elisha said unto him as the lord leave it and as they saw levitt i will not leave thee so they went to bethel down to verse 8 and elijah took his mantle and wrapped it together and smalled the waters and they were divided heather and this so that they went over on dry ground and it came to pass when they were gone over that elijah said unto elisha ask what i shall do sorry ask what i shall do for thee before i am taken away from thee and elijah said i pray thee let a double portion of the spirit be upon me of thy spirit be upon me and he said thou has asked a hard thing nevertheless if thou see me when i am taken from thee it shall be it shall be so unto thee but if not it shall not be so and it came to pass as they still went on and talked that behold they appeared a chariot of fire on horses of fire and departed them both asunder and elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven and elijah saw it and he cried my father my father the chariot of israel the horsemen thereof sir can you pray please father we bless your great and awesome name we thank you for your mighty presence that is within us is with us in this place and right across the homes of your saints your children gather together in worship at this time we lift you up mighty god we cannot do we will never be able to advance to proceed without the presence of god with us and so we bless you when we lift you up father we thank you at this time for your servant your son who stands at this pulpit to deliver a word from heaven to the people of god we stand in need of a word right now what came last week we utilize and we were edified but we need fresh bread we need another word and so our cups are turned up to heaven right now our ears are tuned into the frequency of heaven or ears are tuned in to the frequency of what is coming from the mouth of this man of god and so we pray mighty god that you will use him mightily use him to issue forth the word from the throne on high humbling man at the same time anoint him anoint him from his head to his toes anoint him so that the anointing will strengthen his physical body i pray that you will touch and captivate his mind right now so that he will be focused almighty god and that he will connect his intellect to his tongue so that they synchronize and then the word of god comes forth and impacts every heart every life that will hear the word right now we need a word from you we need to hear from you and that is our cry that is our request right now almighty god so use him for your glory take the honor take the glory let your perfect will be done we promise oh god that when the word reaches today the things that we must do to align ourselves we will do it because it is our intention almighty god to walk with you not to be hearers of the word only but to be do us help us we pray we give you thanks have your own way in the name of jesus christ we pray and we give you thanks and glory in jesus name in jesus name amen amen thank you sir god bless you amen amen amen i'm not going to belong i'm not going to belong amen bless the lord there is something about the call of elijah elijah that is different from most of the other calls of prophets preachers ministers even jesus when jesus called his disciples the call of elijah stood out as being different from all these other folks most persons use words to beckon someone to follow them or to follow christ or to come and and serve god most people use words and no one can deny the power of words no one can deny the power of words truly it is words amen the scripture says that the world itself was made by words was you know god called the heavens and the earth into being by his words the bible says that he called darkness out of light sorry he called light out of darkness rather amen bless your name jesus and so no one can deny the power of the spoken word yet we find that elijah didn't use words when he called elisha the bible said all he did was that he took the mantle from uh that he was wearing the coat the jacket that he was wearing and he cast it over elisha and for those few seconds that the mantle of elijah rested on elisha i really don't know what he experienced but he experienced something that allowed him to walk away from all that he knew from the vast huge form that he had something that was so powerful that he walked away from his relative his family and spend the rest of his life in pursuance of something else amen that to me is powerful and i know and i love the words i love when the preacher go into the word and open up the scriptures and bring to be a hidden meaning i i love when the preacher shout and you can feel it in the back of your neck i love the word and the preaching of the word amen but there are times i wish someone would just throw a mantle over me hallelujah thank you jesus i wish you could throw a mantle over me so that i can walk away from some stuff hallelujah i wish a preacher would throw his mantle over me so that i can step away and step out of mediocrity amen bless your name jesus and step into his grace and his mercy amen i sometimes wish someone will throw a mantle over me so that i can follow god the way elisha followed elijah hallelujah throw it over me let it rest on top of me let me experience hallelujah what god wants me to be hallelujah sometimes word enough doesn't cut it sometimes that experience is what we need to do the trick hallelujah throw it over me bless your name jesus hallelujah oh god the bible said that amen something got a hold of elisha amen and he would not leave elijah alone no not for a minute hallelujah bless your name jesus the bible said elijah said to elisha terry here oh god because i want to go to bethel the lord is sending me to bethel and the man of god says terry here sister marsha ah but elijah begins to swear he begins to swear he said if does the lord leave it and as my soul leave it i will not leave thee oh my god an elijah didn't trouble him because he knew that the passion that he had was not something that was taught to him by men nobody said it wasn't written anywhere in the prophet of the manual of the in the manual of the prophet that you need to follow anybody hallelujah but there was something down in his belly his passion hallelujah i believe it came from the experience he had and he said like root and treat me not from leaving thee or from following after thee because we are the growers i will call we are the liars i will lie thy people shall be my people and thy god shall be my god without diet i will die and fear will i be buried the man was committed to following elijah elijah hallelujah and so they went to bethlehem bethel is the house of god how can you leave the man when he's going to the house of god one can understand the passion it's the house of god he was going david said i was glad when they say unto me let us go into the house of the god of the lord so bento elijah and elisha went to battle the wind to the house of god amen but uh in the interest of time the bible says hallelujah that the lord said unto elijah ah go to jericho amen bless god and again elijah said to elisha i want to tell you here at the house of god i want you to tell me here at bethel ah because the lord has sent me to jericho many of us would say yes yes you can go on because i'm in the house of god hallelujah many of us would say i've got mine and it's keeping me fine you can go elijah i've got what i want no but elijah said as thy soul leave it i will not leave thee amen i will not i will go with thee unto jericho jericho it's strange jericho when you look up the meaning it just simply say a city amen in philistine i think that's what it says hallelujah but when you look at the scriptures especially when you look at the scripture in um in in judges you will find that jericho was the first which was the first city that the israelites um captured it was the first city that they defeated and take control of amen you know that the lord had promised israel that they are going to possess the land and this was a promise that was given to israel and so amen jericho was the first instant of that happening and so i believe what the writer was bringing out here is that we should not just be satisfied with being in the house of god but we should move on to obtain the promises of god hallelujah we should not just sit in the church we should go to jericho also because jericho symbolizes receiving the promise it is the first time they actually possess the thing that god promised them when he took them out of egypt hallelujah amen bless your name jesus the bible says whereby are given unto us exceedingly great and precious promises ah that by these we can um we cannot we can obtain we can partake of his divine nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world that is true loss amen we should not be contented with just being in the house of god no we should move on to obtain to receive to fight for and obtain all the promises of god hallelujah oh bless your name jesus amen so the two went to jericho amen the next place they went is jordan amen and again elisha elijah said to elisha terry here at jericho because now you have the promises of god terry here with all the goodness of god amen bless god but elijah says as i so live it and as the lord leave it i will not leave thee and the two went to jordan now jordan is interesting jordan was a place that there was a river that runs it is known by that river in fact it is called river jordan but there's a place there that is named there that's also and if you remember when god took israel out of egypt the scripture says that they were baptized onto moses in the sea and in the cloud when they left egypt so when they went through the red sea that symbolizes baptism of water and the cloud that was above them that symbolizes baptism of the holy ghost so even in the old testament the bible paul teach us that this was a shadow of baptism you know in the name of jesus and the the cloud above was speaking of baptism of the holy ghost amen notice that they were baptized onto moses because moses was their deliverer we are baptized unto jesus amen because jesus is our deliverer bless your name jesus and then having half the baptism of the holy ghost and the baptism of water the scripture says that they went they had they went through jordan amen and you notice that moses was not allowed to go over and to cross jordan because he had he had sin he had he had striked the rock a second time when the lord said he should have spoken to the rock so what is this jordan well i believe jordan symbolizes is a transition amen it is it is a transition it is when they actually moved over amen to possess the land that god promised them amen bless your name jesus one person says if you look in your bible between there is a river that runs between the book of romans chapter 7 and romans chapter 8. and he's saying that that river that runs between romans chapter 7 and romans chapter 8 is a jordan river amen if you look at romans chapter 7 the bible says that you know paul was saying that he said um you know he find a law that when he would do good evil is present with him he couldn't do the things he wanted to do amen amen he said when i would do good evil is present with me he went on in chapter seven to say oh wretched man that i am who shall deliver me from this body of doom and then when we jumped over to romans chapter 8 you you see a total different attitude as it was from the apostle paul he said in in chapter 8 he said there is no no therefore now no condemnation to them that are in christ who walk it after the spirit and not after the flesh amen in chapter 8 he said who shall separate us from the love of god that is in christ jesus amen he lists some things and he says in all of these things we are more than conquerors to christ that strengthen us amen bless your name jesus so what is the difference there is a transition amen and so jordan is a type of the crossing of george and i believe is is a kind of a transition amen here paul was identifying the fact that he he actually when he moved from relying on self amen in chapter 7 to relying on god and the spirit of god in chapter eight amen then he became victorious amen he became more than conqueror and so jordan amen bless the name of jesus is a transition that is a transitional state you notice that it took it takes a miracle to cross jordan amen it always takes a miracle to cross jordan the bible says that elijah fold up his mantle and hit the water and he divide asunder amen divide in two and he went over to the land where he is going to be um caught up hallelujah he went over to jordan where he's going to be raptured amen it will take the remark it will take the miraculous hallelujah it will take the work of god of christ to take us to the place where we are rapture ready hallelujah everybody know that the cutting up or the taking up of elijah was symbolizing the rapture of the church hallelujah the church yes it was it symbolizes the rapture of the church and yes you may be filled with the holy ghost and yes you may be baptized in jesus name but you still need to cross jordan before you are rapture ready ah bless your name jesus and so the two went over to jordan they went over and over at jordan the bible says that the prophet that elisha turned to elijah and said what will i do for thee hallelujah and elijah would have looked at the life of elijah and he would have recognized that the thing that made him stood out was not his intellectual ability amen the thing that made him great was not that he came from a good family amen the miracles that he worked amen on the power of god that he displayed where he even called fire down from heaven i believe elisha look at these things and he recognized that it was that it was as a result of the anointing of god that was upon elijah that was what made him great that was what made him special that was what that separated him from being a normal man to be in the man that he was a stalwart in the kingdom of god and elisha recognized that this was the secret of his success this was a silver bullet as it were that made him who he was and he said i want a double portion of what you have hallelujah anything that you value of words you always want more of it that's why men work and want more and more money because their value money hallelujah bless your name jesus hallelujah so elijah said elisha said unto elijah ah give me a double portion of the spirit i want you to understand that in this time this is a perilous time that we are living in hallelujah personally i can testify that the past couple years have been two of the hardest year that i have ever experienced in my entire life that is not just the coffee yes the kovid is one reason but there are other things that have transpired that makes it hallelujah one of the roughest years i have faced and in times like these i recognize that it is the anointing that is gonna take you true hallelujah hallelujah it is the anointing that is going to make the difference and so like elisha we have to say to god god increase my anointing because coffee is on the rise and my family members are dying my loved ones are dying people are losing their lives increase my anointing hallelujah bless your name jesus it's the anointing that makes us great i don't care what anybody wants to say it is the spirit of god that rests on us that makes us of note hallelujah i have been to a couple colleges learn a couple things but nothing hallelujah i have learned come close to the experience i have when i bow my knees at the altar no bsc no masters nothing come close nothing come close nothing is worthy to compare unto the spirit of god it's the spirit hallelujah that makes a difference don't tell me what table you come from don't tell me who you relate your relation is all i need to know is whether your spirit failed or not hallelujah oh bless your name jesus ah so yes for a double portion of the spirit of god amen bless your name there is a remarkable uh similarity between the story of elijah and elisha and christ and the church ah there's a remarkable similarity amen in a same way like elisha followed elijah everywhere he went there were some disciples that followed jesus everywhere he went hallelujah bless your name jesus and in a similar way as how elijah was caught up into the heavens amen and his mantle fell and elisha took up that manta in a similar way jesus was caught up into heaven hallelujah and his mantle fell hallelujah don't you know that the holy ghost is a mantle of jesus christ and when he cut off into heaven the disciples saw him and watched him as he grew and went through the clouds amen and a couple days after his mantle fell on the day of pentecost the bible says they were in all in one accord and in one place and suddenly there appeared amen bless your name jesus the sound of a mighty wind and it filled all the houses that they were sitting and they appeared unto them clove and tom as a fire and it sat up on them just like the manta sat upon elijah bless your name jesus hallelujah we bless your name jesus hallelujah so one might ask what about the double portion is it possible to have a double portion of the spirit that was upon jesus well the bible says that jesus did not receive the spirit in our measure he didn't receive it in a measure by the nathan but the fullness of the godhead dwell in him bodily the fullness of the spirit dwell in jesus so we may not have a double portion of the spirit that was on jesus but then there is a part in the bible where jesus said so we may not have a double portion but we can do a greater works amen because jesus said to his disciples as i get ready to close jesus said to his disciples the works that i do he shall also do so what works was jesus speaking of here he was speaking about the work that he was doing at the moment at that moment in time jesus was healing the sick jesus was opening the eyes of the blind jesus was you know he was um raising the dead he was he was only in deaf ears and he said to his disciple these things the works that i'm doing now you are going to do them i want to speak to your dear i want you to understand that if you are sick in your body if there is any sickness if you have cancer if you have aids whatever the sickness you have i want you to understand that the bible says that we can heal you we have that authority we have that power i believe the scriptures the bible says the works that i do he shall also do if jesus was here jesus would have done that work he would have healed you and he says that the works that i am doing i i did you are gonna also do so jesus can heal you of every sickness and we can heal you under god as the lord willing we can heal you if you have faith if you believe if you come we believe we will we will believe god for you and we will pray for your healing and it will happen because the bible say it so but then jesus went on to say that these works that i do he shall also do and then he went on to say and greater work than these greater works than these now what is this greater work what is this greater works because we know jesus he healed the sick he raised the dead he you know every physical thing that you can do to a man jesus did it but he was saying then you're going to be able to do some greater works the bible said it where you are going to be able to do some greater works what is this greater work well at the time that jesus was upon the earth you know you couldn't receive the holy ghost like how i receive it now you couldn't receive the holy ghost like that at the time when jesus was upon the earth you know we were still under the law we were not under grace hallelujah so i believe that this greater work that jesus make reference to and the bible said it is not me saying it the bible said it i believe that this greater work is speaking about bringing salvation to man hallelujah i believe that when somebody filled with the baptism of the holy ghost it is greater than when you heal someone from cancer hallelujah i believe that when we under god you know minister to the spiritual needs of men get them saved get them in the kingdom it is superior than when we minister to their physical body their sicknesses and the things that are affecting their body and so today as i closed i want to throw out uh invitation i want to throw out an invitation to you today and i'm saying to you is if it is that you are sick you know there is a there should be a there should be a uh a zoom account that's probably running across the screen soon or probably in a few should be it's there now you can you can log into that account and somebody will receive you and we will pray for you we pray for healing we will believe god for you but if it is also that you are not saved if it is that you are not saved we recognize that this is a greater need that you have and we are empowered to do these greater works that the lord has ordained us to do and we are able to minister unto you your spiritual need hallelujah and if it is that you want to serve the lord right now if you want to receive the spirit of god to help you in this trying time i don't know how people make it without god in this time i know i would not be around if it had it not been for god that was on my side amen so i want to say to you that there is help available the holy spirit can help you the bible calls it a comforter it can help you to overcome these things it can help you it can keep you in these trained times so if you want these greater works also we said to you log on to that zoom account that is running across the screen right now and we'll have somebody there pray for you we will have somebody explain what is the principle of salvation baptism in jesus name repentance receiving the gift of the holy ghost and they will take a name and they will help you and we will lead you to christ if you want that hallelujah bless your name jesus hallelujah this is this is trying time in time like these you need a savior in times like these you need you need salvation you need help jesus can help you hallelujah and we can we can direct you to that help hallelujah hallelujah i wish somebody here right now under the sounding of my voice will just take up the challenge so many times that lord i've been calling you and you have been putting it off you have been saying tomorrow you have you have been saying not now i will give my heart tomorrow hallelujah i want you to do it right now this is an opportunity of a lifetime i want you to just just enter just open up your your zoom account and just put in that that id and that password that is scrolling on the screen right now amen that's putting that id that is calling on the screen right now and somebody will usher you somebody will receive you somebody will instruct you into the ways of salvation amen those are my few words in jesus name amen [Music] hallelujah hallelujah we glorify god we thank you lord for the word a double portion give me more give me more more of his saving fullness see more of his love who died for me there's a an old chorus that says more more about jesus amen give what the minister has said i want a double portion i want more and if you are without the lord jesus christ you too need something more more about jesus more of jesus more of the things of god in these days that we are living in in these times that we have to exist in it is important that we have a strong personal profound relationship with our lord jesus christ it is very important and so i want to encourage the saints of god amen to make your calling and election sure you know i want every child of god to determine in our hearts that we are going to make sure that we press and we do what we must to secure and to keep our relationship tight with almighty god we continually seek for a double portion for more of his presence for more of his anointing it is the anointing that breaks the yoke and we need to always remember that amen you are tuned in visitor you are not sure what to do you only know that it is difficult in your life right now when you're you're afraid of the storm you're afraid of what is happening around you amen i want to encourage you to bow your hearts amen you're not here you cannot be at the altars right now but as the minister said earlier on we have made some provision running across your screen is a zoom amen information some information that will take you right into a man uh a room right into an altar area right into an avenue where folks will be there instructing you praying with you guiding you as to what you must do everybody amen can make a decision for jesus right now a decision to be closer to him or a decision if you're unsaved to have him as lord and savior in your life and so for the unsaved look at the screen and prepare they'll be up for a while just waiting to hear from you so that they can give you direction as to how to go to jesus and have him to become the lord of your life and of course to the saints of god we are going to be praying in a little while and i only ask because for us to determine in our hearts that i must make it i will make it i will serve him i really need a double portion i need more of him amen and let's do what it takes to draw closer to him the song or the chorus says more and more about [Music] more jesus his grace yes [Music] yes [Music] oh [Music] jesus yes [Music] [Music] to is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yes one more time is [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] is o hallelujah father in heaven we bless your great name we thank you for your servant who delivered the word of the living god we thank you for the challenge to our hearts oh god and we recognize that this is something that we must aspire to and aspire for to have more of you he showed us almighty god how the mantle represents today the holy ghost being poured out upon us and we want more of you we want more of the holy ghost anointing i pray that you will blanket your people i pray that you will cover us lord with the spirit of god more and more because we recognize that it is the anointing that breaks the yolk so many heavy burdens so many yoke upon the necks of people i pray that you will anoint us almighty god so that we can be instrument of change in the lives of the unsaved and even in the lives of those that have called upon your name we need you lord more than ever before and we must have the power to execute and do the work of the lord so baptize us anew baptize us afresh and baptize us with a double portion of the spirit of the living god help us to draw closer to you i pray for those that are unsaved that were tuned in mighty god i pray that they will see how they can join walk on the avenue of those who want to draw closer to you they must however make the first step and that is to surrender their hearts and their lives to you mighty god direct them lead them into the path that they must trod so that they will bow their knees and their hearts up and cry out to god to take charge of their lives i pray for those who are going to be ultra workers virtually today i pray that you will anoint them i pray that you will grant unto them words the right words of encouragement for those who will come into the room to be prayed for i pray that you will help these unsaved to be bold enough to make the move and get on the link and get into that room where they can be prayed for where they can be encouraged where they can be instructed as to what to do to follow the lord jesus christ this is your house this is your service this is your thing this is all about you mighty god take full control of the ultra service right now if one soul come we will be happy if many come we will be happy but we want the power of god to fall on the lives of the unsaved and that they will humble themselves and bow before the living awesome mighty god thank you for our service today thank you for everyone that participated thank you for the worshipers thank you for the praises thank you lord jesus for your people scattered abroad but nevertheless in the house of god i pray that you will meet every need i pray mighty god that you will strengthen every heart i pray that you will encourage every mind i pray for your people right across lord jesus it is trying times and men are unsure as to what is happening in their place in the world but i pray god with all the happenings you will instill in the hearts and in the minds of your people that indeed we are children of god and whatever happens we are on the lord's side and you are ahead of us fighting for us we will keep our seat in zion we will do our best to serve you help us along the way we pray mighty god as we bring this service to a close o god and as we disperse from around the instruments that we are tuned in let your anointing continue to rest upon us carry through the rest of this day careful this week almighty god so that we will do what is right we will walk our conversation will be a right and our lives will be pleasing to the living god and so just by our living we can minister and we can give encouragement for those that are looking on have your own way let your perfect will be done bless your people right now we give you thanks we glorify you we magnify your great god in the name of jesus christ of nazareth we pray we believe you and we glorify you for all things that you have done in jesus name in jesus name in jesus name the lord bless you all may his grace may his love and may his peace rest remain and abide with all of us no and forevermore in jesus name god bless you god bless you right across jamaica god bless you right across the globe wherever you are tuning in god bless you god bless you thank you the song says what anointing fall on me the power of the holy ghost and we take us out with this this morning anointing fall on me double portion on me more on me all of us must make this personal amen more of the anointing on me in jesus name let us dismiss with this let us go out with this anointing fall on me my yes i know set me free [Music] me oh let me walk is knowing that's your power let's come [Music] knowing that your power [Music] oh a me set me free [Music] me oh you

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Published: Sun Apr 04 2021