[SSPLC 2] The Concept of Discipleship and Doctrine by Apostle Joshua Selman

in the morning it took us to to school as we dealt with the fundamentals of ministry this evening is you know i have all these words in my head [Music] when i was praying and i wanted to choose the theme and i said armed and dangerous the other word that came to me was locked and loaded um if you're in the military you understand when you're locked and loaded you're ready to go and i believe that the man of god is locked and loaded that is is pulled back okay please will you please let us honor the grace of god on this man of god by standing to our feet a true voice to a generation a man that i say boldly anywhere that on him truly rest the spirit of revelation i have been amazed at the profundity of his thought processes astuteness of his mind and his delivery is second to none south south pastors and leaders conference 2021 please make welcome for the second session all the ways from the city of abuja zarya the rest of the world the one and only apostle joshua salman [Music] hmm [Music] praise the name of the lord i profound honor to the fathers of faith i may not know you personally but i honor the grace and the investment of god upon your life when you honor a man you're not just honoring time you're honoring sacrifice consistency diligence the staying power the grace to continue and we truly honor you in the name of jesus christ and then please help me honor the angel over this house pastor larry thank you praise the name of the lord can we pray for a few minutes i believe in prayer and we spend a few minutes praying in the spirit so that the lord will open our hearts to receive even as we explore the word of god so lift your voice and less together just bless him praying in the spirit and define ourselves [Music] [Music] again [Music] are you praying skate a lot uppercut [Music] approaching [Music] [Music] [Music] outside pray inside pray following online lift your voice as we pray in the spirit we're building capacity the bible says if you turn aside in a day of battle your strength is small [Music] test [Music] [Music] foreign and jesus increased in wisdom in stature in favor with god and with man [Music] is part of the conference [Music] um [Music] no shadow you won't light up [Music] coming up [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh jacob had two encounters in genesis chapter 28 the bible says that jacob found a place in the night to sleep and he did not understand the covenant that was around that place the bible says whilst he slept his eyes were opened and he saw angels ascending and descending the bible never said they were coming to him they were coming to those who were making a demand on their ministry they were passing him he was seeing them yet he was not impacted by their presence when he got up he said the lord was in this place and i knew not the next time he would have such an experience is in chapter 32 of genesis this time around he had gone through seasons of pain in the house of laban he had understood the value of god's presence after he dismissed his wives his cattle the people said a man came to him and he held him he said leave me for the day breaker he says i will not let you go unless you bless me and he says what is your name he said jacob he said thou shalt no longer be called jacob for as a prince you have had power with god and have prevailed he touched the hollow of his tie and blessed him and the bible says the son arose and he called the police peniel i have seen god face to face and my life is preserved father give me an encounter in this conference lift your voice and pray an encounter that will shift my life my ministry please pray let it be from the depth of your heart for everyone that asked receive it everyone that asked receive it ye have not because he has not [Music] give me an encounter oh god that will prepare me to be a mighty battle axe [Music] hallelujah praise the name of the lord again it truly is my joy to be here we have a lot to do i'd like you to be very sensitive this is a very major part of the conference now many things will be happening we'll have some time to teach and then we'll wrap up tonight with an impartation just be patient and let your heart be open the bible says well peter yet speak these things the holy ghost fell not on them that were around on them that had him it didn't fall on those who were around the vicinity it fell on those who had him praise the name of the lord it is always the hearing of faith and the working of miracles so i'd like for us to be opened and let's trust the lord to help us in jesus name please be seated if you can we began to discuss in the morning on fundamentals of effective ministry just a quick recap for those who were not here in the morning the goal was to examine basically the idea of ministry from the standpoint of the kingdom we observe that the body of christ has been plagued with all kinds of wrong ideas of ministry ranging from standing behind the pulpit holding a mic leading a christian organization organizing programs that none of these things in themselves is ministry an activity can only be called ministry if and when the motivation behind it is to reveal jesus and to glorify him are we together that ministry basically refers to kingdom service and it is not limited to spiritual activities around a pulpit or around a church any contribution any participation any activity any effort that is channeled towards the revelation of the christ and the glorification of the same is called ministry your marriage can become ministry if kingdom come is represented in that union raising of your children is called ministry if you raise them to the end that christ be revealed in and through them your money can become ministry you're giving the difference between a donation and ministering with your finances is the motivation so the lord cultured our hearts back to an understanding that it is not the activities that make ministry you can be involved with activities but not be in ministry we observed how that the prophet isaiah began to prophesy right from chapter one and for the first five chapters there's no record and mention of him being fake and yet in heaven there was still a call who shall go for us and who shall we send when isaiah saw the lord he saw the level of of insufficiency and that coal was used to touch his lips and he says now your iniquity is taken from you then who shall we send he said here am i send me and god didn't say you are already sent that means while he was doing a lot of things that we call ministry heaven was still calling who shall go for us praise the name of the lord and that ministry is not limited to the fivefold i know that this is a pastors and leaders conference but the core idea of ministry has to do with representing the interest the agenda of god in whatever capacity the unique expression of the fivefold is because they are the ones mandated as the gifts that build the ministers ephesians chapter four paul was mentoring the church in ephesus and he began a discuss that led to what we now call the five or fourfold ministry whichever perspective you want to look at it from let's turn there to start for tonight ephesians chapter 4 from verse 10 the bible says he that descended is the same also that ascended far above all heavens that he might feel all things and then the bible says next verse he gave some apostles some prophets some evangelists and some pastors and teachers these men are not the ministers these are the gifts he gave to men the bible says he gave gifts to men the gifts are not talents the gifts are men he gave men to men and then he says next verse 12 for the maturing the word perfect india means the building up to maturity the maturing of the saints that the saints now matured will do the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of christ 13 says till we all come into a mystery in the spirit called the unity of faith and of the knowledge of the son of god unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of christ the result the bible says that we henceforth be no children toast toe and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine and the sleight of men and corning craftiness wearing the lie in wait to deceive so the five-fold ministry was uniquely called and gifted to the body to help in that process of maturity it's important that we understand that if you find yourself in the five-fold ministry yes you are also a ministry technically but in reality you are the gift that prepares men to represent the purposes of god effectively and that your assignment does not stop until we come into a point called the unity of faith are you seeing that many times we rest when we have crowds god gave us the condition that must be met for us to know that we have done well it is not when you have hundred branches it is not when you have your name is all over the town you are doing well based on human parameters the bible says you should never relent until you find out that the body of christ attains the state called the unity of faith that maturity and i can tell you the body of christ has done well but we are far from that state that means every one of us regardless of our achievements mechanically speaking we must be up and doing to contribute to this reality is a burden in the heart of the father that the body of christ believers be matured are we together so i want to start this afternoon by discussing doctrine we said we're going to discuss doctrine and discipleship doctrine and discipleship doctrine is the mystery behind stature and maturity please look up the bible tells us that god's goal for his body for believers is that they not only become effective members of a denomination they not only become loyal followers of spiritual leaders that god's goal is that through the ministry of this gift the body of christ will come into a state of maturity so the assignment of the man of god the assignment of a minister of the gospel primarily is to use the tool that the bible calls doctrine doctrine is the name given to the course curriculum that makes believers matured you have to understand this there is a definite course curriculum given to believers by which we attain maturity we are not left to our opinions in building believers in secular education we do not call people doctors engineers just by freelancing opinions there is an exact body of knowledge they submit to are we together yes we're diagnosing the problem with the body of christ now that the reason why there is a difference in spiritual understanding you meet two believers at random and ask them to engage in a conversation they most likely will end up fighting because of the extent of divide they will agree that we serve one god they will agree that jesus christ is lord of all but now begin to allow them to communicate and in five minutes they are irritating one another their terminologies what they believe what they do not believe that state was produced by an incorrect mentorship from leaders if you call a medical doctor from portacot here you bring another medical doctor from india you bring another medical doctor from china you bring another medical doctor from my degree if you put them together have never met themselves leave them in a conversation the margin of error will be very small because it was the same curriculum that was used to build them if we are having several believers with different opinions the problem is not the members we need to go back to examine what script we are using for the mentorship of those believers are we still together what we do in the body of christ is largely opinions and personalized dealings let me tell you how error comes to the body error comes to the body because of the way god treats men you see if god is calling me into an apostolic ministry or a prophetic ministry the character of his training will be such that number one there are other aspects that i need in my life that will not be captured in that training god will focus on the core areas that become the pillars of my ministry i give you an instance if god is raising me to be a prophet chances are that he will not teach me anything on administration and excellence and leadership my training will revolve around visions the gift of the spirit the ministry of prayer are we together now and because my dealing is so with god i will assume that is all i need two mistakes will come from that dealing if i do not leverage on the other supplies in the body of christ number one is that all the people i will mentor i will mentor them to respect only the dimension that was priority as far as my training is concerned any other dimension that comes i will teach them subliminally or directly to reject it because it was not captured in my training just because it was not captured in your training does not mean you would not need it god allowed that limitation intentionally to force you to depend on the body are we together now please follow very carefully there is a danger still extending on my point with personalized dealings personalized dealings have to do with your personal work with god there is a way god trains me as a person that may not be applicable to any other person is a product of my level of yieldedness is a product of a backlog of my experiences my level of transformation or otherwise my personality those are factors that define how god trains me personalized dealings are good for your personal growth but they are not sufficient for you to ship them to become doctrines there is a condition for a truth according to scripture to be called a doctrine number one it must be represented in the character of the old testament number two it must be captured in the earthly ministry of jesus that body of knowledge must be represented in his teaching or in his work number three we must see that body of truth represented in the life and the teachings of the apostles any truth that does not pass this litmus test cannot be called a doctrine so if because god has vetted my heart and has found that having five cars may derail me he can give me a unique instruction and say in your whole lifetime do not have more than three cars it is not a doctrine it is his it is his gauge to help me to be efficient based on the vulnerabilities he knows now because i obey him i will excel based on that obedience so when i'm mentoring people and they ask me the secret of my success i will tell them i have only three cars whereas there is a kingdom financier who needs 12 for the sake of the gospel i will make him feel guilty for being obedient to his call because he has to subscribe to my template to be called successful are we following yeah so this i'm showing you the evolution of error and imbalance in the body it didn't come because the ministers are wrong it came because we did not prioritize doctrine above experiences so largely what is communicated is our personalized dealings and because there are results to show it's difficult to say you are wrong are we together so from my three cast example find out that i'm efficient disciplined based on that now someone who are mentoring wanting to be like me regardless the scope of his assignment will reject anything if he hears anybody saying wow i have ten cards and five of it is given to missionaries he will most likely fight that person because his men his mentor's template did not allow for that possibility if god has called me to be a prophet for instance and then i do not leverage on the supplies of the accurate teaching ministry to build someone can come and then i want to preach and i say look i don't have time for that this time to prophesy and i begin to prophesy and people are receiving miracles you see that now because of the excellency of the results and the charismatism around the gift i will neglect the teaching ministry so all the people i raise will not place value on the teaching ministry the day they go somewhere and there's two hours of sound teaching they will call it nonsense they will say this is a dry powerless service because the templates that was given to them did not place priority on teaching are we together if i'm an arrogant man of god who has no respect for other gifts in the body of christ subliminally all the people that that are under my tutelage and mentorship as i insult other men of god to their hearing as i tear down people to their hearing they begin to learn these things and in loyalty to me they will follow that same pattern you see that now so you have a a generation of people having the ripple effect of the error of mentors we carry our personalities and we blame the holy spirit for it otherwise would have been unashamed enough to say look this one is not the holy spirit it's a weakness in my personality i can walk on it our ego may not allow us to admit so we call everything that happens around our lives we credit it to the holy spirit when it is clear that he does not have a hand in many of them if i have anger problems it has nothing to do with the holy ghost it's just a level of unrenewedness in my heart i must be unashamed enough to admit that even though he's using me he's not endorsing that weakness are we together so we have different versions of these limitations scattered across the body of christ from pride to lack of seriousness with the word to accuracy in the world with no grace for performance to exaggerations of truth to bitterness the scattered across regions the major problem is not the devil the major problem is the absence of doctrinal content in our teachings it's largely an exegesis of opinions but believers we're never never supposed to be raised by opinions doctrines must be exalted you are not a disciple and you are not doing discipleship if what you are teaching is not doctrine please write this down are we still together the word doctrine comes from the latin word doctrina the word doctrine comes from the latin word doctrina it means teaching it means instruction comes from the latin word doctrina it means teaching it means instruction what is doctrine generally speaking doctrine refers to a set of beliefs that are accepted and taught a set of beliefs accepted and taught it also refers to a body of teachings or instructions a body of teachings or instructions a body of teachings or instructions deuteronomy chapter 32 and verse 2 please let's look at a few scriptures that show the power and the excellency of doctrine the course content it says my doctrine shall drop as the rain my speech shall distill as the deal as the small rain upon a tender herb and as the showers upon the grass so the doctrine is like rain that comes upon a little plant and causes it to grow doctrine the rain that comes upon a young believer and helps the believer to grow to stature and maturity if you're with me please say amen very very important isaiah 29 and verse 24. let's just look at three scriptures for time's sake it says they also that aired in spirit shall come to understand and they that mohammed shall lend doctrine those who have heard in spirit will come to a point of understanding when they learn doctrine jeremiah 10 and verse 8. jeremiah chapter 10 and verse 8 but they are all together british and foolish the stock is a doctrine of vanities there is such a doctrine called a doctrine of vanities a doctrine of vanities it means that when you sit under the mentorship of that body of information it will lead you to a mundane life that has no profit as far as god's standpoint is concerned a doctrine of vanities let's look at doctrine in the ministry of jesus because jesus is our pattern man the bible says to look on to jesus every time the bible says look on it means observe to learn it doesn't just mean look with your optical eyes let me show you what it means to look it means to look intently to observe ready to receive ready to learn acts chapter acts chapter 4 [Music] acts chapter 4 please i need to explain to us very quickly what it means to look blessed be the name of the lord acts chapter three i meant to say acts chapter three please let's start from verse one please pay attention the key verse is verse five but let's run through the first five verses now peter and john went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer the bible says be in the ninth hour verse two it says and a certain man pay attention please lame from his mother's womb was carried whom they laid at the gate of the temple which is called beautiful to ask arms and of them that entered into the temple verse 3 who's seeing peter so he was already seeing peter who's seeing peter and john about to go into the temple ask for arms for and peter fastening his eyes upon him with john said look on us what does that mean the meaning of that statement look on us is found in verse five every time you say look on us in scripture this is what it means and he gave heed to them expecting to receive that's what it means to look every time it says look on us give heed expecting to receive are we together looking unto jesus giving heed to him expecting to receive matthew chapter 7 please let's run to a few scriptures please be patient matthew chapter 7 and verse 28 matthew 7 and verse 28 and it came to pass the bible says when jesus had ended these sayings the people were astonished at his doctrine jesus communicated doctrine [Music] an exact body of truth that was supposed to mentor these young disciples who would later become the apostles of the lamb matthew chapter 22 and verse 3. let's see how many we can touch very briefly just to establish the fact that jesus was not um matthew chapter 22 and verse 33 33 matthew 22 33 the bible says when the multitude heard this they were astonished at his so what did he teach them doctrine doctrine an exact authorized prescribed body of spiritual knowledge not opinions jesus taught doctrines mark chapter 1 and verse 22 mark 1 22 let's see if we can touch on two or three more scriptures the bible says while she thought they were astonished at his doctrine for he taught them as one that had authority and not as the scribes in the temple he taught doctrine you see the reason why the products that came from jesus were matured and powerful because even though he was the son of god he taught doctrine luke chapter 4 and verse 32 luke chapter 4 and verse 32 luke chapter 4 and verse 32. the bible says they were astonished at his doctrine uh-huh for his word was with power that means if you teach and what you teach ends up just as a lecture something is wrong with it because if it is doctrine there is also in it a power dimension are we together just because it is a teaching ministry does not mean it should not come with power the bible says they were astonished at his doctrine why because that word in the doctrine was with power power to change power to lift power to transform power to heal power to deliver last scripture john 18 19 john 18 19 were examining the ministry of jesus the high priest then asked jesus of his this disciples and of his doctrine look at this when they wanted to fight jesus their attention was on two things number one his followers number two his message this was what threatened the entire sun hendering council they were not afraid of jesus as a person something about the quality of his teaching was tearing a revolution what is this man teaching it was affecting the minds of the people and so they wanted to know number one what are you teaching number two who is hearing you this is a strategy the devil will come after you in ministry when he comes he wants to know two things number one what is the content because he knows that words make he knows that truth's ideas transform so before i attack that shot let me know if he's worth my attack what are you teaching if you're teaching opinions he said you're already defeated you just continue i will leave you to think you are making progress there are many people who don't have attacks in their lives it does not mean they are doing well it's a sign that there's no point attacking them the error in doctrine has already made you defeated he asks jesus of his disciples and he acts of his doctrine two things that will scare the devil over any church what are you teaching what is the content of the truth you are using to build believers you see that because the information that you bring will shape their understanding and eventually begin to influence the systems jesus never sat in the house of parliament yet he was almost these guys were afraid they said there is something about this man the content of his information let's look at doctrine in the ministry of the apostles are we still here acts chapter 2 and verse 42. acts 2 42 and they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine the bible says this is the early church they continued in the apostles doctrine and in fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers this is what made them mighty this was the scope of their spiritual activity every time they gathered they listened to a thorough exegesis of doctrine fellowship breaking of bread prayers acts chapter 5 and verse 28 acts chapter 5 and verse 28. now watch this when they cut the apostles their concern was not just the people the human bodies the threat to the government of the day was the doctrine this was what the devil did not want saying did we not straightly command you that you should not teach in this name and behold you have fueled jerusalem with your doctrine more than branches modern programs what was influencing the territory was doctrine there is something you are teaching that is making ambrose stop stealing there is something you are teaching that is transforming society how come the men in a territory are suddenly becoming responsible corporately there is something you can trace the growth of society to the doctrine that fills that place you can trace the depravation and the retrogression in society also it's an uncomfortable truth but it's true the quality of the life of people within a territory among other factors is a reflection of the quality of the truth that the spiritual leaders within that territory communicate you see africa is a very spiritual continent on average every week the average believer including an unserious believer submerges himself in some sort of spiritual training either a sunday service please don't feel i'm not you remember that this is what we're talking as men of god is that true we're examining a few things so this is not this is not a call to sarcasm whatsoever we're just challenging ourselves to rise to higher dimensions there is a sunday service maybe a tuesday service a wednesday service most likely a night vigil some kind of spiritual activity happening all week that means if i hand pick a believer who has been within a christian circle for two three four years and i ask him basic questions about the christian faith he should be able to rise in defense of that truth otherwise we must hold the pastor accountable what is the content of your teaching not necessarily the insincerity and character maybe a sincere person they have filled but harcourt with your doctrine and intent to bring this man's blood upon her head can you imagine that romans chapter 16 and verse 17 i want you to see why the apostles were effective the holy spirit we have today is the same holy spirit they had the god they pray to is the same god we pray to but we are not seeing their results because there is a missing link the doctrine they communicated is largely not the doctrine that we're communicating and the emphasis that they placed on doctrine we might not be pressing that far now i beseech you brethren paul is speaking mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine i like paul he's not mentoring based on opinions he said listen listen everything you do should be referenced to this doctrine there are people who cause offenses and division how do we know that what they are saying is divisive with respect to the doctrine that has been taught it is based on doctrine we can have the audacity to tell someone you are right you are wrong it is based on doctrine we can judge prophecy and say it is true you came back from heaven but something is questionable about this encounter you cannot just say i don't like what you are saying there has to be a reference to your defense the reference is doctrine the average believer is confused and cannot tell whether i think is right or wrong you see that because that doctrinal reference is not there let's look at two more scriptures first timothy chapter four and verse one in fact i think paul's paul's paul's epistle to timothy has about the largest in the new testament now about the largest compendium of this word doctrine doctrine doctrine because he was mentoring his son in the gospel here's what four verse one says now the spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith the bible says and give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons so the devil too has his mentorship system he can make you become something exact there is a body of truth whether you choose to serve god or satan is the same way you will grow doctrine there is something called the doctrine of devils a good person can teach the doctrine of devils you don't have to be bad or fake you just have to be ignorant and there are many many sincere doctrines in the body of christ that need to be edited from the light of scripture you see there are four principal ways i wish we had time there are four principal ways the bible recommends that we know god knowing god is not a mystery there are four biblical channels only four channels if you ever want to know the god of the bible there are only four channels the bible recommends number one is scripture the first authorized channel that can help anyone know god is scripture are we together scripture reveals the character of god scripture reveals his modus operandi so you know god when you study scripture you can meet a believer who did not know anything about the christian faith and get that person saved and hand over scripture and teach that person scripture and he can grow in the knowledge of god scripture number one number two the names of god we know god by exploring the dimensions of him captured in his name you'll wonder why he's called the god of abraham isaac jacob rafa sikenu all of these names were dimensions of him the moment the nation of israel saw that dimension revealed they preserved it in a name so that every time their children wanted to lend that dimension they would draw that name from the archive of their experience and said look we never knew that god could move like this but when we saw it we said we'll not waste this experience we have to archive it for our children so they saved it you can use the names of god to learn him number three the third way that we know god is through the person jesus the christ the bible calls him the image of the invisible god calls him the word the logos of god that has been made flesh so i cannot god when i study jesus i hope you know theologically speaking were ministers of the gospel until jesus came nobody could accurately say they knew god there was a lot of haziness and confusion about god even among the prophets they credited both good and bad to god there was no standard no reference so one of the assignments of jesus was not just to come and die he came as a manuscript and a marking script he came so that we will use him to start editing our ideas about god everything god said jesus manifested whatever you said god said that jesus did not do you are an error so your assignment is to look unto him and begin to edit what the prophets and the law and every other person said about god the things that superstition said about god we compared [Music] jesus came as a revelation of the father so i can look at jesus are you seeing why the bible was so detailed about his at work because he does not want you to miss any information everything about his network it was more than a story it was god in action so he sent study study how he treated children study what he did on crusade grounds what did he do when he saw the sick if it's true that god said i have loved you with an everlasting love i have drawn you with my loving kindness we can only verify if he's lying or not by looking at jesus how far did jesus go to prove the love of the father he died greater love had no man than this than a man laid down his life so we know god did not lie because jesus proved he was true all authority in heaven and on earth has been given unto me how do we know god is not lying by looking at jesus the last enemy that can be destroyed in this earth realm is death whoever destroys death by leaving this earth and coming back into it at will you see there is a law nobody dies and comes back by himself it has to take someone in the earth to call you in but jesus showed that god was all-powerful indeed by dying and calling himself back it was his entry back into the head that led to psalm 24 lift up your heads all ye gates the gates were surprised why are you saying we should open nobody on earth is calling you when you are coming from heaven a prophet has called you but now you are out of the earth and we are not hearing anyone call you and he says don't mistaken just because a baby was called this man who is coming now is the king of glory the lord strong and mighty the lord mighty in battle [Music] are we together so you know god by looking unto jesus if all you know about jesus is that he just came and died for sinners you've missed a major part of why he was here his first assignment was to correct our aberrated view about the father how many of you have heard stories about people and you had all kinds of ideas until you met them or you met those who were very close to them and you felt so disappointed so broken and you said i'm sorry god forgive me i was told this ceo is not a good man now look at this five of my children now have jobs because of him and you go back and you keep repenting and say god forgive me that's what jesus came to do if you study jesus you know you are knowing god when there is a lot of repentance in your life because you should find a lot of gaps in the things you have blamed god about jesus when it was time to feed five thousand with two loaf five loaf and two fish he didn't say those who understood don't hurt me move one side he fed everyone so when the bible says the increase of the earth is for all that even the king is fed by the increase in the field it is true jesus came as the logos of god the word made flesh the logos the the word logos is the greek word thoughts the intent of a man that desires to find expression everything god was thinking jesus was living next time somebody says i want to know you god there's no mystery about it what many people mean is i want to be caught up in the realm of the spirit you will most likely meet familiar spirit god's authorized channel is scripture if you cannot respect scripture that you can see it's not an angel that is invisible that you that's the law remember and then the last way we know god is through your experience in that order it is important but only the fourth your experience job said i have heard of you with the hearing of the airs now my eyes have seen you experience you can build a track record about god by yourself talk to our mothers and they will tell you there is something about god they knew not by preaching when the woman was about to die because of her pregnancy she called upon the name of the lord and rolled on the ground and that baby lived so every time she sees another woman who says look i'm about dying she says sit down let me tell you something about god i didn't go to school though but there is a song i raised in 1975. every time i am in trouble when i raised this song the nation of israel had songs that were like quotes when it was clear that defeat was imminent they didn't just sing praise and worship you are good and you're messy if they started singing that song against you no matter how you were winning it was a call for victory please sit down this is not even what we're teaching remember what we are talking about doctrine i only digress because we are dealing with the issue of knowing god is god helping us the knowledge of god you want to know god scripture the names of god jesus your experience it's impossible to pass through this and not know god hallelujah so back to doctrine one last scripture hebrews 13 and verse 9 hebrews 13 and verse 9. the bible says be not carried about with diverse and strange doctrines for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace not with meats which have profited them that have been occupied therein he's talking about several things paul was largely correcting a lot of errors a lot of imbalances and he began to teach them doctrine who is a disciple a disciple is one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of scripture a disciple is one who accepts and helps in spreading the doctrine of scripture when we follow christ we follow him because number one we accept and we believe the truth are we together yes and then number two we help in spreading it so when the bible says in matthew 28 let's look at it now you will understand what the bible is saying matthew chapter 28 from verse 18. here's what jesus said to us matthew 28 from verse 18 and jesus came and speak unto them saying all authority the word power there is the word exousia authority all authority is given unto me in heaven and in earth 19 on the strength of this information go ye therefore and teach are you seeing now he didn't just send us to preach to preach means to declare to teach means to explain to guide to mentor to bring into comprehension that's what it means to teach go ye and teach all nations all nations does not mean all countries all fields of endeavors are we together now all of the mountains go there and teach baptizing them in the name of the father the son and of the holy spirit 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever i have commanded you and whilst you are doing this be assured that i am with you all way whilst you are doing this you can be sure that my divine presence is going with you even to the ends of the earth colossians chapter 1 paul speaking to the church in colossae from verse 28 and 29 paul the assignment of presenting everyone he says whom we preach warning every man and teaching every man that in all wisdom we may present everyone mature or complete or whole in christ jesus 29 it says where unto i also label striving according to his working which walketh me mightily paul said look all my troubles and everything you see me visiting the church in this the church in that correcting all kinds of things imbalances impartations travels all that i'm doing is i am striving to see to it that the body of christ and those committed to my care that i'm able to present them complete in christ if you're still with me please say amen so the course content for the believer's education is called doctrine every believer that comes under the influence of the doctrine of scripture will become something exact something predictable regardless denomination regardless the approach to ministry now we may not always agree in terms of our modus operandi we may not agree in terms of our personalities here and there but there are certain truths that are called the foundational pillars of the christian faith if you do not believe this you are not a christian if you do not teach it you are also not a christian there are certain things common to all women black white yellow african spanish there are things common to men regardless location regardless territory that's how it is when we talk about unity unity is not uniformity no we will never be the same verbatim our experiences with god our levels of transformation the systems of mentorship that we are under will create those differences but regardless what the divide is there are certain foundational pillars of the christian faith hebrews chapter 6. sheilambra katowski de bruyne therefore living the principles of the doctrine of christ let us go on unto perfection not laying again the foundations of six of them number one repentance from dead works number two faith towards god verse two number three the doctrine of baptisms number four of laying on of hands number five the resurrection of the dead number six eternal judgment and he praises serious prayer in verse three and this we will do if god permits there are foundational pillars please listen very carefully you see believers do not just grow because truth is taught truth has to be methodically arranged like a building to be able to mature the saints are we together now please don't feel bad don't feel so insulted i apologize if you do so but then imagine with me for instance that someone just gets saved completely not a christian and the first message he hears is on prosperity you see chances are that that person's christian experience will be wrecked into pieces because he's not learned how to crucify the flesh he's not built character are we together now exposing that person to that body of knowledge the truth is no it is truth but it will kill him it's not sequentially arranged he's not even equipped for the attacks that come by reason of that level of blessing we must not just build believers we must build believers methodically line up online truth upon truth tomorrow is sunday millions of pulpits around the world will be filled with men and women passionate men and women who will be teaching can we begin to make these adjustments by focusing on doctrine what we largely do is just a topical exegesis of the world and for many people i understand how burdensome it can be to preach and come up with messages so sometimes you sit and say ah what have i not preached for a long time in this church i'm tired right now i have three services let's try fate all right so you listen to a message or two just go online get one or two scriptures put things together and you know the fearful thing about the grace of god is when you stand up here to look like you've been studying since last year because you are under the influence of that grace that grace can cover shame in a tremendous way but it's not an endorsement of your current state you can stand and preach something of script completely it may even be one of the most powerful messages you would have preached that year and you go back repenting before god and say lord thank you for covering for me me and you we know that i don't have an idea of what happened on this stage come on pastors do you know the reason why you fear teaching on the altar do you know the reason why you feel emotionally bullied by another man because you are teaching opinions when you are teaching doctrine the truths don't come from you it is the explanation and the exegesis of it that comes from you so there is no need to fear the body of truth is exact you finish and start again listen when it has to do with the knowledge of god our exploring god is infinite even in heaven we keep learning him but as far as the excelling of a believer on earth is concerned the body of truth allocated for our growth and maturity is finite you can cover the curriculum and start again and not feel guilty for going back it's not that you don't have new messages so the pressure is that ah let my members not say there are people teaching volume seven part one volume eight part five and you are here it seems like you are struggling with something so that pressure pushes us into saying look what is the new thing i have not said save yourself that stress there is an exact body of truth that builds and provided that is what you are teaching no matter how simple find rest every other thing garnished on it is just the psychological prowess the intelligence and all of that but at the basic level everyone should be able to mature believers once you can understand and you can teach the course content is given to you already doctrine so there is no excuse there's no such thing as i don't have the gift of teaching i'm not really a teacher you know these guys are the ones who teach and then because of that we said you know what don't worry i even want to teach worship team come raise a powerful song let's start praying and then no no no no no no no there are a few ministers around the world this nation and across africa they're teaching about the most simple ways sometimes annoyingly simple but you look at the quality of men that they have raised do you know why because the content of their teaching is true they are methodical about it whether the lecturer is in uni lauren whether it's a yoruba lecturer whether it's an evil lecturer a south south lecturer a northern lecturer the person's accent his level of understanding etc is not is not too much to alter the curriculum so the same students can be taught by an evil lecturer a white man coming from the u.s a visiting professor from the uk and then people within that region and regardless the students you are sure that after four or five years you are going to graduate a predictable kind of people their accents may differ their abilities to explain there are lecturers respectfully speaking who are quite on the conservative side they can talk as if they are talking to themselves others are very engaging and happy those things are just added advantages once the truth is there the students will learn and their results will show they have landed fine rest men of god the pressure that we are putting on ourselves to attain unto certain levels it is true that some of these gifts and some of these engravings come with um a level of charismatism around it i confess so once these kinds of things happen there is that there is that drive to want to be celebrated i understand but find rest tomorrow go on your pulpit and teach doctrine with power teach it with truth teach it with conviction when i was in the seminary when i was in the anglican seminary we had something called the apostles creed the apostles critic i'm not i'm not i know that i'm speaking to people across different denominations but i wish there was a way you could find for me and project what we call the apostles creed on the screen if you can find that thing media i promise to give you a big hug that for me represents about the most accurate or at least commendably accurate presentation of the believer's creed this is a summary of what we stand for this is who a christian is it's important we know that some of you here are owners or directors or senior executives around companies and you have all kinds of creeds is that true that you compel your staff to learn to indoctrinate them to understand why they are here whether it's a creed towards efficiency a crete towards excellence team spirit whatever it is please find it for me if you can i apologize for putting you under this inconvenience what is important so we're dealing with doctrine and discipleship we are not in ministry truly if we are not teaching doctrine do the believers under your care are they still in doubt that jesus christ is god do they know that hold on before we begin to teach all of the mysteries of this and that just come down leave that we're going there do our members know that jesus is lord do they understand redemption can we random pick one member and bring him upstage and say give us your understanding about the substitutionary sacrifice of christ which is the foundation you will be amazed at how many of our workers respectfully speaking deacons and even some of us men of god we may not be able to articulate redemption how about prayer how about faith the bible says in this kingdom the just lives by his faith how about the body of christ how about resurrection do our members know that jesus is coming back do they know the benefit of being saved the reason why they are hardly alter calls on our pulpit is not because we are bad it's because we ourselves need a reorientation about the value the bible says there is no other name given unto man under heaven by which we must be saved are we together what of the holy spirit do our members understand the holy spirit do they understand the priesthood ministry of a believer do they understand the responsibility that makes for kingdom advance thank you thank you let's give these people a big big god bless you ladies and gentlemen that right there is a very serious creed i hope i'm able to see everything as clear as i want to but let me attempt to read it am i boring you this is a pastor's conference i know impartation is coming but you just pay attention the oil is useless when there is no vessel remember it is the vessel that gives credence to the oil i believe in god the father almighty it says the maker of heaven and earth is that true and jesus christ his only son our lord that is true but i mean it did that now because he's not the only son again he was the only son but now he's the first of we the begotten you see that now he's not god's only son now he was his only son but now he's called many sons into glory he was conceived by the holy spirit how shall these things be seen that you know not a man it says the power of the highest shall overshadow you oh beautiful thank you born of the virgin mary he suffered under pontius pilate was crucified dead it's important you know he was crucified he did not just die if he just died he could not have been a cause because the law says curses every man who hangs on a tree if he died on the ground he will be a dead man he needed to die on the tree so the crucifixion of jesus is a major aspect of the christian life he died you have to believe he died if he did not die then there is no way he would have collected the keys that we gave adam revelations 1 i was he that was dead and now he's alive and i hold the keys it was his death that gave him the entrance when sinners die where did they go to so the only way he had to go to hell being a righteous man was to become seen so that if he died he will now give him the the entrance to go to the place of the dead are we together now he died as you and me what would have been our future so he went there and when he met satan the bible tells us paul was teaching us the the drama that happened there in hades that when he got to hell my goodness did you know that satan did not even understand the strategy [Music] when he died all of a sudden celebration was to start in hell and then they see this man jesus christ went to hell without the assistance of the holy ghost i hope you know that he went as man in the strength of man that's what made him the second adam he went there and the bible says all the demons and principalities were on him forcing him to bow what is him bowing acknowledging lordship because jesus being the express image of the father the word are we blessed this is what makes us different from different religions there are many religions that teach what we teach too this is a dividing line do you know why we need to restore doctrine to the body of christ otherwise after many years of laboring we will not know who is a christian again and the devil is an expert he will keep bringing pseudo christian expressions until we lose the conscious it's already happening to many people so he went and when the legal claims of justice was satisfied the bible says he made a public show of them triumphing over them in it and he did not just stop there he now went to satan and he said give me the keys what keys the keys that came from adam through eve to him are you seeing that now [Music] and when he collected the keys the bible tells us that there were sins who were then abraham's bosom i don't want to bring any controversy but your bible people you know and apostle peter taught us that he went there and preached to them when he preached to them he gave them a chance to believe when they believed he opened the prison gate he said follow me when he resurrected he's in your bible he was the first begotten and then other saints came through the streets of jerusalem they saw them the hymn says up from the grave he arose with the mighty triumph or his foes he arrows the victor from the dark domain and he lives forever with his saints to reign i know it's old school but not every old school is old are we blessed so when he resurrected a woman came and met him this solves the problem once and for all should women be in ministry the first person to see christ resurrected was a woman he says go and tell jesus go and do ministry go and tell he's the one who instructed her go and [Applause] [Music] tell there is a protocol to eat though the bible always says they do it in subjection but to negate now when it has to do with the ministry of the word there is neither male nor female there's neither jew nor gentile is one new man in christ are we blessed now please pay attention these are the truths that give you a defense system against satan the bible says no weep on fashion do you know what it means to fashion to fashion means to write a summary of your strengths and your weaknesses and build an arsenal from your weakness so when the devil wants to attack he does not just come he fashions the weapon what do you not know what is not known in your church oh you don't know this you don't know this build a weapon after this weakness it says no weep on fashion are we together when jesus christ resurrected listen to me the bible says he was raised up for our justification what does it mean to be justified to be declared not guilty but his resurrection was not all there was if he was if he resurrected and he stopped there were safe from sin but was still in trouble because he needed to go to heaven to perform his high priestly duty remember he said no don't touch me don't corrupt the program i need to ascend to heaven so he went there both as the lamb and as the high priest the bible tells us because according to the jewish tradition the age of the lamb determines the validity of the atonement so for it to be an eternal atonement the ageless lamb he now became the lamb he used his own age now so for you to know how long the atonement is is to know the age of the lamb that died you see that now and when he was done a coronation service was held for him in heaven the lord said to my lord sit down at my right hand that was a coronation service philippians chapter 2 from verse 5 permit this mind to be in you the bible says which was also in christ jesus who although being god did not consider it robbery this and that but that he died the death on the cross and the bible says wherefore by reason of this god had so highly exalted him and giving him a name the name is an office he gave him an office and that office was exalted above every other name that a dimension of that name every knee listen if you don't know this your members will not be powerful in jesus name in jesus name it's not what you are saying is the understanding that supports that activity that releases the power please let me have four people just come let me use you for any four gentlemen come watch this just stand here look at this everybody do you know what jesus did just just stand facing me thank you thank you sirs imagine that i am a phd holder but the limitation is that i have phd alone are we together and then my assignment is to make all these guys phd holders but they don't have the strength to go through that system so what i did was i gave up my phd i went back to nursery school remember i always had it i went back to nursery school and then i just told them follow me closely i started come guys and then when i now got to masters just when i was going to write the phd exam i said hold on before you give me that exam guys everything i'm going to be doing is for us i changed the name from me to us now i wrote that exam the examiner did not even know what was happening as soon as i got the phd phd appeared on all of them and i took them here come i took them back to where i originally was so you will also you had phd why did you leave it and get it again because of these guys i had it alone but i didn't want to have it alone that's what jesus did everything he now has he always had but the question is alone so he came back gave up everything and started afresh this time around with you in covenant this is what paul understood it says we have been raised up and we have been made to sit back where he always was but now together with him above far above thrones dominions every name that is named not only in this world but in the world to call this is the gospel thank you [Music] if you do not understand this it didn't make sense for jesus to live the glory he had with the father come back and get it back why do a coronation service was he not always lord alone this is where the love of the father is revealed please sit down what then is the gospel of salvation let me tell you the gospel of salvation is a revelation of the father's love revealed in and through the substitutionary sacrifice of jesus son man being the zenith the object of that love alongside creation the law is that whosoever believes in him will not perish but have the way is called not just eternal life everybody has eternal life what we're giving is not eternal life it was an error in translation eternal life means life without end everybody keeps living even after this world when you preach you don't ask people will you spend eternity the question is location they will spend eternity let's finish our apostles creed can we have it again the bible says he's seated at the right hand of the father from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead i believe in the holy spirit the holy catholic church the word catholic dear does not necessarily mean roman catholic it means the universal church if you don't believe the body of christ you will never have balance in your life there are four encounters you must have to be a balanced believer and a balanced minister won the encounter with the son of god to the encounter with the office and the person of the holy spirit three the encounter with the word of god for the encounter with the body of christ i believe in the body of christ i believe in the communion of the saints i believe in the forgiveness of sins i believe in the resurrection of the body i believe in the everlasting life this for me is a very fair representation of the believer's creed there are many other expressions of it across different ministries but i'm saying that we need to return back to doctrine and discipleship don't just ordain people because they have stayed long in church and you say just keep watching prepare for the next because of course i know that we need more people we need to send more laborers but we have to be careful this is the reason why we continue to send people who have not been walked on on the spirit and after one two years they keep causing us pain because they carry their flesh and their limitation and they now impede the work that you've invested so much in hallelujah we have to pray we've not even done church growth have promised us that would do church growth unfortunately we may not i'm not sure that we may have that time but can i just run through four keys to church growth please be patient i know that we have service many of us need to go and prepare the key to church growth is found in mark chapter one mark chapter one now they are different they are different perspectives when it has to do with church growth now that we understand that we should focus on the exegesis of doctrine our experiences and our personalized dealings can only just be support systems but we must return to the doctrine of scripture that builds that matures that makes mark chapter one let's begin our reading from verse 21 please mark chapter 1 and verse 21 we're learning the principles of church growth by studying the ministry of jesus himself be patient as we read ready the bible says and they went into capenom and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue help me and so keep that in place was studying jesus now he entered the synagogue and the bible tells us what he did there he taught we see teaching as part of the key next verse and they were astonished at his doctrine so we know what he thought what did he teach doctrine pay attention we are piecing together the keys that make for church growth irrefutable keys that will work for anyone regardless ministry regardless what dimension of the fivefold you're involved with the bible says for he taught them as one that had authority and not as the scribes next verse please the bible says and there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit take note now this is church and the bible says and he cried out saying let us alone what have we to do with you jesus of nazareth our doubt come to destroy us i know thee who thou art the holy one of god jesus rebuked him saying hold your peace and come out of him so we see jesus casting out demons 26 and when the unclean spirit had turned him and cried with a loud voice he came out of him as a result the bible says and they were all amazed how many were amazed please talk to me there are certain things that when they happen on earth men can never colonize them it is not given to men to trivialize certain manifestations of the power of god it will always compel people to know that god is at work in a place follow carefully they were astonished among themselves saying what thing is this what new doctrine is this for with authority commanded he even the unclean spirit and they do obey him take note we're studying jesus now what happened immediately please look up believers and immediately his fame spread abroad throughout the region round about galilee so here is a man who came in as an individual into a temple he did certain things and by the next day the whole city is talking about him we're talking of growth here the principles and forthwith when they were come out of the synagogue he entered into the house of simon and andrew with james and john 30 and simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever and anon they took him uh-huh and he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up and immediately the fever left and she ministered onto them now you watch this the difference between this miracle and the one that happens in a crusade ground is that this is happening among church workers we're examining the key to church growth it is easy to preach in a crusade and have wheelchairs stand up and your workers are saying we've not experienced this thing ourselves he came to peter's house and the same power walked there do you know what it means for your workforce to believe in you to know that this anointing does not just work for strangers this grace also works here it is on the strength of your conviction everyone who comes he knows that you are not just acting 33 and that evening when the sun did set hallelujah they brought unto him don't ask people to come find out whether you can do something about what they are coming with they brought on to him would you love members like this brothers and sisters these are the kind of members who are calling do you love members like this lord i want increase get ready for these people these are the kinds of people coming are we ready number one all that were diseased number two all that were possessed with devils don't think god is just going to send made people oh no you want increase you must be ready for walk these were the people who came to jesus 33 and the city hallelujah you want the city to be gathered let me describe how the city looks for you there are a few intelligent people there are a few wealthy people and many sick people and many broke people and many confused people and many angry people and many jealous people and many possessed people and the bible mandates that you welcome them could there be a reason why increase is not coming it's an act of god's mercy and warning to you you really want this are you prepared 34. look jesus now he healed many that were sick of diverse diseases and cast out many devils and suffered not the devils to speak because they knew him be patient with me we're almost there the bible says and the impact over those people were so much in the morning what a man how would you finish such a spectacular crusade and have the gods to go back and leave people and pray i show you the secret to church growth can you enjoy such fame and such glamor a few hours earlier and have the audacity to go away from all the press men and leave everybody and say i'm going back to where the power came from i wish we had time to walk these things i'm just summarizing the bible says and in the morning rising up a great while before day he went out and departed into a solitary place a world that loves to be celebrated to be seen will you have that time when people come for a crusade ground go a crusade and there are wheelchairs crutches will you still be able to go back and say lord your boy is still here i'm not confused you used me but i'm still here again 36 and simon and all day that were with him followed him when you have results people will do what you do and when they had found him they said unto him may this be your testimony all men you've heard me say it there are things when you carry only the rich look for you there are things when you carry only the poor look for you there are things when you carry only the educated look for you there are things when you carry only young people look for you there are things you carry only the older people look for you but there are graces when you can get in the place of prayer all men all men including your partners all men including your helpers including your lieutenants all men including destiny help us all men seek for thee a few more verses and we're done and he said unto them let us go into the next towns that i may preach there also so we see preaching for therefore came i forth next verse he preached in their synagogues throughout all galilee and again we see him repeating it he casted out devils and there came a leper to him beseeching him and kneeling down before him saying unto him if thou wills thou can make me clean read on please the bible says and jesus moved with compassion put forth his hand and touched him and said to him i will be thou clean next verse and as soon as he had spoken immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was cleansed and straightly charged him and forthwith sent him away 44 and said unto him see that thou say nothing to any man but go thy way show yourself to the priest offer for your cleansing the things which moses commanded and for a testimony that man was too grateful to be silent next verse but he went about if it is a genuine miracle not even your humility will stop people from letting the city know jesus begged this man and said look i i know what the crowd would do but the man was too grateful he began to publish it much and to blaze a broader matter in so much that jesus could no more openly enter into the city but was without in the desert place and they came to him from every quarter in the name of jesus christ from today by the power of the holy spirit from all over this city everywhere people must come to to hear the counsel of the lord in your life i call them forth in jesus name please sit down church growth jesus preached the gospel jesus taught scripture he taught the word jesus performed there he allowed for extraordinary manifestations of miracles signs wonders including the casting out of devils the healing of the sick jesus used the power and the principles of the kingdom alongside the prophetic to provide supernatural solutions to the needs of men whoever does this it is impossible to be alone no you preach the gospel you teach the word an accurate exergencies of scripture then you allow for the unusual manifestation of miracles signs and wonders let the sick be healed let the oppressed be delivered but people are not only sick and oppressed you will need to engage the principles of the word and the power of the prophetic to provide supernatural solutions to the need of men this was the template jesus gave us i know that there are books about church growth and i show my profound respect but believe me with all humility the man standing before you has experienced the mercy of god on that wise i'm not speaking in ignorance i know what it means to experience a city come to hear the council of the lord upon your life there is no such thing as i was destined to be small no our call is a high calling and it's a noble call are we together now within the few minutes that we have we're going to pray and i trust god that something from heaven will come upon us we have come as several men and women of god some of you have served in the kingdom for a very long time we have fathers of faith here veterans of the gospel who have spent decades lifting up the name of jesus i saw so many people outside so many inside there are so many following from every nation and i know that you have come to hear what you have also come to receive i wish i had time to teach on the supernatural ministry because there is nobody who is called to do ministry ordinarily no it's like saying you want to light a matchbox and you want to light matches with water no you can't light matches by rubbing the matchbox on water it would not work is that true so saying my own ministry is an ordinary ministry it's not so the gospel is the power of god even unto salvation there needs to be miracles signs and wonders it is true that not all of us may operate at the same frequency but it's important that we are committed to teaching the gospel preaching the gospel declaring what jesus has done to the end that men be saved then we teach the word we teach scriptures in a methodical and intelligent life applicable manner that will cause all and sundry to listen and you can find the point of action from your gospel they can take that truth and by the next day they are willing to apply it and then to see it walk nobody leaves what works but in all your teaching and preaching you must know that there is a dimension of the supernatural that must be captured in your ministry signs and wonders are powerful they let men know that god is with you they let men know that god is alive miracles healings deliverances but more than that people need to experience supernatural solutions this is where the value of a man of god is most times society frowns at ministers as though we're news and through civilization we are valuable our value is spiritual in context number one we are connecting people to faith number two we are bringing ideas that are referenced from scripture that help to build their understanding build the moral the moral fabric of society and then to help people achieve results the key to fulfillment is progress people must know that their lives are finding meanings while they leave and the church is that bridge of hope and then we stand in partnership with the holy spirit to provide supernatural solutions to the needs of men that is value deserving of a reward deserving of honor so you're a man of god you have to stand tall do not allow society and the context of culture and the status quo bully you into thinking you are just a nuisance a weekend nuisance to living shut down the church for one year and see what becomes of society where will the power come from where will the intercession come from where will the council and the guidance come from when will the building and the maturing come from we are valuable all wise no wonder he calls us the salt of the earth he calls us the light of the world he says we're a city that is set on a hill neither do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel but right now for tonight we have to stop here and pray that something from heaven comes upon us we took out time to cry a cry of repentance in the morning for pudging for cleansing so that god will redirect our minds can i tell you this i believe with all my heart that there are some of you what you are doing now compared to what you will be doing from now is just a rehearsal by the time the power of god comes upon you you will do ministry in a way that will bring glory to the name of the lord and will bring honor to you the vessel there is no limit to how far we can go in christ but you are only a blessing not just when men come but when they live with joy jesus said do not leave them to go hungry who else can feed them they said no no we cannot afford this and they brought five loaf and two fish turned it and fed all of them simon barjona do you love me more than this prove that you love me by feeding my sheep and feeding my lamb by the time weak people come to your church and one month just one month under your mentorship the kind and the quality of spiritual information that you communicate backed up by the supernatural power of the holy spirit they return with strange testimonies a family that no door has opened for for 15 years they meander into your church just on a week a midweek service just five minutes prior they returned back and all those begin to open as though they were programmed they would say like that woman come see a man come see a man let me tell you this do not downplay the power of personal testimony it's one thing to bring an arbitrary testifier that nobody knows when a popular madman important comes under the influence of the power of god fire falls from heaven during your crusade ground and that person becomes your chief usher everybody knew him when he was lying down now he's the chief osha how dare the devil say the power of god is not in your assembly listen to me believers men and women of god with all due respect i came to challenge you tonight there is more that we need to do across the south south across portugal here there is so much we need to upgrade to a higher level of power and fire there are principalities the arsenals of darkness continue to group themselves to see that they discredit the power of god god is saying where are the people that must arise that every altar by sunday is blessing with fire regardless the denomination these demons as they are leaving this assembly they want to land on this church fire is sending them again there is an avalanche of salvation people on the streets breaking down and wondering what is wrong you just shook hands with the man of god you met at the marketplace and just that handshake destroyed 10 years captivity then god leads you to someone you pray for him the lord bless you and a contract that has been tied for 10 years 15 years all of the mornings is released he will be too grateful to forget you can i tell you how funding comes from ministry listen there's no point hiding it it's not some superstitious things the blessing of the lord comes from those who have been impacted by that grace don't look for wealthy people make them through the grace of god upon your life at least calibra katowski atta that someone comes and in two weeks whilst is loving the lord whilst he's knowing the lord a promotion that is due 10 years for some tribal sentiments and the fire that comes from your altar burns that chaff into pieces that man is lifted and promoted the man will vow and say as you move i move with you whatever is your project just let me know can i tell you this everybody on earth including those who have been greeted to you they are givers they only have not considered you to be what they are giving the same person who will refuse to give you money and fund your ministry will come back to a man of god and say sir can i have the privilege of giving you 100 million for the church project he was not greedy you are just not on fire enough to be worth his money i know we've spent time please can i have the oil something is about to come upon your life tonight thank you sir this is cooking oil can use it to fry egg you can use it to fry yum there is no power in this thing on its own oil does not anoint oil only anoints when it is anointed there's no point idolizing it this is ordinary oil women use this to cook use this to do all kinds of things but hear me people of god i do not stand here tonight as one who claims to be sufficient in myself but i want to tell you something i have tested of the grace of god i know what god can do with men many of you have come here with hearts opened there are graces that are coming tonight the bible says grace and peace be multiplied please listen to me some of you have fasted and you have prayed and you have said god i know there has to be more to you i'm a prophet but this thing is is a sieve it's a seed my office is a reproach to me everything you say is a lie your name is john no i'm ezekiel you have two children no i don't even have any children and you stand there and god truly called you one of those who are here who are bleeding members come they receive and they live have you seen that kind of thing they come you pray for them you fast and then they leave when they have the breakthrough they stand up and go somewhere else paul says and god is able to make all grace are bound towards you this man standing before you is a product of many anointings this anointing is like a relay we have also received it from those who went ahead of us one time i had the honor and the privilege of being in the jewish prayer room alone and when i lay down there on the ground i said oh god the only thing i'm asking is the covenant of answered prayer that you have with this man let it come upon my life i left there knowing knowing that the lives of people will begin to change let me tell you this when you tell people god bless you they shout amen they are watching to see if nothing happens their amen will suddenly become a mockery to you because they themselves know that nothing will happen can i tell you this except god is not god but there is no one sitting under the sound of my voice who will return back to ordinary ministry again [Applause] believe me [Music] there will be such a baptism of fire in this place this is what i want you to do i'm going to pray on this oil please listen including those outside so we make it fast i will lay my hands on this oil and pray and though just pass it around just dip your hands you i'm not even well i don't know how you're going to do it but let's just okay fine please i will pray and then we'll put it the leaders you don't have to just be patient they will get to you just place it on your head place it on your hand fire in tongues place it on your head on your hands lord i'm living this realm financially spiritually some of you you have seen yourself walk in signs and in wonders but not to the degree that brings glory to the name of the lord one headache per year will not do much for the kingdom can i tell you this some of you after this impartation you need to run back to your families and say i've come with a new anointing the challenge that did not give way yesterday saul is not the weak man looking for his father's ship again he has met with samwell the bible says he returned and they said he saul also one of the prophets do not sit down thinking we are just acting with the childlike fate of a minister i want you to believe this and you will watch the wonder working power of the anointing of the holy spirit are you ready to pray in one minute lord my life is changing let fire come upon my destiny please pray please pray please pray please pray let's be serious [Music] here [Music] are you praying lift up your ministry before the lord it's time for a new dimension [Music] hallelujah hallelujah press the name of the lord we anoint this in the name of jesus we release it as an instrument of signs and wonders we release it as an instrument of restoration we release this oil as a weapon of judgment that everything sitting on your destiny that is not of god as this oil comes on you in the name of jesus christ the same way there was judgment in egypt there must be judgment this night in the camp of the enemy please go ahead sir everyone please pray just pray in the spirit outside praying the spirit following online you have a bottle of oil you can bring it out and just connect by faith are you praying oversee us pray presidents pray evangelists pray scatter barracados some of you are leaders of prayer groups pray you are about to contact fire for the next level [Music] oh it's a new season remember not the former things not consider the things of all nor consider the shame of all nor consider the reproach of all behold i do a new thing behold i do a new thing behold i do a new thing by the power of the holy ghost behold i do a new thing [Music] please pray please pray for you are glorious and worthy to be praised [Music] [Music] [Music] we pray for you you are [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's a new season of signs of wonders supernatural worship ministry supernatural music ministry supernatural evangelism supernatural apostolic ministry [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] there are shouts of adoration i see men from every nation lift your voice to make your glory known [Music] singing [Music] [Music] the saints and the angels bound the redeemed worship you now holy holy holy [Music] don't be tired don't be tired this will be your certain day tonight [Music] begin to prophesy to your ministry a new level in the name of jesus a new level of salvation a new level of transformation a new level of kingdom [Music] impact [Music] pray for your family for your husband for your wife for your children pray for the south south pray for potakota coming with fire renewed fire [Music] hallelujah praise the name of the lord not listen listen listen we are not done i want to pray for you but i want to do something prophetic right now pastor larry please can i have six other pastors with you inclusive just to come and stand here with me anyone at all you we're going to stand prophetically representing the body of christ over potter court and over the south south listen the days of disunity and fighting but biting tearing down one another we have to declare that those days come to an end sir please listen to me please look up everyone can i tell you this unity does not mean uniformity in truth i admit that there are issues with the body of christ is not new it is still the body of christ if a man's wife is sick does she stop being his wife are we together listen to me for a long time it looks like this sense of unity it is difficult to attain it why because we bring all kinds of prejudices i am anointed i have more revelation i have more money i have more members you may be right but you will still not win in the body you don't win just because you are right god connected us to ourselves and can i tell you this it may look like we are taking one step after another but by the privilege of god's grace where our fathers have done their best we are not the ones who come and fail a generation we have to learn to look listen the key to unity is an understanding of mutual honor a communication of mutual honor i cannot have unity i can't show this man we cannot be united when i'm there talking about him tearing him down down playing the grace of god upon his life just because god has helped me in a measure does not mean we use our gifts and that which god has given us to tear down he must acknowledge what god has done in my life and not frown at it don't see results and act as if it's not results you are seeing there's nothing to be ashamed of however if people clap for you for the results be wise enough to know that it's not ordinarily human for people to just bend over backwards to acknowledge you you must be wise enough to reciprocate it oh you are the great man of god they are talking about is an honor i also appreciate and honor god's grace upon your life you see the moment we introduce mutual respect because some of you now respectfully speaking have been mentored to look down certain men of god certain denominations the people that mentored you may not be wrong but they are inaccurate that theology never wins there is a level of power that the body of christ must present that no single man can present the best of us is an effective member of the body are we together and so i'm asking these great servants of god representing the body of christ we want to stand in unity and pray and say father we're tired of this unity yes it is true that some of us have issues and god is helping it is true that some of us have not seen the light to certain decrees but is too small a reason to cause a division don't go around mentoring people to trivialize a man of god rejoicing when evil happens you are raising the same people who fight you tomorrow with the same mentality you are giving them we must learn to celebrate one another i pray that the time will come in portugal where man of god is organizing a crusade and even if it's not your ministry you can pay for 100 bosses and say let souls be saved just tell him a man of god he doesn't need to know me where someone will come and use his resources and complete the building of a church for another ministry and just bless them and not demand anything in return it is for this course he gave apostles and prophets and evangelists listen let's not allow our ego and our selfishness punish our children even if we do not love ourselves let's think of the precious gifts that are people watching our lives in the next 10 years in the next 20 years in the next 30 years when the fathers that we see now have joined the cloud of witnesses if if christ carries it will still be us when we're coming up we insulted the fathers we abuse them now the button is in our hands and see how we are messing up doing the same thing we were once insulting listen our gifts must be garnished with self-control and maturity and order and honor for the body you dishonor the body there is a punishment the bible says for this course many are weak for this cause many are still asleep they are sick they are weak and they do sleep where if someone comes to gossip about a man of god and is church you tell him no no no no if you are not here just to pray for the person walk out of my house my house would not be a habitation of hatred and gossip now the people you are mentoring will watch you from a distance wow they see the purity of what teaching and how you are living are we together i can tell you this before christ comes for as long as he gives us the grace and the privilege for life we will use the grace the influence and all it takes to say body of christ we're not calling you to do the same thing but we're calling you to present to the world a mature pride we must grow out of the childishness of fighting one another and mentoring people to antagonize people no if you don't like the prophetic that's all right but don't insult it and tear it down if you don't like the teaching ministry that's all right but don't insult it and tear it down don't say that man only teaching teaching teaching no power let it not come from you if you think he needs power pray for him buy the books that relate to power and give him as a seed that's a better approach show us the ancient past will you lead us alone eternal highway we want to follow the ways of jesus we want to enter your rest will you show us the ancient past will you lead us along eternal [Music] listen every man of god no matter how wrong is sincerely believing he is doing his best intercede and say lord open their eyes to see greater but don't stand and look down at people no don't tear down men of god don't use your pulpit as a platform there are many many messages to preach don't be envious you hear that god is lifting someone oh may god bless you i'm happy hear that this is happening in the ministry may the lord honor you may the lord keep it if the person looks down you and says no problem leave him to his trouble you have done yours please is it okay i know that can we hold hands together are going to pray prophetically body of christ listen we are standing here representing the city of porter court i know there are fathers across the south south veterans of the gospel but these are the ones that are available here this button was given to us we should not fail it does not take perfection to win it takes maturity further we stand here at this south south convention here at house on the rock potter court and i'm holding hands oh god with servants men of god and we stand as a united body across this city and across this region lord we admit that our levels of transformation may differ we admit that our levels of accuracy and alignment to spiritual things may differ we admit that our levels of obedience and compliance to your principles may differ we agree that the levels of grace that we operate on differ but lord we choose by understanding and maturity to love one another to serve one another to help one another to pray for one another to cry with one another to stand with one another to comfort one another in the name of jesus we will never rejoice at the downfall of one another we stand as a united pride even though wounded we are still your bride and lord we lift up this voice we pray in the name of jesus over buttercup your kingdom come over buttercup a fresh reign of revival in the name of jesus christ we pray for every church every assembly ever ever every evangelistic outfit every prophetic platform every prayer group we decree and declare fresh fire on your altar those who have made mistakes those who have derailed on the part of righteousness and the gospel we pray mercy over their lives that by the privilege of god's grace it will help them to be restored those who are walking accurately we pray for the grace for continuity and the grace to finish strong we pray for the younger ministers may we not mentor you wrongly in the name of jesus where we have made mistakes we are we release grace upon you to move greater and more accurate than we have walked in the same way the father showed us their scars to help us rise more accurately in the name of jesus may you climb upon us cars and do ministry more efficiently [Music] we declare and declare that every assembly becomes a place of salvation we declare and declare that every assembly becomes a place of transformation we declare and declare that every assembly becomes a place of miracle signs and wonders we declare that every assembly becomes a place for nation building every assembly becomes a house of prayer i pray oh god that you will raise mighty men and women from our assemblies satan will speak to you over this region you have failed in the name of jesus [Music] the edge that you've had over the church as a result of this unity as a result of divide we close that door by the blood of the lamb as a united church the bride of christ we stand and we declare the victory that has been given to us in christ we establish it upon this land buttercup you are god's own state south south you are god's own region and in the name of jesus we declare that every tree that has not been planted by god we stand in unity right now over families over businesses over careers we uprooted in the name of jesus [Applause] let there be love among pastors some of you after tonight after a long time you may want to send a text to a man of god here and say i know that we've had issues but i love you i love you sincerely i love you sincerely it was an issue of land but i still love you it's over let's push it we have children who are learning from us it is only the living that can praise god can i tell you this very soon jesus is coming i assure you and i preach it to you are fresh when he comes is the same heaven we are all going to therefore lord we declare let the unity of the church in portugal never be broken again and anyone who steps into this city to disunite the body we close the borders of this city towards them in the name of jesus christ [Music] every assembly is flourishing with membership flourishing with prosperity flourishing with abundance of revelation flourishing with character flourishing with godliness in the name of jesus lord we pray that you all know every man and woman of god in this city they that labor in word and in doctrine many of them have sacrificed their families they have sacrificed time with their children we pray for the workers also because we are men of god but we don't do everything by ourselves lord we pray for our precious workers these are people who before we wake up they are in church and after we are gone they are still left behind we pray that you will bless them we do not take them for granted we ask for mercy where we have trivialized them we declare that they are truly important and we do not look down on them the church is growing in this region we pray this in the name of the father in the name of the son and in the name of the holy spirit amen and amen thank you sirs god bless you let's celebrate jesus for what he's doing in this land now lift your hands let me speak over you we're wrapping up in the name that is above all names i declare the grace that you need for the next season of your life i stretch my hands upon you and i pray may that grace come upon your life now [Music] hear me every limitation impeding the growth of your church your prayer group your evangelistic platform your family your business i stand and call upon the god of my covenant in the name of jesus we dethrone those forces we dethrone those forces in the name of jesus christ anyone here appointed unto death we declare all grave where is your victory and all that where is your sting i speak long life and prosperity to you every man of god here currently going through a building project in the name of jesus christ the bible says the hand of zerubbabel that began this work we release a finisher's anointing on your project in the name of jesus christ where men have mocked your god and say where is the evidence of serving god i place something upon your life today go and walk signs and wonders open doors in the name of jesus and let me pray for you whatever has killed your prayer life whatever has killed your appetite and your passion for spiritual things that this was not how you started eventually you became distracted i pray for you tonight fire from heaven may it land upon your life prayer fire what study fire worship fire in the name of jesus christ and as you depart from this place tonight in the name of jesus on your way to your homes and your stations meet with signs and wonders meet with testimonies tomorrow here in this city may every altar catch fire in the name of jesus christ thank you father wave your hands to jesus and give him [Music] praise

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Published: Sat Jun 19 2021