What to Know Before a Believers Conference (Part 2)

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right in. for what will be happening in our Believers

Conference. To set our expectation for what will

be happening in our Believers Conference. I want

to believe that we all agree that this Believers

Conference that we have been holding yearly is

actually... You know, God called himself for

us to gather and be strengthened, right? How

many of us believe that that was actually the

move of God? How many of us believe that it's

the leading of God, right? We believe that that

is the leading of God. That is God calling us

together to fellowship, calling us to do what

he wants to do in that season, in every season.

we can see that it's a form of a call to, you

know, assemble together, right? The Believer's

Conference, you know, just continuing clarifying

that, that is a call of God to assemble together

and we have these different forms of meetings.

It's God's call, you know, bringing us together

to assemble together, to hold the meeting with

Him, you know, having these different... Forms

of meetings. As we explained on Sunday. So today.

We want to see. So the sermon again. Is what

you know before I believe. Just a continuation

from Sunday. So we want to see. When God called

some people. For an assembly. Or when God told

people to gather. Right. What are the things

that we can learn. From these gatherings. Right.

How did people conduct themselves in such gatherings?

What happened in such, is it just a random gathering?

What happened in those gatherings? Were they

blessed? Were they not blessed? What were, you

know, the things that the people in those gatherings

did that made them to believe and to walk with

God or what they did not understand? So what

you're trying to check is when God called people

for a gathering, right? What happens there? And

that should also give us an expectation, right?

For what we are looking forward to in our charatismus,

in our believers conference, right? So when God

calls people, what happens in those gatherings?

Does everybody just come? They jump around, they

do whatsoever they want to do. Everybody can

lead, you know. What happens in those gatherings?

All right, we're going to use the story of the

Israelites in Exodus 19. Exodus 19, we're going

to use that to see when God calls the people

to gather, what are the things that are involved?

Yes, what are the things that are involved? And

what should be the position of the believer?

What should be the posture of the believer in

such kind of meetings? Exodus 19 from verse 1

to 6. Now we're going to Exodus 20, but we have

to start from verse 19. Because verse 19 gives

us the preamble or the background of what is

happening in Exodus 20, right? So we start from

Exodus 19, verse one to six. It said, in the

third month, when the children of Israel were

gone forth out of the land of Egypt, and the

same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

For they were departed from Rephidim, and were

come to the desert of Sinai. and a pitch in the

wilderness, and there Israel camped before the

mount. And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord

called unto him out of the mountain, saying,

Thou, thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob,

and tell the children of Israel, Yea, I have

seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and now I

bear you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto

myself. Now therefore, If ye will obey my voice

and indeed keep my commandments, then ye shall

be a peculiar treasure unto me. Above all, above

all people, for all the earth is mine. And ye

shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy

nation. These are the words which thou shalt

speak unto the children of Israel. Right? These

are the words that you will speak unto the children

of Israel. So this is the background of what's

happened in Exodus 20. Tell the people, let them

come up. This is what I want to do. And that

was clear. Now, we can say this is God's intention

for the people, right? This is God's intention

for the people, for this assembly. Verse 5 and

6. verse 5 and 6, that when they obey his voice

and indeed keep his commandment, then there shall

be a peculiar treasure unto him above all people

for all their disease. And there shall be a kingdom

of priests and a holy nation. These are the words

that thou shalt speak, meaning Moses will speak

to the children of Israel. So we can say this

is God telling them what he wants to do. So God's

intention, right? We're going to see that God's

intention. Now, This is also similar to a meeting

or a gathering that Christ also said. Of course,

what was happening in those two places were different.

But you can just put 1 Peter 2 verse 5, because

1 Peter 2:5

this is quite very similar to that 1 Peter 2

1 Peter 2:5

verse 5, which we saw there. Let's read that

scripture. 1 Peter 2, verse 5, verse 9. For here

1 Peter 2:5

are living stones and are built up as a spiritual

house, a holy priesthood to offer up sacrifices,

spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through

Jesus Christ. Through Jesus Christ. Good. So

we see that here, just go back, yes, just turn

that back. They are living stones, they are built

up as a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, right?

So it's talking about a believer here, it's talking

about the church, it's talking about the body,

right, of Christ. And it says, They are a holy

priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices.

So this was also God's intention, right, for

Israel from that Genesis, from that Exodus 19.

This was God's intention that there will be a

priesthood that will offer spiritual sacrifices,

right, unto God. Okay, good. So one more scripture

and we'll move from there. So if you go to verse...

9 of that same 1 Peter 2, right? It says, But

ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,

an holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should

show forth the praises of him who hath called

you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

So we see the same word, priesthood, a holy nation,

a peculiar people that we find in Exodus 19.

What we found in Exodus 19, verse 5 and 6, right?

Exodus 19:5

We found it in 2 Peter, 1 Peter 2, verse 6, from

1 Peter 2:6

5 to 9. So we see that this is God's intention

and this is what God wants to do when he calls

us meeting. This is God's intention. Now let's

go to Exodus 19, 7 to 9. 7 to 9. And Moses came

and called for the elders. of the people and

laid before their faces all those words, right?

All laid before their faces, all those words,

which the Lord commanded him. And all the people

answered together and said, all that the Lord

has spoken, we will do. And Moses returned the

words of the people unto the Lord. And the Lord

said unto Moses, Lord, I will come unto thee

in a thick cloud that the people may hear when

I speak with thee and believe thee forever. And

Moses told, The words of the Lord. Right? Unto

the people. Right? Unto the people. So, what

God wants to do is actually to speak to them.

Okay? God wants to speak to them. So, God has

the intention of speaking, right, to them. God

has the intention of speaking to them. And the

end result is that they might believe. Okay?

The end result is that they might. So, we see

that this is God speaking. Right? This is God

speaking. Caesar, I will speak to you and the

people will hear. It means that the people will

be there when God is speaking to Moses and they

will hear. Right? In Exodus 20, we realize that

the aim was for God to speak to them, that they

can also hear God directly. Right? They can hear

God directly. Now, so in the presence of Moses,

note that I am intentionally saying in the presence

of Moses, the people will hear. In the presence

of Moses, the people will hear. I'm saying that

very categorically. Reason? Because we're going

to come to some things that we are trying to

put in place for the meeting. And when we come

to that lesson, we'll cross it. So just put it

here as how God will do what he will do. 7 -9.

How God will do what he will do. How God will

do what he will do. And the outcome of it is

that the people should believe. So first, we

see God's intention. God's intention. You see

2 -7 -9. How God will do what he will do. And

I said emphasis in the prayers of Moses. God

will speak to the people in that meeting, in

that assembly, in that gathering. Okay? The third

one, verse 10 to 11. Verse 10 to 11. It says,

And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people

and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let

them wash their clothes, and be ready against

the third day. For on the third day the Lord

will come down in the sight of all the people

upon the Mount Sinai. Right? So, you see, people

have to get ready. Right? So, they are coming

to an assembly. They are coming to a meeting.

Right? They are not just going to come up, turn

up anyhow. They are going to be ready. We see

the word ready there. Right? They are going to

be ready to come to this assembly. There is a

way they will appear in this assembly. There

is a way they will appear in this meeting. And

that has been communicated to them. So, this

is preparation. Right? This is preparation. This

is preparation. This is preparation. So we see

they are taking grace. Now verse 17, it says,

And Moses brought forth the people out of the

camp to meet with God, and they stood at the

near part of the mount. So under the leadership

of Moses, they came to the assembly. They came

to the meeting. They came to hear God, right?

They came to be blessed. They came to receive

what God's intention for them is. Right. This

is what we see. This is what we see. So haven't

clarified that this is like the foundation of

what is happening in Exodus 20. Right. So we

can proceed. Right. We can proceed and see what

we can pick. Right. What we can pick from here.

What we can pick from here. Just number them

in certain ways. But we will be able to pick

our own understanding and lessons. as we go into

our believers meeting. So firstly, there is a

leader in this meeting, okay? So we would pick

this, right? I haven't understand this background.

Before we go to whether they believe or they

didn't believe, of course, we know the story

in Exodus 20, right? What we can see here, firstly,

is that there's a leader in this meeting. It

is not a random meeting where there is no leader.

That will be chaos. That will be disorder, okay?

There is a leader in this meeting. In this meeting.

That is the first thing. So we can call this

leader the priest. It's the priest, right? The

priest is the one that is the religious, I mean,

Moses is the leader and you can call him the

priest in this case. You can call him the priest.

Now, you would observe that what God wants to

do, right, in that meeting, if you go back to

verse 6, is that Ye shall be unto me a kingdom

of priests. It means all of them will become

priests under the leadership of, in quotes, a

priest called Moses. Okay? So all of them will

become a priest under the leadership of Moses,

who is the leader, is a priest as well. And what

we see is that although God's intention is that

all of them will be priests, right? he will still,

Moses will still be the leader. There's a leader

there. He's not removing Moses as the leader,

right? But what he's doing through Moses, he

can do through them. Okay? What he's doing through

Moses, he can do through them. So in our context,

we can say that our pastors, you know, are the

leaders leading this meeting, leading and calling

us to come to understand God's intention. Okay?

We can say our leader is the priest, the lead

pastor. He's actually the priest, the pastor,

the lead pastor of the church. And he has a chief

pastor helping them. Of course, Moses also had

people who, just before that, verse 19, or chapter

19, okay? Just before that chapter 19, in verse

18, Moses had actually, right, sorry, in chapter

18, Moses had actually appointed people in verse

20, chapter 18, verse 24 and 25. So Moses hacking

to the voice of his father -in -law. So it means

that there's a leader and there are people supporting

him, right? And we have our six pastors here.

And also everyone that will lead on that day,

right? They are our leaders. They are our leaders.

So what is our duty? Our duty is actually to

follow the instruction of the leader, right?

So when we are given instructions on that day,

our job is actually to follow the instruction

at the spot of the moment, right? To follow the

instruction of now. If you observe the story

of Israel, which probably we are going to get

to, one of the challenges that they had, right,

was following Moses. That was one major challenge

they had, right? If you cannot believe and God

has given you a good leader who has believed,

One of the things is you follow them very closely.

So in this kind of meeting, we have to follow

our pastors very closely. As they are rejoicing,

as they are praying, as they are studying, as

they are writing, as they are ministering, we

must follow them closely. When they say, do this,

we follow. We obey the instructions. We give

ourselves to the things of the Spirit. When they

tell you hold someone, you do it effectively.

So instructions will be given. Instructions will

be given. By being an active participant, we

are blessed. By being an active participant in

this meeting, we are blessed. Another thing that

we see is that the intention of God is made known

in our meeting. So the intention of God is made

known in our meeting. is what? Who knows the

team for the Believers Conference? Greater works,

right? And we'll be coming from the beginning

of the year with this same team. So it means

that this is like full -long activation, right?

Let's call it that way. A full -long activation,

right, for greater works. A full -long activation

for greater works. So the intention has been

known. How did we know the intention? We knew

the intention through our little pastor. We didn't

wake up and create intention. for ourselves,

you know, like Miriam and others who said, has

God been, is it only God, is it only Moses that

God has been speaking to, right? They wanted

to create their own calm, right? No, we don't

do that, right? We follow the leading of the

little pastor that says, well, it's greater works

we are working with, right? Now, that greater

works, what it does, as we're seeing in Exodus

Exodus 19:1–6

19, verse 1 -6, is that it should create expectations

in our mind. So God's intention should create

expectations. God's intention should create expectation.

So now that we know what God said he would do,

so while we are coming to that meeting, your

mind is set to receive from that meeting. God's

intention should create expectation. God's intention

should create expectation. Now, when you read

Hebrews 11, you will see that those... Heroes

of faith, in Hebrews 11, it is on the basis of

God's intention and message, right, that they

had expectation of what is to come. And that

was counted as faith for them. They didn't just

come, they didn't just live their life like,

oh, you know, God is not going to do what he's

going to do. It is on the basis of God's intention

for the whole earth, right, they believe. That

became an expectation for them. And Jesus would

say, Abraham longed to see my days. And he did

what? He saw it. Okay? So, it creates expectation.

When God says something, when we come to that

meeting, we have a mind, right, on what we want

to receive. We have a mind on what we want to

receive. As our lead pastor has opened it to

us, has explained to us where it works, as we

are teaching, that should be where your mind

is set. All right. Another thing we can see,

I think I already said this with the other one,

is that what God is doing is communicated through

our leader. I said that before, Exodus 7, verse

Exodus 7:9

9. So what I was emphasizing that they will hear

God under the leadership of Moses is with respect

to that meeting. Okay? So I'm not saying you

can't hear God at home. Of course, that would

be very unbiblical, right? To say you don't hear

God or no, no, no, that would be against what

we have taught. But what we are saying, is that

as pastors will come and they will tell you that

the healing, you know, God is using your hand

to heal, right? Are you with me? That right now

the belief someone God is using your hand to

heal, you should receive that and walk in that

in the sport of the moment, right? So it means

that under that leadership, there will be so

many leading that will become... coming from

the pastors and the people that will be leading

us. So therefore, at the spur of that moment,

you should walk in that thing that you're seeing.

Don't be carried away. Don't think about something

else, right? When they say they believe that

there's interpretation of tongues, right? Walk

in it, okay? Don't say, oh, I can't do it. When

pastors say do it, just do it because it will

happen. Are we together? It will happen. This

should help us as we come together. So I wrote

this, I said, how God will do what he's doing

in our meeting is communicated to us by our pastors

and the lead pastors. The songs, the teachings,

all of this, right, would point us to what God

is doing. God is walking among us and is manifesting

through instructions that they give us, right?

So prepare again to follow the instructions.

Now let's see. What happens? Exodus 20. Exodus

20. Just write Exodus 20 down. Then, yes. Exodus

20. Exodus 20 from verse 18. Exodus 20 from verse

18. He said, and all the people saw the thunderings

and the lightnings. and the noise of the trumpets,

and the mountain smoking. And when they saw it,

they removed and stood afar off. And they said

unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear.

But let not God speak with us, lest we die. Did

you see how they changed the instructions of

the Lord? They converted God's message of life

and said, Well, lest we die. So they disbelieved.

what God wanted to do in that meeting, in that

gathering. They disbelieved it. They disbelieved

it. They did not believe. Now, you know, if you

read, if you read verse 18, it points, you know,

as if it's the thundering, the lightning, the

noise, the trumpets, and the smoking, right?

When the people saw it, they did what? They removed

fire away, right? But there were people in that

meeting too that believed. Moses believed, a

couple of persons believed. Afterwards, we knew

their story, that they believed in that meeting.

Now, nothing should distract us from God's intention.

Many things will be happening in Kadathism. Maybe

someone will be falling under the analogy. Someone

will be shouting. Don't be a spectator. Don't

be looking around and saying what is happening.

Let me put it in the words of that. 18. Don't

look at the thunders and lightnings and all of

that. When God will speak, God spoke with a voice.

Right? God spoke with a voice. God spoke to them.

So, don't look at the distractions. Don't let

it get you carried away so that you can focus

on what you want to receive. Don't let your friend

distract you. Don't let anybody distract you.

Right? So that you can be able to receive what

God is doing in that place. So, they were really...

carried away by all that is happening. And again,

one thing I observe is, if only they kept looking

at Moses while all the things that are happening

is happening, and they kept following at the

score of the moment, they would have believed.

But they got carried away, many things were happening,

and they told the man of God, rather than focusing

on what the man of God has said, they said, well,

you speak to us, right? You know, sometimes I

think, why didn't they ask Moses? Moses, why

is all this thundering? and all of these things

happening, we want to believe God, you know,

these things are, they are just all around. Maybe

he could have explained, but rather, they explained

to him that you see this communication of God

is dead unto us. You see the reverse. They could

have asked him questions, why is all this happening?

Right? In fact, Moses later replied them, even

when they did not ask him. They did not ask him

a question. Go to verse 19. Moses actually answered

them, although they did not ask him a question,

which I was expecting them, you know, maybe they

could ask. Verse 19 says, And they said unto

Moses, Speak thou to us, lest we will die. Speak

thou to us, and we will hear. Lest God speak

with us, lest we die. And verse 20, look at what

Moses said. And Moses said unto them, Fear not,

for God has come to prove you that his fear may

be before your faces, that ye may say not. Right?

And the people again stood afar off and Moses

drew them into the deep darkness where God was.

So Moses is telling them that God has come to

reveal himself to you, that he might speak to

you. You might know him and he might know you.

Right? So a fellowship is what God wanted. God

came to reveal himself. After this time, there's

no other time that God said, bring them again.

Let me reveal myself to them. They just kept

receiving true proxies. you know, started receiving

true information, prophets, judges, kings, that

about, right? So, but yet we knew that that God's

intention to speak directly to them was not suspended,

was still valid, but there was no time they had

to gather again and begin to receive this. So

we see that Moses communicated the reason for

them, which was what they were supposed to ask.

So when there's a distraction, avoid distractions,

right? For us, it's not unto believing. We have

believed, right? Are we together? We have believed.

We have believed. But for us to take hold of

what God is doing in our meetings, we must avoid

destruction. Okay? We must avoid destructions

as much as we can. So we can say that although

God communicated his intention, right? Moses

explained to them and God fulfilled. Did you

see that God fulfilled? God fulfilled his intention

in that meeting. Did God speak to them? Yes.

God fulfilled his intention in that meeting.

That's another point that we should put. When

God says I will come and I will do something,

it is I am that I am. He is going to do it. So,

whatever we have received. In fact, from this

week, you should start receiving. From this week,

you should start receiving. By the time you receive

it, by the time you enter into the Believer's

Conference, it will be abundance. Right? It will

be flow in abundance. You will not struggle.

To flow. It will be abundant. So this week, you

should take time out as we are fasting. You take

time out to pray. Take time out to really sit

down and hear. Study the scripture. Pay attention.

You are just zoning your mind. So that when the

word starts coming next week, you'll be catching

it very fast. You'll be catching it. Your signal

will be very high. You'll be catching it very

fast. Right? You'll not be waiting. You know

that sometimes. There are some teachings that

they give us. For a long time, if you don't hear

that teaching, when the teaching comes, right?

Although you have believed, you start, is that

the scripture? Your mind will start doing that.

Instead of you catching it immediately and running

with it, you start. So now is the time to prepare

your mind. So let's prepare our mind so that

we can receive in abundance. So that the expectation,

we can see when God is fulfilling it. Are we

together? We can see when. God fulfilled it,

but they didn't see it. They translated it to

be something else. So in our meeting, God will

fulfill what he has said he will do. Praise God.

How many of us believe that God will fulfill

what he has said he will do? Can we shout glory?

Glory, yes. God will fulfill what he has said

he will do. God will fulfill. So God gave them

what to build expectation on in the communication

of what he will do. The kingdom of priests, a

holy nation. For us, it's greater works. Greater

works than we have done. We keep doing greater

works. And I said, Hebrews 10. Okay, so we can

just add Hebrews 11 .10. Of course, I think I

quoted Matthias. I mentioned Matthias. I'm going

to go to Hebrews 11 .10 just to see the case

of Abraham. Hebrews 11 .10. And I waited for

the city which has foundations, whose builder

and maker, is God. This was Abraham looking forward

to, you know that thing that we see, a holy nation,

royal priesthood, the church. Moses wrote that.

Abraham looked forward to this city. So, did

God, can we say, that that has been said, did

God fulfill it? Yes, he did. Although Israel,

there are many people who didn't believe, God

still fulfilled what he did. So, It's not just

about us. When God says he will do something,

he will do it. So what we see here is that Abraham

looked forward to that city whose builder and

maker is God. And God did it. God did it. So

majorly what Abraham was looking for was what

God communicated to Israel. It wasn't something

new for the first time in the scriptures. What

Moses communicated to Israel is what Abraham

waited for. He saw it, he received it in typologies.

So good. So we see that the expectation, the

hope, which is faith in what God will do, and

it is in and after the meeting. So we have to

have faith in what God will do in that meeting

and after that meeting. So it's not just that

we'll finish charismas on Saturday, right? And

we're like, okay, it's over and we just... No,

no, no, no. We know that we carry that... Throughout,

until the next believer's meeting. Until the

next believer's meeting. So, while you are receiving,

right? While you are receiving, be thinking of,

Lord, for the next one year, before we come back

to this, okay, to this camp again, just as it

came to my mind, right? Before we come back to

this camp again, before we come back to this

gathering again, right? There are things that

I'm looking forward to you doing, using me for.

Greater works beyond measures. Greater works

beyond measures. So we look forward to what God

will do in that meeting and after that meeting.

In that meeting and after that meeting. And when

we go to Exodus 20, we saw that they didn't believe,

right? They didn't believe. Yet, God still established

the church. God still established a nation. And

the whole earth is actually His. Now, if you

go to that verse. Verse 5 of 19, it said, for

the old head is mine, right? So God will fill

the earth with his word. He will fill the earth

with people who have believed. He will fill the

old heads with his people, his nation. So this

is what we see. And we can also bring another

gathering, right? And see, for those ones, we

know that, okay, they said, lest we die, right?

They said, lest we die. But let's go to Acts.

Let's go to Acts. We'll see the same pattern.

Of God's intention. Right? And Jesus communicated

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A meeting where people believe. They have expectation.

They receive. And they throw. Right? As compared

to the ones with Moses and the wilderness. Most

of them did not. And being assembled together

with them, commanded them that they should not

depart from Jerusalem. They commanded them that

they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait

for the promise of the Father, which saith he,

which saith he, ye have heard of me. For John

truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized

with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. And

when they therefore... We have come together.

They asked of him, you see, saying, Lord, will

thou at this time restore again the kingdom of

Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for

you to know the times or season which the fire

hath put in its power. Again, Jesus now explained

more clearly. For ye shall receive power after

the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall

be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and all

Judea and in Samaria. and onto the uttermost

parts of the earth, right? Onto the uttermost

parts of the earth. So we see that in this meeting,

the communication of what God wants to do in

the life of the disciples was clear, right? Also

God's intention was clear. Jesus said they will

receive what? Power, right? In the other one,

they were calling them into salvation. In this

one, it says they will receive power, right?

When? the Holy Ghost hath come upon them, and

they will be witnesses unto him. Now, this is

God's intention. Now, we see that in chapter

2, it was fulfilled. Again, God's intention fulfilled.

A people waiting, a people having expectation,

looking forward to receiving power. Right? We'll

see it from that verse 1 of chapter 2. He said,

when the day of the Holy Ghost was fully come,

they were all with one accord in one place. Right?

This is different from the other ones that said,

well, don't speak to us, lest we die. That's

disorder. Your leader said, God will give you

life. You said, no, it is death. Now, that's

disorder. But here, he said they were in one

accord. It means that they were all expecting.

Right? They were looking forward to this power.

They were looking forward to what God would do.

They were looking forward to receiving. Right?

And suddenly, there came a sound. from heaven

as a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the

house where they were sitting. And there appeared

unto them tongues like of fire, and it sat upon

each of them. And they were all filled with the

Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues,

as the Spirit gave them all tongues. So they

were filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began

to speak with other tongues. as the Spirit gave

them order. Now, they could have said, what is

this? Let's look at how it is put in verse 2.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as

a rushing mighty wind, and it all filled the

house where they were sitting. Now, so this kind

of description, we have a couple of them in Acts.

Acts chapter 4 gave the same illustration. Let's

Acts 4 · chapter mention

go to Acts chapter 4. Acts chapter 4, from verse

Acts 4 · chapter mention Acts 4 · chapter mention

29. It said, And now, Lord, behold their threatenings.

and grant unto thy servants that with all boldness

they may speak thy word, by stretching forth

thy hand to him, and that signs and wonders may

be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

When they had prayed, the place was shaking where

they were assembled together, and they were filled

with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak.

they began to speak the word of the Lord with

boldness. So again, mighty rushing wind, right?

In that picture, here we see the place where

they were was shaking, right? Just as they saw

the lightnings and thunders and all of that,

right? In the house of apostles, we've seen this

figure, this picture again, painted here, something

like a mighty rushing wind. So it means something

actually happened in that garden. Something happened

in that garden. So the place where they were,

they were shaking. However, in all the shaking

and in all the migration, they were not distracted.

They focused on the expectation of what they

wanted. Now, at 4 .30, what were they expecting?

They were expecting that they would be able to

have boldness to speak the word. Did it happen?

Yes. So they spoke the word much more with all

boldness. That was their prayer, right? They

prayed and they received that. And they spoke

the word much more. Here they were waiting to

receive. power, right? They were waiting to receive

power and they did receive the power. So, the

communication of what God is doing or what God

wanted to do in the disciples' life was fulfilled.

They've been together in one accord, in one focusing

and waiting to receive power. Now, another thing

we will see there is that they also had leadership,

okay? They also had leadership, right? They also

had leadership. We go to 2 verse 14. 2 verse

14, Acts. But Peter's standing up with the 11.

So, from verse 12, it says, And they were all

amazed and were in doubt, saying to one another,

What meaneth this? Others mocking said, These

men are full of new wine. Right? These men are

full of new wine. And as a result of that, right,

one of them could just pop up and say, well,

you think we are full of new wine? You know,

let me show you the new wine or do something

very interesting. But nobody responded. But Peter

stood up, right? Peter stood up, standing up

with the leaven, lifted up his voice and said

unto them, Ye men of Judea and all that dwell

at Jerusalem, be this known unto you and akin

unto my word, for these are not drunken. So,

fulfillment of God's intention in the life of

the disciples, in the life of everyone who will

believe, right, as part of identification with

them. So, we see that in this context. So, they

had leadership. There was an expectation. There

was God's intention, expectation. They believed.

There was leadership. They were together. in

one accord, right? They were together in one

accord. So this is what we see, right? This is

what we see in these meetings. So let's see.

One other thing that we can expect, one thing

that we should expect much more is that which

we started seeing from Acts 4. Yes, from Acts

4. Let's start seeing. So as we now, as those

that have believed, as those that have the Spirit

of God, as those that walk and lead in Christ.

Now, what should be our expectation as we come

to this meeting? One of the expectations is that

we will be filled with the Spirit, right? We

will be filled with the Spirit. It means we will

be stirred up in the Spirit. I think Pastor Victor

gave sufficient time to teach that, that we can

be stirred up again. While we have been filled,

we receive. Right? We can't just tear it up.

And in some places, the Bible, in the book of

Acts, used the same word, filled. Right? To refer

to the stirring of the Spirit of God within the

believer. Within the believer. Now, it's happened

to some people, the aspect of being filled, but

I think I would just like to focus on only the

one in the book of Acts. There was one in Luke

where we have the case of Elizabeth, we have

the case of Zechariah, but they didn't have the

indwelling, but still an example in the Spirit.

An explanation of, you know, something's tearing

up to being filled. So, let's focus on Acts,

right? Acts chapter 4, Acts chapter 4, verse

Acts 4 · chapter mention Acts 4:8

8. Acts chapter 4, verse 8. Then Peter filled

Acts 4:8

with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers

of the people and elders of Israel. Right? Now,

this is Peter. It says, Peter filled with the

Holy Ghost. The same Peter that stood up in Acts

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chapter 1. Again, it says filled with Holy Ghost.

Now, it's not like he's just receiving power

again, but it means that there is a filling.

It means he's full of the Holy Ghost. That's

another word for it. Full of the Holy Ghost means

what is inside of him, right? He's full of it.

It means there's a stirring within him. And when

there is a stirring of the Holy Ghost, being

filled with the Holy Ghost, we see several great

manifestations. So in this meeting, we will be

filled with the Holy Ghost. We will be full of

the Holy Ghost. Just like Peter was full of the

Holy Ghost in this day. And what happens? They

speak. Consistently when they are full of the

Holy Ghost, they speak, right? They speak. They

speak in tongues. They prophesy. They teach the

word. When they are full of the Holy Ghost, this

is what happens. So in that meeting, as we come

together, we will be full of the Holy Ghost.

So what did he do? If this day, and we this day

be examined of the good deeds done by the important

man. So he gave an explanation. But be it known

unto all and to all the people of Israel that

by the name of Jesus of Nazareth, whom ye have

crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even

by him doeth this man stand here before you whole.

So a miracle has taken place. They're questioning

him. He wants to have an answer. And he was full

of the Holy Ghost, filled with the Holy Ghost,

and he's paid. Okay, that's after Acts 2. Now

Acts 6, 5, let's see. So we will be full of the

Holy Ghost. Everyone here will be full of the

Holy Ghost and we will walk in diverse manifestations,

demonstrations. That's chapter 5 and 6, right?

And the same please the whole multitude. And

they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the

Holy Spirit. And Philip, Procurus, Nicanor, Timon,

Parmenas, and Nicholas, a proselyte from Antioch.

So men full of the Holy Ghost. Now, it seems

to be that These people, let me put it this way,

they are barely out of the Holy Ghost, if there's

anything like that. It's like these ones on the

spot, regular. When you come close to them, let's

put it the way we used to, they are always on

fire. They don't have a coming down. Let's put

it that way, right? They're always full of the

Holy Ghost, full of faith, right? This word,

full of faith and the Holy Spirit, means that

there is no room for, there is no room, let me

put it this way, there is no room for the flesh.

There's no joking around. There's no playing

around. When you come around them, you get the

word, you get the impactation that you need,

right? And those are the people they found to

put in charge of this work, this distribution

and this responsibility of Sherwood. Men full

of doling. So we can also say that whatever you'll

be doing that day, whether you manage to be in

media, you should know that you should be full

of the Holy Ghost. Right? If you carry a camera,

be full of, if you know it before, drop it and

be full of the Holy Ghost. Right? If you drop

the camera and do what you should do or a point

a certain time where you quickly do it and drop

it. So whether we are in media, we are in ocean,

we are cooking, we are doing, whatever we are

doing, make sure that you are part of that experience

of being full of the Holy Ghost. Make sure you

are part of that experience of being full of

the Holy Ghost. Now we see 7 verse 55, at 7 verse

55 that, A dying man, right? A man that was,

you know, let's read. That was the case of Stephen.

Now, verse 54. When they heard these things,

they were caught to their hearts and they gnashed

on him with their teeth. Verse 54, sorry. And

verse 5. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost,

looked obstinately into heaven and saw the glory

of God and Jesus standing on the right hand.

And he said, behold, I see, see, saying something

again. I see the heavens open. and the Son of

Man standing on the right hand of God. Again,

full of the legos. Even at the points where people

were against him. So, we can be full of the legos

at all times. Even much more as we come together

in this meeting. As we come together in this

meeting. Acts 11 verse 24. 11 verse 24. For I

Acts 11:24

was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith,

and... great many people were added to the Lord,

right? So I think we need to read a little bit

of that. Let's move from verse 21. And the hand

of the Lord was with them, and a great number

believed and turned unto the Lord. Then the tithes

of this thing came unto the ears of the church,

which was in Jerusalem, and they sent forth Barnabas

that he should go as far as Antioch. who, when

he came, had seen the grace of God, was glad

and exalted them all, that with purpose of heart

they would cleave unto the Lord. For he was a

good man, full of the Holy Ghost and faith. And

much people were added unto the Lord. Right?

Full of the Holy Ghost. I think the last one

is just Acts 13, verse 52. Acts 13. Verse 52.

Acts 13:52

Scripture. Acts 7, verse 52. And the disciples

Acts 7:52

were filled with joy and the Holy Ghost. Now,

what happened? Why were they filled with joy

and the Holy Ghost in this country? Let's see.

Verse 48. It says, And when the Gentiles, I think

we read this on Sunday. So when the Gentiles

heard this, they were glad and glorified the

word of the Lord. And as many as were ordained

to eternal life believed. And the word. of the

Lord was published throughout the region. But

the Jews teared up the devout and honorable women

and the chief men of the city and raised persecution

against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them out

of their courts. But they shook off the dust

of their feet against them and came unto Iconium.

And the disciples were filled with joy and the

Holy Ghost. So again here, disciples they met

were filled with joy and the Holy Ghost. So they

were filled with joy and the Holy Ghost. So this

is our expectation for the believers meeting.

This is what we should expect to see. Now, when

they are filled with joy, right? When we are

full of the Holy Spirit, we speak, we give the

word of wisdom, we give the word of knowledge,

we give the signing of spirit. We work much more

with clarity and accuracy in the gifts. of the

Holy Spirit, right? We work much more. We work

much more in clarity and accuracy in giving.

So we should expect this. We should expect this.

All right, so what are a few counsel, right,

that we should give before we pray? We pray in

a few minutes, right, to stay ourselves up even

this evening. What are a few counsel that we

can give as we look forward to being full of

the Holy Ghost, as we look forward to receiving

the Word, as we look forward to being impacted,

as we look forward to following instructions

that pastors will be leading, as we look forward

to following the leading, what are the things

that we should start preparing for? Now, from

now, you should start avoid sleeping late. Okay?

Start avoid sleeping late. Let your, whether

it's your sleeping clock or I don't know what

they call it, let it know that you start waking

up early and you'll be coming back by five. So

you need to program yourself. You need to start

preparing your mind for that. You need to stop

sleeping late. Reduce eating too much. So that

you're not being kind of this one's and you'll

be desiring food to eat. You'll be longing. No,

no, no, no. It's a long ride. And I want to believe

the market is far from here. Farther than where

we used to be. Oh, this one. Maybe we'll lock

the door. When you're coming, there's no going

out. So let's, let's, let's. Now we are waiting.

As you are waiting, your body will be adjusting.

I know day one fasting, you know, it might be

very odd. This is day three now or day four,

right? So, day three. Okay, okay. Pastor started

on last week. He just fell off in between. I

wanted to ask his God. It happened like that.

All right. So, we are in day three, right? So,

your body should have adjusted so that when you

come for that meeting, You are not, of course,

there will be lunchtime. But before that, you

don't get strained out. In fact, you can reduce

what you eat in that route. If they give you

portion, eat half. So that you don't, you remain

full. You know, you remain full. All right. I'm

just trying to say that we should, you know,

pay attention, right, to what we do. Our conduct

in the God. Set time to pray. Set time to pray

in the course of this week. Set time to pray.

Don't be fasting without praying. If you're fasting

without praying, it's what? Hunger strike. When

you fast and you don't pray, you don't do anything,

it's hunger strike. So please pray. Study the

word, right? Study the word. Study the meetings

that we have, all the previous teachings that

we've gone through. Study them. Pay attention

to them. Now this is you setting, like practically

setting expectation now. Right? This is you practically

setting expectation. You not ignoring God's intention

in that meeting. Right? You not ignoring. God's

intention in that meeting. You're not ignoring

God's intention in that meeting. So we're not

distracted. We are set. Our mind is set to receive.

We are ready to receive. We are not like those

of the wilderness, but we are much more those

that are ready, right, to partake in the move

of God. Now, this is the move. There will be

a move of God, right? It means God's leading,

God's direction. God telling us what to do, clarity,

breaking things, and remolding us in ways that

will help us to do the work of ministry much

more. Can we be on our feet just for the next

five minutes that we have? Can we just pray?

Can we just tear ourselves up in the Holy Ghost

just for this next five minutes? It's part of

the way of setting our expectation, what you

want to see in that meeting. We appreciate you

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