The Ministry of Laying of Hands 3 | The Believer's conference 2025 day 3

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right in. You can have your seats. Genesis 48.

Yes, we are moving. Genesis 48. We have already

seen how the things of the Spirit are administered

by the laying of hands, healings, the baptism

of the Holy Ghost. Talk about that. We're going

to see another dimension of how God Use this

gift of God that Peter said. This power, this

gift of God, this supernatural activity called

the laying of hands in advancing his purpose

and agenda on earth. Are you in Genesis 48? So

I'll read from verse 8. Then Israel saw Joseph's

sons and said, who are these? And Joseph said

to his father, they are my sons whom God has

given me in this place. And he said, please bring

them to me and I will bless them. Now the eyes

of Israel. were dimmed with age so that he could

not see, then Joseph brought them near him. And

he kissed them and embraced them. And Israel

said to Joseph, I have not taught to see your

face. But God, but in fact, God has also shown

me your offerings. You can imagine the man that

is not seen. See, I thought I would not see your

face. But now I've seen even your offspring.

So Joseph brought them from beside his knees.

And he bowed down with his face to the earth.

And Joseph took them both. Ephraim with his right

hand. toward Israel's left hand and Manasseh

with his left hand toward Israel's right hand

and brought them near him. Then Israel stretched

out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim's head

who was the younger and his left hand on Manasseh's

head guiding his hands knowingly. Please take

note of that. He said, guiding his hands, knowingly.

If it is your Bible, I want you to underline

that. For Manasseh was the firstborn. And he

blessed Joseph and said, God, before whom my

father Abraham and Isaac walked. The God who

has fed me all my life long to this day. The

angel who redeemed me from all evil. You know,

we're going to take that. But, you know, most

times today when we say angel, we normally think

of beings. But angel is not a specific name like

to accord it to someone. If you see here, he's

talking about God as an angel. You understand?

Because angel talks about someone you sent. Understand?

So we're going to subsequently look at that.

But let me read 15 again. I want you to pay attention

to that. And he blessed Joseph and said, God,

before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,

The God who has fed me all my life long to this

day. The angel who redeemed, what? Who has redeemed

me from all evil. So he's calling God the angel.

Bless the Lord. Let my name. See that? Let my

name be named upon them. And the name of my fathers.

Abraham and Isaac. And let them grow into the

multitude in the midst of the earth. Verse 17.

Now, when Joseph saw his father laid his right

hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him.

So he took hold of his father's hand to remove

it from Ephraim's head. to Manasseh's head. And

Joseph said to his father, not so, my father,

for this one is a firstborn. Put your right hand

on his head. But his father refused and said,

I what? I what? I know. Again, underline that

one. I know, my son. I know. Again, the second

time. He also. He also shall become a people.

And also shall be great. But truly. His younger

brother. Shall be greater than he. And his descendants.

Shall be. Come a multitude of nations. Verse

20. So he blessed them. That they said. By you

Israel. Will bless. Say may God. Make you as

Ephraim and as Manasseh. And thus he set Ephraim

before Manasseh. Meaning he set Ephraim ahead

of Manasseh. Are we together? So go back to verse

10. Where is verse 10? Did you see that? That

the eyes of Israel were dim with age. So that

he could not see. Jacob. That is, Israel was

not seen because of old age. If you read from

verse 17, where we look at verse 17 down to 19.

When Joseph saw that his father laid his hands

upon the head of Ephraim, what did he do? He

was displeased. And he wanted to change that

order. But his father refused. This is to tell

you that the laying of hands is not just merely

physical touch. It's supernatural. Joseph knew.

Israel also knew. Because his displeasure saw

that there is something he is aware of. He knew

that it's not just about just random putting

of hands. No, it has significance. He saw that

and said, no, no, no, no, something is wrong.

So Joseph knew it. That what that was doing.

Was not just ceremonial. It was spiritual. It

was supernatural. That's why Joseph was not happy.

With that order. No. He knew something was happening.

Verse 19. Israel was blind. Of course as we noted.

Though he was blind. But he was not spiritually

dull. He was not spiritually dull. But the laying

of hands, he set Ephraim ahead of Manasseh. He

made Ephraim the younger, greater. How? By laying

of hands. How can you set somebody who is younger

and just make him to be, to carry, to become

greater than another person who is in the natural,

supposed to have taken the first place. He did

that by the laying of hands. That's exactly what

Abraham did to Isaac. And Isaac did to Jacob.

By laying hands, they set them to function in

the office of a prophet. The mouthpiece of God.

Are we together? The mouthpiece of God. You see,

in Genesis chapter 12, verse 1 to 3, we saw how

Genesis 12:1–3

God called Abraham and blessed him. Well, you

see, something that sometimes we miss is that,

how did God do it? He navigated a strange man

towards Abraham's way. His name is called Melchizedek.

You know, sometimes we just, you know, Melchizedek.

The Bible tells us, you know, that Melchizedek

bless who? He bless who? Is it money he gave

him? Are we together? Is it money he gave him?

So there was a, you see, there's a pattern we're

seeing. Genesis 20 verse 7, God called Abraham

Genesis 20:7

a prophet. He was not just prophet anyhow. There

was a system of men. Do you get what I'm trying

to say? It was done to Abraham. Abraham to Isaac.

Isaac to Jacob. Now Jacob to the sons of Joseph.

It was a pattern. And this blessing we're talking

about, it's not just, it's not money. Hallelujah.

So God blesses. Yes. You know what I'm saying?

We sing. God is the one that bless. But how does

God does it? I mean, how did... Do you understand

what I'm trying to say? How does he do it? To

Abraham, he uses Melchizedek, who was a priest

and a king. And that pattern continues. Men are

the methods of God. Hallelujah. Don't ignore

men and think something will just drop from heaven

like that. God has decided he will side with

man. Did you get what I'm trying to say? He will

side with man. So, Abraham blessed Isaac. Isaac

blessed Jacob. Jacob blessed Joseph's sons, Ephraim,

And set Ephraim ahead of Manasseh. If you read

Hebrews 11, you will see again that is being

talked about. That order. Hebrews 11. Let me

read Hebrews 7 first. Let's see that one of Melchizedek.

You can see the involvement of men. What am I

trying to say? I'm trying to say that, as we

noted, let me make this thing clear. I will explain

the issue of blessing in the psalm later on in

the course. We understand that as we Those of

us that have been in the cell, we've been treating

this concept of rapture. We tried to study the

background and history, where the word was coined

and all that. One important thing we saw, there

is a theology called the dispensational theology,

that God has two plans for humanity in relation

to sin and man's responsibility. That he has

one plan for Israel and one plan for who? For

the church. Are we together? And we then saw

what they are saying. That God has several plans.

I don't know how you, and we saw that the error

is, you see, the little apostle said something

yesterday. Every theology comes from Moses. Do

you understand what I'm saying? If you miss what

Moses is saying, you miss. Because every prophet

read from him. You know, there is a time people

try to argue about, I mean, try to defend the

Bible. Say, these people, the Bible is written

for over a certain number of authors. Over a

period of 1 ,005 years. For 1 ,500 years. And

they did not know each other. They did not know.

Of course, they might not be contemporaries in

many instances. Some are. But no, they read.

When Daniel saw the number of years that the

children of Israel were supposed to spend in

Babylon, where did he read? Where was he reading?

He was reading Jeremiah. Did you understand what

I'm saying? These people read each other. How

could they? Where will they be reading? All of

them read from us. That was why when Jesus was

talking about Luke 24, he said, beginning at

what? Moses. He's always the one. Beginning at

Moses. And in all the prophets, he expounded

unto them the things concerning himself. So I

want you to get that. So one of the things we

saw in ourselves is that there is a confusion

around interpretation. The scripture was read

literally. Do you know what I'm saying? It was

read literally. But that was a mystery. Oh, thank

God for Passover. You see, that was a mystery

that was hid for past ages. They thought. Then

we see some people. That's why I'm pointing that.

Part of the dispensational theology is that there's

something we call Christian Zionism. You understand?

And their claim is that you have to bless Israel

for you to be blessed. I've been to Israel, I've

been here and there for research for one year,

in the sun. I mean, I don't understand how we

are getting this. But where did they quote? They

quote Genesis 12 to support that. That because

Abraham is the father of the nation of Israel,

in the sun, the nation of Israel. I don't know

how they say the nation of Israel. Because the

nation of Israel, that one, is not the same with

this one. Because what nation was before? was

not the same with what nation is today. This

current state of Israel is about 80 % Jews, 20

% Arabs. So I don't understand. So do the Arabs

also join in the... Did you get what I'm trying

to say? So that you have to, he said, I will

bless those that blessed you and curse those

that cursed you. And so when you read it literally,

and because we came from material... materialistic

environment, each time they say blessing, that's

what we normally think. But you see, the Bible

must be read together. You understand? The Bible

must be read together. That's why we saw, it's

not just at that very time that God spoke to

Abraham. He said, I will bless you. By the time

you go to chapter 18, he told him how, he said,

through your seed. And of course, he's talking

about the whole world, not a nation. He said,

through you, the entire earth, all families of

the earth shall be what? Shall be blessed. The

issue is that once you are intelligent, you should

follow. By the time he goes to chapter 18, he

again reiterated. But this time around, he restated

it in another way. He said, through your seed.

So Abraham got it. Because how will Abraham ever

be able to bless the entire nation? Definitely,

it will be something that through him, not him,

because he is limited. Did you understand what

I'm trying to say? So God opened him. He said,

it's through your seed. So that before you think

he's talking about Isaac, you understand? He

said, no, no, no. No. Chapter 22, he again came

and restated it. 24, 28, he came and restated

it. The same thing. Brother Paul came in Galatians

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chapter 3 and showed to us that seed is Christ.

When Peter was explaining in Acts chapter 3,

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he quoted the same text. I just mention now.

He said, God sent Christ, Jesus. Verse 26, he

said, to bless you. How? He said, by turning

you away from your iniquities. So the blessings

of God is about turning a people away from their

iniquities. That's the blessing. Galatians 3,

from 6, 8, you know, shows to us also that the

blessing, It's talking about inclusion into the

plan of God. And that inclusion comes with you

being given the gift of righteousness. With you

being forgiven. So to be blessed, it means to

be included in the agenda of God. And to be cursed

is to exclude yourself. From the what? From the

agenda. He is not casting a spell. Are we together?

Amen. Amen. Yes. So that's what the Bible is

talking about. Paul will say, you know, son,

for the sake of my people, I wish that I will

be accursed. You know what I mean by the accursed?

It means I wish that I should be what? Excluded.

But you see, it's also a wish. He said, if my

people would just be safe. How I wish I would

be excluded in the sun. He's just talking about,

he's just showing how zealous he act. Remember

I said, cost is what to be excluded from the

plant. He was yearning that, oh, how this my

people can be, I mean, can be included. If only

all these people will be able to see by just

me being removed for them to enter. These are

men that are carrying burden. But that's not

the way. Everybody will have to come in by his

own way. So our cause is being excluded from

the plan of God. And that comes by unbelief.

So the blessing. So a Christian Zionist think,

you know what I'm saying? That is by blessing

Israel, contributing money, by saying Israel

bless, Israel bless this Israel here. You know

what I'm saying? That's when they are blessed.

How can a blessed man be thinking like that?

But David said, Psalm 32 verse 1, Blessed is

Psalms 32:1

the man in the Son, in whom the Lord does not

impute iniquity. In the Son. Are we together?

Amen. So, that is the part I'm talking about.

So when you hear of blessing, it's an inclusion.

into the agenda of God. But that inclusion into

the agenda of God comes with responsibility.

So when you hear that Jacob blessed Ephraim,

what he's trying to say is that he's enlisting

him. He is commissioning him. He is ordaining

him into the ministry. Ministry of what? Ministry

of proclamation of that goodness of God. Genesis,

27, he said, God said, he's a prophet. A prophet

is a mouthpiece of God. The one that tells about

the agenda, his plans for the earth. And that's

the same thing. So what can we see? We can see

that laying of our hands is a way of ordination,

of enlisting men into offices. That you can lay

hands to put men into offices. Right from Genesis.

It's all ceremonial. When hands are laid, things

happen. Great blessings are ministered through

men. Man remains God's method. Man remains God.

Yesterday I said, this Bible is written by man.

And we call it God's word. That's to show you

God does, in fact, there's a text that says that

God does nothing without what? Revealing it to

who? To his prophets. Yes. He chose it that way.

You want to know God? Follow me. I'm telling

you, no angel will reveal anything. Even the

angel they are trying to look. You know what

I'm saying? Yes. We saw it yesterday. In Ephesians

3, we saw it. In 1 Peter, we saw it. It is through

us that God wants to show the manifold wisdom

to the principalities. So why will you be surprised

when you see an angel? No. You should know he

has come to learn. Now, as we are preaching,

we are teaching, we are exposing. You understand?

No angel have the capacity to get into this mind

of God. Oh, did you hear me? These are exclusive

preserve of sons. Sons are those who carry the

Holy Ghost. No angel carry the Holy Spirit. Did

you understand what I'm saying? Yes. So we are

the custodians of the mysteries of God. Do you

remember the teaching yesterday? We are the custodians.

We are ministers. Paul will say, the stewards

of grace of God. We write in Acts, right? Acts

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chapter 6. Go back there, quickly. Oh, did I

read that text? Hebrews. Oh. Hallelujah. Let

me read Hebrews first. Hebrews 1. For this Melchizedek,

king. Verse 7. And chapter 7. For this Melchizedek,

king of Salem, priest of the Most High, who met

Abraham returning from where? From the slaughter

of the kings and blessed him. Did you hear that?

Verse 6. He said, but he whose genealogy is not

derived from them received tithe. from Abraham

and blessed him who had promises. Who had promises.

Melchizedek blessed him. Nobody told Abraham

to pay tithes. It was a practice in where he

was coming from. You know, it's from the children

of U. That's how they honor people. That's why,

even though we don't, you can give tithe, no

problem. You know, sir. But nobody, nothing will

follow you if you didn't give it. But of course,

we're commanded. To be generous givers. That's

a New Testament practice. But we can learn something

from the tithe. That's honor. Because Abraham

is coming. And that's the same thing. I'm going

to discuss some other things. The same thing

with oil. Because I'm pouring oil on people.

When he started, nobody ever told Jacob to do

that. Jacob was the one who started. On his way

when he was going to the house of Lebanon. Right?

For the air. The air. Is it air or air? For the

things he saw. To honor the place, he pour oil.

It's a practice in those days. Even in your village,

when they want to take something, that's the

practice now. Do you know what I'm saying? Yes.

Some will pour on the floor first. So, it was

a practice, but God adopted it with time. Remember

we told you, God accommodated. The limitations

of the culture and the language of a people to

be able to communicate his plan. So we saw honor.

He honored the man of God. He honored Melchizedek

and Melchizedek blessed him. Look at chapter

11. Chapter 11, verse 17. Hebrews 11, 17. By

faith, Abraham, when he was tested, offered up

Isaac, and he who had received the promise, offered

up his only begotten. Of whom, verse 18, it was

said, in Isaac your seed shall be called, according

that God was able to raise him up, even from

the dead, from which he also received him in

a figurative sense. 20. By faith, Isaac blessed

Jacob and Esau concerning the things to come.

By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed who?

Each of the sons of Joseph and worshipped, leaning

on the staff, top of his staff. And all we can

keep reading are what others did. Go back to

Acts chapter 6. Acts chapter 6. Look at verse

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5. And the same pleased the multitude. And they

chose Stephen, a man full of faith. The Holy

Spirit and Philip procured us. Parmenas, Nicholas,

and Nicholas, a proselyte from Antioch, whom

they said before the apostles when they had prayed,

they laid hands on them. You see that? They chose

them for an office. This camera is not for healing.

So the laying of hands is not just for healing.

It's also for ordination. for commissioning men

into an office, into a work, into the ministry.

They lay hands on them. Not the pattern, they

pray it. After praying, they lay hands on them.

Prayer is not a substitute for laying of hands.

You understand? It's not you pray or you lay

hands. No. All of them are a system of God that

men use to transmit the power of God. To cause

shifting, to advance the agenda of the kingdom

on the earth. So see what happened when hands

were laid to these men. See how they increased.

That was brought about. Something happened. Always

I wanted to observe. Immediately after hands

are laid. Observe what happened. It's not ceremonial.

Verse 7. Then the word of God spread. You see.

Sometimes you think. What happened is just only

what the apostles were doing. Wait until you

read chapter 7. How a man who is supposed to

be one who is supposed to be serving food starts

speaking for the entire chapter. He wasn't reading

from his script. Did you get what I'm trying

to say? Are we together? Hands were laid. Before

then, you never know who they were. Did you know?

You didn't know. But they were choosing, they

brought them. They set them before the apostles.

It wasn't a coincidence. It was deliberate. They

lay hands on them. Bible says, and the word of

God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied

greatly in Jerusalem. And a great many of the

priests were obedient to the faith. And Stephen,

full of faith and power, Did great what? Great

wonders and signs among the people. Up until

this moment, did you hear ever name Stevie? Something

happened. All the time we'll be hearing apostles.

And the apostles did great wonders. And this,

this. And then they preach. And things happen.

You know, sir? This time around, they brought

this man. They lay hands on them. Things happened.

They were commissioned into another level of

ministry. And the word of God increased. Great

miracles. Then there arose some from what is

called the synagogue of the freedmen. They are

not free. The synagogue of the freedmen. Then

what did they do? They started disputing. with

Stephen. And they were not able to resist his

wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke. And

then they started secretly. When these guys started

speaking, you could know that this man was in

another level. You could see later when the disciples

were scattered, the man which you thought that

was serving tables, you didn't know that a grace

has come upon him. He moved to Samaria. The other

one, Philip, started preaching. Miracles happening.

He was a man who was not known before. But they

brought him. The apostles lay hands on him. And

things began to happen. This is how God advanced

his ways on the earth. Are we together? Hallelujah,

are we together? Go back to that text where I

started. Yesterday. In Romans chapter 1. I showed

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you something. Did you see what I showed you?

In verse 11. For I long to see you. That I may

impart. You some spiritual gift. So that you

may be established. So that you may be established.

So there's a goal for the laying of hands is

to establish believers. As we teach fundamentally,

yes, we establish men by teaching. But not just

teaching. There's a laying of hands that establish

a man in the ministry. Don't joke with it. It's

a system of God. If you have not understood it,

you just carelessly don't order. You know, sometimes

you have to pay attention. Some of us are sick.

Sometimes you'll be sick. You see, when you neglect

a grace, you won't benefit from it. James said,

is any one of you sick? Call the elders. You,

you are sick. You only gave us excuse. So I'm

not going to come. I mean, how could you not

see grace around you? Thank the Lord. The Lord

has given pastors curse now. He says, I need

you. I come, please. They will come. You have

to honor the grace. Do you understand what I'm

saying? Yes. If you cannot reach pastor, there

is your leader there. In fact, your brother inside,

remember I told you that all believers, your

sister is there in the room, you neglected her.

You can only say, Titi, Titi only, this place

is burning me. But now, That's the only thing.

Chichi, can you go and buy me? I cannot go out.

That's the only thing you think Chichi is useful.

Chichi is carrying a grace. You couldn't recognize

it. You only think she's useful. And go to the

market and buy me this. I can't go out now. Okay,

sit down there. This is one of the difficulties

we have. You have to begin to see your brethren

differently. Wives, see your husband differently.

Husband, see your wife differently. It's all

the time. There was a lady who was about to get

married. When I heard the way they are conversing,

I call her. I say, you will miss a lot if you

control like this. The way you are speaking with

your husband, you speak carelessly. You know

what I'm saying? And the way you see him, only

in one direction. You're going to get in trouble.

This is one of the things that married people

need to understand. Your relationship is multidimensional.

Yes, there is a time you think you will play

like friends. But if you only think like friends,

you'll miss a lot. I'm telling you. Others will

be coming and be receiving the grace. You are

here. Do you understand what I'm saying? So you

have to be careful. The same thing if you have

a roommate. He's a believer. See him that way.

That should be the most important relationship

you should have with him. Every other should

come under that one. You have to recognize what

is behind you. That's how God made it. All that

we need to grow in the son. You know, we normally

quote that scripture according to his divine

power. He has given unto us what? All things

that pertains to life and goodness. Are we together?

We normally quote that. Brother, he said, I have

all things. And the old is there you didn't see.

You did not see. I pray your eyes is open. After

this meeting, Your eyes are open to see the provisions

of God. To see that the grace you need to move

to another level is just beside you. Amen. He

said that I might impart you some spiritual gift.

And the reason, the goal is that you might be

established. Is that you might be established.

You observe there is something upon my brother's

life. It seems as if anything happened. He doesn't

get bothered in the sun. You know, some of our

mummies are here. Before, Mummy Iko, Mummy Victoria,

in the sun. You know, many of us, sometimes I

watch, I just might say, oh God. You know, the

way we relate with them. The last one of Mummy

Iko. He's older than me. How older than me? I'm

a young person, but he's far older than me. And

this woman, he raised them. They were all sound.

He's not a mystic. When you see a consistency,

it's not by, it's not a coincidence. I dragged

my wife. Then we were newly married. We visited

all of them. You say, mommy, how was it? Yes,

sir. You can't say a grace and neglect. All of

them, we visited them. Do you get what I'm trying

to say? We visited them, we sat with them, and

we asked them, mommy, what is this? And they

were downloaded. And they were downloaded. And

you hear, you are seeing that it's just all this

old mama. She's moving like that. That is it.

God must give you the sensitivity to see the

provisions. No, I can't make mistake. Not when

I have the provision around me. How can I stay

in ignorance? How can I see a grace? Some of

them, they are just in the same room. You are

busy looking for one man of God here. What is

it? You are here. They're here. Are we together?

That word gift there, that spiritual gift, of

course you know it's spiritual. And that's why

the impartation is spiritual. Because what comes

upon you is spiritual. Are we together? It's

a spiritual gift. It's charisma. In Greek. I'll

leave that to Pastor Imam Kostin. They are coming

to dishes. We look at the word impart. What is

that word impart? Because he said that I might

impart you some spiritual gift. The word impart

is metadomai. Meta from the word meta. M -E -T

-A M -E -T -A D -I D -O M -I Meta Didomai in

Greek. It means to share. To share or to give.

To share or to give. You have to know that the

person giving or sharing is the one who has what

to give or to share. So Paul was coming. He said,

I have it. You remember as Peter said to that

man at the beautiful girl. He said, what I have,

I give you. Please, brother, I told you men are

the system of God. They have something. Peter

knew he have it. He said, silver and gold, have

I not? But there is something I have. And that

is what I give you. He has. The power to heal.

He said, in the name of Jesus. He pulled a guy.

You have it. So Paul here is saying, I am coming.

I have something to share. And it's called spiritual

gift. Remember, he told them the goal. That they

might be established. Remember Ephesians chapter

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4? It talks about the ministry gifts there. That

they are for what? For equipping. Are we together?

For what? For equipping. On to what? The work

of the ministry. Remember. This is based on the

testimony Paul has heard about the church in

Rome. Did you see in verse 8? Romans 1 verse

Romans 1:8

8. He said, first and foremost, he said, first

I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all

that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole

world. throughout the whole world. So he heard

about their faith. He said, ah, there needs to

be more advancement here. I yearn to come because

I need to establish you more. And for which reason?

For the sake of the ministry. So Paul is an apostle.

He's in the office of an apostle. Ministry gifts.

And the ministry gifts are for equipping. He's

coming to equip them more. He's coming to equip

them more. So as hands are laid on you, know

that they are to equip you. Are we together?

As hands are laid on you, they are to equip you.

You know, my grandmother, my grandfather was

a missionary. And so, yeah, he's dead already.

But I have the grandmother. One day, I visited

her. I consciously, I told her, I need you to

pray for me. I know the grace of that old man.

Although he's not here, but he's also on you.

I deliberately told her, I want you to pray for

me. You see, you don't be careless. Some of the

graces, they are inside your house. You saw what

Jesus said. A prophet is what? You have to be

deliberate. You have to be deliberate. They say

grace upon the old man. And they were together.

Even when in my mother church, women are not

normally allowed to recoup it. That old man,

because he's a missionary, he's a rugged man.

Sometimes if he moves to another place, the woman,

she's the one that preaches in the church. So

she's his assistant. They move together. He has

the grace of perseverance, endurance. He doesn't

see obstacles. In the border of Nigeria, that

was when he did his ministry. Brother, he stayed

there for 15 years. He has only one soul. For

15 years, he was preaching. You see, when I think

about it, that scripture come alive. You see,

preach the word in season and out of season.

There come a time when people shall not endure

sound doctrine. If it were others, they would

say it's a failure. How could a man stay in a

place for 15 years? Everyday preaching. Talking

to people. Some will say, you know, the Muslim

part of Nigeria. Some will come because of persecution.

They will return. As if they come, they will

go again. Because they are afraid. Only one stood.

After 15 years. By the time he was retiring,

he moved out from that place, back home. He only

had one soul for three years. Because he got

born again. That's not the call of God. While

already he has married, he's old. There's no

time for you to do the work of God. He was in

the village farming and he was a hunter. Then

when he got the call of God, he became born again

and then he entered. Even though he was already

an adult. How much of you know that you're young?

Imagine what you would do. The answer to the

call, he moved. Went there. Stay there. At least

one soul. One soul matter. That soul that he

succeeded, the same soul from that time, they

persecuted him for his truth. Later on, the same

man, they took him, he went to school. Some pastor

schools. He didn't go anywhere. He returned to

the village. He preached. Through him. Mighty.

You can see. See. You see. We care for ministry

of numbers. We love numbers. Because anybody

that care about soul, we care about numbers.

Do you get what I'm trying to say? But you have

to be aware how God judges men. If you read Hebrews

11. What is the business of putting Moses and

Rahab the prostitute in the same line? How did

you come there? All of them is why? By faith.

Did you get what I'm trying to say? Read there.

If you are the one to put those lists, what we

call the heroes of faith, how can you put some

other people there? How? He succeeded with one

man. But that one soul later, what he did in

that town, So, that one soul that he succeeded

with was an extension of the old man. Don't look

down on what God is bringing to you. So, you

have writing a song, even if you see one view.

Believe it. For years, the look the physician

was writing. He documented, go and ask questions.

Do you know what it means to record? He wasn't

there, but sat down and write. And he was all

writing for somebody who is not pregnant. Theophilus

has been taught already. But he wants him to

be assured, to be established. That's what he

said. To be assured of what you have already

been taught. He sat down and wrote to one man.

Again, when he was writing the book of Acts,

he said, oh, excellent, Theophilus. In that former

treaty, what I began to tell you, what Jesus

began to do and to teach is something. And then

he was following Paul up and down, documenting

the things, following Paul up and down, documenting

the things, just to give one person. Your idea

about God's work has to be changed. This... This

desire for approval, this desire for applause

of plenty of people have to go. Because you can't

have the quality of what God wants you. Our desire

is more people, but on his own way. Did you get

what I'm trying to say? Moses wanted to do his

own way. He strangulated the Egyptians and killed

them. He thought he was by that. In fact, he

was thinking that the people would see that God

is the Savior. Why can't you see now? No. God

said no. He's not qualified. There are some things

I need to change in his mind. He then took him

and took him to the medium. To Jethro. Jethro

just polished his head. You understand? This

is before the Levitican priesthood. So there

was a priest of God called Jethro. Even the Levitican

priesthood. When you trace him, you trace him.

He was part of the descendants of Abraham. Through

Keturah. Did you understand what I'm saying?

So Abraham, that's why God says, shall I hide

anything from myself and Abraham? Knowing fully

well that this is what he will do. Although you

don't know them, but they have gone with the

knowledge of the Most High. Suddenly appear somewhere

in the desert. You think the knowledge of God

is only with the Israelites who are in this.

No. God navigated Moses' path and took him to

that place. And Jethro trained him. And when

after 40 years, he said, okay, I think you can

go now. But he has learned his lessons. And God

showed to him in the sun. Say no. This time around

you have to believe me. Go with my power. No

wonder the type of miracles he did. This time

around no. It's not by hand. It's not by boxing.

How many will you do? If Moses would go and say

I will box. He doesn't have anything. In the

sun. There are the ways of God. For the weapons

of our warfare are not carnal. But they are mighty

through God to the pulling down of strongholds.

Are we together? You have to lay hold of the

weapons of our warfare. They are not canal. You

are not canal. You are a spiritual man. There

are instruments. There are systems. There are

methods. You understand? And one of it is your

hands. And God is sending you to understand that

he has power. He wants to move through you. It's

a laying of hands. It's a laying. Of hands. So

tell your neighbor. You need impartation. To

be established. You need hands to be laid upon

you. To be established. After you have been taught.

You need your hands. To get to work. But before

then. You need hands to be laid upon you. Hallelujah.

Look at Acts 13. Now in the church that was at

Antioch, there was certain prophets and teachers,

Barnabas, Simeon, who was called Niga, Lucius

of Cyrene, Manion. who had been brought up with

Herod, the tetra, and Saul. Verse 2. As they

ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit

said, Now separate to me Barnabas and Saul for

the work to which I have called them. Verse 3.

Then. having fasted and prayed, and laid hands

on them. And they sent them away. They sent them

away. They just finished ministry, fulfilled

ministry. Look at 12. It's in the rate for us

already. Look at 12. Verse 25. And Barnabas and

Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled

their ministry. And... They also took with them

John Mark, whose surname was Mark. Oh, John,

whose surname was Mark. Amen? Yes. They just

returned. In verse 2, in Antioch, they ministered

to the Lord and fasted. The Holy Spirit said,

say, pray to me. Say, pray to me, Barnabas. And

so for the work which I have called them. Don't

mind. Saul and Paul is the same thing. It's just

that Paul is a Roman name. Saul is a Jewish name.

Are we together? It's not that Saul, when he

was a sinner, and now Paul, when he's a... Are

we together? You know he's a Roman citizen also.

Amen? So the word separate, you know, it's powerful

there. It's translated from the Greek word aphorizo.

A -P -H -O. A -P -H -O -R -I -Z -O. Aphorizo

is a verb there, which means to appoint or to

set apart for some purpose. For some purpose.

To set apart. For some purpose. That place we

read. Romans chapter 1. Is the same word used

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here. Romans chapter 1 verse 1. Paul a born servant

Romans 1:1

of Jesus Christ. Called to be apostle. Separated.

To the gospel of God. Which he promised before.

Through his prophet. In the holy scriptures.

So that's the same word. Afrizo. To separate.

For a purpose. 2 Corinthians 6 .17. 2 Corinthians

6 .17. And take the helmet. Sorry. Therefore,

come out from among them and be what? And be

separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is

unclean, and I will receive it. He's talking

about set yourself apart. Because there's a difference

between holiness and unrighteousness, or the

believer and unbeliever. Galatians 1, 15. Galatians

1, 15. But when it pleases God who separated

me, meaning who set me apart from my mother's

womb and called me through his grace, through

his grace, he separated me. So that is the word

there. He says separate me. Set them apart. He's

not just saying, just take them away. No, what

he's saying that, he said, ordain them for the

next walk. Did you understand what I'm saying?

In other words, I want you to empower, and these

people understood what the Holy Spirit is saying.

So after the utterance, they know how you separate

men is by what? Laying of hands. They knew. So

that's why after they have prayed, What did they

do? They responded to what the author said. They

laid their hands and sent them away. That, you

see, the fact that, listen. Did you remember

that Paul, hands were laid on Paul? In Acts chapter

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9. Do you remember that? In Damascus. We get

again, we saw, after they finished work in Jerusalem,

they are going to another work. Hands were laid

on them. You must never outgrow the need for

impartation. You must never outgrow The need

for impartation. The fact that hands were laid

on you some time ago does not mean that's all.

There are faces in your assignment. You might

finish one work here. As Paul and Barnabas in

Jerusalem, they were praying. They say, oh, there

is another one. They lay hands on them. Paul

later reminded Timothy that hands were laid on

him. Did you understand what I'm saying? Look

at 1 Timothy chapter 4. 1 Timothy chapter 4 verse

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14. Do not neglect the gifts. You see that again?

He told the church in Rome, I want to come to

you so that I might impart spiritual gifts. Now

he was reminding them, reminding Timothy, something

came upon you. He said, do not neglect the gift

that is in you, which was given to you by the

prophecy with the laying of hands of the eldership.

He now again reiterated that in 2 Timothy 1 .6.

Therefore, I remind you to stir up the gifts

which is in you through the laying of my hands.

It appears hands were laid on him twice. In the

first letter, he said through the laying of hands

of the eldership. That could be the authority

of the church or elders. But now he specifically

said through the laying of my hands. I can imagine

how Paul have laid hands. Of course, how can

you have a son in the faith like that? And you

have not laid eyes. Remember what he said. You

have carefully followed my word, my doctrine,

my manner of life. Definitely, you must have

laid hands on him. Do you remember? The reminder

was to make Timothy to produce the fruit from

the impartation through the laying of hands.

So there's an expectation. When hands are laid

upon you, there's an expectation of something

supposed to come out of it. Because it's not

just ceremonial. It's an impartation and there

is an expectation. And the expectation is that

there's supposed to be some fruits. In your commitment.

In the fruit of ministry. Just like we saw in

Acts chapter 6. Hands were laid upon them. We

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begin to see wonders. Men who were unknown, they

became known. Begin to operate in a new dimension.

Men who are to serve tables, suddenly they are

catching territories, bringing joy to cities.

Bringing joys to cities. I want you to notice

something. That in Act 13, there were prophets

and teachers. They knew the method of God. The

lane of hands is how they transmitted the power

of God. And the power of God is for the advancement

of the work. Because it's a work which he has

called him. He says, separate me. You understand?

For the work. Means, I need this man to be empowered

for the work which I have called him. And they

knew it. Oh. The work of the Spirit on the earth

is advanced through the laying of hands. And

through the laying of my hands, the work of God

is advanced in my generation. That should be

your prayer as well. That as I lay hands on people,

men as established, the word of God increase.

There is great joy to cities, to territories,

to nations. To nations. To nations. Act 14. Look

at Act 14. I want you to notice a pattern here,

just the same way like we have gone. Did you

notice that when it comes to this type of ordinations

into specific ministries, it's not done to any

person. Have you noticed something? When they

were asking those to take an office, they didn't

call random anybody. They said, choose among

you. And they gave criteria. Did you observe

that? So when they chose them, they lay hands

on them. Again, here in Act 13, did you observe

that? These were teachers and what? And prophets.

Are we together? Look at Act 14. Now it happened

in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue

of the Jews and spoke to the great multitude

both of Jews and of the Greek belief. But The

unbelievers, unbelieving Jews, stare at the Gentiles

and poison their minds against the brethren.

Verse 3. Therefore they stayed there a long time,

speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing

witness to the word of his grace, granting signs

and wonders to be done by their hands. Note that

it was a long time they stayed. And the reason

is because they are building disciples. So, in

the conium, they stay there, preaching, performing

great signs and wonders. Are we together? Through

their hands, laying hands in the sand. Establishing

men. Are we together? Establishing men. Establishing

men. Look at. After then, what was formed? The

multitude of the city was divided. Parts. sided

with the Jews and part with the apostles. And

when a violent attempt was made by both the Jews,

the Gentiles and Jews with their rulers to abuse

and stone them, they became aware of it and fled

to Lystra. So they moved to Lystra and Derbe,

cities of Lycaonia. and to the surrounding regions.

Look at verse 7. And they were preaching the

gospel there. So they preached again there. But

by then in Iconium, they have made disciples

because it's still a long time there. Laying

hands, establishing them, teaching them. They

come also to Lystra, they do the same thing.

Are we together? They did the same thing. They

did the same thing. By the time you move, there

was another confusion. Move to verse 19. Remember,

after they say, separate me, Paul and Barnabas,

you know they are from Antioch. Right? So in

verse 19, he said, then the Jews from Antioch

and Iconium, remember those who do trouble in

Iconium, that they moved to Debi and Lystra and

the surrounding region. Again, they came, they

heard that they had moved to another city, they

went and caused trouble. And having persuaded

a multitude, they stoned Paul and dragged him

out of the city, supposing him to be dead. However,

when the disciples gathered around him, he arose

up and went into the city. And the next day he

departed with Barnabas to Derbe. And when they

had preached the gospel to the city and made

many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Icunium,

and Antioch. You understand? When the dust calmed

down, all those troublemakers, they thought they

have moved. They returned back again. Because

they have made disciples there. What did they

do when they have returned? He strengthened them,

verse 22, the souls of the disciples. You see

that? Yes. He strengthened them, exhorting them

to continue in faith and saying, we must, through

many tribulations, enter the kingdom of God.

Verse 23. So when, They had appointed elders

in every church. Do you see that? First is not

appointing of elders. First is a discipleship.

They stay long. They taught. They disciple. They

move. Trouble came. They allow the trouble return.

They move back. They strengthen those people

they have in the south. And now they appoint

elders. You see, in those parts, understand that

they did signs and wonders through their hands.

Remember? This one, they put hands in every,

what do you call it? All those people who are

sick, all believers who are sick, and the people

who are sick, they lay hands on them and heal

them. Many miracles using laying of hands. But

this time around, it's a special one in the son.

What did they do? So when they had, verse 23,

had appointed elders in every church and prayed

with fasting, they commended them to the Lord

in whom they had believed. Do you see that? They

are appointed. What do you say is appointed?

You know, appointed? It's not, listen, appointed

means separate. It's not just, you say, you,

from today, you are the chief usher. You, from

today, you are the elder in charge of this. No,

that's not what we're talking about. You understand?

That's separate. Appointed means to set apart.

You understand? They appointed Ella. They set

apart men who are matured to lead. And as usual,

of course, they lay hands on them. Are we together?

Amen. So you could see a pattern. You could see

a pattern. Just the same way. But look, as we

saw the same thing. In Acts chapter 8, where

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we have already read, for example, they lay hands

on all believers to receive the Holy Ghost. Because

after they are preached to them, Peter and John

came, they lay hands on all of them and they

received the Holy Ghost. However, you can lay

hands on all people and put them, you can't do

that to everyone into special offices in the

church. Did you get what I'm trying to say? I'm

trying to make a distinction between ordination

into special offices, into leadership position

in the church. and just to administer the things

of the spirit, the healings, and that you can

do that. But when it comes to, you don't just

go there, you see anybody, this one is a believer.

He looks broad -chested, look good. Come here.

You are a bishop now. This is the rascality we

are seeing today. That's why we are having confusion.

Did you understand what I'm saying? I used to

think he's only bishop. Now he's archbishop.

Probably to start archapostle. I don't understand.

Some names are now increasing. We used to, we

used to castigate Catholic church, but now we

are doing worse. No one is a most reverend, holy,

his holiness, his this, his that. Now we are

doing most reverend in, I don't even know some

of these. You see long, long names now. I heard

a story of one of our pastors in the sun. They

say, ah, pastor, you are here. I say, no, don't

call me pastor. I'm a reverend. Oh my God. Amen.

You know. So you have to be cautious. Now look

at what Paul told Timothy. You understand? That's

why I want you to understand that. 1 Timothy

5. 22, 1 Timothy 5, 22. Oh, if you are sleeping,

please pay attention to this. Look at it. 1 Timothy

5, 22. He said, do not lay hands on anyone hastily.

On anyone hastily. No share in other people's

sin. Keep yourself what? Pure. Keep yourself

pure. Is Paul contradicting all he has been writing?

No. No. So what is Paul saying? What exactly

is he saying? Why is he saying that you should

not be in a haste to lay hands? What is Paul

referring to? Now I want you to just. Listen

and look at the context. Look at verse 17. Let

the elders who rule well be counted worthy of

double honor, especially those who labor in what?

In what and doctrine. Because when you say elders

who rule well, that means there is some confusion

in that place. There are some ones who there

is some... believers around, you understand,

that they are not doing what is supposed to.

Did you get what I'm trying to say? For the scripture

says, you shall not muzzle an ox while it treads

out the corn. And the laborer is worthy of his

wages. Do not receive an accusation against an

elder except from two or three witnesses. So

there's something there. Are we together? Verse

20, those who are sinning, rebuke them. Rebuke

in the presence of all that the rest may, that

the rest also may fear. I charge you before God

and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels

that you observe, that you observe these things

without prejudice. Doing nothing with what? That

is when he now said, do not lay hands on anyone

asleep. Now that anyone would not mean every

believer there. No, he was talking, the context

is about elders. Did you understand what I'm

saying? The context is about what? Elders. So

when he was talking, give me NLT. I think NLT

clearly stated it. So when he said, this is why

I told you, appointment means laying of hands.

Look at what NLT says. Never be in a hurry to

do what? Oh, are we together? To appoint a church

leader. What is appointing? Are we together?

So as we said, you know, in our days, when they

say they appointed him, he's at the point. Hey,

you receive a letter. You are going to occupy

that position. No, that's not what we're talking

about. Appointing means to lay hands on someone

because it's a system of empowerment. The reason

is because you don't, when it comes to leadership,

special offices, you don't hastily lay hands

on people. You have to be discreet so that you

will not go and carry somebody that will be confusing

the whole place. That is the point I'm trying

to make. So it is to be noted. That in all where

we saw people put in position of ministry, hands

were laid. Hands were laid on them. Are we together?

No oil was seen. No oil. You've never seen. All

the ones, it's only hands that were laid. It's

not a mistake. We never saw use of oil. But why

is it that today, there's a lot used? You see

that when people are about to be ordained, they

carry a jar of oil, put on them. We use oil in

so many of our churches to consecrate, to set

apart people for the work of ministry. But what

we have understood from all the texts and scriptures,

God's system is what? To lay hands, not to pour

oil. The question is, how did we get here? Does

anointing a believer with oil have any spiritual

value? Remember, we've already noted through

text that what? That the laying of hands is spiritual,

is supernatural. Is that okay? Is that okay?

Now the question is, is using oil spiritual,

supernatural? Does he have any spiritual value?

Some people will cite James. Look at James. Go

to James. James chapter 4, verse 14. James 4,

James 4:14

14. Sorry, it's 5. James 5, 14. Is anyone among

you sick? Let him call for the elders of the

church and let them pray over him, anointing

him with oil in the name of the Lord. Now, throughout

the text of what we call the New Testament, This

is the only place that mentions the use of oil.

Now, you see, when you see a place very unique,

a vast, that is very unique from the nomad, you

need to take time to study. Are we together?

You need to take time to do what? To study. And

let me mention something very profound. There

is a standard. You see, when we say doctrine,

we mean, remember what we said, right? Instruction,

a set of instructions. It's not separate. Now,

a verse cannot become a doctrine. Let me say

it again. Let me say it again. You don't establish

a doctrine with a verse. Did you understand what

I'm saying? Yeah? No. So all the problems. that

we are having with trousers, with head tie. Do

you know what I'm saying? In the name of the

Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All of

them came from one verse. When you sat, you see

one verse. Yet we have made it a special thing

in the church. That's why I say, each time you

hear a verse mention something and nowhere again,

be careful. Sit down and read. Did you understand

what I'm saying? Sit down and read. There are

many verses about indecency. Did you get what

I'm trying to say? We are coming, you know, we

are doing, we have a long way to go. Issues around

women's liberty. We are at what? I think we are

up at part 19. Okay, we are still moving. Amen?

So, but what I'm trying to say is that be careful,

else you are going to a slippery place. Now,

one of it is this one. Hallelujah. Now, he said,

and it is very important. Now, what does it mean

to anoint? It means to anoint. Just simply to

rob. Just to rob something. When you anoint someone.

To just rob. Is that okay? That's what it means.

The verb. When you say anoint. It means to rob.

To rob. And that is important for us to understand

that. Now, that word anoint means a life form.

A -L -E. Hallelujah. Be patient. We'll soon be

moving for this session. But come with me. I

want you to pay attention because this is very

important. If you are sleeping, Make your system

awake because there's an explanation I have to

go into this one. Even if we don't finish it,

we can continue in the next session. Amen? It's

A -L -E -I. Can you tell that young man I will

give him... We love them. Amen? So anoint is

L -I -4, means A -L -E -I -P -H -O. A -L -E -I

-P -H -O in Greek. Just like I said, means to

anoint or anoint means to rob, means to rob.

Come with me quickly. Let me see what I can do

for the time I have now. Matthew 16. Matthew

6. Go to 6. Matthew 6. Matthew 6. Let me read

verse 16. Moreover, when you fast, do not be

like the hypocrite with a sad countenance. For

they disfigured their faces that they may appear

to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you,

they have their reward. But you, when you fast,

anoint your head and wash your face. Are we together?

That word anoint there is a life form. Means

to rub, of course, invariably with oil, understand?

And wash so that you don't appear like a hypocrite.

Mark 6. Mark 6, 13. Mark 6, 13. And they cast

out demons. And they cast out many demons and

anointed with oil many who were sick. And heal

them. Please follow me. Because I'm coming. The

question is that. These are the disciples. Did

Jesus ask them to anoint? There's a question.

One side. Go to Mark 16. Verse 1. Now when the

Sabbath was passed. Mary Magdalene. Mary the

mother of James. And Salome bought spices that

they might come and anoint him. Luke 17, 38.

Luke 17, 38. Sorry, did I say seven? No, seven?

Come in, let me check that text. Luke 7, 38.

Put it there for me. Let me go myself. Yes, and

stood at his feet behind him, weeping, and she

began to wash his feet with her tears and wiped

them with the hair of her head. Thank you, sir.

And she kissed. Are we together? John 11, 2.

John 11, 2. It was that Mary who anointed the

Lord with fragrance. with the fragrant oil and

wipe his feet with her. Right? His feet with

her hair, whose brother Lazarus was six. Anoint

there. Anoint. Move to 12. 12 verse 3. Then Mary

took a pound of very costly oil of spiked nut,

anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet

with her hair and the house was filled with the

fragrance. of oil. Now, Freddie, we read James.

So why did James ask the elders of the church

to use oil? So we saw that James asked the elders

to use oil. Why? And that's unique because James

did that. Are we together? Why? Now, if you look

at it, go to James chapter 1. Because that will

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help us understand the background of the book

to help us to know what exactly James or who

James was communicating to. James 1. James, a

born servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ,

to the 12 tribes which are scattered abroad,

greetings. So that means the audience of James

are Jews. Are we together? Even though they are

believers, they are what? Jews. So it wasn't

strange to them. He wasn't writing to Gentiles.

Remember, I told you already, the use of oil

already stemmed from Jacob. Are we together?

So already is a cultural thing. So it wasn't

strange. So when you ask them, use oil, it wasn't

strange. The Jews are known to use oil for medicinal

purposes. They use it for different things. We

have just read a number of things how they use

oil. To anoint Jesus, to do this, to do that,

to do that. Many things. Are we together? So

they understood what James was talking about.

So James was asking the elders to combine natural

and spiritual. It wasn't a conflict with them.

You understand what I'm saying? When they use

oil, they are not saying that they don't believe

in the supernatural. It was just common that

when you use that in the sun. It's like when

somebody prayed for you, you say, just go and

take your bath. Are you saying that you don't

believe in what he's saying? You know what I'm

trying to say? So it's a norm for them. It's

a norm for them. So this was what... But the

question is that we need to investigate more

further. And we saw the disciples did that. Are

we together? From where we read. But... Jesus

never asked the disciples to anoint. Let's go

back to that place. Mark 6. Mark chapter 6. Look

Mark 6 · chapter mention

at verse 7. Mark 6. Verse 7. And he called the

twelve to himself and began to send them out

two by two. and gave them power over unclean

spirits. He commanded them to take nothing for

their journey except staff, no bag, no bread,

no copper in their money belts, but to wear sandals

and not to put on two tonics. Also, he said to

them, in whatever place you enter a house, stay

there till you depart from that place. Whoever

will not receive you nor hear you when you depart

from there, shake off the dust under your feet

as a testimony against them. Actually, I say

to you, it will be more terrible for Sodom and

Gomorrah in the day of judgment than that city.

Verse 12, so they went out and preached that

people should repent. They cast out many demons.

You see, when Jesus asked them, he went them

to preach, gave them power over unclean spirits.

So to preach. So what he asked them was to heal

the sick. Go back to Luke. Luke tells us that.

Let's read Luke account quickly. Luke 9. Luke

9. Then, verse 1, then he called his 12 disciples.

and gave them power and authority over all demons

and to cure what? Diseases. He sent them to preach.

Look at verse two. He sent them to do what? To

preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

And he said to them, take nothing for the journey,

neither staff, neither back. What we just read,

Max was saying. Are we together? And then verse

six, look at six. So they departed. and went

through the towns preaching the gospel and healing

everyone. Jesus himself never used oil. He would

spat, he would touch. We read all Jesus did,

you understand, in his healing. So he gave them

power to do that. You understand? Peter showed

to us what Jesus was doing, how he was separated,

how he was appointed. In Acts chapter 10, verse

Acts 10:38

38, how Jesus Christ was anointed with the Holy

Ghost and power and where they are doing good,

you understand? Healing all those that were oppressed

by the devil. Are we together? So you could see

that he told them, no, no, no, no, this is what

you should do. When you go to 10, also Matthew

Matthew 10:1–4

chapter 10, verse 1 to 4. Matthew 10. I need

to read that text. Matthew 10. We now round up

there. And when he had called his 12 disciples

to him, he gave them power over unclean spirit

to cast out and to heal. You see that? To cast

out and to heal all kinds of sicknesses and all

kinds of diseases. You see? Even when he sent

them, he told them not to carry things. He even

told them, don't carry anything. So I don't know

how they smuggle bottles. He has instructed them,

don't carry anything, just move. Anywhere you

stop, enter. But you see the people, their culture,

they smuggle something. And we saw in Acts 13,

they say after they are healed, they have healed

them. Look at it, go back to Acts 13. Mark 6,

13. He said, and they cast out many demons. How

did they do? They cast out many demons and anointed

with oil many who were sick and healed them.

So even though they did the healing, they did

the casting of demons, they still used oil to

just anoint these people. Remember, they didn't

anoint the people who had demons. The only cast

is people who are sick. Remember I told you,

it's a cultural thing in the Jews, you understand?

Because the oil has medicinal purpose, you understand

what I'm saying? So they do that. Of course,

they have other purposes. They do with it, you

understand, just like we have read. But what

can we see here? The oil is not supernatural.

Let me repeat again. Oil is not what? It's not

supernatural. From all this reading we have read,

oil was not supernatural. From Jacob, we saw

it as a symbol of honor first, like to anoint

the place. And you put it there. It's a showing

of that this is a sacred place. It's an indication.

Because remember where they were coming from.

Just the same way Abraham. When Abraham gave

tithes, You understand? We can learn something

about the titan. You understand what I'm saying?

Because Abraham, he was coming from a pagan place.

There is a system they are used to. And in their

system, they know honor. So when they meet somebody

who is of authority, you understand? They give

him something. They give him a titan as a sign

of honor. When Abraham was doing that, he was

not expecting to receive anything. It's an honor

you do to an elder. In our people, where I came

from, you can't see an elder, even if it's not

from your family, you can't see an elder living

with his load. Although these days, I don't understand

what we're doing. You see some people, like when

I'm in school, when I, in those days, I use the

bus. You see an elderly person shaking in the

bus and younger people are sitting down. Something's

wrong with us. No, we have learned. This is not

Bible. This is culture. Do you understand what

I'm saying? Yes, your culture can tally with

the honor in scriptures, but there are things

we come into. It is part of where we are raised.

You can't be passing and there's a road, a tiny

road, and you and an elder is coming and then

you are struggling who to give space. No, we

are. How now? It's our culture that you shift

first and you greet. Welcome, sir. And you prostrate.

And we have that in Yorubas in the Sunday. We

even lie down in the sun. This is a way of showing

honor. It's a cultural thing. That's the same

thing with them. So it wasn't supernatural. It's

lying down supernatural. No. It's culture. So

there's no way Jesus asked these apostles to

use oil for ordination. No. Ordination is by

laying of hands. Although we have churches that

have adopted from the Old Testament, they use

the Old Testament text. Like for example, Samuel,

when he was going to consecrate David and all

that, he carried a jar of oil and was moving.

But now you are in the New Testament. Understand

how systems work. See, if you are not careful,

you will be practicing the Jewish culture, thinking

that it is actually Bible. You must know how

to sift between cultural things. I told you.

That God accommodated men's limitations and cultures

used their language to communicate his purpose.

So you must be able to see which one is the culture.

It's just like you can come, you can come by

and that's why I said I thank God for Jesus.

That's the same thing what we are seeing today

with many other things. Like the issue that you

cannot permit a woman to lead a church. Or you

can't permit world where we have been leading.

You understand? Did you see any name of a man

or a man? They say they are called disciples.

They are called believers. He said, these saints

are followed in their belief. Did he say a man?

No. So that's the same thing. But if you're going

to follow the culture of the Jews, no, you can't

bring a woman inside. In fact, some of you, if

you are going to use it, some of you that are

having menstrual period, we will send you away.

For two weeks, you will not come and miss us.

So, You have to see which one. So oil has no

spiritual value. It's not a spiritual thing.

Are we together? Oil has nothing. So as we go

for a break, know that the way to ordain, to

appoint, is by the laying of hands. Are we together?

Is by the what? Laying of hands. Are we together?

Yes. Can you use oil? Yes. But use it. with an

understanding, like aprons. Do you understand

what I'm saying? We have red aprons, touch their

body, and when they heal the people. If you are

doing it in that understanding, it's a different

thing. Amen. Can you just pray and thank the

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