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  5. Can we just still pray in the Holy Ghost just

  6. in two minutes? Can we just pray in the Holy

  7. Ghost in two, three minutes? One of the things

  8. that you're going to pray. Amen. Let me just

  9. instruct us. Please follow the instruction. The

  10. instruction is one. And the prayer is that, Lord,

  11. I have supernatural experiences. I have supernatural

  12. experiences. And I have so much operations. I

  13. see so much operations of the gifts of the Holy

  14. Ghost. I have supernatural experiences. And I

  15. experience and I see so much. operations of the

  16. gifts of the Holy Ghost at work in my life. I

  17. have supernatural. Before we pray, let me say

  18. something. Last two days, I wanted to sleep.

  19. And after the whole prayers, I just said something.

  20. I said, Holy Spirit, as I sleep, I have supernatural

  21. experiences. And I slept. That night, I had several

  22. dreams. Series of dreams from one to another,

  23. to another, to another. But let me just say one

  24. on this platform. So there's a pastor in Nigeria.

  25. We have never met. We have never talked. I know

  26. about him through someone that left from here.

  27. But it's been a while we spoke about the pastor.

  28. But I slept. And when I slept, I had a dream

  29. with him that both of us were traveling on a

  30. road. I was inside a bus. The pastor was also

  31. in their bus. If you are in Nigeria or in Africa,

  32. you know that normally where you are taking,

  33. where you are traveling long distances, the driver

  34. tends to stop on the road. So that everybody

  35. that needs to ease themselves, buy food and all

  36. those things. So, but this time around, we met

  37. them on the road and then they were resting.

  38. So the pastor and his friend were just by the

  39. car, you know, sitting down and kneeling behind

  40. on the car. And then I dropped from my bus. And

  41. as I saw him, I quickly recognized him. I recognized

  42. him by the face. And I said, oh, pastor, how

  43. are you doing? Fine. How is everything? You know,

  44. so I was like, ah, so -and -so person has told

  45. me so much about you. He was like, wow. I said,

  46. yes, sir. You know? So, and when we started talking,

  47. he now began to tell me something about humming

  48. and something about mounting. Right? The dream

  49. was so real. So real. So, but I perceived from

  50. the dream that he was trying to tell me about

  51. something. So, but as we're just talking, my

  52. driver called that let's go. And we left. And

  53. then we left them there. They also had their

  54. own journey. So, but when I woke up, I contacted

  55. that person. I said, please, what's the name

  56. of this pastor and his ministry and this and

  57. this? Details were sent to me. And then I chatted

  58. with the person. The person said, well, I have

  59. access to him. I said, okay, these are some of

  60. the things I saw. These are some of the things.

  61. But as I started chatting, I began to perceive

  62. in my heart that the Lord was bringing increase

  63. to the pastor's ministry. It was bringing increase,

  64. and at the same time, there was going to be an

  65. outburst of the things of the Spirit, healing,

  66. miracles, signs, and wonders. And when I chatted

  67. with the person, the person told me, ah, sir,

  68. in fact, this is twice now we have had about,

  69. is it 14 or 21 hours of prayers. And I told the

  70. person, I said, as I'm chatting you now, confirm

  71. from the pastor also, because this same thing

  72. I'm saying now, somebody told the pastor some

  73. days ago. Recently, Abagji, same thing. It's

  74. a confirmation. So all my chats that we chatted

  75. with the person was forwarded to the pastor.

  76. And you know, the pastor replied. And amazingly,

  77. the pastor replied and confirmed everything that

  78. I said. Every one of them. I just slept. I have

  79. not seen the person on Instagram. I didn't scroll

  80. my phone. I didn't talk with anybody. And this

  81. person is in Nigeria and I'm here. Supernatural

  82. experiences. Word of wisdom. Word of knowledge.

  83. Certain things that are going to happen, the

  84. Spirit of God will bring it to our hearts. Our

  85. eyes will see in the Spirit. Our ears will hear

  86. by the Spirit. I tell you this. I can tell you

  87. series of testimonies that have happened in just

  88. these past two weeks. Supernatural experiences.

  89. By the spirit of God. Deeper levels. I tell you.

  90. Deeper levels of experiences. These things are

  91. real. And they are happening by the spirit of

  92. God. Can we just pray? In two minutes. The instruction

  93. is. I have supernatural experiences. And I see

  94. more operations of the gifts of the Holy Ghost.

  95. I have supernatural experiences. Maltese of the

  96. Obrich of the Horde of the Cobbiddy. Errato.

  97. Rosobracat. Zemelec no Cototeci. I have supernatural

  98. experiences. In the spirit, my heart is open

  99. in the spirit. I receive instructions for my

  100. wife. I receive instructions and directions for

  101. my children. There is much more demonstrations

  102. of the geese fleets. In Jesus' name we pray.

  103. In the name of Jesus, we pray. There's a sister

  104. that used to worship with us here in this church.

  105. She was among the first people that we started

  106. the church with. But it's been a while I spoke

  107. with her. It's been a while I spoke with her.

  108. You know, that night, I don't know, I can't call

  109. it a dream, I can't call it a vision, but it

  110. was too real. I knew that this was beyond just

  111. real. You know, and I saw her in the church.

  112. She was wearing their regalia, white in the church.

  113. Everybody was wearing white clothes. But when

  114. I saw I was there and I wonder, I said, but no,

  115. why are you among these people? Because I was

  116. like, the knowledge you have, you're not supposed

  117. to be among this. But it was like, I saw manipulation.

  118. That's what I perceived in the dream. That I

  119. saw as though someone manipulated her to be in

  120. that assembly. You know, so I reached out to

  121. her and I told her, I said, how are you doing?

  122. How is the place? Which church do you worship

  123. with? She told me it's in Soso Place. And I said,

  124. perfect. I said, but this is what I had as a

  125. dream. I dreamed about this, this, this, this,

  126. this. She said, Pastor, do you know that two

  127. of these days have been having the same dream

  128. I just told you about? And when we began to talk,

  129. she began to tell me certain things. And I told

  130. her, these are some of the things I perceive

  131. by the Spirit of God. And she now had to confirm

  132. how certain people have been coming to her to

  133. talk to her about the work of ministry. And I

  134. told her, I said, okay, these are the things

  135. I perceive in my heart that you need to be careful

  136. about this. You need to be careful about this.

  137. You need to be careful about that. I know a whole

  138. lot. So the Spirit of God is able to supply so

  139. much supernatural experience to you. Be open.

  140. Be open. Let your heart be open. Take initiative

  141. and participate in what the Holy Ghost is doing.

  142. He will use you to bring deliverance to your

  143. friends. He will use you to bring comfort to

  144. your family. He will use you to bring direction

  145. to your husband. He will use you to bring direction

  146. to your wives. Husband, listen to your wives.

  147. Wives, listen to your husbands. Children, listen

  148. to your friends. Listen to your children. Directions

  149. are coming by the Spirit of God in the Holy Ghost.

  150. The demonstration of the things of the Spirit

  151. are unlimited. They are unlimited. As we continue

  152. teaching, there will be so much that the Holy

  153. Ghost will be bringing to you. I tell you this

  154. by the Spirit of God that you're going to be

  155. receiving instructions by the Spirit of God.

  156. Even when we began praying, I perceived by the

  157. Spirit of God someone came. You have been praying

  158. these past few days regarding revelation and

  159. knowledge. Regarding revelational knowledge,

  160. you desire to not only read and listen to messages

  161. and see life in the world, but also you want

  162. utterance by the Spirit of God. Receive that

  163. now in the name of Jesus. Receive that now in

  164. the name of Jesus. Even after this meeting, I

  165. tell you this, by the Spirit of God, you are

  166. experiencing so much revelation and knowledge.

  167. So much, I tell you this. And it will be obvious

  168. and the pastors are going to confirm it because

  169. they're going to see you walk in it. Glory to

  170. God. So we are discussing about the Holy Ghost

  171. meeting. Please. If you're on this platform and

  172. you receive a word, please, can you indicate

  173. in the chat box? If you receive a word, you're

  174. on this platform, can you indicate on the chat

  175. box? Say, I have a word. Just write, I have a

  176. word. I will give you opportunity to say the

  177. word. But if you cannot, please, you can type

  178. the words on the chat box. If you have received

  179. for order, let's put it this way. For order,

  180. please, if you have received a word, can you

  181. type it on the chat box? If you have received

  182. it from an individual, just send a private message

  183. to the person. Like this afternoon after I returned

  184. back from work, as I was getting ready, I was

  185. receiving a word from my friends, and I was sure

  186. about the words. Please, if you have received

  187. a word by the Spirit of God, just type the word

  188. on the chat box for order. 1 Corinthians chapter

    1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention

  189. 12. 1 Corinthians chapter 12. I hear the word

    1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention

  190. joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy. There is going

  191. to be so much joy released out of the gatherings

  192. we are going to be having from now into cataclysmos.

  193. We will be living meetings rejoicing. We will

  194. be living meetings full of joy. We will be living

  195. meetings full of strength. We will be living

  196. meetings full of laughter. We'll be leading meetings.

  197. Literal healings will be taking place. Literal

  198. healings. Literal healings will be happening

  199. in our meetings. We will be leading meetings

  200. with joy. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians chapter 14.

    1 Corinthians 14 chapter mention

  201. Thank you, Holy Ghost. Did I say chapter 14?

  202. Chapter 12. 1 Corinthians chapter 12. The title

    1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention

  203. of our message is Holy Ghost Meetings. Holy Ghost

  204. Meetings. Holy Ghost Meetings. Verse 1. On Sunday

  205. we just stop at verse 3. Let's start reading

  206. from verse 1 to 3 today. Now concerning spiritual

  207. gifts brethren, I will not have you ignorant.

  208. I just want to do a fast recap now. That verse

  209. 3 there is talking about the believer. It's talking

  210. about people that are saved. You can't say Jesus

  211. is Lord. You can't confess the Lord Jesus Christ

  212. except by the Spirit of God. And that is Romans

    Romans 10 chapter mention

  213. chapter 10. Let's go to Romans chapter 10. Let's

    Romans 10 chapter mention

  214. see. You can put your hand in 1 Corinthians chapter

    1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention

  215. 12 so that you can cross -reference this scripture

  216. verse 3. It says that no man can say that Jesus

  217. is Lord. No man can confess that Jesus is Lord

  218. by what? By what? By the Holy Ghost. 1 Corinthians

    1 Corinthians 3 chapter mention

  219. chapter 3. Verse 9. Thus give thou shall confess

  220. with thy mouth. If thou shall say with thy mouth

  221. the Lord Jesus. and shall believe in thy heart

  222. that God hath raised him from the dead, thou

  223. shalt be saved. Only the man that is saved can

  224. say the Lord Jesus, can confess the Lordship

  225. of Jesus. And that happens by the Spirit of God.

  226. And we said in the last message, How did we encounter

  227. the Spirit of God at salvation? How at salvation?

  228. By the word of truth that we've heard, that is

  229. the gospel. So the hearing of the gospel, that

  230. is salvation, was that first moment where we

  231. encountered the Spirit of God. And since then,

  232. our lives never remained the same. Hallelujah.

  233. Our nature changed. See what the scripture says.

  234. That man has a regenerated spirit in the Lord.

  235. He has a new nature. And that is why when we

  236. keep reading now, it says all things are God

  237. who has reconciled us unto himself like Jesus

  238. Christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation.

  239. A new nature with a new assignment. Hallelujah.

  240. A new nature with a new assignment. A new nature

  241. with a new calling. A new nature that separated

  242. us from the dumb idols that we've been carried

  243. away. Our previous life. When we read Ephesians

    Ephesians 2 chapter mention

  244. chapter 2. I know these scriptures that is coming

  245. to my spirit now. We didn't read them on Sunday.

  246. But they are just popping more in my heart. Ephesians

    Ephesians 2:1

  247. chapter 2 verse 1. He said, and you had it quickened.

  248. Who were dead in trespasses and sins. In time

  249. past, yea, walk according to the curse of this

  250. world, according to the prince of the power of

  251. the air, the spirit that now walketh in the children

  252. of disobedience, among whom also we all had a

  253. conversation in time past. Can you see? Dumb

  254. idols in the past. So the believer cannot be

  255. known again by his past nature. So how did we

  256. encounter the Holy Ghost? We encountered the

  257. Holy Ghost and salvation. How? By the hearing

  258. of the gospel. That gospel that we have heard

  259. has made us spiritual men. So we have the Spirit

  260. of God dwelling in our insides. When you say

  261. that I am spiritual, What you are saying in essence

  262. is that I have the spirit of God dwelling where?

  263. Dwelling in my inside. And we read Corinthians

  264. chapter 3 verse 16. We say you are the temple

  265. of the Holy Ghost. So the Holy Ghost dwells in

  266. our inside. Hallelujah. I don't have another

  267. type of spirit. I don't have a demon spirit.

  268. I don't have a spirit of lust. I don't have a

  269. spirit of pride. I don't have a spirit of jealousy

  270. in me. I have the spirit of the living God dwelling

  271. in my inside. See, let me set the course of our

  272. hearts in order. That you see this casatismo

  273. that is coming this year. Whatever you will do,

  274. as long as you're on this island, be part of

  275. it. I have the spirit of the living God dwells

  276. in me. And whatever you see, you see, that thing,

  277. that thing that we see in the church manifesting

  278. the kingdom of God is already powered on the

  279. spirit of God that is dwelling in us. Every manifestation,

  280. every demonstration, every oppression is powered

  281. by the Spirit of God. Which we are going to come

  282. to see in the subsequent verses we're going to

  283. read in 1 Corinthians chapter 12. So we establish

    1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention

  284. in a way of introduction on Sunday about salvation,

  285. that the Holy Ghost meetings are for peace. Hallelujah.

  286. Can we have people that are unsaved come to it?

  287. Yes, we're going to come to it. Amen. But Holy

  288. Ghost meetings primarily for people that are

  289. saved. Hallelujah. Because we're going to see

  290. the word giving room and we're going to see the

  291. Holy Ghost giving room for manifestation, for

  292. demonstration and for operations. Hallelujah.

  293. So all that I've said now are the things that

  294. we discussed. On Sunday, in a way of introduction,

  295. that we are saved. We are spiritual men. The

  296. Holy Ghost walks in us when? Hallelujah. He said,

  297. now, where we read in 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

    1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention

  298. He said, not tomorrow. Now, we have not received

  299. the spirit of the world. What have we received?

  300. We have received the spirit of the living God.

  301. Now. The believer's life is a current reality.

  302. Do you hear what I said? The believer's life

  303. is a current reality in Christ. It's not a past

  304. reality. Oh boy, every day our lives is a current

  305. reality in Christ Jesus. The walkings of the

  306. Holy Ghost is a current walking. That is why

  307. the believer must desire to see more. the manifestation

  308. of the things of the Holy Ghost at work in his

  309. life. Because it's a current reality. There is

  310. more in the spirit of God to experience. Our

  311. hearts must be set in order. Our hearts must

  312. be set in order. There is so much that the Holy

  313. Ghost wants to do in our lives. And let me tell

  314. us, these things can only happen in meetings.

  315. Hallelujah. These things can only happen in meetings.

  316. Let me share a testimony of Bro Gabriel. Bro

  317. Gabriel is on this platform. When he was experiencing

  318. the symptoms of some of those illnesses, his

  319. wife would tell us when she comes to church,

  320. she would say that he has mission. In fact, if

  321. you are like him, he wants to come to church.

  322. You must understand that all that God will do

  323. in your life, the training, the teachings, will

  324. happen through meetings. Let me say it again.

  325. You must understand that all that God will do,

  326. all that God will manifest, the instructions,

  327. the growth, the directions, the clarity, will

  328. happen through meetings. The trainings will happen

  329. through meetings. The growth will happen through

  330. meetings. The manifestations will happen through

  331. meetings. I will not have you ignorant, my brethren.

  332. Do not despise meetings. We are who we are today

  333. because of meetings. Bro Victor will shout that.

  334. All the pastors will shout that. Every one of

  335. us will shout that. We are who we are today as

  336. a result of what? Meetings. I remember my mom,

  337. oh boy, my mom would force us to go to vigils.

  338. She does not care whether you will go. I have

  339. one picture somewhere here among my album. I

  340. shared it some time ago. My mom gave me her story,

  341. one big Bible. The Bible is bigger than me. One

  342. big Bible. And we touch like you see me. You

  343. know, I held a big Bible and we touch like. Brethren,

  344. in that vigil, I slept all through. But we're

  345. still there. She would tell the brothers when

  346. they are going, when she cannot go. She said,

  347. please, can you branch and take my children to

  348. vigil? Don't worry. Any minute they are going

  349. to sleep, let them sleep there. In the morning,

  350. drag them back. Some vigils, we don't know what

  351. was happening, what they did there. I know the

  352. church is big. So you actually even went there

  353. angrily, you know. So when people are praying,

  354. you are at the back sleeping. So sometimes they

  355. will remember that you are sleeping. They will

  356. just come around. I know Pastor Victor is smiling.

  357. He must have had a similar experience, you know.

  358. So they will come and drag you. You know, you

  359. will go around. They will just pray, pray, pray,

  360. pray. Before they knew, you will sneak again.

  361. But let me tell you, let me say this. You see,

  362. with the Holy Ghost, even if you don't know the

  363. value of a meeting, He will ensure that that

  364. knowledge catches with you in the future. So

  365. some things will be illogical, but with time,

  366. the Holy Spirit will make it logical to your

  367. mind. Do you hear what I said? Some things will

  368. be what? Will be illogical to you now. But as

  369. you continue to grow, as the Holy Ghost continues

  370. to ensure that you are being trained in church

  371. meetings, in gatherings, they will start getting

  372. logical to your mind. So these things, these

  373. experiences are experiences happening to men

  374. that have the Holy Ghost in their inside. Hallelujah.

  375. So one of the things we established on Sunday

  376. is that Holy Ghost meetings are for spiritual

  377. men. And what do we mean by spiritual men? Men

  378. that are saved. Men that have the Spirit of God

  379. dwelling in their inside. As we began to read,

  380. we said that again. That God's will has been

  381. that his people will always be gathered before

  382. him. God's will has been that his mind will be

  383. revealed to his people in gatherings. God's will

  384. has been that his people will be trained in gatherings.

  385. That is why Pastor Victor shouted, you cannot

  386. be built or built in isolation. You can't say

  387. that my Holy Spirit is special. No, we have received

  388. common spirit. We have received common faith.

  389. We have received common gospel. We have received

  390. common gifts. Hallelujah. So we began to read

  391. from Exodus. We began to read all through to

  392. trace and see how God's will has been for his

  393. people. It has been in gatherings and meetings.

  394. Can you just add these two chapters of the Old

  395. Testament that we've read? Let's read 2 Kings

    2 Kings 23 chapter mention

  396. chapter 23. Oh, glory, glory, glory, glory, glory.

  397. 2 Kings 23. Desire the things of the Spirit.

  398. Desire supernatural experiences. Desire to see...

  399. The Holy Ghost manifests much more through your

  400. life. 2 Kings 23, verse 1. And the king sent,

    2 Kings 23:1

  401. and they gathered. Can you see? If it's your

  402. Bible. And they gathered unto him all the elders

  403. of Judah and of Jerusalem. And the king went

  404. up into the house of the Lord, and all the men

  405. of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem

  406. were with him. And the priests and the prophets

  407. and all the people, both small and great, and

  408. he read in their ears. Hallelujah. He read in

  409. their ears all the words of the book of the covenant

  410. which was found in the house of the Lord. And

  411. the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant

  412. before the Lord, walked after the Lord, and to

  413. keep his commandments and his testimonies and

  414. his acts with all their heart and with all their

  415. soul. to perform the words of this covenant that

  416. were written in this book. And all the people

  417. stood to us to the covenant. Did it happen with

  418. everybody in their houses? No. How did it happen?

  419. All the house of Judah, all the people of Jerusalem

  420. were what? Were gathered before the Lord in the

  421. temple. so that the words of the covenant can

  422. be read into their ears. Where do believers learn

  423. how to obey God? In meetings. Where do they hear?

  424. about the instructions from the mind of God in

  425. meetings. See, nobody should undermine meeting.

  426. Don't ever be among people that undermine believers'

  427. meetings. When they say, you, eh, you, eh, it's

  428. your church. Tell them, this church, church,

  429. church, church, church, church, is what has made

  430. my life better, better, better, better, better.

  431. I remember one guy, we grew up doing Sunday school.

  432. Then, I would drive around with my mom's car,

  433. and then he saw me one day, he just came, he

  434. said, he said, you, eh, they used to call me

  435. Wadi at home. You know? And then, he said, you,

  436. I don't understand. You know, you people, this

  437. same person with this Sunday school, see his

  438. statement. He said, you know, you people are

  439. doing church, church, same guy with this Sunday

  440. school. He said, you people are doing cho -chos.

  441. You know, we now, things have changed. And I

  442. said, Abek, can you just find me something there?

  443. You see now, you are driving car around. I say,

  444. you see this car? The owner of the car just gave

  445. me the key. She foils it. She put everything.

  446. It's not my car. His mouth is already black.

  447. When I say black, you should already know. The

  448. Lord will give you understanding. His mouth is

  449. already black. His eyes very red. He needs the

  450. next 20 nera so that he can smoke his lungs away.

  451. Let me tell you, this same chore, chore, chore,

  452. chore that he said we have been doing is where

  453. we are now. We is where we are. That same...

  454. that they refuse to do is where they are now.

  455. I returned home in 2022 after eight years. Do

  456. you know that I saw these boys on that same place

  457. where they drink local beers? Same place. That

  458. is after almost 12 years, 13 years or 14 years.

  459. These guys are still on that same place. Let

  460. me say this. Nobody ever, nobody ever stands

  461. with Jesus. Nobody ever gives his best for Jesus.

  462. And Jesus sees his life to be a waste. Never.

  463. It will never be said of you. That because you

  464. gave yourself for Christ. See let me tell you.

  465. Let me say this now. God has already sealed it.

  466. By the gift of the Holy Ghost in your heart.

  467. That your life can never be a waste. If you need

  468. an evidence. Hold this as an evidence. That God

  469. has sealed it. That your life can never amount.

  470. See, you know when they say, no, no, no, no,

  471. no, no, you're going to be a waste. They just

  472. give me some time. That is the evidence we have.

  473. So, God's might has always been revealed. Let's

  474. just write this down, please. You can add it

  475. as an extra scripture. Chronicles, 2 Chronicles

    2 Chronicles 15:9–15

  476. 15, verse 9 to 15. 2 Chronicles 15, verse 9 to

    2 Chronicles 15:9–15

  477. 15. Luke 4, verse 16. Luke 4, verse 16. Let's

    Luke 4:16 Luke 4:16

  478. see God reads. Luke 4, verse 16. Are we all here?

    Luke 4:16

  479. Hallelujah. Praise God. Luke chapter 4 verse

    Luke 4:16

  480. 16. See what the scripture says. And he came

  481. to Nazareth and Jesus came to Nazareth where

  482. he had been brought up and as his custom was.

  483. Can it be said about you that Attending believers'

  484. meetings is your custom. Hallelujah. It's your

  485. custom. As his custom was, he went into the synagogue

  486. on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. I was

  487. glad when they said to me, let us go to where?

  488. Let us go to the house of the Lord. As his custom

  489. was. He went to the synagogue. As his custom

  490. was. Please was always in the church. Or is always

  491. in the church. As his custom is. I am always

  492. at the prayer meetings. As my custom is. I am

  493. always at Sunday services. As my custom is. Let

  494. it be said about you. That is your custom. As

  495. his custom is. Jesus already had a custom. That

  496. he was always in the synagogue. Can you see?

  497. God's wings. Even Christ was always in God's

  498. wings. Luke 24. Luke 24, verse 33. And they rose

    Luke 24:33

  499. up together. Luke 24, verse 33. And they rose

    Luke 24:33

  500. up the same hour and returned to Jerusalem and

  501. found the 11 guard up together. Hallelujah. And

  502. them that were with them, saying, The Lord is

  503. risen indeed and has appeared to us. The testimonies

  504. of Christ are always shared among believers in

  505. meetings. And when we continue reading, we will

  506. see that Christ made them gather together. He

  507. expanded the scripture and taught there for 40

  508. days. In where? In meetings. In meetings. Gatherings.

  509. John chapter 20. Here we are gathered together.

    John 20 chapter mention

  510. John chapter 20. Verse 19. John chapter 20 verse

    John 20 chapter mention John 20:19

  511. 19. Then the same day, at the evening, being

  512. the first day of the week, when the doors were

  513. shut, where the disciples were assembled, where

  514. the disciples were gathered together for fear

  515. of Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst and

  516. said unto them, Peace be unto thee, unto you.

  517. And when he had so said, he shut up. unto them

  518. his hands and his side. Then where the disciples

  519. glanced, they saw the Lord. Where is Christ revealed

  520. in gatherings? Where is Christ seen in gatherings?

  521. Where is Christ known in gatherings, in meetings?

  522. Jesus met them consistently in gatherings. Acts

    Acts 1:15

  523. chapter 1 verse 15. Acts chapter 1, I have lots

    Acts 1 chapter mention

  524. of scriptures, so I'm just giving us 2, 3, 2,

  525. 3, 2, 3. Acts chapter 1 verse 15. After they

    Acts 1:15

  526. received instructions from Luke chapter 24, see

    Luke 24 chapter mention

  527. Acts chapter 1 verse 15. And in those days, Peter

    Acts 1:15

  528. stood up in the gatherings of the believers and

  529. said, the number of... of names together were

  530. about 120. He stood up in the gatherings of the

  531. believers. Acts chapter 2 verse 1. Acts chapter

    Acts 2:1 Acts 2:1

  532. 2 verse 1. Acts chapter 2 verse 1. And when the

    Acts 2:1

  533. day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all

  534. with one accord in one place. They were all gathered

  535. together in one place. The same thing we see

  536. in Acts chapter 1 verse 14. They all continued

    Acts 1:14

  537. together in oneness in prayer and supplication

  538. with the webed and many the brother of Jesus

  539. and with the brethren. They all together in three.

  540. in prayers, in teachings. Acts chapter 2 verse

    Acts 2:46–47

  541. 46 to 47. Acts chapter 2 verse 46. And they continue

    Acts 2:46

  542. in daily together in one accord in the temple

  543. and breaking bread from one house to another.

  544. did eat their meat with gladness and singleness

  545. of heart, praising God and having fervor with

  546. all the people, as the Lord added to the church.

  547. If you are like me, you can say, as the Lord

  548. added to the caverns of the believers, daily

  549. sought as he should be seen. The caverns of the

  550. believers. Where will the Lord bring increase

  551. in meetings? Where will the Lord bring multiplication?

  552. In meetings. They started 12, they became 120,

  553. they became 3 ,000, they became 5 ,000, they

  554. became a multitude in Acts chapter 6. The Lord

    Acts 6 chapter mention

  555. kept increasing, increasing them. By Acts chapter

    Acts 8 chapter mention

  556. 8, they were scattered abroad. Acts chapter 8,

    Acts 8 chapter mention

  557. there was so much persecution and they scattered.

  558. Multitudes separated and scattered everywhere.

  559. Good news, they didn't scatter to be individual.

  560. They scattered and continued raising gardens

  561. and meetings. There's an example there in Acts

    Acts 8 chapter mention

  562. chapter 8. And Philip went down and preached

  563. the gospel to the city of Samaria. When we read

  564. down to 12, 13, 14, you will see God's dreams

  565. there again. So when you keep reading across

  566. all the book of Acts, you're going to see God's

  567. dreams upon God's dreams upon God's dreams. Let

  568. me give us these references so that we can go

  569. to them. Acts chapter 3 verse 1. Acts chapter

    Acts 3:1 Acts 3:1

  570. 3 verse 1. You will see God's dream prayer hour.

  571. Acts chapter 3, verse 1. Acts chapter 4, verse

    Acts 3:1 Acts 4:23–24

  572. 23 to 24. I think our brother, our brother Prince,

  573. you know, Prince, I'll be, I'll be, I'll be saying

  574. Pastor Prince, Pastor Prince. They're a pastor

  575. already. Hallelujah. Right? Yes, he read from

  576. Acts chapter 4. Amen? You will see God's dreams.

    Acts 4 chapter mention

  577. Acts chapter 4, 23, 24. You will see God's dreams.

    Acts 4 chapter mention

  578. Behold their threatenings. The scripture says

  579. they return back to their company. Hallelujah.

  580. Acts chapter 5, verse 12. God's dreams. Acts

    Acts 5:12 Acts 5:12

  581. chapter 5, verse 12. Acts chapter 5, verse 42.

    Acts 5:42

  582. Acts chapter 5, verse 42. Acts chapter 10, verse

    Acts 5:42 Acts 10:27–33

  583. 27 to 33. Acts chapter 10, verse 27. Sorry, Acts

    Acts 10:27 Acts 10:27

  584. chapter 10, verse 27, and then you jump to 33.

  585. You will see meetings, meetings, meetings, meetings.

  586. Acts chapter 12, verse 5. Acts chapter 12, verse

    Acts 12:5 Acts 12:5

  587. 5, and you go to 12. You will see meetings and

  588. gatherings of believers. Acts chapter 14, verse

    Acts 14:27

  589. 27, meetings. Hallelujah. Acts chapter 16, verse

    Acts 16:13

  590. 13. Gatherings. And then extra scriptures. You

  591. check the remaining ones for yourself and then

  592. you are able to find. 1 Corinthians 5, verse

    1 Corinthians 5:4

  593. 4. 1 Corinthians 5, verse 4. You will see meetings.

    1 Corinthians 5:4

  594. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you

  595. are gathered together, and my spirit, with the

  596. power of our Lord Jesus Christ. Meetings. In

  597. the name of Jesus Christ, we will gather up together.

  598. Meetings. 1 Corinthians 5, verse 4. 1 Corinthians

    1 Corinthians 5:4 1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention

  599. chapter 12, field chapter 14. 1 Corinthians chapter

    1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention

  600. 12, field chapter 14. Gatherings and meetings.

  601. Those instructions of God to the church were

  602. instructions for meetings. Ephesians chapter

    Ephesians 4:11–13

  603. 4, verse 11 to 13, the gifts are for meetings.

  604. Pastors for meetings, apostles for meetings,

  605. evangelists for meetings, prophets for meetings.

  606. Philippians chapter 1, verse 27, meetings, gatherings.

    Philippians 1:27

  607. Only let your conversation be as it becomes the

  608. gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see

  609. you or else be absent, I hear of your affairs,

  610. that you stand together in one spirit, with one

  611. mind, striving together for the faith of the

  612. gospel. So we could see. Or we can see from all

  613. the scriptures. They guard us for prayers. They

  614. guard us for teachings. They guard us for preaching.

  615. They guard us for evangelisms. Let me say it

  616. again. They guard us for prayers. They guard

  617. us for teachings. They guard us for preaching.

  618. They guard us for evangelisms. They guard us

  619. for fellowships and communions. Let me say it

  620. again. They guard us for prayers. They guard

  621. us for teachings. They guard us for preaching.

  622. They gathered for communions and fellowships.

  623. They gathered for evangelisms. Meetings. Meetings.

  624. So the way you see and participate in meetings

  625. shows how you are growing. Your desire, your

  626. passion, your commitment to believers' gatherings

  627. shows how you are growing. So why do we need

  628. meetings? Why should we identify meetings? Why

  629. should we identify meetings? Simple answer. So

  630. that we can know how to conduct ourselves in

  631. those meetings. Please hold this sentence that

  632. I just said now with treasure because this is

  633. the sentence we're going to operate with instructions.

  634. Why do we need to identify different meetings?

  635. Simple answer. So that we can know how to behave

  636. and conduct ourselves in the different meetings.

  637. Let's start reading from verse... 14, yes. These

  638. days I write unto you, hope it to come unto you

  639. shortly. See verse 15, everybody. But if I tarry

  640. long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest

  641. to do it, please. 1 Timothy 3, verse 14. Let's

    1 Timothy 3:14

  642. read verse 15. But if I tarry long, and that

  643. thou mayest know how thou oughtest to do it,

  644. to be his, to conduct, thank you Pastor Victor

  645. for that word, to conduct yourselves in the house

  646. of God, which is the church of the living God,

  647. the pillar and the ground of truth. There is

  648. a way the believer must conduct himself in the

  649. house of God. So the believer knows every time

  650. I'm coming to church, I am coming to the pillar

  651. and the ground of truth. I am not coming to some

  652. form of club. I am not coming to some form of

  653. comedy platform. I am coming to an atmosphere

  654. where I am going to be taught a trade. He says

  655. you should know how to conduct yourself, even

  656. in my essence. Hallelujah. So why should we identify

  657. meetings? So that we can know how to conduct

  658. ourselves. Do you know that there are certain

  659. meetings? If you don't know the meetings, your

  660. participation is not effective. And because your

  661. participation is not effective, certain things

  662. you're going to miss out on those meetings. So

  663. there's a way we need to conduct ourselves in

  664. meetings. There's a manner that we need to conduct

  665. ourselves in meetings. So there's a way that

  666. we need to jump into the meetings. There's a

  667. posture. There's a posture. There's a posture.

  668. Every time we are coming, there's a posture.

  669. So we learn how to behave in the household of

  670. God from the church. We learn how to do things

  671. in the church, in meetings. All that we've listened.

  672. from all that we've read, from all that we've

  673. seen scripturally. You can write this for topic

  674. now. Different kinds of meetings. Different kinds

  675. of meetings. Different kinds of meetings. I know

  676. this teaching by the Spirit of God is going to

  677. bring so much revelational knowledge to us. And

  678. it's going to change how we participate in meetings.

  679. It's going to change when we come to church meetings.

  680. It's going to change how we behave, how we conduct

  681. ourselves. I know this by the Spirit of God.

  682. Number one meeting. Number one. The very frequent

  683. meetings that we always have is the teaching

  684. meetings. Teaching meetings. You see, all the

  685. things that we're going to discuss are all from

  686. the scriptures we have read and where we are

  687. coming from. The very frequent meetings that

  688. we always have at what? At teaching meetings.

  689. So teaching meetings are always and must always

  690. be the frequent meetings we have. Teaching meetings.

  691. And are always and must always be the frequent

  692. meetings we should always have. Please, don't

  693. ever get tired of teaching meetings. They are

  694. always the frequent meetings that we should have.

  695. They must always be the frequent meetings we

  696. must have. Always. Because teaching meetings...

  697. produces all the kinds of other meetings we're

  698. going to talk about. Let me put this. Put premium

  699. priority on teaching meetings. Please, I beg

  700. you. If you are listening to me, are you on this

  701. platform? Put premium. You say, oh, this church,

  702. eh? You know, we are always having teaching,

  703. teaching, teaching, teaching, teaching, teaching,

  704. teaching, teaching. Godda, if you don't, let's

  705. move. You understand this thing that I held in

  706. my mouth now that I did not say very soon. Let's

  707. just move it now. So these meetings are the primary

  708. meetings that must always be found in local church.

  709. They are the primary meetings that must always

  710. be found where? In local church. Let me tell

  711. you this now. Something came to my head now.

  712. I just got an answer for somebody now. How do

  713. I identify a local church I should be part of?

  714. Number one, this answers your question now. Somebody

  715. came to this platform with this question, and

  716. this is the answer. How do I identify a local

  717. church to be part of for my growth? Number one,

  718. look out that that church gives premium so much

  719. effort to teachings. They don't joke with teachings

  720. of God's word. They don't joke with the doctrine

  721. of Christ. Teaching services. So in teaching

  722. meetings, what happens? In teaching meetings,

  723. what happens? In teaching meetings, what happens

  724. is that we come around to hear God's word. We

  725. come around to hear God's word. We come around

  726. for biblical doctrine, to be taught and trained

  727. in biblical doctrine, the doctrine of Christ.

  728. In teaching meetings, we come to study. You see,

  729. we've been moving from one scripture to another,

  730. to another, to another. This is teaching meeting.

  731. So in teaching meetings, What happens? We come

  732. around to hear God's word. We come around and

  733. we are taught and trained in biblical doctrine.

  734. Doctrine of who? Doctrine of Christ. We come

  735. to study God's word. We move from one scripture

  736. to another. We move from one scripture to another.

  737. We look into different texts. We move from one

  738. text. We move to Genesis. We go to Exodus. We

  739. move to Jeremiah. We go to Psalms. We go to Isaiah.

  740. We move to Matthew. We go to Luke. We go to Acts.

  741. We go to Romans. We go to Revelation. We come

  742. to 1 John. We go to 2 John. We go to 3 John.

  743. We move from one scripture to another. That is

  744. what we find in teaching meetings. In these meetings,

  745. we have a subject. We are taught on subjects.

  746. We study it. We study it. We study it. When I

  747. was on campus, I used to attend a church. Let

  748. me say it this way now, because I have knowledge.

  749. I believe the Holy Spirit led our path to that

  750. church. However... We attended that church with

  751. the wrong motive because, you know, in the universities,

  752. students, they are looking for sharp, sharp church.

  753. You know, sharp, sharp church. Let me use this

  754. word. Probably some of us, we are looking for

  755. hit and run church. You know, hit and run. We're

  756. looking for those churches that are hit and run.

  757. Sniper churches. 30 minutes, 5 minutes, 15 minutes,

  758. 25 minutes of work and we are out. First service,

  759. second service, third service, fourth service,

  760. fifth service, sixth service, for 35 minutes

  761. each, for 35 minutes. We're looking for sniper

  762. move kind of atmosphere. You know why? Because

  763. already our CGPA has sniped us. You know, so

  764. we're looking for where we'll just have it fast

  765. and return back to the class. And then we now

  766. heard that there is one church. You know? Let

  767. me say the church because the church has built

  768. us. Called the Oasis of Love Church. So, all

  769. of us entered the bus and then carried ourselves

  770. there. We didn't want to stay. One of the churches

  771. where we used to attend, Pastor Victor knows

  772. it. You know? We didn't want to stay in the chapel

  773. because the church... So, you know? Thank you,

  774. Pastor Victor. Pastor Fred said, our lives cannot

  775. be built on heat around church model. Yes. Let

  776. me say that. Let me say that. Our lives will

  777. be built on stay and wait model kind of churches.

  778. Stay and what? Stay and wait model kind of churches.

  779. So we ran away. We went there. And that was where,

  780. for the first time, I began to hear about Kenneth

  781. Hagin. I began to hear about faith. Our pastor.

  782. Pastor, I will call his name because he is a

  783. great man. Pastor Tendi. Sir, we will take only

  784. faith. They will say, the theme for the teaching,

  785. for the coming, he always use this word, the

  786. theme for the coming Sundays is faith. We will

  787. teach faith for 10 months. See, you will hear

  788. faith. That faith will enter your DNA. It will

  789. enter your brain. It will enter your body. Have

  790. you ever been taught to the point that the message

  791. you were enjoying it, it became bitter, it started

  792. getting sweeter, it started, you now are growing

  793. in it, you are moving in it, you are building

  794. faith and you are moving. So you see, teaching

  795. meetings are not hit and run meetings. Teaching

  796. meetings are meetings where you are built solidly

  797. on God's word. So in teaching meetings, God communicates

  798. his plans. He communicates his purposes. Do you

  799. hear what I said? In 2 Timothy, God does what?

  800. He communicates His plans. He communicates His

  801. purposes to us. So now, let's look at scriptures

  802. now so that we can build on that. Genesis 18,

    Genesis 18:19

  803. verse 19. Genesis 18, verse 19. So you see how

    Genesis 18:19

  804. we are building upon precepts, upon precepts.

  805. Is not happening haphazardly. Genesis. Chapter

  806. what? Chapter 18 verse 19. For I know him. God

  807. was talking about Abraham now. For I know he.

  808. That he will command his children. He will teach.

  809. his children, and his household after him, and

  810. they shall keep the way of the Lord. These things

  811. come to us so that we can know how to walk with

  812. the Lord. They will keep the way of the Lord

  813. to do justice and judgment that the Lord will

  814. bring upon Abraham that he has spoken of to him.

  815. Hallelujah. These are the things that come to

  816. establish us, that we may know how to walk with

  817. the Lord. You know, one of the sisters, I shared

  818. a testimony just some minutes ago when I began

  819. sharing the testimony. Just send a message, which

  820. I know I will share it in the next teaching.

  821. When I have opportunity. Genesis 18, 19 says,

  822. God was saying, I know he will do what? He will

  823. command his children. Hallelujah. How beautiful

  824. it is that when you find a local church such

  825. as NECF and you know you will be taught the way

  826. of the Lord. Exodus 19, verse 7 to 8. We serve

    Exodus 19:7–8

  827. upon precepts about teaching. Exodus 19, verse

    Exodus 19:7–8

  828. 7 to 8. We will do as Moses returned the words

  829. of the people unto the Lord. Hallelujah. In that

  830. means, they heard the word of the Lord and proclaimed,

  831. we will do all that the Lord requires of us.

  832. In meetings. Exodus 24, 3 to 8. Exodus 24, 3

  833. to 8. And Moses came and told the people all

  834. the words of the Lord and all the judgments and

  835. all the people answered with one voice and said,

  836. All the words which the Lord has spoken, we will

  837. what? We will do. Hallelujah. We know how to

  838. walk with the Lord from teaching meetings. We

  839. are taught how to walk with the Lord from teaching

  840. meetings. We know the ways of the Lord through

  841. teaching me things. And that ye may teach the

  842. children of Israel all the statutes which the

  843. Lord has spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

  844. And thou shalt teach the children of Israel.

  845. And thou shalt teach the children of Israel.

  846. When you teach them, what will happen today?

  847. And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eliezer,

  848. and unto Itamar, his sons that were left, take

  849. the meat offering, remember the offerings of

  850. the Lord made by fire, and eat it without a living

  851. beside the altar, for it is most holy. And from

  852. there he began his kingdom. Deuteronomy chapter

    Deuteronomy 4:10

  853. 4 verse 10. Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 10. Deuteronomy

    Deuteronomy 4:10 Deuteronomy 4:10

  854. chapter 4 verse 10. Especially. Okay, yes. Especially

  855. the day. Especially the day that thou stood before

  856. the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said

  857. unto thee, Gather me these people together, and

  858. I will make them to do what? To hear my words,

  859. that they may learn. It is with these courts

  860. that we may learn. Hallelujah. It is with these

  861. courts that we may learn of the Lord. that they

  862. may learn to fear me all the days, that they

  863. shall live upon the earth, and that they may

  864. also teach their what? Their children. Let me

  865. read this one chapter, and then we stop here.

  866. When we come the next time, we're going to read

  867. scriptures from the New Testament, and then we

  868. build a structure for me. Hallelujah. We will

  869. build a structure from it and we will work with

  870. that so that we will know how to conduct ourselves.

  871. What and what do we need when it's a teaching

  872. meeting? What and what do we need when we are

  873. coming to Sunday services? What and what do we

  874. need when we are coming to midweek services?

  875. When we are coming to self -meetings? Joshua

    Joshua 8:34

  876. chapter 8 verse 34 and we stop here. Joshua chapter

    Joshua 8:34

  877. 8 verse 34 and afterwards. Read all the words

  878. of the law, the blessings and the curses, according

  879. to all that is written in the book of the law.

  880. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded,

  881. which Joshua read not before all the congregation

  882. of Israel, with the women and all the little

  883. ones and the strangers that were what? Unversant

  884. among them. Let me say this and I stop here.

  885. Teaching meetings are not for men only. Teaching

  886. meetings are for both men and women and children.

  887. Do you know what I said? Teaching meetings are

  888. for everyone. Both men, both women, both children,

  889. both old, young. See, for everyone. And say,

  890. these ones, they are small. They are small. They

  891. are not small. For everyone. For men, for women,

  892. for children. Hallelujah. That we may know how

  893. we ought to behave and conduct ourselves in those

  894. meetings. Can't we just appreciate God? Can't

  895. we just bless God? Because the coming days that

  896. are ahead of us, these teachings are pivotal

  897. for us. They are preparing us for the move of

  898. the Holy Ghost that is coming ahead of us. Can

  899. we just appreciate the name of the Lord? Can

  900. we say thank you, Jesus, for revelation and knowledge?

  901. Thank you, Jesus, for building us on this reality.

  902. We bless you, Lord. Glory to God forevermore.

  903. Thank you, Father, for in Jesus' name we pray.

  904. Amen. Hallelujah. Thank you for listening to

  905. today's sermon. Your journey matters to us. Let's

  906. keep walking together. Visit our website for

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  911. next time, be blessed.