Holy Ghost Meetings

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faith. Now, let's dive into this week's sermon.

Holy Ghost. Holy Ghost. As you're seated, can

you just pray in tongues for two minutes? Don't

look at your friend. Don't look at anybody. Just

close your eyes. Can we all close our eyes? I'm

praying the Holy Ghost. Can we all close our

eyes? Everybody close your eyes. Don't be distracted.

Close your eyes. Thank you. Thank you for watching.

One more minute. Let's pray. Please ensure your

eyes are closed. Don't be distracted. Pray in

the Holy Ghost. One more minute. Holy Ghost.

Holy Ghost. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name.

Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians chapter 12. 1 Corinthians

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chapter 12. Everybody. Can everybody say, I have

the Holy Ghost? I have the Holy Ghost. Can you

say, I have the Spirit of the Living God? And

He lives in the inside of me. He is my helper.

He is my teacher. He is my leader. He dwells

in the inside of me. Hallelujah. Praise God.

1 Corinthians chapter 12, everybody. We're just

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going to introduce what we have and then we see

how the Holy Spirit strengthened us to be able

to take it in the coming days that are ahead

of us. He said, now concerning spiritual gifts,

if you have been in this assembly for a while,

you will understand that we've talked about this

so much. Amen? And we say in the original context,

we don't have... Spiritual gifts as it were.

When you're reading, if you have the Old King

James Version, you realize that the gifts there

are in Italic. Amen? And we say that it was introduced

by translators, right? For the sake of giving

it a context. Amen? Because of what is contained

within that particular chapter. Praise God. Hallelujah.

So we say now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren,

I will not have you what? I will not have you

what? Ignorant. Praise God. I will not have you

ignorant. Why will Paul return them back to this

place? Let's go to chapter 1. So it's not like

they are ignorant. They don't know what he's

talking about. Praise God. He's addressing a

local church that are aware of spiritual gifts.

Praise God. Yes, they are aware of it. You can

have something and don't know how to use it.

Praise God. You can have something and don't

know how to what? And use it. We call that abuse.

Praise God. Every time you don't know how to

use a thing, you don't understand the value.

Every time you don't know how to use a thing,

what happens is that you're going to abuse it.

Every time you don't know how to use a thing,

what is going to happen is that you're going

to use it to cause chaos. Hallelujah. Praise

God. And then we go to chapter 1 now. So that

you see, why will he tell them, I will not have

you ignorant? That kind of a statement will be

a statement given to people that are conversant

about something. Because if I come to you and

say, I will not have you ignorant, I know that

you know something. But the challenge is that

you are not living by those things. Amen? Praise

God. Then we go to chapter 1 now. Let's hear

why he will tell them that. 1 Corinthians chapter

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1. Let's start reading from verse 1 so that we'll

have a big context to it, right? Paul called

to be an apostle of Jesus Christ. Please take

away these verses. Everybody's going to read

their Bible. Thank you. I love you. So if you

don't come to church with Bible, just be looking

at the ceiling. It just means that... You either

didn't know that here was a church or you think

it was some form of club or something. Or probably

you were not taught about what church is. So

take it away. You say I've reduced your work

so that you too can also read the Bible. You

know, right? Our media team, you know, right?

Yes, I just brought help now to you. Praise God.

Verse 1, everybody, look at your Bible, everybody.

We're going to be opening scriptures and then

open your Bible, everybody. Paul called to be

an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of

God and sustenance, our brother, unto the church

of God, which is at Corinth, to them that are

sanctified in Christ Jesus called to be the saints

with all that are in every place called upon

the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, both theirs

and ours. Three, grace be unto you and peace

from our God. From God our Father and from the

Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always on your

behalf. Hallelujah. I thank my God what? Always

on your what? When you hear such a remark or

such a prayer, what's the next thing that will

follow? Beautiful things, right? Yes, when I

say, oh, Bro Collins, I thank my God always on

your behalf. The next thing that you shall say

is, you'll be hearing good remarks. Is it not?

Right? If I'm going to... Correct him. And I

defy him. I'll tell him, Collins, I am not happy

or I'm unhappy. I'll introduce it from the beginning.

Hallelujah. And then he said something. Verse

4. For the grace of God which is given you by

what? Jesus Christ. First salvation. Amen. Yeah,

so he thanked God for their saved. Praise God.

5. That in everything you are what? Enriched

by him. In how many utterance? In all utterance

and in all knowledge. So the believer in Christ

Jesus is the man that is enriched in all what?

Alterance and in all what? Knowledge. Praise

God. Amen. See six now. Even as the testimony

of Christ was what? Was confirmed way in you.

Amazing testimonies. Seven. So that ye come behind

in what? Yea, come behind in what? Waiting for

the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Yea, come

behind in no gift. That this church are not actually

empty of spiritual gifts. Praise God. But we

see now in chapter 12, he would tell them that

I will not. He said now concerning what? Spiritual

gifts. It's just like I'm just talking to you.

And then as I'm talking to you about your academics,

I'm talking to you about your life after Cyprus,

I'm talking to you about what you should do,

then it's almost like I just remembered something

that has not been discussed. Amen? And then I

go, now concerning your prayer life, I will not

have you ignorant about how to carry out your

prayer life. And so let me tell you how to properly

carry out your what? Your prayer life. That's

the same context here. Praise God. It has gotten

into my ear that when you go to pray, you just

sing songs and sing songs and then share some

comedy and some form of laughter here and there.

And then you call it, you know, prayer lock out

or prayer locks in and then everybody goes home.

It just shows that you don't understand what

prayer is. Praise God. Hallelujah. So he wants

to bring an order to them here. Verse 2 now,

everybody. 1 Corinthians 12, 2. Ye know that

ye were what? Gentiles carried away unto these

dumb idols, even as ye were what? Were led, right?

He said, wherefore, I give you to what? I give

you to what? To understand. I will not have you

ignorant, and I give you to understand. That

no man speaking by the Spirit of God, Call it

Jesus what? Accursed. And no man can say Jesus

is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah.

So our first encounter with the Spirit of God

came as a result of the gospel that we've heard.

Hallelujah. Praise God. We heard the truth of

the gospel which the Holy Ghost brought to our

hearts and we believe it with our heart. And

we confess the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe

that God raised him from what? From the dead.

And we became saved. So your first encounter

with the Holy Ghost was at salvation. Hallelujah.

Was at what? Salvation. Praise God. The title

of our... Because somebody will say, this man

is just moving. He didn't tell us what we are

talking about. Right? Holy Ghost meetings. Holy

Ghost. Meeting. You don't write meetings or meeting.

Holy Ghost Gathering. Holy Ghost what? Meetings.

I can't see you writing the title. You're trying

to think about the topic? Don't worry. Don't

think about it. Just write it. Write it. Let

me see you write. Holy Ghost Meetings. That's

the title. When I teach, I want to see everybody

writing. If you're using your phone, go to your

notepad and be writing. You understand in a bit

why you have to. If you are using your phone,

do what? I make you, by the authority of the

lead pastor, their sister lead pastor, and all

the associate pastors, today I ordain you as

a security officer of your neighbor. If your

neighbor is beside you and he is not writing,

or the neighbor is just pressing phone, and playing

games or scrolling WhatsApp, ask the person,

are you still a non -believer? Ask the person

that question if you see that person. Amen? You

know what he said in verse 2? He said, verse

2, he said, ye know that ye were what? Gentiles

carried away unto this what? Dumb idols. So ask

the person, are you still a Gentile carried away

by these dumb idols? Yes, I give you that authority

to be a security officer now on this morning.

Praise God. You will understand in a bit why

it's important for us. Praise God. So what's

the topic? What's the topic? Holy Ghost. Holy

Ghost. Can you say I love Holy Ghost meetings?

Say I love Holy Ghost meetings. Say I will attend

Holy Ghost meetings. Hallelujah. Praise God.

So I said that our first encounter was at where?

Where was our first encounter? Our salvation.

Where did we first encounter the Holy Ghost?

Praise God. So that means that you are already

qualified for a Holy Ghost meeting. Praise God.

The number one criteria for you being part of

a Holy Ghost meeting is that you have encountered

the what? The Holy Ghost. Praise God. Hallelujah.

Yes, so we encountered the Holy Ghost first when

we first heard the gospel. Amen. The truth about

Christ. So the first information we had, that

was the same information about Christ that made

us say, Jesus is Lord. Verse 3 says, no one,

no one or no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but

by what? By the Holy Ghost. So what you had made

you receive the Spirit of God and you became

spiritual. Can you say what I had, what I received

as salvation, the Spirit of God made me spiritual.

Say, I am spiritual. I am spiritual because the

Spirit of God dwells in me. Yes, that's your

reality. Hallelujah. That's your new nature.

So what you heard, what you received, the Spirit

of God has made you what? Spiritual. 1 Corinthians

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chapter 2. 1 Corinthians chapter 2. What did

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you hear? 1 Corinthians chapter 2. Verse 2 to

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5. What did you hear? See what Paul will tell

the Corinthian church. And at the same time,

it's a letter for us. Amen? He said, for I determined

not to know anything among you. Save Jesus Christ

and Him crucified. That's the message. Jesus

Christ and him what? Crucified. Three. And I

was with you in weakness and in fear and in much

trembling. And my speech and my preaching, which

is Jesus and him crucified, was not with enticing

words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of

what? Of the spirit and of what? And of power.

No wonder in Romans chapter 1. Let's go to Romans

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chapter 1. What did we hear? We heard the gospel.

And that same gospel is the power of God, is

the wisdom of God. Romans chapter 1 verse 16.

Romans 1:16

It says, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of

Christ, for it is the power of God unto what?

Salvation to everyone that what? Believed. Hallelujah.

Praise God. To everyone that what? Believes.

Automatically you are part of this power. Praise

God. Automatically you are part of the Spirit

of God. Because now the Spirit of God dwells

in you. So we are in 1 Corinthians chapter 2.

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Then verse 10 to 12. 1 Corinthians chapter 2,

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10 to 12. He said, But God hath revealed them

unto us by His Spirit. For the Spirit of God

started all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11. For one man knoweth the things of God, and

things of a man, save the Spirit of man which

is in him. Even so, the things of God knoweth

what? Know man, but the Spirit of who? The Spirit

of God. Everybody, please go check your Bible

now as we are reading it. See verse 12. Can we

read everybody? 12. Everybody, want to go? Now.

Is it tomorrow? When? Now. This is the current

reality now. Praise God. updated version update

news now now we have received not what let's

read all together but the spirit which is that

we might what know the things that are what freely

given to us of what of god hallelujah praise

god 13 which things also we speak not in words

which Man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy

Ghost teaches, comparing what? Only a spiritual

man can compare spiritual things with spiritual.

Hallelujah. Praise God. So the day you received

the Spirit of God as salvation, you became, what

did you become? Spiritual. Hallelujah. Praise

God. Hallelujah. So the word spiritual, the word

spiritual means, The word spiritual means the

Spirit of God by the Spirit of God in the Spirit

of God with the Spirit of God. The word spiritual

means the Spirit of God by the Spirit of God

in the Spirit of God with the Spirit of God.

What spirit are we talking about here? We are

talking about the spirit of the living God. Hallelujah.

We are talking about what? The spirit of what?

The living God. Peter will teach in Acts chapter

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2. He said for now what do you see? That event

you see that everybody is speaking in tongues

and different kinds of utterances is because

that which has been prophesied by prophet Isaiah

and Joel has been fulfilled now. Amen. that the

Spirit will be shed. And today, glory to God

before your eyes, Christ has now what? Shed off

the Spirit. Praise God. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians

3 .16 1 Corinthians 3 .16 So we said the word

spiritual means what? Echo it, let me hear. Yes.

Yes. In the spirit of God, yes. With the spirit

of God. Hallelujah. So and I said, what spirit

are we dealing with here? We are dealing with

the spirit of God. Hallelujah. If you are saved

here, you don't have a demonic spirit. You have

what? The spirit of God dwelling in your what?

Inside. Somebody will say, but sir, I tried my

best to stop smoking. I think I have a demon

spirit in me. But I know I am saved. You don't

have a demon spirit in you. You have the spirit

of God, where? In you. However, you are oppressed

by a demon spirit. So you cannot have two spirits

inside you. You cannot have a good spirit. A

holy spirit and an unholy spirit in what? Inside

you. You cannot. Even in the demonic realm, they

know this. That a higher spirit and a lesser

spirit don't stay in the same place. They understand

it. Jesus will tell them, if I cast out this

devil that you are saying, by the spirit of what?

Beelzebub. Then the kingdom of Satan is divided.

So you see, when you go to see a native doctor,

the native doctor is only permitted to interact

with one level demonic realm. So when you go

with demons, what the native doctor will do to

cast out one, he's going to invoke a higher one,

beg the one, say, please, remove him, leave him

now, please. That higher one will say, okay,

kill a virgin. So they will now slaughter. We

just hear a lady has been kidnapped and then

story has ended. But you have the Holy Ghost

inside you that is higher than every other spirit.

What you need is your yielding to the Spirit

of God. That thing you call challenge is not

a challenge to the Spirit of God. That thing

you call challenge is because you are still holding

on to it. If only you can yield to the Spirit

of God. I tell you this by the Spirit of God

for free. You see, he said now. You have not

received the spirit of what? Of the world. What

have you received? Did he say tomorrow? Did he

say next two weeks? What have you received now?

The spirit of God. You have not received the

spirit of lust. You have not received the spirit

of pride. You have not received the spirit of

addiction. You have not received the spirit of

fear, as he says in Romans chapter 8. You have

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not received the spirit of bondage. But when

we have received the spirit of sonship, that

we may cry, Abba, Father. That is the spirit

of what we have received. You are spiritual.

That is the mindset you must have. Holy Ghost

meetings are for spiritual men. Hallelujah. Holy

Ghost meetings are for what? Yes, for people

who know that I am spiritual. Let me tell you

good news. As you are sitting here, you are not

empty. You are either having the Holy Ghost,

you are saved. Or if you are here this morning

and you are hearing me and you are not saved,

let me tell you, you have a demon spirit. And

that spirit is the spirit of Satan and it's at

work in your heart now. And that spirit this

morning. If only you can believe. With your heart

that Jesus. That God has raised Jesus from the

dead. And you can confess with your mouth. The

Lord Jesus. Then there will be an exchange this

morning. Hallelujah. Praise God. So you are what?

You are spiritual. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians

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chapter 3. Verse 16. See what the scripture says.

Can we read it all together? Know ye what? That

you are and dwell outside you. And the Spirit

of God does what? And the Spirit of God dwells

where? In where? So that this place now, if I

will ask you a common question now. When we say

the Spirit of God dwells in you, what does the

English mean? Huh? Come on. This is a classroom.

Let's talk. When I say the Spirit of God dwells

in you, what do I mean? Am I negotiating it with

you? Am I trying to argue it with you? What am

I saying to you? Yes, I'm giving you an emphatic

reality. Praise God. Hallelujah. He said you

are the what? The temple of the living God. How

did you become the temple of the living God?

At salvation, the Spirit of God did what? Dwelled

in you. You did not become the temple before

the Spirit dwelled in you. The Spirit of God

dwelled in you and you became the what? The temple.

Let me repeat myself again. You were not the

temple. And then the Spirit of God dwell in you.

But rather what? The Spirit of God did what?

Dwell in you and you became what? A temple. That's

it. Praise God. Hallelujah. He said, so how do

I know? Romans chapter 8. Romans chapter 8. Verse

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9. He said, but ye are not in the flesh. But

you are in the Spirit. Hallelujah. Say, ye are

not in the flesh, but ye are in the spirit. If

so, be that the spirit of God dwell in you. Now,

if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he

is what? He is none of his. See verse 10, everybody.

And if Christ be in what? In you. The body is

dead because of sin, but the spirit is what?

Is alive because of what? Righteousness. See,

I have been called to righteousness. I've been

called to a life of righteousness. Oh, I didn't

work for it. Say it, I didn't work for it. I

didn't labor for it. God gave me as a gift. Yes,

that's what the scripture says. Praise God. The

same thing we see in John chapter 3, verse 3

John 3:3–5

to 5, everybody. You see, all this that we are

establishing this morning, He's going to lay

a foundation for where we're going. Amen? John

John 3:3–5

chapter 3, verse 3 to 5. We'll read 3 and then

jump to 5. Jesus answered and said unto him,

John chapter 3, verse 3, and we jump to verse

John 3:3

5. Jesus answered, verse 3, and said unto him,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a man

be born again, he cannot, what? See the kingdom

of God. Verse 5. Hallelujah. Say, except a man

be born of water, which is the Spirit, he cannot

what? He cannot enter into what? The kingdom

of God. Hallelujah. Praise God. Say we are spiritual.

Say we are spiritual. Say we are spiritual. You

know, sometimes you can just be accustomed to

one meeting. You know how just funny it is that

some people just, some believers will just choose

one meeting to attend in the church. You are

part of NECF and the only meeting you love is

just Sunday service. Let me give us an assignment

now. Just turn to your neighbor. Do you have

a neighbor? Ask the person a reality question.

How many services do you attend even in this

church? Please get an answer. After that answer,

ask the person which of the services. What answer

did you get? How many services? Two services?

How many? All services. How many did you get?

What answer did you get from him? Oh, it's new.

Okay, I love you, brother. What answer did he

give you? Two services. That's which one and

which one? Sunday and sale. Midweek service,

you don't come. I love you. The fact that it's

happening on Zoom is a service. Which answer

did she give you? Three. Only three. Which one

and which one? Sunday, cell and... So that's

all. She does not attend prayer cruise. She does

not attend catatismus. All of those things they

don't attend. I know somebody that wants to run

home, don't want to attend catatismus. Praise

God. You know, you can be accustomed to only

one service. You say, you know, me, eh? Pro college,

you don't understand. The way I love Sunday service.

You know, that, that, that morning song. Most

especially when, when, when, when Sister Shoko

Bleke leads the song. You know, I love that her

voice. Like an ambulance. That service is always

sweet. They have prayer meetings. No, no, no.

Prayer meetings are not for us. Not for us. I

didn't see you in cell meetings. No, no. Cell

meetings, I don't like. They always pick on me.

They always what? Pick on me. Blessed are thou

when you are picked. For the call of God has

been certified upon your life. You know, I was

with someone some days ago and then we're talking.

The person said, he said, so why me? I just feel

I don't want to attend cell meetings and the

rest. Because when I go, everybody see me as

though I'm unserious. I asked the person, so

what have you done to prove them that you're

not unserious? He said, nothing. He shows you're

unserious. If you miss cell meetings, it means

you are unserious. You miss midweek service,

it means you are. You miss Friday meetings, it

means you are. You miss Sunday meetings, it means

you are. You miss Catholicism, it means you are.

We arrange prayer crews for this local church

and you make up your mind. Brother, I will not

have you ignorant. You have returned onto dumb

idols. Saturday, we're going to have prayers.

We say, so -so -so day, we're going to pray from

9 to 5 or to 7. We will be there just praying

and not comedy. And that is the day you will

make up your mind not to attend. Can't you see

that you're working with the participation of

spirits? Spirits must be helping you to make

such a decision. I'm telling you. Yes. At least

be like Peter. Be like James. Follow us to the

place and sleep. After one hour, we're going

to tap you. Brother, so can you not tarry with

us for an hour? We'll continue. At least be within

the atmosphere. Hallelujah. Praise God. Tell

your neighbor, don't be accustomed to one meeting.

Don't be accustomed to one meeting. Attend all

meetings. Let me give you a heavy assignment

now. Can you take note of the name of the person

now? I'm saying this now. We're going to do this

now by the Spirit of God. Take note of the name

of the person now. And ensure. Please write the

name of the person. Write the name of the person.

Write the name of the person. We're going to

take it further now. Please pass us. We're going

to do this now. Amen. Amen? Take the phone number

of the person now. The number, and if you lie,

what happened in Acts is going to repeat itself

here. I'm just joking. I'm just joking. I'm serious.

Take the number of the person. I'm serious. The

number the person uses for WhatsApp. I can't

see you taking it. You see, I've given time because

I know what I'm receiving in my heart. That's

why I'm doing this now. In case you don't know,

Holy Ghost meeting has started. Whatever you

see me doing here, I'm not doing it because it's

planned. Yes. Have you done that? Have you done

that? Have you transferred the number? Is it

saved? Then the last instruction. Look at the

person and say, look at my eyes. I'm serious.

Say, look at my eyes. I will chase you for the

rest of this year. You must attend all services.

Yes. Yes, you must attend all services. Yes,

you must. You see, Holy Ghost meetings are not

for babies. However, babies can be around the

environment and see what is out there. See, Pastor

Victor does. You see? Uh -huh. You hear? Uh -huh.

That's how they'll be there, they'll be wondering.

Huh? Why are they falling? Why are they so prophesying?

Why are they saying this? Church meetings grows

the believer. Do you know what I said? Attending

church meetings does what? Grows the believer.

Check your growth in the things of God. It's

directly proportional to how you commit yourself

to church meetings. You cannot choose one meeting

and expect growth. It's just like saying, I want

to take only carbohydrates. What will happen

to you? Eh? What is the symptoms of kwashako?

Eh? Eh? Nurses and medical doctors, pharmacists.

Perturbed belly, feet, thin arms. You've forgotten

what? And big head. You don't attend church meetings,

you're going to have a big empty head. Full of

pride and arrogance. They are judging me. They

are testing me. I don't like the pastor. I don't

like... Can't you see what is inside your head,

Isenbe? But when you attend local church meetings,

all of it, in a little time, we're going to see

growth. Hallelujah. From one level to another.

to another, to another, to another, to another,

to another, till you now mature and measure up

to the full stature of Christ. Praise God. So

Christianity, Christianity is built around church

meetings. The life of a believer is built around

what? Church meetings. This gathering is the

church. Hallelujah. Praise God. So if you're

a Christian and you don't know what we do in

gatherings, it will show in how you're growing.

It will show in how you're struggling to pray.

Let me tell you, prayerlessness is a symptom

of your spirit showing that you are sick. Every

time you don't love to pray, it shows that you

are what? You are sick. Every time you don't

love to read the Bible, it shows that you are

what? You are sick. And you need an immediate

attention. For some of us here, I'm going to

say this now. If you are in the category, the

Spirit of God wants you now to revisit your life

again. For some of us, you just got sick yesterday.

For some of us, you've been sick. throughout

the last three months because that was the last

time you prayed. For some of us, you've been

sick almost the last six months. You need to

be in ICU. Yes. So if you are writing, write

this. One of the ways to check if you are growing

or not is through your participation in... in

gatherings of believers. Your commitment. One

of the ways to check if you're growing or not

is through your what? Participation in the gathering

of what? Of believers. It's just so amazing how

you run away from gathering of believers. God's

provision, God's will for you. Let me tell you,

as simple as late coming is, every meeting I

come late, it disturbs me. Ask my wife, she'll

tell you. I always want to be on time. I always

want to be there where? On time. It disturbs

me. Don't be used to just behaving anyhow. If

you did that in Africa, or you did that in Nigeria,

or you did that in Cameroon, or you did that

in Congo, or you did that in Casablanca, good

news for you. after hearing all the things you're

going to be hearing as being part of this local

church, you will never repeat those kind of lifestyle

or behaviors. You know, Christian meetings, please,

if you are writing this, write this. You say,

Christian meetings or gatherings is the will

of God for me. Say, Christian meeting or meetings

It's the will of God for what? For me. We're

going to look at it. Church meetings, local church

meetings, they are what? They are will of God

for me. It's God's provision for my growth. Exodus

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chapter 19 now. Exodus chapter 19. Exodus chapter

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19. So that you won't say the meeting started

when Jesus was around. No. It has been God's

will for his people to always gather. Hallelujah.

It has been God's will for what? For his people

to always what? Yes. Exodus 19 verse 17. And

Exodus 19:17

Moses brought forth the people out of the camp

to meet with what? To meet with what? With God.

And they stood at what? The nether part of what?

Of the mountain. And Mount Sinai was all together

on a smoke because the Lord did what? Descended

upon it in what? In fire. He brought all the

people together to meet with who? To meet with

God. Hallelujah. Can you see a gathering there?

Can you see a gathering there? 23, Exodus 23.

Exodus 23, verse 3 to 7. ass going astray thou

Exodus 23:3–7

shalt surely bring it back to him again if thou

see the ass da da da da da da da thou shalt not

rest to rest the judgment of thy poor in his

cause keep thee far from a false matter and innocent

and righteous slay thou not for i will not justify

the what the wicked and thou shalt take no gift

for the gift blinded the wise and this and this

um I'm coming. Let me go back from where they

began to gather. Okay, actually that gathering

began from chapter 20. Go to chapter 20. God

started speaking from chapter 20. And God spoke

all these words to them saying, I am the Lord

thy God which has brought thee out of what? Out

of the land of Egypt, out of the house of what?

Bondage. That communication extended into chapter

21, into chapter 22, into chapter what? 23. And

even 24. All through you're going to see the

children of Israelite gathering and meeting God

and God speaking to them. Hallelujah. Leviticus

Leviticus 23:3

23 verse 3. Leviticus 23 verse 3. Gathering.

Leviticus 23:3

Leviticus 23. 23 verse 3. Six days shall thou...

Shall work be done. But the seventh day is the

Sabbath of what? Rest. And what? Holy gathering.

If you are using the version that says that.

Ye shall do no work therein. It is the Sabbath

of the Lord in all your what? Your dwellings.

Hallelujah. That there is a day set aside for

what? For holy meetings. Hallelujah. For holy

gatherings. We see it has been God's plan for

his people to always what? Gather. Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 4 · chapter mention

chapter 4. Deuteronomy chapter 4. If you're here

Deuteronomy 4 · chapter mention

and you're God's man, then God's will for you

is to always be among believers. Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 4:10

chapter 4 verse 10. When the Lord said unto me,

do what? Do what? Oh, check your Bible. Don't

be looking at me. When the Lord said unto me,

do what? Gather me the what? The people together

and I will do what? And I will make them to do

what? To hear my word. Where do we hear God's

word? In gatherings. Hallelujah. Where do we

know the plan of God? Where? In the local church.

Where do we know the mind of God? Where? In the

local church. He said, I will make them hear

my words that they may do what? Please be reading

with me. That they may do what? That they may

learn to fear me all the days that they shall

live upon the earth and that they may also what?

Hallelujah. You know, when you go beside Tito,

and then during prayers, they say pray. And you

start praying. I don't know where he learned

that. You know, Tito is somewhere around there.

You know what Tito will do? Tito will fold his

hand behind. When he does, he will look at you.

Are you still doing it? Yes, okay. You continue

doing it. You know, we are at the training center.

For whatever reason, I looked at Tito and I saw

that that young man is a prophet. I just tapped

his start. I said, do you know Tito is a prophet?

He's going to grow to be a prophet. And he told

me that somebody said it also. He confirmed it.

And you know, since from that day, the way I

look at that boy has changed. Every day, I pay

attention. They say, hold your neighbors and

pray. I say, come, come, let's hold hands. And

I held him. We are praying. He looked at my leg.

I'm shaking my leg. He started shaking his leg

too. Pastor Victor shared about Exploit. Exploit

had a song or something that was happening on

YouTube or somewhere. And she was correcting

the lyrics of those songs. How beautiful it will

be when she is 20. They will teach their children.

What you teach to your generations, you don't

get it on Facebook. You don't get it on TikTok.

You get it from the local church. Let me tell

you, you can pass wealth to them and they will

end up in hell. You can pass any kind of thing

to them, they will end up what? In hell. But

you can't pass eternal life to them. Their lives

will never remain the same. God wins. So if you're

here and you're a parent, start paying attention

to what your children are feeding. Don't say

it's a child, it's Cocomelon. Cocomelon, giddy,

giddy, giddy, giddy, giddy, giddy. He's crying,

pass Cocomelon for him, he'll keep quiet. Who

told you that at that stage, they cannot learn

Jesus? If they can learn Cocomelon, they can

learn Jesus. Go to Nigeria and see the kind of

things that people are doing now to children.

Because people, everyday believers are realizing

that their children are more possessed with lots

of useless information online. So everybody is

on guard now. Hallelujah. Let's read this verse

and then we're going to stop here. We're just

going to build on this. Amen. You see, we moved

from where? From salvation. from that we are

spiritual and we are going to what? To gatherings.

Why gatherings are important now for believers.

Amen? And now we are, now we've returned back

to Old Testament, as it were, to now see where

gatherings, that God's plan has been for his

people to always what? To always gather. Because

that is where his mind is communicated. That

is where his plans, his intentions, whatever

he is doing on the earth, right, is being revealed

to his people. Yes. Say Deuteronomy again, chapter

6. Deuteronomy chapter 6, verse 6 to 7. You say

Deuteronomy 6:6–7

he is a child. Don't worry. Don't train him in

the way of the Lord. You will understand very

soon that he is not a child. Deuteronomy chapter

Deuteronomy 6:6–7

6, verse 6 to 7. And these words which I commanded

this day shall be in thy heart, and thou shalt

teach them what? Diligently unto thy children,

and shalt talk to them when thou what? When thou

what? When thou seated, when thou gather, even

together in what? In thy house. And when thou

walkest by the way, and when thou liest down,

and when thou walkest, rise then up. It's a right

thing for families to always gather and pray.

Let me tell you this. It's sickness to a family

when the father and the mother cannot pray with

the children. It's a huge abnormality. I can

tell you, most of our growth, most of our growth,

I mean ourselves, most of what we saw that made

us who we are today, as God has used those platforms,

is because our parents, when we grew up, we see

them always meeting. But you know, at a certain

time, Satan struck with misunderstanding and

those prayers stopped. Boy, we saw red fire in

our family. Let me tell you, you can have a unity

of account. You can have a unity of money. You

can have a unity of business. If you don't have

a unity of faith in your home, you are dead gone.

Hallelujah. So God desires that even in your

family, that there are gatherings. Hallelujah.

Say, my wife, don't say this boy is a child.

Tomorrow, we're going to take a fast and pray.

Hold your wife, hold your husband, gather your

children. Just spare us some time and pray. Lay

hands on them. Prophesy. Declare God's word upon

their lives. Gatherings has been the plan of

God for his people. When we come, the next time

we meet, we're going to continue from there.

Hallelujah. We're going to continue building.

We are still in Old Testament now. Still looking

at gatherings. Amen. When we come, We're going

to span out through and then into New Testament.

And then we will now jump into kinds of meetings.

Amen. So that we will know Holy Ghost meeting.

What really is a Holy Ghost meeting? And why

do we need a Holy Ghost meeting? Hallelujah.

What are the benefits of such a meeting to us?

When we gather, what really is happening to us?

Praise God. Can we just stand up on our feet?

So you see, you are spiritual. Your participation

in gatherings, in local church meetings, just

indicates how healthy or sick you are. For example,

let me give an example now. For example, when

we say, can we pray in the Holy Ghost? Don't

be looking at the ceiling and be scratching your

head. That is when you realize your body is itching.

No, no, no, no, no, no. When we say, let's pray,

let's do what? Let's pray. That is how healthy

you should be. Can we just pray in the Holy Ghost

and give thanks? Can we just pray in the Holy

Ghost and give thanks? The Spirit of God is here.

He dwells in us. The will of God, the mind of

God is made manifest in meetings. It's obvious

what He's doing in our hearts. He told us what

he's doing in our lives and with our lives. He's

communicating his intents to us. We're thankful

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