The Believer's Authority in Christ pt 4

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right in. The believers' authority in Christ.

And from Wednesday, I... I started teaching about

the supernatural and interestingly, I went to

Exodus straight up. I went to Exodus and the

reason for that, right? The reason for that is...

To show us, which we will continue today, to

show us some spectacular things that actually

happen. The reason was for us to open our eyes

to see that spectacular things can actually happen

in the Bible. So I've talked about the supernatural

and now I'm saying the word spectacular. Now,

the entire context, so you can begin to write

down now, the entire context of the Bible is

supernatural. That's where to start from. The

entire context of the Bible is supernatural.

And that is why if we pick the Bible as a book,

okay? If we pick the Bible as a book to begin

to teach, right, natural areas and sectors of

life, it will be very misleading. It will be

an abuse. Because the entire context of the Bible

is supernatural. The Bible is supernatural. Within

that supernatural, there are spectacular things

that are taking place. And by spectacular, right,

there are spectacular things that are taking

place within the supernatural. And these spectacular

things, they are things that we see. They are

very visible in the natural. So when supernatural

things take place, sometimes it's very visible

in the natural. You will see it. And that's very

spectacular. And you're wondering. Wow. Things

that cannot be explained, right? By science,

things that cannot be explained by your thoughts,

right? Things that cannot be explained. So in

where we come from, we are used to calling it

miracles, right? So when you see something happen,

something, an intervention in the natural, that's

a miracle, right? That's a miracle because you

are seeing it. But do you know that your fate

is also supernatural? Your fate is supernatural

and it is spectacular as well. Why? Because you

began to see Christ the way he should be seen

according to the scriptures. That's spectacular.

Your revelation, something was taken away the

moment the gospel was preached to you. And your

perspective changed. And the way you see God

changed. That's spectacular as well. But most

of the time, right, the one we want to call the

first pedagogy, the one we refer to, is that

one that the leg became straight again, the kidney

was restored, the eyes of the blind was opened,

and all of that. And that's why I intentionally

took us to Exodus. To see that, but just to backtrack

this, to say that the entire context of the Bible

is supernatural. Right? It's supernatural. And

it has an impact on the natural. Now, let's read

Romans chapter 14. Romans chapter 14. Let's go

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to Romans chapter 14. I should not pick something

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there to explain. Romans chapter 14, we can start

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from verse 13. Okay, yes, start from verse 1.

Verse 1 of it, thank you. Now, it says, As for

the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but

not to quarrel over opinions. One person believe

he may eat anything, So he's talking about a

context where some people believe differences

in dietary rights in eating. And he's saying

that, well, someone's... who is weak, right,

is taking only vegetables, and the other one

believes he could take anything, right? So we

see something here, and he used the word weak

in faith. You see the word? He used the word

weak in faith. So he's not talking about someone

who is sick, that the doctor has prescribed vegetables

or water for them, you know, in some cases, right?

But he's talking about someone who is weak in

faith. So when it comes to faith, it definitely

means... That knowledge is involved. It means

that knowledge is involved. It could be that

the person does not have abundance of the knowledge

of the word. So that's why I say weak in faith.

And I say because of their weakness in faith,

they eat certain things and choose not to eat

other things. So we see the difference. Now,

if we go to chapter 15, verse 1, chapter 15.

Verse 1, Romans. He said, we who are strong have

an obligation, right, to bear with the failings

of the weak. Don't forget, it's a conversation

that is continuing in that chapter 5. He said,

we who are strong have an obligation to bear

with the failings of the weak and not to please

ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor

for his good. to build him up, right? To do what?

To build him up. So we see two kind of believers

here. One is strong, right? Some people are strong

and some people are weak. And we see that in

the context of that, it's talking about faith.

And I said, it's knowledge, right? It's knowledge.

Now let's go to chapter 14, verse 13. Let's speak

from there. There's something I want to try to

establish before we go into, it will help us

to proceed. From verse 13, it says, therefore

let us not pass judgments. Do you see that it's

about knowledge now? In the person's mind, that

in the person's thinking, something is unclean

and should not be eaten. Right? So it's about

knowledge. That weak in faith means you could

be weak in knowledge, right? Not understanding

that everything is clean and nothing is unclean

in itself. Are we together? So let's proceed.

Now, for if your brother is gripped by what you

eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what

you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ

has died. So do not let what you regard as good.

spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is

not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness

and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Whosoever

touch self Christ is acceptable to God and approved

by men. So then let us pursue what is, what makes

for peace and mutual upbuilding, right? Do not

forsake. Do not, for the sake of food, destroy

the work of God. Everything is indeed clean,

but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble

by what he eats. So you will see that Paul is

actually trying to say that for this person who

is not eating certain things, right? You should

be accommodating, right? You should be accommodating.

But I want to point out something in that accommodation.

There's something in that accommodation that

we must not miss. Because it would mean that

you leave someone who is weak in faith because

you want to accommodate them. So you say, oh,

because he doesn't eat, then you accommodate

the person. And the person stays and the person...

So the person will remain weak in faith, right?

So for someone who is weak in faith, what do

we do to them? For someone who is weak in faith,

what do we do to them? Edification, yes. Yes,

it's edification. When you are weak in faith,

you will receive edification. What is edification?

Right? Something that is for upbuilding. Right?

Something that is for upbuilding. What do you

call it? Ephesians 4 verse 11. Let's go. Ephesians

Ephesians 4:11 Ephesians 4:11

4 verse 11. Ephesians 4 verse 11. And he gave

Ephesians 4:11

the apostles and the prophets and the evangelists,

the shepherds and teachers to equip the saints

for the work of ministry. For building up the

body of Christ until we attain to the unity of

faith and of the knowledge of God, of the Son

of God, to mature man would, to the measure of

the stature of the fullness of Christ. So we

are no longer tossed around, right? We are no

longer the children tossed to and fro by the

waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine.

What you see there is equipping the saints. The

word kalatismos, right? And we see building up

the body and we see knowledge, right? So precise

and accurate knowledge of God. So when it comes

to building up, right? When it comes to building

up, what is needed, right? Is teachers who would

explain Christ to you. So if you go back to that

14, right? If you go back to that Romans 14,

you will see that Paul emphasized something.

He emphasized building up. In fact, when you

come to verse 14 of Romans 15, right? Go to verse

14 of Romans 15. He said, I myself am satisfied

about you, my brothers, that you yourself are

full of goodness, filled with all knowledge,

and able to instruct one another. Romans 15,

14. He said, I myself am satisfied about you,

my brothers, that you yourself... Are full of

goodness. Filled with all knowledge. And able

to instruct one another. Right. Now from verse

14. He started talking about building. Building

up. From verse 14. Chapter 14 rather. Chapter

14 verse 19. He said let us pursue what makes

for peace. And for mutual building. We see that.

Chapter 15 verse 4. He said, whatever was written

in former days was written for instruction. That

through endurance and through the encouragement

of the scriptures, what is written in the scriptures,

we might have hope. May the God of endurance

and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony

with one another in accord with Christ. That

together you may, with one voice, glorify God.

the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore,

welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you

for the glory of God. So, what you will see consistently

here is that Paul is saying, let there not be

argument and quarrel, right? About what to eat

and what not to eat. Let there not be argument

and quarrel about it. However, let there be a

conversation on what... Let there be a conversation

through the scriptures instructing one another

for building up. So if you are weak in faith,

we are not going to leave you to be weak in faith.

We will have a conversation, right, instructing

each other through the scripture for your building

up. So it will not be good for the church to

say, oh, we are going to leave you because you

are weak in faith. No, no, we are not going to

leave you. Right? We're going to have a conversation,

not by quarrels about my opinion or your opinion,

but according to the scriptures. He said, through

the encouragement that comes from the scriptures.

He said, I know that you are filled with all

knowledge, verse 14, and able to instruct one

another. So instructing one another means we

can teach one another rather than quarreling

over opinions. So those are two different things.

So in the body of Christ, we can instruct one

another. So you can show me something from scriptures,

I can show you from scriptures, we can explain

and check and receive encouragement from scriptures.

So we don't argue, we don't quarrel, right? But

we can build up each other. So the person who

is weak in faith can be instructed. That's where

I'm going. The person who is weak in faith can

be instructed, can be engaged in a conversation

for upbuilding. Hallelujah. Now let's bring this

to the supernatural. When it comes to the supernatural,

I'm going to apply just what we see here. People

are weak in faith. Someone can be weak in faith

that they don't believe in the supernatural,

right? When you don't believe in the supernatural,

you are weak in faith because the scripture explains

it and shows it across the scriptures. So if

you don't expect the supernatural, you're weak

in faith. If you don't look forward to the supernatural,

you're weak in faith. So what do we do? We instruct

you by the scriptures so that you become strong

in your faith. You become strong in your faith.

Now, when you see things out there and they say,

oh, supernatural is taking place, don't be first

as a believer. Don't be first. Let not your first

position to say is not real. Don't do that. Right?

Don't do that. It's like, For example, if you're

in a family, right? You're in a family and there

are... How can I put the illustration? You are

in a family, right? And you have a big screen.

You have a... Probably you have a big television

in your house. And your television is actually

a soft touch, right? You can touch it. You can,

you know, flip it. You can connect it. So smart

that it can actually communicate with you. Now,

you have it in your house, okay? When you go

out to somewhere, right, and someone puts a big

screen, it's not soft touch. It's not anything,

right? It's just a big screen that is not even

smart. But the difference is that it does not

have that big head. You know, television's big

head. It does not have that power. It's just

flat. And the person started touching it. Will

your first disposition be that it's a lie? Your

first disposition will not be that that is not

true. In fact, first, you will say, that is true.

Why? Because you have the original in your house.

Do we get it? Are we getting it? I'm painting

something. Because you have the original in your

house, right? When you see it, you will not say,

oh, this is fake. No, no, no. You say, ah, no,

these things happen. Now, when you now come close

and discern it, right? You now say, okay, this

person is not being sincere. Right? But your

faith disposition is not that. It is not real.

Okay? So you believe because these things are

given. They happen in the scriptures. So when

you see a supernatural take place, right? You

just, okay, this thing happened, right? That

is one. That is one. I'm just giving us, there

are many factors that you can take, but let your

regular disposition. You know why? Because it

will affect your faith. It will affect your faith.

If you are commonly seeing the supernatural and

you always say, erroneous. Sorry, I said erroneous.

Say, it's a lie, right? Oh, you said this one

there. No, no, no. Don't do that. Let your faith.

Ah, I believe this thing happens, right? Then

you can decide. You can check the person's knowledge.

You can check it by scriptures. But your first

position is that the supernatural, that is someone

who's strong in faith. That's someone who's strong

in faith. Now, let's go to 2 Corinthians 4, 7.

2 Corinthians 4, 7. So, we would increase in

knowledge. And then we will be able to manifest

the supernatural. 2 Corinthians 4, verse 7. It

2 Corinthians 4:7

said, but we have this treasure. Right? Let's

read from verse 5. 2 Corinthians 4, verse 5.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Christ

as the Lord, with ourselves as your servants.

For Jesus' sake. For God who said, let light

shine out of darkness as shone in our hearts.

Okay, to give the lights of the knowledge of

the glory of God in the face of Christ. Can you

see what he's giving, right? He said, God who

said, let light shine out of darkness has shone

in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge

of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

So light has shone in our hearts. Hallelujah.

Can we say light has shone in our hearts? Light

has shone in our hearts. Yeah. Now, look at what

he now says in verse 7. Actually, that's supernatural.

That's supernatural. Calling light out of darkness,

right? Calling light. That's supernatural. Now,

let's see what he now says in verse 7. He says,

but we have this treasure in jars of clay. So,

this thing that is happening to the believer,

right, is happening within this body. This light.

is happening within this body, right? So we have

this treasure in jars of clay to show the surpassing

power belongs to God and not us. We have this

treasure. We have the supernatural event. It

took place in us. It took place within us. Hallelujah.

Are we together? So in this mortal body, there

is the supernatural. Can you say in this mortal

body, there is the supernatural? And I'll manifest

the supernatural. So be bold. Know that although

this body is frail, is weak, is clay, like it

says, but there's treasure inside. Okay? There's

treasure inside of you. You must know that. There's

treasure inside of you. Therefore, you should

not be doubtful of the supernatural. You should

not think that you cannot walk in the supernatural.

You can. You can. Interestingly, those who do

not even have the indwelling, indwelling is the

spirit of God residing permanently in them, they

walked in it. And they showed us a pattern that

this is possible. And that was why I went to

Exodus, right? I went to Exodus and I began to

show us, right, how Moses walked in the supernatural,

right? How Moses carried out the spectacular.

Right? Through the supernatural power of God.

So we checked Exodus 14. We checked Exodus 16.

We also checked Exodus 17. I think we also checked

Numbers 21. Right? If you can check that, we

checked Numbers 21. And I said that we'll come

and check Kings today. And when we check Kings,

we'll move a little bit into Old Testament. Into

the New Testament, sorry. The New Testament.

Now let's go to 1 Kings 17. 1 Kings 17. 1 Kings

17. I think I explained this already. Now, let's

read from verse 17. Let's read from verse 17.

From verse 8 to verse 16 is an explanation of

divine provision, right? A supernatural provision

to a woman, right? Who is lack, who is in need,

right? Someone who is in need, who is lacking.

There's a supernatural provision. And this is

a woman who has been in need and the prophet

of God was sent to her and she both met her needs

and the prophet of God needs, right? So their

needs were met in that supernatural encounter.

Now look at verse 17. It says, After this, the

son of the woman, the mistress of the house became

healed and his illness was so severe that there

was no breath left in him. And he said to Elijah,

Have you brought calamity even upon the widow

with whom I sojourned by killing her son? He

strived himself upon the child three times and

cried to the Lord. Oh, Lord, my God, let this

child's life come into him again. And the Lord

listened to the voice of Elijah and the life

of the child came into him and it was revived.

Hallelujah. Now, this is a supernatural event

and we see something very practical there. Now,

there's no doctrine that you can preach here

and say anytime someone is sick, you lie down.

No, no, no. It doesn't work like that, right?

This is a supernatural, a one -time event, almost

all across the scripture. But we see laying of

hands in the act of apostles, right? We see laying

of hands. We see physical contact with people

who are sick and they are healed. Now, one thing

you would observe here is that the woman said,

you have given me food, right? Is it that you

have given me food now to take away my son? So,

she is looking at, you have come now, you have

done good. But now you are doing evil. Evil has

come. Now, that is idolatry, right? It's the

devil that does kind of a thing. You find it

in idol worship where they can give you something

and some part of your life is functioning and

then another part of your life is going down,

right? That's idolatry. God does not do that.

God does not function like that. Now, what we

see here is another supernatural, right? Disconnected

from what had happened in the first time. So

it's not like, oh, because this has happened,

then the child died. No, no. These are two different

events in the same woman's life. She was in need.

The prophet of God ministered. The son died.

The prophet of God ministered. So in the supernatural,

there's abundance and more than enough for you.

It's not a one -time thing, okay? So it's not

like, oh, God has done one thing for you. Oh,

you work in the supernatural in 1999. And now

it's not there again. No. Or you begin to say,

oh, because something has happened to me. Like

she said, you have brought my sin to remembrance.

See, these are wrong perceptions about God. Right?

So someone says, oh, because of my sin now, I

cannot walk in the supernatural again. Or supernatural

cannot function for me. No. No. The believer

has the capacity. And you see the man of God

ministering. So the supernatural is in abundance.

for every believer. It's not a one -time thing.

It's not something that God would do and something

else evil would happen. You see the question

Elijah had, Elijah asked, he said, I view, I

would take that as a rhetorical question, right?

I would take that as rhetoric, right? Asking,

is it possible for evil to come from God? And

he said, he said no by actually saying, Lord,

let the life return. So the supernatural is a

bonus. It can happen to you several and several

and several times in every circumstances, uniquely.

Hallelujah. Let's go to 2 Kings 2, 14. We'll

just read them, then I'll show something. 2 Kings

2 Kings 2:14

2, verse 14. We saw something else there as well.

2 Kings 2, verse 14. Then he took the cloak of

2 Kings 2:14

Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the

water, saying, Where is the Lord, the God of

Elijah? And when... He had struck the water.

The water was spattered to one side and to the

other. And Elisha went over. He went over. 2

2 Kings 2:21

Kings 2 verse 21. Just go to the same verse,

same chapter, verse 21. Then he went to the spring

of the water. This is another. Regularly taking

place in the life of a man of God. So it's something

regular. Then he went to the spring of the water

and threw salt in it and said, So says the Lord,

I have healed the water from now on. Neither

debt nor miscarriage shall come from it. 2 Kings

3, 17. Within a short period of time. So it is

something normal that can happen. So we have

to normalize it in our life that, yes, we can

experience the supernatural power of God regularly.

It's not only in Christmas, it's not only in

Sunday service. For thus says the Lord, you shall

not see the wind or the rain, but that stream

shall be filled with water. so that you shall

drink, and you, your livestock, and your animals.

Another provision. Now let's go to Acts. Let

me just read one scripture in Acts to corroborate

with this. Go to Acts chapter 5. Acts chapter

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5 verse 12. It says, Now many signs and wonders.

We're what? We're regularly what? Everybody,

can we read that together? One, two, go. Now,

many signs and wonders were regularly done among

the people by the hands of the apostles. Does

it relate to what we have been reading? Yes,

regularly. Normal, they carry out signs and wonders,

healing, deliverance. Hallelujah. Healing, deliverance

taking place from the Old Testament into the

time of the apostles. So the supernatural is

something that you can walk in. It's something

that you can walk in. Let's now go to Matthew

28. So we've seen people who does not have the

Holy Ghost residing in them permanently, right?

Carrying out and functioning in the supernatural

and doing a lot. Matthew 28 from verse 16. Now

the 11 disciples went to Galilee. to the mount

to which Jesus had directed them. And when they

saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted.

And Jesus came and said to them, All authority

in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and

of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them

to observe all that I have commanded you. And

behold, I am with you. to the end of the age.

Hallelujah. I am with you to the end of the age.

Now, the reason why I read this scripture is

because some people used to say that, of course,

the prophets did it, right? The prophet of the

Old Testament did it. Jesus himself did it, which

we are going to see in the book of Matthew. And

the apostles did it. But they will say that this

has ended, right? Please, let's concentrate,

right? Let's look at this side. Now, he said

that these, some people say, these things have

ended. But here, Jesus says something. He said,

I am with you, even towards to the end of the

age. Are we together? So it means that if Jesus

is working the supernatural, he is working in

the supernatural in the believer. He's working

out the supernatural through the believer. So

I am with you to the end of the age, saying that

you will continue to do the work that I've been

doing. You will continue in these activities

that I've been doing, that I've commenced. So

because of God's presence in the life of the

believer, right, the supernatural is possible.

Because of Christ's presence in the life of the

believer, the supernatural... It's possible.

The supernatural is possible because of Christ's

presence in the life of the believer. Hallelujah.

Now, let's see how people actually receive the

supernatural, right? Let's see how they... Now,

the case of Elijah, the prophet was saint, right?

The prophet was saint. God said, go there, you

will find a woman, right? So by divine instruction,

people can receive the supernatural. By divine

instruction. So that was what we saw in the case

of Elijah. Someone was instructed. So someone

can receive the supernatural by divine instruction.

Means a man of God was instructed, received a

word, and therefore the person moved and approached

you and laid hands on you. So the supernatural

can be received by divine instruction. Someone

received a word and moved and therefore the person

received. Matthew 8. Let's go to Matthew 8. So

first I say divine instruction we can receive.

Matthew 8 verse 1 to 4. When he came down from

Matthew 8:1–4

the from the mountain great crowds followed him

and a leper came to him and knelt before him

saying Lord if you will you can make me clean.

If you will you can make me clean and Jesus stretched

out his hands and touched him saying I will be

clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing

to anyone, but go show yourself to the priest

and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a

proof. For a proof. It is someone receiving the

supernatural by asking. So you can ask. You can

ask. Right? You can ask. You can ask. You can

ask. You can say, Brother, I want to receive

from you. You can ask, right? You can ask and

someone can minister to you. You can ask for

the supernatural, someone can minister to you.

So you can ask. When we come together and we

say we are ministering to each other, we are

asking each other, can you minister to me? Don't

forget we already saw that a believer's faith

can be weak, right? A believer's faith can be

weak. We saw it at some point in time. And we

say knowledge will increase, right? And when

the knowledge increases, the person becomes strong.

In this context, right, a believer's faith can

be weak and you can say, please. I want to receive

the supernatural by your ministration. And someone

can minister to you. And you can receive the

supernatural. Hallelujah. Say, I receive the

supernatural by the ministration of my brothers

and my sisters. Amen. Now let's go to verse 5.

Let's continue from verse 5. So you can ask,

you can seek, right? You can seek someone to

lend to you. Now, verse 5 says, So Jesus said,

well, the way you guys function here, right,

is that you want me to be around, right? You

want me to, you will see that that is the way

they function. So Jesus said, I will come to

the house, right? I will lay hands on the person.

And the child will be healed. The master will

be healed. But the centurion said, Lord, I am

not worthy to have you under my roof. But only

say the word. And my servant will be healed.

For I too am a man under authority. With soldiers

under me. And I say to one, go. And he goes.

And I say to another, come. And he comes. And

my servant. And to my servant. Do this. Sorry.

So I said to one, go. And he goes. And to another,

come. And he comes. And to my servant, do this.

And he does it. And Jesus heard this. He marveled

and said to those who followed him, Truly I tell

you, there is no one in Israel have I found such

faiths. Now, he's not talking about salvation

here, okay? He's talking about the faiths to

receive from Christ. This person showed a dimension

of a faith to receive from Christ. And Christ

was like, this is new in this environment. These

people always want me to come into their house

to lay hands on them. But this faith to receive

from me, I haven't seen in this environment.

So, it also means that we can have faith for

healing. We can have faith for healing even when

nobody is there and it will take place. That

is the first thing. We can have faith. But let's

see. He said, I tell you, many will come from

the east and many will go, okay, I think we don't

need to read that, right? The emphasis here is

actually the faith. The faith of this man, the

believing was sufficient to heal his master.

All right. So faith is another way, right? You

have a healing to receive faith. Now, verse 13.

Let's see verse 13. Okay, that's the conclusion

of this. And to the centurion, Jesus said, go.

Let it be done for you as you have once believed.

So certain things will be done in your life according

to your belief, right? Certain things will be

done according to your belief. So your faith

to receive healing. Faith to receive healing.

So you can seek, you can ask someone, you can

exercise faith and you can receive healing. Matthew

Matthew 8:14–15

8, verse 14 to 15. And when Jesus entered Peter's

house, he saw his mother -in -law lying sick

with a fever and he touched her and the fever

left her and she rose and began to serve him.

This one is not somebody requesting. This one

is not somebody expressing faith, right? But

it's Christ himself seeing a situation and intervening.

So as a believer, because you walk in the supernatural,

you will find people who are sick and you can

intervene and touch them and they will be healed,

right? You don't need to be told, you don't need

to be, someone doesn't need to ask you, right?

When you see a situation as chaos, which is sickness,

you can lay hands on the person and the person

will be healed. The person will be healed. So

by laying of hands, by touching, we can see healing

taking place. We can see healing taking place.

Matthew 9, 27 to 29. And as Jesus passed on from

there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud,

Have mercy on us, son of David. Yeah, this one

is very, very crucial. When he entered the house,

the blind men came to him. And Jesus said to

them, Do you believe that I'm able to do this?

They said to him, Yes. Then he touched their

eyes. So two things there. They believed, they

exercised faith and healing. And Jesus did what?

He touched their eyes. And what happened? He

said, according to your faith, be it done to

you. And their eyes were opened and Jesus tenderly

warned them. See that no one knows about this

and all of that. Do you realize that they gave

a revelation that is not complete about Jesus?

Do you realize? What did they call Jesus? Son

of David, right? Isn't he the son of David? Verse

27. He said, have mercy on us. Who? Son of David.

You know, there used to be a time before knowledge

came that I used to use this prayer. Let's ask

Son of David. You know, in some places we all

come from, Son of David, you have to call it

and it will invoke that power that happened on

that day. And something will happen. They actually

gave a revelation that is not complete about

Christ. But that did not stop the supernatural.

Hallelujah. Because they believe in the healing

power of Christ, right? Although they were not

completing knowledge, it means that they had

no precise knowledge about Christ, right? They

had no precise knowledge about, but they knew

something about him that he has the power to

heal them, right? So even you as the believer,

you might not have a precise knowledge. You might

not have incomplete, you know, you might not

have the accurate knowledge about everything,

right? Or is anyone here has gone through the

scripture back to back and you know everything

now, right? You know everything, line by line.

No, we are still learning, right? We learn every

day. Does that stop you from administering healing?

Does that stop you from receiving the supernatural?

No, no, it does not. It does not. The faith to

receive from Christ was sufficient and they received.

See, even the unbelievers would receive from

you when they come around you and they believe

in the power that is at work in you. They can

receive. If you check the house of apostles,

those guys that were sitting at the gates, he

didn't say whether they were believers or not.

Just looking at them, okay, let's go there. Let's

check. He had no information about him. He just

looked at them and know that these guys have

been doing something in this town. And he wasn't

even looking for... healing was thinking about

something else was looking for something else

right so let's see from that's acts chapter 5

Acts 5 · chapter mention

from verse 12 let's see is that acts chapter

Acts 5 · chapter mention

5 it's 3 right yes act chapter 3 let's go to

act chapter 3 yes act chapter 3 he said now peter

and john we are going up to the temple at the

hour of prayer the night hour and a lame man

from birth was being carried whom they laid daily

at the gate of the temple that is called the

beautiful gate to ask for alms. Of those entering

the temple, seeing Peter and John about to go

into the temple, he asked for what? He asked

to receive alms, right? And Peter directed his

gaze at him. As did John and said, look at us.

And he fixed his attention to them, expected

to receive something from them. But Peter said,

I have no silver and gold. But what I do have,

I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,

I rise up and walk. Rise up and what? And walk.

Right? So there's no description of whether this

guy, this guy was just looking, in fact, he wasn't

even expecting healing. It was just the apostles.

Because they had nothing to give and all that

they could have, all they had, was the power

of God in them. Right? They were not... rich

folks who had some luxury, who had sufficient

to, you know, just build a house for the guy.

But what they had was more important than what

they did not have. What they had was more important

than what they did not have. And he said, rise

and walk. So, he received from what the apostles

had. And we can say that, you know, this guy

Nebra does not record of where he said, I believe.

Right? Where he said, I believe. Now let's see,

let's see one of the scriptures. Back to Matthew

8. Matthew 8. Matthew 8. Let's continue in that

same line. Matthew chapter 8. Let's go to Matthew

Matthew 8 · chapter mention Matthew 9:18

9 verse 18. Go to Matthew 9 verse 18, sorry.

Matthew 9:18

Matthew 9 verse 18. I think it has a corresponding

Matthew 9:18

scripture in Luke 8. So we'll read it together.

While he was saying these things to them, behold,

a ruler came in and knelt before him saying,

my daughter has just died, but come and lay your

hands on her and she will live. You see that

is a pattern. It's a pattern they believe when

Christ lay hands, they'll be healed, right? Some

people believe just by faith and they will look

at something else happening similar to the fate

of the centurion. And behold, a woman who had

suffered from a discharge of blood for 12 years

came up behind him. And that a person exercising

faith, right? This one is not waiting for Christ

to touch her, right? She just said, if I myself,

right, could touch him. I will be healed. And

she was healed at that moment. Now, this was

Jesus going somewhere to actually administer

healing. He was actually going somewhere. It

wasn't even for her, right? It wasn't even, he

never planned her. But because of her faith,

that if I, that could be an affirmation that

you keep saying, right? When we come here, we

say affirmation at the end of service, don't

take them for granted. The words are powerful

on your lips. They can or they will put you into

the supernatural as you move in the week. This

is what she was just saying. If I will just touch

him. And this is not because she just came. She

has heard about Christ. She has been following.

She's in the crowds. Means that she had heard

many testimonies about Christ. And Ahonu is,

if I will just lay my hands. And she kept saying

that until she did it. And she received healing.

So faith, we are seeing faith for healing here.

Supernatural faith, healing. Let's go to Luke

Luke 8 · chapter mention

chapter 8 and just see, I mean, a connection

with these. And I'll just say a few things. Luke

Luke 8 · chapter mention

chapter 8, Luke chapter 8, verse 46. Now from

Luke 8:46

verse 43. And there was a woman who had a discharge.

The same story. of blood for 12 years. And though

she spent all her living on physicians, she could

not be healed by anyone. Now, let me say something,

right? Let me say something to us. We are, I

mean, we've said it several times that the supernatural,

right, and the doctors, they are not against

each other. Are we together? We have said it,

that the doctors and the supernatural healing,

they are not against each other. They work hand

in hand, right? We see the apostles when they

go, they also use oil as a means of healing,

right? Now, it would just be more appropriate

or it would be a proper alignment that when anything

happens in your life, right, the first is the

supernatural. So your first source of healing

is the supernatural. Are we together? So when

you fall sick, first is not, oh, the doctor.

What if the doctor doesn't have what to give

you? So first, supernatural. Then you go for

the doctor. We prioritize the supernatural. That

is what we are doing because that is from there

the healing begins. So she says she has spent

all her what? All her living. Don't spend all

your living on physicians before you believe

in the supernatural. Okay? Don't spend all your

living on physicians first. Believe in the supernatural.

then you can approach the physician. You know,

I've shared a testimony in this church, right,

of how I came here. I actually shared a testimony,

and I'm going to say it, right. So I was prayed

for by the pastors, and I had an issue, right,

with stones. And I felt within me when they prayed

that that stone was gone. I knew that kingdom

stone was gone. I knew it. I was so sure. And

I came here, and I shared the testimony. So in

the course of the week, I kept observing my body.

I drank enough. I went to see the physician.

I drank enough water. It moved a little bit.

But I knew from the day the pastor prayed that

I've received my healing. So I kept sharing that

this stone is gone. This stone is gone. This

stone is gone. But while I was sharing, I was

also checking. Okay? I want to get a report that

says it's gone. So... I kept drinking water.

I followed all the instructions. And at some

point, the doctor said, okay, this is what you

have to do to get this thing out. Right? And

I said, okay. I called pastors. Okay, the doctor

said they want to do their own part. And I was

admitted. And I was kicked out. Right? It was

what? Kicked out in the easiest possible way.

Now, there are stories of people who go through

that process. And it wasn't as easy as mine.

Right? There are people who went through that

process. And they had to keep going for it every

three months. So my faith in the supernatural

had already made me whole. And I allowed the

doctors to do their job. So while we're preaching

this, we are also saying that there are things

in the natural like torch, like drinking, like

rubbing, that works as well as supernatural.

But we don't want you to, first of all, right?

Because it's a matter of faith. You can put your

faith in the doctor. right the doctor give you

the i don't know they give you the is it the

easiest way for them to deal with your problem

right easiest way for them to deal with your

problem so let's go back to the scriptures he

said she could not be healed by anyone and she

came up behind him and touched the friend of

his garment and immediately the discharge of

the blood seized so you have to join the accounts

together one says she was saying in her mouth

right and this one skip that and emphasize the

touching and The end point was that they were

what? The blood seized. And Jesus asked, who

touched me? And all the night, Peter said, Master,

the crowd surround you and are pressing on you.

And Jesus said, someone touched me and I perceive

that power had gone out from me. And when the

woman saw that she was not, when she saw... And

when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she

came trembling and fell down before him and declared

in the presence of people why she had touched

him. So we see faith again. Faith again. It means

that as Christ was there, the healing power went

from him and she received healing. So as a believer

too, Right? It is possible that healing power

can be administered from you to someone. Right?

We used to use this thing for prayer. I think

we just need to stop it. And, you know, when

Pastor finished preaching, he said, virtue has

been released and more virtue should be put.

There's a way we put it. Please, let's not say

that again. Actually, it doesn't deplete. Okay?

So, the power does not deplete. Right? So, if

I share my ministration with you, if I minister

to you, there's no depletion in me. It's always

like that, right? Do you get it? It's a sharing.

It's not like I remove some part of my power

and I give you. So when you have to, you have

to now pray for me, right? For that power to

come, right? No, no. The power does not deplete.

So it stays there permanently. So therefore,

if you heal one person, another person comes,

the person can receive. Right? You don't have

to go through anything. And if someone also preaches,

when a pastor preaches, we will not say, virtue

has been released and let it be returned. No,

no, no. There are prayers in Ephesians that we

need to use, right? So when power is regular,

in your life, power is regularly released. Hallelujah.

Say, in my life, power is regularly released

for the demonstration of the supernatural. You

are always full of power. You are always full

of power. So therefore, there is no time. that

you cannot administer the supernatural. Right?

You are always full of what? Of power. So believe

it that you can walk in the supernatural. I don't

know what kind of sickness, I don't know what

kind of challenges you have been facing, but

believe in the supernatural. You will see it.

It will manifest. It will manifest. We've seen

people believe. So you can receive through instructions.

You can receive when you're sick. You can receive

exercising your faith. You can receive when hands

are laid on you. You can also receive when people

bring, when people exercise faith for you. Right?

It means they bring you into the gathering of

the brethren. You can receive the supernatural

and divine manifestation of the power of God.

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