The Believer's Authority in Christ pt 3

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

sermon. Good evening, everybody. We're just quickly

going through the teaching. And the title is

still The Believer's Authority in Christ. And

it should be the third one, if I'm not mistaken.

The believer's authority in Christ. The believer's

authority in Christ. And, you know, the emphasis,

right, this evening, right, is actually to, what

I say, to give us as much evidence as possible,

right, from the Old Testament text, right, across

to the time of Christ and beyond to see. That

the supernatural is real through the power of

God. That the supernatural is evident through

the power of God. That we might be able to walk

in it. We might be able to walk in it. The whole

purpose of this teaching is to really fill us

up. So that we can understand and see the supernatural

across scripture. We can see the supernatural

across scripture. And by that, we come to the

epignosis of things regarding the supernatural

manifestation of the kingdom of God. We come

to the precise and correct knowledge of it. That

there will be no doubts at any point in time.

That there will be no doubts even while you are

out there preaching. while you are out there

laying hands, while you are out there walking

and seeing the kingdom of darkness and asserting

your authority, that there will be no doubt that

you will see it evidently, right, through the

scripture and in your life, in my life, in our

lives, in our meetings. Amen. So first of all,

in my last teaching, I explained something that

actually we do not have, we do not exert authority.

over a believer or over a person. We don't assert

authority as such as we assert over the kingdom

of darkness. What we need to understand, the

balance of it, of that we don't assert authority

over another person, right? I said that in my

previous teaching, that we don't assert authority

over another person, right? But the balance of

it, right, means that, you know, as Fred would

say, that teaching is standing on one leg, right?

This is the second leg that balances it, is that...

In the functioning of life, so you can write

it down, that in the functioning of life, in

the functioning of life, things in the natural,

the functioning of life, things in the natural,

the believer has an influence. The believer has

an impact. The believer has an impact. Therefore,

we would say that in the functioning, how people

function, how circumstances happen around people,

the believer can assert the authority. I can

assert authority upon the circumstances surrounding

someone's life. I can assert my authority as

a child of God. I can see someone that is healed,

that is sick, and I can rebuke the sickness.

That's the circumstance. And the person is healed.

So I can also see the person, right, under the

oppression of the devil. The person might even

be ignorant. And I can assert the power of God

in that circumstance and the person will be delivered.

The person will be delivered. Because circumstances

of life, right, circumstances of life and this,

you know, natural things, they also respond.

They respond to the supernatural power in the

believer. And this is the truth. The circumstances

of life, the things in the natural respond to

the supernatural power of God that is in the

believer. That is in the believer. So while the

believer, while we cannot push, I mean, while

we cannot, how do I say it? Push someone's will

to believe, right? We influence someone's will

by preaching the gospel. Luke chapter 24. We

Luke 24 · chapter mention

influence someone's will by preaching the gospel.

Then the person exercises their will in believing.

So while we cannot affect that, circumstances,

natural circumstances surrounding people's life,

the believer, the supernatural power of God in

the life of the believer, right, can make significant

impacts. So we can go to Luke 24, Luke 24, Luke

Luke 24:26

24, verse 26. Let's start with this. It is written.

that Christ should suffer and on the third day

rise from the dead and that repentance and forgiveness

of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all

nations. And from Jerusalem, you are witness

of these things and behold, I'm sending the promise

of the father upon you, but stay in the city

until you are clothed with power from on high.

So he said, repentance and forgiveness of sin.

will be proclaimed in his name, right? Will be

proclaimed in his name. And Romans 10, right?

Romans 10 would give more clarity on that. Romans

10 would give more clarity on that. And it will

further and say, Romans 10 from verse 8, right?

From verse 8. But what does it say? The word

is near you in your mouth and in your heart.

That is the word of faith that we proclaim. So

you see there in Luke 24, forgiveness of sin,

repentance and forgiveness of sin should be proclaimed

in his name to all nations. And here he says

that that's a word that we, that word of faith

that we proclaim. Because if you confess with

your heart that Jesus is Lord and believe in

your heart that God raised him from the dead,

you will be saved. So he's talking about believing.

the repentance and forgiveness of sin through

Christ, right? So it's bringing us together that

a man is only saved, right? By believing in the

message that we proclaim to you, which is repentance

and forgiveness of sin that is proclaimed in

the name of Christ. So we see that, that we cannot

influence anyone except through the part of the

gospel. So through the gospel that how we influence

men and they have to believe, they have to take

a position. of believing in the message that

they have received. While that is true, right?

Circumstances surrounding people's life, the

believer has a lot of influences. So we can actually

supernaturally affect what happens in the natural.

Let's go to 1 Corinthians 12. 1 Corinthians 12.

So 1 Corinthians 12, when we start talking about

the gifts, right? You will see that in that first

few paragraphs, In those first few verses, the

emphasis was actually on these gifts and for

the common good. For edification, for the common

good, for the good of the church. 1 Corinthians

12, from verse 4. Now there are varieties of

gifts, but the same spirits, and there are varieties

of service, but the same Lord. And there are

varieties of activities, but it is the same God.

who empowers them all in everyone. To each is

given the manifestation of the spirits for common

good, right? As we say, for common good. So Jesus

said for, you know, everybody's profiting, right?

For the benefit of the church, for the benefit

of everybody. For to one is given through the

spirit all trends of wisdom and to another all

trends of knowledge according to the same spirit.

And it continues in verse 11 says, All these

are empowered by one and the same spirit who

apportions to each one individually as he wills.

So as we come together in our meetings, right?

As we come together in our meetings, as people

desire these gifts, right? They walk in them,

right? You desire to prophesy, you walk in prophecy.

You desire to walk in the gift of faith, you

walk in it. You desire to walk in the sermon

of spirit, word of wisdom, word of knowledge,

you walk in it because it says as each of them

will. But one thing is certain there, or one

thing is emphasized there, is that for the common

good, right? For the common good, it means for

us, for the benefit of us, or that we are edified,

right? Now, when we come to chapter 14, let's

come to chapter 14 of the same 1 Corinthians.

Do we observe that when they start teaching about

prophecy and tongues, When we start teaching

about prophecy and tongues, towards the end,

Apostle Paul introduced something which included

the unbeliever as a beneficiary in prophecy and

tongues. So if you read from verse 20. of chapter

14 of 1 Corinthians. So brothers, do not be children

in your thinking, right? Be infants in evil,

but in your thinking, be matured. In the law,

it is written, by people of strange tongues and

by lips of foreigners will I speak to these people.

And even when they will not listen to me, says

the Lord. Those songs, those tongues are not

a sign for believers, but for unbelievers. While

prophecy is a sign, not for unbelievers, but

for believers. If therefore the whole church,

you see, from verse 23, pay attention. I say,

if therefore the whole church comes together

and all speak in tongues and an outsider or unbeliever

enters, will they not say that you are out of

your minds? But if all prophesy, and there's

an unbeliever in church, right? If all prophesy

and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted

by all. He is called to account by all. the secret

of his heart are disclosed. And so falling on

his face, he will worship God and declare that

God is really among you, right? He will worship

God and say, God is really among you. So he painted

this picture of the fact that when we are together

and we have supernatural outrances, right? When

there's supernatural outrance and there is prophecy,

right? An unbeliever, right, can receive a word

from prophecy. So in the supernatural expression

of the believer, right, an outsider, when it

comes as prophecy, an outsider can receive a

word, can receive instruction, can receive direction,

can have an understanding and say truly, right,

just to say truly God is really among you. So

here we see that when it comes to the supernatural,

is something that will benefit the church. And

when we prophesy, someone from outside can also

benefit from it. So we can therefore say the

supernatural gifts and supernatural utterances

are both for believers and a believer can receive

instructions from it. We can instruct an unbeliever,

an outsider, because we have received a word.

Right. By the spirit. This is what happens when

we go for evangelism. And then we meet people

on the street and we receive a word for them.

Right. And when they receive this word, they

are edified, they are blessed. They confirm and

say, truly, truly, I know that you have come

from God. Of course, sometimes some of them don't

still believe after they receive this supernatural

word of instruction, clarity, the secret of their

hearts made known to them and their directions

are given unto them. Sometimes, I mean, sadly,

they still walk away. They still walk away, but

they can also benefit in this supernatural manifestation

that comes from. the believer, right? They can

benefit from that. So what we are seeing here

is that both the believer and unbeliever, right?

They can benefit from it, but it's giving expression

only through the believer. Supernatural expressions

only comes through the believer. Please note

this thing that I said here about the outsiders,

about the unbeliever who receives a word from

the supernatural expression of a church. Please

note it. Because when we begin to see from the

scriptures I'm going to go through, we would

notice, right? We will notice that just like

I said, that in the functioning of life and things

around us and circumstances around people's life,

because the believer has an authority, right?

We can impact and assert influence on those circumstances,

right? We can impact and assert influence on

those circumstances. unbelievers are within those

contexts. So it's about the authority in the

believer. It's not about the situation. And it's

not about the unbeliever. It's about the authority,

the power of God that is in the believer. The

focus is the power of God that is resident, that

is indwelling in the believer. So therefore,

sometimes, right, we can find circumstances where

we are sat the supernatural power of God and

unbelievers can be. partakers you know of the

result of it or the benefits so this is authority

this is how authority works okay it works responding

to the one who carries the authority responding

to the one who carries the authority so right

now i will begin to check scriptures begin to

check scriptures um we can check scriptures now

let's let's go to hebrews 11 12 to 14 hebrews

11 Let's start from Hebrews 11. Of course, that

was nowhere I intend to start from, but we start

from Hebrews 11, right? Hebrews 11, 12 to 14.

It's a death for from one man and him as good

as dead. We are born descendants, right? As many

as the stars of the heaven, as many, right? As

innumerable grains of the sun of the sea. So

we can see. If you read from verse 10, it says,

of sand, right, by the seashore. Now, this is

actually referring to, in a way, referring to

Abraham's situation, right, situation in the

natural, right, reflecting to his situation in

the natural as good as dead, right, as good as

dead, as someone in the natural that we do not

expect, right, that we do not expect to give

birth. But when we go back, we will see that

despite the natural situation, right? There's

a supernatural power of God that function in

Sarah, right? The supernatural power of God that

function in Sarah and Abraham. And then they

give birth to Isaac, right? They give birth to

Isaac. Now, this is what I'm saying, that circumstances

surrounding, right? The believer circumstances

surrounding. because the supernatural power of

God actually can function. Of course, we interpret

this and it leads us to Christ. All this, Hebrews

11, points us to Christ. But we see that the

man that is as good as dead, like non -functioning,

became functional, right? The woman became functional,

even when in the natural is not expected. So

we see that these things are actually supernatural

impact of God through the believer. So let's

check, right, and trace much more. how these

supernatural activities, right? Do we have them

in the Old Testament? Do we still have them today,

right? So that's the main focus of this teaching

because sometimes we overlook them and that's

the truth, right? Sometimes we overlook them.

We overlook probably miracles. We overlook the

supernatural taking place. Our focus sometimes

is mostly in the natural and how natural things

function. But the emphasis here is to raise up

our faith and direct us much more to see and

focus more on the supernatural and then expect

it. That's another thing, that we might expect

it. So we are so focused on the natural that

when even we say the supernatural is about to

take place, we don't expect it. We don't even

break through from the natural. So, from the

scriptures, we will see that from the Old Testament

text, there are a lot of supernatural events

that happen. And in the, you know, what we call

the New Testament text, they are still happening.

And they can happen in our lives. Right? That's

true. They can happen in our lives. And we can

see that. So, we can start with Exodus. Right?

So, let's start our journey gradually with Exodus

14. Right? With Exodus 14. With Exodus 14. Now,

we'll go to verse... Verse 15, Exodus 14 from

verse 15, actually from verse one to 31, but

we'll go to verse 15. And the Lord said to Moses,

why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel

to go forward, lift up your staff and stretch

out your hand over the sea and divide it. And

the people of Israel may go through the dry ground

and I'll harden the hearts of the Egyptians so

that they shall go in after them and I'll glory

over Pharaoh. and all the hosts of his chariots

and his horsemen. And the Egyptian shall know

that I am the Lord, when I have gotten glory

over Pharaoh and his chariots and his horsemen.

Then the angel of God, who was going before the

hosts of Israel, moved and went behind them,

and the pillar of cloud moved before them and

stood behind them, coming between the hosts of

Egypt and the hosts of Israel. And there was

a cloud and darkness. and it lit up the night

without one coming near the other. Then Moses

stretched out his hand over the sea, and the

Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind

all night and made the sea dry, and the waters

were divided. And the people of Israel went into

the midst of the sea on dry ground, and the waters

being a wall to them on their right hand and

on their left. Right. So we see that they walked

on dry ground and the water was like a wall on

both sides to them. So what we see here is actually

the supernatural power of God taking place and

functioning in the circumstances of a people.

Right. Of a people. So we see all those descriptions

that the angel of God following them. We see

the cloud. We see the pillar of fire. Then we

see Moses, a certain authority through the staff

in his hand and dividing. the sea. Now, this

happened real. This is not something that we

say, of course, it points to something, a salvation

that is to come, but it happened in real life,

right? I think that's the way I can say it. So

it happened real. It means a part of God is functional

through the man of God. And this is supernatural

events, right? Taking place in the Old Testament

text, right? Taking place in the Old Testament

text. Now we see that this took place for the

preservation of the people. So this took place

for the preservation of the people. The exercise

of the supernatural and then someone is preserved

from trouble. The exercise of the supernatural

can take place through you and someone is preserved

from trouble. So we must pay attention as we

daily live. To know that the supernatural can

take place through you and someone will be preserved

from trouble. A people will be preserved from

trouble. Let's go to Exodus 16. Let's move to

Exodus 16, just the next page. So this one, they

are preserved from an enemy. That's what we see,

right? They are preserved from destruction. They

are preserved from an enemy. Exodus 16 gives

another, not another perspective, but another

deliverance of God. Exodus 16, we can go to verse,

We can go to verse 9. Then Moses said to Aaron,

said to the whole congregation of the people

of Israel, Come near before the Lord, for he

has heard your grumbling. And as soon as Aaron

spoke to the congregation of the people, they

looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the

glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. And

the Lord said to Moses, I have heard the grumbling

of the people of Israel. Say to them, As three

lights you shall eat meat in the morning, and

you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall

know that I am God. And in the evening, right,

Quill came up and covered the camp in the morning

dew, in the morning dew, right, in the morning

dew lay around the camp. And when the dew had

gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness

a fine flakes like a thin, right, fine as the

frost of the ground. When the people of Israel

saw it, they said to another, what is this? For

they did not know what it was. And Moses said

to them, right, Moses said to them, it is the

bread that the Lord. has given you to eat. This

is what the Lord has commanded. Gather of each

one of you as you eat. You shall eat and take

your own man. And those instructions go like

that. Now, what we see here, right, is also supernatural

provision. Okay? Supernatural provision. Why

so many times we try to shift away from it, right?

We try to shift away from it because there are

excesses. It does not mean. that there are no

supernatural provisions, okay? Because there

are excesses of people saying, oh, all your life

from January to December, you have to depend

on supernatural provision. And then people become

lazy. It does not mean that there are no supernatural

provisions. And this is one of the things that

we need to bring back to our knowledge, right?

When we study the scriptures, that because there

are extremes to it. that makes people lazy and

makes people misinterpret the scripture does

not mean that supernatural provisions does not

exist. It does exist. Why? For the preservation

of the people again. So supernatural provisions

can be made available for the preservation of

the people. Of course, you know that Israel did

not eat manna all through their life. They only

ate it for a period of time. That is what's paying

attention to, that this supernatural provision

was provided. Now, if you read from verse 16,

it said they left a place called Elim, which

had 12 springs of water and 70 palm trees. That

is Exodus 15, 27. They left a place. They moved

from Elim and they moved to the wilderness of

Sin, right? And there was no water. So they were

found in a situation. where they couldn't find,

when they were in a limb, there was no record

that they said they cried for water. But when

there was a need, right, there was provision

made for them. So they ate that, right, and they

drank that. Don't forget, we'll come to 1 Corinthians

10 that also later refers to this. So supernatural

provisions for feeding, it happens, it takes

place. It takes place. All right, so verse 17,

chapter 17, let's just go to chapter 17 and see

the other one. chapter 17 from verse 1 to 6.

So after they had eaten all of this manna and

this quail, right, all the congregation of the

people of Israel moved from the wilderness of

sin, you see, by stages, according to the commandment

of the Lord. So in their movements, problems

arise and supernatural provisions were made in

their movement as they were moving. So you will

see that by stages, according to the commandment

of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim. but there

was no water for the people to drink. Therefore,

the people quarreled with Moses and said, give

us water to drink, right? After they've eaten.

And Moses said to them, why do you quarrel with

me? Why do you test the Lord? But the people

tested there for water and the people grumbled.

And why did you bring us? And they made all complaints.

Now, what happened? Behold, let's read from verse

five. And the Lord said to Moses, pass on before

the people take in with you some of the elders

and take. In your end, the staff with which you

struck the nail and go. Behold, I will stand

before you there on the rock at Horeb. And you

shall strike the rock. And water shall come out

of it. And the people will drink. And Moses did

so in the sight of the elders of Israel. And

he called the name of the place Masa and Meribah

because of the quarreling of the people of Israel.

And because they tested the Lord by saying, is

the Lord. amongst us or not. I'll come back to

that statement. But what we see here is that

within two chapters, the supernatural provision

of food, the supernatural provision of water

within their circumstances, right? Within the

circumstances of them. So these supernatural

provisions take place. The supernatural power

of God walks through the man of God, Moses, to

make things available for the people of God.

In quotes, right? So we see that here. And of

course, when we go to 1 Corinthians, I think

we should go to John 6, 49 first. Let's go to

John 6, 49. To corroborate Exodus 16, we'll just

go to John 6, 49. John 6, 49. Say, your fathers

ate the manna in the wilderness and they died.

right? They died. We'll come to that. But first,

they ate the manna in the wilderness. It means

there was a provision, right? So Jesus acknowledged

that, that there was a divine provision and they

ate this manna in the wilderness. 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 10:1–4

10 verse 1 to 4 would also tell us that they

ate and they drank, right? Of course, symbolizing

many things there. Well, let's see. So for I

do not want you to be unaware, brothers. 1 Corinthians

10 from verse 1. That our fathers were all under

the cloud and all passed through the sea and

were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and

in the sea. And they all ate the same spiritual

food and all drank the same spiritual drink.

For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed

them. And that rock was Christ. God said, I will

be in front of you and you will hit the rock.

So that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most

of them, God was not pleased. for they were overthrown

in the wilderness. So another evidence to show

that the earth's spiritual food, right, the earth

is divinely provided food, and the drunk are

divinely provided water in the wilderness. In

the wilderness, the earth and they were delivered,

the earth and the drunk. Now one more, one more.

So supernatural preservation, we see supernatural

food made available, drink. Then we see one more,

Numbers 21, verse 9. Because the believer actually

Numbers 21:9

can walk in these things, right? We can intervene

in circumstances like this. Numbers 21, verse

Numbers 21:9

9. Numbers 21, verse 9. Thank you, Jesus. It

Numbers 21:9

says, so Moses made a bronze, a bronze serpent,

and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bites

anyone, He would look at the bronze serpents

and leave, right? He would look at the bronze

serpents and leave. So we see this also as a

means by which people are being healed, right?

Divine healing taking place in this place. And

we will see it also in John 3, 14, right? John

3, 14 gave the scriptures that as Moses, right?

As Moses raised, that was now... interpreted

as a pattern and as a message, right? The message

was explained from that event that happened,

right? The message was explained from Moses raising

the snake. Let's see. John 3, verse 14. It said,

John 3:14

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,

so was the Son of Man lifted up, that whosoever

believes in him may have eternal life. So, what

Moses did there, right, was physical healing,

right, was physical healing. And Jesus interpreted

this and said about eternal life. So, here, natural

life was preserved in John. So we see all, all

of these. Sorry about the breaking transmission.

I really know how that opens. I hope we are back

now. I hope we're able to get Numbers 21, verse

Numbers 21:9

9. Right? Did we get Numbers 21, verse 9? And

Numbers 21:9

John 3, verse 14. Yes. Thank you, sir. So, we

John 3:14

got it. So, now, Jesus explained that in the

light of eternal life, that if you look at Christ,

if you believe in Christ, you will be saved.

So, these supernatural events are taking place.

Now, before we go further, the question I would

like to ask, was Israel saved? in these situations?

The answer is Israel was not saved. Most of them

were in unbelief, right? Most of them were in

unbelief in their movement and their walk with

God. They were in high level of unbelief, what

I can call high level, right? Because after every

deliverance and supernatural manifestation of

God, right? Plus the message of Moses revealing

Christ to them. They still walk in unbelief.

So why is the supernatural functioning among

them? That's the question we would ask. Why is

the supernatural? functioning among. Do you remember

that question? They said, is God even amongst

us, right? God was among them. They were asking

if God was among them, right? So Israel was working

in series of unbelief. So we need to know where,

why is all this taking place? It is because there's

a man of God there called Moses that is leading

them and under the authority granted to him by

God, those things were taken. For their preservation,

for their healing, despite their unbelief. So

it's just an authority that the circumstances

around respond to the authority of the man of

God, Moses. As he receives instruction from God,

when Moses receives instruction from God, he

executes those instructions and the circumstances

surrounding that respond to him. If it is by

Israel's fate, nothing will happen. If it is

by Israel's fate, nothing. will happen. But by

Moses, right, having the authority, being appointed

by God to lead them, the supernatural took place.

So the same way, right, I'm going to continue

with other scriptures. In the same way, when

the believer, right, is in certain circumstances,

the believer can assert his authority, right,

to put things in place. And unbelievers can benefit

from it. I mean, it's not unfortunately, but

it's just the way things are. It's just because

the circumstances would respond, would respect

the authority of God in the believer. And this

is what we must know. Do you remember what I

was going to do? Let me give us an example in

the New Testament. Acts chapter 27. I will still

Acts 27 · chapter mention

refer to it again when we continue the teaching.

Acts chapter 27. It tells you that The unbeliever

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has the authority, right? From God has the authority,

the power within working in him to put things

in place for preservation of many, for healing

of many, for provisions for many. Now let's see

what, what happened to Paul, right? Paul was

in the midst of a storm and many were preserved

through that. Let's see. Verse nine, Acts chapter

seven, verse nine. Since much time had passed

and the voyage was not dangerous because, The

event fast was already over. Paul advised them,

saying, Sir, I perceive that this voyage will

be with injury and much loss, not only of the

cargo and the ship, but also of our lives. You

see? But the centurion paid more attention to

the pilot, to the owner of the ship, than to

what Paul said. And because... The harbour was

not suitable to spend the night in. The majority

decided to put out to the sea from there. On

the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix,

a harbour in Crete, facing the southwest and

the northwest, and spend the winter there. Now,

when the south wind blew gently, supposing they

had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchors

and sailed along Crete, close to the shore. But

soon as the tempestuous wind called the northeaster

struck down the land, And when the ship was caught

and could not face the wind, they gave way to

it and were all driven along, running under the

lee of a small island called Kauda. We managed

with difficulty to secure the ship's boat. After

hoisting it up, they used support and unguarded

the ship. Then, fearing that they would run on

the cities, they lowered the gear. Since we were

violently stormed, they began the next day to

jettison. the cargo. Now, if you go to verse

21, it says, since they had been without food

for a long time, Paul stood up among them and

said, men, you should have listened to me and

not have sailed from Crete and incurred this

injury and loss. Yet now I urge you to take heart,

for there will be no loss of life among you,

but only of the sheep. For this very night, there

stood before me an angel of God to whom I belong

and whom I worship. And he said, do not be afraid.

Paul, you must stand before Caesar and behold,

God has granted you all those who sail with you.

God has granted you all you, right? God has granted

you all those who sail with you. So take heart,

men, for I have faith in God that it will be

exactly as I have been told. but we must run

aground on some highlands. So in the circumstances

of Paul, right, that's a deliverance. That's

a supernatural deliverance. People who have not

even believed are part of that deliverance because

Paul was in that circumstances or rather in that

circumstance. So because Paul was in that situation,

right, they gave a revelation. They did not yield.

Despite their disobedience, There was assurance.

God has granted you. How did he put it? God has

granted you. All those who say with you. They

are preserved with you. They are preserved with

you. No life will be lost. The believer actually

carries. The supernatural power of God. That's

true. Our presence. Circumstances can change.

True. Our words. Asserting our authority. Circumstances.

Can change for good. And unbelievers can partake

in it. That is what we see. People who have not

even believed. In fact some people probably you

have preached to. They can benefit from the supernatural

power of God. Because he is not responding to

their faith. He is responding to your faith.

He is responding to your word. And Paul would

say. Because I have faith. He emphasized on this.

I have faith. So take at men, for I have faith

in God. Circumstances of life respond to the

faith of the believer, responds to the authority

of the believer. So in the case of Israel, it's

a similar situation where we see, right, where

we see that people are preserved, right, because

there's a leader, there is a man of God that's

leading them, that's giving instructions, and

by the authority, We see many signs and wonders

taking place. Many signs and wonders taking place.

Let's check more scriptures. Let's check more

scriptures and see. And see how people also believe.

In fact, some people wouldn't even believe in

your message, but they believe in the fact that

you're a man of God and you can heal. Or you're

a son of God, you're a child of God, and you

can pray for them and they can receive healing.

So let's go to 1 Kings. 1 Kings 17, verse 7 to

1 Kings 17:7–16

16. And just push through a little bit forward

to 1 Kings. 1 Kings 7 to 16. From verse 8, right?

We can say, The word of God, the word of the

Lord came to him. Arise, go to Zarephath, which

belongs to Sidon. And dwell there. Behold, I

have commanded a widow there to feed you. So

he rose and went to Zarephath. And when he came

to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was

there guarding stakes. And he called to her and

said, bring me a little vessel that I may drink.

And as she was going to bring it, he called to

her and said, bring me a muzzle of bread in your

hand. And she said, as the Lord your God lives,

I have nothing baked, only a handful of a jar,

only a handful of flour in a jar and a little

oil in a jar. And now I'm gathering a couple

of things that I may go in and prepare for myself

and son and that we can eat and die. Right. We're

not sustenance again. And Elijah said to her,

do not fear. Go and do as you have said. But

first make a little cake for me and bring it

to me. And after I would make something for yourself

and your son. But thus is the Lord God of Israel.

The jar of oil shall not be spent. The jug of

oil shall not be empty until the day the Lord

sends rain upon the earth. And the house hold

air for many days and the jar of flour was not

spent. Neither did the jug of oil become empty.

According to what the word of the Lord. According

to the word of the Lord that is put by Elijah.

Now, I know that these scriptures have actually

been used very well. And many things have been

done to the scripture. Many challenges and disasters

have been done to the scripture. And sometimes

it makes us, it makes us to miss the blessing.

See, the problem is when a part of the scripture

is not explained or there's an overemphasis on

something, it makes us miss the blessing that

is founded, right? It makes us to miss the blessing.

So is it that now that, you know, it has been

bastardized, we can just cut that part out and

say, we don't know. We have to pay attention

to it. We have to read it. We have to explain

it. We have to check it, right? We have to check

it. We have to pay attention to it. Now, the

emphasis I'm just going to make for today. The

emphasis is, he said the jar of the floor was

not spent, neither did the jug of oil become

empty, according to the word of the Lord that

he spoke, right? That was spoken by Elijah, right?

And this is not the first time he's doing something

supernatural. So we also see supernatural provisions

here. In fact, she said, as the Lord your God

lives. So it means that she understood this is

a prophet, understood that this is a man of God,

and for her to make the statement. But the man

of God had made a statement and said, according

to his word, nothing. There was a divine provision.

That's what we can see here. And preservation.

There was divine provision and preservation.

You can see that subsequently, even when the

widow's child died, Elijah raised him up. Right?

He raised them up again. So these are supernatural

events that we must still believe God that takes

place in time and seasons. Right? In this time

now. Right? In this time now. So we see that

the man of God spoke a word. By the authority

of the man of God, there was provision. Right?

By the authority of the man of God, there was

provision. So we see supernatural things still

taking place. And we also see it. We can write

the scriptures down. These are the scriptures.

1 Kings 18, verse 14. 1 Kings 18, verse 14. We'll

1 Kings 18:14 1 Kings 18:14

pay more attention to it when we come together

much on Sunday. 1 Kings 18, verse 41, sorry.

1 Kings 18:41

1 Kings 18, verse 41. 1 Kings 19, verse 8. 1

1 Kings 18:41 1 Kings 19:8 1 Kings 18:41

Kings 18, verse 41. 1 Kings 19, verse 8. And

1 Kings 19:8

you can put in brackets James 5, verse 19 to

18. James 5, verse 19. James 5, verse 19 to 18.

James 5:19

You can also put this other scripture, 2 Kings

2, 14. Let's write all of them down and we will

get them on Sunday. 2 Kings 2, 14. 2 Kings 2,

21. 2 Kings 2, 14. 2 Kings 2, 21. And 2 Kings

2 Kings 3:17

3, verse 17. 2 Kings 3, verse 17. Now, these

2 Kings 3:17

are events where people who are the authority.

To function in the office of a prophet, exercise

their authority. And we see what happened in

those situations. And we say we are kings, we

are priests, we are prophets. And therefore,

we must believe that the supernatural can function

amongst us. We can heal the sick. We can raise

the dead. We can make the lame to walk. We can

make the deaf to speak, the dumb to speak, the

deaf to hear. This is the power of God in us.

And it will be evident. So it just shows much

more that the believer has so much authority

that needs to be exercised. So much authority

that we must pay attention to in our daily life.

So much authority that we must make sure that

our faiths Let me say this, our faith must be

in God first, right? In God first, then other

what we call probably drugs and natural things

and all other circumstances, right? So it's not,

sometimes, for example, someone is first sick,

the first thing is drugs. Yes, drug is fine.

And of course, we know that in this church, we

don't say you shouldn't take drugs. You have

to take drugs, you have to follow the medication.

I was sometime not feeling well. We prayed, I

received healing and I still went to Astenem.

and the doctor did what he wanted to do, and

I'm fine. And I still believe that it's not just

what about the doctor did, it's about the fact

that I've been prayed for, right? And the doctor

had to just make that manifest. So it works together.

So primarily, right, we must set our hearts,

right, we must set our hearts to believe that

as believers, right, supernatural power of God

is at work in us. When we see circumstances,

we are first of all... to say, okay, God, we

believe in your intervention by the power at

work in us in this circumstance first. And that

helps us to grow in faith in God. In fact, sometimes

you will see the manifestation immediately. So

this is what we must set our heart to do, that

the supernatural is a reality, is a reality in

our midst. I know many people that have been

sick. We have prayed for, we have seen healing

come to place in this church. You know, one of

the things we will do. right maybe when we continue

this teaching there's a part that we're testimony

the raw testimony of people play in healing you

know we've not really paid attention to that

i'm sure with time we'll pay attention to that

where people would have to share their testimonies

of healing and from there people can begin to

heal can begin to receive healing others that

have been trusting god So what we'll do is to

pay attention to these things and trust God.

But this evening, we want to conclude, I want

to conclude with this, that you say to yourself

that I'm a believer and the supernatural power

of God is at work in me. I put circumstances

into order. I put things into order. I put chaos.

I put chaos into order. I take away... darkness,

and I bring light to every situation I find myself.

Oh, many people around me benefit because of

the supernatural power of God in me. Many people

around me are preserved because of the supernatural

power of God in me. I see it evidently. Oh, as

I also go to preach, I preach, the supernatural

takes place. The supernatural takes place, then

I preach. Oh, all working together to bring,

oh, to bring the manifestation, of the kingdom

of God in our midst, to bring the manifestation

of the kingdom of God through us. Father, we

thank you for the supernatural. It is evident

in our midst. We believe it. We walk in it. We

have faith. Oh, thank you for supernatural provision,

supernatural preservation. Oh, thank you, Jesus,

for supernatural healing. We're thankful you

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