Manifesting the Things of The Spirit pt. 2

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right in. 1 Corinthians chapter 1, everybody.

1 Corinthians 1 · chapter mention

So one of the words that I remembered mentioning

on Sunday, I mentioned something. I said Paul

was addressing the church in Corinthians, a loveless

spiritual people. What I meant by a loveless

spiritual people is not as though. Can you hear

me? Okay, sir. Okay. So it's not as though these

people don't have the love of Christ in them.

Amen. The day the believer comes into Christ,

the day the believer. receives the life of christ

he receives all that is in christ jesus so when

when i say loveless people it was not or is not

as though these people don't have love at all

no the believers in the corinthian church have

the love of christ in them amen They have all

that is in Christ. Also, they have it in them.

So the only challenge with them is that what?

They have made a choice. Willful ignorance, right?

Not to walk in love. Praise God. So now, let's

see verse 2. Let's see verse 2. Everybody, please

pay attention to your Bible. And see the kind

of, there's a reason why I want us to read verse

2 to 10. Right? Because I want to say something

that will build on all that we are discussing.

Or from verse 1. Paul called to be an apostle

of Jesus Christ through the will of God and sustenance

our brother. See verse 2 everybody. Put your

attention very well. Unto the church of God which

is at Corinth. To them that are what? sanctified

in Christ Jesus. They are in who? They are in

Christ. Christ is in them. Amen? So all that

is in Christ is in these believers. How do I

know? Let's continue reading. Called to be what?

Called to be saints. With all that in every place

called upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,

both theirs and what? And ours. So this church,

these believers are in who? They are in Christ

Jesus. And Christ is also what? In them. Praise

God. So these people have love. These people

have all the gifts of the Holy Ghost. These people

have all that is in Christ Jesus. Verse 3. Grace

be unto you and peace from God our Father and

from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always

on your behalf for the grace of God, which is

what? Which is given you by Jesus Christ. That

in everything, can you see everybody? That in

everything, ye are what? Ye are enriched by him.

Hallelujah. Not in some things. Not in one thing.

Not in two things. Not in three things. That

they are enriched in how many things? In everything.

The believer is the man that is enriched in everything

in Christ Jesus. We have treated it in our cell

meeting. The realities of the believer in Christ

Jesus. As we are discussing heaven. The realities

of the believer in Christ Jesus. So the believer

is enriched in Christ in how many things? In

all things. And he said by him. Who? By Christ.

That hymn there says that ye are enriched by

Christ in all utterance and in all how many words?

All knowledge. Can you see? All utterance, all

knowledge, all gifts, the love of God, the patience

of God, the character of God, the kindness of

God, they are enriched in all things. See verse

6. Even as the testimony of Christ was what?

Was confirmed in you. Can you see verse 7? So

that ye come behind in what? In no gifts. Because

they are enriched in all things. They are enriched

in everything. They are enriched in every gift.

They come behind in no gift waiting for the coming

of our Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 8. Who shall

also confirm you unto the end that ye be blameless

in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 9.

God is faithful. By whom here we are called.

Unto the fellowship of his son. Jesus Christ

what? Our Lord. Unto the union. Now what fellowship?

Unto the union. Of which his son. Our Lord Jesus

Christ. Seva stand everybody now. Seva stand.

So that you will know that this church is enriched

in everything. Now I beseech you, brethren, by

the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all

speak what? The same thing. And that there be

no what? Divisions where? Among you. But that

ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind

and in the same judgment. Hallelujah. In the

same mind and in the same judgment. Because ye

are enriched in everything. Because for the grace

of God has been given to you by Christ Jesus.

Because the peace of God and his grace has been

given to you. Because ye are enriched in all

utterance. Ye are enriched in all knowledge.

You see this church. It's a church that has all

things. So whatever that is in Christ Jesus is

in them. Hallelujah. However, this church, when

you now see verse 11, it now say, for it has

been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by

them which are of the house of what? Of Chloe,

that there are what? Contentions where? Among

you. So some people from the house of Chloe,

where the people that declared unto him that

there are what? Contentions among them. And he

began verse 12 and began to address all the contentions.

And we read on Sunday in chapter 3, he addressed

an issue. Chapter 4, he addressed an issue. Chapter

5, he kept addressing till chapter 13, 14 and

15. He ended 15 and 16, now bringing their minds

to a different matter entirely, having addressed

all the issues and then encouraged them to walk

in love. So most times when you see that there

are disputes and when there are issues and then

in the body of Christ, you want to address a

matter between two believers. You are not addressing

the matter between the believers as though they

don't have that which is in them that is supposed

for them to live that kind of life. No. But rather,

you see a deviation from their reality or who

they are or their identity in Christ Jesus. That

is why in chapter 3, he would tell them that

I would love to speak to you as unto spiritual,

but I have to speak unto you as unto what? Canal.

as unto faith in who? In Christ. So these people

are spiritual people. Question, who is a spiritual

person? A spiritual person is one that is saved.

One that has the Holy Ghost. I'm just giving

us a summarized definition of a spiritual person.

A spiritual person is any believer or any man

that is what? That is saved. whether you pray

16 hours whether you pray 30 hours whether you

have locked in your room for 16 days or you fast

and pray for 191 days that does not make you

more spiritual and make your other brother or

the other believer less spiritual The man in

Christ is already spiritual. Let me say it again.

The man in Christ is already what? Spiritual.

The man in Christ is already spiritual. However,

that man that is spiritual can make a choice,

can act on his will to behave carnally. That

person can willfully decide not to walk by the

Spirit of God. That person can willfully decide

not to express the life of God in him. That person

can willfully decide to exhibit a life that is

apart his identity. So that is what is happening

with the Church of Corinthians or the Church

in Corinth. And I needed to build this to say

this now. You are hearing me on this platform.

You are spiritual. You are spiritual. You are

spiritual. You are spiritual. You are spiritual.

You don't need to do anything extra to make you

spiritual. The day you receive the life of Christ,

you became spiritual. What you always need to

do as you are taught, as you are trained, is

to give expression to the life. That you have

in the spirit. When we say pray always. What

we are saying. We are not saying that you should

pray. To become spiritual. No. We are saying

that give expression. To your spiritual life.

When we say study God's word. We are not saying

study God's word. To become spiritual. No. Because

that will be works. But rather. We are saying

that you are already spiritual. Give expression.

To your spiritual life. And how you give expression

to your spiritual life. Is by studying God's

word. When we say. Attend the gathering of believers.

We are not saying that. Coming to the gathering

of believers. Will make you spiritual. No. But

we are saying that. When you always. Attend the

gathering of believers. And you are always among

the gathering of believers. You are giving expression.

To your reality in Christ Jesus. And likewise.

Every time you refuse to give expression to your

spirituality, listen to what I will say now,

you're already backsliding. You hear what I'm

saying? Every time you refuse to what? To give

expression to your identity in Christ Jesus,

you're already what? You are already backsliding.

You're going to find yourself acting carnally.

Your fervency will go down. Your passion will

dwindle. It will go down. Your love for God will

continue to wax weaker and weaker. Your love

for the saints will continue to grow cold. That

is what actually happened to the church in Corinth,

and Paul had to address it. And that is why we

are addressing this matter, because there is

some way that we are going. So he was telling

them that all that is in Christ Jesus in chapter

13 must find expression through the platform

of love. Let me say this now as it's coming to

my heart. Live a life that validates your spirituality

by walking in love. Live a life that validates

your spirituality by walking in the love of Christ

towards your beloved brothers or towards brethren.

Because every time you refuse to walk in love,

you're going to find division. So how do you

know these people are not walking in love? One,

because we can see division. You see in verse

10, he has already encouraged them in verse 10.

He said, please have the same mind. He said,

let there be no divisions. That is how the bond

of perfectness will be seen among you. Every

time you don't love your brother, every time

you don't love your sister, every time you don't

seek the advantage and the benefits of the other

brethren, you will find yourself in division.

There will be strife. Let me read the things

here in chapter 3. There will be divisions. One

will say I am of Apollos. One will say I am of

the other. You're going to see envy. You're going

to see malice. You're going to see jealousy.

You're going to see so much of unforgiveness.

No love. No love. Wheresoever. There is no love

of God. made manifest or express, the life of

God will be stranded in that place. Do you hear

what I said? Where so ever there is no love of

God expressed, every gathering, every believer

or any believer, you don't see the love of God

expressed or made manifest through his life.

You will see the things of the spirit. You will

see the character of God. You will see the life

of God stranded. You will see the life of God

limited in that place. So this church at Corinth

have made a choice or have given a room for Satan

to find expression among them by not working

in love, by allowing divisions, by allowing strife

and ETC to be seen among them. And so now, we

also now return. How did we arrive at this place?

Because we say these people are saints. Verse

2 said that chapter 1 verse 2 called them that

they are saints. Which means that they are believers.

They have the life of Christ. And we say we also.

We have the life of Christ. We are saints. We

are spiritual. Then we now read Romans chapter

Romans 8 · chapter mention

8. Romans chapter 8, verse 9 to 10. Romans chapter

Romans 8:9–10 Romans 8:9–10

8, verse 9 to 10. He said, yea, not in the flesh,

but in the spirit. You are in the spirit. You

are in the spirit. And he said, we are in the

spirit. Brother, you are in the spirit. Peter,

you are in the spirit. Pastors, we are in the

spirit. Team leaders, you are in the spirit.

You are not in the flesh. If so, be that the

spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have

not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Stand now. And if Christ be in you, the body

is dead. Because of what? Because of sin. So

sin no longer have dominion over us. But the

spirit is what? Is life. Because of what? Righteousness.

See verse 5 now everybody. For they that are

after the flesh. Do what? Do mind the things

of the flesh. But they that are after the spirit.

Because they are in the spirit. Do mind the things

of what? Of the spirit. 6 now everybody see.

For to be carnally minded is death. But to be

spiritually minded is what? Is life and peace.

So the church in Corinth were carnally minded.

They were not spiritually what? Minded. And I

tell us today, the only way that the life of

God. Will be made manifest through us. Until

we become spiritually what? Minded. Until we

pay attention. To the things of the spirit. Until

our attention. Is tilted. Towards our reality.

In Christ Jesus. Our identity in Christ Jesus.

If not. We will continually. To be carnally what?

Minded. So Christ in us. The spirit in us. Hallelujah.

Christ in me. The spirit in me. Some days ago,

until last week, I went throughout the day just

meditating, meditating, meditating, meditating.

I think my wife told me something in the morning.

So she said that when you come back from work,

I'm going to tell you the story. We're just discussing

early in the morning. So I'd gone out to work.

I'd forgotten I'd been busy. In fact, I was so

busy, I came back. And so in the night, so and

then she now said, aha, please, what is it? There

was something I wanted to tell you. What was

it? So she could not remember and I could not

remember. And then I now, the next thing I now

said, Holy Spirit, please remind me, please.

Remind me, Holy Spirit. Because most times I

go throughout the day, you could just see on

the road, I would just be like a mad person.

Holy Spirit, please help me. Help me, please,

Holy Spirit. Help me. Help me, Holy Spirit. I

could be in the office. Please, Holy Spirit,

help me. My mind will just wander in thoughts.

I say, Holy Spirit, please help me. And then

within just a few seconds to a minute about.

Then the whole thing that she wanted to tell

me just came flooding my mind. Let me say this

now to someone here on this platform. If you

have to utter it, please utter it. The Holy Spirit

help me. Probably it has to do with your prayer

life. It has to do you have been struggling to

study God's word. You have been struggling to

study the scriptures. Say, Holy Spirit, do what?

Help me. You see, the God kind of life cannot

be lived by the human kind of effort. You didn't

hear what I said? The God kind of life cannot

be lived by what? By the human kind of effort.

It can only be lived by the Spirit's power. Your

spiritual life, your spirituality can only be

powered by the Spirit of God. It can only be

sustained by the Spirit of God. Your prayer life

can only be sustained by the Spirit of God. Let

me tell you all the things you have written.

That Lord, I want to do this for you. I want

to do this for you. I want to do this this year.

I want to fast. I want to pray. I want to study

the words. I want to meditate more. I want to

preach more. I want to evangelize more. I want

to organize crusades and conferences. All those

desires can only be sustained by the Spirit of

God. It will be good for you. To lean on the

Holy Ghost always. And say, Holy Spirit, do what?

Help me. Help me, Holy Spirit. There will be

less struggle. Your strength, frustrations will

be reduced more. Have you ever had series of

weeks? We have discussed that with Pastor Chidi

and then probably maybe a couple of the pastors

also. And it has worked with so many of us. You

set your heart to pray. By 5 a .m. Or let's say

by 3 a .m. And your alarm rang, rang, rang, rang,

rang. And you didn't hear your alarm. And then

some few minutes to 3. From nowhere. You are

just up on your bed. I remember the last time

I did 90 days of the power of confession. That

was 2022. I experienced firsthand. If the Holy

Spirit does not help you in your walk with God,

your efforts will be futile. You know when you

are sleeping by 3 a .m. and you need to be up

by 5 o 'clock or 5 .30. And then when you wake

up, what's the time? What's the time? I realized,

how is it that I woke up? Right on time. How

is it that I'm waking up. My alarm rang 4 a .m.

I didn't wake up with alarm. And then I'm up

right on time. I said all these things to say

this. Once you lose the consciousness of living

a spiritual life. You will start being conscious

of a kind of life more. Every time you are not

spirit minded. You will be carnally minded. And

once you are carnally minded, you cannot be able

to give expression to the things of the Spirit.

Even when you try it, you will know in your heart

that there is no connect with the Holy Ghost.

So we are in Christ. The Spirit is also what?

In us. And we established that we read Romans

Romans 10:9–10

chapter 10, verse 9 to 10, how a man becomes

saved. We also read John chapter 3, verse 16.

John 3:16

Then let's read John chapter 3, everybody. John

John 3 · chapter mention John 3 · chapter mention

chapter 3. John chapter 3. So the church at Corinth

John 3 · chapter mention

knows what is salvation because these people

are already saved. Why are we doing this? We

are doing this part because everything we are

discussing, You know, it's only for the ones

that are saved. And if you are not saved, you're

on this platform, you can be saved now as you're

hearing me. John chapter 3, verse 3 to 6. Jesus

John 3:3–6

answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I

say unto thee, except a man be born again, he

cannot see the kingdom of God. Because he must

say unto him, how can a man be born again when

he is old? Can he enter a second time into his

mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered, verily,

verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born

of water, which is the spirit, the Kairul now,

T -S -K -R -U -L, of water, which is the spirit,

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That

which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that

which is born of the spirit is what? His spirit.

Acts chapter 2. Acts chapter 2 verse 38 to 39.

Acts 2 · chapter mention Acts 2:38–39

Acts chapter 2 verse 38 to 39. Then Peter said

Acts 2:38–39

unto them. Repent and be baptized. Every one

of you. In the name of Jesus Christ. In the resurrection

of Jesus Christ. For the remission of what? Of

sins. The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus

Christ. That is what brought about the remission

of what? The remission of sins. Hallelujah. If

we go back to all the conversation. Of Peter.

He talked about how Christ was crucified. How

he died. And how he was what? How he was raised.

And the promise of the Holy Ghost. Was shed on

all flesh. Amen. So he ended up placing the verse

38, for the remission of sins and ye shall receive

the gift of what? The gift of what? Of the Holy

Ghost. For the promise is unto you and to your

children and to all that are far off, even as

many as the Lord our God shall call. And then

we now also, 1st Galatians chapter 3. Galatians

Galatians 3 · chapter mention Galatians 3 · chapter mention

chapter 3. Galatians chapter 3. So the man that

Galatians 3 · chapter mention

becomes saved, what does he receive? He receives

a gift. What is the gift he receives? He receives

the gift of the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. So what

have we received as salvation? We have received

the gift of the Holy Ghost. Galatians chapter

Galatians 3:13

3 verse 13. Galatians chapter 3 verse 13. He

Galatians 3:13

said, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse

of the law. Be made a curse for us, for it is

written. Curse is everyone that hung everywhere

on a tree. Everybody, verse 14 now. That the

blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles.

Through who? Through Jesus Christ. What is this

blessing of Abraham? Everybody see. That we might

receive the promise of the Spirit through what?

Through faith. Hallelujah. So what have we received

as salvation? We received the Spirit of God.

1 Peter chapter 1 verse 3. 1 Peter chapter 1

1 Peter 1:3 1 Peter 1:3

verse 3. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 3. Blessed be

1 Peter 1:3

the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who according to his abundant mercy has begotten

us again unto a lively hope. For some version

says that we have been born again unto a lively

hope. By what? How did we become born again?

By the resurrection of Jesus Christ. From where?

From the dead. Hallelujah. And we said on Sunday,

how does a man become born again? He believes

with his heart. What does a man believe? He believes

that God has raised Jesus Christ from where?

From the dead. And he confesses what with his

mouth. He confesses the Lord Jesus. He becomes

saved. So if you're on this platform and you

are not saved, I bring to you right now that

you can be saved and partake in the life of God

and also receive the Holy Ghost. And I will tell

you that God raised Jesus from the dead. Christ

died. He was buried and he was raised from the

dead for you. God does not delight in you being

or living a life under condemnation. What he

has for you is eternal life. What he has for

you is his own life. The gift he has for you

to validate his love for you is his Holy Ghost,

his own spirit. So if you're hearing me and you're

not saved, you're on this platform. I announce

to you that God loves you. Christ died for you

even before you knew it. While you were still

yet a sinner, the scripture says Christ had died

for you. He was buried for you. And he was raised

for you. That is what brings you into the life

of God. That is what you believe with your heart.

And with your mouth, you confess the Lord Jesus

Christ. So if you're hearing me this evening,

before we continue, you can confess the Lord

Jesus Christ with your mouth, believing with

your heart that God has raised him from the dead

for your sins. If you're hearing me, whether

you're in your room, you're driving, you're seated,

you're standing, you're on the way, you are and

can be saved. Because everything we're going

to continue discussing now in the next minutes

we have, you cannot be a participant of it. It

will be strange to you. So the man that has the

Spirit of God in him has all the things of God

in him. The Spirit of God in you, on Sunday we

say, is the evidence and the fulfillment of Jesus'

promise to the believer. Amen? So we have received

the promise, the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of God

in you is the evidence that Jesus is risen from

the grave. He is no longer in the grave. Luke

Luke 24 · chapter mention

chapter 24. Luke chapter 24. Luke chapter 24

Luke 24 · chapter mention Luke 24:1

verse 1. Now upon the first day of the week.

Luke chapter 24 verse 1. Now upon the first day

Luke 24:1

of the week, very early in the morning, they

came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices

which they had prepared and certain others with

them. And they found the stone rolled away from

the sepulcher, and they entered in and found

not the body of the Lord Jesus. Hallelujah. And

it came to pass, as they were much perplexed

thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in

shining garments. And as they were afraid and

bowed down their faces to the earth, they said

unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

He is not here, but he is risen. Hallelujah.

Remember how he spoke unto you when he was yet

in Galilee. Verse 7 now, everybody. Saying, the

Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of

sinful men and he be crucified at the third day.

Rise again. Hallelujah. Then now, everybody,

let's go to 36 now. That he be what? He be raised

again. But is that the evidence that Christ is

risen? That the stone is rolled away. The stone

is rolled away. Is that the evidence? Is that

the evidence that his body was not there? Is

that the evidence that Christ is risen? No. 36

now. And as they spoke, Luke 24, 36. And as they

spoke, please look at the lines of the scriptures,

everybody. And as they spoke. And as they speak,

Jesus himself stood in the midst of them and

said unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were

terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they

had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why

are ye troubled? And why do thoughts arise in

your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that

it is I myself. Handle me and see. For a spirit

hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have. Hallelujah.

And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his

hands and his feet. And while they yet believed

not for joy and wondered, he said unto them,

have ye any meat? He said, okay. And they gave

him a piece of broiled fish. And of a honeycomb.

And he took it. And did it before them. Hallelujah.

Is that the evidence that Christ is risen from

the grave? No. Is that the evidence because he

has eaten meat. And he has eaten fish. Is that

the evidence? No. And they gave him now. 44.

And he said unto them. These are the words which

I speak unto you while I was yet with you. Hallelujah.

That you will give me fish and you will give

me bread and I will eat and all things must be

fulfilled. Is that what the scripture says? Is

that what your Bible says? Is that what your

scripture says? That when Christ is giving fish

and bread, that the scripture is fulfilled? No,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. He says that

what, these are the words which I speak unto

you while I was yet with you, that all things

must be fulfilled, which were written in the

law of Moses and in the prophets and in the Psalms.

Concerning who? Concerning me. It's not the stone

being rolled away that is written concerning

him. That is what is the reason why, you know,

the evidence why he's risen. 45. Then open here

their understanding that they might understand

the scriptures. Everybody now stay with me. And

say unto them, those it is written that it behooves

Christ to what? To suffer and to rise from the

dead. The what? The third day. And that repentance.

Hallelujah. That repentance and remission of

sins should be what? Should be preached in his

name among all nations, beginning at what? Jerusalem.

And ye are what? Ye are witnesses of these things.

Hallelujah. And behold, as witnesses now, I send

the promise of the Father upon you, in the city

of Jerusalem. until ye be endued with power from

where from on high what are their weaknesses

they are witnesses of his death burial and resurrection

what will be the evidence that they are witnesses

that the spirit of god they shall receive power

from on high the spirit of god In the apostles,

in the disciples, now legalize them to be what?

Witnesses for Christ. They have become ambassadors

for Christ unto reconciliation. Same we see in

Acts chapter 1. He told them that in Acts chapter

Acts 1 · chapter mention Acts 1:8

1 verse 8. Acts chapter 1 verse 4 and Acts chapter

Acts 1:4 Acts 1:8

1 verse 8. Let's read it. Acts chapter 1 verse

Acts 1:4

4. And being assembled together with them, commanded

them that they should not depart from Jerusalem,

but wait for the promise of the Father, which

said he, ye have heard of me. For truly John

baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized

with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. But

ye shall receive power. After that, the Holy

Ghost is what? He's come upon you and ye shall

be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and in

all Judea and in Samaria and unto the autumn

of what? Part of the earth. Hallelujah. They

are not receiving the Holy Ghost for the second

time. That was not what is happening with them.

Amen? So what Christ was telling them is not

that they are going to receive the Holy Spirit

the second time. We're going to look at what

is happening with them that Christ is speaking

to them. So we're going to look at the conversation

of Christ to them or his communication to them.

So what have we received? We have received the

Holy Ghost as the evidence that Jesus is risen.

And we have become his witnesses to preach repentance,

to preach his death, burial, and what? A resurrection.

So how will Jesus walk today on the earth? He

will walk through us as his witnesses. How will

Jesus walk on the earth today? He will walk in

the believer through his spirit. So the Spirit

of God in the believer will produce the outworkings

of God through the believer. Let me repeat it

again. The Spirit of God in the believer will

produce the outworkings of God through the believer.

The spirit of God in the believer will produce

the outwalkings of God through the believer.

So when we read Mark, for example, Mark chapter

Mark 16 · chapter mention

16 now. Verse 17, everybody. Or let's start reading

from verse 15. Mark chapter 16. And he said unto

Mark 16 · chapter mention

them, go ye into all the world and preach the

gospel to every creature. He that believeth and

is baptized shall be what? Saved. But he that

believeth not shall be damned. And this sign

shall follow them that what? Believe. In my name

shall they cast out devils. They shall speak

with new tongues. How are the believers doing

this? The Spirit of God through the believers.

Cursing them to cast out devils. Cursing them

to speak in what? In new tongues. They shall

take up serpents. The spirit of God. They shall

drink any deadly thing. It shall not hurt them.

The spirit of God. They shall lay hands on the

sick. And the sick shall recover. The spirit

of God. At work in you. Dear believer. How do

I know? Verse 20. And they went forth. And preached

everywhere. The Lord walking with them. Confirming

the word. With signs. How? Following. Where the

spirit of the Lord is. The Lord is. So how will

God. Heal to the believer. His spirit. How will

demons be casted. Through his spirit. Say, yes,

I receive power. After the Holy Ghost is what?

It's come upon you. His spirit validates the

believer as a true witness for Christ. Let me

say this. The spirit of God in you validates

you as the witness for Christ unto nations. So

when we read the book of Acts. What we see throughout

the book of Acts, what we see is manifestations

and expressions of the new birth. We see the

new birth from Acts chapter 2. Everybody, let's

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go to Acts chapter 2. Acts chapter 2, everybody.

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Let's go to Acts chapter 2. When we go through

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the book of Acts, what we see is manifestations.

What we see. His expressions of the new birth.

In the apostles. Acts chapter 2. From verse 1.

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And when the day of Pentecost was fully come.

They were all with one accord in one place. And

suddenly. There came a sound from heaven. As

of a rushing mighty wind. And it filled. All

the house. Where they were sitting. And there

appeared unto them. Cloven tongues as of fire.

And he sat upon each of them. Everybody see verse

4 now. See verse 4 and the workings of the Holy

Ghost now. See verse 4. And they were all filled

with what? With the Holy Ghost. And the Holy

Ghost began to speak in tongues through them.

Is that what the scripture says? Who began to

speak in tongues? Please. Check your Bible very

well. Please ensure that you're working with

me. Check your Bible very well. And they were

filled with the Holy Ghost. And who began? Who

began to speak with other tongues? They began

to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave

what? Authorize. Let's read it this way. Brethren.

And they were filled with the Holy Ghost. And

the Spirit gave them utterance. And they began

to speak with what? With other tongues. They

were the ones speaking. The utterance was coming

from the Holy Ghost. They were the ones speaking.

The utterance was coming from where? From the

Holy Ghost. You know, I'm saying it now, sensitively

and carefully because of where we are going now.

In 1 Corinthians chapter 12. It's the Spirit

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that gives the prophecy. The believer is the

one that prophesies. It's the Spirit that brings

word of knowledge. The believer is the one that

gives the word of knowledge. It's the Spirit

that brings word of wisdom. The believer is the

one that gives the word of what? If you're writing,

write this now, please. The Holy Spirit needs

your participation. The Holy Spirit needs your

participation for the life of God to be made

manifest. The Holy Spirit needs your active participation,

your conscious. for the life of God to be made

manifest. There cannot be the oppression of the

Spirit of God without your participation. Brethren,

when it comes to the oppression of the things

of the Holy Ghost, Holy Ghost, see, your conscience

and your acting and your deliberate participation

is needed. In fact, let me add another word again.

Your fervent participation. Your fervent participation.

Your fervent participation is needed when it

comes to the operations of the things of the

Spirit. And we saw immediately as they began

to speak with other tongues. In verse 14 now.

But Peter. Standing up. Being filled with the

Holy Ghost. Standing up. With the eleven. He

lifted up his voice. And said unto them. Ye men

of Judea. And all. Ye that dwell at Jerusalem.

Be these known unto you. And hearken unto my

words. Verse 17 now. Okay. Let's read down to

verse 17. For these are not drunken as ye suppose,

seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But

it is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel,

verse 17 now. Because we are coming now to all

this now. It shall come to pass in the last day,

said God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all

flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall

do what? Shall prophesy, and your young men shall

see visions, and your old men shall do what?

Shall dream dreams. Dear beloved brethren, the

Holy Ghost needs your participation. When it

comes to the manifestation of the things of the

Spirit, the Holy Spirit needs your participation.

When it comes to manifesting the kingdom of God,

Jesus needs your participation. When it comes

to prophecy, your participation is needed. Your

participation is needed. When it comes to healing

the sick, he said, these signs shall follow them

that believe. Because they believe and because

they have decided to go and obey their participation.

Working with the Holy Ghost. Makes that life

of God seen everywhere. He said they shall lay

hands on the sick. And the sick will be what?

Will be healed. You are not the one healing the

sick. Jesus needs your participation. He is the

one healing the sick. You are not the one fabricating

your tongues. Jesus needs your participation.

He is the one giving utterance and interpretation

of the tongues through you. You are not the one

fabricating your prophecy. Jesus is the one.

You know when I was in school in the university

in Nigeria. There is this church. I will not

say the name. However, they were deviating from

the main church. Because I know the main church

don't do that. That they have what they call

school of the spirit. That they will teach you

tongues. They teach tongues. They will say, Shabbala

Kata, Shabbala Kata. You will repeat all of you

that are attending the school. Shabbala Kata,

Shabbala Kata. Let me say the one that my pastor

in Zaria will always say. He will say, All of

you also will follow. Okay, can you join? You

can start there. Don't start mechanically. Start

it, start it, start it. Start it, start it. That

way now, you know, you can flow. The Holy Spirit

is not a locomotive train. He is not some sort

of manual spirit where you have to train people

to say some certain... You know that one? That

is called divination. That in their teaching

is called divinations and enchantments. Only

native doctors do that. Oh, glory to God. In

this kingdom, the Holy Ghost gives us utterance.

We just speak. Hallelujah. I just speak. I just

speak. He's giving utterance right now. He's

giving utterance right now. 24 hours, 7 days.

He is giving utterance right now because the

believer is connected and knitted with the Holy

Ghost. Jesus told us in John chapter 14, John

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chapter 15, John chapter 16, He said, He will

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dwell in you forever. The Holy Ghost dwells in

me not for two weeks. How? Forever. And that

is why even right now, I can speak in tongues.

Hallelujah. Because he is the one that is giving

me utterance. I can prophesy right now because

he is the one giving me utterance. I can lay

hands on the sick and the sick will get healed

because Jesus is stretching for his hands through

me and healing the sick. So they were all filled

with the Holy Ghost. So what we see in the believers,

we're going to read Acts, Acts. We're going to

read so many places in the book of Acts and we'll

validate that. So they began to speak with tongues.

Acts chapter 10 now. Let's read Acts chapter

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10. Your participation is needed. Acts chapter

Acts 10:45

10 verse 45. And day of the circumcision. Acts

Acts 10:45

chapter 10 verse 45. which believed were astonished.

And as many as came with Peter, because that

on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift

of the Holy Ghost. You remember Peter says for

everyone, right? Why are they astonished? 46,

for they heard them do what? Speak with tongues

and magnify God. Hallelujah. Then answered Peter.

They were filled with the Holy Ghost. And they

spoke in what? They spoke in tongues. Acts 19

Acts 19:6

verse 6. Acts 19 verse 6. Acts 19 verse 6. Acts

Acts 19:6 Acts 19:6 Acts 19:6

19 verse 6. And when Paul had laid his hands

upon them. The Holy Ghost did what? Came upon

them. On them. And they spoke with what? With

tongues. And what? And prophesied. Hallelujah.

They were the ones that spoke in tongues. They

were the ones that did what? That prophesied.

Praise God. So now, what does it mean to be filled

with the Spirit? That's a big question there.

What does it mean to be what? To be filled with

the Spirit. What does it mean to be filled with

the Spirit? What does it mean to be filled with

the Spirit? We just read Acts chapter 2 verse

Acts 2:4

4. Let's go back there again. What does it mean

to be filled with the Spirit? What does it mean

to be filled with the Spirit? Acts chapter 2

Acts 2:4

verse 4. Acts chapter 2 verse 4. And they were

Acts 2:4

all what? Filled with the Spirit. Holy Ghost.

If you survive on the line of the world, you

will all be filled with the Holy Ghost. You will

be filled with the Holy Ghost. So on the line

of the world, filled with the Spirit. Can we

read a couple of scriptures that also talks about

being filled with the Spirit? Ephesians chapter

Ephesians 5:16

5 verse 16. Ephesians chapter 5 verse 16. Ephesians

Ephesians 5:16 Ephesians 5:16

5, verse 16. Redeeming the time because the days

are evil. Wherefore, be ye not unwise, but understanding

what the will of the Lord is. Verse 18. And be

not drunk with wine wherein is excess, but be

what? But be filled with the Spirit. Semi -colon

there. What does it mean to be filled with the

Spirit? Speaking to yourselves in psalms and

hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making

melody in your heart to who? To the Lord. Luke

Luke 1:41

chapter 1 verse 41. Luke chapter 1. We have just

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five minutes and then we are done for this. Luke

Luke 1:41

chapter 1 verse 41. We can read the scriptures,

only the scriptures, and then we'll build on

it by God's grace on Sunday. Luke 1 .41. And

can you see everybody? And it came to pass that

when Elizabeth had the salutation of Mary, the

babe lived in her womb. And Elizabeth was what?

Was filled with the Holy Ghost. And she what?

There's a colon there. And she speak out with

a loud voice and said, bless a doll amongst what?

Women. In Acts, you were filled with the Holy

Ghost. They began to speak. Amen. In Ephesians

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chapter 5, you are filled with the Holy Ghost.

You begin to speak. Elizabeth was filled with

the Holy Ghost. He began to speak. Luke chapter

Luke 1:67

1 verse 67. Luke chapter 1 verse 67. And his

Luke 1:67

father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Ghost.

And he did what? And he prophesied saying. Amen?

He began to speak. Can you see it, everybody?

Began to speak. Look at chapter 4, verse 1. Look

at chapter 4, verse 1. And Jesus, being full

of the Holy Spirit, returned from Jordan and

was led by the Spirit into what? Into the wilderness.

Big field of the Holy Ghost. Acts chapter 4.

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Verse 30. Acts chapter 4 verse 30. Thank you

Acts 4:30

Holy Spirit. Acts chapter 4 verse 30. See what

Acts 4:30

the scripture says. By stretching forth. 30 31.

By stretching forth thy hand to heal. And the

signs and wonders may be done by the name of

thy holy child Jesus. 31. And when they had prayed.

The place was shaken. Where they were assembled

together and they were all filled with what?

With the Holy Ghost. And they speak the word

of God with what? With boldness. Acts chapter

Acts 9:16–17

9 verse 16 to 17. Acts chapter 9 verse 16 to

Acts 9:16–17

17. For I will show him now, I will show him

how great things he must suffer for my name's

sake. And Ananias went his way, and entered into

his house, and putting his hands on him, said,

But I saw the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared

unto thee, in the way as thou camest hast sent

me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and

be filled with what? With the Holy Ghost. You

can add these scriptures, Acts chapter 7, verse

65. Acts 7 was 55. Acts chapter 13 was 52. Acts

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chapter 13 was 9. Acts chapter 13 was 9. And

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Acts chapter 6 was 3. Acts chapter 13 was 9.

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Acts chapter 6 was 3. So write this. What does

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it mean to be filled with the Spirit? That word,

to be filled with the Spirit, to be filled, to

be filled, the Greek word to be filled means

pimplemi, P -I -M -P -L -E -M -I, or pleres.

P -I -M -P -L -E -M -I, pimplemi, or pleres.

p -l -e -r -e -s pimplemi opleres and that word

means to be thoroughly permeated to be confirmed

by the event of the influence please write this

one To be confirmed by the event of the influence.

Let me repeat myself. To be confirmed by the

event of the what? Of the influence. It means

to allow for the demonstration and the manifestation

of the gift of the Spirit. I have one more minute.

It means to allow for the demonstration and the

manifestation of the gift of the Spirit. It means

to allow for the demonstration or the manifestation

of the gift of the Spirit. Hallelujah. So which

means I end today by saying this. So which means

that only the man that has the spirit of God

can be able to manifest the things or can be

able to manifest the spirit of God. Let me say

it directly so that you will understand what

I'm saying now when we come. Only the man that

has the Spirit of God can manifest the Spirit

of God. Only the man that has the Spirit of God

can demonstrate the Spirit of God. Let me say

lastly, please. Please write this statement boldly

because it's upon this reality that we are going

to experience and see all the things that we'll

keep seeing much more. Only the man that has

the spirit of God can manifest the spirit of

God. Only the man that has the spirit of God

can demonstrate the spirit of God. Why? Because

we say the man that has the spirit of God has

all the things of God in him. Hallelujah. Jesus

will say, he shall give, he shall transfer all

that is mine to you. He shall give you all that

is mine. He shall give it unto you. Praise God.

So when we come, the next time by God's grace,

we are going to build upon this. Hallelujah.

You see now, I began by saying that the church

at Corinth had all that is in Christ in them.

Hallelujah. Because Paul had already told them

that, that they are enriched in everything. Praise

God. So the believer, we are seeing now also

that you are also enriched in everything. How

are you enriched in everything? Because you have

the Spirit of God. How did you have the Spirit

of God? Where did you get the Spirit of God from?

At salvation. Salvation, how? Because Jesus...

died he was buried and what he was raised from

where from the dead hallelujah we appreciate

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