Walking in the Spirit 6 (Distinction Between Companionship Of The Holy Spirit & Empowerment By The Holy Spirit) | Rev. COS Fawenu

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Teaching on walking in the Spirit, we continue with special

focus on establishing the distinction between

companionship of the Holy. Spirit.

And empowerment by the. Holy Spirit.

So the topics still remain working in the spirit, but we

are given particular attention to establishing the distinction

between companionship. Of the Holy Spirit.

And empowerment. By the Holy Spirit.

However, before we proceed, let's quickly reiterate on where

we stopped or the focus that we had last week.

Last week, the study emphasized very strongly the imperative or

the importance of the presence of the Holy.

Spirit. Over the physical presence of

Jesus Jesus by himself stated it very clearly and part of his

valedictory speeches that it is better that if I.

Get the space. For the Holy Spirit.

To take over for that. Is more profitable to all, so

that emphasis was clearly highlighted last.

Week How? Jesus no spoke about.

The. Imperative of the Presence.

Of the Holy Spirit. Over his own practical physical

presence. And that study last week

dovetail into the NEFOS. To make a distinction.

Between the companionship. Of the Holy Spirit.

And empowerment by the holy. Spirit and we are.

Pushing further from there this morning, first and foremost and

very importantly, empowerment. Of the Holy Spirit.

Is needed to act as God we want us to act before we have the

book of acts of the apostle the first thing that happened was

that the Holy Spirit came upon the early apostles they stayed

in the opera room and on the day of Pentecost, the.

Holy Ghost came upon. Them in a very powerful way, in

accordance to how Jesus promised it and Acts 1.

Eight you will receive. Power when the Holy Ghost come

on you, so the empowerment of the Holy.

Spirit, it's. Necessary.

It's a necessity. To be able to.

Carry out the divine mandate. So empowerment is therefore

meant for service. Empowerment is meant for

service. But one thing you should know is

that anybody can be hired for service in the Kingdom.

Anybody can be hired for service.

I just. Pray that your relationship or

your. Position in the Kingdom we

surpassed that of an hireling. You will be a.

True child of God, a true Co liberal with God in the name of

Jesus. So empowerment is for service

and anybody can be hired for service.

God is so. Good that anybody that they hire

for service he keep for service. In that case service should not

be. The only thing?

That you have in common with God.

Service should not. Be the only thing.

You have in common. With God.

I sing in the choir. I serve in the Austrian city.

I'm a member of the deaconate. We're on errands for church.

Preaching even on the puppet is part of the service.

OK, but that should not. Be the only.

Thing you have in common with God, because it is possible that

the experience. Of the.

Oldest bit you have is only that of empowerment for service.

Magnitude of exploits will never be able to.

Replace. Interpersonal work with God that

you have volumes of volumes of work that you are doing and they

are on record, they are measured.

Fantastic, but all those will not replace your credible

interpersonal work with God. Let's put our fingers on Matthew

Matthew 7 · chapter mention

Chapter 7. I read about four verses from

there to further establish what we're talking about.

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Not everyone that said unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the

Kingdom of heaven, but either do have the will of my father,

which is in heaven. Then verse 20. 2 so.

Surprising. An unpleasant surprise for that

matter. Many will say to me in that day,

Lord, Lord, I will not prophesied in thy name.

Why? They receive empowerment on them

for service. So they prophesied and in the

name I've cast out devils empowerment for service.

Anybody can be hired for service, so service is not the

true measure of the Genuity of anyone's relationship with God.

Hello. Service.

Is not the true measure of anyone's genuine relationship

with God and in the name. Don't many not feel many

wonderful works and then will I profess profess on today I never

knew you. I never knew you does not mean

I've never seen you. I never knew you me.

I don't have personal relationship with you apart from

me here that work inequity because that would sound like a

wedge. Between me.

And anyone's personal relationship is still intact.

You did not remove it, the barrier.

I'll give you another example, practical character example

demands something that we read about in George's chapter 18 or

so or 14 if these spectacular things with divine empowerment.

Yes, he headed up as an object of ridicule.

You know how he died the first time that he was supposed to

conquer, captured him, pulled out his eye and make him to sing

the song of Babylon. In a strange land, they turn

that mighty man into an entertainer.

How did that happen? Is happen because rather than.

Keep. Cordial relationship with God.

He was keeping wrong company. Remember, we are trying to draw

distinction between companionship.

Of the Holy Spirit. And empowerment by the Holy

Spirit. As regarding empowerment, Samson

had it, but companionship, he liked it.

Instead of right company, he was skipping the wrong company.

What time I preach on this wonderful Bible character and I

sold you one of those teaching session how the Philistine man

that it was meant to conquer while his groom men had his

marriage to a Philistine lady. The scripture mentioned that the

mandate upon his life was to begin the conquering of the

Philistine. It was to be.

An instrument in the hand of God to defeat the Philistine.

But surprisingly, he was found to always.

Be in love. With the Philistine women.

In fact, on one occasion when he went out to get married to one

of the Philistine women, there was not a single Dewey smile

with him to serve as best man OK Radar is best man and other men

in suits OK were hired for him from among the Philistine men.

Judges. Chapter 14.

Judges 14 · chapter mention

Let's check maybe the 1st 11 verses there and something went

down to team lads and saw a woman in Tim Land.

Tim Land is one of the towns or city of villages of the

Philistine. He saw a woman in Tim Land of

the daughters of the Philistines and he came up and told his

father and his mother and say I have seen a woman of the

daughter of the Philistine. Now therefore get out for me to

wife. Then his father and his mother

said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy

brethren, or among all my people, that are going to take a

wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?

And something said unto his father, Get out for.

Me for simply set. Me where his father here

represent the character, the attribute, the nature.

Of the Holy Spirit so that. Where you insist.

The Holy Spirit. Hang off.

But the Holy Spirit will not. Do that on the first and

foremost let you know that this is the right way.

Walking is then went something down and his father and his

mother to Tim Nan and came to the wire of Timnath and build a

young lion rod against him. He went with his father and his

mother. OK, you are also claiming to be

in. Relationship with God OK, but.

God is not playing any role at all in your decision making

process. You do your own.

Thing your own way all the time, yet you claim to be a child of

God. And the Spirit of the Lord came

mightily upon him. God can use anyone the anointing

upon can function proven in the life of a man that is

misbehaving. My prayer for you is that you

will not continue to record success in disobedience, because

if you are recording success in disobedience, you may not know

that you are following the wrong path.

He was working in disobedience, yet He was doing mighty things.

And so he can go on and on and on and on and on and on until.

He became a piece of. Cake in the mouth of the enemy.

They molested him, they turned that mighty man Valor to an

entertainer, they made mockery of his anointing, and the suit

of the Lord came mightily upon him, and they rent him as he

would have rent a key, and he had nothing in his hand.

But he told not his father or his mother what he has done.

I said the parent here represents.

The position the attribute of the holy.

Spirit in his life. He will always be.

In their company, OK, but you won't involve them.

And that's the relationship of some people, many people.

With the Holy Spirit they inform the only people.

They do inform the Holy Spirit. They inform the only people.

Because they will. Pray over the matter.

Are you with me? So they informed.

The Holy Spirit. But when they're about to take

step, they do involve. The Holy Spirit.

How much room? Do you give the Holy Spirit in

your affair? How much room or allowance do

you allow? OK for these creatures.

To influence your conduct. And he went down and talked with

the woman and said please something.

Well, he said many things that he didn't start with the

parents. OK, he will.

For one way or the other, fine. You know, go round and round and

round to get the parent endorsement and that's the

relationship that many who are keeping.

With the Holy who are keeping with God, they.

Want God to conclude what? They didn't start with God, so

all they needed is the stamp of God or needs.

So that it's going to be acceptable to people.

And after a time he returned to thick eye, and he turned aside

to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, there was a swarm of

bees and honey in the carcass of the lion.

And he took the rope in his hand and went on eating, and came to

his father and mother. And he gave them, and they did

eat, but he told them not. And he told not them that they

are taking the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

You are succeeding OK, but this the the root of your success.

Is rottenness. These are the things that

characterize that characterize a lie.

OK, that is not in cordiality with the.

Holy Spirit. They are sweet honey in his

hand, but this honey is coming from a dead lion.

And it came to pass, that's what now first then.

So his father went down onto the woman, and something made there.

A feast for so youth young. Man to do, and it came to pass

when they saw him. They brought 30 companions to be

with him. So while they were conducting

the marriage with the Philistine lady, not a single Jewish young

man was with him there. I had companions for him from

among. The people.

He had the mandate to devastate. What am I say?

Essentially, your relationship with God must be focused on

working with God and not just on working for Him.

Your relationship with God must be focused on walking with God,

not just on working for Him. And what will enable you to

achieve that is not the empowerment of Judas people

companionship. With the Holy Spirit.

So to work for him empowerment. To work with him.

Companionship. Do you understand?

Are we together? So only companionship.

With the Holy Spirit. Can guarantee that you are able

to make a clear distinction between empowerment.

Of the Holy Spirit. And companionship.

With the Holy Spirit. Now, as you parallel that with

the life of Samson, I must draw your attention to this wedding.

That if you are not comfortable to keep the companionship of

believer, your companionship of the holy.

Spirit. Is in serious doubt.

Hello, you can be your very vibrant brother, your very

vibrant sister, but we are not comfortable to keep the company

of believers. Brother, your companionship of

the Holy. Spirit is in serious.

Doubt, while there are no vibrant, valiant philistine men

that something could work with, but you will always be working

alone. You will be labouring alone.

You will be fighting alone. To the degree that.

Deep onto the deep that is the Scripture iron, sharp net iron.

So a man sharpened the countenance of his friend.

Who are your friend? What company you keep if you are

not comfortable to keep the company of brethren, your

companionship of the holy. Spirit.

Is in serious town, so we must therefore go to the foundation

before we talk about empowerment of the Holy Spirit.

Before we talk about companionship of the Holy

Spirit, we must first and foremost talk about encounter

with Jesus. So if you lack a genuine

encounter, you can only experience a flash of His

empowerment and this. Holy Spirit.

Is not meant to flash. You, this Holy Spirit.

Is meant to abide with you. Are you with me?

So something was always experiencing a flash.

Of the Holy Spirit. The power will come on him, use

him and the power we. Will lift.

So the only peace. Is meant to abide with us.

John 14 verse 16, and I will pray the Father.

John 14:16

We examine that same Scripture last week.

I will pray the Father and they shall give you another

comforter, that He may abide with you forever.

The oldest we don't. Come to our life as a visitor

on. Vacation those we don't.

Come to our life as a visitor on holiday that will return back to

heaven. Praise the name of the Lord.

Now every time I see the RCCG logo I'm always impressed.

You will see. The direction of.

The dove. The Dove.

Fished down. Because since the day.

Of Pentecost, when the Holy Ghost came down, He never

returned. He came to abide.

Are you with me, Church? He came to do what?

To abide. So the Holy Spirit.

Did not don't come to a man's life as.

A. Visitor, except you don't learn

how to. Keep.

His companionship are you grieving?

That is the only time he will leave the coming of the.

Holy Spirit is a. Coming to stay is a coming to

abide, not for a moment, but forever.

So if the Holy Spirit is a guest.

In your life that visit occasionally, you certainly have

an issue of correct understanding of the mission and

oppression of the Holy. Spirit or?

You are not even right to make him abide with you.

Hello. If every.

Moment you want to pray, you must invite the.

Holy Spirit. Perhaps you don't have an

understanding of the mission and the oppression.

Of the Holy Spirit. Or you are not living the right

kind of life that we make him abide with you.

You can call the attention of the.

Holy Spirit, you don't. Invite the Holy Spirit.

Are you with me? You can make him to be aware

that you are ready, that you are available.

So the Holy Spirit. Abide, OK?

It is you that will present yourself to Him to get his

attention. You are not inviting him.

If. At a point you have been

baptized in the Holy Spirit and you have not grieved him to make

him leave. Am I talking to somebody?

We have been together. I've been preaching to you.

I can see all of you sitting down, but every moment I get my

preaching with am I talking to somebody?

What am I doing? I'm trying to get your

attention. You have not left.

You are here, but I still need to get your attention so you can

draw the attention of the Holy Spirit to your matter.

You can draw the attention of the.

To your issue. You can present.

Yourself to the Holy Spirit that you are.

Available you are not inviting. The Holy Spirit because if

genuinely he once. Came that time, he came.

He came to abide. Am I talking to somebody?

So if the Holy Spirit is a. Guest in your life that visits

you occasionally, you certainly have an issue of correct

understanding of the mission and.

Operation of the Holy Spirit. Or you are not living right to

make him abide. With you so the.

First mission of the Holy. Spirit.

Is companionship not empowerment?

The first critical mission. Of the Holy Spirit is what?

Companionship. Remember where we.

Took this. The Biano of this study from

right from the Guardian of Eden, right from creation.

We are God breath into man the breath of life, the man sin,

that presence vacated. Then Jesus came, He died and

restored that presence of God into our lives.

The fall of man means the loss of God's presence.

Salvation means restoration of God's presence in the life of a

man. So the first mission.

Of the Holy Spirit is. Companionship empowerment is an

outflow of genuine encounter of him.

So when would I talk about empowerment is an outflow of

genuine encounter of him. So when we talk about

companionship, we are talking about.

The intrinsic. Dimension of the ministry.

Of the Holy Spirit. The one that makes you, the one

that had value to you. The one that beat you.

The one that you know impacts the nature of God on you.

The intrinsic ministry of the Holy Spirit is companionship,

the extrinsic. Ministry of the Holy Spirit.

Is empowerment because it's something outside?

It's something, it's something outside.

Anybody can carry the power of God.

I can lay hand on you and ask you to go and lay hand on the

sea and the sick will recover. That does not mean that you are

keeping the companionship. Of the only Spirit.

Am I talking to somebody? So many people are operating on

the dimension of transferred power, not intrinsic power.

You will be able to operate at the level of intrinsic power

where you keep the companionship of.

Dualism, but not. Just where you are empowered by

the Holy Spirit. So companionship is the

intrinsic or inflow ministry. Of the Holy Spirit.

That had that spiritual value unto you, that impact.

Unto. You the very nature of Christ.

So, but empowerment is needed. For the extrinsic.

Or art flow ministry. Of the Holy Spirit.

So the Holy Spirit. Why must he abide with you?

It must abide because you need that in your private life.

Those guys were read about that. It was still unto them.

Go away from me because you are workers.

Of iniquity is. Part of your prophecies and

performance, performance of miracles is because they lack

the companionship. But they had the empowerment.

So for your private life to be sound, you need companionship.

For your. Ministry Life, To be effective

you need the empowerment. Are you with me?

It's not one without the other. For your private life to be Sun

spiritually, you need the companionship.

Of the Holy Spirit. But for your ministry life to be

effective, you need the empowerment.

Of the Holy. Spirit without his companionship

you cannot benefit much from him for efficient private living.

But. It is empowerment that.

Make you effective in. What you do for him, however,

through companionship, you can become more suitable to carry

out his empowerment in, I mean, to carry his empowerment in an

enjoying manner. So another very useful ministry

of companionship is that it's sustained the empowerment.

When you are sound in companionship, the apartment

will not be coming and going, the apartment will not be

undulating. The empowerment will be

sustained. So you can carry the empowerment

in an enduring manner if your companionship with the Holy

Spirit is sound. So talking about the baptism of

the Holy. Spirit, is this the?

Beginning of the journey with the Holy Spirit, the Baptism of

the Holy. Spirit is the.

Beginning of the journey. With the holy.

Spirit, it is not the end of the journey.

Companionship of those Spirit is the continuation of the journey.

So what started with the baptism of the Holy Spirit must continue

through companionship with the Holy Spirit in that case.

It is not the. Years we have spent in the faith

that matters. What really matter most is the

depth we have gone and I work. With the Holy Spirit.

And the length we have journeyed within, many of us, it is in

that place that will receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, that

will let the Holy Spirit and walk away.

So you don't need to invite the Holy Spirit.

It is you that must go back to the Holy Spirit, but go back to

the Holy Spirit. Let me begin to see how we wrap.

It up this way. The Tetra dimensional way we

can. Relate.

And advance in the Spirit. So basically our relationship

with the Holy Spirit must be Tetra dimensional.

A vision chapter 3. A vision chapter 3.

I read from verse 1617 and I stopped on verse 18 that it will

grant you according to the riches.

Of his glory to be. Strengthened with might by.

His spirit. In the inner man intrinsic, that

can only be accomplished by companionship.

You will be. You will be strengthened with

might in the inner man, not just carrying the power to power.

To heal the sick, OK, but but no.

Power to resist sin. You know you can carry the

power. To heal the sick.

Very easily OK. I find it difficult OK to

demonstrate the power to resist sin, and that's why the Apostle

Paul is writing to the efficiency that it will grant

you according to the riches of glory, to be strengthened with

mind by his Spirit in the inner man.

So first give attention to your inner man.

How strong is your inner man before you talk about raising

the date that Christ may dwell in your heart by faith in your

heart by faith that ye being rooted and granted in law

diversity. May be able to.

Comprehend with All Saints what is the breadth, the length, the

depth and what the height. So that is the right way to grow

in faith. Breadth, length, depths, and

what eyes. If you grow so.

Tall and your root is shallow. You will not be able to

withstand storm because when the storm comes, you fall.

Easily because your root. Is not deep and you should not

be growing. So deep, OK.

That you are also not. Growing up because it is in

your. Growing up that you'll be able

to attain the height by which we'll be able to bear fruit,

then you must. Also be solid grown.

In bread so that you will not be tossed around by every wave of

doctrine. Many of you can be easily pushed

around because you are not growing in bread and it is

important that you grow in length because that indicates

that you are actually making progress.

You are not staying on yesterday revelation to manage to this

situation. So we experienced depth and

height through his teaching ministry.

Because the Holy Spirit. Is given fundamentally to also

teach us all things. How much teaching are you?

Receiving the Holy Spirit. Beside the teaching that I'm

giving you, how much are you allowed the Holy Spirit to

expand to you? Even those things that I am

teaching you, some of you by that you come up to share with

us, I'm always impressed because you carry the message even to

the deaths that myself I was teaching, it didn't have that

comprehension. OK, that what I have taught you

has got that level of meaning. Am I talking to somebody?

It means you have listened to the oldest video expand on what

I am submitting to you. So when time we submit to the

teaching ministry of the Holy. Spirit.

We are. Able to grow.

Depths we are also able to advance and make.

Progress. So by doing so.

We gain. Grip as we walk in

companionship. With the Holy Spirit.

We also grow thereby the Sammy says your word are by Eid in my

heart so that I will not sin against you.

So by the teaching ministry of the Word of God.

You develop the. Capacity for resistance.

The capacity for words. Resistance you can't use.

Your idea? You can't use your.

I'm a strong person. To.

Resist sin. Resistance of sin can only come

by the immunity you receive by giving attention to the Word of

God. Apostle.

Peter admonish young believers to desire the sincere make of

the world, that they can grow thereby.

So we are expected to experience spread.

We grow in weeds. Through.

Obedience to this world, our spiritual progress is tied to

carry out is precepts. Your spiritual progress is tied

to you carry out what is precepts is instructions.

And of course, as we endure in companionship.

With the Holy Spirit. We also develop spiritual

stamina. In case you don't know.

May I tell you as a random? For today.

That physical stamina is not the only stamina available.

There's also the spiritual stamina, and you need it.

There's emotional stamina, you need it.

There is intellectual stamina, You need it.

Hello, many of you are not intellectually mobile.

Is the reason anybody can throw any jargon?

Are you believe it is the reason anybody can teach any nonsense?

Are you take it for doctrine? Am I talking to somebody so as

well within the physical? It's also available in the

spiritual that the flesh love to lazy around and the spirit is to

quicken the bodies give attention to your.

Spirit be committed to. Spiritual exercise what are

those spiritual exercise study the word of God I'm praying by

doing so you can maintain a steady work with the.

Holy Spirit. Rise and let us pray.

Rise and let us pray. Say oh Lord, Say, oh Lord, Say

oh Lord. Lord is my life by your word

that I may develop spiritual stamina to run.

There is where we are. Talk to the Lord in the name of

Jesus. Talk to the Lord.

Talk to the Lord. Talk to the Lord.

Talk to the Lord. Talk to the Lord.

Talk to the Lord. Talk to the Lord.

The wind is still blowing the. Storm is still there, the

Thunder is still there and you must not stop.

You must continue this journey. You need spiritual stamina.

Thank you Daddy for answer. Prayers in Jesus name we pray

like I mentioned. The only.

Spirit has gone nowhere. It is you that has walked away.

Are. You ready to return to the Holy

Spirit? His hands are wide open to

receive. You say Holy Spirit, say Holy

Spirit, say Holy Spirit. I am here, embrace me.

I talk to the law. I am here, embrace me.

I know I have walked away from you.

I know I have walked away from you.

I know I have abandoned you. I am back in your hands of love.

I am back in your hands of love. Would mean that I may no longer

walk away. Would mean that I shall no

longer walk away. Thank you Lord for answer.

Prayer. In Jesus name we pray.

Say Holy Spirit. I value your companionship.

I value your companionship. Help me to keep your company in

an unbroken way. We are talk.

To the law, talk to the law, talk to the.

Law, you need an unbroken fellowship with the Holy Spirit.

May I tell you, today's Pentacle Sunday is so significant.

Today's Pentacle Sunday is so significant.

Talk to the Lord. Talk to the Lord.

Unbroken fellowship with the Holy Spirit.

You need that for your private walk.

With God to be. Effective to be sound.

Thank you Lord for answer prayers in Jesus name.

We are free and. Lastly, say Holy Spirit.

Empower me for the fulfillment of your mandate upon my life.

Empower me for the fulfillment of your mandate for my life.

Holy Spirit, empower me for the fulfillment of Your mandate for

my life. Do you understand why I'm now

reviewing that song? Because.

Since the only St. Came it never went by.

2 more time. One more time.

Thank you Holy Spirit, please join in with us.

Help us to value your presence never to.

Grip you again. In the name of Jesus,

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

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You will do well to be the doer of all you've heard.

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