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Building Microchurches in our Communities Rev Edward Agyekum Kufuor 8th June 2025

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  1. I thank God for the opportunity to stand before you

  2. this morning. I thank my Bishop for giving me this

  3. chance because he would be here himself. But now I

  4. want to pray that the Holy Spirit come, So you

  5. pray with me that it would come take precedence so

  6. that he would give to me to give to you

  7. what he wants you to have. And I pray that

  8. he will prepare your hearts and your minds so that

  9. you receive what he's giving this morning. We always talk

  10. about breakfast being the best and the most important meal

  11. of the day. This is the breakfast that you need today.

  12. So it made the Holy Spirit come and feed you

  13. that which will make you grow spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally,

  14. that which will bring you balance. The song we just

  15. sang and said we will work, we will work for

  16. the Lord. So may there be illumination, revelation, understanding, so

  17. that you understand, you come to really grasp what it

  18. is the assignment is. May you be blessed as the

  19. word goes forth in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

  20. For his sake. Amen, you may take your seats. So

  21. just a word, what the topic I'm going to talk

  22. on this morning would have been what our bishop would

  23. have been teaching after service, but he wants it this

  24. way so that nobody's left out. So we're going to

  25. teach what he would have been teaching at service, so

  26. that everybody here, because the church as a whole needs

  27. to get this. The assignment is not for some, it's

  28. not for the pastors, it's not for the select few,

  29. but for everybody. So he just wanted to give you

  30. that message. A title today is still in keeping with discipleship,

  31. but the theme or title for the message today is

  32. building micro churches in our communities. Don't your neighbors say,

  33. building micro churches in our communities? Acts Chapter two, Versus

  34. forty one through forty seven tells us that the early

  35. Church gathered to worship in two places, the temples, which

  36. were considered public places, and in houses or homes. They

  37. went from house to house Acts Chapter two, verse forty

  38. one through forty seven of the Projection. Then they that

  39. gladly received his word were baptized, and the same day

  40. there were added onto them about three thousand souls forty two.

  41. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles, doctrine, and worship

  42. and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread and in

  43. prayers forty three, and fear came upon every soul, and

  44. many wondered, and many wonders and signs were done by

  45. the apostles forty four. And all that believed were together

  46. and had all things common, and sold their possessions and goods,

  47. and parted them to all men, as every man had needed.

  48. And they continued daily with one accord, somebody say, one

  49. accord in the temple, and in breaking bread from house

  50. to house, did eat their meat with glass, madness and

  51. singleness of heart forty seven. Praising God and having favor

  52. with all the people, and the Lord added to the

  53. church daily such as should be saved. Tell your neighbor.

  54. We gather in temples, and we gather in houses or

  55. homes in men. So, in keeping with our title today

  56. building micro churches in our communities, we're going back to

  57. what our original assignment was. Matthew twenty eight and nineteen

  58. says Jesus said, go and make disciples of all nations.

  59. Go and make disciples of all nations. But from our

  60. foundational scripture which we started with, which was John eight

  61. thirty one and thirty two, the key phrase that we

  62. kept dwelling on was If you abide in my word,

  63. then you are truly my disciples. If you abide in

  64. my word, this is Jesus talking. We know that from

  65. dealing with that scripture a couple of weeks ago. If

  66. you abide in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

  67. And the word abide means to continually believe in Jesus's

  68. word and also to walk in obedience to him. Say

  69. walk in obedience to him. It is not enough to

  70. just hear the word and believe the word. Faith without

  71. works is dead, but you must hear it, believe it,

  72. and walk in obedience to the word. So a disciple,

  73. then is an obedient follower who believes in Jesus's word.

  74. Is an obedient follower who believes in Jesus's word. Now,

  75. there is a difference between being a convert and being

  76. a disciple. When you hear the Word and you receive

  77. it gladly, you accept him, you are converted. The Holy

  78. Spirit comes to convict you and gives you that prompting

  79. you open up. You receive it and you are converted.

  80. But conversion is not enough. It's the first step. You

  81. must graduate from being converted to becoming a disciple, a

  82. convert must be turned into a follower, and a follower

  83. must learn, which means they must be The follow must learn.

  84. And the follow who learns and adheres that you keep

  85. in the way of you, stick to the word, you

  86. walk in the word. The follow who learns and adheres

  87. to the doctrine of the apostle. And our apostle is

  88. our papa. He is the one that God has let

  89. our papa. Did you hear what I said? Our Papa?

  90. Our apostle is our papa. Do you know who I'm

  91. talking about? Our apostle is our papa. He is the

  92. one that God inspired to plant the church, and he's

  93. the one who is teaching us, training us, giving us

  94. the doctrine so that we can mature from being just

  95. a convert to being a disciple. Amen. So the follower

  96. who learns and adheres to the doctrine of the apostle

  97. becomes a disciple. The difference then, between the convert and

  98. the disciple. A convert is one who gladly receives the

  99. word when they hear it, but it is the teaching,

  100. the training, and the doctrine that helps them to transition

  101. into becoming a disciple t TD. Always remember that because

  102. that is our foundation here at next day in church.

  103. We are not just here to make comforts, because if

  104. you're just converted and you're not being trained, you're not

  105. being taught, and you're not being given doctrine, then you're

  106. just shaky. You're not rooted, you're not established, and that

  107. means anytime you have a little problem, they're going to

  108. be signs amen. So always remember t TD. The training,

  109. the teaching, and the doctrine. They go hand in hand.

  110. You cannot do one and leave the other. That is

  111. what makes you established, that is what causes you to

  112. graduate from being just a convert. Anybody can be a convert,

  113. but what is it they do after becoming a convert.

  114. That's what is important. The main reason why the church

  115. is not growing in this modern day is because there

  116. are a lot of converts who are not being taught,

  117. trained and receiving the right doctrine. They are not deep

  118. in the knowledge and remain very shallow, still quite carnal.

  119. Because when you're converted, it doesn't mean everything that you

  120. learn in the world falls off. You have received enlightenment,

  121. you have received something that has shown you a different way,

  122. but you're not yet walking in it. So the old man,

  123. somebody say, the old man still exists. And until you

  124. replace the old man with the training, the teaching, and

  125. the doctrine which will cause you to transition, you will revert.

  126. Somebody say, revert, revert back to your kernel and worldly behavior,

  127. and you will not be committed in your walk. You see,

  128. it is the training, the teaching, and the doctrine that

  129. causes you to graduate. But it also helps you to

  130. be committed because once you have the understanding of what

  131. the training, the teaching, and the doctrine the TTD. Once

  132. you have that understanding, you understand what your purpose is.

  133. It's not just a fraternity or sorority that you join,

  134. a social gap that you come every Sunday. It's not

  135. supposed to be. So if that's your understanding, then ten

  136. gentlemen say you need to graduate. If your understanding is

  137. we meet Hea every Sunday and just have a good

  138. time and then go back to whatever we're doing and

  139. then just wait for next Sunday, then you need to

  140. get a different kind of revelation. Amen. So many do

  141. not even own a Bible. Yes, there are many converts

  142. because don't forget. The life they knew before hearing the

  143. Word was worldly. They were colonel secular, if you will.

  144. They were not in the church. The Word was not

  145. in them. They did not know a better way. They

  146. had not being taught, they're not being trained. But they

  147. heard a word, and the Holy Spirit convicted their hearts

  148. and receive the word. But they must now graduate. Something

  149. must take place, must fill that void, must replace the

  150. things that they knew before. They must unlearned things of

  151. the world and learn of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

  152. So many do not even own a Bible, and if

  153. they happen to own one, they do not even know

  154. how to apply the word. Move from book to book

  155. in the Bible to understand, to connect the dots, to

  156. see what this whole discipleship thing is about. Mark four March,

  157. Chapter four, Versus sixteen and seventeen. And these are they likewise,

  158. which are sown on stony ground, who, when they have

  159. heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness seventeen and

  160. have no root. Turned to your neighbor and say, no root.

  161. Converts have no roots. They've received it gladly, but they

  162. are not planted converts have no roots and have no

  163. roots in themselves, and so endure, but for a time afterward,

  164. when affliction or prosecution arises for the word's sake, immediately

  165. they are offended. This is how you know when someone

  166. is mature, when someone is a disciple, when someone is established,

  167. when someone has an understanding of the assignment. If they

  168. are not, and they remain just a convert coming to

  169. this fraternity meeting, this social gathering where we just happen

  170. to talk about Christ. If they don't have that understanding,

  171. that revelation, that illumination, if they haven't had that caress

  172. moment when it's like the lights come and it's like, oh,

  173. that's what that's about. This is how they behave Any

  174. challenge that comes up, the slightest thing, any slight correction,

  175. just hold the who do you think you are? I

  176. came here by myself. You're going to tell me what

  177. to do as all of is. Maybe a main person

  178. will be a best chemi school. It don't come and bring.

  179. That's the sign. When the slightest trouble comes, they fall

  180. off because they are not rooted. They haven't gotten the

  181. understanding of what the training, the teaching and the doctrine

  182. requires of them to be an effective disciple. Converts are

  183. or become miracle admirers, chasers, miracle chasers. They move from churchure, Hey,

  184. I hear this prophety shop. He's at and so church.

  185. They're there. He's at the stadium, they're there. They're looking

  186. just for those things, miracle admirers and chasers. They are

  187. prophecy seekers. Hey this one day you can tell me.

  188. I'm looking for the I'm looking for a prophet to

  189. tell me when my next breakthrough is coming. How about

  190. SEEKI first the kingdom. Understand that your relationship with God,

  191. making him the priority, his assignment to go out and

  192. preach to all the nations, his assignment. That you don't

  193. be a pure warmer. After you've heard the word, you

  194. go out and you make disciples, After you received the training,

  195. the teaching and doctrine, it is time for you to

  196. go to work. We will what's on the derees, they're saying,

  197. working for who? Which kingdom? That's the question, because if

  198. you're working for the Kingdom of God, then he has

  199. given you a blueprint what he expects of you, what

  200. you're supposed to have to be effective out there. To

  201. fulfill your commission. Don't forget. And I said it last week,

  202. there's no middle ground. If you are with him, you're

  203. gathering with him. If you're not, then you're scattering. You

  204. cannot be just a nice Christian and just medium and

  205. pass him. Even in your day to day work, problems

  206. will come. But it is your conviction, your understanding, your training,

  207. the teaching you have received that will let you know

  208. that His word says, this too shall pass whatever you're

  209. facing now, whatever, no matter what the circumstances look like,

  210. if you understand this word, if you're in this word,

  211. if you're opening that Bible, he said all things, all things,

  212. what for the good of them who do what and

  213. what according to His purpose as a disciple. So you

  214. understand that no matter what comes up, it is even

  215. the things that you consider negative working together for you good.

  216. He will call all of creation to conspire together to

  217. work in your favor. Whatever situation you find yourself in,

  218. God can change suddenly. Tell your neighbor suddenly, yes. But

  219. it is your commitment, your relationship, your understanding of your assignment.

  220. That is what gives you the confidence so you don't

  221. fall off. That is what plants you. You're not just

  222. growing attached to some rock so somebody can just pull

  223. you out. You are rooted, grounded, So if they try

  224. pulling you out, they have to yank some earth, They

  225. have to go through something to try and pull you out.

  226. And the more you abide, the harder it is for

  227. you to be shaken, to be moved when situations come up. Amen.

  228. So converts become miracle admirers, chasers of prophecy, prophecy seekers, cheerleaders, supporters,

  229. and dancers with no meaning of no consequence. You're in them.

  230. They are doing this, So let's do it. They're going,

  231. let's go. Why are you doing it? Ah, we are

  232. doing it. This is what we are doing. You don't

  233. even understand. As a result, the converts don't follow or

  234. stay for a long time. As the scripture says, they

  235. cannot endeal. Don't you never say and deal? Tell your

  236. neighbor and deal. The only way you're going to be

  237. able to endeal if you stay in the world and

  238. you accept receive their training, their teaching, and the doctrine,

  239. that is what will help you to endeal. If you're

  240. not adhering to it, if you're not abiding in his word,

  241. and walking in obedience to His word. There is is

  242. not negotiable. It's not today ask for today, I feel

  243. like being a good Christian, so I'm going to obey.

  244. It's not you know today you know your man or

  245. someone to fought to Entinke Acroncer. Just no, it doesn't

  246. work the way commitment. Don't you never say commitment, abide, abide.

  247. It is only the application of the principles of the

  248. Word of God, the training, the teaching, and the doctrine.

  249. It is only the application of the Word of God

  250. that can ensure your transformation from being just a convert

  251. into a true follower or disciple. This is the only

  252. way the sheep can gain more understanding of their newfound

  253. life in Christ and to gain or acquire the stability

  254. they need. Don't your neighbors say, get some stability. You see,

  255. you don't want to be moved by everything that comes.

  256. This is what is happening in the economy today. Everybody

  257. say everything is had, everything is hard, and then tomorrow

  258. they say, oh, Petro has Gondas, so everything is good.

  259. Oh today everything is good. You are just wavering. Your

  260. your your your dictator. Your life is being dictated by circumstances.

  261. But how about you need to have some stability, and

  262. the only way you're going to get it is to

  263. transition from being a convert into a disciple, a follower,

  264. one who a bias, one who has accepted, walks in

  265. obeys the teachings, the training and the word doctrine. The

  266. concept of the micro churches, our cells in all our communities,

  267. which is in keeping what the title is, the title

  268. of the world is for today, can be found in

  269. the early New Testament Church, under the inspiration and guidance

  270. of the Holy Spirit, where they met or assembled in temples,

  271. public places, and also from house to house. In these days,

  272. they did not have large meeting places like we have

  273. now we have stadia. We have. Thank the Lord for instruction.

  274. The one thing, because I have a great bead, I

  275. know everything. Thank the Lord for bishop's life. Come on,

  276. give go us some praise. Even while it's going on,

  277. the Holy Spirit. He doesn't give revelation to just one person.

  278. But there is a head. Amen. It is important for

  279. you to understand. We have public places, the temples where

  280. we're meeting. Let's call this a temple, but each and

  281. every one of us has a home. We go to

  282. our own communities, and our homes are dwelling places belong

  283. in communities where we live. That is what the scripture

  284. is talking about. The micro churches. It is not just

  285. here in this cecary that is designated for meetings. That's

  286. how the Holy Spirit inspired the early church to grow.

  287. It was a blueprint that the Holy Spirit gave and

  288. it comes by those meetings in houses, going from house

  289. to house. We have a meeting in your house, a

  290. few of us in that community we join, you have

  291. one in your house. It is all part of the

  292. work that we are talking about. But when we meet,

  293. what goes on there the teaching, the training, and the doctrine,

  294. because that is the only way the church is going

  295. to grow as God desires it to grow. So we

  296. have to understand that. Don't just look forward to coming

  297. here on Sundays. When you're away from here, after service

  298. is over and you go back, you must still do

  299. the work, the assignment, the commission. You said you work

  300. for the Kingdom of God. It is not just when

  301. you're in this building that's putting a limitation on it.

  302. But wherever you find yourself in your community, in your home,

  303. we're not saying, open up and have five hundred people.

  304. If you can contain it, great four or five here,

  305. ten here, fifteen here, it's a church. The scripture says,

  306. where two are what who is there? The Lord is

  307. in your mist That's the church. You and I. We

  308. are the church, not the building, the temple. The sanctuary

  309. is nice, but you're the church. If we put the

  310. structure here and none of us show up here, it

  311. is just a structure. We can use it for anything.

  312. They can't play soccer in the air. They can do anything.

  313. But it is us who are carrying the spirit of God,

  314. coming together and finding the common ground and being inspired

  315. by the Holy Spirit, being taught the Word, being taught

  316. the principles. That's what makes us the church. Amen. So

  317. the concept of microchurches or cells in all communities can

  318. be found in the early New Testament church, under the

  319. inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit, where they met

  320. assembled in the temples, and also from house to house.

  321. In these days, they did not have large public places

  322. for meetings like we have this day. By the inspiration

  323. and direction of the Holy Spirit, the church grew dramatically

  324. from one hundred and twenty people in the Upper Room

  325. Experience to three thousand in Acts, Chapter two, verse forty one.

  326. Acts Chapter two, verse forty one. This shows what happens

  327. when we follow the blueprint, when we have our meetings

  328. in you know, homes, small gatherings. Then they that gladly

  329. received his word were baptized, and the same day they

  330. were onto them. About how many? About how many? From

  331. one hundred and twenty people meeting in the Upper Room

  332. receiving the power the Holygos when they went out in small, small,

  333. small groups in their communities, ministered shared the word, the teaching,

  334. the training, and the doctrine was going forth same day,

  335. not one year, not one month. The word is wrong,

  336. then I'm wrong. It says what his word were baptized

  337. and what the same day that were added onto them.

  338. About three thousand. If each and everyone takes it upon

  339. us ourselves in our community to hold these small gatherings,

  340. little groupings, sharing the word, the training, the teaching, the

  341. doctrines are going forth, this is what can happen in

  342. the day. How many of us are in here, Let's say,

  343. what about three hundred? That's awful as to how many

  344. do you think? How many? About three hundred? So let's

  345. just take out even the toddlers and the children, because look,

  346. when you read the scripture, Jesus was in the temple

  347. about his father's business. How old was he twelve? You

  348. have understanding, you have reasoning. But if you've received the teaching,

  349. the training, and the doctrines at even at twelve, you

  350. can get there. You sock up your buddies and your girls,

  351. the ones you play that I'm paid with. You can

  352. wherever it's not that dad, he can jump. So you

  353. can have these meetings and share the word, break the word,

  354. and the Holy Spirit will be among you because you're

  355. uthering in his name. Were two or three or more,

  356. it can go forth, and you'll be surprised that come

  357. next week, if we were all doing this, we can

  358. all come with the people who have received, the converts

  359. who have received, So we can come here receive the

  360. training that our apostle, our Papa is giving, and also

  361. that our bishop is directing, the blueprint that we are

  362. being given. It is the only way to grow the church.

  363. So if you say you're going to work for the

  364. kingdom and do the work of God, this is the

  365. blueprint that you've been given. So in Uts two and

  366. forty one. Three thousand were added in a day, then

  367. an additional five thousand, and acts Chapter four, verse four.

  368. See tell you neighbor and say exponential growth. It's not linear.

  369. It's not you bring one, so we grew by one.

  370. He brought one. We grew by one. It's not it's exponential.

  371. It's compounded. One meeting here, will you ten another? You

  372. meeting here? Will you fifty another? There? Will you thee hundred?

  373. It's not linear, So acts Chapter four of US four.

  374. Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed see

  375. the converence, they hear it, they receive it, they believe it.

  376. And then the number of the men was about what

  377. the scripture I was talking about just the men. How

  378. about the women and the children who also received the word.

  379. So if the men alone five thousand came, three thousand

  380. can come in one day, five thousand in a day,

  381. why because they understood TTD training, teaching, doctrine, and that

  382. we don't just gather in public places. We gather in

  383. homes from house to house, small groupings. Amen. Then also

  384. there was a multiplication of disciples. Now as chapter six,

  385. verse one. If there was a multiplication of disciples, how

  386. do you make disciples? The same TTD must have been

  387. going on, training, teaching, and doctrine. So when we started teaching,

  388. Remember I said, it wasn't reserved for the preacher alone. Discipleship,

  389. making disciples wasn't just for the preacher, the one standing

  390. in the pulpit, each and every one of us. If

  391. we have heard the word, like John chapter eight says,

  392. if we have heard it, we believe it, we receive it,

  393. we abide in it, walk in obedience to it. While

  394. we're receiving the TTD, you are now a disciple and

  395. your assignment is to go out there and to share

  396. the word, share the good news. So the scripture is

  397. telling us that discipleship, even the disciples grew because the training,

  398. the teaching, and the doctrine was going on. They had

  399. to have been given the doctrine and the training for

  400. the number of disciples to increase. That means they're more

  401. laborers in the vineyard amen transitioning them from converts to disciples.

  402. Doctor David Jongi cho is a man God used to

  403. build the largest single church in the world using the

  404. cell strategy. He observed that the mistake that the modern

  405. church has made, which has caused the modern church not

  406. to grow substantially is that passes and ants have departed

  407. from the Holy Spirit inspired method of building the church,

  408. which is gathering in temples as well as in homes.

  409. How many of you have heard of younger chwo How

  410. many of you have heard about cells? Cells? It is

  411. like the basic unit, the most fundamental unit of a church.

  412. It's a cell. It's a small grouping, but that is

  413. what brings the growth when we're all doing the same thing.

  414. Going from here, when received the training and the doctrine

  415. and the teaching, don't just go shot your Bible. If

  416. you took notes, shut the book till next week and

  417. then go about your because then you're only a convert.

  418. That means the old man is still there. You just

  419. come to hear shall feel good. You're looking for the prophecy.

  420. You're chasing you, you're cheerleading, you're dancing, wing the muka.

  421. There's no fruit. We are required to bear fruit, buy

  422. their fruits. Usual what don't your neighbors say, what fruit

  423. are you burying? Ask them are you bearing any fruit?

  424. Because this is how we're supposed to do it. This

  425. is what we're assigned to do to come receive the training,

  426. the teaching and the doctrine, and to go back out

  427. there in small groupings in our homes, in our communities,

  428. share the word. Why I ask your neighbor, why do

  429. you share the word? Is it that you're ashamed? Is

  430. it that you're what? You're shy? I believe scripture tells

  431. us he just said, if you are, if you're what?

  432. If you're ashamed of me here in front of men,

  433. you're you're worried about men. The same scripture tells us

  434. it is a fearful thing to fall to the wraps

  435. of God. You are worried about men. Men can't do

  436. anything to you or for you, but the one who

  437. made you, who has assigned you, who has given you

  438. this assignment to go out there and preach, share the

  439. good word. After you have committed to receiving the training,

  440. the teaching and the doctrine. It's important you can't just

  441. go out there and say anything. You must know, you

  442. must have understanding, and it's going to come by applying yourself,

  443. allowing yourself to go through the process. Because each and

  444. every one of us, you're a church, you, me, you

  445. and you and you were all so the only way

  446. we're going to do this is if we follow the blueprint,

  447. just like the Holy Spirit inspired doctor Younge Child to

  448. do the largest church Mischell, how many can we in

  449. a number? How many members worldwide? Did they have eight

  450. hundred thousand members? Fifty thousand cells from one man who

  451. was obedient to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Each

  452. if each and every one of us followed the example

  453. of younger Child, just one building these cells, you go

  454. out there, you share, you convert, and they come in

  455. their trained to become disciples, and then they go out

  456. and do the same thing. Like I said, it's not

  457. linear growth we're looking at it's exponential growth. One day,

  458. three thousand and if you are three hundred of us

  459. here and we're all doing it, you bring your three thousand,

  460. I bring my three thousand, and he brings us three thousand.

  461. You think one person can make a difference in the natural,

  462. it's impossible. It seems impossible. But when there's the Holy

  463. Spirit's inspiration, it is the Holy Spirit that gives the inspiration,

  464. and he gives the increase. The church belongs to God.

  465. The church belongs to God. And if you say you're

  466. going to do his work, then you have to understand.

  467. But it all begins with first hearing the word, receiving

  468. the word, and being converted. So as I come to

  469. a close, if there's anybody here today who has heard

  470. this word, this is what we're the direction of next

  471. year church, this is what our assignment is. This is

  472. what we're going to be doing. Our bishop is going

  473. to be teaching us, giving as the training, the teaching

  474. and the doctrine. Because we're not just coming here dressed

  475. up looking all nice. It's good, but what where's the fruit?

  476. On the day of accountability, God is going to ask

  477. us you heard the word, you received it, you got converted.

  478. But if you bought no food, then you are just

  479. a convert. So you determine what level you're at. Have

  480. you graduated from being a convert to becoming a disciple,

  481. a follower, following hard, abiding, being obedient to what the

  482. world says. You're not just sitting down there hearing the

  483. word and then okay, you received it. You get happy.

  484. But when you get out there and you see your friends,

  485. people in your community, your co workers, your fellow students,

  486. if you're on campus and you do not bother to

  487. open up your mind and say, listen, I have some

  488. good news. There's something I've been exposed to that has

  489. changed my life. So come, let me share this with you. You

  490. want to keep this selfishly? How about if somebody didn't

  491. share the word with you, if somebody had ap preached

  492. to you for you to receive, you would have still

  493. been in your old state. You would have still ruled

  494. by your flesh. I've still being carnal, but somebody took

  495. the time. I'm taking the time to share with you today.

  496. If there's anybody here who hasn't accepted Jesus Christ as

  497. your Lord and savior, this is the first tip. You

  498. hear it. It's a good word. It is triggered something

  499. in you. You are convicted in your spirit, not condemned.

  500. There is a difference. Is the enemy who comes to

  501. condemn you make you feel like you don't belong, like

  502. you don't qualify to be here. But Christ says, if

  503. you hear it this day, hear my word, you believe it.

  504. You receive a call on my name. You accept me,

  505. you shall be saved. So there's anybody here under the

  506. sound of my voice, if you do not know the

  507. Lord Jesus Christ as your lord, and Savior, please come.

  508. It is the first step towards becoming a disciple, towards

  509. this becoming a worker in the kingdom. You said you

  510. would work for him, you would do his work. This

  511. is the first step. You cannot just get up from

  512. being a non believer and who has not been converted

  513. and go out there and start doing it. Time to

  514. every say this process. Yes, process is what makes you

  515. grow from being just a convert to becoming a disciple.

  516. You must say patterns. Yes. Bishop talked about the last

  517. that patterns. It's the pattern you followed. You have to

  518. follow a pattern. It's not just haphazard. You get up

  519. there and then you go and say this that, you

  520. go here, and then the next day, because you are

  521. not rooted and grounded. Then it's the same people you

  522. just spoke to the start seeing you doing what didn't want?

  523. Who was just telling me about Jesus Christ? Today you

  524. are coming to me. What kind of disciple are you?

  525. Who are you trying to convert your fruit? Last week

  526. I mentioned something about self control, the fruits of the

  527. spirit kindness. If you remember, I mentioned a bunch of them,

  528. but the one I stressed on was self control. Even

  529. here right now, self control. You've heard this word, but

  530. your mind is like just like passa Jeremy, appreciate that the

  531. eight o'clock service. Some people make excuses. Okay, God, I've

  532. heard it. I receive it. But let me go and

  533. bury my father. He's dead. Let me go and talk

  534. to my friends. You see, I'm coming to follow you.

  535. I'm not going to be able to chill with them

  536. for a very long time because this walk that I mean,

  537. I have to be committed. Allow me to go, and

  538. you know, one last time mm hmm, see, brother, let

  539. me just call it one last time before I come

  540. ino this thing. And since then you call you and

  541. you say something to you, and let me just let

  542. me just see him for the last I'm not going

  543. to do anything. I just I just listened to him talk.

  544. And then nine months later, that one last time can

  545. destroy you. The day that you hear my voice had

  546. not your heart. That one last time you can do.

  547. Follow the pattern, follow the blueprint all the time. The

  548. one last time, let me just do it now, I

  549. will change. I won't do it again. And the devil

  550. knows how to ensnare you tell your nyman say, don't

  551. be ensnared. If you're hearing my voice today, if you've

  552. not given your life, it is the first step. The

  553. conversion is important. Once you've converted, you've heard it, you

  554. receive it. Then you receive the TTD, the training, the teaching,

  555. and the doctrine, which makes you an effective disciple. Don't

  556. be a lukewarm disciple. You're not sure what you are.

  557. There's one thing you should never be confused about. As

  558. a child of God. You should never be confused about

  559. your assignment. If you're not sure of anything else, do

  560. not be unsure about your assignment, because if you're not

  561. sure of your assignment, just by making one statement, you

  562. can be totally going against the will and the word

  563. of God. As a child of God, you are a

  564. gatekeeper here. You're on what So if you're not sure,

  565. if you're not if you haven't received the training, the teaching,

  566. the doctrine, if you haven't received, you haven't sharpened your desert.

  567. God can send somebody to you and you might be

  568. there for that one person. I could be standing here

  569. today because of one person getting saved and I could

  570. just not, you know, just let it go, and that

  571. person doesn't accept Jesus Christ in that one moment, I've

  572. gone against the word of God because that one person

  573. was supposed to be here to receive, to hear. My

  574. assignment today is to ask you to tell you about

  575. Jesus Christ, to ask you to accept him, to bring

  576. his word so you receive, so that we can receive

  577. eternal life. Yes, so that you can be a disciple.

  578. So if you're here and you're saved, sanctified, set apart,

  579. don't be confused about your assignment. Your priority about everything

  580. else about looking nice, about you know, talking nice, walking nice,

  581. being friendly. Your priority is the commission to go out

  582. there and to make disciples. Nothing else. Everything else is

  583. secondary to that. So don't get it twisted. If you're

  584. here and Jesus Christ is not your Lord and savior,

  585. I invite you to come. Judge, I need you to pray.

  586. If you're in here and you've accepted Jesus Christ, you

  587. need to be praying. Now. That's part of the assignment,

  588. praying for others to hear, to receive, to be convicted

  589. so they can come anyone. Don't be shy, don't be ashamed,

  590. don't worry about what you have on. It's not about that.

  591. He's concerned not about your outsider parents. Listen, people dress up,

  592. look nice inside our prop look nice outside, pleasing to die,

  593. but they're going straight to hell. He's concerned about your soul.

  594. If he's not your lord and savior, he's not your master,

  595. if he's not training you, teaching you, if you're not

  596. receiving the doctrine so you can be effective out there

  597. fulfilling the commission. Now's the time, anybody, I'm spending time

  598. of this because it's important church. Are you praying? We

  599. could all be here because of one person, and all

  600. of Heaven will rejoice if that one person comes forward, anyone.

  601. So all of us here are saved, all three hundred

  602. of us. Everybody, he is saved. But that's an indictment

  603. because if we're all saved and nobody, as minis said

  604. to anyone to come, nobody has invited any sourse, then

  605. we are selfish. You receive the word, you've converted, you're

  606. here receiving TTD, but you haven't bothered to share with anyone. Ah,

  607. don't you know that the blood will be required of you? Yeah,

  608. there's somebody waiting out there. As long as you are

  609. in your place sharing the word following the pattern. Everybody

  610. here has saved the side. Everybody has saved. Everybody has saved.

  611. You're sure if he cracks the sky right now and

  612. he comes and he's taking his own back with him,

  613. you're going with him or you're going to be going

  614. there to plead your case. Jesus you you know I

  615. told him I was. I was in churche of his

  616. snel and back crying. In fact, everybody here is saved.

  617. Everybody here is saved. I'm asking you on purpose because

  618. this will play back for you the day that you

  619. heard his voice. Everybody here saved. You're sure that's your show,

  620. that's your shore. Don't be confused about your assignment. Don't

  621. be confused about what side you're on. There's no middle ground.

  622. No lookwarm, hot or cold. Everybody here, Hello, everybody's looking down,

  623. Look up. Please, everybody he has saved. It's important because

  624. I'll give account one day and tell the Lord I

  625. said it to I asked them, So if you're lying,

  626. was the everybody here saved? Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.

  627. Praise the Lord. Everybody here, everybody here, I'll give God

  628. some praise in the house. Oh you can do better

  629. than that. You're not clabbing for me for me, I

  630. just asked the Holy Spirit to give me what he

  631. wanted me to give you. So if you have received it,

  632. then you know what your assignment is. That you are

  633. to go out there after you receive your teaching training

  634. and doctrine, to go out there and to do the work. Amen.

  635. I hope you have been blessed. Thank you, Bishop