Discipleship Bishop Joel Duncan-Williams 18.5.25

Amen. Oh, come on and shout a louder Amen.

When it comes time for you to say Amen, you've

got to shout it. Look at your neighbor and say

shout it. Look at your neighbor and say minute. Can

you shout an Amen? This morning? Amen?

Well, I'd like to give honor to whom honor is due.

Thanking God for the life of our father, His eminence,

the Archbishop.

Your clap is too weak. Your clap is doing, your

club is due with amen.

Lamentations Chapter three and verse forty four amplified version Lamentations

three forty four Amplified Lamentations three forty four Amplified. The

Bible says you have covered yourself with a cloud so

that no prayer can pass through.

This morning.

We want to deal with every unseen ruler, every unseen principality,

every unseen force in our lives, spiritually and physically that

is working against us, working against us ministry, working against

our health, working against our prosperity, working against our education,

working against us in any part of our lives. As

you lift up your voice right now and you move

around and begin to pray, let such a one be arrested.

Lift up your voice, move around, lift up your voice,

move around, Lift up your voice, move around, lift up

your voice, move around, lift up your voice, move around.

A fire, somebody back a bad rather come back?

You're good? Yes, yes, my young man, you have.

Samma my yah.

You say.

My boss, say your I have I am your young do.

You?

So come on, Gordy planning.

I am planning, so STOs say, yeah, Baddy come blah,

I am somebody.

About a fire.

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High the bab.

In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, Stratford,

Brian Han towards the Altar Father. This morning, we pray

over your people that every unseen ruler, in the name

of every unseen personality, in the name of every unseen beast, Yes,

you will.

Be arrested, will be arrested for their lives. In the name.

We pray that you, oh God, yes, love or arrest.

Them and cover them in the blood in the name

of secure them in the blood, in the labor, protect

them in the blood in the name Jesus, that they

will be preserved. Yes, in the name of Stractford, your

Ryan and towards the Alder, saying the name of n Jesus,

there shall be no attack. There shall be no attack.

There shall be no retaliation.

There shall be over our lives, over our.

Lives from His Eminence, the aficial, the semi days to

the list of us, to the least of us shall

Reha'll be no retire.

Tell your boys for the next one here sooner.

There shall be no retaliation. Are you tell man, I'm

gonna say your tell. Yes, I'll be no retaliation that day,

you know, to tease us. Yes, I'll be loy sair,

I tells our Father, and sunny day you have.

This, We got that with us.

It is in the list of us.

There's something a realiation.

We shall be norm Yes, I says I. Yes, Baddy,

have not a lord, say be less food, realiations be.

Be from people.

See yeah, yeah, yeah.

Tell your person you.

In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus,

in the name of Jesus.

Teachers, you say Father, Father, by your word, by your word,

by your testimony, by your testimony.

We call these things. We call these days done in

Jesus name.

Jesus shouted a very loud Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, oh amen.

Wow, what a beautiful place to be.

This morning, John chapter eight and verse thirty one to

thirty two in the amplified version, can you help me

or for the life of Reverend f And then also

and then also this morning we have worshiping with us.

Reverend it do a jay. Thank God for his life.

Also, thank God for his life.

Also he maybe see that heavily places John eight, that

he won John eight thirty one and past the prince,

get a microphone. Where is Gabriel? Okay, what Timothy? Get

a microphone and go to go to two different go

to two different areas. Amen. No, no, no, this is

not an amen. I said, Amen. Uh huh, this is

an amen, all right, So the Bible says, so Jesus

was saying to the Jews who believed him, if you

abide in my word, continually obeying my teachings, and living

in accordance with them, then you are truly my disciples,

and you will know the truth regarding salvation, and the

truth will set you free from the penalty of sin.

Father.

We pray this morning that your word bring forth illumination,

that it takes us from where we are to where

we belong. And the church shouted and said two week

of an amen. Amen. So I want to ask this

question before I start preaching, And who was Jesus speaking to?

Who was Jesus speaking to? And I want those of

you that have an answer to raise your hand. Who

was Jesus speaking to? If you have an answer, please

raise your hand or else Unfortunately I'll have to just

pick out of the corners of my eye. I'll have

to just pick somebody. So please, if you have an answer,

raise your hand. Who has an answer? Who has an answer? Overway? Okay?

Stand? No, please stand the Jews? You were speaking to

the Jews? Okay?

What kind of Jews was Jesus speaking to? Pastimathy, there's

an answer behind.

You speaking to those that I have believed in him,

speaking to those that have believed in him? All right,

thank you so much.

So Jesus was speaking number one to the Jews, and

he was speaking to those who have believed in him. So,

in other words, those that have given their lives to

Christ and they are born again. Ask your neighbor, have

you given your life to Christ? And are you born again?

Do you understand?

So?

The first point you must understand is that the scripture

is referring to those who believe it's not referring to unbelievers,

is speaking to those who believe. Number two is that,

in other words, born again Christians. So these were born

again Christians, born again Christians. Then number three and their

most important part here is the Bible says. The Bible says,

if you abide in my word, continually obeying my teachings,

and living in accordance with them, then you are truly

my disciples. Then you are truly my disciples. So here

there's a distinction between a Christian and a disciple. Look

at your neighbor and tell them. It's one thing to

be a Christian. It's another thing to be a disciple.

Amen. Amen, How many of you know that?

How many of you didn't know that there's a difference

between being a Christian disciple? Raise your hand. How many

of you didn't know? You thought it was all the

same when we are Christians, we are Christians. How many

of you thought that, wave at me? How many of

you thought that? A lot of you that's what you think. Yeah,

but you're too shy to wave your hands. You want

to make it look like you know, Joe and pray. Yeah,

you want to you want to impress us. Look at

and say, you're not impressing anybody. The more knowledge, the

more knowledge you know, Oh you please visit.

I'm done. The more knowledge you know.

And the more information you acquire, the the more intelligence

you become, and the more knowledgeable you become.

Amen, I said, Amen, all right, Amen.

Number three, what makes you a disciple is continually obeying

teachings and living in accordance with them. That's what makes

you a disciple. That is what makes you a disciple. Now,

the definition of a Christian in biblical sense is a

Christian is someone who identifies as a follower of Jesus Christ.

A Christian is someone who identifies as a follower of

Jesus Christ.

Amen.

And a disciple is a dedicated follower of Jesus Christ.

Say a dedicated follower, No, say it like you mean,

say a dedicated follower.

Amen.

So there is a just difference. Amen. You have to

understand that it's not enough to believe and are you here?

Ask your neighbor are you here? Okay, it is not

enough to believe and be born again. You must go

on and become a disciple. Look at a neighbor and

tell them, go on and become a disciple. Say it

one more time, say go on and become a disciple. Now,

something very important I forgot to mention, which I must

stop and mention right now, And that is why I

let the prayer. We prayed and all that last night,

our Father, his Eminence called me amongst other bishops and

asked us to come. And when we went to meet him,

he was talking very prophetically and spiritually on particular subjects,

and he was saying that we are living in a

very dangerous time and the need for spirituality is very important.

The need for spirituality is very very important. And based

on that, our Father has declared a seventy two our

emergency prayer. Your clap should be better, your clab should

be better. He has declared a seventy to our emergency

prayer starting on Wednesday, continuing on Thursday, and then on Friday,

there's an all night which will we will all be

joining in the Prayer Cathedral for their all nights?

Yes, we will all be joining at the Prayer Cathedral

for the all night. Amen.

So do you understand Wednesday to Friday, Look at neighbor

and say Wednesday to Friday. Look at neighbor and say

Wednesday to Friday. You cant neighbor and tell them firsting

and prayer benefits you, not the other person. Say it's

one more time. Amen. I was telling somebody last night

who called me or sent me a message and was

very angry at a pastor, telling me what the pastor

had said to them and everything. And I was telling

the person that what you are doing is you are

drinking poison and expecting somebody else to die. You cannot

drink poison and expect the person you are angry with

to die. You will die. And that is what anguys.

It's a rage of emotions. And please listen to me.

When you are angry. Try not to speak when you

are angry, Try not to speak, amen.

And also practice another thing that within fifteen minutes of

you being angry, you find a place for that anger

to go, or you command that anger to go to

the place of divine appointments, because if it is with you,

it will not help you. Look at neighbor and tell

them it will not help you. A lot of bad

decisions are taken when we are angry. Now, being a disciple,

the Bible says, if you continue in my word, then

it moves on to say that if you continue in

my word. The truth will free you from the things

that keep you from being a good disciple.

Now please understand.

Number three, you can be a believer and still not

be a good disciple because you are living anyhow. Look

at your neighbor and say, living anyhow. So it's important

that you don't just live on anyhow type of life.

Number four, the way you work with God is very important.

The Bible says continually obeying. This means that it's not

based on convenience or when you feel like it. Look

at your neighbor and say, it's not based on convenience,

and it's not based on what you feel like. It's

continually obeying. That means when you feel like it, when

you don't feel like it, you must continually obey because

you know that there's a price at the end of

the day that you are trying to achieve, and you

must get to look at never I say there's a price,

there's a price. There's a price, all right. Number five,

some people know how to behave as Christians. In other words,

the outward behavior what people see, but behind closed doors

they have another personality or behavior. Look at never say

another personality or behavior so some people know how to

work as Christians. Some people know how to talk as Christians.

You know the Christian you have Christian oratory skills. You

know what to say, Oh, my dear brother, my dear sister, beloved,

one chosen, one, mighty man, all those wonderful things you

can say. You see a person, and all you can

say is that, oh, you are blessed, You are blessed,

You are blessed, you are blessed. You see somebody, Oh,

you can tell them, is it is working? Not saying

that people who say it is working are not disciples

or are not Christians. But I'm saying that a lot

of time people have mastered how to look like Christians,

but they are not really Christians. Do you understand how

many of you have heard somebody tell another person that

you are you a Christian at all?

How many times have you heard that? Yeah? And it's

because it's because the people, the people who.

Call themselves Christians are not living a life of Christianity,

do you understand. And it's by what they do, by

what they profess, and by the way they act. Look

at neighbor and tell them what they do, say what

they do? What did I say after what they do,

what they profess, what they do, what they profess, and.

What they act.

Now, I'm the preacher preaching to you and I'm taking notes.

So if you are not taking notes, then there's a

big problem. There's a very big problem. So the problem

is that people know how to like right now when

we're all worshiping, people know how to raise their hands

like their Christians. They they they yeah, some people can

even cry. Some people some people can even cry. Some

people can even cry. Do you understand?

So people know how to talk.

Like a Christian, work like a Christian, act like a Christian.

But I'm not living by the word of God. But

are not living by the word of God? Do you understand?

You have to transition from being an ordinary day Christian

to being a disciple. Looking eye and say you have

to be a disciple. Number two, you have accepted Jesus

Christ and you are born again, but you are not

working as a disciple. You have accepted Jesus Christ, you

are born again, you are not working as a disciple.

Number three.

The way you can go on to become a disciple,

as it says in John A thirty one thirty two,

is that the Bible says, if you continue in my word. Now,

what does continue mean? Continue means to practice day in

and day out. Looking eby and say, practice day in.

And day out.

Number four, How you and I, How you and I

respond to the word of God is what will move

us from believers to disciples. How you and I respond

to the word of God is what will move us

from believer us to disciples. How many of you want

to become a disciple? You are tired of being an

ordinary Christian? You want to become a disciple. Just wave

at me, Just wave at me. You want to become

a disciple. For many of you that want to become

a disciple? Made this happen for you in Jesus name.

And it won't just happen for you based on prayer.

It happened for you based on how you behave and

how you obey the word of God, and how you

comport yourself. Amen. Then the next thing the Bible says.

The next thing the Bible says is you shall know

the truth, and the truth shall set you free from

the things that prevent you from becoming a disciple. And

not just a disciple, but a good one. Do you

understand so you must understand in Matthew, in Marthew twenty

is it twenty two? I believe it's Matthew twenty two.

Yes. In Matthew twenty two and verse twenty nine.

The Bible says, ye air, because you know not the

scriptures nor the power of God. Yeer, because you know

not the scriptures nor the power of God. Now please

understand this. You can never know the power of God

if you don't know the scriptures. Because the script chess

demonstrates the power of God. It is through the scriptures

that you get knowledge of the power of God. So

if you want to experience the power of God in

your life, you must know the scriptures. Look at your

neighbor and say you must know the scriptures. Say like

you mean, say you must know the scriptures. Turn with

me to James, chapter two and verse nineteen, and I

give you one or two points, and I'm done preaching

for this morning. James after two and verse nineteen amplified,

the Bible says, you believe that God is one, you

do well, So do the demons believe and shudder in

terror and horror, such as makes a man's hair stand

on end and contact the surface of his skin.

How many of you, when you think about Jesus are

you terrified?

How many of you? How many of you, when you

think about him, you are terrified? How many of you,

when you think about him you stand in horror? How

many of you? No, you are not terrified. You don't

stand in horror. You don't even fear God on that level.

The Bible says, the demons they stand in terror and horror.

Do you know what that means? Do you know what

that means?

It means that they understand who Jesus is. They fear him,

they respect him, they give him his adoration and his praise,

and they know who he is.

Do you understand?

That's why when Jesus went to the land of the

Gatherines to cast out the demon, they said, Master, have

you come to cast us out before our time? Because

they know who he is and they know the power

he carries. But guess what, as much as they know

who Jesus is and the power that Jesus carries, they

are not Christians.

Do you understand?

So just because you are a Christian and you've given

your life to Christ, you believe in him and you

are born again, it doesn't end there.

You must leave that place and become a disciple.

Wow, how many of you tell this morning you didn't

know that there's a difference between a Christian and a disciple.

Wave at me, Wave at me. You didn't know that

there was a difference. Wave at me. You didn't know

there was a difference. Yes, there's a there's a there's

a big difference.

And when the Bible says, when the Bible says, well done,

my good and faithful servant, it's not referring to Christian

and it's referring to disciples. It's not referring to Christians.

It's referring to disciples. Amen. I was going to give

you one or two other points, but I won't do

it this morning. I will I will save it for

next week. So please understand that this is the series

I've begun, the series on discipleship.

And and if you're clapping, clapwell, and will be going

on till I feel in my spirit.

That one fully understands and appreciates the doctrine of discipleship

and one becomes a disciple. Look at neighbor and see,

you must become a disciple. Say it like you mean

they say you must become a disciple. Can you say

it one more time? Say you must become a disciple now.

One of one of the signs, one of the signs

that Jesus is coming soon is world War three.

One of the signs that Jesus is coming soon is

world War three. And this thing that.

They through missiles and it hits the Israeli airports, it's

not a good thing. The Israeli airport has the highest

level of security in the world. And one of the

reasons why they have that is because they believe that terrorists,

when I say terrorists untied to Israel, are going to

enter a plane and explode the plane and then have

pieces of dead bodies all over the city of Jerusalem.

That is one of their strongest fears. And so that's

why their security is so tight. The first, the first ever,

and this is many many, many many years ago, about

ten years ago, the first ever airport I went to

and they showed me on a screen, not in an

X ray image, but in Claire's day as a picture.

What was in my bag was the Israeli I've forgotten

the name of it. Oh, the name just just left me.

Ben Ben Yes Ben Gurion International airport.

Yes, just left me. They are they are very they

are very very very very strict, very very strict, and

will be tiede you.

If you go to a place like the United Arab

Emirates or the Middle East and then fly from there

to to Israel, you you stay at immigration for a

long time.

Yeah.

So if you're ever connecting to to Israel, please don't

use Emirates. It's not good unless you hide you, and

even they won't use Emorates. But unless you hide you

and Israelites with an Israeli passport and you can speak

the language, try try to avoid that route.

I know many people. I know many people who have

been retained to Ghana for doing that.

Amen, please stretch forward your right hand towards the author.

Say in the name of Jesus, say Father, I repent

of my sins. Say Father, I declare that I'm a sinner.

From today, I want to follow you. I want to

be led by you. I want to be used by you.

In Jesus' name, Take my name out of the book

of Death and place it in the Lamb's Book of life. Father,

use me, guide me. Take me from a place of

being an ordinary Christian to a disciple.

In Jesus' name. Amen.

Well, if you pray that prayer and believed it, you

are now born again. Life has been transformed and you

are now a Christian. But it's important to move from

just being a Christian to being a disciple.

Amen,