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Holy Ghost meetings pt 2 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Hi there. Welcome to NECF. We're excited to share
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Stay with us till the end for some valuable resources
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to enrich your faith. Here's today's sermon.
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Can we just still pray in the Holy Ghost just
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in two minutes? Can we just pray in the Holy
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Ghost in two, three minutes? One of the things
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that you're going to pray. Amen. Let me just
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instruct us. Please follow the instruction. The
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instruction is one. And the prayer is that, Lord,
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I have supernatural experiences. I have supernatural
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experiences. And I have so much operations. I
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see so much operations of the gifts of the Holy
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Ghost. I have supernatural experiences. And I
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experience and I see so much. operations of the
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gifts of the Holy Ghost at work in my life. I
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have supernatural. Before we pray, let me say
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something. Last two days, I wanted to sleep.
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And after the whole prayers, I just said something.
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I said, Holy Spirit, as I sleep, I have supernatural
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experiences. And I slept. That night, I had several
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dreams. Series of dreams from one to another,
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to another, to another. But let me just say one
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on this platform. So there's a pastor in Nigeria.
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We have never met. We have never talked. I know
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about him through someone that left from here.
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But it's been a while we spoke about the pastor.
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But I slept. And when I slept, I had a dream
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with him that both of us were traveling on a
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road. I was inside a bus. The pastor was also
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in their bus. If you are in Nigeria or in Africa,
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you know that normally where you are taking,
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where you are traveling long distances, the driver
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tends to stop on the road. So that everybody
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that needs to ease themselves, buy food and all
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those things. So, but this time around, we met
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them on the road and then they were resting.
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So the pastor and his friend were just by the
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car, you know, sitting down and kneeling behind
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on the car. And then I dropped from my bus. And
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as I saw him, I quickly recognized him. I recognized
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him by the face. And I said, oh, pastor, how
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are you doing? Fine. How is everything? You know,
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so I was like, ah, so -and -so person has told
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me so much about you. He was like, wow. I said,
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yes, sir. You know? So, and when we started talking,
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he now began to tell me something about humming
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and something about mounting. Right? The dream
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was so real. So real. So, but I perceived from
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the dream that he was trying to tell me about
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something. So, but as we're just talking, my
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driver called that let's go. And we left. And
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then we left them there. They also had their
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own journey. So, but when I woke up, I contacted
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that person. I said, please, what's the name
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of this pastor and his ministry and this and
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this? Details were sent to me. And then I chatted
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with the person. The person said, well, I have
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access to him. I said, okay, these are some of
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the things I saw. These are some of the things.
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But as I started chatting, I began to perceive
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in my heart that the Lord was bringing increase
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to the pastor's ministry. It was bringing increase,
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and at the same time, there was going to be an
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outburst of the things of the Spirit, healing,
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miracles, signs, and wonders. And when I chatted
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with the person, the person told me, ah, sir,
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in fact, this is twice now we have had about,
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is it 14 or 21 hours of prayers. And I told the
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person, I said, as I'm chatting you now, confirm
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from the pastor also, because this same thing
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I'm saying now, somebody told the pastor some
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days ago. Recently, Abagji, same thing. It's
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a confirmation. So all my chats that we chatted
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with the person was forwarded to the pastor.
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And you know, the pastor replied. And amazingly,
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the pastor replied and confirmed everything that
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I said. Every one of them. I just slept. I have
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not seen the person on Instagram. I didn't scroll
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my phone. I didn't talk with anybody. And this
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person is in Nigeria and I'm here. Supernatural
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experiences. Word of wisdom. Word of knowledge.
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Certain things that are going to happen, the
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Spirit of God will bring it to our hearts. Our
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eyes will see in the Spirit. Our ears will hear
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by the Spirit. I tell you this. I can tell you
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series of testimonies that have happened in just
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these past two weeks. Supernatural experiences.
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By the spirit of God. Deeper levels. I tell you.
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Deeper levels of experiences. These things are
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real. And they are happening by the spirit of
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God. Can we just pray? In two minutes. The instruction
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is. I have supernatural experiences. And I see
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more operations of the gifts of the Holy Ghost.
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I have supernatural experiences. Maltese of the
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Obrich of the Horde of the Cobbiddy. Errato.
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Rosobracat. Zemelec no Cototeci. I have supernatural
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experiences. In the spirit, my heart is open
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in the spirit. I receive instructions for my
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wife. I receive instructions and directions for
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my children. There is much more demonstrations
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of the geese fleets. In Jesus' name we pray.
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In the name of Jesus, we pray. There's a sister
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that used to worship with us here in this church.
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She was among the first people that we started
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the church with. But it's been a while I spoke
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with her. It's been a while I spoke with her.
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You know, that night, I don't know, I can't call
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it a dream, I can't call it a vision, but it
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was too real. I knew that this was beyond just
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real. You know, and I saw her in the church.
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She was wearing their regalia, white in the church.
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Everybody was wearing white clothes. But when
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I saw I was there and I wonder, I said, but no,
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why are you among these people? Because I was
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like, the knowledge you have, you're not supposed
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to be among this. But it was like, I saw manipulation.
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That's what I perceived in the dream. That I
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saw as though someone manipulated her to be in
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that assembly. You know, so I reached out to
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her and I told her, I said, how are you doing?
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How is the place? Which church do you worship
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with? She told me it's in Soso Place. And I said,
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perfect. I said, but this is what I had as a
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dream. I dreamed about this, this, this, this,
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this. She said, Pastor, do you know that two
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of these days have been having the same dream
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I just told you about? And when we began to talk,
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she began to tell me certain things. And I told
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her, these are some of the things I perceive
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by the Spirit of God. And she now had to confirm
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how certain people have been coming to her to
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talk to her about the work of ministry. And I
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told her, I said, okay, these are the things
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I perceive in my heart that you need to be careful
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about this. You need to be careful about this.
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You need to be careful about that. I know a whole
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lot. So the Spirit of God is able to supply so
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much supernatural experience to you. Be open.
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Be open. Let your heart be open. Take initiative
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and participate in what the Holy Ghost is doing.
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He will use you to bring deliverance to your
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friends. He will use you to bring comfort to
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your family. He will use you to bring direction
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to your husband. He will use you to bring direction
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to your wives. Husband, listen to your wives.
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Wives, listen to your husbands. Children, listen
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to your friends. Listen to your children. Directions
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are coming by the Spirit of God in the Holy Ghost.
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The demonstration of the things of the Spirit
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are unlimited. They are unlimited. As we continue
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teaching, there will be so much that the Holy
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Ghost will be bringing to you. I tell you this
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by the Spirit of God that you're going to be
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receiving instructions by the Spirit of God.
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Even when we began praying, I perceived by the
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Spirit of God someone came. You have been praying
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these past few days regarding revelation and
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knowledge. Regarding revelational knowledge,
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you desire to not only read and listen to messages
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and see life in the world, but also you want
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utterance by the Spirit of God. Receive that
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now in the name of Jesus. Receive that now in
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the name of Jesus. Even after this meeting, I
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tell you this, by the Spirit of God, you are
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experiencing so much revelation and knowledge.
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So much, I tell you this. And it will be obvious
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and the pastors are going to confirm it because
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they're going to see you walk in it. Glory to
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God. So we are discussing about the Holy Ghost
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meeting. Please. If you're on this platform and
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you receive a word, please, can you indicate
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in the chat box? If you receive a word, you're
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on this platform, can you indicate on the chat
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box? Say, I have a word. Just write, I have a
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word. I will give you opportunity to say the
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word. But if you cannot, please, you can type
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the words on the chat box. If you have received
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for order, let's put it this way. For order,
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please, if you have received a word, can you
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type it on the chat box? If you have received
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it from an individual, just send a private message
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to the person. Like this afternoon after I returned
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back from work, as I was getting ready, I was
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receiving a word from my friends, and I was sure
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about the words. Please, if you have received
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a word by the Spirit of God, just type the word
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on the chat box for order. 1 Corinthians chapter
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12. 1 Corinthians chapter 12. I hear the word
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joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy. There is going
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to be so much joy released out of the gatherings
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we are going to be having from now into cataclysmos.
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We will be living meetings rejoicing. We will
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be living meetings full of joy. We will be living
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meetings full of strength. We will be living
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meetings full of laughter. We'll be leading meetings.
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Literal healings will be taking place. Literal
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healings. Literal healings will be happening
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in our meetings. We will be leading meetings
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with joy. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians chapter 14.
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Thank you, Holy Ghost. Did I say chapter 14?
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Chapter 12. 1 Corinthians chapter 12. The title
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of our message is Holy Ghost Meetings. Holy Ghost
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Meetings. Holy Ghost Meetings. Verse 1. On Sunday
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we just stop at verse 3. Let's start reading
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from verse 1 to 3 today. Now concerning spiritual
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gifts brethren, I will not have you ignorant.
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I just want to do a fast recap now. That verse
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3 there is talking about the believer. It's talking
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about people that are saved. You can't say Jesus
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is Lord. You can't confess the Lord Jesus Christ
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except by the Spirit of God. And that is Romans
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chapter 10. Let's go to Romans chapter 10. Let's
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see. You can put your hand in 1 Corinthians chapter
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12 so that you can cross -reference this scripture
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verse 3. It says that no man can say that Jesus
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is Lord. No man can confess that Jesus is Lord
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by what? By what? By the Holy Ghost. 1 Corinthians
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chapter 3. Verse 9. Thus give thou shall confess
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with thy mouth. If thou shall say with thy mouth
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the Lord Jesus. and shall believe in thy heart
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that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
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shalt be saved. Only the man that is saved can
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say the Lord Jesus, can confess the Lordship
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of Jesus. And that happens by the Spirit of God.
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And we said in the last message, How did we encounter
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the Spirit of God at salvation? How at salvation?
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By the word of truth that we've heard, that is
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the gospel. So the hearing of the gospel, that
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is salvation, was that first moment where we
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encountered the Spirit of God. And since then,
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our lives never remained the same. Hallelujah.
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Our nature changed. See what the scripture says.
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That man has a regenerated spirit in the Lord.
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He has a new nature. And that is why when we
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keep reading now, it says all things are God
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who has reconciled us unto himself like Jesus
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Christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation.
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A new nature with a new assignment. Hallelujah.
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A new nature with a new assignment. A new nature
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with a new calling. A new nature that separated
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us from the dumb idols that we've been carried
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away. Our previous life. When we read Ephesians
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chapter 2. I know these scriptures that is coming
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to my spirit now. We didn't read them on Sunday.
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But they are just popping more in my heart. Ephesians
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chapter 2 verse 1. He said, and you had it quickened.
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Who were dead in trespasses and sins. In time
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past, yea, walk according to the curse of this
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world, according to the prince of the power of
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the air, the spirit that now walketh in the children
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of disobedience, among whom also we all had a
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conversation in time past. Can you see? Dumb
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idols in the past. So the believer cannot be
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known again by his past nature. So how did we
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encounter the Holy Ghost? We encountered the
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Holy Ghost and salvation. How? By the hearing
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of the gospel. That gospel that we have heard
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has made us spiritual men. So we have the Spirit
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of God dwelling in our insides. When you say
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that I am spiritual, What you are saying in essence
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is that I have the spirit of God dwelling where?
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Dwelling in my inside. And we read Corinthians
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chapter 3 verse 16. We say you are the temple
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of the Holy Ghost. So the Holy Ghost dwells in
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our inside. Hallelujah. I don't have another
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type of spirit. I don't have a demon spirit.
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I don't have a spirit of lust. I don't have a
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spirit of pride. I don't have a spirit of jealousy
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in me. I have the spirit of the living God dwelling
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in my inside. See, let me set the course of our
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hearts in order. That you see this casatismo
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that is coming this year. Whatever you will do,
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as long as you're on this island, be part of
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it. I have the spirit of the living God dwells
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in me. And whatever you see, you see, that thing,
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that thing that we see in the church manifesting
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the kingdom of God is already powered on the
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spirit of God that is dwelling in us. Every manifestation,
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every demonstration, every oppression is powered
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by the Spirit of God. Which we are going to come
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to see in the subsequent verses we're going to
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read in 1 Corinthians chapter 12. So we establish
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in a way of introduction on Sunday about salvation,
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that the Holy Ghost meetings are for peace. Hallelujah.
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Can we have people that are unsaved come to it?
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Yes, we're going to come to it. Amen. But Holy
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Ghost meetings primarily for people that are
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saved. Hallelujah. Because we're going to see
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the word giving room and we're going to see the
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Holy Ghost giving room for manifestation, for
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demonstration and for operations. Hallelujah.
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So all that I've said now are the things that
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we discussed. On Sunday, in a way of introduction,
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that we are saved. We are spiritual men. The
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Holy Ghost walks in us when? Hallelujah. He said,
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now, where we read in 1 Corinthians chapter 12.
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He said, not tomorrow. Now, we have not received
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the spirit of the world. What have we received?
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We have received the spirit of the living God.
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Now. The believer's life is a current reality.
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Do you hear what I said? The believer's life
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is a current reality in Christ. It's not a past
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reality. Oh boy, every day our lives is a current
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reality in Christ Jesus. The walkings of the
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Holy Ghost is a current walking. That is why
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the believer must desire to see more. the manifestation
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of the things of the Holy Ghost at work in his
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life. Because it's a current reality. There is
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more in the spirit of God to experience. Our
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hearts must be set in order. Our hearts must
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be set in order. There is so much that the Holy
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Ghost wants to do in our lives. And let me tell
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us, these things can only happen in meetings.
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Hallelujah. These things can only happen in meetings.
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Let me share a testimony of Bro Gabriel. Bro
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Gabriel is on this platform. When he was experiencing
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the symptoms of some of those illnesses, his
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wife would tell us when she comes to church,
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she would say that he has mission. In fact, if
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you are like him, he wants to come to church.
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You must understand that all that God will do
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in your life, the training, the teachings, will
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happen through meetings. Let me say it again.
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You must understand that all that God will do,
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all that God will manifest, the instructions,
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the growth, the directions, the clarity, will
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happen through meetings. The trainings will happen
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through meetings. The growth will happen through
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meetings. The manifestations will happen through
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meetings. I will not have you ignorant, my brethren.
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Do not despise meetings. We are who we are today
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because of meetings. Bro Victor will shout that.
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All the pastors will shout that. Every one of
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us will shout that. We are who we are today as
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a result of what? Meetings. I remember my mom,
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oh boy, my mom would force us to go to vigils.
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She does not care whether you will go. I have
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one picture somewhere here among my album. I
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shared it some time ago. My mom gave me her story,
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one big Bible. The Bible is bigger than me. One
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big Bible. And we touch like you see me. You
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know, I held a big Bible and we touch like. Brethren,
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in that vigil, I slept all through. But we're
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still there. She would tell the brothers when
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they are going, when she cannot go. She said,
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please, can you branch and take my children to
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vigil? Don't worry. Any minute they are going
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to sleep, let them sleep there. In the morning,
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drag them back. Some vigils, we don't know what
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was happening, what they did there. I know the
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church is big. So you actually even went there
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angrily, you know. So when people are praying,
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you are at the back sleeping. So sometimes they
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will remember that you are sleeping. They will
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just come around. I know Pastor Victor is smiling.
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He must have had a similar experience, you know.
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So they will come and drag you. You know, you
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will go around. They will just pray, pray, pray,
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pray. Before they knew, you will sneak again.
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But let me tell you, let me say this. You see,
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with the Holy Ghost, even if you don't know the
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value of a meeting, He will ensure that that
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knowledge catches with you in the future. So
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some things will be illogical, but with time,
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the Holy Spirit will make it logical to your
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mind. Do you hear what I said? Some things will
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be what? Will be illogical to you now. But as
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you continue to grow, as the Holy Ghost continues
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to ensure that you are being trained in church
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meetings, in gatherings, they will start getting
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logical to your mind. So these things, these
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experiences are experiences happening to men
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that have the Holy Ghost in their inside. Hallelujah.
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So one of the things we established on Sunday
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is that Holy Ghost meetings are for spiritual
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men. And what do we mean by spiritual men? Men
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that are saved. Men that have the Spirit of God
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dwelling in their inside. As we began to read,
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we said that again. That God's will has been
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that his people will always be gathered before
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him. God's will has been that his mind will be
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revealed to his people in gatherings. God's will
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has been that his people will be trained in gatherings.
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That is why Pastor Victor shouted, you cannot
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be built or built in isolation. You can't say
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that my Holy Spirit is special. No, we have received
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common spirit. We have received common faith.
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We have received common gospel. We have received
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common gifts. Hallelujah. So we began to read
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from Exodus. We began to read all through to
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trace and see how God's will has been for his
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people. It has been in gatherings and meetings.
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Can you just add these two chapters of the Old
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Testament that we've read? Let's read 2 Kings
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chapter 23. Oh, glory, glory, glory, glory, glory.
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2 Kings 23. Desire the things of the Spirit.
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Desire supernatural experiences. Desire to see...
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The Holy Ghost manifests much more through your
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life. 2 Kings 23, verse 1. And the king sent,
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and they gathered. Can you see? If it's your
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Bible. And they gathered unto him all the elders
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of Judah and of Jerusalem. And the king went
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up into the house of the Lord, and all the men
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of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem
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were with him. And the priests and the prophets
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and all the people, both small and great, and
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he read in their ears. Hallelujah. He read in
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their ears all the words of the book of the covenant
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which was found in the house of the Lord. And
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the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant
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before the Lord, walked after the Lord, and to
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keep his commandments and his testimonies and
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his acts with all their heart and with all their
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soul. to perform the words of this covenant that
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were written in this book. And all the people
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stood to us to the covenant. Did it happen with
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everybody in their houses? No. How did it happen?
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All the house of Judah, all the people of Jerusalem
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were what? Were gathered before the Lord in the
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temple. so that the words of the covenant can
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be read into their ears. Where do believers learn
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how to obey God? In meetings. Where do they hear?
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about the instructions from the mind of God in
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meetings. See, nobody should undermine meeting.
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Don't ever be among people that undermine believers'
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meetings. When they say, you, eh, you, eh, it's
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your church. Tell them, this church, church,
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church, church, church, church, is what has made
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my life better, better, better, better, better.
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I remember one guy, we grew up doing Sunday school.
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Then, I would drive around with my mom's car,
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and then he saw me one day, he just came, he
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said, he said, you, eh, they used to call me
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Wadi at home. You know? And then, he said, you,
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I don't understand. You know, you people, this
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same person with this Sunday school, see his
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statement. He said, you know, you people are
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doing church, church, same guy with this Sunday
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school. He said, you people are doing cho -chos.
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You know, we now, things have changed. And I
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said, Abek, can you just find me something there?
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You see now, you are driving car around. I say,
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you see this car? The owner of the car just gave
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me the key. She foils it. She put everything.
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It's not my car. His mouth is already black.
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When I say black, you should already know. The
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Lord will give you understanding. His mouth is
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already black. His eyes very red. He needs the
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next 20 nera so that he can smoke his lungs away.
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Let me tell you, this same chore, chore, chore,
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chore that he said we have been doing is where
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we are now. We is where we are. That same...
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that they refuse to do is where they are now.
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I returned home in 2022 after eight years. Do
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you know that I saw these boys on that same place
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where they drink local beers? Same place. That
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is after almost 12 years, 13 years or 14 years.
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These guys are still on that same place. Let
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me say this. Nobody ever, nobody ever stands
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with Jesus. Nobody ever gives his best for Jesus.
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And Jesus sees his life to be a waste. Never.
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It will never be said of you. That because you
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gave yourself for Christ. See let me tell you.
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Let me say this now. God has already sealed it.
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By the gift of the Holy Ghost in your heart.
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That your life can never be a waste. If you need
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an evidence. Hold this as an evidence. That God
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has sealed it. That your life can never amount.
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See, you know when they say, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, you're going to be a waste. They just
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give me some time. That is the evidence we have.
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So, God's might has always been revealed. Let's
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just write this down, please. You can add it
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as an extra scripture. Chronicles, 2 Chronicles
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15, verse 9 to 15. 2 Chronicles 15, verse 9 to
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15. Luke 4, verse 16. Luke 4, verse 16. Let's
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see God reads. Luke 4, verse 16. Are we all here?
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Hallelujah. Praise God. Luke chapter 4 verse
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16. See what the scripture says. And he came
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to Nazareth and Jesus came to Nazareth where
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he had been brought up and as his custom was.
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Can it be said about you that Attending believers'
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meetings is your custom. Hallelujah. It's your
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custom. As his custom was, he went into the synagogue
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on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. I was
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glad when they said to me, let us go to where?
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Let us go to the house of the Lord. As his custom
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was. He went to the synagogue. As his custom
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was. Please was always in the church. Or is always
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in the church. As his custom is. I am always
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at the prayer meetings. As my custom is. I am
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always at Sunday services. As my custom is. Let
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it be said about you. That is your custom. As
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his custom is. Jesus already had a custom. That
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he was always in the synagogue. Can you see?
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God's wings. Even Christ was always in God's
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wings. Luke 24. Luke 24, verse 33. And they rose
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up together. Luke 24, verse 33. And they rose
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up the same hour and returned to Jerusalem and
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found the 11 guard up together. Hallelujah. And
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them that were with them, saying, The Lord is
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risen indeed and has appeared to us. The testimonies
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of Christ are always shared among believers in
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meetings. And when we continue reading, we will
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see that Christ made them gather together. He
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expanded the scripture and taught there for 40
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days. In where? In meetings. In meetings. Gatherings.
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John chapter 20. Here we are gathered together.
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John chapter 20. Verse 19. John chapter 20 verse
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19. Then the same day, at the evening, being
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the first day of the week, when the doors were
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shut, where the disciples were assembled, where
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the disciples were gathered together for fear
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of Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst and
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said unto them, Peace be unto thee, unto you.
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And when he had so said, he shut up. unto them
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his hands and his side. Then where the disciples
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glanced, they saw the Lord. Where is Christ revealed
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in gatherings? Where is Christ seen in gatherings?
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Where is Christ known in gatherings, in meetings?
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Jesus met them consistently in gatherings. Acts
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chapter 1 verse 15. Acts chapter 1, I have lots
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of scriptures, so I'm just giving us 2, 3, 2,
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3, 2, 3. Acts chapter 1 verse 15. After they
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received instructions from Luke chapter 24, see
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Acts chapter 1 verse 15. And in those days, Peter
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stood up in the gatherings of the believers and
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said, the number of... of names together were
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about 120. He stood up in the gatherings of the
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believers. Acts chapter 2 verse 1. Acts chapter
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2 verse 1. Acts chapter 2 verse 1. And when the
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day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
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with one accord in one place. They were all gathered
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together in one place. The same thing we see
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in Acts chapter 1 verse 14. They all continued
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together in oneness in prayer and supplication
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with the webed and many the brother of Jesus
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and with the brethren. They all together in three.
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in prayers, in teachings. Acts chapter 2 verse
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46 to 47. Acts chapter 2 verse 46. And they continue
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in daily together in one accord in the temple
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and breaking bread from one house to another.
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did eat their meat with gladness and singleness
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of heart, praising God and having fervor with
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all the people, as the Lord added to the church.
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If you are like me, you can say, as the Lord
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added to the caverns of the believers, daily
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sought as he should be seen. The caverns of the
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believers. Where will the Lord bring increase
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in meetings? Where will the Lord bring multiplication?
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In meetings. They started 12, they became 120,
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they became 3 ,000, they became 5 ,000, they
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became a multitude in Acts chapter 6. The Lord
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kept increasing, increasing them. By Acts chapter
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8, they were scattered abroad. Acts chapter 8,
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there was so much persecution and they scattered.
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Multitudes separated and scattered everywhere.
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Good news, they didn't scatter to be individual.
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They scattered and continued raising gardens
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and meetings. There's an example there in Acts
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chapter 8. And Philip went down and preached
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the gospel to the city of Samaria. When we read
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down to 12, 13, 14, you will see God's dreams
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there again. So when you keep reading across
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all the book of Acts, you're going to see God's
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dreams upon God's dreams upon God's dreams. Let
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me give us these references so that we can go
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to them. Acts chapter 3 verse 1. Acts chapter
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3 verse 1. You will see God's dream prayer hour.
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Acts chapter 3, verse 1. Acts chapter 4, verse
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23 to 24. I think our brother, our brother Prince,
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you know, Prince, I'll be, I'll be, I'll be saying
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Pastor Prince, Pastor Prince. They're a pastor
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already. Hallelujah. Right? Yes, he read from
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Acts chapter 4. Amen? You will see God's dreams.
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Acts chapter 4, 23, 24. You will see God's dreams.
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Behold their threatenings. The scripture says
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they return back to their company. Hallelujah.
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Acts chapter 5, verse 12. God's dreams. Acts
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chapter 5, verse 12. Acts chapter 5, verse 42.
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Acts chapter 5, verse 42. Acts chapter 10, verse
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27 to 33. Acts chapter 10, verse 27. Sorry, Acts
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chapter 10, verse 27, and then you jump to 33.
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You will see meetings, meetings, meetings, meetings.
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Acts chapter 12, verse 5. Acts chapter 12, verse
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5, and you go to 12. You will see meetings and
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gatherings of believers. Acts chapter 14, verse
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27, meetings. Hallelujah. Acts chapter 16, verse
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13. Gatherings. And then extra scriptures. You
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check the remaining ones for yourself and then
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you are able to find. 1 Corinthians 5, verse
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4. 1 Corinthians 5, verse 4. You will see meetings.
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In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you
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are gathered together, and my spirit, with the
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power of our Lord Jesus Christ. Meetings. In
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the name of Jesus Christ, we will gather up together.
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Meetings. 1 Corinthians 5, verse 4. 1 Corinthians
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chapter 12, field chapter 14. 1 Corinthians chapter
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12, field chapter 14. Gatherings and meetings.
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Those instructions of God to the church were
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instructions for meetings. Ephesians chapter
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4, verse 11 to 13, the gifts are for meetings.
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Pastors for meetings, apostles for meetings,
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evangelists for meetings, prophets for meetings.
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Philippians chapter 1, verse 27, meetings, gatherings.
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Only let your conversation be as it becomes the
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gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see
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you or else be absent, I hear of your affairs,
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that you stand together in one spirit, with one
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mind, striving together for the faith of the
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gospel. So we could see. Or we can see from all
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the scriptures. They guard us for prayers. They
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guard us for teachings. They guard us for preaching.
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They guard us for evangelisms. Let me say it
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again. They guard us for prayers. They guard
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us for teachings. They guard us for preaching.
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They guard us for evangelisms. They guard us
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for fellowships and communions. Let me say it
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again. They guard us for prayers. They guard
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us for teachings. They guard us for preaching.
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They gathered for communions and fellowships.
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They gathered for evangelisms. Meetings. Meetings.
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So the way you see and participate in meetings
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shows how you are growing. Your desire, your
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passion, your commitment to believers' gatherings
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shows how you are growing. So why do we need
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meetings? Why should we identify meetings? Why
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should we identify meetings? Simple answer. So
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that we can know how to conduct ourselves in
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those meetings. Please hold this sentence that
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I just said now with treasure because this is
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the sentence we're going to operate with instructions.
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Why do we need to identify different meetings?
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Simple answer. So that we can know how to behave
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and conduct ourselves in the different meetings.
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Let's start reading from verse... 14, yes. These
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days I write unto you, hope it to come unto you
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shortly. See verse 15, everybody. But if I tarry
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long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest
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to do it, please. 1 Timothy 3, verse 14. Let's
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read verse 15. But if I tarry long, and that
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thou mayest know how thou oughtest to do it,
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to be his, to conduct, thank you Pastor Victor
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for that word, to conduct yourselves in the house
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of God, which is the church of the living God,
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the pillar and the ground of truth. There is
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a way the believer must conduct himself in the
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house of God. So the believer knows every time
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I'm coming to church, I am coming to the pillar
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and the ground of truth. I am not coming to some
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form of club. I am not coming to some form of
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comedy platform. I am coming to an atmosphere
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where I am going to be taught a trade. He says
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you should know how to conduct yourself, even
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in my essence. Hallelujah. So why should we identify
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meetings? So that we can know how to conduct
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ourselves. Do you know that there are certain
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meetings? If you don't know the meetings, your
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participation is not effective. And because your
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participation is not effective, certain things
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you're going to miss out on those meetings. So
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there's a way we need to conduct ourselves in
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meetings. There's a manner that we need to conduct
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ourselves in meetings. So there's a way that
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we need to jump into the meetings. There's a
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posture. There's a posture. There's a posture.
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Every time we are coming, there's a posture.
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So we learn how to behave in the household of
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God from the church. We learn how to do things
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in the church, in meetings. All that we've listened.
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from all that we've read, from all that we've
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seen scripturally. You can write this for topic
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now. Different kinds of meetings. Different kinds
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of meetings. Different kinds of meetings. I know
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this teaching by the Spirit of God is going to
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bring so much revelational knowledge to us. And
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it's going to change how we participate in meetings.
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It's going to change when we come to church meetings.
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It's going to change how we behave, how we conduct
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ourselves. I know this by the Spirit of God.
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Number one meeting. Number one. The very frequent
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meetings that we always have is the teaching
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meetings. Teaching meetings. You see, all the
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things that we're going to discuss are all from
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the scriptures we have read and where we are
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coming from. The very frequent meetings that
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we always have at what? At teaching meetings.
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So teaching meetings are always and must always
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be the frequent meetings we have. Teaching meetings.
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And are always and must always be the frequent
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meetings we should always have. Please, don't
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ever get tired of teaching meetings. They are
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always the frequent meetings that we should have.
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They must always be the frequent meetings we
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must have. Always. Because teaching meetings...
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produces all the kinds of other meetings we're
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going to talk about. Let me put this. Put premium
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priority on teaching meetings. Please, I beg
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you. If you are listening to me, are you on this
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platform? Put premium. You say, oh, this church,
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eh? You know, we are always having teaching,
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teaching, teaching, teaching, teaching, teaching,
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teaching, teaching. Godda, if you don't, let's
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move. You understand this thing that I held in
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my mouth now that I did not say very soon. Let's
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just move it now. So these meetings are the primary
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meetings that must always be found in local church.
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They are the primary meetings that must always
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be found where? In local church. Let me tell
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you this now. Something came to my head now.
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I just got an answer for somebody now. How do
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I identify a local church I should be part of?
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Number one, this answers your question now. Somebody
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came to this platform with this question, and
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this is the answer. How do I identify a local
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church to be part of for my growth? Number one,
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look out that that church gives premium so much
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effort to teachings. They don't joke with teachings
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of God's word. They don't joke with the doctrine
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of Christ. Teaching services. So in teaching
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meetings, what happens? In teaching meetings,
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what happens? In teaching meetings, what happens
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is that we come around to hear God's word. We
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come around to hear God's word. We come around
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for biblical doctrine, to be taught and trained
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in biblical doctrine, the doctrine of Christ.
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In teaching meetings, we come to study. You see,
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we've been moving from one scripture to another,
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to another, to another. This is teaching meeting.
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So in teaching meetings, What happens? We come
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around to hear God's word. We come around and
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we are taught and trained in biblical doctrine.
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Doctrine of who? Doctrine of Christ. We come
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to study God's word. We move from one scripture
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to another. We move from one scripture to another.
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We look into different texts. We move from one
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text. We move to Genesis. We go to Exodus. We
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move to Jeremiah. We go to Psalms. We go to Isaiah.
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We move to Matthew. We go to Luke. We go to Acts.
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We go to Romans. We go to Revelation. We come
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to 1 John. We go to 2 John. We go to 3 John.
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We move from one scripture to another. That is
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what we find in teaching meetings. In these meetings,
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we have a subject. We are taught on subjects.
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We study it. We study it. We study it. When I
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was on campus, I used to attend a church. Let
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me say it this way now, because I have knowledge.
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I believe the Holy Spirit led our path to that
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church. However... We attended that church with
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the wrong motive because, you know, in the universities,
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students, they are looking for sharp, sharp church.
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You know, sharp, sharp church. Let me use this
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word. Probably some of us, we are looking for
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hit and run church. You know, hit and run. We're
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looking for those churches that are hit and run.
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Sniper churches. 30 minutes, 5 minutes, 15 minutes,
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25 minutes of work and we are out. First service,
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second service, third service, fourth service,
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fifth service, sixth service, for 35 minutes
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each, for 35 minutes. We're looking for sniper
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move kind of atmosphere. You know why? Because
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already our CGPA has sniped us. You know, so
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we're looking for where we'll just have it fast
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and return back to the class. And then we now
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heard that there is one church. You know? Let
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me say the church because the church has built
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us. Called the Oasis of Love Church. So, all
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of us entered the bus and then carried ourselves
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there. We didn't want to stay. One of the churches
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where we used to attend, Pastor Victor knows
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it. You know? We didn't want to stay in the chapel
54:38
because the church... So, you know? Thank you,
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Pastor Victor. Pastor Fred said, our lives cannot
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be built on heat around church model. Yes. Let
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me say that. Let me say that. Our lives will
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be built on stay and wait model kind of churches.
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Stay and what? Stay and wait model kind of churches.
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So we ran away. We went there. And that was where,
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for the first time, I began to hear about Kenneth
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Hagin. I began to hear about faith. Our pastor.
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Pastor, I will call his name because he is a
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great man. Pastor Tendi. Sir, we will take only
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faith. They will say, the theme for the teaching,
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for the coming, he always use this word, the
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theme for the coming Sundays is faith. We will
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teach faith for 10 months. See, you will hear
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faith. That faith will enter your DNA. It will
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enter your brain. It will enter your body. Have
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you ever been taught to the point that the message
55:48
you were enjoying it, it became bitter, it started
55:51
getting sweeter, it started, you now are growing
55:54
in it, you are moving in it, you are building
55:57
faith and you are moving. So you see, teaching
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meetings are not hit and run meetings. Teaching
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meetings are meetings where you are built solidly
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on God's word. So in teaching meetings, God communicates
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his plans. He communicates his purposes. Do you
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hear what I said? In 2 Timothy, God does what?
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He communicates His plans. He communicates His
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purposes to us. So now, let's look at scriptures
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now so that we can build on that. Genesis 18,
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verse 19. Genesis 18, verse 19. So you see how
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we are building upon precepts, upon precepts.
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Is not happening haphazardly. Genesis. Chapter
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what? Chapter 18 verse 19. For I know him. God
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was talking about Abraham now. For I know he.
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That he will command his children. He will teach.
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his children, and his household after him, and
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they shall keep the way of the Lord. These things
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come to us so that we can know how to walk with
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the Lord. They will keep the way of the Lord
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to do justice and judgment that the Lord will
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bring upon Abraham that he has spoken of to him.
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Hallelujah. These are the things that come to
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establish us, that we may know how to walk with
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the Lord. You know, one of the sisters, I shared
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a testimony just some minutes ago when I began
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sharing the testimony. Just send a message, which
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I know I will share it in the next teaching.
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When I have opportunity. Genesis 18, 19 says,
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God was saying, I know he will do what? He will
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command his children. Hallelujah. How beautiful
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it is that when you find a local church such
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as NECF and you know you will be taught the way
58:54
of the Lord. Exodus 19, verse 7 to 8. We serve
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upon precepts about teaching. Exodus 19, verse
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7 to 8. We will do as Moses returned the words
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of the people unto the Lord. Hallelujah. In that
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means, they heard the word of the Lord and proclaimed,
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we will do all that the Lord requires of us.
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In meetings. Exodus 24, 3 to 8. Exodus 24, 3
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to 8. And Moses came and told the people all
1:00:02
the words of the Lord and all the judgments and
1:00:05
all the people answered with one voice and said,
1:00:09
All the words which the Lord has spoken, we will
1:00:14
what? We will do. Hallelujah. We know how to
1:00:21
walk with the Lord from teaching meetings. We
1:00:24
are taught how to walk with the Lord from teaching
1:00:27
meetings. We know the ways of the Lord through
1:00:30
teaching me things. And that ye may teach the
1:00:47
children of Israel all the statutes which the
1:00:51
Lord has spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
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And thou shalt teach the children of Israel.
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And thou shalt teach the children of Israel.
1:01:05
When you teach them, what will happen today?
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And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eliezer,
1:01:12
and unto Itamar, his sons that were left, take
1:01:15
the meat offering, remember the offerings of
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the Lord made by fire, and eat it without a living
1:01:20
beside the altar, for it is most holy. And from
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there he began his kingdom. Deuteronomy chapter
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4 verse 10. Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 10. Deuteronomy
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chapter 4 verse 10. Especially. Okay, yes. Especially
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the day. Especially the day that thou stood before
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the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said
1:02:00
unto thee, Gather me these people together, and
1:02:03
I will make them to do what? To hear my words,
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that they may learn. It is with these courts
1:02:14
that we may learn. Hallelujah. It is with these
1:02:18
courts that we may learn of the Lord. that they
1:02:22
may learn to fear me all the days, that they
1:02:25
shall live upon the earth, and that they may
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also teach their what? Their children. Let me
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read this one chapter, and then we stop here.
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When we come the next time, we're going to read
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scriptures from the New Testament, and then we
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build a structure for me. Hallelujah. We will
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build a structure from it and we will work with
1:02:53
that so that we will know how to conduct ourselves.
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What and what do we need when it's a teaching
1:02:59
meeting? What and what do we need when we are
1:03:01
coming to Sunday services? What and what do we
1:03:04
need when we are coming to midweek services?
1:03:06
When we are coming to self -meetings? Joshua
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chapter 8 verse 34 and we stop here. Joshua chapter
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8 verse 34 and afterwards. Read all the words
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of the law, the blessings and the curses, according
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to all that is written in the book of the law.
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There was not a word of all that Moses commanded,
1:03:31
which Joshua read not before all the congregation
1:03:34
of Israel, with the women and all the little
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ones and the strangers that were what? Unversant
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among them. Let me say this and I stop here.
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Teaching meetings are not for men only. Teaching
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meetings are for both men and women and children.
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Do you know what I said? Teaching meetings are
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for everyone. Both men, both women, both children,
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both old, young. See, for everyone. And say,
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these ones, they are small. They are small. They
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are not small. For everyone. For men, for women,
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for children. Hallelujah. That we may know how
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we ought to behave and conduct ourselves in those
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meetings. Can't we just appreciate God? Can't
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we just bless God? Because the coming days that
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are ahead of us, these teachings are pivotal
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for us. They are preparing us for the move of
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the Holy Ghost that is coming ahead of us. Can
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we just appreciate the name of the Lord? Can
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we say thank you, Jesus, for revelation and knowledge?
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Thank you, Jesus, for building us on this reality.
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We bless you, Lord. Glory to God forevermore.
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Thank you, Father, for in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Hallelujah. Thank you for listening to
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