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The Ministry of Laying of Hands 4 | The Believer's conference 2025 day 3 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. James chapter 5 verse 14. Is any among
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you sick? Let him call the elders of the church
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and let them pray over him, anointing him with
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oil in the name of the Lord. Verse 15. And the
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prayer of faith will save the sick or would heal
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the sick and the Lord will raise him. And if
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he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. So
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we were trying to discuss that at the end of
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last session, that one pattern we have seen,
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that no apostle or Jesus ever appoint or ordain
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leaders in the church. Or lead us by using oil.
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And we say it's by laying of hands. By laying
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of hands. Again, I think we were discussing with
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the pastors. We said laying of hands is supernatural.
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Are we together? And we said at the ending that
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that does not mean that you can't use oil. And
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we noted that we have the power to impact the
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power of God through oil for people to be healed.
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Just like we saw the aprons and handkerchiefs.
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Just like we saw the shadow of Peter. That means
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things can leave our body. to heal others. Did
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you understand what I'm saying? So, but we have
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not seen the use of oil in ordination or appointing
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of elders. Look at James, and we saw that James
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was writing to the Jews who were scattered abroad.
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They were believers, but they were Jews. And
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so it makes sense why he has to talk about oil
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because he's the only person that seems to connote
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the use of oil. And remember, even here in James,
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it's not in ordaining elders, it's to the sick.
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You saw the disciples that I want to show you
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one pattern. You saw when Jesus asked the disciples
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to go and preach and heal, they use oil to anoint
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the sick. Do you understand what I'm saying?
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Again, Here is also the sick. As we said, it
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has its medicinal value and inclination to be
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used. And I want you to note verse 15. So that
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you know that what is doing the work is not the
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oil. He said clearly that the prayer of what?
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Faith. That was saved there. Shall save the sick,
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means I heal the sick. And the Lord would raise
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him up. So it's unambiguous that what does the
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work is a prayer of faith. Are we together? Amen.
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Now let's study further. Now apart just anoints,
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let's look at the word anointed. Anointed is
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translated from the word cryo, C -H -R -I -O
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in Greek. That word in the New Testament appears
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about five times. Anointed, it appears five times
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in the New Testament. Four of which refers to
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Jesus only. Or in reference to Jesus only. And
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I want you just to read those texts. Luke chapter
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4 verse 18. Luke chapter 4 verse 18. The spirit
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of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed
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me to preach the gospel to the poor. Of course,
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very clearly there he anointed. He has sent me
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to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty
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to the captive, to recover the sight to the blind,
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and to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
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to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
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Of course, You know, that's a quotation from
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Isaiah. Are we together? Amen. If you read Isaiah
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61, you see that 61, verse 1 and 2. Also, we
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see the next text that shows that is also...
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Acts chapter 10, verse 38, how God has anointed.
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Anointed. See that again. But I will read the
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next one, which is Acts chapter 4. So Acts chapter
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10, verse 38 shows us something about Jesus also.
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He anointed him with the Holy Ghost and power.
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or Jesus Christ of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit
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or Holy Ghost with power. And then Jesus went
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around doing good and healing all who were oppressed
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by the devil for God was with him. Look at chapter
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four, verse 27. Chapter four, verse 27. For truly,
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Against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed.
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Again, about Jesus. Both Herod and Pontius Pilate,
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with the Gentiles and the people of Israel were
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gathered together. Amen. Hebrews chapter 1, verse
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9. Hebrews chapter 1, verse 9. You have loved
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righteousness and hated lawlessness. Therefore,
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God, your God, has anointed you with the oil
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of gladness more than your companions. Again,
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he's talking about Jesus or Christ. Now, if you
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look closely, particularly these two texts, look
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for the direct quotation from Isaiah 61, verse
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1 and 2. Look for 18. Of course, when Peter was
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speaking and he noted Acts chapter 10 verse 38,
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he was also not speaking from a vacuum or it
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was not novel. He was speaking from the writings
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of the prophets. Are we together? Remember, he
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was explaining, he was preaching in the house
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of Cornelius, telling him the gospel. He was
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leaning as well on who? On the text Isaiah 61,
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verse 1 and 2. Because that's exactly what Isaiah
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61 is talking about. How God anointed Christ
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with the Holy Ghost and power and waited about
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doing good. And that's exactly Isaiah 61. You
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understand? Although not quoted like Luke 4,
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but... The background is Isaiah 61. Because that's
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exactly what he was anointed to do. Are we together?
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So when Peter talked about that, and then he
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spoke, they listened and they understood the
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mission of the Messiah. And while he speak, the
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Holy Ghost fell on them. So in all this, we can
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see that they are referring to the consecration
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for ministry. I mean, that's again being separated.
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When you said one is anointed in this context
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of Christ in the Son. In fact, Isaiah would say,
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for the Spirit of God is upon me, for he has
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anointed me. So he starts listing the things.
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Which means that he is separated for this purpose.
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He is separated for this purpose. So the only
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place that anointed was used that wasn't referring
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to Christ is 2 Corinthians 1 .21. 2 Corinthians
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1 .21. Now, he who established us with you in
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Christ has done what? Has anointed us in God.
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Has anointed us in God. Has anointed us in God.
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Here, you can see that anointed is used for who?
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All believers. anointed is used for all believers.
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Did you see that? Because he says that Now he
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who establishes us with you, he said us with
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you in Christ, has anointed us is God. So he's
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talking about all believers. All believers. It
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is not referring to preachers, except that the
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fact that the preachers are also what? Believers.
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This is not a text that is talking about only
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those who are anointed as believers. I mean as
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preachers. But of course, if you put it to preachers
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as believers, then of course it's talking about
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preachers as well. So some preachers called 1
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Chronicles. 1 Chronicles, I don't know which
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one we'll use, but it means the same thing. Let's
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read from 1 Chronicles maybe. 1 Chronicles 16.
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That same text was... repeated in Psalms 105
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verse 15. 1 Chronicles 16. Let me just read that
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one, 1 Chronicles, because of course. 16 verse
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22. Are you in 22? Saying, do not touch my anointed
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ones. and do my prophet no harm. This text, this
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text, preachers like it. Once you begin to talk
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about it, you say, touch not the Lord's anointed,
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except you want to die. You know, believers now,
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we are called to give life, but we want to always
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call death. Now, if you stay there one verse,
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you might not. So just move backward, you will
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know. So verse 20, when they went, look at the
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day, it's not one person. He said, when they
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went from nation to nation and from one kingdom
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to another people, he permitted no man to do
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them wrong. Yes, he rebuked kings for their sake.
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So this place is talking about the entire nation
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of Israel. So it's not talking about some specific
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people. It's not talking about some specific
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people. It's talking about the entire nation
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of Israel. So the word anointed or cryo simply
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means to set apart or to consecrate. But we saw
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the term by Jesus as well used for the believers
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that were being set apart. So, when you try to
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replace the word anointed with set apart in all
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the texts, you can read it well. Notice, I want
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you to note, that it is not referring to power.
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Did you observe that? He's talking about that
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we have been separated, we have been consecrated,
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or Christ has been consecrated for the work,
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for the purpose of which he changed. Are we together?
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Again, there's another word. So, when we said,
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I am anointed, I know, they know that we are
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picking it from second, Corinthians 1, 20 what?
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I am anointed. Anody is the same word. I will
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preach Jesus everywhere I go. I am his. He is
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mine. I will follow him until the end of time.
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So, That's what we're saying. Are we together?
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So, we have seen anoint. We have seen anointed.
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And there's another word, anointing. John is
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the only person that uses it. Anointing. You
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understand? We like that word. So let me tap
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anointing. Okay, let's see whether that is what
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we can tap like palm wine. Glory to Jesus. Are
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you in 1 John chapter 2? Let me read from verse,
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1 John chapter 2, let me read from verse 18.
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Please, I want you to pay attention. Little children,
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it is the last hour. And as you have heard that
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the Antichrist is coming. Even now, many Antichrists
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have come by which we know that it is the last
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hour. Are we together? By which we know it is
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the last hour. How do we know? Because many Antichrists
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have already... Are we together? Amen. Amen.
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Remember where we read yesterday in John? John
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told us that if any man does not believe that
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Jesus Christ came in the flesh, 2 John chapter,
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2 John, yes, 1. Of course, it's only 1, but 7.
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If any man does not believe that Jesus Christ
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has come in the flesh, he's an antichrist. Is
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that okay? Yes. So you can see that John is also
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talking about antichrist here. He said they have
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already, he's there here. And that's why we know
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he's the last hour in the sun. They went out
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from us, but they were not of us. For if they
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had been, Of us. They would have continued with
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us. But they went out. That they might be made
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manifest. That none of them. Were of us. But
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you have an anointing. Please pay attention.
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You have an anointing. From the Holy One. And
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you know. All things. You know all things. So
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first and foremost. What is that anointing? He
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said you have. So it's not something you are
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trying to. Because he's talking to believers
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here. So first and foremost, whatever it is we're
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going to see. But he's trying to tell the believers
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that you have an anointing. You have the anointing.
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And he said that anointing is from the Holy One.
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And what that anointing does is that Because
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of the anointing, they know all things. The question
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is that what is the all things he's talking about?
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Again, we have to see. Verse 21. I have not written
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to you because you do not know the truth. I have
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not written to you because you do not know the
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truth. No. You know it. Don't worry. Whatever
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condition, we shall preach. Hallelujah. Amen.
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So he said, you have an anointing. He said, I'm
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writing to you. He said, verse 21. He said, I
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have not written to you. Is this one still working?
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Okay. I have written to you because you... He
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said, I have not written to you because you do
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not know the truth. But because you know it,
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and that no lie is of the truth. So he don't
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defy the lie, which is the opposite of the truth.
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Verse 22. Who is a liar? He said, but he who
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denies that Jesus, who denies that Jesus is the
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what? Is the Christ. He is what? The Antichrist.
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Who denies the father and the son? Verse 23.
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Whoever denies the son does not have the father
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either. He who acknowledges the son has a father
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also. Therefore, let that abide in you. Wait
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a minute. Let which abide? What is he talking
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about it should abide? He said, let that abide.
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Of course, he's talking about the truth. He said,
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let the truth abide in you, which you heard from
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the beginning. Did you hear that? Remember John?
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Are you together with me? Which you heard from
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where? You remember John 1 .1. That which was
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from the beginning, which we have heard. which
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we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked
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upon and our hands have handled concerning the
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word of life. Did you see that? He said that
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which is from the word, the beginning. That's
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the same thing. So he's talking about the light
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they have received about a person. That's why
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when you read, John 1 verse 2, he said, Verse
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3, So he's talking about that. That which you
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have had from the beginning, He said, abide.
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He said, let that abide in you. If what you had
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from the beginning abides in you, you also will
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abide in the Son and in the Father. And in this
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is the promise. And this is a promise that He
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has promised us eternal life. These things...
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I have written to you concerning those who try
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to deceive you. Again, verse 27, he said, But
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the anointing which you have received from him
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abides in you, and you do not need anyone to
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teach you. Are we together? You know, this is
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one of the texts so many people now use, say
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we don't need teachers. You see, if you jump
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out of context, you are going to put anything
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that is there. But as the same anointing teaches
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you concerning all the things, and it's true,
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and it's not a lie, and just as it has taught
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you, You, it's not you will. It's you abide,
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you understand? He said in him. Now, listen.
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All that we have been talking about abide, abides.
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There is no way it instructs the believer to
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abide in him. That him is it. Because he has
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already mentioned in verse 21, you understand?
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That therefore, sorry, verse 21. No, 24. Therefore,
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let that abide in you which you have received
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from the beginning. What they have received is
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the knowledge of God. You understand what I'm
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saying? So, he said, let that abide. That's an
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instruction to the believer. Abide in the knowledge
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of him you have received. Are we together? When
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Paul said, I have fought a good fight. I have
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finished my race. I have kept the faith. What
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he's saying is that I have kept the sound doctrine,
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which means he has abided in the truth. You do
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want something? So you can't tell a believer
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to abide in Christ. Where is he? In the sun.
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You can only tell the unbeliever to come to Christ
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because the believer is already in the Christ.
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So that last part. Abide in him is abide in it.
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Because that is the knowledge, not a person.
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It's the knowledge of the person. Because you
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are speaking to believers. Again. When you look
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at the word anointing. As we said, it was used
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by John Luke. Verse 20 and verse 27. So that
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word anointing is. chrisma. That is C -H -R -I
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-S -M -E. It means to smear. Please, take good,
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pay attention. Anointing is not power. It means
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to smear. In a sense, smearing something. In
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verse 20, John, was not referring to the Spirit
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either. When he was talking, he said, but you
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have an anointing from the Holy One. That anointing
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is not the Spirit. Remember, the context is Antichrist
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that they have come. That's the context. So here
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the discussion is about Antichrist that came
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with a knowledge. And that knowledge is a lie.
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And that's why he said, Who is a liar? You see,
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a liar is a one who denies that Jesus is the
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Christ. That's the reason why if you check, he
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said you have an anointing and you, verse 20,
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and you know all things. Now, all things here,
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as Pastor Fred would say yesterday, is not all
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like in English. It's contextual. What is all
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he's talking about? Verse 21 says, I have not
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written to you because you do not know the truth.
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But because you know it. And that no lie is of
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the truth. So I want you to note that part. Very
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important. So. If you look in carefully, the
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word anointing here means knowledge. Note carefully.
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The word anointing here in this context means
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knowledge. So if you substitute it with knowledge.
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But you have a knowledge from the Holy One. And
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you know all things. Because you have the knowledge.
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And what knowledge is he talking about? He said,
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you know the truth. It's the knowledge of the
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truth. And that knowledge is okay, but that's
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the knowledge he said, you know all things. That
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is, you know the truth about the Christ, that
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he is the Christ. Those who speak otherwise are
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liars. That's why he said, In that thing, you
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do not need a teacher. Are we together? This
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type of knowledge, that's why he said, the spirit
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be a witness with our spirit that we are who?
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We are the sons of who? Are we together? So,
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do you need anyone to tell you again that you
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are born again? No. That's why he said, if you
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look downward, verse 27, he said, but the anointing
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which you have received. From him, there is a
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knowledge that comes from identifying with God.
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Did you understand what I'm trying to say? He
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beareth witness. There is a knowing that you
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receive from him. You don't need a teacher, that
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one. You know, you know. Did you understand what
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I'm saying? You know. And that knowing, because
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without you, you wouldn't have even been born
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again. And that's why you don't need a teacher
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that already you are in that you know. That's
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what is disgusting. And because antichrists have
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gone out trying to discredit that Jesus is not
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Christ, Jesus is not the Christ, you say, no,
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no, no, no, no. You already have it inside you.
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You don't need anyone to teach you. You say,
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I do not need anyone to teach you. Here is not
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even... Because he's referring to the Antichrist
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who have gone out. Because they are spreading
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all kinds of lies. He says, you don't need those
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things. But the same anointing, the same knowledge,
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he teaches you concerning all things. And what
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is this all things? The knowledge of the truth.
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The knowledge that Jesus is the Christ. And that's
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why he said, And it is true. Look at it. You
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see that? You see that? He said concerning all
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things. And it is true. What is the other opposite
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lie? What did he say? He said those who say that
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Jesus is not the Christ. That is the lie. The
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truth is that Jesus is the Christ. He said you
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know it. You don't need any teacher. And just
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as. It has taught you. Just as it, just as it
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has taught you, abide in it, not abide in him.
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Do you understand what I'm saying? It's tautology.
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Is it even tautology? It's somehow to tell a
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believer to abide in him. Do you understand what
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I'm saying? Are we together? Okay, let's see
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John. You know, sometimes you have to work with
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John to understand what he's trying to say. You
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only tell the believer to come into Christ, to
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abide in him. Look at 1 John. Go down what? Go
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to chapter 3. Because it's a continuation. Look
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at verse 23. And this is his commandment, that
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we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus
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Christ, and love one another. As he gave us commandment.
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Now, he who keeps his commandment, do what? Talk
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to me. Oh, are we together? Okay, let's read
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this verse. Let's read it. Let's read it together.
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You understand? Verse 24. Let's read verse 23
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first. Go back to 23. Let's read together. Now,
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and this is his commandment. Please note. You
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know, sometimes when they say commandment, the
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first thing that comes to your mind is do, don't.
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Do, don't. No. Don't. Just read. Don't worry.
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Just read. One, two, three, go. And this is his
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commandment that we should believe on the name
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of his son, Jesus Christ. As he. So what is the
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commandment here? And what is the commandment
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here? Good is one and the same. It's like love
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the Lord with all your heart and also love your
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neighbor as yourself. You understand? So he said
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we should believe. That's the commandment. It's
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not do's and don'ts. Are we together? Next, verse
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24. One, two, three, go. Now he who keeps his
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commandment abide in him. Stop. What is this
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commandment? Believe, right? So, hear that belief,
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do what? So, can you say to a believer who has
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believed, bro, can you abide in him? Is that
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correct? No. So, you can see that if you obey
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the commandment, that means you abide in him.
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And he in you. Are we together? And that's why
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he continued, he said, and by this we know that
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he abides in where? By you. By the spirit, which
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what? Oh my goodness. So it's a confusing fact
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to tell a believer abides in God. What you are
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saying, he does not have the spirit. Any man
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that have the spirit abides in him. If you do
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not have the spirit, you are none of his. I am
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his and he is mine. So when you go back to chapter
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2, when verse 20 is an error of this, you understand?
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So it's not abide in him. No, it's abide in it.
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It's in the knowledge. And what is the knowledge?
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You abide in the knowledge of the truth. Are
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we together? So anointing here is not power.
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Anointing here is not the Holy Spirit. Anointing
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here is knowledge. Knowledge of the Holy One.
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Glory to Jesus. Are we together? So you could
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see that. In all that we have searched, there
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is nowhere. So now, if you say, bro, I want to
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tap anointing. Did you see that you are confusing?
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Because knowledge is not something you tap. Did
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you get what I'm trying to say? Did you tap knowledge?
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No. You are taught knowledge. After all, This
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type of knowledge, he said, you do not need a
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what? A teacher, because you know it. Remember,
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the teachers he's even referring here are those
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antichrists, because they are coming to bamboozle
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them with a new different thing. So, are we together?
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Now, go to Mark. Mark. Chapter 10, verse 16.
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Quickly, Mark 10, 16. Are you in Mark 10, 16?
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Are you in Mark 10, 16? So now your language
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about anointing, anointed, anoint have to be
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adjusted. You have to speak as one who has been
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taught. Amen. Are we together? Verse 16. And
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he took them up. Of course, he's talking about
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the little children. Verse 14. But when Jesus
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saw it, he was greatly displeased and said to
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them. Verse 13. Then they brought little children
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to him that he might touch them. But the disciples
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rebuked those who brought them. But Jesus saw
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it, he was greatly displeased, and said to them,
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Let the little children come to me, and do not
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forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God.
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Assuredly I say to you, whoever does not receive
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the kingdom of God as a little child, will by
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no means enter it. Verse 16. And he took them
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in his arm, laid his hands on them, and do what?
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He laid his hands and blessed them. So we saw
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laying of our hands to heal the sick in the sun,
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to cast men into the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
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To ordain or to consecrate, to separate, to appoint.
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Now we have seen also another term, to bless.
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What does that mean, to bless? Jesus Christ carried
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the children and he blessed them. That word is
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a verb, blessed. We together? Please follow me.
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It was translated from the Greek word. Which
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means to speak well of. To celebrate by praising
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or by thanksgiving. To speak well of. To speak
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well of. Eulogio is the root word for eulogitos.
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Now, this one is eulo, then gitos means g -e
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-t -o -s, tos. Now, eulogitos is an adjective.
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It means praise, adoration, or adorable. Or spoken
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well of. That one is a verse. This one is an
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adjective. Now, from these eulogators, we have
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the English terms we know today. Eulogize, right?
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Eulogy. Amen? Yes, that's where we got those
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words. And so... Apart from these eulogitos,
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or in this case, let's use the adjective. Yes,
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the eulogitos, we have another term for blessed
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or blessing, which is, yesterday Pastor Fred
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noted that, makarios. M -K -A -R -O -U -R -O
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-R -I -O -S. A -K -A -R -I -O -S. Which means
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to be fortunate. Means to be fortunate. Well
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of. Or praise. Or happy. No, no praise. To be
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fortunate. To be well of. Or to be happy. The
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other one which we talked about. You will get
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told it has to do with praise, adorable, or spoken
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well of. These are the two you see in text where
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they appear. In all this, you will see where
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it talks about plenty money. You understand?
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No, they don't mean plenty money. So Jesus laid
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hands on the children to bless them. They were
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not sick. Are we together? Amen. They were not
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sick. He laid his hands on them to bless them.
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He put his hand on them. What did he do? He blessed
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them by the Spirit and spoke words upon them.
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So we do that also with the laying of hands.
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Are we together? We do that also with the what?
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with the laying of hands. Come, let me show you
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how to bless. Come. Because that is what we do.
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And all of us are going to do it in the sun.
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To bless, as I said, means to speak words by
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the Spirit upon the person. Are we together?
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It's like we lay hands on him and then you declare
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words. By the Spirit. Huh? You are blessed as
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you move out. Any limitations of men is not your
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limitations. I decree progress upon your life.
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You are kept by the power of God. You are not
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stranded. You are not stranded in the name of
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Jesus. You are not stranded. That is means to
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bless. Do you understand what I'm saying? That's
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what it means to bless. You are praying your
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heart and you are releasing them. Do you understand
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what I'm saying? So we use the laying of hands
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as well for that. Any word you speak comes with
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power because there is a transmittance. Are we
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together? Remember we said that our body are
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God's methods. Understand? For releasing his
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power. A God's way. So you begin to speak. Doors
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are open. And you see things happen. That's blessing.
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So when people are blessed like that, you see
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things happen. So when Jesus laid hands on these
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children, he said something. He blessed them.
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He blessed them. Are we together? Hallelujah.
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So now, usually the reason why many believers
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miss supernatural things. It's because they are
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looking for the spectacular. Like what I did
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to Prince. Many people are watching for him to
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somatumble. That's when they will know something
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has happened. Did you understand what I'm saying?
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Sometimes when you begin to go that way, you
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will miss what God is doing. Yes. Sometimes when
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we stretch our hands and lay our hands, the spectacular
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happens. But if you are always looking for the
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spectacular, you missed a lot about God. Are
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we together? Because you are trying to apply
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feelings and the natural senses to decode where
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the things. You want to see something. No, we
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walk by faith, not by word, not by sight. So
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be careful that you are always focused on the
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spectacular. So we have seen that the lay of
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hands is done to minister the power of God to
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the sick, to minister the baptism of the Spirit,
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to impart blessings, to commission men into special
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ministries, into ministries. In all these instances,
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We saw effect of the laying of hands are evidence
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in their life or in the life of the recipients.
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Now the minister of laying of hands equips the
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minister for greater works of ministry. So what
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should we note? How do I receive? I think this
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is where I'm going to round up this before we
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start praying. How do I receive this ministry
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from my brother, from my sister? How? How do
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I receive the ministry of the laying of hands?
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How? Go back to that Mark 6 where we read. We
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read it. I want us to pay attention. In verse
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1 and 2, Jesus taught and performed miracles
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by the laying of hands. Look at it. Verse 2 says
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that when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach
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in the synagogue and many hearing him were astonished
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saying, where did this man get these things?
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And what wisdom is this which is given to him?
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That such what? mighty works are performed by
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his hands. So they saw it. You know, there is
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something that happened. By the time you go to
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verse 3 and 4, then they began to say, what type
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of this thing is this? Is this not the carpenter,
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the son of Mary, the brothers, we know them,
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see them? How can this man be doing citizen?
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But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without
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honor except in his own country and among his
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own relatives and in his own house. See, I've
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seen this thing play out so well. That's why
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you have to be careful, especially if you have
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relatives, siblings in the sun, husband and wife.
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God will really have to help you. God will really
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have to help us all so that you don't treat what
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is sacred common. And one of the greatest things
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that you will have to treat with caution is familiarity.
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You know the person in the natural very well.
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So you tend to look down upon the person. No.
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And it happens. One of my cousins, I used to
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stay in their place, sleep with them. I mean,
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God has been helping us. We have suffered a couple
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of failures, but then we have realized, well,
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thank the Lord for that. We went to school, we
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are doing wonders, doing a lot of exploits. And
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then, We enter university. Many people will come
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to us. We'll teach them. We'll do tutorial. There
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was a time the medical student called me. Then
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I was the biochemistry. Biochemistry used to
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give them tough time. So they called me from
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the department. I will come and be doing tutorial
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for them. There's one of our lecturer. Man, he
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has been giving them tough time. So they will
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call me. We'll go to a place which he doesn't
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know. So they will collect the secret from me.
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When they go, they will be of help. Because he
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always wanted to make it difficult. So I would
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do tutorials for them and all that. But this
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is my cousin. We sleep in the same room. The
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same bed. He was withdrawn in school while I'm
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graduating first class. I mean, you don't understand
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what I'm trying to say. This is how you can sit
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with somebody in your own house. Have the grace
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you want. Others from outside will come and collect
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it. You, you'll be hungry here. That's why I
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say you have to. That's why this statement is
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scary sometimes. A prophet is not without honor
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except in his own country and among his own relatives.
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In his own house. You know, Jesus was bringing
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the thing closer. First he said country. He now
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moved to relatives. Move it to house. So, this
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is one thing you have to be careful if you want
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to receive the ministry of laying over hands.
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Dishonor. When a man lays hands on you, don't
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see your cousin. Don't see your husband. Don't
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see your pastor. Don't see your friend. You have
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to see him from the right perspective. Are we
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together? You have to see him well in who he
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is. Look at verse 5. He said, now he could do
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no mighty miracle. This was the person they were
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giving testimony in verse 2. Yeah? That they
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said he did mighty miracles, mighty works. Are
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performed by his hands. Mighty. Again in verse
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5. In his own place. In his own country. With
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his own people. He said he could do. No mighty
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miracle. Mighty works there. Except. He laid
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hands. On a few. Sick people. And healed them.
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I believe these are people who. Who refuse. What
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the other people are saying, they say, well,
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if you people think that this is me, I will go.
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They see where they collect their own. Dishonor
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is a limitation. Dishonor is a limitation. What
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began as mighty works, they saw it somewhere.
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They were testifying of it, but they couldn't
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receive it. Let me tell you the truth. Dishonor
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limits the flow of the power of God. You can't
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receive from what you dishonor, from what you
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are disdaining. You treat it with contempt, like
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Esau. You can't be part of it. You treat it anyhow.
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You are rather... Man of God, how can a mighty
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God be limited? Yes, I said that dishonor limits
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the flow of the power of God. How can you say
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that? Oh, yes. God can be limited by men because
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he's not a tyrant. You know, he's only a tyrant
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that whether you like it or not, he will crush
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you and enter. No, God is not a tyrant. If you
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refuse the salvation, he will not crush you to
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collect it. So he's saving power and healing
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power. How mighty he died on the cross. The power
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to save his soul. But you see, when a man rejects,
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he still hinders that. Yes. To those who refuse
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to believe. you will limit the power of God.
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So where this honor goes, unbelief goes. You
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see, that's how they started. The Bible tells
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us, if you look at that place, in that mark,
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they started by looking, when you go down, you
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will see what the Bible says. Hallelujah. But
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6th and 7th, and he marveled because of the award.
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He started as dishonor, he goes to unbelief.
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Because that's how he sat. That's the point.
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So look at the story of those God he rescued.
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Psalm 78. Look at Psalm 78 verse 41. Are you
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in Psalm 78? Verse 41. He said, Yes, again and
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again they tempted God. And do what? And limited
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the Holy One of who? Of Israel. How did they
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limit that? The answer is unbelief. For 40 years,
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God had been wanting to do wonders to them. They
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refused. That's how they limited him. Through
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unbelief. Are we together? If you go back to
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verse 54 to verse 56, you will see that verse
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56, yet they tested and provoked the Messiah
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and did not keep his word, his testimonies, but
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turned back and acted unfaithfully. Like their
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what? Like their fathers. They were torn aside
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like a deceitful ball. So dishonor and unbelief
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work together. Dishonor will eventually drag
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unbelief along. Be careful how you speak. Be
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careful how you speak. Don't speak. less of sacred
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things. Don't speak less of sacred things, of
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spiritual things. You hear many believers who
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talk anyhow. This is. Why will you be rushing
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to touch the man of God? Why will you even have
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to call him? Is he not God inside you? Can't
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you pray in your own house? You can pray inside
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your room and God will hear you. Yet that same
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person has already taken an appointment to see
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the doctor the next day and God is inside him.
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Did you understand what I'm saying? When you
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go to the doctor, does it show that you have
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unbelief? They are not anti each other. But yet
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that same unlearned person is trying to take
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you out of where to receive. When you call the
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elders, that means you believe. You are just
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doing the will of God. Are you sick? He said,
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call the elders. He knows the Holy Spirit is
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inside you. He knows God, the one that is telling
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you to call the elders is inside you. He knows
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it. There is a system through which he reaches
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people. And the system is man. The earlier you
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understand it, the better for you. You understand?
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God's system is man. He has never done anything
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on the earth without man, and he will never do
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anything on the earth without man. You better
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know it now. He chose it like that. Can he do
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without us? Yes. Has he ever done anything without
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us? No. Are we together? Amen. He said, I will
1:00:06
read. I'll sit down and read my Bible. I don't
1:00:09
need anybody. I don't need anybody. And he forgot
1:00:13
that this man that wrote this one. I mean, how?
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Hallelujah. No, don't make careless statement.
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This honor is a limitation to receiving. What
1:00:33
is honor? Honor simply means I see you as you
1:00:38
are in Christ. That's honor. Honor means I see
1:00:42
you as you are in where? In Christ. For instance,
1:00:47
you can have a true scripture. Many places where
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he asks us to honor one another. Look at 1 Thessalonians
1:00:57
5. Just giving you an example. Because... It
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is the word of God, the will of God. He said,
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I will hold your brethren to recognize those
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who labor among you. And I'll offer you, that
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is your leaders, in the Lord and admonish you.
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Look at that. And to esteem them very highly.
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Very highly. Esteem them what? highly in love
1:01:32
for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourself.
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How can you be at peace when everybody's attitude
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every day is a complaint to you? Honor means
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I will not treat what is a sacred thing like
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a common thing. Your brother is a holy... You
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remember what we read? He's what? He's anointed.
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Oh, are you hearing what I'm saying? He means
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he has been set apart. He's a sacred. Don't treat
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him as common. You know, there's a way some of
1:02:12
us, we like only people. He's only one you know
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that his father is a senator. The way you treat
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him differs. How cannot? You are cannot. Yet,
1:02:26
the man you are sitting. He's the next governor
1:02:29
he didn't know. Did you hear what I'm saying?
1:02:39
When you are watching TV and then your father
1:02:41
is telling you, that governor we are classmates,
1:02:44
you know they never knew children. They never
1:02:49
knew children. It's now that he has become something
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that he wants to identify with you. Can you identify
1:02:57
with every brother here without discrimination?
1:03:01
That's why we often caution our sisters. Be careful.
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When you begin to see a brother who singles you
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out, suddenly the brother that has been stingy
1:03:12
is a generous man. And you are smiling. Hey,
1:03:18
be careful. He's not generous. is a conditional
1:03:25
generosity. Yes, sir. Be careful of brethren
1:03:31
whose attitudes are discriminatory. Which means
1:03:36
that it's not what is normal. It's not what flows.
1:03:40
Do you understand what I'm trying to say? Be
1:03:41
careful. You would think that they are doing
1:03:45
you... No, that's not true. So, I don't want
1:03:51
you for henceforth. You joke. I had to correct
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some of her sisters. When they meet together,
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do you say anything to her? You are foolish.
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Huh? This foolish girl. This, this. I mean, how
1:04:03
can you be talking like that to your sister?
1:04:07
I mean, you don't understand that she is a sacred...
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No. We always want to speak less of people. If
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somebody comes around, it's just because they
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are older than him. Say, a small boy. How are
1:04:23
you? Small boy. How about now? How can I say,
1:04:29
ah, man of God, how are you doing? I hope you
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are doing well. I mean, does it cost you anything?
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That is what God wants. Look at 2 Corinthians
1:04:38
5 .16. So see men, that is what, as God. See
1:04:45
men in Christ. That's honor. Are you 2 Corinthians
1:04:52
16? He said, therefore. From now on, we regard
1:04:55
no one according to what? You see, the problem
1:04:59
of those people in Nazareth is that they are
1:05:04
seeing Jesus in the what? In the flesh. He said,
1:05:09
even though we have known Christ according to
1:05:11
the flesh, Paul said we have knowledge. He does
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this. But it has passed. He said, yet now, yet
1:05:17
now, we know him to us no longer. If you see
1:05:23
Jesus in the flesh, he will never be your savior.
1:05:28
Did you understand what I'm trying to say? Even
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Mary, his mother, she had to believe in Jesus.
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So if you are still praying for her, know that
1:05:41
she has also found a way. So what I'm trying
1:05:47
to say is that you must see him. as he is and
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you must see your brother as he is in Christ.
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That's all. If you want to receive the goodness
1:06:00
of God, it's with men. God decided that way to
1:06:05
put it in men. The goodness of God is with men.
1:06:10
It's in his church. And that's what he decided.
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don't allow offense. That's another thing. Listen,
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that's why if not, you remove some portions of
1:06:27
scripture, the Bible knows so other people offend
1:06:30
you. That's why I say, you should create space.
1:06:36
You should create space. You must hear this even
1:06:39
in the dark. Don't focus on offenses. Don't allow
1:07:01
them to settle your heart. If you are going to
1:07:07
have God blessed through your life or have others
1:07:12
blessed you, you must be relational. You must
1:07:20
learn to build quality relationships. Be careful
1:07:28
about the weakness of men. The limitation, the
1:07:39
limitation of the man of God can stop you from
1:07:45
receiving. I don't mean the limitation of man
1:07:50
of God can stop the power. Did you hear what
1:07:53
I said? You focusing on his limitation. can stop
1:07:57
you from benefiting from him. We admonish every
1:08:02
believer to be working on his life, to be working
1:08:05
on your character, to be working on things that
1:08:08
you are still weak at, to be practicing the Lord,
1:08:11
to be obedient. But as people grow, you have
1:08:16
to be patient. Because if you focus and look
1:08:20
at their weaknesses, you're not going to gain
1:08:23
anything from them. Did you understand what I'm
1:08:26
trying to say? You're not going to get. Numbers
1:08:30
27. Look at it. Numbers 27. Verse 18. Glory to
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Jesus. I'm trying to discuss how can you receive
1:08:56
it. First, by honor. This honor limits the power
1:09:04
of God. Secondly, I'm trying to discuss that
1:09:15
be careful that you do not Allow the weakness
1:09:24
of men be an obstruction. Be an obstruction.
1:09:31
Look at verse 18. Numbers 27, 18. And the Lord
1:09:37
said to Moses, take Joshua the son of Num. With
1:09:46
you a man in whom is a spirit. And lay your hands
1:09:51
on him. Set him before. Eliza the priest. And
1:09:56
before all the congregation. And you greet him.
1:10:00
In their sight. And you shall give some of your
1:10:02
authority. Of course. That some is in italics.
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You shall give your authority. Because he is
1:10:13
going. To him. That all the congregation of Israel.
1:10:19
may be obedient. He shall stand before Eliza
1:10:24
the priest who shall inquire before the Lord
1:10:28
for him. By the judgment of the Urim at his word
1:10:38
they shall go and at his word they shall come
1:10:45
in. He and all the children of Israel with him,
1:10:51
all the congregation. So Moses did as the Lord
1:10:55
commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before
1:10:58
Eliza, the priest, and before all the congregation.
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And he laid his hands on him. And Enu greeted
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him. In other words, he consecrated him. He set
1:11:11
him into ministry. Just as the Lord had commanded.
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By the hand of Moses. By the hand of Moses. The
1:11:28
same person that disobeyed God is the one that
1:11:33
God uses or used to lay hands on the next leader.
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Be careful. Hallelujah. Did you see that? Moses
1:11:45
has disobeyed God and disqualified him from entry.
1:11:48
But that same man is the one that will have to
1:11:51
the next one. That's why I say you have to be
1:11:58
careful with what you call weaknesses of a leader.
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Look at Deuteronomy 34 .9. I want you to see.
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That laying of hands, that place didn't say anything.
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But look at Deuteronomy 34. You think, I see,
1:12:19
when Moses laid hand on him, nothing happened.
1:12:22
See it. See how the Bible put it. He said, now
1:12:27
Joshua, the son of Noam, was full of the spirit
1:12:30
of wisdom. Why? Why? He said, for Moses has what?
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Has laid his hands on him. This is the man you
1:12:45
call already, he has missed it. He has already
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disobeyed God. Now listen, there's one observation
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which is very critical. I'm telling you, go and
1:13:05
look at it and study. Throughout Joshua's life,
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throughout, there is no record. of him referring
1:13:13
to the error of Moses. Not one. No place ever
1:13:19
Joshua ever mentioned. There's no record. Joshua
1:13:23
ever referred to the mistake Moses did. Never.
1:13:31
Never. Joshua never spoke of Moses' mistakes.
1:13:36
We don't have record of it. He focused rather
1:13:40
on the instructions of Moses. Because they passed
1:13:45
those things to him. In fact, if you look at
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Joshua chapter 11 verse 15. Joshua 11 verse 15.
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Look at Joshua's focus. And the Lord, as the
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Lord had commanded who? Had commanded Moses his
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servant. So Moses commanded Joshua. And so Joshua
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did what? He did. He left nothing undone of all
1:14:31
that the Lord have commanded Joshua. Is that
1:14:34
what your Bible says? Eh? The man was focused
1:14:38
in finishing the tax that was given to his master.
1:14:46
Even though he's no longer here. You, every now
1:14:55
and then, you go and find and see that one place.
1:14:58
You are talking every now and then about your
1:15:00
pastor. His mystic, his this, his that, his that.
1:15:09
Always. How can you receive from him? I know
1:15:14
we have questioned some of you. Then, small lie
1:15:16
you started having. Already you started attacking
1:15:18
people online. This is hypodigma. No, what you
1:15:24
are saying is wrong. You didn't know Greek? No.
1:15:32
Revelation is not for attacks all around. We
1:15:41
know the person we are attacking. When the Bible
1:15:45
says, for the weapons of our warfare are not
1:15:48
carnal, we know what we are doing. Our concern
1:15:51
is not the person of someone. It's not the personality.
1:15:56
Our concern is, he didn't say pulling down men.
1:16:00
He said pulling down stronghold. And what are
1:16:03
those stronghold? Casting down what? imaginations.
1:16:13
And every high thing that I exalted is served
1:16:16
beyond the knowledge of Christ. That is what
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we are called to do. To go into those things.
1:16:30
Hallelujah. I want you to say this. I'm not a
1:16:34
carrier of men's fault. I'm not a carrier of
1:16:38
men's weaknesses. I see them in Christ. Hallelujah.
1:16:45
No, you are a carrier of the deposit of God.
1:16:49
You are a carrier of the goodness of God. You
1:16:53
are the carrier of the mandate of God. You're
1:17:00
not carrying fault of men. The Lord has laid
1:17:04
upon him the... our iniquities all. Are we together?
1:17:09
So don't carry any iniquity. Leave it. There
1:17:12
is someone that has carried it. You, there is
1:17:16
a mandate upon your life to carry. Hallelujah.
1:17:21
So to receive and to be blessed by people, you
1:17:24
must see them in Christ. You must see them as
1:17:28
who they are. These are men and women. who have
1:17:35
their fault. We all have in one way or the other.
1:17:40
Weaknesses. All of us must work at it. That's
1:17:44
why if you're a leader and your people who are
1:17:47
following, they could not see evidence of growth,
1:17:49
you are failing. How can somebody stay with you
1:17:52
for two, three years and even him cannot see
1:17:55
that something is happening in your life? Did
1:17:57
you understand what I'm trying to say? Something's
1:17:59
wrong. I'm challenging us, those who are in the
1:18:03
position of leadership. Don't stay the way you
1:18:06
are. There must be a sign that something has
1:18:11
improved in your life. That's what makes you
1:18:13
a leader. Not that you keep complaining that
1:18:17
the people are not coming. How can they come
1:18:22
when every day you are regurgitating Sambé? You
1:18:34
don't need to tell anybody where he is blessed,
1:18:36
he will come. Not all men will come, but you
1:18:38
will see the committed ones. So is there a way
1:18:41
to start complaining? Why won't you be every
1:18:43
day laboring for themselves? Those of you that
1:18:45
are leaders of UNITV, how many times do you have
1:18:48
all the leads and be praying for them? This work
1:18:53
is labor. Every day our prayer team read our
1:18:57
paphras, right? Who is one of you, right? Always
1:19:02
do a what? Labouring. I hope those people who
1:19:08
are believing it here, they are also labouring.
1:19:12
So of course, every believer must work at it.
1:19:16
Must work in the word. Must work on their weaknesses.
1:19:20
But you know, even while we are at it, our God
1:19:24
is still using the same people in the sun. If
1:19:28
the Holy Spirit indwells those people, brother,
1:19:31
it's enough to keep quiet. Are we together? Yes.
1:19:35
Even with their weaknesses, the Holy Ghost is
1:19:37
there. God is going to use people, you know what
1:19:43
I'm saying? Not because of their weaknesses.
1:19:49
I've said this over and over. You know what I'm
1:19:52
saying? Yes. The person, as he continues to become
1:19:56
weak and weaker, you know what I'm saying? The
1:19:59
person, too, is... His ministry will be shrinking.
1:20:06
But be careful. The fact that he's an ally does
1:20:08
not mean that he doesn't have anything. Did you
1:20:11
understand what I'm saying? Yes. So, you have
1:20:21
to know that. Samuel will not even choose David.
1:20:30
He came and saw the broad -chested man, that
1:20:35
guy, you know that guy, Eliab. And he confused
1:20:39
the prophet. He said, surely this is the Lord.
1:20:45
He saw Eliab instead of David. What is he trying
1:20:59
to tell us? A lot that you need as you want to
1:21:04
receive from men. Understand? You have to have
1:21:09
a large heart. You must see them in Christ. Oh,
1:21:13
I'm emphasizing that word. I hope you take note.
1:21:16
You must see them where? In Christ. Lastly, let
1:21:21
me say this. Very important. Because we're going
1:21:26
to pray in the sun. We're going to use those
1:21:30
moments. All that we've learned, we're going
1:21:33
to practice it. In the next one hour, we have
1:21:36
to pray. We have to practice it. The grace of
1:21:39
God is here to heal, to empower, to bless. But
1:21:45
you must know how to receive. You come with honor.
1:21:48
You come with faith. We read that text, Mark
1:21:53
chapter 5. Just let me give you the story we
1:21:56
have heard. We read part of it about the woman
1:21:59
with an issue of blood. You know, son, you must
1:22:03
come with faith. Faith. The power of God moves
1:22:09
in the direction of faith. The power of God,
1:22:14
it moves in the direction of faith. While the
1:22:20
crowd were oppressing him, the power flowed to
1:22:24
the person who believed. And Jesus knew. He knew
1:22:31
something left him by the word of knowledge.
1:22:34
The power of God flows. Your case doesn't need
1:22:40
to be mentioned before you can receive your healing.
1:22:43
Did you understand what I'm saying? When Jesus
1:22:47
was going, he was not attending to her. Jesus
1:22:52
was going to the house of Darius, the leader
1:22:56
of the synagogue. Because they don't say, Master,
1:22:59
please come and help me. You think you know what
1:23:04
I'm trying to say? But she intercepted it in
1:23:10
the sun. If only I can touch the hem of his garment,
1:23:15
his clothes. You don't need to wait in the sun.
1:23:21
You don't need to wait for one special occasion.
1:23:25
You have a need or something, You know the pastor
1:23:28
says, go and meet him. Say, sir, I come. This
1:23:30
is what I want. Don't wait and say, I will see
1:23:34
him after service on Sunday. What is the meaning
1:23:36
of that? Just message him, pastor, I want to
1:23:44
see you. Or message your leader, I want to see
1:23:46
you. Or come and tell your roommates. Say, please,
1:23:52
bro, I want to see you. This is an issue. And
1:23:58
Joseph kneeled down. Please lay hands on me.
1:24:00
This matter has to go. Yes, sir. You don't have
1:24:07
to wait. They say, ah, I heard they have Takunda.
1:24:09
When is their prayer meeting? Oh, they say, is
1:24:12
it Monday or what? Eh, I'm thinking whether I
1:24:16
should go to their prayer meeting or not. You
1:24:21
wait till Monday? Why? Yes, sir. Why? Oh, you
1:24:30
saw him going to the prayer meeting. Like Peter
1:24:35
and John. They were going to the hour of prayer.
1:24:40
You know, son, do you need plenty of time for
1:24:45
us to be late? No. So there are some of us you
1:24:55
have to show. It's when you're in the closet
1:24:58
that that's when you show honor and respect.
1:25:00
You know, I love it. Who was that? I think, yes,
1:25:06
I was commenting. I was saying some things I
1:25:08
was commenting. I saw, what was that? David Doe.
1:25:12
Even in America, in the front of the, in the
1:25:15
airport, he would go down and prostrate. I mean,
1:25:18
do you understand what I'm trying to say? That
1:25:20
culture has not left him, the culture of honor.
1:25:23
Did you understand what I'm trying to say? I
1:25:25
was commanding that. But some of us, just you
1:25:28
have degree, suddenly everybody has become...
1:25:30
I mean, did you get that? Even when a person
1:25:36
from your village just speak one Yoruba, you
1:25:39
don't want to think, how can you speak my language
1:25:42
here now? Something is wrong with you. Your village
1:25:45
is following you. No. Oh, no. Oh, no. You don't
1:25:52
need to wait. It doesn't matter how long your
1:25:55
problem has lingered. That woman has been suffering
1:25:58
for 12 years. She heard about what Jesus was
1:26:03
doing. Faith in Christ solved the whole problem.
1:26:07
There was healing. That's what we are going to
1:26:12
be praying in the son. Jesus touched the woman.
1:26:16
He said, daughter. He was 34. He said, daughter.
1:26:20
He said, your faith has made you whole. Mark
1:26:24
5, 34. Your faith has made you well. He said,
1:26:28
go in peace and be healed of your affliction.
1:26:33
It started with what she heard. She wasn't the
1:26:39
only one that she heard it though. Of course,
1:26:42
those crowds were following because they knew
1:26:44
Jesus has entered town. A lot of people heard.
1:26:52
Only few acted in faith. She only acted on what
1:26:58
she had. She touched. And there was a touch.
1:27:04
And things happened. So as we, it's a posture
1:27:08
of receiving. You understand? It's a posture
1:27:14
of receiving. Let me tell you, each time you
1:27:17
want to receive, you see, most of us who know
1:27:20
in the distance, When you want to pour down water,
1:27:23
water normally go down what? In, we call it potential
1:27:30
difference. Anyway, in the physics kind of a
1:27:33
thing. You understand what I'm saying? But the
1:27:36
point is that it has to move from somewhere that
1:27:39
is higher going down lower. And each time you
1:27:42
want to receive from someone and you look at
1:27:45
him as your age mate, you won't get anything.
1:27:48
Did you understand what I'm saying? Because knowledge,
1:27:52
the reason why you are listening to me is that
1:27:54
there is an honor you have, you understand, that
1:27:57
I'm your leader. So for that reason, your heart
1:28:00
is already open. As I taught, light is coming.
1:28:04
But let's imagine you see me as your housemate,
1:28:06
you understand, as I call me. Maybe when we are
1:28:09
listening, maybe I even slap our snoring. You
1:28:13
understand? See this brother? You understand?
1:28:22
You won't get anything. Do you understand what
1:28:25
I'm saying? You won't get anything. So whether
1:28:28
it's a pastor here, whether it's a leader here,
1:28:31
anybody that comes to lead anything, you must
1:28:35
see the person correctly. You must see the what?
1:28:40
The person correctly. That is how to receive.
1:28:47
If you miss this part, all that we have been
1:28:49
discussing since yesterday, there's a problem.
1:28:53
The psalm says there's a problem. And you don't
1:28:58
need just once. In the psalm, when it comes to
1:29:03
the things of spirit, covert, no covetousness.
1:29:08
Oh, you didn't get me. You didn't want the psalm
1:29:11
to say? He said covert. You convert earnestly.
1:29:17
There is not enough when it comes to the things
1:29:20
of the Spirit. There's not enough. If Pastor
1:29:24
Fred has laid hands on me four times, five times,
1:29:27
I need it more. When I go to me, Pastor Cesar,
1:29:30
I'll say, do it again. Do it again. It's for
1:29:35
establishing you. Now, this consciousness must
1:29:38
come on you that these things have effect and
1:29:45
you will see the effect in your life. Notice
1:29:48
only that we are reading that men's ministry
1:29:50
are shifting. That men are becoming fruitful
1:29:54
when hands are laid upon them. We just read in
1:29:57
Deuteronomy 34 that the wisdom has come upon
1:30:01
Joshua because Moses laid his hands upon him.
1:30:06
Be expectant that something And I have said it,
1:30:11
desire it. What exactly are you looking for?
1:30:15
What do you want changed? Do you want your prayer
1:30:17
life to be improved? You are expecting, let me
1:30:22
tell you, they will shift you off. I'm telling
1:30:25
you, into that realm you desire. That impartation
1:30:29
can happen. Whatever you see in another person's
1:30:33
life that you want, go and meet the person. I
1:30:36
told you how we followed our mommies here. And
1:30:40
I'm still following. If I see a grace, I follow
1:30:43
it. I don't wait. I don't say that the Lord will
1:30:49
do it. Who will do it? He has given men. I told
1:30:53
you, men are systems and methods of God. Did
1:30:58
you understand me? If you truly say the Lord
1:31:03
will do it, then look for those men. God has
1:31:05
put those things. That is his own way of doing
1:31:09
it. He decided it that way. So I don't want you
1:31:15
to be seeing your brothers and sisters here ordinarily.
1:31:18
We're ordinary. If you are elderly, things of
1:31:25
the spirit does not answer to the physical, material,
1:31:27
this, you know. Don't say, I'm older than you.
1:31:30
What does that mean? You're speaking like that,
1:31:34
brother. No. No. No. There must be a change.
1:31:44
And that is the last chart I'm giving you. There
1:31:47
must be a change in your heart. You will see
1:31:51
differently. God has given you a seeing eye.
1:31:55
You can't be seeing like somebody who's natural.
1:31:58
You know, son, for the things of the spirit are
1:32:01
only foolishness to the carnal mind. You are
1:32:04
not carnal because you have the spirit of God.
1:32:08
He said, you are not in the flesh. You understand?
1:32:11
Because the Spirit of God dwells in you. So you
1:32:15
must see correctly in the Spirit. This boy, these
1:32:20
small boys. Don't be saying like that. You're
1:32:25
going to be closing many things. See that brother
1:32:29
close to you. See that sister close to you. That's
1:32:32
why you must treat them with honor. With honor.
1:32:37
We don't know. Paul told Timothy to the older
1:32:41
men, even to us as pastors, the way I treat mummies
1:32:45
is, they will say, ah, sir, how are you doing?
1:32:48
Ah, do you know sometimes they will honor them.
1:32:52
He said to the elders, those who are elderly,
1:32:55
he said, treat them as fathers. He said to those,
1:32:59
the older women, he said, treat them as mothers.
1:33:02
He said to the sisters, he said, treat them,
1:33:05
I mean to the ladies. Younger women, treat them
1:33:09
as sisters. He now added something with all purity.
1:33:15
With all purity. That's why we frowned it at
1:33:18
people that sent our sister any kind of message.
1:33:21
You are careless. You don't honor them. Honor
1:33:25
means to treat them with purity. We will not
1:33:29
take it lightly. You are careless. Oh, everybody,
1:33:33
you know what you are doing. We know you. We
1:33:35
know what you are doing. Don't think we don't
1:33:39
know. We know. We know all those systems. We're
1:33:44
in the world, but not of the world. Yes. That's
1:33:54
not honor. He said, treat them as sisters with
1:33:59
all purity. With all purity. With all purity.
1:34:06
That is honor. You see them as sisters. You're
1:34:12
not planning to cheat them. No, you're not. So
1:34:19
it's a season of impartation. And that's how
1:34:22
Mary sees. It's by seeing them as they are in
1:34:26
Christ. Once you turn to the natural, you understand,
1:34:31
many things will evade you. Many things will
1:34:40
evade you. If they lie, they should take the
1:34:43
light. I am telling you, you will hear it. And
1:34:49
we will lay hands on you. You will be blessed
1:34:52
and you will do wonders. Yes, you will do wonders.
1:35:00
Your mercy will expand. There will be fruit,
1:35:05
fruit that lasts. Your label will not just be
1:35:09
crushed. You label, label, label upon somebody's
1:35:12
life. Then you hear that he has gone back to
1:35:14
his own. No. You will see them and you will rejoice.
1:35:20
Because it will last. It will last. And that's
1:35:27
what the Lord puts this ministry in the church
1:35:30
for. To establish man. To establish man in his
1:35:36
own agenda. I am aware. Don't worry. I'm aware
1:35:41
that this ministry has been bastardized. It has
1:35:46
been abused. Did you see that I didn't mention
1:35:49
anything about abuse throughout the teaching?
1:35:51
It's deliberate. That's why I say it's a doctrine
1:35:55
of the laying of hands. We don't do doctrine
1:35:58
from error. You understand? Because each time
1:36:02
you are trying to... Teach based according to
1:36:05
the error that is happening. You are likely to
1:36:07
go to another extreme. Just stay and teach the
1:36:10
word. The farm that has been abused, some people
1:36:13
come. You understand? You say, I want, I have
1:36:16
a, what do you call it? I need money to go this
1:36:24
way, go this way. The pastor will lay hands on
1:36:28
you. All through the laying hands we see. He
1:36:30
didn't say anybody come. Even the one that tried
1:36:33
to say, give me this power. He said, your money
1:36:35
perish with you. You think the gift of God can
1:36:37
be what? Can be purchased with money. Did you
1:36:41
understand what I'm saying? No. We know it has
1:36:44
been abused. But even the devil quoted the Bible
1:36:46
wrongly. Did you understand what I'm saying?
1:36:48
So, Bible has been abused. I've been abused by
1:36:51
the Pharisee. That's why they say that the hay,
1:36:55
that is different. And the focus is the Word
1:36:59
of God. So take the ministry of the lane of hands
1:37:05
serious. It's an important part of the church
1:37:09
that empowers men. That's God's system. Take
1:37:15
it serious. Are we together? Are we together?
1:37:20
So can you just rise? We appreciate you being
1:37:25
here today. We hope you carry this word with
1:37:28
you throughout your week. Don't forget to check
1:37:31
the show notes for additional insights. Stay
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