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Manifesting the Things of The Spirit pt. 3 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Hi there. Welcome to NECF. We're excited to share
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today's message with you. Don't go anywhere.
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Stay with us till the end for some valuable resources
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to enrich your faith. Here's today's sermon.
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Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians chapter 12 from verse
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4, everybody. From verse 4, open your Bible,
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everybody, whether it's hard copy or... We believe
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in your growth, so very soon you will buy one
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hard copy. So for now you can use your phone.
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Now there are diversities of gifts, but what?
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Let's be echoing it together. Now there are diversities
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of gifts, but what? Same spirit, verse 5. And
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there are differences of administrations, but
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the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations,
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but it is what? The same God who do what? Who
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worketh all in all. Seven. But the manifestation
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of the Spirit is given to every man. To do what?
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Is it to every woman? Is it to pastors? Is it
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to only ushers? Is it to only prophets? Is it
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only to apostles? To how many men? To how many
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men? Let's echo it. To how many men? All men.
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Please. If you don't do that, I will close service.
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So respond. Verse 8. For to one is given by the
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Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word
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of knowledge by the same Spirit, to another faith
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by, to another gifts of healing by, to another
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the working of miracles, to another prophecy,
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to another the signing of Spirit, to another
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diverse kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation
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of tongues, but all these worketh that one and
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selfsame. Spirit dividing to what? To every man
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severally as what? As he will. Praise God. Hallelujah.
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Yeah, so now on Wednesday we stopped somewhere.
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We said, what does it mean to be filled with
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the Spirit? Amen. What does it mean to be filled
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with the Spirit? Praise God. And we read Acts
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chapter 2, everybody. Let's go to Acts chapter
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2. Acts chapter 2. So if you're with us on Wednesday,
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you'll remember this. Acts chapter 2 verse 4.
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So the question we're handling is, what does
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he mean to be what? What does he mean to be what?
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Filled with. So in the scriptures, right, there
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is a reality for the believer that the believer
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should be filled with what? With the Spirit,
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with the Holy Ghost. Amen? So where did we get
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it from? From where? We're going to see it from
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where? From the scriptures. So which means that
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if it's in the scriptures, it's also our reality.
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Amen? Praise God. So let's read it all together.
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Acts chapter 2 verse 4. And they were all, read
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now, everybody's with Bible. And they were all
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filled with the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. And the
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Holy Ghost held their tongue and began to speak
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through them. Is that what your Bible is reading?
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Is that what your Bible is saying? That the Holy
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Ghost held their tongue? What is your Bible saying?
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What happened to them? They were what? They were
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filled with what? Then who spoke? So which means
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that they have a choice not to speak, right?
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I hope you know. They can choose not to speak.
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Yes or true? So which means they can choose to
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what? Not to speak. But the scripture says that
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who began to speak? So upon filling with the
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Holy Ghost, they began to what? They began to
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speak with how many tongues? With other tongues
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as the Spirit gave them what? Other tongues.
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On Wednesday, I told us that we could read it
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this way. Amen? And they were all filled with
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the Holy Ghost and the Holy Ghost gave them other
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tongues and they began to speak with other tongues.
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Hallelujah. Do we understand how I just read
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it now? Okay, everybody, your eyes on the Bible.
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Let's see how I said. Let's read it now. And
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they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. As
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the Holy Ghost gave them utterance, they began
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to speak with other tongues. Hallelujah. Praise
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God. So as they continued to speak, there was
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or there is a source of utterance from what?
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From the Holy Ghost. So they were not just filled.
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With the Holy Ghost alone? But as they were filled
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with the Holy Ghost, utterance also came with
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the filling. Amen? Did we see it in the Bible?
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That all they did is to do what? All they did
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is to do what? Who gave the utterance? The Holy
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Ghost. Praise God. Praise God. Say, even now.
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Raise your hand. Say, even now. Even now. Even
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now. I believe and I know right now. The Holy
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Ghost is giving me utterance and I'm going to
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speak in other tongues. Hallelujah. Praise God.
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I just told you your reality now. Hallelujah.
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You can be in the school bus and be filled with
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the Holy Ghost. Because these men were gathered
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together in a room. They were not in a church.
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Oh, let me not use the word church. They were
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not in a building. Hallelujah. Here we are just
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in sort of one room somewhere and gathered together.
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Sir, do you mean that so, even in my room I can
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be filled with the Holy Ghost? Yes, sir. In the
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school bus, you can be filled with the Spirit.
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Hallelujah. On the street, you can be filled
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what? With the Spirit. Oh, as you are playing
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ball, you are about to score. I think in school
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I used to play football, yeah. Yes, I always
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see him. I don't know whether he has repented
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because I have not seen him in a while. Posts.
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You know, there are some people here, right?
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As you are about, you know you are in that ball.
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You are in that ball. You are chasing one small
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round thing and you are sweating. You know? You
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are still mindful of what? Of the Spirit of God.
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Do you know why? Because you just go and hit
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somebody's leg small, he will catch your collar.
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And then, oh, I caught your collar. Sorry, sir.
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You know? You just catch your collar. And then
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before you know, you catch my collar. You catch
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my collar. Bah, bah, bah. And they will see.
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Pastor, they fight on board. But let me tell
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you, because you're in that field, and you're
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not mindless, and not mindless or unconscious,
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but you're conscious of the Spirit of God inside
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you, you hit me, you hit me. Ah, the love of
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God has been shed abroad in your heart, Romans
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5 .5, by the Holy Ghost that has been given to
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you. Amen? Oh, you say, I'm sorry now. I'm sorry.
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You're before you, before salvation. You won't
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apologize. I told you, you told me. Football,
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close. Even though we are coming to it, but write
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this somewhere. The more I am conscious to be
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filled with the Spirit of God, I will not give
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or yield myself to the influences of the flesh.
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The more I am conscious and mindful. To be filled
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with the Spirit of God, I will not yield myself
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or give myself to the influences of the flesh
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or the works of the flesh, right? Works of the
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flesh. Praise God. So they were in the room and
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they were filled with what? With the Spirit.
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Amen? So, probably some of you are just joining
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this Sunday morning. Let me just read the Scriptures.
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I read Ephesians chapter 5 verse 16 to 18. Okay,
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let's read it all together. Ephesians chapter
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5. I'll just give us this because we are coming
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to some of these scriptures again. Ephesians
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chapter 5 verse 16, everybody. Let your eyes
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be on your scriptures. We saw they were filled
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with the Spirit. And what was the next reaction?
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What was the next reaction? They spoke, right?
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Okay, Ephesians chapter 5, everybody. Verse 16.
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Redeeming the time because the days are evil.
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17. Wherefore, Be not unwise, but understanding
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what the will of the Lord is. Eighteen. Everybody,
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read together. We will not know that you are
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the one being drunk with wine. So everybody,
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let's chorus it together so that we will not
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find you out. And be not, and be not, and be
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not drunk with wine wherein is what? The next
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line, everybody. But be filled with. The Spirit,
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19. If your Bible, you see, that's filled with
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the Spirit, you see a semicolon, a colon, a comma,
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right? See, 19. What's the next line, 19? Speaking
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to yourselves in what? Psalms and hymns and spiritual
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songs, singing and making melody in your heart
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to who? To the Lord, 20. Giving thanks always
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for how many things? All things unto God and
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the Father in the name of what? So in Acts chapter
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2 verse 4, we saw that they were filled with
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the Spirit and they what? They spoke. See now,
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in this verse we see that when you are filled
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with the Spirit, what and what will you be doing?
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Let's count it. Number one, you speak to yourselves
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in what? In psalms and hymns. That is the number
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one thing that will happen when you are filled
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with the Spirit, right? Second thing. Singing
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and what? Making melody where? In your heart
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where? Next thing that will happen to you, giving
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thanks how? Murmuring always? Complaining always?
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Insulting always? What will be happening? Giving
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thanks always for how many things? But all this
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is a product of what? The product of what? Being
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filled with what? With the spirit of who? Uh
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-huh. You say what? Yes. Ah, 21. Thank you. 21.
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It didn't stop there, actually. 21. Can we read
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it all together? One to another in what? So how
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many things? Let's count them. Speaking to yourselves,
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number one. Singing and making melody in your
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heart, number two. Giving thanks always, number
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three. Submitting what? Yourselves want what?
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Another in what? All as a product of what? Being
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filled with what? The Spirit of who? This is
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class now. Raise your hands, everybody. I believe.
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I believe. And I know that I'm always and I will
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always be filled with the Spirit of God. And
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I'll always speak to my brothers in psalms and
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hymns and spiritual songs. Oh, I will sing and
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make melody. In my heart unto the Lord, I will
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give thanks always for all things unto God. I
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will submit always to my brothers and sisters
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in the fear of the Lord. Hallelujah. This is
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what it means to be filled with what? With the
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Spirit of God. Praise God. I've just answered
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some questions now in our hearts. Amen? Okay.
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So write this as extra scriptures because we
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are not coming to it because we're going to come
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into it. On Wednesday, a couple of people, I
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know some of us were not there. So let me repeat
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the scriptures because we've read a good number
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of them on Wednesday. Acts chapter 19, verse
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6. You could write it down. Acts 19, 6. Luke
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1, 41. Luke 1, 41. You realize that all these
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people, when they were filled with the Holy Ghost,
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they began to what? They speak. Some of them
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prophesied. Amen. Good. Acts 1, 67. And Luke
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1, 67. Sorry. Luke 1 .67. Luke 4 .1. Luke 4 .1.
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Acts 2 .4. Acts 2 .4. Acts 4 .8. Acts 4 .8. Acts
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4 .30 -31. Acts 4 .30 -31. Acts 9 .16 -17. Acts
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9 .16 -17. Acts 7 .55. You see, most of the scriptures
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we are reading is all in Acts, right? Acts chapter
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7 verse 55. Acts chapter 13 verse 52. Acts chapter
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13 verse 52. Acts chapter 13 verse 9. And then
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Acts chapter 6 verse 3. Hallelujah. Praise God.
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And we establish a truth on Wednesday that to
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be filled with the Spirit of God means to allow
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for the demonstration or the manifestation of
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the gifts of the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. We saw
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in Acts chapter 2 verse 4 that The Holy Ghost
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gave them what? The Holy Ghost gave them utterance,
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right? Good. So we say being filled with the
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Spirit means to allow for the demonstration or
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the manifestation of the gifts of the Holy Ghost.
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So we can say again that being filled with the
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Spirit of God means the manifestation of the
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Spirit from within. The manifestation of the
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Spirit from where? From within. You're not writing.
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Are you recording it on your phone? You're not
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writing. You've been looking at me. Even collect
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pen. Take pen. I have pen. I dash you. Don't
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worry. It's not a success pen. It's a normal
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pen. Give a paper or something. So this is how,
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when I talk, I look at everybody's eyes. I want
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to see what is inside. So I want to see everybody
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is active. Put the recording. Okay. You listen
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to it after service and write and snap it and
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send me what you have written. Amen. Hallelujah.
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People that are being filled with the spirit
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of God, they pay attention during services. Hallelujah.
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Yes. Not you guys. The previous guys we used
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to have that come here. During service, you see
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them playing computer game. There was one guy
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there. He was playing computer game. Candy Crush.
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Let me say something jokingly. If you play Candy
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Crush, your life will be crushed. That was a
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joke. Praise God. Sir, this Pastor Koston, you
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like play? Of course. You just finished hearing
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now that we are going to be singing melody. You
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know, only my wife can marry me. I said, my wife,
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she's serious. She's carrying a serious face.
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Yes, that is it. That's the Spirit of God. You
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see, that thing that you have had somewhere that
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they say, because you are filled with the Spirit
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of God. Bless you, brother. They didn't teach
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you well about the Spirit of God. I said it here
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someday. Here. That even people in the office,
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they say, anytime we come and meet you, where
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we live, there is this energy. We just leave
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your office, sir. We live with energy. It's not
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energy. It's the Spirit of... It's called the
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joy of the Holy Ghost. Many a times, some of
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you will come and say, you put all your problems
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on us and say it. You don't know our problem
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is more than yours. But we come here, the Lord
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is good. He is faithful. Hallelujah. Glory. You
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say, these pastors, they're enjoying, you know.
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We're going to see it. You see, when you're filled
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with the Spirit of God, It defies every kind
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of difficult situations you are inside. Oh, you
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only see those situations the way Jesus sees
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them. So we said, that time means manifestation
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of the Spirit from where? From within. Hallelujah.
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Write this, that the feeling of the Spirit or
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the feeling with the Spirit of God is not a one
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-time experience. Hallelujah. It's not a what?
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It's not a one -time. This is the most beautiful
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part now. Write this. The feeling with the Spirit
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of God is for ministry. Hallelujah. It's for
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what? It's for ministry. It's for ministry. Hallelujah.
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When we say be filled with the Spirit, we mean,
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I'm going to use this term, actively stir up
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the gifts of the Spirit which is within you.
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Do what? Actively what? Stare up. You can replace
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that word actively with consciously stare up.
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Add another word. Mindfully stare up the what?
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The gifts of the Holy Ghost. That is where? That
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is within you. So, for example, as the Holy Ghost,
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you know that the Spirit of God dwells in you.
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As he gives you utterance, you actively do what?
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You actively do what? You speak. You consciously
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what? Speak! Hallelujah! On a Sunday morning
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like this, and then you just arrive to church.
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I know a large number of us are students here,
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so I'm going to give a student's kind of example.
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And then you arrive to church, you're trusting
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the Lord. Most of the things that most of you
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trust is finances for tuition fees. So that's
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why I'm going to use that example. It's not an
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insult or something. Well, you're trusting the
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Lord for finances, for tuition fees, and then
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you arrive Sunday morning to church, and then...
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The Spirit of the Lord, let... I just had now
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in my heart, right? I perceive now in my heart
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for somebody here. Learn to listen to the voice
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of the Holy Ghost much more when He directs you
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to the needs of your brothers. Pay attention
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because He will be showing you... Physical needs.
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For some of them is their shirts. For some of
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them is trousers. For some of them is shoes.
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For some of them is as basic as food to eat.
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They don't have. Pay attention to the leading
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of the Holy Spirit when he speaks to your heart
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to meet the what? To meet the needs. Praise God.
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Hallelujah. Because as I perceive more as I speak
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now, right? He's going to be increasing that
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leading much more in your heart. Every time you
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come around, fellow, brethren. He will be ensuring
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that your eyes are pointed to look out for the
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needs of the brethren that you're part of. Amen.
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Please pay attention. Praise God. So back to
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my example. So now it's a word for somebody.
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You're here. He has been putting it in your heart
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to reach out to meet the needs of people. Amen.
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Don't ignore it. Hallelujah. It happened to me
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sometime when I was in the university. I set
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out in my heart that I was going to be, I would
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start paying people's tuition fees and transport
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fare. Okay. Okay. Let me not say it. So transport
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fare. Amen. Hallelujah. Before I would see applicants.
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Soteria Bank and Customs Bank and all the banks,
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they are not yet dead. They are still, what do
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you call it, sir? There are no banks. They can
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only cater for only two people, a husband and
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wife. And it happens that the central executive
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officer and then the chief operations officer,
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they are only the people handling the system
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now. Amen? So now, this is what happens now.
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You arrive, okay, I set out that I was going
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to be doing that. But every time I get into,
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and you know, our church is somewhere and our
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school, he knows our school is somewhere. We
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are close to PZ. It's a long drive. So anytime
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I enter the bus, I will hear, I will see people
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that cannot pay this thing. But they've carried
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that initiative, having faith that when they
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get into bus, somebody will... You people, you
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are abroad. You don't exercise faith. I am in
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Nigeria. People live by... I know what I'm saying.
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So I will enter, sir. I will know somebody who's...
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You see? Please, can you just pay? I know church
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brethren, they will reduce their voice. Please,
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can you just pay my fares too? Somewhere I say,
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sorry, bro. You know, I'm not able to have sufficient.
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I lie, number one. Oh, I lied. Another time I
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will enter. I'll say, just ask. Or randomly pay
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people's fare inside the bus. I will be struggling
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with it. Until one day I got into that bus. Bro,
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I can't pull. He didn't think about it. And I
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realized, you know, from that day, I knew that
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he has been doing it. When we just enter, before
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everybody put hand inside pockets, you just talk
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to the conductor for everybody. I want to say,
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plus me. I said, no, no, no, no. You see, this
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thing there. In fact, let me show you my book.
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He told me, I even wrote it. See, he told me
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that I should start taking initiatives and then
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be conscious to pay some people's fare. Okay,
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what we'll do, we'll start sharing it. You see,
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from that day, because we attended a good church,
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And in that church, they taught us giving, giving,
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giving. However, they went a little bit extreme.
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They told us to carry one dollar and put inside
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our purse and be calling dollar every morning.
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That church, we call money, I used to share it
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with them. In that church, you hear us, they
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say it's time to call for money. Money, money,
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money. Money, in dollars, in pounds, in euros,
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from different locations, in truckloads, come
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to me now in the name of Jesus. You know, I saw
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the picture of the place some weeks or some months
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ago. Some of them are still there. And I have
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some privilege to have some information about
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some of them. They are still struggling so much.
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They love the Lord. They are believers, tongue
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-talking. They are doing a lot of exploits. Hear
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this. If you don't take initiative on your finances,
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you're going to be a poor, tongue -tucking, filled
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with the spirit of God believer. I mean legal.
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Don't go and do Yahoo. Don't do Yahoo. Don't
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sell your body. Don't give anything. There are
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legal ways to have finances. You may not be on
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Forbes list, but you will not beg for bread.
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You may not be on top list, but you will not
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be around walking naked. Do you hear what I said?
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Be hard working. If you can't use your brain,
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use your hands. That's a word for somebody. So
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take initiative. I got here because I was saying,
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take initiative. Be conscious. As the Spirit
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of God leads you to solve people's needs, right?
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Do it. Hallelujah. Praise God. You understand
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because we are reading some scriptures about
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that. Okay, that's why the Holy Ghost even led
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me here. Amen? Say, I'm filled with the Spirit
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of God. So being filled with the Spirit of God
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is a function of your choice. Say, it's a function
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of my choice. Being filled with the Spirit of
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God is a function of my choice. Yes, it's a function
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of your choice. Yes, it's a function of what?
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We saw it in Acts chapter 2 verse 4. They were
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filled with the Spirit of God. The Spirit of
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God gave them ultras and they made a choice to
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do what? To speak. Amen? Acts chapter 4 verse
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8. Acts chapter 4 verse 8. It's a function of
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your choice. It's a function of your choice.
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Acts chapter 4 verse 8. Very fast. Then Peter
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filled with what? Acts 4 verse 8. Acts chapter
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4 verse 8. Then Peter, everybody, filled with
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what? With the Holy Ghost. And he what? He was
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filled with the Holy Ghost. What's the next thing
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he did? He what? He said to them. He spoke. You
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guys are not fast in opening your Bible. It shows
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that you don't read your Bible at home. Yes.
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Acts is not after Malachi. You know, I sat down
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beside somebody in this church. I won't show
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the location. They said, let's open to Acts.
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A full grown woman. She went to the front content
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and check for the number of the page. And check
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Acts. Acts. Acts. Page 941. Somebody say Jesus.
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It's true. 900. But she's not coming to church
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now. She opened to 941 and said she found Acts.
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Exploit. At the back. I asked exploit. Open to
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Zechariah. She opened it. Open to Zephaniah.
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She opened to Haggai. She opened it. Exploit.
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I'm not saying today, oh, she's more wiser now.
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It was last year. I said, oh. But even at this
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age, okay, we're in Sunday school trying to do
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Sunday school competition. Bible open. She could
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not. It just shows that you're not reading your
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Bible. People that are filled with the Spirit
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of God are always close to God's Word. You know
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what I said? They are always close to what? Yes.
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Say today. And always, I will always be close
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to my Bible. I will open it and I will read it
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and I will study it. Somebody say he's attacking
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me. I attack you. If you fail to attack men,
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I will attack you again. You can't be in this
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church and be opening to page, page, contento,
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content, sir. I will tell you, I will tell you
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people, the lady. Yes, I will. This is what we
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do. We label over your soul. Definitely we can't
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leave this job. You have to leave this church.
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That's just it. Because we know in every church
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there are stubborn people. They never leave.
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They're in every church. No matter how tongue
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speaking and spirit filled the churches is or
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the churches are, you'll find one stubborn person
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there. He's always everywhere. And the pastors
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are patient with them. We'll be patient with
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you. Amen? Why is he talking like that? Yeah,
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because I have to talk to you. Acts chapter 6
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verse 3. See what the scripture says. Wherefore
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brethren, look ye out among you. How many men?
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Look ye among you. How many men? In any CF, look
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ye out among you. How many men? Seven men of
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what? Honest report. So which means these men
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must be known within the brethren. Right? When
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we say honest men, what do we mean? When we say
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honest men, what do we mean? It means that these
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people are known everywhere. Their life is not
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hidden. They know them among the multitudes.
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In fact, the scripture says that they grew from
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120 to 3 ,000, 3 ,000 to 5 ,000, from 5 ,000
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to multitude. Multitude, which means we could
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not what? We cannot count them. But among the
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number that they cannot count them, they still
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know that there are people that are what? Having
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honest what? Report. Question to you. Can we
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say you have a honest report? One. Two. These
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men should be what? Full of what? The Holy Ghost
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and whom we may appoint over what? So which means
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that these people being filled with the Spirit
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of God, they were not hidden. Probably, I just
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imagine now because they chose Stephen, verse
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5. They chose Stephen. They chose Philip. They
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chose Prochorus. They chose Nicanon. They chose
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Timon. They chose Parmenas. They chose what?
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Nicholas. I just imagine now among them, right?
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That they just saw Stephen one of these days,
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you know, giving a word of prophecy, you know,
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and then going around because it shows, because
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in the next verse he did that. They know that
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Stephen was not only full of faith and full of
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the Holy Ghost, he was just one of those evenings
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you see in one corner. And his character and
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conduct within the multitude was always commendable.
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Oh, they see Parmenas and Timon. You know, they
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are just moving. They say, I think today we need
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to go to, let's go to Gilne for evangelizing.
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Because we saw Philip. Philip did that in Acts
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chapter 8. Him alone. Nobody pushed them. Nobody
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told them to go and do it. They left on their
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own choice. And they took a city. Hallelujah.
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Oh, a man filled with the Spirit of God is limitless.
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What you will do for Jesus is limitless. The
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power of God through you is limitless. Let me
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say that it's coming to my heart. A man that
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is filled with the Spirit of God can take a city.
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Don't underestimate yourself. Don't despise your
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youth. So it's your choice. For the responsibility
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to be stirred and flow in the things of the Spirit
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is in the hands of the believer. Hallelujah.
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The responsibility to be stirred up and to flow
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in the things of the Spirit is where? It's in
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the hands of who? The believer. It's in your
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hands. Hallelujah. The choice is yours. The Holy
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Ghost is in you and all the gifts of the Holy
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Ghost is also where? In you. Praise God. See,
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the Holy Ghost is in me. And all the gifts of
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the Holy Ghost is also in me. Hallelujah. Write
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this title somewhere. All believers have all
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the gifts of the Spirit and shall manifest and
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demonstrate them all. All believers have all
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the gifts of the Holy Ghost. and should manifest
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and demonstrate all of them. All believers have
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all the gifts of the Holy Ghost and should manifest
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and demonstrate all of them. Why should they
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manifest? And why should they demonstrate it
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like this? To profit everyone. Hallelujah. To
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do what? To profit what? Everyone. Why should
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you speak? To profit what? Everyone. Why should
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you prophesy? To do what? Profit what? Everyone.
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Why should you lay hands on the sick so that
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the sick will get healed? To do what? To profit
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everyone. Oh, say it. I am a huge benefit to
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the body of Christ. I am a huge benefit. Oh,
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to my brothers and sisters. Say, I only bring
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benefit to everyone I need. Hallelujah. Yes.
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The word manifestation, right? It is. In Greek,
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what is phanerosis? The word manifestation is
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phanerosis. P -H -A -N -E -R -O -S -I -S. Phanerosis.
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The word manifestation means what? Phanerosis.
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Phanerosis. P -H -A -N -E -R -O -S -I -S. S -I
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-S. S -I -S. P -H -A -N -E -R -O -S -I -S. It
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means to make bear. To reveal plainly. To not
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to hide. Not to hide. It means to make bare.
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To reveal plainly. Not to what? Not to what?
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Not to hide. Hallelujah. Manifestation. So which
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means that I have the Spirit of God. All the
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things of the Spirit are where? Are in me. All
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the gifts of the Holy Ghost are where? Are in
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me. But I need to do what? Manifest them. When
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we say we are making things bare, it means that
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the two natural, plain, physical eyes can do
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what? Can see them. The five senses can perceive
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them. Write it down. When I manifest the gifts
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of the Holy Ghost, the five senses can be able
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to perceive it. Hallelujah. Praise God. That
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word, phanerosis, was gotten from a root word,
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faneru. And faneru means to make visible what
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has been hidden, whether by words or deeds, in
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any other way. Hallelujah. Faneru means what?
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To make visible what has been hidden, whether
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by words or deeds, in any other way. To meet
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the eyes. Faneru. To meet the eyes. To shine,
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to display. When we read that 1 Corinthians 12,
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verse 7, everybody. 1 Corinthians 12, verse 7.
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1 Corinthians 12, verse 7. 1 Corinthians 12,
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verse 7. See what the scripture says there, everybody.
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But the what? 1 Corinthians 12, verse 7. But
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the manifestation of what? Is given to how many
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men? To do what? To profit what? So which means
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that no believer is supposed to stay hidden when
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it comes to the things of the Spirit. Hallelujah.
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No believer is what? Is supposed to stay what?
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Hidden. The more you hide the gifts of the Holy
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Ghost. You are not bringing profits to the body.
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The more you hide the things of the spirit, you
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are not becoming beneficial or you are not being
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beneficial to your brother. So what is my position
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as a believer that is filled with the spirit
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of God? That I do what? I manifest. Hallelujah.
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Say I manifest. Daily I manifest. I manifest
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what? All the things of the spirit that are where?
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That are locked up from where? Within me. Praise
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God. Hallelujah. Verse 11. Verse 11 says, That
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word there is Hekastos. Hekastos means to each
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one. Hekastos. H -E -K -A -S -T -O -S. Hekastos.
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To each man, to every man, and that what every
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man, whether woman or what? Or man. Hallelujah.
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Hekastos. H -E -K -A -S -T -O -S. But he say
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he divides to every man severally. As he what?
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As he will. That as he will is not the will of
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the Holy Ghost. Now is the will of the man that
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has received. Hallelujah. Now, let's read it
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carefully this way. Everybody, can we read together?
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Verse 11. Hallelujah. As what? As He will. Who
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is the receiver? The believer is the receiver.
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Amen? Who act on his will to manifest it? Who
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act on his will? The believer acts where? On
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his will. To do what? To manifest it. Write this
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somewhere. That word, as he will. Write it somewhere.
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He divides severally to every man as he will,
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based on purpose or needs. Hallelujah. Based
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on what? Purpose or what? Or need. As he will.
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That word is bulamai. It means based on the desire
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of the receiver. Praise God. So which means that
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based on my desire, I can prophesy. Based on
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my desire, I can give word of prophecy. I can
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give word of wisdom. I can give word of knowledge.
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When you go home, you can take as he will. So
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you are the receiver. John chapter 6 verse 11.
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And we'll stop here. You will see it there. John
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chapter 6 verse 11. And Jesus took the loaves.
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And when he had given thanks, he distributed
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to the disciples. They received it, right? And
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the disciples, to them that were set down, right?
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And likewise of the fishes, as much as what?
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As much as what? As they would. So the disciples
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are the ones that have received it. And they
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are the ones that will do what? Act on their
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will to share it out. Matthew 11, 27. You will
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see that same word there. So you are the one
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that would will. Say, I have the will. I have
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the will. I act on my will to manifest all the
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gifts of the Holy Ghost. Matthew 11, 27. All
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things are delivered unto me of my Father, and
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no man knoweth the Son, but the Father. Neither
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knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and
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he to whomsoever the Son will. Do what? Reveal
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him. Praise God. Acts 5 .28 Oh, be so conscious
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that when you get to places, act on your will,
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act on your will, act on your will, that every
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manifestation, every gift of the Holy Ghost in
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you must be made bare. Acts 5 .28, see what happened.
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Saying, did not we straightly command you that
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what? That ye should not teach in what? In this
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name. And behold, what happened? Ye have filled
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Jerusalem, what? With your doctrine. And what?
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That same will is the same with intention. And
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ye intend to bring this man's blood, where? Upon
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us. Make deliberate intention. Hallelujah. Make
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deliberate intention. Oh, make deliberate what?
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Intention. Make what? Deliberate what? Intention.
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Never have a day. Even if you are chatting with
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people, you can prophesy to them. Praise God.
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Lastly, now Acts 12 .4. Oh, beautiful. Acts 12
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.4. And when he had apprehended him, he put him
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in what? In prison and delivered him to what?
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Four quaternions of soldiers to keep him. Can
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you say another word? Do you what? Intending.
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Willing that after Easter. To bring him forth
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to what? To the people. Praise God. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. The diversities of all the gifts
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of the Holy Ghost are in us. Amen? Praise God.
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All the operations are based on your decision.
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Praise God. Hallelujah. See, I make decision.
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I make daily decision to manifest the gifts of
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the Holy Ghost. Praise God. Yeah, so we're going
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to come to... The next place where we said to
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walk in love when it comes to the gifts of the
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Holy Ghost. Write it somewhere. That's the next
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thing we'll look at. Walking in love when it
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comes to the gifts of what? The Holy Ghost or
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the things of the Holy Ghost. And we'll give
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some points there. And have a great time manifesting
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and seeing the demonstration of the things of
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the Spirit. Can we rise to our feet? Thank you
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