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Transformation by The Holy Spirit by Apostle Joshua Selman (Sermon Excerpts) · Selah Media House

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Listen for someone here, you've been itching for ministry and
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God is saying just calm down. Just because you are called does
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not mean you are sent. This is a prophetic word.
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When God calls you, he calls you to himself, then he sends you to
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the nations. I don't doubt your call, but
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have you been sent? The Bible says He called them
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that they should be with Him then that He might send them,
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because in being with Him the Maker makes you.
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It's not only the heavens and the earth that He makes.
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He will furnish you. Saul becomes Paul, Abraham
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becomes Abraham, Sarai becomes Sarah.
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Are we together now that making? He will purge your appetites.
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He will purge your desires, He will planting you something you
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were not born with. And by the time he's done
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occasionally in that training, he will allow you to go for
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industrial practice. So in the midst of that
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training, you will go for a meeting somewhere.
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You will see power like you have never seen.
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Then he says return to class. He was just to show you, to
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encourage you. But many people immediately sign
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off their graduation after that first program.
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And the deception is that people don't know whether you have been
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trained or not. Once they see you come again, it
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is left for you to love your destiny enough to say I'm only
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on industrial training, let me go back because there is a kind
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of river I want to flow. Rina Simali Capros Kabila Sopran
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Diva Delena Solaga de Balako Theatre 7 people.
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I'm seeing the number seven. I just saw light falling on
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those seven people. The Lord is calling you back to
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the place of making. You are made, but not enough.
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You are still on that construction.
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Not enough. You are Moses, but not yet
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you? Listen for many.
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Please just have those under the anointing.
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Let's not be distracted. You see, there is no doubt that
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you are called. There is no doubt that the
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prophetic is there. But if you are really serious
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about effective witness, the key.
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We run in the Kingdom by staying.
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We don't run by running. The secret of speed is to stay.
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The ability to stay is how we run.
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The capacity you have within the Spirit is the degree to which a
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demand will be placed upon you. Hear me listen, the Bible says
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if you turn aside in day of battle, your strength is small.
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Why did Israel turn aside in the day of battle?
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Their strength was small. But there was a young boy, Where
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did he come from? The secret of David is where he
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came from, not his family place, his place of training.
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So don't be little my size. In the wilderness, a lion came.
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There was no social media to announce it, but I toyed.
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I thought the bear, I know what to do.
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I didn't hear it. By strength, I toyed by
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covenant. That is the basis of my
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defeating Goliath. And Goliath said am IA dog, that
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you come to me. He said you come to me with your
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paws and your spares, but I come to you by a covenant.
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I was trained, I was furnished far from the furnace of
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affliction. I have capacity to bring you
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down, that I will throw you down by the sling, and I will use
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your own sword to cut off your head.
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It is true that he called you into the healing ministry, but
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please make sure you stay before you start calling the sick to
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come out because there is no mercy for unfaithful servants.
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He gave 15 talent, 2 talent, one talent.
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He gave them enough time to go and learn about investment.
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The one with one talent would have learned from the guy with
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five, but anger and resentment made him to live it there.
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And one time he came demanding stewardship.
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You are called to the healing ministry.
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Don't produce any poster yet. Stay till he walks on you.
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Let a grace come from heaven upon your life, that the day you
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call the sick with one manifestation of His power, you
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will ride like the river. The river rides with ease.
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He clears everything before him. The challenge with many
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believers is that our callings and our election is certain, but
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we have not given diligence to make our callings and our
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election sure. So there are many people wanting
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to do big things for God, but the capacity is small.
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You become a casualty on the journey to yourself and to all
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those who trust you. Pray in the Spirit for one
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minute. No distraction.
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Go ahead. You see the Bible tells us that
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from age 12 the last thing we hear about Jesus was he was in
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the temple and that's the end of it where he went to what he did.
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If you were in Jesus generation, one day you ask him, are you
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really a savior? Is it true that there is
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prophecy on your head? What are you doing from?
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I thought you would start the ministry from 14 and you hang
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on, there is something I'm doing.
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You don't know what the cross is.
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You do not understand the nature and the gravity of man sin.
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I know the nature of my assignment from age 12.
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The next 18 years, we did not hear about Jesus.
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The next time he shows up, he comes to John's crusade and John
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is a prophet who had been trained to identify him.
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Do you know that baptism was a strategy by John to identify the
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Christ? So he would pour water and look,
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you are not the one go. He would pour water.
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And because a sign was given to him in his place of training and
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one time as soon as he looked, he said, behold, I've seen him
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hold on. He did not see the baby that was
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born. He did not see the teenager.
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He saw one who had built capacity.
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Did you hear that? So there are times that a
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prophet can come, a genuine prophet.
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He will not see you as touching your call because that version
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was not given for him to see. John did not see baby Jesus.
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John did not see teenager Jesus. He saw Jesus who had been
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trained, and he said, behold, the Lamb that takes away the
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sins of the world. And Jesus came, why are you
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here? I came to be ordained.
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And he said, no, I'm not worthy based on what I've seen, the
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capacity that I see in the Spirit.
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He said Sophie to be so that Scripture may be fulfilled.
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The Bible says he dipped in water.
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As soon as he came out, there was a verdict from heaven.
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This is my beloved son. The question is, what was he
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before he was a carpenter's son. He was a baby, but training
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brought him to a state. This is my beloved son in whom I
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am well placed from that time. 3 1/2 years ministry and we've not
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recovered. Because if the axe head is
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blonde, much energy will be exerted.
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The reason why there is exertion of energy in evangelism,
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exertion of energy in soul winning.
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My God, we have such laborers in the field and sometimes after
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one year, With all due respect, what?
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What is the sickle? Some are even using their hands
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because they did not receive the sickle.
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The sickle is given in training, not at birth.
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There are many people at the farm, no sickle.
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Others are dead. They don't even know the
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difference between wheat and tears because he said let them
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grow. You must be trained to know they
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all look alike. Many have been cutting down
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everything because the ill training does not make them see
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that there is a difference between sickle.
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I mean the wheat and the tears. Are we learning the inner work
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of transformation? It is within that time of
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training God will teach you compassion to be touched with
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the feelings of people's infirmity.
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It is at that point He will teach you victory over Satan.
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You will be frustrated in that training team.
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Your ego is tongue and you will finally die in the year that
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King Uzziah died. Then you now see there are
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things in the day that my pride died, I saw the Lord in the day
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my God died in the day lost, died, training sometimes of
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death. A great prophet like Isaiah, as
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great as he was, he was already prophesying, but he was on his
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own. In chapter 6, while he was
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prophesying, God was still saying, who shall we send?
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Isaiah said, So what have I been doing?
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He said, send me. God would have said, no, no, not
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you. I mean the rest.
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He said, now come, let's send you my God.
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And yet conferences were still happening and heaven was still
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saying, who shall we send and who shall go for us?
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The first thing that happened to Isaiah was that a live call was
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taken and it was porch. And it says your iniquity is
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taken from you. You are not a false prophet, but
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there is still iniquity in you. You don't like what I'm
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teaching. You invited me to teach on Let
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the River Flow. What did you think I was going
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to talk about? If you really want that river to
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flow, this is how it flows. So back to Lagos, what is the
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solution to the flood problem? I believe the government is
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already working the digging, massive digging of drainages
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because the rain will come for sure, am I right?
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And then the clearing of certain gutters and, and whilst you see
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them clearing it, they're clearing it.
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And it is a beautiful thing. With all due respect, when you
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go to developed nations and you see all kinds of rainbow, they
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have channelled it well and everything goes well.
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That vessel is you and I. This is not to condemn you, but
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let me tell you the truth, there is still a lot of work to be
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done in US. Ephesians chapter 3 from verse
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19 and 20. Please give it to us.
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We have to pray to know the love of Christ, which surpasses all
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knowledge, that you may be filled with the fullness of God.
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Next verse it says now unto Him who is able to do exceeding
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abundantly above all that we ask or think, Please finish the last
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line for me. According to what?
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So those possibilities are limited to the degree of His
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power that flows in us. Now when you go through that
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inner work of transformation. I'm saying this because some of
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you that is the season where you are.
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How I know is because God left you alone.
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He took everybody away from you. Transformation and training is
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not done in the crowd. He will isolate you.
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There are things He will teach you and only you will understand
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is your covenant with Him. When that happens, ladies and
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gentlemen, at that point you are ready to be a witness.
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Then John 739 now happens, you are filled when you are filled.
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And you see the fullness of Christ involves 3 dimensions of
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him. Maybe I should say that quickly.
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When the Bible talks about the fullness of Christ, there is a
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theological explanation #1 the nature of Christ, His character
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#2 the wisdom of Christ #3 the power of Christ.
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So every time you talk about the fullness of Christ, your mind
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should go to these 3 dimensions #1 the nature, the character of
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Christ, the fruit of the spirit #2 the wisdom of Christ.
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Are we together now what the Bible calls the mind of Christ
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and then #3 the works of Christ? Anybody who works in these 3
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dimensions is operating in the fullness of Christ.
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You can walk in the power of Christ and not the nature of
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Christ. Something will be wrong with
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that presentation. You can walk in the wisdom of
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Christ and not walk in the power of Christ.
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You can walk in the nature of Christ and not walk in the power
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of Christ, but God desires witnesses who operate this
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threefold dimension. And every problem you see in the
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church through history is because one dimension was
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ignored or one dimension. We call it different names.
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I'm not speaking in the pastors conference, but go and trace
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through Bible history. Every time God was
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misrepresented, one of these three components was found
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wanting. Either someone emphasized His
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wisdom at the expense of His nature, no character, or someone
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emphasized His nature and there was no power to validate His
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presence. Or someone contended for power
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and there was no wisdom to guide the administration of that
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power. Maybe this is someone for
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someone. Go back and teach your people
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that the fullness of Christ is a representation, A wholesome
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representation of His nature, His wisdom and His power.
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Let's say together his nature, his wisdom.
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Show me a believer who is trained by the Spirit to capture
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this. I'll show you a mighty tool, a
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mighty end time tool. And I believe this is what God
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is doing, even with conferences like this.
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This is what God is doing through several vessels, many of
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you here, He's granting grace. There are people who have been
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greatly aligned along the area of His nature, orders His
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wisdom, orders His power. But what God is doing is His
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bringing a synergy. You can't say I understand its
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nature. That means I stay there.
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You will have great people with character, but they would die of
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sickness. They will not go forward.
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They will not advance or be it. You will see holiness and
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righteousness and purity. Then there are others who will
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see wisdom. CE OS will come out,
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professionals, intellectuals, but spiritually speaking, one
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York from darkness will bring them down, bring the business
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down because it says, say unto God, how terrible are thou in
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thy walks? It is through the greatness of
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thy power. Wisdom builds, power retains.
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So if the only thing you have to build is wisdom, retainership is
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not there. There will not be longevity of
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impact. Are we learning?
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Let me tell you the truth. You can test your training with
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the Holy Spirit by checking these three indices I just
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mentioned. That's how you know it.
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Is God training you always a familiar spirit?
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If it is another spirit training you, and I'm not being
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sarcastic, you will never find this tripartite formation.
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Only the Spirit of God has capacity to build a believer in
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a wholesome way that captures character, the nature of Christ,
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the wisdom of Christ. I said this with all due
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respect. If you are a servant of the
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living God here, May God grant us greater grace to be able to
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communicate these threefold dimensions because our members
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will be a reflection of the degree or otherwise of our
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communicating this area. None of these three should be
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emphasized above another. This is a three fold cord that
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cannot be easily broken. The nature of Christ.
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The wisdom of Christ. The character of Christ.