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The Ministry of Laying of Hands 2 | The Believer's conference 2025 day 3 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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  Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is
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  designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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  walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until
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  right in. Amen. Yes, so we're welcome once again.
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  And those of the people following us online.
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  You're welcome. Amen. I am anointed. I will preach
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  Jesus everywhere I go. I am his, his man. I will
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  follow him until the end of time. I am anointed.
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  I am anointed. I will preach Jesus everywhere
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  I go. I am his. Yes. He is mine. I will follow
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  him until the end of time. Mark 16. Mark chapter
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  16. Thank you, Lord. Mark 16. Let me read from
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  verse 15. He says, and he said to them, go into
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  the world, into all the world and preach the
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  gospel to every creature. 16. He who is, who
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  believe and is baptized, will be saved, but he
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  who does not believe will be condemned. And these
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  signs will follow those who believe. In my name,
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  they will cast out demons. They will speak with
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  new tongues. And if they drink any deadly, It
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  will by no means hurt them. They will lay hands
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  on the sick and they will recover. So we started
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  yesterday trying to see the ministry of laying
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  of hands. The ministry of laying of hands. And
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  two things we mentioned or we looked at yesterday.
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  We noted that this ministry is not something
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  that is done from afar. You can teach from afar.
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  But we saw that impartation, impartation. done
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  through the laying of hands, has to be, or we
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  need a face -to -face meeting. And that tells
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  us the necessity of face -to -face meeting. Of
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  course, there are other things, probably I might
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  touch them along the line, which is key. For
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  example, you cannot be pastored online. You cannot
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  be pastored online because the work of a pastor
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  is not just to teach, but to have oversight.
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  And oversight is not something that online space
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  will permit. Yes, you need to be taught, but
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  you need to be put to practice those things which
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  you have learned. Are we together? Probably let
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  me read this verse. Yesterday, our lead pastor
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  read that text. You understand? 2 Timothy. Look
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  at what Paul said. This is what it means to pastor.
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  Because pastoring is done by example. Paul will
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  say, follow me as I follow Christ. Which means
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  that you have to be present physically to watch.
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  To watch. To watch. Look at it. I will read from
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  verse 10. He said, but you have done what? Carefully.
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  2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 10. But you have carefully
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  followed my what? My doctrine. My what? My manner
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  of life. This is not something you can see from
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  very far. You have followed my manner of life.
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  You have to be where the person is to be able
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  to see his manner of life. My purpose, my fate,
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  my long suffering. My long suffering, my faith.
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  When Paul was commending Timothy, he said, when
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  I saw the sincere faith in the son, he said,
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  you see, he said that faith was in your grandmother.
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  Are we together? Are we together? He said that
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  faith was in your grandmother, Lois. And your
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  mother Eunice. Amen. And now I see in you. Of
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  course. You know that. That could not have been
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  possible. If Timothy was somewhere else. So he
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  said. You have. Carefully followed my purpose.
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  My faith. My long suffering. My love. My perseverance.
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  How could you have seen the perseverance? How
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  could Timothy have seen the perseverance of Paul?
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  Without him being present where the man is suffering,
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  where the man is toiling, and he could see how
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  he persevered in the face of danger. It's a persecution.
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  Affliction, which happened to me at Antioch,
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  at Iconium, at Lystra. We're going to see some
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  of them today. He mentioned the places. That
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  means Timothy was there. What persecution I endure.
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  And out of them all, the Lord deliver me. Yes.
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  And all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus
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  will suffer persecution. This part, some people
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  don't want it. It's verse 12. Once you hear suffering.
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  No. Verse 13. But evil men and impostors who
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  grow worse and worse. Deceived and being deceived.
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  But you must continue. Must stay. Must continue.
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  In the things which you have learned. And assured
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  of. Knowing from whom. You have learned them.
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  So learning is not just only by teaching. But
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  by also following the examples of the leader.
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  By following the manner of life of the leader.
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  Yes. By following the manner of life of the believer.
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  Hebrews chapter 13. Verse 7. Remember those who
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  rule over you. That word rule there is those
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  who lead. Who have spoken to you the word of
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  God? Who have spoken the word of God to you?
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  Of course, you know those he's referring to.
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  He said, whose faith do what? Oh, talk to me.
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  Whose faith do what? Follow. Considering the
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  outcome of their conduct. So learning or discipleship
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  is not just only about teaching. Fundamentally,
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  yes, it's teaching. But it's also following the
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  faith, the manner of life, the conduct of the
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  one leading. So you cannot pastor a man, you
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  understand, online. Sorry, sir. That's why it's
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  contradictory when you say an online church.
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  That name is not, it's contradictory. It's not
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  possible. When you say online followers, I agree
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  with you. When you say followers, I agree. Because
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  followers are people with that commitment. Today
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  they will follow you, tomorrow they won't follow
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  you. But when you're talking about disciples,
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  are people with a commitment. With a commitment
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  to sacrifice and following. Understand? Remember
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  yesterday we said that God's method and system
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  is man. You can't do anything about it. Understand?
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  That's why if you have problem relationally,
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  you have really a big problem. So if you ever
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  want to grow, If you ever want to become something
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  in the hand of God, you must be a follower. A
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  follower of men. You know, these days, you say,
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  no, me, I follow God. Me, I'm not a follower
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  of anybody. You are joking. They are not anti
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  each other. You know, I saw some movement these
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  days online. Probably some of you have seen it.
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  They say we left church, but not God. What a
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  confusion. The meaning of Lord. Are we together?
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  The meaning of Lord, when you say my Lord, what
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  you are saying is that. If you understand the
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  Council of Salvation, you will even talk about
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  that one. Because a Lord is someone who conquers
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  a territory and he stays there. So how can you
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  dare say you left where he is and you say you
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  didn't leave him? Because he dwells in us. We
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  are the temple of God. We are the temple of the
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  Holy Spirit. God is not outside the church. He's
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  inside. He's staying there. So how can you say
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  I left the church but not God? How? You are in
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  the will of God. when you have decided to stay.
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  You know, one brother who has not been with us
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  for some time, somehow he got misdirected and
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  was away for a long time. So I don't know what
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  hit him. He was having a lot of difficulties.
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  So somehow, his way was navigated and he came
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  back again. So he says, I want to see you. I
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  said, what is the problem? He says, I really
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  want to see you. I have a problem. I don't know.
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  I feel I don't have direction. I really don't
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  have direction. I say for you coming here, you
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  have direction. Because if you have never had
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  direction, you will not have return back. Just
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  coming back to the church, you have direction.
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  I say for you to stay and hear and grow. Don't
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  say I don't have direction. You have direction.
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  For you having the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit is
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  direction. Remember that lesson times ago we
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  taught in the sand. That once you say salvation,
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  Salvation is a change of direction. Did you understand
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  what I'm trying to say? Because when the Holy
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  Spirit actually endures a man at salvation, that
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  is a change of direction already. So you have
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  direction. Amen. I have direction. Glory to Jesus.
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  So we now saw in Mark chapter 16, and we noted
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  a second thing yesterday. And we said, these
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  signs shall follow them that believe. And we
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  saw that the signs are supernatural. So, and
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  those signs, we now saw that the laying of hands
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  is a supernatural sign. In other words, it is
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  a supernatural activity or a supernatural ministry.
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  So it says, those who believe. He said, in my
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  name. He's not saying in the mention of the name.
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  He's talking about those who believe. Those in
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  the name. That's what he was saying. Those in
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  the name. This is what they will do. Those in
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  the name. In other words, those who believe,
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  these are the signs that will follow them. We
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  noted that Jesus, the name J -E -S -U -S, of
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  course, is English. And we said Jesus, the name
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  of Jesus is not a tag. And we noted because,
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  We're trying to explain in the name. It's not
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  a tag. In fact, we have a footballer called Jesus,
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  right? Yes. And part of it told us that Jesus
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  Christ, Christ is not his surname. Are we together?
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  Amen. That Christ means the Messiah, the anointed
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  one. Huh? Are we together? He's talking about
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  his office. So, Because the word Jesus is just
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  English because English is about 1 ,600 approximately
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  years. Understand? These Germanic tribes, they
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  were the ones who migrated and started the issue
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  of speaking English. And when Jesus was around,
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  there was no English. It's not in the words,
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  in the tag. And we said, for us to have better
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  understanding, the name of Jesus is his accomplishment.
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  Because most times when we note that, that word
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  name is onoma. Onoma. O -N -O -M -A in Greek.
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  O -N -O -M -E. Onoma. It describes a person's
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  reputation, character, authority, office, deeds,
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  accomplishments. Describes a person's reputation,
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  character, authority, office, deeds, or accomplishments.
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  What the person is known for. What the person
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  is known for. So the name of a person, you know,
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  like my president now, he was a governor of Lagos
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  state, president of Nigeria. He was a governor
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  of Lagos state. His name was Master Governor.
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  I mean, his tag, Bola Ame Tinubu, did not change.
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  Did you get what I'm trying to say? but his name
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  changed. By the time he became a president, what
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  you are trying to say, his office changed. What
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  you will say also that his name as Lord has changed.
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  Because the authority that comes with a governor
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  is not the same with the one that comes with
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  what? Being a president. You know what I'm saying?
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  So, his office is his authority because the authority
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  of a president is not the same with that of a
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  governor. Are we together? So that's the same
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  thing. So when you hear Paul was said, and God
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  has given him a name. Don't think he's saying,
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  is it Jesus or something else? No, he's saying
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  that there is something he did. And the Bible
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  tells us in Philippians, if you start reading
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  from chapter 5. He said he did not consider himself.
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  Ephesians chapter 2 verse 5. If you start reading.
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  6, 7, 8. He did not consider himself to be equal
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  with God. You understand? He said he died. The
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  death of who? Of a criminal. On the cross. And
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  then the word said therefore. Yeah? Are we together?
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  He said therefore. God has exalted. Do you understand
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  what I'm trying to say? So that means there was
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  an office he was occupying before. But by the
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  reason of what he did, there was also an alleviation.
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  Are we together? So the office he occupied after
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  resurrection is not the same with the one before.
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  Because the one before, he is limited. The one
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  before will not give life. Are we together? But
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  when he resurrected, that name gives life. So
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  that is the authority of Christ. So when he's
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  talking about in the name, he's talking about
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  the authority in Christ. In the authority of
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  Christ. Where you are. So those who believe are
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  in the authority of Christ. Are in the office
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  now. And these signs they will do. These are
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  the signs they will do. In fact. We have many
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  texts. Colossians chapter 4. Look at, you will
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  see another Jesus inside. So we have plenty.
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  So that when certain things happen, you should
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  know your authority. Look at 4. Colossians 4,
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  11. He said, and what? Oh, talk to me. And what?
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  And Jesus, who is called who? Justus. These are
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  my fellow workers for the kingdom of God who
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  are of the circumcision. They have proved to
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  be a comfort to me. So that means Paul was with
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  people. In fact, one of them was called Jesus.
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  So you should know what it means to be in the
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  name. So Christ's name. It's his reputation and
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  accomplishment. That is what he has done. And
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  what he did is that he died and resurrected.
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  So with this understanding, you will appreciate
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  when we said that we have forgiveness and life
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  in his name. Are we together? Luke 24. Luke 24.
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  Luke 24, 47. 46 says, then he said to them, thus
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  it is written and thus it was necessary for Christ
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  to suffer and to do what? And to rise from the
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  dead the third day. And that repentance, which
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  is remission of sins, that is an. Yeah? Should
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  be what? Should be preached in his word. In his
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  name to all nations beginning at Jerusalem. That
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  is, to be preached in his authority. To be preached
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  in his word. Resurrection. The focus of the repentance
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  and remission of sins, you understand, is based
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  on his name. John 20. Yesterday I talked about
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  this text. John 20, 31. John 20, 31. So his resurrection
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  gave us life. His name gave us life. John 20,
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  31. But these were written. Let me start from
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  verse 30. And truly Jesus did many other signs
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  in the presence of his disciples, which are not
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  written in this book. But these are written that
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  you may believe. Pastor Fred told us yesterday
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  that the miracles of Jesus are to show what he
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  will do. So John says these. Are written that
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  you may believe. That Jesus is a Christ. The
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  son of God. And that believing. You may have
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  what? You may have what? Life where? He say in
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  his name. In his name. If you like keep shouting.
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  So in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus.
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  That one cannot give life. If you like, shout
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  it. Don't you see those comedy guys? I mean,
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  online. A little tune, Jesus. You know, in our
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  culture, anything, Jesus. Whether the one that
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  is following him or the one that is not following
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  him, they have shouted his name several times.
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  Do you understand what I'm saying? Yes. Did you
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  understand that? So, if it's just by tact, then
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  everybody will be born again by now. Those who
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  have shouted. You know, some people thought by
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  shouting. Some demons came and called, Jesus,
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  Jesus, Jesus. And the demon was on top. It's
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  not a tag. We read the story of the sons of Sceva.
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  They were not born again. He said they are exorcists.
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  You know exorcists? Those who try to cast out
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  demons by another higher demon. That's why when
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  they saw what Jesus was doing, they called him
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  this, the Prince of Beelzebub. You know Prince?
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  That he's a ruler. Because they are already,
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  they are aware that in those days, that's how
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  they do. If they want to cast a lower demon,
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  they bring a higher demon. So they saw Jesus
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  and said, this one must be a higher demon. Since
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  he's casting this, do you understand what I'm
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  saying? In the name of Jesus whom Paul preached.
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  They don't know the name. The thing is by what?
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  Mentioning. Sons of Siva. Act 19. In the name
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  of Jesus. And the demons said, you see, don't
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  think that demons don't know. They know who is
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  inside. They say, Paul, we know. Jesus, we know.
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  Hey, who are you? It's not. Hallelujah. Acts
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  chapter 4. Acts chapter 4. Look at verse 8. Then
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  Peter filled with the Holy Spirit said to them,
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  rulers of the people and elders of Israel. If
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  we this day are judged for the good deeds done
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  to the helpless man, by what means he has been
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  made well. Let it be known to you all and to
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  all the people of Israel that by the name of
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  Jesus of Nazareth, whom you crucify. Whom God
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  raised from the dead, by him this man stand here
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  before you all. It's by the name. This is a stone
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  which was rejected by you builders, which has
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  become the chief cornerstone. No, it's their
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  salvation in any order. For there is no other
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  name under heaven. Given among men. By which
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  we must be what? The name of Jesus is his resurrection.
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  That is where salvation is. There is no any other
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  accomplishment on earth. Through which a man
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  will be saved. Look at chapter 10. Look at chapter
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  10. Chapter 10, verse 39. And we were witnesses
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  of all these things which he did both in the
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  land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they
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  killed by hanging on a tree. Him God raised up
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  on the third day and showed him openly, not to
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  all the people, but to witnesses chosen before.
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  By God, even to us who ate and drank with him
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  after he arose from the dead. And he commanded
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  us to preach to the people and to testify that
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  it is he who was ordained by God to be judge
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  of the living and the dead. To him, all the prophet
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  witnessed that through his word, through his
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  name, whoever believed in him. Will what receive
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  remission of sins? Forgiveness of sin came through
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  his name. Remission of sin through his name.
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  Remission of sin. Of course, I read, I noted
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  1 John yesterday. 1 John 5. 5 verse 13. He said,
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  These things have I written to you who believe
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  in the name of the Son of God, that you may know
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  that you have what? Eternal life. You know, if
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  you look at other texts, I mean, other translations,
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  that other part was not there. Those of you who
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  have been with us, we've done interpretation.
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  You understand what I mean by that. And that
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  you may continue to believe in the name of the
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  Son of God. That one is not in the original.
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  That you may continue to believe. No. And that
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  you may continue. That's in King James. When
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  you check other new modern translation, that
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  part. Is that you, those who believe in the name
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  of that, you might know that you have already.
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  So it was written so that they will continue
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  to believe in the name. It was written that they
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  will know that they have what? They have eternal
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  life. So. When you hear they said, there are
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  some texts. Scripture talks about Acts 2 verse
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  21. Talks about. Those who call on the name of
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  the Lord. Call on the name of the Lord. And it
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  shall come to pass that whosoever call on the
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  name of the Lord shall be what? Shall be saved.
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  Call on the name of the Lord is not shouting
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  the name of Jesus. That's not what this place
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  is talking about. Remember, Jesus told the Pharisees
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  and the scribes, he said, He was discussing,
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  I think in Matthew 7, he said, it is not the
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  person who called me Lord, Lord, that do what?
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  Did you remember? So that means it's not about
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  what? It's not about mentioning. Are we together?
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  Yes. He is talking about that call means actually
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  believing. It means believing. Those who put
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  faith in the name. Those who put faith in the
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  name. That he was raised from the dead. And that
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  was what actually Romans 10 was talking about.
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  So when he talks about confess, he's not just
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  talking about mentioning. Are we together? Are
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  we together? He's not just referring to mentioning.
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  No. He's talking about believing. Romans 10,
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  verse 6. Romans 10. Look up from verse 6. It
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  says, but the righteousness of faith speaks in
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  this way. Do not say in your heart who will ascend
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  into heaven, that is to bring Christ down from
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  above, or who will descend into the abyss, that
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  is to bring Christ up from the dead. Verse 8.
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  But what does it say? The word is now in your
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  mouth and in your heart. That is a word of faith
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  which we preach. The word of faith, which we
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  preach, that if you confess with your mouth the
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  Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God
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  has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
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  That word is not two things. You know what I'm
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  saying? First, you say, in the name of Jesus.
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  You know, sometimes when we come for altar call,
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  you say, say in the name of Jesus. In the name
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  of Jesus. If you don't say that, no, no, no.
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  That's not what he's talking about. You understand?
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  Remember, that hand there is just showing us
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  a further explanation. So confessing the Lordship
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  of Christ is that you have believed in your heart
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  that God has raised him from where? From the
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  dead. Because remember I told you, Lordship,
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  the word Lord, is a concept, you understand,
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  that was picked from the tradition of those days,
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  where someone can conquer in a place, you understand?
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  You know, those days full of wars. You understand?
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  This kind of war. This king will go on and conquer
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  this territory. And this king will conquer this
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  territory. Some of us are historians. We know
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  about it. Right? So you discover that. That's
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  from that concept. So once you say Lord, that's
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  what you are talking about. So a king will now
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  move, conquer a place. But once he conquers his
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  place, he stays there. Do you understand what
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  I'm trying to say? He doesn't conquer and leave.
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  No. He stays there and protect the territory.
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  That's the concept of salvation. So when you
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  received him, he comes into your life. It's in
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  that picture that he has conquered that territory.
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  But he does not go away. He stays there and protects
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  the territory that he has conquered. That's why
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  neither your salvation or you staying in the
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  salvation. Is ever your effort. Did you understand
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  what I'm trying to say? Because it is him that
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  stays to keep you. Now unto him who is able to
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  do what? To keep you from falling. And present
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  you faultless before his presence with exceeding
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  joy. Jude 24. Unto him who is able to keep you.
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  From what? From falling. And to present you faultless.
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  This is not by conduct. This is his work and
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  it's called salvation. That by the time you receive
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  the new body, you are still faultless. You are
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  still faultless. Yesterday, Pastor Roy spoke
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  a particular text. He said you are holy. You
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  know that Colossians and Ephesians? Holy, blameless.
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  He said without fault. Listen. A believer, see,
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  a believer, the one that has confessed Christ
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  is faultless. Did you hear what I'm saying? Meaning
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  you cannot go false. This is not a work of, it's
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  not about conduct. It's what Christ has made
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  us. You cannot be unrighteous. Did you understand
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  what I'm saying? He made him who know no sin
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  to become sin that you might become the world.
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  The righteousness. See, you cannot become unrighteous.
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  Because the one who saves lives in you. The Holy
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  Spirit can't stay in a place that is unrighteous.
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  So by his coming, he makes you righteous. He
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  makes you faultless. And he keeps you faultless.
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  Are we together? Hallelujah. Amen. So, Now you
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  know that no one is born again or become the
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  son of God by just shouting the name of Jesus.
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  No, he's talking about the issue of believing
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  in the name. Amen. So is it wrong to say in the
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  name of Jesus? We're ending prayers because already
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  we're used to it. Some people will say, in the
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  mighty name, I'm precious and glorious and intelligent.
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  Is he intelligent? In the name of Jesus. Some
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  people think that God is like a man. You have
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  to praise him. And say all kinds of names so
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  that he will feel happy to not give you money
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  or give you things. Then we used to have a formula.
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  You say, first, when you come before the Lord,
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  I don't know where you have gone. Anyway, when
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  you come before the Lord, then you will sing
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  and dance first. Because you cannot just come
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  like that. You know what I'm saying? You just
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  sing and praise first. When you sing and praise,
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  then you give thanks. After you give thanks,
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  you know what I'm saying? I've never seen expert
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  give that to me. You know what I'm saying? Sometimes
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  they enter, they don't greet. Daddy! You know
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  what I'm saying? Because, They don't need to
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  say, they will come to my door and say, Daddy,
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  you are wonderful. You are this, you are that.
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  Because they will shower praise for me. Then
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  I'll say, hey, my baby, how are you? They already
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  know, they are sure of their acceptance of their
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  father. They just come in. Daddy, sometimes I'm
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  in the middle of work. Like yesterday, I was
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  trying to go through this. Explorer just came.
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  She didn't even care. She grabbed me by the neck.
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  She was saying, Daddy, what is that? Now, the
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  point I'm trying to say is that, you know, there
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  is a way we picture our father that needs to
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  be adjusted. Listen, this is very important when
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  we begin to talk about so much about the laying
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  of hands. Are we together? To know that that
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  is what God has desired you and I to operate
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  in the ministry. That he wants to use our hand
• 39:21
  as his hand. Are we together? He wants to use
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  our what? Our hands as his hands. Because if
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  you know that he doesn't go and come, he indwells
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  you forever. You understand? And he's walking
• 39:37
  through you. Are we together? You will not be
• 39:40
  afraid. You understand? To know that Jesus Christ
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  is doing and wants to do things. Through you.
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  Amen. Hallelujah. So. There's nothing wrong.
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  To say in the name of Jesus. If your understanding
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  is correct. If you are saying it as an affirmation.
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  Of your reality. Not as a magic code. For God
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  to answer your prayer. Did you understand what
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  I'm saying? There's nothing wrong. To say in
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  the name of Jesus. Or to shout the name of Jesus.
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  In the son. If your understanding is correct.
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  That you are saying. Or you are affirming your
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  reality in Christ. But not as a magic code. That
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  you have to just say in the name. So that he
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  will answer you. In the son. No. No. You don't
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  need to say. You just need to pray. Father thank
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  you. In the son. Amen. That's it. So laying of
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  hands. Let's return back to Romans. Sorry, Mark
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  16. Mark 16. If you look at verse 17, you could
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  see that look at verse 17 and 18. So laying of
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  hands can be done by those who do what? Oh, talk
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  to me. By those who do what? Who believe. Those
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  in the name. All believers. All believers can
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  lay hands. Is for those in the name. All who
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  believe. All who believe. Do I have someone that
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  believe here? Amen. Look for 40. Look for. Verse
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  40. Let's see some text. To see how God. Uses
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  us. The body. Or uses the body. To do wonders.
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  Look for 40. When the sun was setting. All those
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  who had any. that were sick with various diseases
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  brought them to him and he laid his what? Are
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  we together? He laid his hands on every one of
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  them and do what? And healed them. Jesus laid
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  his hands on every one of them and healed them.
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  So those various diseases were healed by laying
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  of hands. Please, I want you to be careful now.
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  Just, I'm trying to follow you. I want to show
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  you patterns in the psalm. All those various
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  diseases, we don't care their name. They were
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  healed, gone, by the laying of hands. By the
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  laying of hands. Look at Mark 6. Mark 6. Then
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  he went out there and came to his own country
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  and his disciples followed him. And when the
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  Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue
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  and many hearing him were astonished saying,
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  where did this man get these things? And what
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  wisdom is this which is given to him, that such
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  mighty works are performed by his hand? Is this
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  not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother
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  of James, Jesus, Judas, and Simon? And are not
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  his sisters here with us? I don't know why they
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  didn't mention the names of these sisters. Anyway,
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  you know, in those days, it's a particular system.
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  Amen? Most times, it's only the men. Yesterday,
• 44:52
  I think, Pastor made mention of it. In those
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  days, they only named the men. They forget about
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  the children and the women. It's only men. I
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  guess that's what is happening here. But no more
• 45:09
  in Christ. Hallelujah. There is neither male
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  nor female. Jesus is wonderful. Amen. Verse 3.
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  So that's what we saw. So they were offended
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  at him. They were offended at him. But Jesus
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  said to them, a prophet is not without honor
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  except in his own country among his own relatives.
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  And in his own house. Now, he could do no mighty
• 45:50
  works here. Except that he laid his hands on
• 45:54
  what? On few sick people. And healed them. Did
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  you see what I'm seeing? So even in the middle
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  of dishonor and unbelief. Of offense. Laying
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  of hands to walk. We're going to study this passage
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  later. At least those who came were healed. Those
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  who honor him. Even the midst of unbelief and
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  dishonor. In that atmosphere, lean of hands walked.
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  Go to Mark chapter 5. Look at verse 21. Now when
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  Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other
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  side, a great multitude gathered to him and he
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  was by sea. And behold, one of the rulers of
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  the synagogue came, Jairus, by name. And when
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  he saw him, he fell at his feet and begged him
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  earnestly saying, my little daughter lies at
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  the point of death. Come. and lay your hands
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  on her and she may be healed and she will live.
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  So Jesus went with him and a great multitude
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  followed him and thronged him. Look at verse
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  35. While he was still speaking, some came from
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  the rulers of the synagogue house. who said,
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  your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher
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  anymore? As soon as Jesus heard the word that
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  was spoken, he said to the ruler of the synagogue,
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  do not be afraid. Only do what? Believe. And
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  he permitted no one to follow him except Peter,
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  James, and John, the brother of James. Then he
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  came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue
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  and saw a tumult. And those who wept, and wailed
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  loudly. When he came in, he said to them, why
• 48:20
  make this commotion and weep? The child is not
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  dead, but sleeping. And they ridiculed him. When
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  he had put them outside, he took the father and
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  the mother of the child and those who were with
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  him and entered where the child was lying. Then
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  he took the child by what? Oh, are we together?
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  Did you see what Jesus did? He took the child.
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  By what? By hand and said. Talitakumi. Which
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  means. Or which translates. Third little girl.
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  I say to you. Arise. Immediately the girl arose
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  and walked. For she was 12 years of age. And
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  they were overcome by great amazement. But he
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  commanded. them strictly that no one should know
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  it and said that something should be given to
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  her to eat. Immediately Jesus entered. What did
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  he do? Entered the house of Jairus. He took her
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  by the hand. I want you to know that Acts chapter
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  3, he took her by the hand. It's not a mistake.
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  He didn't just do it. Before he even said anything,
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  he took her by the hand. Acts chapter 3. I'll
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  just read 6. Verse 6. Then Peter said, silver
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  and gold I do not have, but what I have I give
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  you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
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  rise up and walk. And Peter do what? And he took
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  him by what? by the right hand and lifted him
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  up. And immediately his feet and ankle bones
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  received strength. Jesus took her by the hand.
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  Peter took him by the right hand in the sand.
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  Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Why do we always touch?
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  Did you see that? Look at Mark 7. Go back to
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  Mark. Mark chapter 7. Mark 7 verse 32. Then they
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  brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment
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  in his speech and they begged him to put his
• 51:17
  hand on him. These people have been following
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  him. They noticed something about the Christ.
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  So this time around, they begged him. They said,
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  just put your hand on him. We understood. You
• 51:31
  see, these people are ardent observers. Remember
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  the centurion. He has seen Jesus. He knows the
• 51:38
  power of Jesus. That's why he could say, I have
• 51:41
  understood it. Just speak a word from here. I
• 51:44
  know something is going to happen. So they observe.
• 51:48
  You see, they begged him to put his hand on him.
• 51:52
  And he took him aside from the multitude and
• 51:55
  put his finger, where? In his ears. And he spat
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  and touched his tongue. Then he looked up to
• 52:04
  heaven and sighed and said to him, Efata means
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  to be open. Immediately, his ears were opened.
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  and the impediment of his tongue was loose, and
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  he spoke plainly. Again, Jesus touched his ears
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  with his finger. Are we together? He touched
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  his ears. Jesus touched his ears. Listen, why
• 52:37
  will there be always a touch? Because our bodies
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  transmit the power of God. Remember I told you
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  that laying of hands, is supernatural in the
• 52:49
  Son. Our body transmits. If you go with this
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  mentality, you begin to see you expressing. You
• 52:59
  begin to see you walking in the miraculous with
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  this consciousness that my body transmits the
• 53:07
  power of God. It's not just only some believers.
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  Every believer, as long as the Holy Spirit dwells
• 53:15
  in you. Luke chapter 6. Luke chapter 6. The effectiveness
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  of believers on how they manifest this kingdom
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  is to the degree of their consciousness of who
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  they are in Christ. And the degree of their consciousness
• 53:42
  of who they are in Christ is actually a function
• 53:47
  of the knowledge. They have about the Christ
• 53:50
  and the identity in him. So Luke 6, 17. Judas,
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  the son of Joseph, and Judas Iscariot, who...
• 54:17
  Also became a traitor. Verse 17. Okay, I was
• 54:22
  reading 16. Verse 17. I want us to read together.
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  Are we together? Okay, verse 17. And he came
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  with them and stood on a level place with a crowd
• 54:35
  of his disciples and a great multitude of people
• 54:38
  from all Judea and Jerusalem and from this...
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  Of Ter and Sidon who came to hear him and be
• 54:47
  healed of their what? Diseases. Verse 18 together.
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  As well as those who were tormentors with this.
• 54:56
  Yes. He healed. Verse 19. And the whole multitude
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  sought to what? For what? Out from him to do
• 55:08
  what? Power went out. They sought to touch him.
• 55:16
  For power, for power went out from him to hell.
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  So you can now connect what we read earlier when
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  the man begged him to touch. You can also now
• 55:40
  connect This is a story that went out. And the
• 55:43
  woman with an issue of blood, she said, if only
• 55:45
  I can touch his word. That's what they heard.
• 55:52
  They have been observant. Our body transmits
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  the power of God. Be conscious of this. Be conscious
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  of this truth. Acts chapter 4. Acts chapter 4
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  verse 29. Now the Lord looked on their threat
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  and grant your servants that with all boldness
• 56:41
  they may speak your word. By stretching Your
• 56:50
  hand to heal. And the signs and wonders may be
• 56:56
  done through the name of your holy servant. Through
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  the name of your holy servant. The question is
• 57:08
  that how will God stretch his hand? Have you
• 57:12
  seen his hand before? Are we together? Jump to
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  chapter 5. Verse 12. And through the hands of
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  the apostles, many signs and wonders were done
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  among the people. And they were all with one
• 57:36
  accord in Solomon's porch. Yet none of the rest
• 57:43
  dared join them. But the people esteemed them
• 57:47
  highly. The people. esteem them highly, and believers
• 57:54
  were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes
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  of both men and women, so that they brought the
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  sick out into the streets and laid them on beds
• 58:11
  and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter
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  Passing might fall on some of them. Might fall
• 58:24
  on some of them. Are we together? Did you see
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  that? God stretching his hand is through you.
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  Is through you. When they pray that. the Lord
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  will stretch up his hands and heal and the signs
• 58:49
  and wonders will be done through his name. The
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  apostles knew what they were saying. In chapter
• 58:58
  five, we now saw that wonders were done through
• 59:02
  their hands. So what they are saying or they
• 59:05
  are praying is that Lord, that signs and wonders
• 59:08
  be performed through your name, by our hands
• 59:13
  and through our hands. To our hands. And I want
• 59:19
  you to say this in the sun. Say this after me.
• 59:22
  My torch is the torch of God. Oh, I say it loudly
• 59:27
  now. My torch is the torch of God. That is the
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  consciousness I want you to begin to walk in.
• 59:38
  That my body is his body. You know, I like that
• 59:48
  song we used to sing. Only that the way we arrange
• 59:52
  the words is not good. Yes, sir. We know that
• 59:56
  our body is a sanctuary. Do you understand what
• 1:00:00
  I'm saying? My body is your sanctuary. My body
• 1:00:09
  is your sanctuary. I love this line. But the
• 1:00:15
  other lines have a problem. It's not. How can
• 1:00:18
  your body be sanctuary and say, purify me like
• 1:00:22
  gold? How did you become sanctuary without being
• 1:00:25
  purified? It's not possible. So that I may be
• 1:00:33
  bold to save my body. You started by saying my
• 1:00:37
  body is a giant, so that I will be bold again.
• 1:00:40
  Is that? No. No. You have been purified. Oh,
• 1:00:46
  I am be purified. Yes, I am purified. And my
• 1:00:51
  body is his sanctuary. My hands is his hands.
• 1:00:55
  Are we together? My eyes is his eyes. My touch
• 1:00:59
  is his touch. Are we together? My touch is his
• 1:01:02
  touch. You know, there's a song we used to sing
• 1:01:05
  again. What's that song? My hands are blessed.
• 1:01:17
  My hands are blessed. With the blessings of God.
• 1:01:24
  With the blessings of God. My hands are blessed.
• 1:01:30
  My hands are blessed. With the blessings of the
• 1:01:36
  Lord. Anyone I touch, anyone I touch, anyone
• 1:01:46
  I bless, my hands are blessed with the blessings
• 1:01:59
  of the Lord. With the blessings of the Lord.
• 1:02:05
  Hallelujah. Unfortunately, you know, those days,
• 1:02:10
  They used to sing it during offering. So, you
• 1:02:16
  know, when you call blessed in those days, when
• 1:02:18
  things are hard, your mind goes to money. So,
• 1:02:24
  the Lord is, you know, people will now say, go
• 1:02:28
  punish poverty. Yes, go punish poverty. But the
• 1:02:32
  issue is that go punish ignorance. Because the
• 1:02:36
  problem is not that you don't have anything.
• 1:02:37
  The problem is that you don't have knowledge.
• 1:02:42
  Are we together? So, now next you begin to know
• 1:02:50
  and have this consciousness that my hands are
• 1:02:52
  blessed. I'm a blessed person. Why are you blessed?
• 1:02:56
  Because I've been forgiven. Because I've been
• 1:02:58
  purified. Are we together? Yes, I'm blessed.
• 1:03:02
  Blessed is the man in the sun who sins. Are we
• 1:03:09
  together? God does not impute his iniquity. That's
• 1:03:14
  the man that is blessed. And that's why my hands
• 1:03:20
  are blessed. I'm a blessing. That's our focus.
• 1:03:32
  You know, I first got this understanding when
• 1:03:35
  I was about to go to, in our country, what we
• 1:03:37
  call National Youth Service. Many young people,
• 1:03:41
  When you graduate below 30, you go to serve the
• 1:03:43
  nation. Understand? Just post you anywhere to
• 1:03:47
  serve. You know, one of my uncles called me.
• 1:03:53
  He was working in one of the embassies. Let me
• 1:03:56
  not mention. One of the powerful embassies in
• 1:03:58
  Abuja. He called me and said, where do you want
• 1:04:01
  to serve? Just tell me where you want to serve.
• 1:04:04
  I said, no, they have already done it already.
• 1:04:08
  He didn't understand what I was trying to say,
• 1:04:10
  but I'm saying that I don't arrange for that.
• 1:04:13
  God has done it. And our mindset is not that
• 1:04:17
  I'm going, you know, there's a way we consider
• 1:04:19
  better place. Do you know what I'm saying? I
• 1:04:22
  met one of my friends in Akwa Ibo state. He served
• 1:04:27
  the Lord in the camp for three weeks. He served
• 1:04:31
  the Lord and he said, you know, those people
• 1:04:32
  who have the personal relationship with God.
• 1:04:36
  They said, I have made a covenant with God. I
• 1:04:38
  don't know how he made a covenant with God. Away
• 1:04:41
  from the covenant we all have. So that if he
• 1:04:47
  served the Lord, oh God, if he served the Lord,
• 1:04:50
  that God would take him to a better place. And
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  after he danced, he was up and doing, I saw the
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  man zealous. I didn't know what was he saying.
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  Until after we finished and all of us gone, they
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  posted into one remote village. Most of the coppers
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  or co -members that they were sent there, they
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  refused to go. He was angry with God. So when
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  we came for a state conference in the Nigerian
• 1:05:22
  Coppers, Christian Coppers Fellowship, I saw
• 1:05:27
  him dejected in the sun. In his face, you could
• 1:05:32
  see his contents as falling. I said, bro, how
• 1:05:37
  have you been? It's been long. I said, what is
• 1:05:40
  the problem? He started sharing it. I said, but
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  what is your divination of best? You know, there's
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  a way we define good. But when I was going, I
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  got understanding those who serve in this kingdom
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  are those who are the greatest. You understand?
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  So I went to the place of service. You understand?
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  Even though I have a good certificate, I knew
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  that they are likely not going to take me to.
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  But my problem is not where. My problem is a
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  service. I was in my mind that even if they asked
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  me, what do you mean? First and foremost, what
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  did they say? They say national service. What
• 1:06:22
  am I going to do? To serve. A servant does not
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  ask what to do. He only say, I am here. Whatever
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  they gave to him, he would what? He would do.
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  I said, even if they say, this is your work,
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  every morning you start sweeping the streets.
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  That's my service to the community. Of course,
• 1:06:40
  I would do it gladly. That was my mentality when
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  I went. Eventually, some of us that are first
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  class students, normally they just post to directly,
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  automatically to universities. So immediately
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  after I come, they posted me to the University
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  of UU. So, and I went there. I said, I am a servant.
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  My boss, who was my head of department, started
• 1:07:06
  shouting because the coppers there have messed
• 1:07:07
  up. I will not receive you. I will not receive
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  you. All of you are nonsense people. No, no,
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  no, no. I will not receive anybody again. Co
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  -members, they only like money. They don't want
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  to work. I didn't do anything, but he was shouting
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  at me. Well, I was confused. But after all the
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  things, I just stayed quiet. I said, what is
• 1:07:30
  the problem? After he finished, he said, well,
• 1:07:34
  he calmed down. He said, well, I don't want to
• 1:07:40
  judge you like others, but you must promise me.
• 1:07:43
  You must promise me that you're not going to
• 1:07:45
  be like others. So he said, I should go. Gave
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  me two weeks and go and rest. I should come back.
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  He now signed it and returned. Because I knew
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  I was a servant. That was why when I came, even
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  the staff, they did not understand I was a co
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  -member. Because I come as early as possible.
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  You understand? Always I will come and wait by
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  the door before the secretary will come and open
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  the door of the department. Throughout. So some
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  of them never knew. They thought I was just this
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  new lecturer they just employed. One day, one
• 1:08:25
  of the professors saw me with my crest and said,
• 1:08:29
  are you a co -member? Because the way I conducted
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  myself is one who serves. They banned people
• 1:08:42
  from entering into the HOD office because co
• 1:08:46
  -members have been stealing resources. When you
• 1:08:51
  have a girlfriend, you know, They will go inside
• 1:08:54
  and change the resort. So they ban all of them
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  from entering. But we went there through the
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  grace of God with a transformed mind. We changed
• 1:09:06
  the place. Before one month, two months, the
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  HOD office has become my office. HOD will leave.
• 1:09:24
  Are we together? He will leave. Everybody will
• 1:09:28
  leave in the department. They will go to somewhere
• 1:09:29
  else. I'll be the only one in the department.
• 1:09:33
  HOD gave me a seat close to his office there.
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  There is nothing I did not know in that department.
• 1:09:43
  No result, no secret that I don't know. Trust.
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  There is a difference. The other lady, before
• 1:09:51
  when she was going, she told me, I don't understand
• 1:09:54
  these people. Every now and then, when you are
• 1:09:57
  graduating, I say, come on, they will give you
• 1:09:58
  food flags. Are they going to ask, are they expecting
• 1:10:03
  us to go and eat? He said, how did you know?
• 1:10:06
  He said, the one that left told me that his food
• 1:10:08
  flags they gave her. That even that one, she
• 1:10:11
  told her that the one, the last one, it was food
• 1:10:14
  flags. I said, well, thank God I was not expecting
• 1:10:18
  anything. I wasn't expecting anything. But when
• 1:10:26
  I was leaving, I told my boss. It was on Friday
• 1:10:32
  after our passing out. I told him, I said, I'll
• 1:10:34
  be going on Monday. He said, no, no. Lie, lie.
• 1:10:38
  Where are you going? He said, we want to give
• 1:10:42
  you work here so that you start your MSC here.
• 1:10:46
  You understand? No, you are not going anywhere.
• 1:10:50
  He said, you have to first and foremost postpone
• 1:10:53
  your journey. I said, sir, I need to. It's been
• 1:10:56
  long. I have to go and see my people. He said,
• 1:10:58
  okay, first and foremost, before we talk any
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  other thing, postpone your journey. First ever.
• 1:11:06
  And what did I do? Because I consider myself
• 1:11:08
  a servant. That's the mentality I want us to
• 1:11:11
  carry. You understand? And what is it? That Friday
• 1:11:16
  when I was going. I've already been thinking,
• 1:11:20
  what do I add again to this department? I was
• 1:11:22
  busy looking. What else can I add before I go?
• 1:11:26
  What else can I add before I go? And I remember
• 1:11:29
  they just recently, because normally they do
• 1:11:33
  always what they call accreditation again after
• 1:11:36
  some level of time in each courses. I mean, each
• 1:11:40
  course in the university. At that time, accreditation
• 1:11:43
  was just coming. So they repented the whole department.
• 1:11:48
  And then I discovered that, ah, that wall, I've
• 1:11:51
  not been seeing a wall clock. And I discovered
• 1:11:55
  that that wall clock has spoiled. I said, ah,
• 1:11:57
  I think this one is around my level. In the south.
• 1:12:01
  Yes. The Bible says, when you are given, give
• 1:12:04
  the one that is within your power. Do you understand
• 1:12:06
  what I'm saying? So I went and I got, interestingly,
• 1:12:09
  I see the market. When I was entering one supermarket
• 1:12:12
  and I saw the color that matches the department.
• 1:12:16
  I see they did. One good big one like that. I
• 1:12:21
  asked. At that time, the coin was around 3 ,000.
• 1:12:24
  I removed from my alawi. We used to call it.
• 1:12:28
  I paid for it. Some of the things they gave to
• 1:12:32
  me in the family house where I stayed with coppers
• 1:12:36
  in the sun. Why would I go to Kaduna with it?
• 1:12:39
  I packed all of them. I take it to the secretaries.
• 1:12:42
  And I gave that one to the court. No court member
• 1:12:45
  has ever done this with me. Everybody is looking
• 1:12:47
  what he will get. I mean, it was a shocker. He
• 1:12:53
  said, no, no, no, no, no, no. They organized.
• 1:12:58
  To my surprise, when I came on that Monday, all
• 1:13:01
  the professors, there has never been any gathering
• 1:13:04
  that gathered everybody like that. All the professors,
• 1:13:08
  the dean, everybody were there. They went and
• 1:13:11
  got food. It was a party in the... All of them
• 1:13:16
  will give me, they have been giving me money
• 1:13:18
  in the sand. This one say for your fly, this
• 1:13:20
  one for your... I didn't follow fly, dude. Now,
• 1:13:26
  what am I trying to say? There was a difference.
• 1:13:30
  At least they never gave me food flags. What
• 1:13:35
  am I trying to say? That mentality of service.
• 1:13:41
  Your hands is an extension to cause joy in a
• 1:13:44
  city. To cause joy in territories. That after
• 1:13:49
  you have left. People begin to enjoy your legacies.
• 1:13:59
  The other prophet said. We will write your name
• 1:14:01
  on this clock. And put it on top. So that every
• 1:14:04
  co -member that comes here will face. That is
• 1:14:09
  what it is. This means. that you carry God's
• 1:14:16
  power. God's power is at work in you. Our body
• 1:14:21
  transmits the power of God. The shadow of Peter,
• 1:14:27
  did you see that? The shadow of Peter fell on
• 1:14:32
  people. It's from your body. It can touch anything
• 1:14:40
  that emanates from your body, carries it. Look
• 1:14:43
  at that 19. His aprons. Did you see that? Acts
• 1:14:48
  19 verse 11. Now God walk unusual miracle by
• 1:14:52
  the hand of Paul. By the hand of Paul. So that
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  even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from
• 1:15:06
  his wear. Oh, talk to me from his wear. Oh, let's
• 1:15:10
  read together. Read that verse 12. One, two,
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  three, go. So that even handkerchief or aprons
• 1:15:17
  were brought from his body to the sick and the
• 1:15:21
  diseases left them and the evil spirit went out
• 1:15:26
  of them. Our body emanates the power of God.
• 1:15:34
  It's a transmitter. It's a transmitter. It's
• 1:15:42
  a transmitter. It's a transmitter. That is it.
• 1:15:57
  And I want us to carry this as in this, because
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  by the time we start laying of our hands, that
• 1:16:04
  is the mindset. Not just only that you know you
• 1:16:07
  have it, but that when hands are laid upon you,
• 1:16:11
  that is the consciousness you carry too. That
• 1:16:13
  the power of God is transmitted. Are we together?
• 1:16:18
  Is transmitted. That the power of God, that this
• 1:16:23
  hands of mine, that my touch is a touch of God.
• 1:16:30
  And with it, I bless the world. With it, I bless
• 1:16:35
  the world. That this body, my body is a transmitter
• 1:16:39
  of the power of God. That this body is an instrument,
• 1:16:44
  it's a vessel for the demonstration of God's
• 1:16:47
  power. It's not an instrument of immorality.
• 1:16:54
  As we used to say, this is my life. This is my
• 1:16:57
  song. And this is my reality. And this is my
• 1:17:03
  reality. Acts chapter 14. Look at verse 3. Therefore,
• 1:17:25
  they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly
• 1:17:28
  in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word
• 1:17:33
  of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be
• 1:17:38
  done by their hands. You remember back 1620 and
• 1:17:44
  the Lord walking with them, confirming their
• 1:17:47
  word with what? Signs. Did you understand what
• 1:17:49
  I'm saying? Here again, they stayed. He said,
• 1:17:54
  bearing witness to the word of his grace, granting
• 1:17:57
  signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
• 1:18:07
  Go to 28, Acts 28. Acts 28. Look at verse 8.
• 1:18:24
  There were many lambs in the upper room where
• 1:18:29
  they were gathered together. And in the window
• 1:18:36
  sat a certain young man named Eutychus. Oh, where
• 1:18:41
  am I reading? Okay, let's leave Eutychus for
• 1:18:45
  now. But he fell. Thank God we are not. We don't
• 1:18:53
  have windows that somebody will fall. Amen. Look
• 1:18:58
  at verse 8, Acts 28. And it happened that the
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  father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery.
• 1:19:11
  And Paul went into him and prayed and laid his
• 1:19:16
  hand on him and healed him. laid his hands on
• 1:19:22
  him and healed him. Did you observe something?
• 1:19:28
  That the laying of his hands is a primary method
• 1:19:31
  of administering healings. Laying of hands. You
• 1:19:44
  don't need to feel anything. As we said, that
• 1:19:48
  it is a spiritual sign. Are we together? It's
• 1:19:53
  not under the control of emotions. It's not feelings.
• 1:19:56
  So you don't need to feel anything. But you just
• 1:20:00
  have to know. And I know Jesus is healing through
• 1:20:09
  my hands. And I know blind eyes are open to my
• 1:20:18
  hands. And I know death is adhering to my hands.
• 1:20:27
  For the Holy Ghost is walking through my hands.
• 1:20:34
  You don't need to feel anything. But it's the
• 1:20:38
  knowing. I know. I know. I know that he is healing
• 1:20:47
  through my hands. I know it. You don't need to
• 1:20:51
  know. You don't need to feel anything. Just lay
• 1:20:54
  your hands. It's a pattern. Just like you pray.
• 1:20:59
  Don't be mizing with your hands. Don't be stingy
• 1:21:03
  if there's anything with your hands. It's like
• 1:21:06
  prayer. It should be a part of life for you.
• 1:21:09
  Are we together? It should be a different setting.
• 1:21:12
  You say, ah. yesterday I was tired. Listen, where
• 1:21:16
  is the place? Do you understand what I'm saying?
• 1:21:19
  It should be the next thing that comes to you.
• 1:21:22
  You know, this is the way I used to. There's
• 1:21:23
  nothing wrong with drugs. Do you understand what
• 1:21:25
  I'm trying to say? But that, the issue is that
• 1:21:27
  always the first thing that comes to our mind
• 1:21:29
  is drugs. You see, there's nothing wrong with
• 1:21:32
  it, but be careful before it will paralyze your
• 1:21:34
  feet. You know, those days we used to sing one
• 1:21:36
  song. Panadol is good, boy, it can paralyze your
• 1:21:39
  feet. You understand? What he's trying to say
• 1:21:43
  is that because there's this over -dependence
• 1:21:45
  where man is already... So, that is a point.
• 1:21:57
  When the woman with an issue of blood touched
• 1:22:00
  Jesus and got healed, Jesus did not realize.
• 1:22:04
  I mean, he didn't realize it physically. He knew
• 1:22:08
  it by the word of knowledge. That's what the
• 1:22:10
  Bible says. We also did that. How do you think
• 1:22:14
  he will know it when people... Have you been
• 1:22:16
  in a crowd? Okay, if you have collected Boss
• 1:22:19
  3 before in Nigeria. Oh, that's true. Here, let's
• 1:22:25
  come back here. Have you been near his boss?
• 1:22:30
  How do you know who is touching you? Did you
• 1:22:38
  understand what I'm saying? So people, we are
• 1:22:40
  there. Crowding, pressing, you understand? He
• 1:22:43
  was going. And then this woman came and touched
• 1:22:47
  him. We will see what's the difference between
• 1:22:51
  those people who were and this woman who came
• 1:22:55
  from nowhere. He knew it by word of knowledge.
• 1:23:02
  That was why the disciples were surprised at
• 1:23:05
  the question. He was surprised. He said, who
• 1:23:09
  touched me? Ha. These people are cloudy. Everybody
• 1:23:13
  will say, who touched you? Mark chapter 5. Go
• 1:23:24
  back to Mark chapter 5. Look at verse 31. But
• 1:23:42
  his disciples said to him, you see the multitude
• 1:23:44
  thronging you and you say, who taught you? And
• 1:23:51
  he looked around to see her who had done this.
• 1:24:01
  Look at Vastati. Did you see Vastati? He said,
• 1:24:05
  Jesus immediately doing what? Did he say feeling
• 1:24:08
  that somebody taught him? He said, knowing in
• 1:24:13
  himself that power had gone out of him, turn
• 1:24:19
  around in the crowd and say, who touched me?
• 1:24:26
  Who touched my clothes? Who touched my clothes?
• 1:24:36
  You have to be conscious of spiritual things.
• 1:24:44
  So sometimes even those who transmits the power
• 1:24:48
  of God may be feeling sick. Your pains does not
• 1:24:58
  stop the flow of the power of God. The fact that
• 1:25:05
  you are feeling pain or sick does not mean you
• 1:25:07
  cannot administer healing. Did you get what I'm
• 1:25:11
  trying to say? No. The power of God through you
• 1:25:19
  is not dependent on how you are feeling. Are
• 1:25:29
  we together? Yes. So, stop. Thinking that until
• 1:25:45
  everything is all right, that's when you will
• 1:25:48
  minister. Sometimes when you come here and see
• 1:25:50
  us jumping and shouting, you think that we don't
• 1:25:52
  have anything bothering our life. No. But ministry
• 1:26:00
  is not dependent on feelings. It's not dependent
• 1:26:06
  on our convenience. Paul says, a necessity is
• 1:26:14
  placed upon me in the sun. War unto me if I do
• 1:26:19
  not preach the gospel. And if you are the type
• 1:26:25
  that attracts sympathy, you won't do ministry
• 1:26:28
  effectively. You always want people to have everything
• 1:26:32
  and then you use even the pulpit for your own
• 1:26:34
  problems. See, you know, God is helping me. But
• 1:26:41
  I'm trusting God. Yesterday was terrible. I say,
• 1:26:45
  Lord, where are you? I'm trusting God for this
• 1:26:47
  and that and that. I mean, you fool all the people
• 1:26:50
  with all complaints and this and that. No. The
• 1:27:00
  pattern is Christ. The pattern is the apostles.
• 1:27:05
  We follow and we see them. They are always Eager
• 1:27:10
  to speak the word of God. Eager to lay hands.
• 1:27:15
  Eager to preach. Eager to preach. You understand?
• 1:27:21
  Everything of their life. It's not that they
• 1:27:24
  are not career people. It's not that they are
• 1:27:30
  not career. That's why Paul takes time to acknowledge
• 1:27:34
  them. You understand? Zenos, the lawyer. Luke
• 1:27:41
  the physician. Do you understand what I'm trying
• 1:27:43
  to say? Yes. So they had career. But you see,
• 1:27:48
  career was not what was driving their life. If
• 1:27:53
  they moved to Iconium, it's not because they
• 1:27:56
  wanted greener pasture for a business. No. What
• 1:28:00
  was guiding and moving their life was the calling
• 1:28:05
  of God. If they arrive at town, They preach,
• 1:28:09
  then they go back to business. Paul will go and
• 1:28:13
  start doing his tent making. Are we together?
• 1:28:16
  In fact, he will even join with other believers
• 1:28:18
  like Quillan and Christa. Yeah? Act 18. To join
• 1:28:22
  and just say they come. Then they will do. And
• 1:28:24
  it's not that they will do it, like when you
• 1:28:28
  saw Claude, you see what I'm doing like this.
• 1:28:31
  You understand? Sometimes in the church, we massage
• 1:28:34
  mediocrity. You understand? Because we have been
• 1:28:40
  taught wrongly. But you need to change. Paul
• 1:28:49
  said, these hands provided for my needs and the
• 1:28:56
  needs of those who are with me. That place used
• 1:29:00
  to strike me hard. I mean, I don't have a choice.
• 1:29:04
  I mean, I don't have a reason why I will not
• 1:29:07
  be. sound in the things of God. You understand?
• 1:29:13
  And I don't have a reason to say, you know, I
• 1:29:17
  need to feed my family. And he said, those who
• 1:29:20
  are with me. Do you know how many people were
• 1:29:22
  walking with him? Even when they took him to
• 1:29:29
  Rome at the end of his life, the Bible says,
• 1:29:33
  the house he was staying, it was a rented house.
• 1:29:36
  Who was renting it? You think the emperor is
• 1:29:40
  the one that was paying for his rent? No. He
• 1:29:51
  said, we work day and night. He said, anyone
• 1:29:56
  that will not work according to the tradition
• 1:29:59
  that we have laid for you. He said, mark that
• 1:30:02
  person. Are we together? He said, Mark who? Mark
• 1:30:08
  that person. He that should not what? Walk, should
• 1:30:12
  not what? Eat. Should not eat. So, don't hide
• 1:30:22
  under God, God, God, and then you do nothing.
• 1:30:28
  It is like idleness. It's not the will of God
• 1:30:32
  to be idle. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Now, go back
• 1:30:40
  to Acts chapter 9. We read something yesterday
• 1:30:45
  in that place. Acts chapter 9. See verse 17.
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  And Ananias went his way and entered the house.
• 1:31:10
  And laying his hands on him, he said, Brother
• 1:31:17
  Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the
• 1:31:21
  road as you came, has sent me that you may receive
• 1:31:26
  your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
• 1:31:31
  And immediately, they are filled. from his eyes
• 1:31:36
  something like skill. And he received his sight
• 1:31:42
  at once. And he arose and was baptized. And then
• 1:31:49
  when you continue to read on visions. Now, the
• 1:31:54
  point I'm trying to make in this place is how
• 1:31:58
  hands were laid, not just only that he received
• 1:32:01
  his healing, but what happened? He was filled
• 1:32:05
  with the Holy Spirit. Now, we have seen in many
• 1:32:09
  instances where hands are laid healing, healings,
• 1:32:12
  healings, healings in the Son. Another thing
• 1:32:14
  you will see is that hands can be laid for the
• 1:32:18
  baptism of the Holy Spirit. Are we together?
• 1:32:22
  He was filled with the Holy Spirit. Soul of Tarsus.
• 1:32:33
  He received, he was filled with the Holy Spirit.
• 1:32:39
  Look at Acts 17, 8, sorry. Go to Acts 8. Just
• 1:32:45
  go behind one chapter. Verse 9. But there was
• 1:33:02
  a certain man called Simon who previously practiced
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  sorcery. But let me go behind a little bit so
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  that you see. There was trouble, of course. Verse
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  4 says, therefore those who were scattered went
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  everywhere preaching the word. Did you see that?
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  Even when there was confusion and there was tribulation,
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  there was persecution. Once they scatter, what
• 1:33:31
  is in their mind? The gospel. Wherever they go,
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  in the sun, like we sing, I will preach Jesus
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  everywhere I go. So you don't have a choice.
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  Whether you came here by mistake or you came
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  here because of your making, I will preach Jesus
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  everywhere I go. I am his, he is mine. I will
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  follow him. Until the end of time. Whatever the
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  circumstance that took them to whatever place,
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  there is something that is constant. The preaching
• 1:34:08
  of God's word. Then Philip went down to the city
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  of Samaria and preached Christ to them. Verse
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  6. And the multitude with one accord heeded the
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  things spoken by Philip hearing and seeing the
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  miracles which he did. From clean spirit crying
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  with a loud voice came out. Of many who were
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  possessed. And many who were paralyzed. And lame
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  were healed. Was it. And there was great joy.
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  In that city. I pray for you. That you bring
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  great joy to cities. You bring great joy to territories.
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  You bring great joy to homes and families. In
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  the name of Jesus. Yes. But there. was a certain
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  man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery
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  in the city and astonished the people of Samaria,
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  claiming that he was someone great to whom they
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  all gave heed. And it leads to the greatest saying,
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  this man is a great power of God. In the absence
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  of ignorance, you understand, fake become real.
• 1:35:25
  Stop complaining with what is going on. Hey,
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  this pastor is doing this, this pastor is doing
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  this. Arise, brother. You know what I'm saying?
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  Paul would tell Timothy, 1 Timothy 1, I mean
• 1:35:39
  1 Timothy 4, 16. He said, take heed to yourself
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  and to the doctrine. He said, continue in them.
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  For in doing so, you will serve both to yourself
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  and to those who do what? Who hear you. When
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  Prophet Samuel was lamenting about Saul, go to
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  him, awake. Don't worry. Leave this one. Arise
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  and go and anoint another one. You know what
• 1:36:09
  I'm saying? It's a high time to stop lamenting.
• 1:36:13
  God is saying, arise. There are many more people
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  to anoint. Are we together? There are more many
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  people to raise. Hallelujah. So that's what he
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  says. Verse 11. And they hated him because he
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  has astonished them with sorceries for a long
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  time. That's it. So many people have been deceived
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  for a long time. But no more. Because God is
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  raising you. Your family has been in darkness
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  for a long time. But no more because a light
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  has entered in the sun. But when they believe
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  Philip, As he preached. So don't normally dwell
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  in the, what do you call it? The inconveniences
• 1:37:07
  and the seemingly those things that look as if
• 1:37:11
  there is trouble. You know what I'm saying? It
• 1:37:14
  looks there was trouble in Jerusalem and scattered
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  the brethren. But that trouble was actually the
• 1:37:19
  joy of a city. Did you understand what I'm trying
• 1:37:23
  to say? Yes. It's the joy of a city. Because
• 1:37:27
  Philip now moved. Immediately he go. Those people
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  who have been subjected, deceived for a long
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  time, they think that a man who is practicing
• 1:37:39
  sorcery was one of a great God. Now, his wrapper
• 1:37:46
  has been opened in the market. People now understood
• 1:37:50
  who he was because the real thing has come. But
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  when, verse 12, When they believed Philip, as
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  he preached the things concerning the kingdom
• 1:37:59
  of God. And the name of Jesus. Did you see that?
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  So the things concerning the kingdom of God is
• 1:38:07
  called what? It's not two things. It's not that
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  he preached the name of Jesus here and there.
• 1:38:12
  You know what I'm saying? Yes. Concerning the
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  things. The things. He preached the things concerning
• 1:38:19
  the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ.
• 1:38:23
  The name of Jesus Christ are the things. concerning
• 1:38:26
  the kingdom of God. And what are those things?
• 1:38:29
  His death, resurrection, his indwelling. Are
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  we together? That is a thing and that is his
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  name. So both men and women were baptized. Then
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  Simon himself also believed. And when he was
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  baptized, he continued with Philip and was amazed,
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  seeing the miracles and the signs which were
• 1:38:50
  done. Now listen, you'll be seeing sometimes
• 1:38:52
  I'm reading. and they were baptized, and they
• 1:38:54
  were baptized. Let me mention something, maybe
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  to just clear some things here. You know, when
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  the church was starting, listen very carefully,
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  because it's very important. I read also, after
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  Paul, they lay hands on him, they say he was
• 1:39:08
  baptized, right? That was he was baptized in
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  water. Because in the early church, there are
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  many things they have not yet come into the light.
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  So they were still practicing some things. Let
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  me give you a very good example so that you understand.
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  For example, even though they were believers,
• 1:39:25
  they were still practicing the law, which means
• 1:39:30
  that they were still in their own renewed mind.
• 1:39:34
  A Jew cannot enter the house of a Gentile. Do
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  you get what I'm trying to say? They are in Christ,
• 1:39:44
  but they are still in that thing. He takes the
• 1:39:48
  intervention of the Holy Ghost. He came to Peter
• 1:39:51
  and said, Peter, Peter, Peter. Because God has
• 1:39:54
  already broken the barrier and these men are
• 1:39:56
  still resisting it. That's the condition of the
• 1:39:59
  early church. That's why the book of Acts is
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  not the book of doctrine. You understand? We
• 1:40:05
  see how they progressively come into the revelation
• 1:40:08
  of God, into the revelation of Christ. A ladder
• 1:40:13
  came, he was sleeping. Already God has appeared
• 1:40:16
  to Cornelius. Go. Because he was to be a breaker.
• 1:40:19
  You understand? He said, go and call this man.
• 1:40:24
  He saw a ladder in the sand. All kinds of this.
• 1:40:28
  He said, I wake and eat. He said, no, Lord. I've
• 1:40:31
  never eaten an unclean. You see his mind? He
• 1:40:36
  said, how dare you call that which I have created
• 1:40:38
  unclean? Did you get the point? God had to show
• 1:40:44
  him. You know, he has no choice than to follow.
• 1:40:48
  He went to the house of Cornelius. That's why
• 1:40:51
  that, that thing that happened, God had to do
• 1:40:55
  it that way to break something. You understand?
• 1:40:58
  While Peter spoke, he was still speaking. Vroom!
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  He didn't do anything. It's to teach him to know
• 1:41:04
  that, no, it's not by what you are thinking.
• 1:41:07
  No. The Holy Ghost fell on them and they started
• 1:41:10
  speaking in tongues and prophesying. Those people
• 1:41:13
  who were at them, they said, those who have the
• 1:41:14
  circumcision, meaning the Jews. You understand?
• 1:41:18
  They were marvelous. Eh? When the Jerusalem brethren
• 1:41:23
  heard it, immediately Peter came and said, come
• 1:41:26
  here. They were late. He must say, what did you
• 1:41:29
  just do? Peter said, sorry, sorry. Let me explain.
• 1:41:35
  Let me explain. Is that what you are thinking?
• 1:41:38
  Peter started narrating the story and equated
• 1:41:42
  with what happened to them at the day of Pentecost.
• 1:41:46
  He said, just like what happened to us at the
• 1:41:49
  beginning. He was referring to Acts chapter 2.
• 1:41:56
  He said, I saw that God showed no favoritism.
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  So there were things that they were struggling
• 1:42:06
  in that early church. Remember Galatians chapter
• 1:42:09
  2, verse 20, where Paul made the statement, you
• 1:42:11
  know, most of them know only Galatians 2, 20.
• 1:42:13
  I have been crucified with Christ. Are we together?
• 1:42:20
  And then we begin to quote that scripture, no
• 1:42:22
  longer I, but Christ that lives in me and the
• 1:42:25
  life I live now in the flesh, I live by the,
• 1:42:28
  you know what I'm saying? By the faith. We quote
• 1:42:35
  that scripture, but the origin of that scripture
• 1:42:37
  is a confusion that Peter wanted to cause. Because
• 1:42:42
  they disdain the Gentiles. Gentiles are seen
• 1:42:46
  as unclean. You can imagine, even though they
• 1:42:50
  were brethren, they were eating. Once the Jews
• 1:42:53
  came, Peter just do like this. And just, the
• 1:42:58
  Bible say, and he separate himself. He don't
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  separate. He set himself apart. Paul saw that
• 1:43:06
  he was angry. You know why? Because what Peter
• 1:43:08
  did was already drawing a lot of people. He said,
• 1:43:13
  what? He said, did you, you understand, received
• 1:43:20
  what you received by your making or by believing?
• 1:43:30
  Are we together? So they struggle with a lot
• 1:43:34
  of things because we saw their progression into
• 1:43:38
  the revelation of God. Remember the closing of
• 1:43:42
  the gospel. Show to us who they were. They even
• 1:43:46
  never believed the Christ. They were dejected.
• 1:43:49
  They thought he was one. Who has come to save
• 1:43:52
  Israel. From the Romans. He said we thought.
• 1:43:56
  He come to restore Israel. That was a confusion.
• 1:44:02
  Brothers Tomo. Tomo didn't even believe. Even
• 1:44:05
  when they told him. He said no. I have to see
• 1:44:07
  him. So. Jesus Christ dealt with a lot of things.
• 1:44:13
  And he opened their eyes that they might understand
• 1:44:16
  the scriptures. And when their eyes opened, he
• 1:44:21
  saw him. He said, go to Jerusalem and tarry there
• 1:44:24
  until you endure with power. So we saw that entry
• 1:44:30
  and we saw them grow in understanding. So that's
• 1:44:33
  the same thing with the issue of baptism. In
• 1:44:37
  some instances, once believers believe, they
• 1:44:39
  will baptize them. Did you understand what I'm
• 1:44:41
  saying? They will baptize what? They will baptize
• 1:44:43
  them. The same thing. So he said, they have understood
• 1:44:46
  that. Philip happened with the Ethiopian, you
• 1:44:48
  know. He said, see water. You know what I'm saying?
• 1:44:51
  And then they came down. After he preached to
• 1:44:53
  him, he said, he believe he do believe inside
• 1:44:55
  water. And then he moved. Glory to Jesus. But
• 1:45:00
  after those moments, by the time you move, you
• 1:45:03
  move away from act 11 and begin to move up. Huh?
• 1:45:08
  You begin to see a new. men of revelation. Are
• 1:45:15
  we together? Did you see that? Even when they
• 1:45:17
  were about to choose the person who replaced
• 1:45:19
  Judas, how did they do it? Oh, talk to me now.
• 1:45:23
  How did they do it? The one they knew before
• 1:45:26
  by casting lot. Oh, that should be you. Do you
• 1:45:37
  understand what I'm saying? But after then, after
• 1:45:44
  the Holy Ghost came and they begin to walk in
• 1:45:47
  the reality, how do they choose those who will
• 1:45:50
  be leadership? No longer by do, by lots. It's
• 1:45:56
  by appointing. Did you understand what I'm saying?
• 1:46:01
  That is how they agree you in revelation. Also,
• 1:46:07
  they used to baptize. Deep people in water. But
• 1:46:10
  now as they grew, they understood that what John
• 1:46:13
  was doing was a demonstration of what the Christ
• 1:46:17
  will do. You know what I'm saying? They saw that
• 1:46:21
  it has been fulfilled. We will not be practicing
• 1:46:24
  what they have been fulfilled. You know what
• 1:46:27
  I'm saying? So they gradually, and that's why
• 1:46:30
  when you read the epistle, you will never see
• 1:46:32
  those things. You know what I'm saying? Because
• 1:46:34
  by then, you are grounded. In the world. Are
• 1:46:41
  we together? Are we together? Amen. So that's
• 1:46:44
  what we're saying. Hallelujah. So when you see
• 1:46:48
  that text where we are reading. Verse 14. Of
• 1:46:57
  Acts chapter 8. Now when the apostle who were
• 1:47:00
  at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received
• 1:47:03
  the word of God. He sent Peter and John. To them
• 1:47:08
  who, when they had come down, prayed for them
• 1:47:15
  that they might receive the Holy Spirit. For
• 1:47:20
  as yet he had fallen upon none of them. They
• 1:47:25
  had only been baptized in the name of Jesus.
• 1:47:30
  Then, now you could see the difference between
• 1:47:34
  this baptism. Baptizing in the name is different
• 1:47:38
  from after they believed they were baptized.
• 1:47:41
  Did you understand what I'm saying? Are we together?
• 1:47:44
  Yes. Then they laid their hands on them and they
• 1:47:49
  received the Holy Ghost. Pastor Iman and Pastor
• 1:47:52
  Kostin will be discussing most of this demonstration
• 1:47:54
  in the spirit. You understand? About the baptism,
• 1:47:58
  about the offerings, the giftings. You understand?
• 1:48:01
  So I won't dwell in those things. But just know
• 1:48:05
  that This is a demonstration of the Spirit when
• 1:48:07
  hands were laid. And what we call, you know,
• 1:48:10
  this here he said the Spirit felt or the feeling
• 1:48:13
  of the Spirit. I think those of us who have been
• 1:48:16
  in the church, we have in some ways touched those
• 1:48:20
  issues. What does that mean to be filled with
• 1:48:23
  the Spirit? I think there's one text Pastor Carson
• 1:48:25
  read for us when he was taking, I think, was
• 1:48:29
  it last week or what? Or was it today when he
• 1:48:33
  was leading? our prayer, you understand, about
• 1:48:36
  Ephesians chapter 5, you understand? Remember?
• 1:48:40
  Ephesians chapter 5, verse 18. He said, do not
• 1:48:42
  be drunk with wine, right? But be filled with
• 1:48:44
  what? The Holy Spirit. That church in Ephesians,
• 1:48:48
  I hope you know that they have been filled with
• 1:48:49
  the Holy Spirit before. Huh? Because that church
• 1:48:52
  was Acts 19. Huh? Paul had laid the hand on them.
• 1:48:57
  They are filled with the Holy Spirit. They spoke
• 1:48:59
  in tongues. You understand? They prophesied.
• 1:49:01
  And then he wrote to them again and said, Be
• 1:49:03
  filled with the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. So when
• 1:49:12
  Peter and John arrived in Samaria, they laid
• 1:49:15
  hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
• 1:49:19
  Now look at what Simon did. Simon said, give
• 1:49:22
  me this power. Verse 19. Also, that anyone whom
• 1:49:28
  I lay hands may receive. Not the word, this power.
• 1:49:35
  Do you understand what I'm saying? Look at verse
• 1:49:37
  20. But Peter said to him, your money perish
• 1:49:40
  with you because you thought the gift of God
• 1:49:43
  will be purchased with money. Remember, note
• 1:49:47
  that word, the gift of God, what Peter said.
• 1:49:51
  You thought the gift of God. Listen, when you
• 1:49:55
  say, give me the power, Peter did not say, that
• 1:50:00
  was wrong. See. Simon Peter was not talking about,
• 1:50:06
  sorry, Simon, not the Peter. You know, we have
• 1:50:10
  Simon there. You know, not Simon Peter. There
• 1:50:13
  was Simon Peter there and there is Simon. Or
• 1:50:16
  Simon. Amen? The Simon, the sorcerer. He was
• 1:50:21
  not talking, when he said, give me that power,
• 1:50:23
  he was not referring to the Holy Spirit. When
• 1:50:26
  he said, give me that power in 19. He was referring
• 1:50:29
  to the laying of hands because that's what he
• 1:50:31
  saw. When hands, when they came, they laid their
• 1:50:35
  hands. He not saw. He was filled with the Holy
• 1:50:38
  Spirit. There were things that happened. He saw
• 1:50:42
  it. He said, give me this power. That's why he
• 1:50:45
  said, so that when I lay my hands. Did you see
• 1:50:48
  that? And Peter said, Peter, when Peter was talking
• 1:50:52
  about, he said, that, no, no, no, no, no. You
• 1:50:57
  can't. Let me see. Verse. Verse 20, he said,
• 1:51:03
  your money perish with you because you thought
• 1:51:05
  the gift of God could be purchased with money.
• 1:51:12
  He said, the gift of God could be purchased with
• 1:51:15
  money. What did Peter call it? Peter called it
• 1:51:21
  the gift of God. The laying of hands, Peter called
• 1:51:26
  it what? The gift of God. Say, I have the gift
• 1:51:29
  of God. I have the gift of God to demonstrate
• 1:51:33
  the power of God to this generation. Peter called
• 1:51:43
  laying of hands the gift of God. By calling the
• 1:51:47
  gift of God, Peter just means also that laying
• 1:51:50
  of hands is supernatural. That's what we've been
• 1:51:53
  saying. Laying of hands is supernatural. By just
• 1:51:57
  saying the gift of God. He said, how dare you
• 1:52:00
  talk about the gift of God with money? But that
• 1:52:08
  gift of God has been given to me because I am
• 1:52:11
  in Christ. Because I am in Christ. Now in closing
• 1:52:17
  for this session, I want you to observe something.
• 1:52:23
  Maybe throughout that you've been reading. Did
• 1:52:26
  you observe? That not just only from where we
• 1:52:29
  are coming, that when hands were laid, people
• 1:52:33
  were healed. But again, we can administer the
• 1:52:38
  baptism of the Holy Ghost by laying of hands.
• 1:52:43
  So things happen when hands are laid. Things
• 1:52:50
  happen when hands are laid. That was what Simon
• 1:52:53
  saw. Even a man of sorcery was confused. He saw
• 1:52:56
  his power, his joke. His power was joke. He said,
• 1:53:02
  give me this power. So that when I lay my hands
• 1:53:05
  to, I'll see those things. But the man was confused.
• 1:53:09
  He's used to when you do his sorcery, maybe they
• 1:53:11
  are bringing change to him. Now he saw those
• 1:53:14
  men, he said, ah, maybe you can make money. And
• 1:53:17
  that's it, this generation. Native doctors have
• 1:53:21
  stopped living in the bush. They have returned
• 1:53:22
  to the city. They are wearing coats. Is it coat
• 1:53:24
  or suit? Or whatever. Do you understand what
• 1:53:28
  I'm saying? Now, did you notice that? All the
• 1:53:34
  instances where the Holy Ghost fell on people,
• 1:53:37
  men were involved, except in Acts chapter 2,
• 1:53:41
  in the day of Pentecost. After the day of Pentecost,
• 1:53:48
  did you realize? All those times the Holy Ghost
• 1:53:52
  fell on people, men were involved. In Samaria,
• 1:53:57
  men were involved. In Saul of Tarsus, Acts chapter
• 1:54:03
  9, a man was involved. In Acts chapter 10, in
• 1:54:09
  the house of Cornelius, men were involved. In
• 1:54:13
  Acts chapter 19, in Ephesus. Brother, men are
• 1:54:21
  the systems and the method of God. You are a
• 1:54:28
  method of God. Do you understand what I'm saying?
• 1:54:32
  God can do without us, but he has never done
• 1:54:35
  without us. This is what he chose. These are
• 1:54:42
  some of the things that marveled the psalmist.
• 1:54:46
  He said, what is man that thou art mindful of?
• 1:54:49
  Uh -uh. You made him a little lower than Elohim,
• 1:54:53
  angels. For you have crowned him with glory and
• 1:54:56
  honor and put all the works of your hands. Do
• 1:55:00
  you understand what I'm saying? Why? You are
• 1:55:03
  mindful of him. You matter. I'm rounding up this
• 1:55:12
  part to tell you that don't look down on yourself.
• 1:55:18
  The Holy Ghost in you, you matter. You are a
• 1:55:24
  system. You are a method. God wants to do with
• 1:55:30
  you. The great things he wants to do, he wants
• 1:55:34
  to go with you. What a glory to partner with.
• 1:55:38
  Some of us are in the academia. You know what
• 1:55:40
  it means when you are a coming -of -scientist
• 1:55:42
  and you wrote a paper and your augur? You know,
• 1:55:47
  Oga? You understand? You have a prof who is notable.
• 1:55:52
  His name is on that paper. Before you know, it's
• 1:55:55
  an honor to collaborate with the heavyweights.
• 1:56:03
  You understand what I'm saying? But our collaboration
• 1:56:06
  is not just only that he's somewhere, we're somewhere.
• 1:56:10
  No. We're in him. He's in us. Are we together?
• 1:56:17
  I want you to move to know that your hands are
• 1:56:23
  not just for picking things up, for eating. It's
• 1:56:28
  a system. It's a transmitter of the power of
• 1:56:33
  God. I'm going to do it here. So when hands are
• 1:56:37
  laid upon you, you know what is coming upon you.
• 1:56:40
  It's not just somebody is touching you. No. It's
• 1:56:45
  a gift to the body. You know, we have to, we
• 1:56:50
  will teach some of those things with time. We
• 1:56:54
  worship God by knowledge. So when God talks about
• 1:56:58
  raise your hands in worship, ask men all around
• 1:57:02
  to raise their hands. Don't think you are just
• 1:57:04
  doing like this. You know what I'm saying? Listen,
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  know that your body is a temple of the Holy Ghost.
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  And your body, He's a transmitter of God's power.
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  Are we together? Can you just appreciate God
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  and thank him and say, Lord, thank you. Just
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  for one or two minutes, I want you just to pray.
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