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What to Know Before a Believers Conference (Part 2) · 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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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. for what will be happening in our Believers
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Conference. To set our expectation for what will
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be happening in our Believers Conference. I want
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to believe that we all agree that this Believers
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Conference that we have been holding yearly is
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actually... You know, God called himself for
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us to gather and be strengthened, right? How
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many of us believe that that was actually the
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move of God? How many of us believe that it's
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the leading of God, right? We believe that that
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is the leading of God. That is God calling us
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together to fellowship, calling us to do what
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he wants to do in that season, in every season.
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we can see that it's a form of a call to, you
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know, assemble together, right? The Believer's
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Conference, you know, just continuing clarifying
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that, that is a call of God to assemble together
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and we have these different forms of meetings.
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It's God's call, you know, bringing us together
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to assemble together, to hold the meeting with
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Him, you know, having these different... Forms
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of meetings. As we explained on Sunday. So today.
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We want to see. So the sermon again. Is what
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you know before I believe. Just a continuation
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from Sunday. So we want to see. When God called
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some people. For an assembly. Or when God told
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people to gather. Right. What are the things
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that we can learn. From these gatherings. Right.
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How did people conduct themselves in such gatherings?
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What happened in such, is it just a random gathering?
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What happened in those gatherings? Were they
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blessed? Were they not blessed? What were, you
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know, the things that the people in those gatherings
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did that made them to believe and to walk with
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God or what they did not understand? So what
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you're trying to check is when God called people
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for a gathering, right? What happens there? And
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that should also give us an expectation, right?
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For what we are looking forward to in our charatismus,
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in our believers conference, right? So when God
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calls people, what happens in those gatherings?
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Does everybody just come? They jump around, they
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do whatsoever they want to do. Everybody can
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lead, you know. What happens in those gatherings?
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All right, we're going to use the story of the
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Israelites in Exodus 19. Exodus 19, we're going
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to use that to see when God calls the people
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to gather, what are the things that are involved?
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Yes, what are the things that are involved? And
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what should be the position of the believer?
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What should be the posture of the believer in
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such kind of meetings? Exodus 19 from verse 1
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to 6. Now we're going to Exodus 20, but we have
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to start from verse 19. Because verse 19 gives
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us the preamble or the background of what is
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happening in Exodus 20, right? So we start from
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Exodus 19, verse one to six. It said, in the
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third month, when the children of Israel were
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gone forth out of the land of Egypt, and the
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same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
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For they were departed from Rephidim, and were
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come to the desert of Sinai. and a pitch in the
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wilderness, and there Israel camped before the
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mount. And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord
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called unto him out of the mountain, saying,
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Thou, thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob,
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and tell the children of Israel, Yea, I have
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seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and now I
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bear you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto
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myself. Now therefore, If ye will obey my voice
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and indeed keep my commandments, then ye shall
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be a peculiar treasure unto me. Above all, above
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all people, for all the earth is mine. And ye
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shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy
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nation. These are the words which thou shalt
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speak unto the children of Israel. Right? These
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are the words that you will speak unto the children
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of Israel. So this is the background of what's
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happened in Exodus 20. Tell the people, let them
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come up. This is what I want to do. And that
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was clear. Now, we can say this is God's intention
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for the people, right? This is God's intention
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for the people, for this assembly. Verse 5 and
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6. verse 5 and 6, that when they obey his voice
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and indeed keep his commandment, then there shall
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be a peculiar treasure unto him above all people
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for all their disease. And there shall be a kingdom
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of priests and a holy nation. These are the words
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that thou shalt speak, meaning Moses will speak
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to the children of Israel. So we can say this
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is God telling them what he wants to do. So God's
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intention, right? We're going to see that God's
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intention. Now, This is also similar to a meeting
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or a gathering that Christ also said. Of course,
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what was happening in those two places were different.
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But you can just put 1 Peter 2 verse 5, because
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this is quite very similar to that 1 Peter 2
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verse 5, which we saw there. Let's read that
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scripture. 1 Peter 2, verse 5, verse 9. For here
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are living stones and are built up as a spiritual
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house, a holy priesthood to offer up sacrifices,
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spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through
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Jesus Christ. Through Jesus Christ. Good. So
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we see that here, just go back, yes, just turn
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that back. They are living stones, they are built
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up as a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, right?
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So it's talking about a believer here, it's talking
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about the church, it's talking about the body,
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right, of Christ. And it says, They are a holy
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priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices.
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So this was also God's intention, right, for
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Israel from that Genesis, from that Exodus 19.
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This was God's intention that there will be a
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priesthood that will offer spiritual sacrifices,
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right, unto God. Okay, good. So one more scripture
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and we'll move from there. So if you go to verse...
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9 of that same 1 Peter 2, right? It says, But
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ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
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an holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should
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show forth the praises of him who hath called
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you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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So we see the same word, priesthood, a holy nation,
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a peculiar people that we find in Exodus 19.
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What we found in Exodus 19, verse 5 and 6, right?
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We found it in 2 Peter, 1 Peter 2, verse 6, from
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5 to 9. So we see that this is God's intention
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and this is what God wants to do when he calls
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us meeting. This is God's intention. Now let's
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go to Exodus 19, 7 to 9. 7 to 9. And Moses came
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and called for the elders. of the people and
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laid before their faces all those words, right?
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All laid before their faces, all those words,
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which the Lord commanded him. And all the people
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answered together and said, all that the Lord
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has spoken, we will do. And Moses returned the
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words of the people unto the Lord. And the Lord
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said unto Moses, Lord, I will come unto thee
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in a thick cloud that the people may hear when
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I speak with thee and believe thee forever. And
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Moses told, The words of the Lord. Right? Unto
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the people. Right? Unto the people. So, what
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God wants to do is actually to speak to them.
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Okay? God wants to speak to them. So, God has
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the intention of speaking, right, to them. God
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has the intention of speaking to them. And the
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end result is that they might believe. Okay?
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The end result is that they might. So, we see
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that this is God speaking. Right? This is God
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speaking. Caesar, I will speak to you and the
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people will hear. It means that the people will
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be there when God is speaking to Moses and they
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will hear. Right? In Exodus 20, we realize that
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the aim was for God to speak to them, that they
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can also hear God directly. Right? They can hear
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God directly. Now, so in the presence of Moses,
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note that I am intentionally saying in the presence
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of Moses, the people will hear. In the presence
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of Moses, the people will hear. I'm saying that
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very categorically. Reason? Because we're going
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to come to some things that we are trying to
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put in place for the meeting. And when we come
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to that lesson, we'll cross it. So just put it
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here as how God will do what he will do. 7 -9.
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How God will do what he will do. How God will
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do what he will do. And the outcome of it is
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that the people should believe. So first, we
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see God's intention. God's intention. You see
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2 -7 -9. How God will do what he will do. And
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I said emphasis in the prayers of Moses. God
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will speak to the people in that meeting, in
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that assembly, in that gathering. Okay? The third
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one, verse 10 to 11. Verse 10 to 11. It says,
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people
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and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let
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them wash their clothes, and be ready against
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the third day. For on the third day the Lord
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will come down in the sight of all the people
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upon the Mount Sinai. Right? So, you see, people
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have to get ready. Right? So, they are coming
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to an assembly. They are coming to a meeting.
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Right? They are not just going to come up, turn
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up anyhow. They are going to be ready. We see
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the word ready there. Right? They are going to
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be ready to come to this assembly. There is a
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way they will appear in this assembly. There
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is a way they will appear in this meeting. And
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that has been communicated to them. So, this
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is preparation. Right? This is preparation. This
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is preparation. This is preparation. So we see
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they are taking grace. Now verse 17, it says,
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And Moses brought forth the people out of the
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camp to meet with God, and they stood at the
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near part of the mount. So under the leadership
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of Moses, they came to the assembly. They came
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to the meeting. They came to hear God, right?
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They came to be blessed. They came to receive
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what God's intention for them is. Right. This
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is what we see. This is what we see. So haven't
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clarified that this is like the foundation of
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what is happening in Exodus 20. Right. So we
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can proceed. Right. We can proceed and see what
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we can pick. Right. What we can pick from here.
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What we can pick from here. Just number them
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in certain ways. But we will be able to pick
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our own understanding and lessons. as we go into
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our believers meeting. So firstly, there is a
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leader in this meeting, okay? So we would pick
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this, right? I haven't understand this background.
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Before we go to whether they believe or they
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didn't believe, of course, we know the story
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in Exodus 20, right? What we can see here, firstly,
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is that there's a leader in this meeting. It
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is not a random meeting where there is no leader.
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That will be chaos. That will be disorder, okay?
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There is a leader in this meeting. In this meeting.
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That is the first thing. So we can call this
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leader the priest. It's the priest, right? The
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priest is the one that is the religious, I mean,
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Moses is the leader and you can call him the
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priest in this case. You can call him the priest.
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Now, you would observe that what God wants to
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do, right, in that meeting, if you go back to
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verse 6, is that Ye shall be unto me a kingdom
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of priests. It means all of them will become
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priests under the leadership of, in quotes, a
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priest called Moses. Okay? So all of them will
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become a priest under the leadership of Moses,
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who is the leader, is a priest as well. And what
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we see is that although God's intention is that
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all of them will be priests, right? he will still,
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Moses will still be the leader. There's a leader
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there. He's not removing Moses as the leader,
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right? But what he's doing through Moses, he
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can do through them. Okay? What he's doing through
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Moses, he can do through them. So in our context,
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we can say that our pastors, you know, are the
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leaders leading this meeting, leading and calling
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us to come to understand God's intention. Okay?
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We can say our leader is the priest, the lead
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pastor. He's actually the priest, the pastor,
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the lead pastor of the church. And he has a chief
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pastor helping them. Of course, Moses also had
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people who, just before that, verse 19, or chapter
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19, okay? Just before that chapter 19, in verse
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18, Moses had actually, right, sorry, in chapter
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18, Moses had actually appointed people in verse
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20, chapter 18, verse 24 and 25. So Moses hacking
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to the voice of his father -in -law. So it means
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that there's a leader and there are people supporting
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him, right? And we have our six pastors here.
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And also everyone that will lead on that day,
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right? They are our leaders. They are our leaders.
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So what is our duty? Our duty is actually to
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follow the instruction of the leader, right?
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So when we are given instructions on that day,
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our job is actually to follow the instruction
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at the spot of the moment, right? To follow the
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instruction of now. If you observe the story
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of Israel, which probably we are going to get
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to, one of the challenges that they had, right,
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was following Moses. That was one major challenge
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they had, right? If you cannot believe and God
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has given you a good leader who has believed,
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One of the things is you follow them very closely.
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So in this kind of meeting, we have to follow
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our pastors very closely. As they are rejoicing,
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as they are praying, as they are studying, as
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they are writing, as they are ministering, we
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must follow them closely. When they say, do this,
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we follow. We obey the instructions. We give
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ourselves to the things of the Spirit. When they
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tell you hold someone, you do it effectively.
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So instructions will be given. Instructions will
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be given. By being an active participant, we
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are blessed. By being an active participant in
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this meeting, we are blessed. Another thing that
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we see is that the intention of God is made known
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in our meeting. So the intention of God is made
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known in our meeting. is what? Who knows the
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team for the Believers Conference? Greater works,
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right? And we'll be coming from the beginning
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of the year with this same team. So it means
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that this is like full -long activation, right?
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Let's call it that way. A full -long activation,
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right, for greater works. A full -long activation
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for greater works. So the intention has been
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known. How did we know the intention? We knew
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the intention through our little pastor. We didn't
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wake up and create intention. for ourselves,
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you know, like Miriam and others who said, has
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God been, is it only God, is it only Moses that
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God has been speaking to, right? They wanted
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to create their own calm, right? No, we don't
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do that, right? We follow the leading of the
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little pastor that says, well, it's greater works
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we are working with, right? Now, that greater
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works, what it does, as we're seeing in Exodus
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19, verse 1 -6, is that it should create expectations
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in our mind. So God's intention should create
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expectations. God's intention should create expectation.
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So now that we know what God said he would do,
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so while we are coming to that meeting, your
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mind is set to receive from that meeting. God's
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intention should create expectation. God's intention
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should create expectation. Now, when you read
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Hebrews 11, you will see that those... Heroes
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of faith, in Hebrews 11, it is on the basis of
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God's intention and message, right, that they
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had expectation of what is to come. And that
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was counted as faith for them. They didn't just
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come, they didn't just live their life like,
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oh, you know, God is not going to do what he's
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going to do. It is on the basis of God's intention
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for the whole earth, right, they believe. That
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became an expectation for them. And Jesus would
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say, Abraham longed to see my days. And he did
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what? He saw it. Okay? So, it creates expectation.
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When God says something, when we come to that
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meeting, we have a mind, right, on what we want
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to receive. We have a mind on what we want to
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receive. As our lead pastor has opened it to
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us, has explained to us where it works, as we
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are teaching, that should be where your mind
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is set. All right. Another thing we can see,
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I think I already said this with the other one,
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is that what God is doing is communicated through
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our leader. I said that before, Exodus 7, verse
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9. So what I was emphasizing that they will hear
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God under the leadership of Moses is with respect
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to that meeting. Okay? So I'm not saying you
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can't hear God at home. Of course, that would
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be very unbiblical, right? To say you don't hear
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God or no, no, no, that would be against what
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we have taught. But what we are saying, is that
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as pastors will come and they will tell you that
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the healing, you know, God is using your hand
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to heal, right? Are you with me? That right now
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the belief someone God is using your hand to
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heal, you should receive that and walk in that
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in the sport of the moment, right? So it means
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that under that leadership, there will be so
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many leading that will become... coming from
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the pastors and the people that will be leading
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us. So therefore, at the spur of that moment,
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you should walk in that thing that you're seeing.
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Don't be carried away. Don't think about something
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else, right? When they say they believe that
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there's interpretation of tongues, right? Walk
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in it, okay? Don't say, oh, I can't do it. When
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pastors say do it, just do it because it will
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happen. Are we together? It will happen. This
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should help us as we come together. So I wrote
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this, I said, how God will do what he's doing
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in our meeting is communicated to us by our pastors
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and the lead pastors. The songs, the teachings,
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all of this, right, would point us to what God
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is doing. God is walking among us and is manifesting
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through instructions that they give us, right?
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So prepare again to follow the instructions.
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Now let's see. What happens? Exodus 20. Exodus
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20. Just write Exodus 20 down. Then, yes. Exodus
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20. Exodus 20 from verse 18. Exodus 20 from verse
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18. He said, and all the people saw the thunderings
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and the lightnings. and the noise of the trumpets,
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and the mountain smoking. And when they saw it,
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they removed and stood afar off. And they said
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unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear.
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But let not God speak with us, lest we die. Did
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you see how they changed the instructions of
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the Lord? They converted God's message of life
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and said, Well, lest we die. So they disbelieved.
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what God wanted to do in that meeting, in that
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gathering. They disbelieved it. They disbelieved
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it. They did not believe. Now, you know, if you
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read, if you read verse 18, it points, you know,
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as if it's the thundering, the lightning, the
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noise, the trumpets, and the smoking, right?
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When the people saw it, they did what? They removed
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fire away, right? But there were people in that
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meeting too that believed. Moses believed, a
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couple of persons believed. Afterwards, we knew
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their story, that they believed in that meeting.
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Now, nothing should distract us from God's intention.
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Many things will be happening in Kadathism. Maybe
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someone will be falling under the analogy. Someone
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will be shouting. Don't be a spectator. Don't
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be looking around and saying what is happening.
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Let me put it in the words of that. 18. Don't
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look at the thunders and lightnings and all of
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that. When God will speak, God spoke with a voice.
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Right? God spoke with a voice. God spoke to them.
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So, don't look at the distractions. Don't let
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it get you carried away so that you can focus
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on what you want to receive. Don't let your friend
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distract you. Don't let anybody distract you.
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Right? So that you can be able to receive what
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God is doing in that place. So, they were really...
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carried away by all that is happening. And again,
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one thing I observe is, if only they kept looking
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at Moses while all the things that are happening
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is happening, and they kept following at the
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score of the moment, they would have believed.
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But they got carried away, many things were happening,
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and they told the man of God, rather than focusing
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on what the man of God has said, they said, well,
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you speak to us, right? You know, sometimes I
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think, why didn't they ask Moses? Moses, why
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is all this thundering? and all of these things
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happening, we want to believe God, you know,
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these things are, they are just all around. Maybe
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he could have explained, but rather, they explained
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to him that you see this communication of God
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is dead unto us. You see the reverse. They could
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have asked him questions, why is all this happening?
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Right? In fact, Moses later replied them, even
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when they did not ask him. They did not ask him
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a question. Go to verse 19. Moses actually answered
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them, although they did not ask him a question,
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which I was expecting them, you know, maybe they
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could ask. Verse 19 says, And they said unto
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Moses, Speak thou to us, lest we will die. Speak
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thou to us, and we will hear. Lest God speak
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with us, lest we die. And verse 20, look at what
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Moses said. And Moses said unto them, Fear not,
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for God has come to prove you that his fear may
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be before your faces, that ye may say not. Right?
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And the people again stood afar off and Moses
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drew them into the deep darkness where God was.
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So Moses is telling them that God has come to
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reveal himself to you, that he might speak to
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you. You might know him and he might know you.
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Right? So a fellowship is what God wanted. God
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came to reveal himself. After this time, there's
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no other time that God said, bring them again.
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Let me reveal myself to them. They just kept
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receiving true proxies. you know, started receiving
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true information, prophets, judges, kings, that
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about, right? So, but yet we knew that that God's
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intention to speak directly to them was not suspended,
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was still valid, but there was no time they had
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to gather again and begin to receive this. So
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we see that Moses communicated the reason for
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them, which was what they were supposed to ask.
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So when there's a distraction, avoid distractions,
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right? For us, it's not unto believing. We have
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believed, right? Are we together? We have believed.
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We have believed. But for us to take hold of
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what God is doing in our meetings, we must avoid
25:47
destruction. Okay? We must avoid destructions
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as much as we can. So we can say that although
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God communicated his intention, right? Moses
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explained to them and God fulfilled. Did you
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see that God fulfilled? God fulfilled his intention
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in that meeting. Did God speak to them? Yes.
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God fulfilled his intention in that meeting.
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That's another point that we should put. When
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God says I will come and I will do something,
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it is I am that I am. He is going to do it. So,
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whatever we have received. In fact, from this
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week, you should start receiving. From this week,
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you should start receiving. By the time you receive
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it, by the time you enter into the Believer's
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Conference, it will be abundance. Right? It will
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be flow in abundance. You will not struggle.
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To flow. It will be abundant. So this week, you
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should take time out as we are fasting. You take
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time out to pray. Take time out to really sit
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down and hear. Study the scripture. Pay attention.
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You are just zoning your mind. So that when the
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word starts coming next week, you'll be catching
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it very fast. You'll be catching it. Your signal
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will be very high. You'll be catching it very
27:03
fast. Right? You'll not be waiting. You know
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that sometimes. There are some teachings that
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they give us. For a long time, if you don't hear
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that teaching, when the teaching comes, right?
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Although you have believed, you start, is that
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the scripture? Your mind will start doing that.
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Instead of you catching it immediately and running
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with it, you start. So now is the time to prepare
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your mind. So let's prepare our mind so that
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we can receive in abundance. So that the expectation,
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we can see when God is fulfilling it. Are we
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together? We can see when. God fulfilled it,
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but they didn't see it. They translated it to
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be something else. So in our meeting, God will
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fulfill what he has said he will do. Praise God.
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How many of us believe that God will fulfill
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what he has said he will do? Can we shout glory?
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Glory, yes. God will fulfill what he has said
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he will do. God will fulfill. So God gave them
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what to build expectation on in the communication
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of what he will do. The kingdom of priests, a
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holy nation. For us, it's greater works. Greater
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works than we have done. We keep doing greater
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works. And I said, Hebrews 10. Okay, so we can
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just add Hebrews 11 .10. Of course, I think I
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quoted Matthias. I mentioned Matthias. I'm going
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to go to Hebrews 11 .10 just to see the case
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of Abraham. Hebrews 11 .10. And I waited for
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the city which has foundations, whose builder
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and maker, is God. This was Abraham looking forward
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to, you know that thing that we see, a holy nation,
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royal priesthood, the church. Moses wrote that.
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Abraham looked forward to this city. So, did
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God, can we say, that that has been said, did
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God fulfill it? Yes, he did. Although Israel,
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there are many people who didn't believe, God
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still fulfilled what he did. So, It's not just
29:04
about us. When God says he will do something,
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he will do it. So what we see here is that Abraham
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looked forward to that city whose builder and
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maker is God. And God did it. God did it. So
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majorly what Abraham was looking for was what
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God communicated to Israel. It wasn't something
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new for the first time in the scriptures. What
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Moses communicated to Israel is what Abraham
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waited for. He saw it, he received it in typologies.
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So good. So we see that the expectation, the
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hope, which is faith in what God will do, and
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it is in and after the meeting. So we have to
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have faith in what God will do in that meeting
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and after that meeting. So it's not just that
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we'll finish charismas on Saturday, right? And
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we're like, okay, it's over and we just... No,
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no, no, no. We know that we carry that... Throughout,
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until the next believer's meeting. Until the
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next believer's meeting. So, while you are receiving,
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right? While you are receiving, be thinking of,
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Lord, for the next one year, before we come back
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to this, okay, to this camp again, just as it
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came to my mind, right? Before we come back to
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this camp again, before we come back to this
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gathering again, right? There are things that
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I'm looking forward to you doing, using me for.
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Greater works beyond measures. Greater works
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beyond measures. So we look forward to what God
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will do in that meeting and after that meeting.
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In that meeting and after that meeting. And when
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we go to Exodus 20, we saw that they didn't believe,
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right? They didn't believe. Yet, God still established
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the church. God still established a nation. And
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the whole earth is actually His. Now, if you
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go to that verse. Verse 5 of 19, it said, for
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the old head is mine, right? So God will fill
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the earth with his word. He will fill the earth
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with people who have believed. He will fill the
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old heads with his people, his nation. So this
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is what we see. And we can also bring another
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gathering, right? And see, for those ones, we
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know that, okay, they said, lest we die, right?
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They said, lest we die. But let's go to Acts.
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Let's go to Acts. We'll see the same pattern.
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Of God's intention. Right? And Jesus communicated
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that. Acts chapter 1. Acts chapter 1. Acts chapter
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1. From verse 4. Acts chapter 1 from verse 4.
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A meeting where people believe. They have expectation.
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They receive. And they throw. Right? As compared
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to the ones with Moses and the wilderness. Most
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of them did not. And being assembled together
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with them, commanded them that they should not
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depart from Jerusalem. They commanded them that
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they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait
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for the promise of the Father, which saith he,
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which saith he, ye have heard of me. For John
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truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized
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with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. And
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when they therefore... We have come together.
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They asked of him, you see, saying, Lord, will
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thou at this time restore again the kingdom of
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Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for
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you to know the times or season which the fire
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hath put in its power. Again, Jesus now explained
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more clearly. For ye shall receive power after
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the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall
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be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and all
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Judea and in Samaria. and onto the uttermost
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parts of the earth, right? Onto the uttermost
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parts of the earth. So we see that in this meeting,
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the communication of what God wants to do in
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the life of the disciples was clear, right? Also
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God's intention was clear. Jesus said they will
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receive what? Power, right? In the other one,
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they were calling them into salvation. In this
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one, it says they will receive power, right?
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When? the Holy Ghost hath come upon them, and
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they will be witnesses unto him. Now, this is
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God's intention. Now, we see that in chapter
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2, it was fulfilled. Again, God's intention fulfilled.
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A people waiting, a people having expectation,
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looking forward to receiving power. Right? We'll
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see it from that verse 1 of chapter 2. He said,
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when the day of the Holy Ghost was fully come,
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they were all with one accord in one place. Right?
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This is different from the other ones that said,
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well, don't speak to us, lest we die. That's
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disorder. Your leader said, God will give you
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life. You said, no, it is death. Now, that's
34:03
disorder. But here, he said they were in one
34:05
accord. It means that they were all expecting.
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Right? They were looking forward to this power.
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They were looking forward to what God would do.
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They were looking forward to receiving. Right?
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And suddenly, there came a sound. from heaven
34:19
as a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the
34:23
house where they were sitting. And there appeared
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unto them tongues like of fire, and it sat upon
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each of them. And they were all filled with the
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Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues,
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as the Spirit gave them all tongues. So they
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were filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began
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to speak with other tongues. as the Spirit gave
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them order. Now, they could have said, what is
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this? Let's look at how it is put in verse 2.
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And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as
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a rushing mighty wind, and it all filled the
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house where they were sitting. Now, so this kind
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of description, we have a couple of them in Acts.
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Acts chapter 4 gave the same illustration. Let's
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go to Acts chapter 4. Acts chapter 4, from verse
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29. It said, And now, Lord, behold their threatenings.
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and grant unto thy servants that with all boldness
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they may speak thy word, by stretching forth
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thy hand to him, and that signs and wonders may
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be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
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When they had prayed, the place was shaking where
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they were assembled together, and they were filled
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with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak.
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they began to speak the word of the Lord with
35:46
boldness. So again, mighty rushing wind, right?
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In that picture, here we see the place where
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they were was shaking, right? Just as they saw
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the lightnings and thunders and all of that,
35:57
right? In the house of apostles, we've seen this
35:59
figure, this picture again, painted here, something
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like a mighty rushing wind. So it means something
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actually happened in that garden. Something happened
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in that garden. So the place where they were,
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they were shaking. However, in all the shaking
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and in all the migration, they were not distracted.
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They focused on the expectation of what they
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wanted. Now, at 4 .30, what were they expecting?
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They were expecting that they would be able to
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have boldness to speak the word. Did it happen?
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Yes. So they spoke the word much more with all
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boldness. That was their prayer, right? They
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prayed and they received that. And they spoke
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the word much more. Here they were waiting to
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receive. power, right? They were waiting to receive
36:45
power and they did receive the power. So, the
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communication of what God is doing or what God
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wanted to do in the disciples' life was fulfilled.
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They've been together in one accord, in one focusing
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and waiting to receive power. Now, another thing
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we will see there is that they also had leadership,
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okay? They also had leadership, right? They also
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had leadership. We go to 2 verse 14. 2 verse
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14, Acts. But Peter's standing up with the 11.
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So, from verse 12, it says, And they were all
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amazed and were in doubt, saying to one another,
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What meaneth this? Others mocking said, These
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men are full of new wine. Right? These men are
37:38
full of new wine. And as a result of that, right,
37:42
one of them could just pop up and say, well,
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you think we are full of new wine? You know,
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let me show you the new wine or do something
37:49
very interesting. But nobody responded. But Peter
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stood up, right? Peter stood up, standing up
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with the leaven, lifted up his voice and said
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unto them, Ye men of Judea and all that dwell
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at Jerusalem, be this known unto you and akin
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unto my word, for these are not drunken. So,
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fulfillment of God's intention in the life of
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the disciples, in the life of everyone who will
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believe, right, as part of identification with
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them. So, we see that in this context. So, they
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had leadership. There was an expectation. There
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was God's intention, expectation. They believed.
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There was leadership. They were together. in
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one accord, right? They were together in one
38:42
accord. So this is what we see, right? This is
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what we see in these meetings. So let's see.
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One other thing that we can expect, one thing
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that we should expect much more is that which
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we started seeing from Acts 4. Yes, from Acts
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4. Let's start seeing. So as we now, as those
39:05
that have believed, as those that have the Spirit
39:07
of God, as those that walk and lead in Christ.
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Now, what should be our expectation as we come
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to this meeting? One of the expectations is that
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we will be filled with the Spirit, right? We
39:22
will be filled with the Spirit. It means we will
39:25
be stirred up in the Spirit. I think Pastor Victor
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gave sufficient time to teach that, that we can
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be stirred up again. While we have been filled,
39:34
we receive. Right? We can't just tear it up.
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And in some places, the Bible, in the book of
39:39
Acts, used the same word, filled. Right? To refer
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to the stirring of the Spirit of God within the
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believer. Within the believer. Now, it's happened
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to some people, the aspect of being filled, but
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I think I would just like to focus on only the
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one in the book of Acts. There was one in Luke
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where we have the case of Elizabeth, we have
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the case of Zechariah, but they didn't have the
40:00
indwelling, but still an example in the Spirit.
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An explanation of, you know, something's tearing
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up to being filled. So, let's focus on Acts,
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right? Acts chapter 4, Acts chapter 4, verse
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8. Acts chapter 4, verse 8. Then Peter filled
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with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers
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of the people and elders of Israel. Right? Now,
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this is Peter. It says, Peter filled with the
40:29
Holy Ghost. The same Peter that stood up in Acts
40:31
chapter 1. Again, it says filled with Holy Ghost.
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Now, it's not like he's just receiving power
40:36
again, but it means that there is a filling.
40:39
It means he's full of the Holy Ghost. That's
40:40
another word for it. Full of the Holy Ghost means
40:43
what is inside of him, right? He's full of it.
40:45
It means there's a stirring within him. And when
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there is a stirring of the Holy Ghost, being
40:51
filled with the Holy Ghost, we see several great
40:54
manifestations. So in this meeting, we will be
40:58
filled with the Holy Ghost. We will be full of
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the Holy Ghost. Just like Peter was full of the
41:03
Holy Ghost in this day. And what happens? They
41:05
speak. Consistently when they are full of the
41:08
Holy Ghost, they speak, right? They speak. They
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speak in tongues. They prophesy. They teach the
41:12
word. When they are full of the Holy Ghost, this
41:15
is what happens. So in that meeting, as we come
41:19
together, we will be full of the Holy Ghost.
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So what did he do? If this day, and we this day
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be examined of the good deeds done by the important
41:28
man. So he gave an explanation. But be it known
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unto all and to all the people of Israel that
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by the name of Jesus of Nazareth, whom ye have
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crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even
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by him doeth this man stand here before you whole.
41:42
So a miracle has taken place. They're questioning
41:45
him. He wants to have an answer. And he was full
41:49
of the Holy Ghost, filled with the Holy Ghost,
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and he's paid. Okay, that's after Acts 2. Now
41:54
Acts 6, 5, let's see. So we will be full of the
41:58
Holy Ghost. Everyone here will be full of the
41:59
Holy Ghost and we will walk in diverse manifestations,
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demonstrations. That's chapter 5 and 6, right?
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And the same please the whole multitude. And
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they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the
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Holy Spirit. And Philip, Procurus, Nicanor, Timon,
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Parmenas, and Nicholas, a proselyte from Antioch.
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So men full of the Holy Ghost. Now, it seems
42:25
to be that These people, let me put it this way,
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they are barely out of the Holy Ghost, if there's
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anything like that. It's like these ones on the
42:35
spot, regular. When you come close to them, let's
42:39
put it the way we used to, they are always on
42:40
fire. They don't have a coming down. Let's put
42:42
it that way, right? They're always full of the
42:44
Holy Ghost, full of faith, right? This word,
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full of faith and the Holy Spirit, means that
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there is no room for, there is no room, let me
42:52
put it this way, there is no room for the flesh.
42:55
There's no joking around. There's no playing
42:56
around. When you come around them, you get the
42:58
word, you get the impactation that you need,
43:02
right? And those are the people they found to
43:05
put in charge of this work, this distribution
43:09
and this responsibility of Sherwood. Men full
43:12
of doling. So we can also say that whatever you'll
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be doing that day, whether you manage to be in
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media, you should know that you should be full
43:20
of the Holy Ghost. Right? If you carry a camera,
43:23
be full of, if you know it before, drop it and
43:25
be full of the Holy Ghost. Right? If you drop
43:28
the camera and do what you should do or a point
43:31
a certain time where you quickly do it and drop
43:33
it. So whether we are in media, we are in ocean,
43:36
we are cooking, we are doing, whatever we are
43:37
doing, make sure that you are part of that experience
43:41
of being full of the Holy Ghost. Make sure you
43:45
are part of that experience of being full of
43:47
the Holy Ghost. Now we see 7 verse 55, at 7 verse
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55 that, A dying man, right? A man that was,
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you know, let's read. That was the case of Stephen.
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Now, verse 54. When they heard these things,
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they were caught to their hearts and they gnashed
44:05
on him with their teeth. Verse 54, sorry. And
44:07
verse 5. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost,
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looked obstinately into heaven and saw the glory
44:13
of God and Jesus standing on the right hand.
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And he said, behold, I see, see, saying something
44:18
again. I see the heavens open. and the Son of
44:22
Man standing on the right hand of God. Again,
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full of the legos. Even at the points where people
44:29
were against him. So, we can be full of the legos
44:32
at all times. Even much more as we come together
44:35
in this meeting. As we come together in this
44:39
meeting. Acts 11 verse 24. 11 verse 24. For I
44:45
was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith,
44:47
and... great many people were added to the Lord,
44:51
right? So I think we need to read a little bit
44:54
of that. Let's move from verse 21. And the hand
45:00
of the Lord was with them, and a great number
45:03
believed and turned unto the Lord. Then the tithes
45:06
of this thing came unto the ears of the church,
45:09
which was in Jerusalem, and they sent forth Barnabas
45:13
that he should go as far as Antioch. who, when
45:18
he came, had seen the grace of God, was glad
45:21
and exalted them all, that with purpose of heart
45:25
they would cleave unto the Lord. For he was a
45:29
good man, full of the Holy Ghost and faith. And
45:34
much people were added unto the Lord. Right?
45:39
Full of the Holy Ghost. I think the last one
45:41
is just Acts 13, verse 52. Acts 13. Verse 52.
45:49
Scripture. Acts 7, verse 52. And the disciples
45:52
were filled with joy and the Holy Ghost. Now,
45:56
what happened? Why were they filled with joy
45:58
and the Holy Ghost in this country? Let's see.
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Verse 48. It says, And when the Gentiles, I think
46:02
we read this on Sunday. So when the Gentiles
46:04
heard this, they were glad and glorified the
46:07
word of the Lord. And as many as were ordained
46:11
to eternal life believed. And the word. of the
46:14
Lord was published throughout the region. But
46:17
the Jews teared up the devout and honorable women
46:19
and the chief men of the city and raised persecution
46:24
against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them out
46:27
of their courts. But they shook off the dust
46:31
of their feet against them and came unto Iconium.
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And the disciples were filled with joy and the
46:39
Holy Ghost. So again here, disciples they met
46:41
were filled with joy and the Holy Ghost. So they
46:45
were filled with joy and the Holy Ghost. So this
46:49
is our expectation for the believers meeting.
46:53
This is what we should expect to see. Now, when
46:56
they are filled with joy, right? When we are
46:59
full of the Holy Spirit, we speak, we give the
47:03
word of wisdom, we give the word of knowledge,
47:05
we give the signing of spirit. We work much more
47:08
with clarity and accuracy in the gifts. of the
47:12
Holy Spirit, right? We work much more. We work
47:16
much more in clarity and accuracy in giving.
47:19
So we should expect this. We should expect this.
47:23
All right, so what are a few counsel, right,
47:26
that we should give before we pray? We pray in
47:29
a few minutes, right, to stay ourselves up even
47:32
this evening. What are a few counsel that we
47:34
can give as we look forward to being full of
47:37
the Holy Ghost, as we look forward to receiving
47:40
the Word, as we look forward to being impacted,
47:43
as we look forward to following instructions
47:45
that pastors will be leading, as we look forward
47:48
to following the leading, what are the things
47:51
that we should start preparing for? Now, from
47:54
now, you should start avoid sleeping late. Okay?
47:58
Start avoid sleeping late. Let your, whether
48:02
it's your sleeping clock or I don't know what
48:04
they call it, let it know that you start waking
48:07
up early and you'll be coming back by five. So
48:11
you need to program yourself. You need to start
48:12
preparing your mind for that. You need to stop
48:15
sleeping late. Reduce eating too much. So that
48:18
you're not being kind of this one's and you'll
48:19
be desiring food to eat. You'll be longing. No,
48:22
no, no, no. It's a long ride. And I want to believe
48:25
the market is far from here. Farther than where
48:28
we used to be. Oh, this one. Maybe we'll lock
48:31
the door. When you're coming, there's no going
48:35
out. So let's, let's, let's. Now we are waiting.
48:39
As you are waiting, your body will be adjusting.
48:41
I know day one fasting, you know, it might be
48:43
very odd. This is day three now or day four,
48:45
right? So, day three. Okay, okay. Pastor started
48:49
on last week. He just fell off in between. I
48:51
wanted to ask his God. It happened like that.
48:54
All right. So, we are in day three, right? So,
48:58
your body should have adjusted so that when you
49:00
come for that meeting, You are not, of course,
49:03
there will be lunchtime. But before that, you
49:05
don't get strained out. In fact, you can reduce
49:07
what you eat in that route. If they give you
49:09
portion, eat half. So that you don't, you remain
49:12
full. You know, you remain full. All right. I'm
49:16
just trying to say that we should, you know,
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pay attention, right, to what we do. Our conduct
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in the God. Set time to pray. Set time to pray
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in the course of this week. Set time to pray.
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Don't be fasting without praying. If you're fasting
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without praying, it's what? Hunger strike. When
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you fast and you don't pray, you don't do anything,
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it's hunger strike. So please pray. Study the
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word, right? Study the word. Study the meetings
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that we have, all the previous teachings that
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we've gone through. Study them. Pay attention
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to them. Now this is you setting, like practically
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setting expectation now. Right? This is you practically
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setting expectation. You not ignoring God's intention
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in that meeting. Right? You not ignoring. God's
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intention in that meeting. You're not ignoring
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God's intention in that meeting. So we're not
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distracted. We are set. Our mind is set to receive.
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We are ready to receive. We are not like those
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of the wilderness, but we are much more those
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that are ready, right, to partake in the move
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of God. Now, this is the move. There will be
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a move of God, right? It means God's leading,
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God's direction. God telling us what to do, clarity,
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breaking things, and remolding us in ways that
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will help us to do the work of ministry much
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more. Can we be on our feet just for the next
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five minutes that we have? Can we just pray?
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Can we just tear ourselves up in the Holy Ghost
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just for this next five minutes? It's part of
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the way of setting our expectation, what you
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want to see in that meeting. We appreciate you
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being here today. We hope you carry this word
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with you throughout your week. Don't forget to
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check the show notes for additional insights.
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Until next time, stay blessed.