Transcript: Concerning Spirituals - The Holy Spirit Part 2
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Just like a soldier going to battle, Garrett himself with every armor needed for battle and for winning. So believers must guard themselves with the gospel of peace, the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. Join apostle Emmanuel as he teaches God's word to equip you for a victorious life on earth. This is believers equip. Please be seated. God bless you concerning spirituals, the holy spirit part two. Concerning spirituals, the holy spirit part two. Now we turn from what the holy spirit does to bring you into salvation to what it does after you are saved. And this is where the church has tragically underperformed. We declare the new birth.
We preach justification by faith. We sing about the cross and the resurrection, but we have largely neglected the ongoing daily moment by moment, ministry of the holy spirit in the life of the believer. And I think it is very important that every believer understands what God is doing in their lives. Or should I say how the holy spirit is moving in their lives and what the holy spirit is doing in their lives? Are you with me? Sir. Can you bow your head for one moment and say open the eyes of my understanding tonight? Open the eyes of my understanding tonight. In Jesus' name we have prayed. A lot of believers live their life as though the work of the holy spirit ended at salvation.
We believe that we have been saved, and we believe that we have been sealed by the holy spirit. And a lot of believers just assume that the holy spirit now just sits at the background whilst they live the Christian life with their own strength. And this is how many believers live. We live our lives with our own strength, in our own flesh, with our own power, and then they wonder why they are defeated. They wonder why they are powerless. They wonder why they are frustrated. They wonder why they are burnt out. I think it is important to begin from this note. You cannot live the Christian life without the holy spirit. Write it down.
You cannot do what? You cannot live the Christian life without the holy spirit. You cannot live the Christian life without the holy spirit. You cannot. You cannot. It is impossible. You are not designed to. The Christian life is not hard. It is just impossible for the natural man. The only one that can live that life is Jesus Christ, and he lives that life in you through the power of the holy spirit.
In Galatians chapter two and verse 20, the bible says, I have been crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, yet I live. But Christ, but it's no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh. I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. Christ lives in you. And how does he live in you? Through the holy spirit. Through the holy spirit. Romans chapter eight from verse nine to verse 10 makes that very clear.
Let's go there. But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit. If indeed the spirit of God dwells in you, now if anyone does not have the spirit of Christ, he is not his, the next verse. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness. If Christ is in you, so how is Christ in you? Through the Holy Spirit. Are you with me? Yes, sir. Because the Bible says if indeed the spirit of God dwells in you, then Christ is in you. So how Christ came to be in you is because the spirit of God is in you.
And it is only Christ that can live out the Christian life. That's the reason why Christ is in the believer because he lives out that life through the holy spirit inside of you. So reliance on the flesh, you will realize that the natural man cannot live out the Christian life. It will be difficult for you. How does somebody hurt you so bad and then you you you are taught to forgive them? It will be difficult. It will look unreal. It will look unnatural. How does somebody steal from you? How does somebody rob you?
How does somebody rape you many years ago? And you don't feel justified holding an offense. And you're told to let go of that offense. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Yes. The Christian life were very difficult because we are called to love even our enemies. The Bible is to love those who spitefully use you. The Christian life is difficult to natural man. That is the reason why... The only person who can live that life is Christ.
And guess what? Christ lives in you. He lives in you through the holy spirit. So to the man who has the holy spirit, the Christian life is not difficult. To the man who has Christ living in him, the Christian life is not difficult. Say it with me. The Christian life is not difficult. Because to have Christ is to have the spirit. To have the spirit is to have Christ. They are inseparable.
The holy spirit is the presence of Jesus in you. It's Kenneth Egan that calls him Jesus unlimited. Jesus unlimited because he believes that it is true, doctrinally speaking, that when Jesus was alive in the flesh, he was limited. When he died, was buried, and resurrected, and ascended, and sat down the right man of God in heaven, it became unlimited. So the Holy Spirit in you is Jesus unlimited. Are you with me? What is the ministry of the holy spirit to the believer? That's really what I wanna look at today. What's the ministry of the holy spirit to the believer? Number one, the holy spirit teaches you all things.
We'll try to be fast because it's a lot to talk about. The holy spirit teaches you all things. John chapter 14 verse 26. But the helper, the holy spirit, whom the father will send in my name, he will teach you how many things And bring to your remembrance how many things? How many things. That I said to you. The holy spirit teaches you all things. The holy spirit brings to your remembrance all things. In other words, the holy spirit is your teacher. The believer must know that when you have the holy spirit on your inside, the holy spirit on your inside is your teacher.
The holy spirit is what? He's your teacher. First Corinthians chapter two from verse nine to verse 10. The Bible says, high has not seen nor hear heard nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love him. Verse 10. But God has revealed them to us. How? For the spirit searches all things. Yes. The deep things of God.
There are truths about God. There are truths about the plans of God. There are truths about the kingdom of God. That there are truths about your destiny that you cannot discover by logic, that you cannot discover by human effort. Your natural mind cannot figure them out. Your education cannot uncover them. Your intelligence cannot describe them. These things must be revealed, and it is the responsibility of the holy spirit to search the mind of God. And the holy spirit reveals these things to you. The holy spirit is the revealer.
No wonder the bible says he would teach you. Look at this. Verse nine says... Go back to verse nine. Verse nine says, eye has not seen. He has not heard it. It has not even entered the heart of men. The things which God has prepared for those who love him. It means there are things that are already prepared for you. Say it with me.
There are things that God has prepared for you, but the Bible says your eyes have not seen it. The Bible says your ears have not heard it. Is that not a problem? If God has prepared it for you and you don't know what it is or even how to enter into it, is that not a problem? It's a problem. It's a problem. The Bible says eyes have not seen it. Ears have not heard it. The things that God has prepared for those who love him. What does the spirit do?
In the next verse, bible says, the spirit searches all things. For God has revealed them to us through his spirit. The spirit searches all things, searches the deep things of God, and begins to communicate those deep things of God to your spirit. Begins to reveal these deep things of God, begins to teach you these deep things of God about his plans, about his agenda, the things he has prepared for you, the things he has prepared for your life and destiny, the agenda of God, the eternal purpose of God, your assignment in the purpose of God, your assignment the eternal plan of God. These things, the holy spirit begins to reveal to you. It begins to teach you. This is the ministry of the holy spirit to the believer. It teaches. It doesn't teach pastors. It doesn't teach apostles.
It doesn't teach prophets. It teaches the believers. It means it is normal for the believer to be taught of the holy spirit. And if you are a believer who has not experienced the teaching ministry of the holy spirit, it means you have not yet been introduced into the wealth of his ministry. He searches the deep things of God, and he makes them known to you. He takes the mysteries of scripture, and he opens them to you. It takes the promises of God and it shows you how it applies to your life. It takes the wisdom of heaven and downloads it into your spirit. So that you begin to know what to do. That's the reason why two people can see the same verse of scripture, and the one person sees nothing, and the other person sees everything.
The holy spirit teaching. Are you with me? Yes. The holy spirit teaching. The other one is reading only with natural mind. But when the holy spirit teaches you, line begin to connect. First John chapter two and verse 27. The bible says, but the anointing which you have received from him abides in you. I do not need that anyone teach you, but at the same anointing teaches you concerning all things and it's true and it's not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in him. You see that?
The anointing which you have received from him abides in you, the anointing there is the holy spirit. The holy spirit that you have received abides in you, and it teaches you. That does not mean that you don't need human teachers. Because in the book of Ephesians chapter four verse 11, Paul tells us that teachers are the gift of God to you. But it means that teachers are supposed to lay the foundation so that as you begin to study scriptures, as you begin to come into the knowledge of God, the holy spirit can also begin to explain certain things to you building on the foundation that the teachers have laid. Are you with me? Yes, sir. Building on the foundation that the teachers have laid. Glory to God. And when a teacher is teaching you something, the holy spirit begins to confirm what that teacher is teaching you in your spirit.
When a teacher is... Even a prophet, a prophet can come to you and he's telling you, thus said the Lord. The holy spirit within you must be giving confirmation to whatever anybody tells you. Are you with me? Because you must understand it is within his ministry. If you're a believer, the ministry of this... Of the holy spirit in your life is to reveal things to you, is to teach you, is to show you the deep things of God. So a prophet should not come and tell you, oh, this is what I'm seeing about your life. God said this, God said that. There should be some weakness in your spirit as a confirmation that the holy spirit is given to your spirit to confirm what the person is saying.
Otherwise, you don't take everything somebody tells you who climb and sinker. There's got to be some confirmation in your spirit. Are you with me? Yes, sir. Some confirmation in your spirit. Because of that same holy spirit. The holy spirit within you can warn you. He can teach. He can explain to you. That's how you discern.
That's how you grow. That's how you move from milk to meat because the holy spirit teaches you. And believers, listen to me. You have to submit your spirit to be taught of God. Submit your spirit to be taught of God. It is powerful. Consciously engage the holy spirit. Consciously engage his teaching ministry. Consciously do so. When you're going to scriptures, when you are reading the bible, consciously engage the teaching ministry of the spirit.
Ask him questions because he's a person. I told you this on Sunday that the holy spirit is a person. You can communicate with the holy spirit. You can fellowship with the holy spirit. You can be intimate with the holy spirit. So commune with him. Ask him questions. Don't use your brain to try and understand. Ask him questions. What does this mean?
And then begin to think about it. Begin to meditate on it. Begin to ruminate about it. And then an understanding heart, light floods your spirit. Suddenly, it's making sense. Suddenly, you are connecting dots together. You see, when this ministry begins, when this teaching begins, it doesn't mean that the spirit will come like a teacher holding king and saying that, you know, this is what the bible says. See, can you see it? Say it with me. In the beginning was the word.
The word was with God. Now go back to Genesis. Can you see that now? Look at how I joined together. Can I? No. That's not how it works. How it works is just that your spirit will begin to understand. That's it. When that begins to happen, you'll know this is the only spirit teaching you.
You didn't get what I've just said. Your spirit will just begin to understand. You'll be reading scriptures, and then you will see how a scripture explains another scripture. You will see how line connects to line. You will see how something that apostle said, something the man of God said connects to this. You will see correction. You will see rebuke. Sometimes you will see a scripture, and you will say, my goodness, this is this is talking to me. And you would see the scripture correcting you, rebuking you. That's the holy spirit teaching you.
Do you understand what I'm saying? That's the holy spirit teaching you, communicating to you. If you really desire to fellowship with the spirit of God, especially to hear him speak to you often, I really believe that you should spend time with scriptures. I really believe you should spend time studying scriptures, studying scriptures. A lot of believers are lazing this. And that is the reason why we cannot discern the speakings of the spirit because we don't spend time knowing how he speaks, knowing what he has said as revealed in his word. Spend time in scriptures. Regiment your bible study. Ensure that your highest is studying scriptures. Are you with me brothers and sisters?
Yes. Let's move fast. Number two. John chapter 16 verse 13, the holy spirit guides you into all truth. He guides you into all truth. John 16 verse 13. However, when he, the spirit of truth has come, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears, he will speak, and he will tell you things to come. He will guide you into all truth. In other words, the holy spirit is not only your teacher, he's also your guide.
There's a difference. A teacher impacts knowledge. Is that not so? A guide leads you on a journey. A teacher tells you what is true. A guide shows you how to walk in what is true. Or what is truth. How to walk in truth. And the holy spirit is the one who guides you into truth. Who guides you into truth.
Notice that the bible call... Jesus calls him the spirit of truth, not the spirit of immortal. Not the spirit of experiences. Not the spirit of feelings. The spirit of truth. That means everything that he speaks, everything that he reveals, everything that he says to you, everything that he teaches you, everything that he guides you, that he leads you into is anchored in truth. It does not contradict truth. It does not contradict scripture. It does not lead you into herald. It does not give you revelations that opposes the written word of God.
It is the spirit of truth. It guides you into all truth. Now you have to understand that truth in this equation is not just information. The bible is not saying it guides you into all information. Are you with me? Truth in this equation is a person. Jesus said in John chapter 14 verse six, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me. So Jesus is the truth, and the holy spirit's job is to guide you into deeper and deeper knowledge of Jesus. Deeper and deeper knowledge.
Deeper and deeper experiences. Experience rather of Jesus. He guides you into becoming like him. He guides you into knowing him more and more. He guides you into into experiencing him more and more. It guides you into seeing him in the things in which he appears. The holy spirit is the one that makes you know and makes you understand and makes you see him in the things in which he appears. Otherwise, you would not see. Are you with me? Otherwise, you will not see.
All you will see is things. When the holy spirit begins to guide you, it then shows you his appearance in the things. When the holy spirit guides him to all truth, it takes what is just a normal circumstances, what is just a normal situation, what is just a normal challenge or even a problem, and it used to show you Jesus in it. Because that is his responsibility, and it takes advantage of every occasion to guide you into truth. It takes advantage of what? To guide you into truth. Now the bible says if any man be in Christ, he's a new creation. So the bible makes abundantly clear that we are in Christ. Is that not so? But in Ephesians chapter four, the bible also makes it clear that even though we are in Christ, we are to grow into the fullness of the stature of Christ.
Do you remember that? Yes, sir. We are to grow into the fullness of... Or the measure of the stature of the fullness of... We are to grow into it. So you are in Christ, but you are growing into Christ. You are in Christ, but you are growing into Christ. It means that there will be results that might look as though it is cast in the life of the believer even though he's in Christ. Because there is now a burden upon the believer to grow into what you are. And how do you grow?
You grow in the knowledge of the son of God. That's why the bible says till we all come to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the son of God. And the holy spirit helps you in guiding you into that knowledge, in revealing the son to you more and more, using every circumstance, every situation to show you truth. Every occurrence is to show you truth. Are you with me? Yes, sir. And as you begin to know Jesus as revealed to you by the holy spirit in different occurrences and different situations. The more you mature, the more you come into him in experience. The more people look at your life and then what they see is Christ exemplified. Are you with me brothers and sisters?
Guide you into all truth. A deeper knowledge of Jesus. Not just knowing about him, but knowing him. Not just having correct doctrine, which is very important, but having the living and the breathing moment by moment fellowship with the son of God. In first Corinthians chapter two and verse 12, the bible says, now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit who is from God that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. I want us to read this to everybody. One, three, go. When you read scriptures, you begin to see how much scripture emphasizes you knowing. You knowing. You coming into the knowledge of the truth.
Is that not so? I wish that all men be saved and that they would come into the knowledge of the truth. And again, the bible is saying that we have received the spirit of God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. It means the holy spirit is the one that makes you know. The holy spirit is the one that makes you know that you are saved. That salvation is already your because salvation is given to you. It's gift. Is that not so? Salvation is a free gift. It's given to you by God.
The Holy Spirit is the one that makes you know that you are saved. The Holy Spirit is the one that makes you know that you are forgiven. The Holy Spirit is the one that makes you know that you are loved. The Holy Spirit is the one that makes you know that God hears you. It makes you know that all things are working together for your good. You know because the Holy Spirit has revealed it to you. He guides you into this truth. He guides you into all truth. Are you with me? Sir.
This is why an important fellowship and an important intimacy with the holy spirit is important so that you can benefit of this ministry of ease. Because if you do not keep up with intimacy with the holy spirit, this ministry will be far from you. If you ignore him, he won't teach you. Not because he will not teach you, but because you have not opened yourself to his teaching. If you don't acknowledge him being there, you won't hear his voice. If you don't fellowship with him, if you don't develop intimacy with him, these things will look like an alien experience to you. You're gonna wonder what are we saying. How does the holy guide a man? How does the holy spirit reveal truth to the man? But the more intimate a relationship to desire within, The more you begin to experience this ministry in your life.
The more you begin to experience the teaching ministry of the holy spirit, the guiding ministry of the holy spirit. Are you with me? Jesus said he will tell you of things to come. Beautiful. That the holy spirit operates in the prophetic realm. He doesn't just teach you about the past. He also explains the present to you, and then he shows you the future. He will tell you of things to come. It might not always come in a dramatic fashion. You might not always see visions or even see dreams.
Those things are good, and he sometimes uses those things. Are you with me? But most of the time, it is just a quiet knowing in your spirit. You just have a sense. Let me not take that job. You just have a conviction in your heart. Let me move to a different city. You just have a warning in your heart that a certain relationship or a certain friendship is dangerous. That is the holy spirit showing you things to come. It is not until it gives you the details of the experience.
Sometimes it put a nudge in your spirit. Are you with me? Yes, sir. Sometimes it puts a knowing in your spirit, an inclination in your spirit. The more you fellowship with the holy spirit, the more you get accustomed to how he speaks. Because the way he speaks is is diverse. I've taught you before, but perhaps you get the teaching, the school of the spirit. I taught there the cognitive speakings of the spirit and the noncognitive speakings of the spirit. Is that not so? The cognitive speakings of the spirit and the noncognitive speakings of the spirit.
That the more you are tuning yourself to him, the more you begin to familiarize yourself with all the channels of communication that the holy spirit has. All of them. There is the knowing of faith or the knowing of revelation, whichever one you wanna call it, where you just know. Yet you don't know how you know, yet you know. You just know. One One of my pastor was talking to me and he said, going for a conference and was speaking to someone. Is that not so? Just chatting with the person. And it just came to her heart and she just said it. It's like, you just look like somebody in accounting.
And the person said, what? I'm a chartered accountant. I'm a this. I'm a that. And then how did you know? Do I look like one? And the lady knew that it has nothing to do with how you look. I just know. I can't explain how I know, but I know. It's the knowing of the spirit.
It's an organ of communication. And the holy spirit can reveal things to come to you by that knowing. By that knowing. That when you begin to walk with the spirit, you realize that not everything that not every will, every party will lead you is both face. You don't understand what I'm saying? Let me explain what I'm saying to you. You realize that somebody invited you to come for a meeting or a wedding ceremony or whatever. And they say, come here. We are waiting for you. And you know that if any man being Christ is a new creation, you know that I'm still at the right hand of God in heavenly places, far above principalities and powers, above all the people.
You have that revelation. Is that not so? When you begin to walk with the spirit, it will now begin to show you that it's not just in the things that you know alone. It is in the things that it guides you as well. Because he will now tell you, don't go. At that point, it's not I'm seated far above nothing anybody want to do that can touch me. Now I will touch you. It will touch you. It will touch you. Because this is how people fall into victim.
Do you know that there are evil that will come? Evil that you cannot pray against. Evil you cannot pray about. Evil, you can do nothing about. It will come. It's not that you are not prayerful enough. It's not that you are not powerful enough. It's not that... Do you understand what I'm saying? It will come.
For instance, seven years of famine, it will come. We don't gather intercessors. I'm willing to pray against it. It will come. The question is, do you have someone that guides you? Because if you do not have, you will realize that, hey, surely, it will not help you. What will help you is go this direction. Go this way. Build store houses. Put your money in that place.
Start that business. It's called divine direction. When Herod was going to kill all the children when Jesus was born, that evil was not stopped. That evil happened. It... Nothing stopped it. But the Bible says an angel appeared and said, take this child out of this place. Do you understand what I'm saying? It means there are time that thieves will rob that road that you want to pass. That evil will not stop.
What will save you is don't travel today. It's not I cannot die but live to declare, we know. What will save you is a voice of direction. Sit down in your house. What we said is a voice of... Do you understand what I'm saying? Don't take that deal. Don't relate with those people. You go and then you just feel a sense in your spirit and unrest in your spirit like troubled waters. I'll get back to you on this deal.
I will reach out. I will reach back to you. And then you go, your spirit is troubled. You can't explain why there is trouble in your spirit. You don't know that the money they want to use and do... Sometimes give you contract, it's stolen money. In the next six months, EFCC will be looking for them. And by the time they find them, they will say, who are the people that you give this money to? They will call your name. The holy spirit and how he leads and how he guides and how he speaks and how he teaches and how he instructs.
And if a believer does not understand these things, you will be cheated in life. You you will be cheated in life. Things to come. Things to come. Acts 21. Number 10. Prophet called Hagabos came from Judea. Next verse. And when he had come to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own hands and feet and said, thus says the holy spirit. So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns his belt and deliver him to the hands of the Gentiles.
Next verse. Now when he had heard these things, both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem. Next verse. Then Paul answered, what do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. Next verse. So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased saying, the will of the Lord be done. When you study scriptures, you'll now find out why Paul was so bold and confident. Because part of his conscription when God was conscripting him as an apostle, part of the man that God gave to him was that in every city that he went to, he will be persecuted. Now Agabas is coming and he's seeing just one city.
But Jesus showed me before I started this work that in every city. So it would make no difference whether what you have said came to pass in Jerusalem or in Athens. That was my own conscripting message. I'm not only ready to be bound. I'm also ready to be mattered for this gospel. To be mattered for this gospel. And the people say, you know what? Let the will of God be done. So what was the will of God? The will of God in this context would be that Paul goes to Jerusalem.
What Hagabas came to say was a prophecy of things to come, not the revelation of the will of God. Let me give you an example of what I'm saying. Jesus, you are going to die on the cross. Things to come. If this is the case, then avoid the cross so that you will not die, not the will of God. So it means that you can see into the spirit. A prophet can see into the spirit and tell you something that will happen in the future. He can even tell you what the devil is playing. He can even tell you something that will... That doesn't mean that that is the will of God.
Ah, we have seen it that if you marry this person, you will not have a child. Things to come, but it's not the will of God. What's the will of God? Be fruitful. Multiply. Subdue. I am the children that the Lord has given to me. We are for signs and wonders. Children, children are entities of the Lord. He said blessed is a man who has his quiver full of them.
Arrows in the heart. That's the will of God. That's the will of God. So I don't dispute that what you are saying might be true with respect to what the devil has planned. But what is more true? What is a more sure word of prophecy? You with me now? Amen. And the holy spirit begins to reveal to you these things. That's what makes a man confident and bold.
In Proverbs chapter three and verse five to verse six, the bible says trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding in all your ways. Acknowledge him, and he will direct your path. How does he direct your path? Through the Holy Spirit. Is the voice within you? Is the one that whispers, this is the way. Walk therein. He's the one that checks your spirit when you're about to make a wrong turn, and he tells you, brother, this is a wrong turn. He's the one that floods your heart with peace.
When you are stepping into the will of God for your life, you just know I'm in the will of God. I'm doing the right thing. Are you with me? Even if the circumstances look terrifying, he's the one that brings peace, that floods you out of peace. That pressure can be left, right, and center, but there is peace in your spirit. In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he will guide you. He will guide you. He will direct your path. So I I can't be confused. In every dungeon I turn, the holy spirit directs me.
The holy spirit directs me. Just know what to do. I know I'm supposed to be going this way. I know I'm supposed to be moving in this direction. The holy spirit will not watch me fall into a ditch. It will speak to me. He will give me multiple sickness. He loved me too much. Multiple sickness in my own spirit, using scriptures, using the word of God to reinforce the will of God. Are you with me brothers and sisters?
Romans chapter eight and verse 14, popular scripture. What does it say? For as many as are led by the spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Being led by the spirit of God is not optional. It's not for some super spiritual believers. It's not for pastors and prophets only. It is a mark of sonship. If you are a child of God, you are led by the spirit of God. If you are a son of God, you are led by the spirit of God. And if you're not being led, you need to ask yourself whether you have truly surrendered your life to him.
Or whether you are still trying to navigate your life by your own understanding, by your own wisdom, by your own plans, by your own agenda. That's why the bible says lean not on your own understanding. Lean not on your own understanding. Your holy spirit will guide you in your career. He will guide you in your business. He will guide you in your marriage. He will guide you even in your friendships. It will guide you in your own finances. It will guide you in your ministry. There's no area of your life that is outside this jurisdiction.
He wants to be interested in everything. He wants to guide you in everything. He's not concerned about your prayer life alone. He's concerned about how you spend your money too. He's not concerned about your Sunday worship life. He's concerned about what you do on Monday. If you are a student who's concerned about your academics, he guides you into all truth even in that area too. It gives you understanding to understand. Gives you strength to study. I did a teaching some time ago how God helps men.
How do you know that you don't you don't determine how he will help you? But one thing is starting, he will help you. How you think he will help you? You are not the one that will tell him, this is how I want to be helped. Because he can help you by giving you supernatural strength. And you get... All you can... All you realize is that you have the strength to stay up all night to study without sleeping. Something everybody... Every other person is struggling with.
Something that person is, you you take... You you follow them to go and do TV and everybody's head is shaking, but your high... You are wide awake. That's the holy spirit helping you. Now are you partnering with his help by taking advantage of that strength to study for the exam to come, or do you take out your phone and watch movie for three hours first? No. You know what has happened? You have insulted the help. That's what has happened. Because you are choosing how you would rather that it helps you.
When you're now drop it, finish it. Now say, thing is plenty. Spirit, where should I read? And he says, no. I gave you the strength that you read everything. You know that culture of a o... AOC? It has so many students lazy. And even when we come to God, all we want is AOC. Precious spirit of the living God, can you just point?
Just point. Just point your finger. Show me. Show me. And amazingly, there are times that it helps like that. Amazingly, beautifully. There are times he does that even in his mercy, especially if you understand his mercy. You know what mercy means. You can tap in on mercy on moments like that when you know that I've I've been a fool. You have to first acknowledge that I have been a fool.
You don't you don't try to lay hold on mercy as though you end it. You don't end the mercy. So you have to fall according to... Man, no, you'd not try. You'd not try. You'd not try. But that's where mercy now comes in because mercy means that God does not give you what you deserve. So by reason of the fact that you did not try, you deserve to fail. So mercy comes. You see?
Mercy comes. And by the oppression of mercy, he now begins to point you and direct you. By the oppression of mercy that you have received, They used to tell you, those people, you just go. You you just go. You are... You arrive at the Exam Board. They are walking there, and they are trying to remember everything you read. And when mercy speaks, you just see some people hiding in one corner, like three or four people. And how did you just zoom to them? You That's the that's the meaning of mercy said no.
It means you are meant to fail, but mercy said no. As I believe, believers who are wise will rely heavily on the mercy of God. Heavily. Oh, I rely heavily on the mercy of God. I rely heavily on the mercy of God. That's not my teaching today. Are you with me brothers and sisters? He's concerned about your success, how you respond to betrayal, how you conduct your business, how you lead your people, how you lead your people, how you respond when people hurt you, when people favor you. There was the one... There was one time I was...
Many years ago, when I was learning the holy spirit, learning how it communicates. I was a student somewhere, and I got to the school very early. I used arrive very early before every... Everybody comes to school. Big school. And at the point when I got there, it was it was people that clean, that were clean, and they were mopping. And when they are mopping this way, usually, I would have to turn, turn past the other side because I don't wanna distract or stop them. But on that day, we were mopping. It was clear that the woman had just finished mopping that place. And I felt so lazy to not go and turn because she used to move that place.
So I would normally pass here when I come, but I don't know why she just moved this place first. So I looked around. I did not see her there. I just ran. I went to class. And I just felt in my spirit. If that... Would you like it if that was done to you? Would you like it if that was done to you? I struggled the way.
It came again, very gentle. It doesn't come... It's not condemnation. Mm-mm. That's not how he speaks to you. It's not condemnation. And I claimed where I had stand. And the woman saw me and said, ah, my son, God will bless you. God will do whatever. God will do that.
I went there feeling happy with myself, feeling excited because I have yielded myself to a leading of the spirit. I could choose to disobey. I could choose to ignore. I could choose to pretend as it wasn't there. Otherwise, there is interested in everything. Everything. The problem is that we we have shut him off because we we wanted to follow the flesh. So we've shut him off again and again. We wanted to move after the flesh. We've shut him off again and again.
We wanted to do your own. It was your own you wanted to do. Some problems many of you entered, you should know... It should not have become that big. It was pride. The holy spirit was telling you, let this thing die down. Stop speaking. Apologize. You could feel... You felt it in your spirit.
Keep quiet. Enough is enough. You will keep quiet. You... It will... The the quiet will not keep. You're trying to muscle your mouth. You break the muscle. You say, hey. I know my right.
I must fight for my right. What are you saying? It is not how relationships are broken. You see, if if people are just Christians, there will be no divorces. If we can just be Christians. Do you understand what I've just said? If you can just be Christians. If we can just be believers, led and yielded to the holy spirit. The moment you want to get angry with your husband for something, the spirit will come instantly because he's interested. He wants to maintain the peace and the unity in that union, in that communion.
He wants to. He wants to. And the day the the day the husband comes, and if he's as though, ah, no now. Remind him Jesus. Remember Jesus. Jesus still had something he wanted to do. He didn't want to die. But what did he say? Not my will. It was your will.
The people did not come. He said, look at that. It means Jesus had his will. He says, not my will, but your will. He he will now show you. He say, in the context of marriage, two wills cannot always prevail. There must be someone who says not my will. You know, yeah. And then goes to your wife. You said not my will, but your will.
So we'll not get a black car. We'll get a white one. You you can't imagine what is the cause problem in marriages. Stupid things. Not my will, but your will. Glory to God. Stupid things. Because somebody somebody is not willing to submit. Somebody is not willing to be led. A woman is now awakened to his...
To her to her emotions than she is to the leading of the spirit. When it is your soul that is louder than your spirit, that your marriage will soon crumble. Whatever it is you are building will crumble. Friendships will crumble. Relationships will crumble. Partnerships will crumble. When your soul, your emotions become more powerful than your spirit. Because your flesh, your emotions doesn't care about your destiny. I have found out. What did I say?
Your flesh, your emotion does not care about your destiny. Let me say it in more clearer times. Your flesh, your emotion, your flesh, and your emotion is part of it anyways, does not care about your future. Doesn't care about your life. Doesn't care about the bad promise. That prophecy that was Sufi, that was that was said. That prophecy, your flesh does not care. Your flesh no scent. It doesn't scent whether you prosper or you don't prosper. Your flesh is not concerned.
You know what your flesh is concerned about? About itself. It just wants to satisfy itself. Your flesh is only concerned about you, not your destiny. That means if you live your life solely to the desire of the flesh, you won't prosper. There... There's no need for... There's no need for... There's no there's no prophecy needed in that area. Because if you live your life only to desire of the flesh, you will sleep every day and not work.
That's what your flesh wants. Your friend does not want you to work hard. I know now. Relax. Your flesh does not want to go fast fast again. Why are you suffering us? Suffering us. The day the woman wants to fast is when there was somebody who be frying puff puff. It will... Are you...
You don't need to realize that when this flesh starts to work, all your sense will be hiding. Your your nose will be smelling things. Because the flesh does not care. You see a lady and your... The flesh does not care whether you are a king or not. All the flesh cares about it. See that fine girl, buffet. Go grab them. But it's prophecy that has gone over you. The sect will not depart from Israel.
Prophecy that have gone ahead of you. About what will happen with the tribe of Judah? Have you forgotten that you desire to build the temple of the living God? Have you forgotten what happy girl told you? Why you wanted to go and kill her husband? He said you are a king. Don't stain your hand with blood. Have you forgotten the prophecy that woman gave? That was aligned with your destiny. Your flesh no care.
At that point in time, you just saw a fine job buffing. All the curve and contours were there. I'm a king where the word of the king is there is power. Oh, fetch me that woman. You have done your business with her before you remember that you are a king. That's what happens now. Your flesh no sin. Have you know how... Have you have you not wondered why after every time masturbation happens, you now begin to feel bad after wondering? Because at that point, your flesh does not care.
It was if I perish, I perish. If I die, I die. Anything that happen, let it happen. Go with a woman and your your flesh is already wanting to pin the woman to the wall. You know. You... Your... The spirit of God will be telling you, this is wrong. This is wrong. Separate.
Distance yourself. If you... The Bible says, it's like a ship to the slaughter. A a ship to the slaughter. Some men want You don't know? One more. How many of you have bought rats gum before? Do you agree with me that rats are now intelligent? They don't they don't jump on that. Pause.
Pause. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. Do you agree with me that it is until you put something there? So you put a fish there. You put meat there. I was observing one rat one day in my house. Watch this. The guy knew that it was a trap, but there was the fish in the middle.
And guess what he was doing? He stood at the edge of it and was stretching his head trying to reach that fish. Because if I die, I die. I... That's the flesh. You know this is death. Guess what? The guy stretched until he come there. And I watched the drama. I said I will honor you.
I found a good broom and matched upon the head. Like a lamb to the slaughter. You know what? He says give not your strength to women, to them that destroy kings. But you are a king, and then your destiny wants to. You are concerned about is a boy or a girl. You have to understand that your flesh does not sing about destiny. All this is supposed to sing on the pulpit. If you are left with the flesh, all your flesh will be seeing atmosphere. Hey.
You didn't call me today. You didn't call me today. That's all your flesh will be thinking about. Somebody will now come and tell you, Kai, his time is tomorrow. Hey. Hey. You... What is that big or corona month? Corona. Corona month?
You give the guy 50 k. It goes to sporty bet. That money was his due or something in school. It goes to sporty bet. And there. Follow his hearts. Say, ah, too short. Too short. Too short. Yeah.
40 kids. Amen. But don't worry. Today's own, do you have any money with you? And I see I want thank you somewhere. That's the flesh for you. You'll be wondering, babe, did you not learn? Did you not learn? The flesh does not learn anything. I've not spoken with some people and you're wondering, you can't even know that he got.
The flesh does not have the... That guy is old. He's old. Has mastered you. The bible says, work not in the flesh. Do not fulfill the desires of the flesh. The Bible says, those who walk in the spirit. Excuse me. The spirit. Walk in the spirit.
Following the leadings of the spirit. Following the promptings of the spirit. And at the time you'll able to do that, you'll realize that the spirit... The holy spirit wants to lead you. He's more interested in leading you more than you are interested in being led. He's like he's like that annoying Google Map system that will not keep quiet until you turn it off. Have you used Google Map before? In 200 miles, turn left. You are now approaching Adepo Yodefango Street. Turn right now.
Turn right now. And you're trying to have a conversation and it comes again. In 500 meters, turn right. No longer keep quiet. The guy will not keep quiet until you off it. Because that's what he was designed to do. The guy is committed to ensuring you turn light. You turn right. He's committed to ensuring you turn right. In 200 meters, turn right.
In 100 meters, turn right. Turn right now. Turn right now. You must turn right. That's his work. He was designed and programmed that way. He is more committed to leading you than you are committed to following him. That's exactly what the holy spirit does because it's his ministry. So it is the believer who silences his voice. It's the believer who in consistent defiance begin to tune out his voice.
In consistent what? Defiance. Defiance. Begin to awaken other frequencies in the spirit whilst you are losing the frequency from when he speaks to you. Until it comes to you, you are totally confused. You don't even know if he's still speaking. I don't even know if he's still speaking. It is not my emphasis. Are you with me? When when a man masters this thing I'm saying, you will step into the non cognitive speakings of the spirit.
Psalms 31 verse eight, where he doesn't even need to tell you go here. The bible says, I will instruct you. Watch this. I will teach you in the way you should go. Question, how will he do it? He says, will guide you with my eye. That's the non cognitive speaking. And you don't understand what this thing is. This this thing is not for babies. This thing is to a point you will grow and know the spirit and become intimate within that just...
How many of you have had thyroid with your mother? And somebody comes and then tells you, And your mother can be sitting 50 rows away from you. And whilst you want to stretch your hand and just look, and that's the first high you would see. The moment you see that high, it communicates a textbook instantly. You understand what the high means, the consequence of what you do, there is a whole epistle you can write on just the fact that you saw an eye. He said, will guide you with my eye. That I don't even need to speak too much. You'd have so know... You'd have so known my heart that the world will now be filled. You have seen us, man and wife, when they are visitors, those who have grown in intimacy.
The wife is bringing a kind of cup to the vista, and the owner look at her and choose eyes to communicate one message. And the wife will know that, oh, not this cup, another one. And she takes the cup away, goes to go and bring another one, and you are wondering, how how did you write not this cup, another one with your eyes. And when you're growing in intimacy, there are ways that the holy spirit leads you. Organs of perception that will begin to open up the non cognitive speakings of the spirit. Number three. I'm gonna skip this one. Okay? I'm not gonna say it, but I'm not explaining it. The holy spirit empowers you for service.
Number four, the holy spirit prays for you. Through you. Your spirit prays for Through you. Number five, I want you to explain this. The Holy Spirit produces fruits of Christ likeness in you. The holy spirit produces fruits of Christ likeness in you. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Kiss me with the kisses of your lips. For your love is better than mine. Your fragrance of good ointments.
Your name is ointment poured forth. Therefore, do the virgins love you? Drum me away, and I will follow The king has brought me into his chambers. The king has brought me into his chambers. The king has brought me into his chambers. He dwells in the secret My spirit is enlightened. My heart has been set forth like deep waters. For surely, my tongue is like the pen of a rag writer. He has put his words in my mouth. His words in my mouth were born like fire.
He has made the people chaff. He has set me as a covenant unto the people. A broken reed I will not break. They have set me up the light to the Gentiles to open blind eyes, to preach the labyrinths of the captive, Give bread to the nations. He has given me as a covenant to the people. For surely he's pleased with me. You. Him pray through you. Give him a voice. Give him a voice.
Give him a voice. Let him use your vocal cords. To make intercession with groanings that cannot be altered. For you shall receive power. After that the holy ghost is come upon you. When I came to you, my speech and my preaching was not in enticing words of man's wisdom. I gave in the demonstrations of power. In the manifestations of the spirit. He that speaks not unknown tongue speaks not unto men. But unto God for I'll be this speaking mistress.
Speak this hidden wisdom of God in a mystery. I fire coming upon altars. Fresh fire coming upon altars. I hear in my spirit that the flame will burn again. The flame will burn again. The light will shine again. The flame will burn again. There will be an ignition again. There will be an ignition again. There will be an ignition again.
I have looked upon you with mercy. I have brought you comfort and strength. Look at the confidence that is poured upon you. For love, love is shed abroad in your heart. Suddenly, know, you know this love that you have received and the voices of condemnation is being silenced. One more minute to just pray. Thank you. An infilling of the spirit. He's giving you boldness. The Bible says that he were viewed in the holy spirit and they were bold.
This preached be preached with boldness. Is an infilling of the spirit. Giving you boldness. Removing the mediator, removing shame, silencing condemnation. This is an infilling of the spirit. He's awakening the gift of the spirit inside of you. This is an infilling of the spirit. You will speak in tongues. You cast out devils. The gifts of faith is jumping upon people.
Healings and miracles. The words of knowledge. The words of wisdom. The workings of miracles. This is an infilling of the spirit. It's coming with joy. The Bible says they were filled with the holy spirit and they were filled with great joy. Understanding. Understanding. Understanding.
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