Transcript: How The Teaching Ministry Builds A Wholistic Believer

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The entrance of God's word gives light. It gives understanding even to the simple. Sharper than any two edged sword, it discerns the thoughts and the intents of the heart. The word of God shapes, it heals, it corrects, it instructs, and it transforms. An apostle Emmanuel Obolu Atefei has been given a mandate from God to propagate the gospel of the kingdom and to raise an army of kingdom minded believers. Men who will be movers and shakers across all spheres and across all mountains of influence. Kingdom minded believers scattered across all the mountains of influence. All the mountains of influence. Sitting on the thrones of this world, holding the pillars of dominion, movers and shakers. That's what you are becoming.

A kingdom minded army moving into business and conquering business, moving into entertainment and conquering entertainment, moving into all structure of influence. And like David with the 400 men in the cave, he's raising an army of mighty men, not just in the numbers, but in the quality of men who can be sent to around heaven's mandate upon the earth. This is where mighty men are made. So join us every Tuesday for believers equipped and be a part of the making of great and mighty men. Two broad areas in which a teacher of the word builds believers. The first is that the teacher labors until Christ is formed in them. The second is that the teacher equips them to become everything that God has ordained for their lives. These two dimensions belong together because God is interested in the kind of person that you are becoming. And he is also interested in the kind of life that you are being equipped to live. So God wants Christ to be formed in you.

And he wants you thoroughly furnished. For every good work. That he has prepared for you. So it is important that you understand in this respect that the teacher is a builder. A teacher is building something inside people. Every time he opens the word of God. Is building convictions inside people. Is building perspectives inside people. Is building desires inside people. Is building doctrine inside people, foundations inside people, truth inside people.

Is building the way people interpret God. Is building the way people interpret themselves. The way people interpret life, money, work, greatness, holiness, relationships, sufferings. The way people interpret opportunities even. The way people interpret responsibilities Is building these interpretations in the minds of people. Teaching places structures in the minds of people. And those structures will eventually determine how people live. So the way God has built it such that in fact the way the design should be is such that you can see the potency of the church. Are you with me? Yes sir.

You can see the potency of the church. In the way that people live. That's the design. That the potency of the church is not actually meant to be in the church. We shouldn't look at the church to see the impact of the church. We should look at the world to see the impact of the church. Because as long as believers are in the world, if we've been taught, if we've come to church and we've been exposed to the ministry of the world, then our lifestyle in the world is meant to be reflection of what we've been exposed to. Is this understood? Paul says in first Corinthians chapter three verse 10. According to the grace of God, which was given to me as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation.

I have laid the foundation and another builds on it. Let each one take it how he builds on it. So Paul saw his ministry, what he was doing as building. Paul saw what we are doing as teachers, as building. He understood that what he preached, that when he was preaching Christ, when he was teaching doctrine, when he was correcting error, when he was establishing believers, he was constructing something in people. He saw it as building. Are you with me? Yes. It wasn't just passing time behind the pulpit. It was building.

It wasn't just filling a weekly program, it was building. It was laying foundations. In fact, the building was so structured that it had foundations. It had pillars. It had an architectural design. Are you with me? Yes sir. If you remember in the old testament, God told Moses to build the tabernacle. And God instructed Moses to build that tabernacle according to the pattern that he has shown it. Are you with me?

And God gave him accurate dimensions of the tabernacle. Are you still with me? The accurate dimensions of the tabernacle, everything that would be in the tabernacle, God gave to Moses. God told Moses, ensure you build it according to the pattern that I have shown you. Not according to what you want to do by yourself, not according to the vision you have for how the house should look like, but according to the pattern that I have shown you. Now if you relate this, now the tabernacle of course was where God was gonna dwell, is that not so? If you relate this into the New Testament context, first Corinthians three makes us understand that we have become God's tabernacle. We have become God's temple, and God now dwells in us. Paul is now saying that in the same way that Moses had to build God's tabernacle. The tabernacle of God right now, which is us, which is believers, also has to be built.

And the one who does the building is the teacher. Do you understand what I'm saying? That's why act of apostles 20 and verse 32. Now if the teacher does the building, the same instruction that applies to Moses applies to the teacher. The teacher is also supposed to build according to pattern. That's why Paul says, let whoever build, let him take heed how he built. Him take heed how he built. Are you ready to God? So in Acts 20 and verse 32, the Bible says, and now brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up. Did you see that?

Yes sir. That the word of God has building power. When the word of God enters into a man with understanding, it begins to raise structures inside that man. The word of God can build you, it can build faith. Where fear has been living. The word of God has building power. It can demolish fear. Can begin to build faith. Are you with me? Yes sir.

The word of God is is It's all in one, it's all encompassing. That's the way the word of God is. Such that if the word of God finds that we cannot accurately build on the foundation that has already been laid on your belief system. The word of God has demolition power. In other words, there is a time in the art of building that what we are actually doing is demolishing. We've not yet even started constructing foundation. You know, when you want to build a a property somewhere, you wanna build a church and you buy a land that has a building on it. Yes sir. And the building that is on it does not fit into the context of what you want to do because you want to build a church. But what is on it is a three bedroom apartment.

So what you would do is what? You will demolish it. So you can spend the first one month in that construction site, and what you are doing is demolishing. And now you have demolished, you are packing away the bricks and the pillars and the iron. Do you understand what I'm saying? Yes, sir. And the demolishing can be strenuous depending on the kind of structure we are demolishing. Yes sir. Are you with me? Yes sir.

That's why in Jeremiah, when God was telling Jeremiah that I will put my word in your mouth. And God begins to tell Jeremiah what the word will begin to do through him. What the word does is for us to destroy before it builds. Give me Jeremiah chapter one. Next verse, I've put my words in your mouth you see. I've set you over nations, over kingdoms. What are you doing? So the word of God is rooting out. The word of God is pulling down. The word of God is destroying.

The word of God is throwing down before the word of God now builds, before the word of God now plants. This is a ratio of what to what? This is a ratio of one, to three four. That's four to two. That the word... Many a times, what the word of God does is force rooting out and pulling down because the guy has believed so many rubbish that we can't build on that. We can't plant on that. Is it... That's why sometimes we've got to be patient with people because we've not even started putting anything on the structure yet. Do you understand what I'm saying?

Yes, sir. The first one year the guy came to church, we are still packing debris. That's what we are trying to do. We are packing debris. All his mentalities, the one he inherited from his village, the one he inherited from his father, what he believed, ah. Do you know that you can erect religious structures in your heart that is not of God? Yes. Religious structures. Traditional... Oh my God.

Traditional Christianity. Traditional Christianity. Very strong religious structures. You can grow up in an environment where you have been mentored in warfare. So there are already high structures of in your understanding. There are towers that have been built that there is a natural suspicion with which you view life. Do you understand what I'm saying? A natural suspicion. I'm talking about even helping elderly people. And something in you is saying, is it safe to help this person?

Because there's been towers that have been built in the mind. Now, when that kind of a person with already existing structures in the mind starts to read the Bible, what they will be seeing is So if he opens, the Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. What he will see is Ogden. If he opens for God so loved the world, what he will see is open. Every scripture that he opens, he sees it through the lens of warfare. Because high towers have already been built. Are you with me? Yes sir. So when such a person comes under the perspective of God's word, what the word of God is first doing?

Is rooting out. Pulling down. And it's full because there are some, they have to approach them. They've gone so deep into the ground. That means that this one don't even have surface buildings that you can use to say, this guy, this one, this is what he believes. He believes it but it is deeply rooted in him. Do you understand what trying to say? To root out. So the responsibility of the word of God that is being taught is that it begins to root out. It begins to pull down when he sees structures that are not of God.

It begins to destroy. It begins to throw down. And then when this four destructive ministry of the word of God has been accomplished, there's not a foundation with which to build. There's not a foundation with which to plant. The question is, have we begun building in your life? That's the question we need to ask now. Or are we still trying to put down? Because some people are even stubborn, resisting the process of transformation themselves. Are you with me? Yes sir.

I've seen all kinds of mentalities, all kinds of mentalities That people have. Some of them religious, some of them traditional. And when you submit your mind to the word of God, the responsibility of the teaching ministry and of the teacher is to build. And sometimes in doing the work of building, many things will have to come down. Many high towers in the mind will have to come down. Because the word of God has building power. And building has to do with everything that makes a building stand. Including foundation, including pulling down, including destroying an existing structure. Everything is building. The name given to everything is what?

Building. Building. So there are times when there are people that have eye towards of fear and anxiety. The word of God would first need to root out fear. And begin to build faith in that believer. The word of God can meet a believer that foolishness has so controlled his life. The word of God will begin to pull down foolishness and begin to build wisdom and understanding that believer. He can build character where appetite and desire have controlled the divisions of an individual. It can build courage, boldness, audacity, where intimidation and timidity has reduced the potentials of a man. He can build capacity in the man where smallness has become normal to the man.

Are you still with me? Yes sir. The word of God is able to build you. That's what the Bible says. I commend you to God and to the word of his grace which is able to build you. So the real evidence of the teaching ministry eventually found in the kind of people that it is producing. What do people believe after they've been taught for some time? How do they think after they've been taught for some time? What can they tolerate? What can they pursue or what do they pursue?

How do they respond to pressure after they've been taught for some while? Glory to God. Glory. How do they respond to pressure? How do they handle money after they've been taught for some while? How do they treat people? How do they carry responsibility? What happens when opportunity comes? What happens when influence comes? What happens when nobody is watching?

What happens when the word of God has been built inside of them? What happens? Ask the question. Ask the real evidence of the teaching ministry. What is being formed inside the believer? What is being built inside the believer? And every teacher must continually ask two serious questions about the people under his voice. The first question is, who are these people becoming? And the second question is, what are these people being equipped to do? The first question concerns formation.

The second questions concerns equipping. And both of them are important. Both of them reveals the two dimensions that the teaching ministry must care about in every believer. The first dimension being the formation of Christ inside of the believer. Galatians chapter four verse 19 gives us the clearest descriptions of the burden of spiritual teaching or teaching of the word of God. Paul says my little children of whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you. You see that? Yes sir. Until Christ is formed in you. My little children of whom I labor, of whom I travail.

That's the language of childbirth. It speaks of pain. It speaks of pressure. It speaks of labor. It speaks of persistence until something is brought forth. And Paul is saying there is something I'm carrying concerning you. That I cannot be casual because your formation matters too much. And so I labor like someone in childbirth. I go through pain. I go through pressure.

Ensuring that this happens with you. I'm laboring until something becomes visible inside you. Are you with me? Yes sir. Paul says, I travail again. It is my little children for whom I travail in birth again. You see that? NKJB says, of whom I labor in birth again. You see that? Yes sir.

So why is he using the word again? Because Paul had already labored to bring these people to Christ. He had preached the gospel to them. They were already believers. They were already converts. They had believed. But they were false teachers. Who entered amongst them and began turning away these people from the sufficiency of Christ towards the dependency of the law. And Paul saw that something had gone wrong in the people that he had converted. Paul saw that something had happened to their formation.

And so what happens is that he enters into labor again. He describes the corrective approach to try to bring them into that formation of Christ. He described it as a labor as of childbirth. Are you with me? That shows you that getting people saved is just the beginning of the work. That's just the beginning. Someone can receive Christ and still carry in them ways of thinking that contradicts Christ Despite they've received Christ. So receiving Christ is only the beginning. It's not the end of the journey. Are you with me?

And we can labor even to bring people to Christ. They can be prayers, they can be evangelism, that's some form of labor. But Paul says, we don't stop there. It is even though I've labored before, I will labor again until the Christ you have believed is now formed in you. Lot of people are born again but they are still governed by fear. Anger, lust, pride, bitterness, greed, envy, addictions of all sorts. And yet they've received the life of God. Our minds have been renewed. But these things remain. Because that's only one aspect of the job.

Now that they've come to Christ, their desires must now be trained. Their convictions must now be established in Christ. Their conduct must now be brought under the government of the life that they've received. Are you with me? Yes, sir. And Paul says, this labor will continue until Christ be formed in them. It will continue. It's not one that will stop. It will continue until they are seen that Christ is formed in them. That word formed carries the idea of inward formation.

So he's not talking about just religious behavior. He wants Christ to take shape inside of them, Christ to take shape in their thinking. He wants the mind of Christ to become the way that they think. He wants the character of Christ, everything Christ formed in them. The character of Christ begins to govern how they behave. This is labor. Paul is saying, I want the convictions of Christ to become your convictions. I want the convictions of Christ to become the determining factor behind what you accept and what you reject. I want the priorities of Christ to become your priorities. That's what Paul is saying.

I want the love of Christ to begin to shape you. That you will love like Christ. I want the holiness of Christ to govern your conduct, to govern your bodies. The holiness of Christ, the purity of Christ. To govern your bodies, to govern your conduct. I want the humility of Christ to govern your achievement even as you begin to grow in greatness and in influence. That you become submitted to Christ. That submission to Christ becomes the posture of your lives. Paul is saying, this is my labor. And I will not stop.

Until I see it formed in you. What does it mean for Christ to be formed in the believer? It means that the character, the conduct, the nature, the priorities, everything that is Christ. Is formed within the believer. That Christ becomes your response. When offence comes, Christ is visible in the way you respond. When temptation comes, Christ is visible in the way you refuse. When success comes, Christ is visible in your humility. You see that? When suffering comes, Christ is visible in your endurance.

When money enters your hand, Christ is visible in your stewardship, in your generosity. When someone weaker comes under your authority, Christ is visible in the way that you treat the person. Christ is visible in the leader in the way that you lead. Christ is visible in the wife in the way that you submit. Christ is visible in the husband in the way that you love. When you are wronged and you have the power to retaliate. Christ is visible in your restraint. Christ is visible in your wisdom. Christ is visible in how much the character and the image of Christ governs your soul. So when Paul says, my little children of whom I travail, until Christ be formed in you, it is the first burden of the teaching ministry.

And please note how I've arranged it because it's the foundational burden of teaching ministry. It is the first thing that the teaching ministry must accomplish in the life of a believer. The formation of Christ in you. The formation of Christ in you. Remember I've taught you that Christ in you, the Bible says, the hope of glory. That statement over your life has to be rewritten. To Christ in you is glory. Yes, sir. It's not a yes or matter. I wish it were, but it is not.

It is not. Remember I told you that the intention of God is that the knowledge of his glory will cover the earth. As the waters covers the sea. And we said Christ in you. Is the hope of glory. Is the hope that that product, that intention of God can find expression. The teacher has a responsibility in this. That as long as God blesses you with a people that listens to you, your responsibility is the formation of Christ in those people. That is the hope. Of their life bringing glory to God.

Without this, there is no hope. It means it does not matter what else the believer asks. The Bible does not say money in your account is the hope of glory. The Bible does not say your results in the market place is the hope of glory. The Bible does not say. That the multi billion naira contract that you get is the hope of glory. Or that your first class is the hope of glory. No. Results are good, but it's not the hope of glory. It is Christ in you.

What did I say? Christ in me. What did I say? Christ in me. Do you know that we would have less divorces? In families. If we have more Christ in believers. Are you aware? Yes sir. Do you know that we would not need to sit people down and start teaching them some unnecessary things if we are more Christ in believers.

We will not need to gather a group of women and say stop dating married men in church. I will gather a group of women and we say, stop dating married men. Stop dating married men. Should we be giving such instructions to a Christian? Is that conversation we should be having with a Christian? In other words, the kind of conversations we have now in church is a reflection of the failure of the first assignment of teaching ministry. And it does not matter what kind of replacement we try to do. You see, what we help the believer is not behavioral modification. We are not called as ministers of the gospel to come and advise people. We are called to come and teach Christ.

Advice is not what changes men. Teaching of Christ is. Do you understand what I'm saying? The teaching... You get my point now? The teaching of the gospel is what changes men, is what transforms men. If this succeeds in your life, if it succeeds in your life, we will not need to be having some conversations. In fact, the faster we will need to progress to the second dimension because I'm going somewhere. This is not where I'm camping today. Say Christ in me.

Is glory. Is glory. I hope it's true. I hope so. That's the aim of everything we are doing in church. Is to the end that Christ in you is glory. Is to the end that there is nothing, there's nothing that can bring shame to the name of Christ. That is still in your life. Do you see what the Bible said? The Bible says that a prince of this world came to him.

And found nothing. Where? Where? Have you ever asked yourself a question? What exactly was he looking for? When the bible says nothing, what's the definition of nothing? You're not getting my question. Who can answer my question? What is nothing? Or what would have been something?

Of course, he's sinless. So you wouldn't definitely find sin. You understand what I'm saying? But you're right in in thinking sin. But the person that is coming to, he couldn't have found sin because he wasn't born of a man. He was born directly of God. So there was no manly introduction. Do you get my point now? So there was no way that sin could have been introduced. Are you with me?

Yes, sir. And you are right on that. In fact, you are you are obviously right. Because what he was looking for was anything that belongs to him. Anything. Whether you would define it as sin or not. Anything. Anything. Whether you would whether you would say this is sin or this is not sin. As long as it has traces to the flesh.

It is a realm in which he occupies. That's what he's looking for. In other words, he's looking for pride. He's looking for lust. He's looking for hunger. He's looking for bitterness. He's looking for offense. He is looking for anything that looks like him. You know in those days, there was no gene technology. So what wisdom was in identifying whose child this is is let's cut the child into two.

I mean, now it's just let's do DNA test would have would have solved the problem. Right? But there was no gene technology then. And the idea behind DNA test is if this child is my own, something of mine will be inside the child. That child will be able to identify who is mine and who is not. So if both of us are fighting, who owns this child? Let's just go and check. How many of myself can I find in the child? Who is the child carrying the mall? Are you with me?

Yes, sir. Yeah. Painfully speaking. Painfully speaking. I don't want to say some things so that it not be controversial. Alright? Because it can be easily misunderstood or taken out of context. But it's a painful truth that right now, a lot of people in church in church have more characteristics or share more characteristics with the world. And with the domain of darkness than with God, than with Christ. And like I said earlier, that's the reason why we now have to mitigate all the problems by bringing conversations into the church that we would not even need to be having if Christ is inside the believer.

We would not even need to be having if Christ is inside the believer. There are many marriage counseling sessions that would not have been necessary if both of them were Christians. And by that, I mean if Christ was inside of them. Many many many infections would not need to be having. Many. Hallelujah. Amen. So you understand what I'm saying when I say that if Christ is found in the believer, would we need to sit down and be saying, when you get to work, don't steal. Does that look like something we should be telling a believer? If Christ is formed in the believer, there are many conversations that will be unnecessary.

Do you know that if Christ is formed in you as a woman, submission will come easy to you? Christ formed in you means Christ has entered your reactions. Has entered your appetite. Has entered your relationships. Your desires. Your private life. The way you speak to people. The way you commune with people. If people come to you and they are sharing their burden with you, if Christ has been found in you, you will not take advantage of them. You will not take advantage of them.

You will not. You will not. You know, there are quite a lot of people that I have to counsel. And as I counsel people, you will see it. It will be obvious, you will know. That is young lady is dealing with a severe case of low self esteem. Thank you, Jesus. These kinds of people that have low self esteem, you know that whatever it is to tell this person at this point, this person is delicate. Usually, their self image is is is corrupted. And sometimes they will look at someone who they believe to be mature spiritually and come and unburden themselves to those people.

If Christ has not been formed in you as a leader, your flesh will tend to take advantage of such people. And it's what we see again and again happening in the body of Christ. Even amongst Christians, even amongst people in church. There is a God. When amongst people in church? You see, I tell people that I'm not deceived to think that you see a large church, big church, 1,000 capacity, 10,000 capacity, 100,000 capacity, 1,000,000 people. I'm not so impressed in how many people come to the church. I'm more interested in how many people are becoming like Christ. It will shock you. And as a pastor, this is my hope and prayer and what I trust God for.

That more and more people become these things that we teach. Just because people come to church does not mean anything is happening in their lives. People can chase Jesus oh. They can chase Jesus for stupid reasons. For very stupid reasons. Very stupid reasons. You know what Jesus said? He says, you traveled all this way because of bread and fish. Traveled all this way. And there are lots of people in church coming because of bread and fish.

Coming because of what? Bread and fish. Bread and fish. That's why. The guy wants a job. That's why he's coming. And he's hoping that the anointing of God upon the man of God will provide him a job. One of them wants to pass. Another one wants to have a good result. Another one wants to have money.

Maybe another one wants to marry. Maybe another one wants to. That's why they are coming to church. All of them have one intention and motive. Those that their heart is really seeking Christ are very few. My intention as a man of God is to increase that number. Because those are the ones that your work will really prosper on. That's why the people that come on Sunday is not the true reflection of the membership of a church. Yes. So I'm never deceived to think that because a lot of people come, that means the impact of our work is solid.

No. I pay close attention to what is happening in the lives of individuals. That's the reflection of what is happening here, not the numbers. Number is good. But we cannot live our lives on numbers. Because numbers is an inefficient judge of whether God is in a place or not. The reason is because of the character of the masses. Because numbers is masses. And the masses don't always have sense. It's not every time.

The masses can follow can follow an Ezemo in suit. Just because he can give you a word of knowledge. He can fling his suit and people will fall down. And the masses will follow. The masses, they will follow. If somebody's heart is already pursuing Christ, it is easy to teach them this gospel and Christ is formed in them. If somebody's heart is pursuing something other than Christ, what this word of God has to first do is pull down, is root out. And if the person remains stubborn, the person can come to church for three years and nothing has succeeded in his life because he has an ambition he wants to push. Glory to God. An unfortunate truth.

Glory to God. I've seen a lot of people that know plenty scriptures and they are still poorly formed. Many people have revelation, but they are still proud. In fact, I've seen people who are gifted, but Christ has not been formed in them. Gifted. You know what I mean by gifted? You give them the microphone and it look as though they've been preaching for the past twenty years. The way they will deliver a sermon, the way they will lead prayers, the way they will... Oh my. And we have lots of them in churches, hidden in corners like that.

But you check and you find that Christ has not been formed in them. It's a burden. Speaking accurately about the grace of God, but Christ has not been formed in him. The purpose of teaching is deeper than just transferring information to people. Information can fill your mind. But the nature of man remains the same, remains untouched. The responsibility of the teacher is to stay with the word of God until he corrects, until he cleanses, until he renews, until he reforms those who are listening to him. Because the teacher is laboring for formation. Ephesians four verse 11 to verse 13. I want us to read it together.

One, two, three, go. Go on. What is the destination? The measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. That's the destination. That God gives ministry gifts because he wants a people to grow into Christ. To grow into Christ. Colossians one twenty eight, the bible says him we preach Warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man. How many men? Who do we preach?

Christ. Warning every man. Teaching every man in all wisdom. That we may present every man perfect. In Christ Jesus. Him we preach. Christ is the content. Christ is the pattern. Christ is the destination. He's the one we preach.

He's the one we are becoming. It's the one we are patterning our lives after. It's the one we are looking at. Are you with me brothers and sisters? So the first assignment of the teacher is to be with Christ in the people. I've looked at this generation and I see the way that lust is ravaging this generation. Looks like a battle that an entire generation is fighting. It brings to bear or it makes this conversation even more important. Because it means if you are going to survive in an immoral generation like this Christ has to be formed in you. That's the way to survive.

What did I say? Yes. The second dimension to the work of the teacher. Is that the teacher must equip the believer to become everything that God has ordained him to become. The teacher must equip the believer to become everything. That Christ has ordained him to become. Can you say that with me? Everybody, one, two, three, go. Second Timothy chapter three from verse 16 to verse 17. Can we read it together everybody?

One, two, three, go. That last statement is the second responsibility of the teacher. Thoroughly furnished unto every good work. Thoroughly furnished. Unto every good work. The word furnished gives the picture of someone who has been supplied with everything that he would need for an assignment to be completed. If a house is furnished, it means that that house has what is needed in the house for useful living. Is that not so? Sir. Everything that the house needs to become habitable has been put in the house.

Same way if a worker is equipped. That means he has the tools, he has the knowledge, the capacity required for the work. And Paul says, that is what scripture should do to the believer. The word of God should furnish the believer. It should equip the believer. It should prepare or build capacity within the believer. The word should make him ready for good works. The word of God forms a man spiritually and the word of God equips a man for useful living, for effectivity in life. Are you with me? Yes sir.

So God wants the believer capable. God wants the believer wise. God wants the believer responsible, productive, prepared for assignment. God does not give any man purpose without carrying the capacity or without giving the man the capacity required to fulfill the purpose. If God had ordained a work for your life, then there are ways of thinking, there are ways of disciplines, of skills, relationships. And forms of wisdom that you must develop to carry that work very well. Ephesians chapter two verse 10, the Bible says, for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. So there are works prepared for the believer. Can you see that? Yes sir.

There are problems that God expect that your life should solve. There are people that your obedience should help. I would not get tired of resounding this to your ears. You were created for impact. Yes, sir. Are you with me? Yes, sir. There are institutions you have been called to build. There are professions you have been called to enter into. Resources that you have been called to manage.

Responsibilities you've been called to carry. Yes sir. Yes sir. Are you with me? Yes sir. The believer must therefore be equipped. To work in his assignment. That is the second responsibility of the teacher. That means that this teaching ministry must help you to grow into the responsibilities attached to your destiny. The word of God has implications for work, for discipline, for diligence, for leadership, for money, relationships, wisdom, discipline.

I said that before. For excellence, for communication, for productivity, for stewardship. You'll find all of these things in the word of God. For division making, for wisdom, for courage, for vision, for leadership. The bible speaks to the whole life of the believer because the lordship of Christ covers the whole life of the believer. God wants you to do well in your field, in the assignment he has given to you. So the word of God has implications concerning every area of your life. It has implication concerning your life in the marketplace. Are you with me? Yes, sir.

And you can have a young believer that loves Jesus sincerely, but he's careless with his time. He makes foolish decisions every day, but he loves Jesus. He's passionate about God. He's sincere. But when you look at his decisions, you see fondly here and there. Are you with me brothers and sisters? He can speak in tongues but lack discipline. He can attend to us faithfully and have no understanding of how opportunity works. The guy can be morally upright, sound. But he thinks too small to carry the weight of destiny, to carry the weight of what God has placed inside of him.

He can be very hungry spiritually. When you see him praying in church, that is sound. But he can be poor. The God is careless professionally. He can desire influence. At the same time, refusing the years of preparation that influence requires. Because nobody has thought it, nobody has shown it. So the teacher has a responsibility of helping the believer to see that spirituality has to enter into your schedule. It has to enter into your work ethics. It has to enter into your use of money, into your pursuit of skill, into your excellence, your speech, your life in the marketplace, your assignment, your purpose.

Are you with me? Yes, sir. Relationships, your response to opportunities. If Christ is Lord, he's Lord over your work as well. He's Lord over how you prepare. Is Lord over the standard of what leaves your hands? Are you with me? Yes, sir. The believer must know punctuality. You must be financially intelligent.

You can't be foolish as a believer. Look at the book of Proverbs. Proverbs speak about prayer, the fear of the Lord, but it also speaks about diligence. It speaks about laziness. It speaks about money. It speaks about planning. It speaks about relationships. How to speak. How to address kings. Reputation, work.

How to stand before kings. Are you with me? Proverbs 22 and verse 29. Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings. He will not stand before unknown men. It is the responsibility of the teacher to prepare a people to stand before kings. And to be kings themselves. To equip you for your assignment, to equip you for your purpose, to equip you for destiny. Are you with me?

Proverbs ten four. What of it say everybody? One, three, go. Look at that. Economic consequences in the bible. It is the responsibility of a teacher to show you this. Proverbs 21 verse five, what does it say? Everybody? The Bible is speaking of planning. The Bible is speaking of diligence.

Proverbs 21, the Bible speak about a good name. A good name better than riches, that's reputation. That you don't trade your reputation for money. That's wisdom in scriptures. Are you with me? Proverbs 13 verse 20. The Bible says he who works with the wise shall be wise. Scripture is still relationships. The Bible is furnishing man for life. All aspect of life.

The Bible is preparing you. These are the principles of the kingdom, principles that make for effective living. Wisdom that make for effective living. Are you with me? Yes sir. You see Paul teaching Timothy this. Paul taught Timothy doctrine. But he also taught Timothy how to handle people. How to succeed in ministry. How to relook with elderly people.

How much will look with older women, younger men, widows of the church? He taught him leadership. He taught him endurance. He taught him discipline, reputation. Are you with me? Yes, sir. He taught him on money. He taught him on speech, on courage. Paul was the one that told Timothy, give attention to reading. He told him, don't neglect your gift.

Endure hardship as a good soldier of These were charges that Paul was given to Timothy, preparing Timothy for assignment. Are you with me? Yes sir. He told Timothy, flee youthful lust. He told him to commit truth to fitful men. Wisdom. Who could teach others also? Paul was building a whole man. A man who Christ is formed him, a man who is equipped for his assignment. Are you with me?

Yes, sir. Equipped for your assignment. Wise enough to prosper in the marketplace. Wise enough to build a business and prosper. Wise enough to have a job and retain the job and be promoted multiple times. Right to the peak of his career. Are you with me? Yes, sir. There are several prayer warriors that cannot keep a job. Employ them and they come and share testimony and say, apostle prophesy.

But in less than three months, they've lost it. And by the time you ask them, they would have one reason or the other. One reason or the other. This is what happened. That is what happened. It shows that the second ministry of the teacher has not prospered in your life. It... That should be helping believers become the kind of people that can carry weight in life. It should be helping them become trustworthy people, competent people, disciplined people, fruitful people, wise people. Are you with me?

Yes, sir. So if I'm teaching you for instance how to handle relationships, how to become credible as a person, how to be competent as a person, being punctual, developing skill, excellence, diligence, how to steal opportunities, how to even recognize opportunities, how to think, how to work, how to manage resources, how to grow, how to take responsibility for your life. If I'm teaching you leadership, All of these things are within the scope of equipping for your destiny. Are you with me? You are being thoroughly furnished onto every good work. You are being a complete believer. Are you with me? Yes sir. Now, there are two extremes that he that I have found in the body of Christ. Which is why I'm addressing this.

Stay with me. Because I'm going somewhere with this. There are two extremes I found. Because once you understand this two dimension of the ministry of the teacher. You'd now understand clearly that there are two realms a person can stay. There's a group of teachers who camp entirely around the first dimension. In other words, they understand that Christ must be formed in men. They teach salvation. They teach holiness. They teach prayer.

They teach consecration. They teach surrender. They finish work with Christ. Spiritual maturity. The fruit of the spirit. The gift of the spirit. And they can be very faithful in teaching these things. The grace of God. Very accurate in teaching these things. They are bought in for Christ is real.

Are you with me? Yes, sir. But the error now enters when they begin to treat the second dimension as though it were unimportant. It's an extreme. Are you with me? Yes sir. So because Christ is the truth, they now conclude that every teaching on excellence, on leadership, on prosperity, on wealth, on influence, on career, on productivity. Is a waste of time. How can you be teaching this kind of things in church? So when they find another teacher who is equipping believers for practical responsibility, they become forspicious.

They are asking, does this one really know Jesus? Why are they talking business in church? Are you with me? Why are we talking about wealth in church? Why are talking about career in church? Why are talking about influence in church? Just teach Christ. And there's a problem. Are you with me? Yes sir.

There's a problem. The emphasis of Christ is correct. Don't get me wrong. But their conclusion about the rest of the believer's life is incomplete. They are standing on one leg. Are you with me? Sir. Because the cry that they are teaching is still Lord over the believer's money. Is Lord over the every area of the believer's life. The Christ they are teaching have an assignment for the believer.

That the believer has to be equipped for. Are you with me? Ephesians two and verse 10, what does the Bible say? We were created in Christ Jesus for good works. That we are in Christ but that good work is prepared for us. Colossians chapter two six to seven that we read, that Bible says you therefore have received Christ Jesus, so work in him, rooted and built up in him. That the believer is rooted in Christ, built up in Christ, and expected to work out the implications of his life. Work that out in the implications of his life. So what happens when you overstretch the first dimension over the second dimension Is that you have a a group of believers who are sincere. They may pray, they may love scriptures, they may understand doctrine, they may desire holiness.

They may be sincere in their walk with God. Yet they will have no kingdom aspiration. No desire to occupy. They have no serious imagination for what their lives can build. What their lives can solve. What their lives can transform. What their lives can influence. Are you with me? Sir. Their Christianity prepares them to avoid sin, prepares them to attend church, prepares them to raise a family, to wait for heaven, to be holy, to be pure.

But the earth that they are living in receives very little of their capacity. And the capacity of God that is buried inside of them, they are full of wasted potentials. So they will be spiritually sound but professionally careless. They will love God but they can tolerate mediocrity. They will live in mediocrity even. Because nobody has challenged them to be the best they can be. All that being the best they can be brings glory to God even. That's the reason why a believer can, for instance, who is a student. Can ignore tests and exams. And you ask him why, he says souls are dying.

He has a burden for souls. He just wants to pray, he just wants to pray. He's a victim of this extreme. Do you understand what I'm saying? Yes sir. What has happened to him is that he's a victim of this extreme. He found someone that loaded him with this false dimension. That something started panting within him. Are you with me? Yes sir.

But the person did not tell him. That there are results that your life must have. That will make the souls you are yearning to reach. Listen to you without arguing with you. Result your life must have. Thank you Jesus. I've seen so many people praying for doors to open. Yet they are not prepared to enter those doors. Asking God for several things that they are not prepared to handle. Some of them might not even know that these things matter.

There are things we talk about when we gather for in house meeting and closed door meetings, you would wonder, why do we have to talk about these things? Why do we have to teach people these things? Yet there are stories in scriptures that show once and again. That these are principles used in scripture by men that entered into palaces. But you will find believers careless about this same truth. Careless about these same things. One of my young men was going for an interview some time ago. Knowing his track record. I told him, snap yourself and let me see what you have burned. Glory to God.

When I saw what the young man was wearing, I knew he will fail. Not because he's not smart oh. But because the office is entering. How he is dressed is like someone that should probably be opening the gate for people that came for interview. And it is in the same bible that you read. That when Joseph was brought out of the prison to go and see the king, the first thing that Joseph did was to bathe himself, shave himself. In fact, the Bible describes it this way, that they were in a hurry to go and present him to the king. But Joseph still told them, calm down. I can't appear like this. I can't appear before a king like a prisoner.

If that's not Brandon, I don't know what is. Because you are literally coming from the prison. So if it is a thing of don't do fake life or whatever, what was that? Why not wear the cloth of the prison and say that's where I am right now. Because the reason why you dress like a fool is because you don't you. I'm not saying that that's fake life by the way because even people hear different things. Glory to God. Amen. Say that this guy understood if you must appear before kings. There's a way you appear.

And see, simple as what I'm saying is you'll be shocked how many people don't know. You'll be shocked how many people don't know. You'll be shocked. You'll be shocked. You know how many times I've told people, students don't prosper. There are people that don't let me go with that statement. But it is true. Students don't prosper. And I say without apology. To anybody who is a student.

Because there are those who have graduated and are still students. They will not prosper. I'm not causing you. Glory to God. Amen. One of my daughters who has heard me say severally, students don't prosper, students don't prosper. Told me that, oh, apostle, I'm doing ushering job. I said glory to God. Went for the ushering job. Was invited in that ushering job.

Dignitaries were there according to her. Important people of all sorts were there according to her. So she was manning a table where there are about 10 elderly people who were all powerful people in their own right. And then a fight broke out, got long story short, she was very relevant, she was assisting them, helping them, being very hospitable and charming. So charming and very good in what she was doing. That one of them came to her And said, I like the way you are presenting yourself. I like the way you are. My God, what's your name and what do you do? If I am concerned about what you do, I'm not stupid. I already know that what you do is ushering.

What I want to know is what else do you do? And how can I help you? That's the meaning of the question. Do you understand what I'm saying? You consider the person is ushering. So if you're asking what do you do? I said, audio audio have fun. Already put motion. Do you get my point now? Obviously, what you are asking is, is there anything else that you do?

Do you have a side hustle? Do you have a business that can help you with? Do you understand what I'm trying to say? Because today is don't prosper. You know what my doctor said? My doctor said, I'm a 300 level student of you. I'm philosophy. I'm a in three general 100 level. Level student of know some lecturers in that department. Is that not where this person...

It means if you have said, I can do this. That would have said, I know this person too that can help you. So since where you broke yourself down two is I'll be doing a level. Say, what do you want? Is this it? And when they were done, they gave her 10 keys. God bless you. I tell student, don't prosper. You don't... She has been...

Yeah. I've been shutting that thing. That means that's not broken. We are still trying to pull down. That's the meaning. We've not started building anything in that one's life now. All that's still doing now is pulling down, and even the puller is not even down. Because this was recently. This was about last week or so. Do you know what opportunity that thing could have...

And you will never know. That's the funny thing. Because Gola never comes and says it's David I'm looking for. Open doors do not write your name on them. It's who can behave wisely, who has been taught. Do you understand what I'm saying? It is in such moment that this second dimension of sin ministry must succeed in your life. Do you know how the bible says David behaved himself wisely? He was playing one minute in the king's palace, playing up for the king. The king took javelin and threw it and wanted to kill him.

Some chapters after that, you see David behaved himself wisely and he was made captain. Has been promoted to captain. Do you understand currency? It means we must now begin to study how does a man behave wisely. So much so, even the person that hate you promotes you. That's the second dimension of this ministry. Do you understand what I'm saying? That's wisdom that you teach people. Yes, sir. And if you camp around of this fourth dimension alone, I'm just sorry for the kind of people you raise.

They will be very good believers by the way. But will reduce grossly reduced potentials. Let me tell you how they will arrive. If a member of that kind of a church was Joseph, it will come like that from the prison. Smelling and and tattered. Whatever cloth he was wearing, all all his beard is like that. Howled like that. Rough and calm and appear before the king. And they say, is this the person who says here? Okay.

What... Do you... Can you interpret the dream for me? Yes. The God of my God, of my father can interpret this dream. The Lord thus said the Lord God of Moses, of Abraham, of Jacob, of Isaac. There shall be famine. There shall be this. There shall be that. I say, ah, wow.

We never knew. What was his offense again? He say, well, man, let him go. Let him go. There's no point. Let him go. And then he will come to church the following day. He will say, I want to testify. You will not know... You will not believe what God did for me.

I was wrongfully accused and put in the prison, and I was there for three years, and I was serving, but God has vindicated me. The God of my father has vindicated me. Somebody shout hallelujah. Destiny of a king. That's a prime minister door that was closed, and he will never know. And it was not because God did not answer his prayers. It's just this second dimension now, has he prospered? That's the question. That's the question. So that when we are achieving your excellence, diligence, you would know this is as...

It's important in your work with God. It's important in the fulfillment of your assignment and your ministry. Your responsibility is with respect of visibility. People that have businesses for instance that you cannot even promote their business. Cannot promote their business. Have you not wondered why people that don't need to do promotions still spend millions of promotions? But the ones that need to are shy. Imagine my shock when I realized that there are certain people in this church that can do some things. We have this person. This person can do this.

This person can do that because nobody knows. And now and to be praying to prosper. But the way he is expecting prosperity to come, because of how he has been taught, is that you will serve God. And God will now honor you. That's how he has been taught. And you will serve God. Talk to serving God and you honor him. You know what Jesus said? Jesus said let your light so shine before men. And you've not considered the use of the word let.

You've not opened that word very well to try and understand what does let mean. Because let shows you a responsibility you have. It means how much the world knows me and not what I do is solely dependent on how much I can push what I'm doing. Is it you? You, let your light shine. In other words, throw off the restraints. Throw off the restraints. Let your light shine. Be visible. Throw off mental cages.

Some people have believed that it's not your time, it's not your time, it's not your time, it's not your time, it's not your time, let me just be doing this thing slowly and slowly and slowly and slowly. When it is time, how will you know when it is time? No. No. No. Let's think. Let's think logically. The reason you are not pushing yourself, you're not putting your ministry out, you're not putting what God has given you out, you're not putting your songs out, you're not true. It's because it's not... Because God says tarry.

God said tarry. It's not your time. It's not your And because it's not your time, the first song I put, it may be... Or first video of myself I put, it had about 200 views. Ah, it means it's not your time. Let me let me tarry. Okay. Fine. No problem. When it is time now, what will people see?

How would they find you? What what will... You understand, Charmsey? Yes, sir. What will make us know that you exist? When it is time. Write the vision. Make it plain. That he may Run. That he may what?

Run. That he may run that reads it. That he may run that reads it. Now watch the next verse. For the vision is yet for an appointed time. But at the end, it will speak. It will not lie. Though it... Do what? Be it for it.

Pause. So what's the meaning of wait? What's the meaning of wait? When the bible says, that vision you have seen is for an appointed time. Though it might look at the starring, it will surely come to pass. Wait for it. What does wait now mean? Does wait mean do nothing? Wait mean Because he started he started by telling you run. Yes, sir.

He now said wait. That means run is wait. Wait is run. You are running. Yet you are waiting because the fulfillment of the prophecy is not up to you. But pay, you have no responsibility inside of it. That's why it's the same thing when the bible says the race is not yet to the swift. Does not mean don't start running. Doesn't mean don't be swift. The power in the world that is yet.

It's not yet. It only the race is not to the swift. Who it raised now for? The lazy man, the one who cannot run? Are you with me? Yes sir. He says time and chance. Apostle them all. Same thing when he says the vision is for an appointed time. But be running.

Be running so that when the time comes, you would have even developed swiftness enough that the time coming would simply mean the whole world will now gather to see how fast you are. It's not that day that you will now start learning how to be fast. It means when we now find you, we'll now say, where has this guy been? Go and check. You will find that I've been here for a long time. You will find I've been here for a long time. Now my time has caught. Do you understand what I'm saying? But your time must meet participation. It must meet you running as well.

It must meet you pushing yourself as though there's no tomorrow. Carry your assignment purpose, career business on your head like this and running. Yes, sir. Do you understand what trying to say? Yes, sir. That's the second aspect of this thing. When we start talking like this, those who are camping on this dimension would say, my goodness, you are no longer teaching Christ. Do you understand my point? Yes, sir. The second extreme are those who will stay in the second dimension.

Ignoring the first. The error enters when you try to equip a man who does not know Jesus. We try to equip a man whose inner life has not been brought under the government of Jesus. So some people now realize the kind of teacher that I am or any church or any other man of God who is balanced in this sort. And they say ah, if you go that church balance more. Go learn some kind thing. You go be stand by yourself. I'm a teach you how to do business, how to shake, but the guy is coming to church. But the reason he's coming is to come and learn business. How to prosper, how to make money.

So if what will make him prosper or make money is prophecy, he doesn't mind. He will receive prophecy as long as it will lead him to money. What he's really want is money. So if I were teaching something else, there's a way he tunes out. There's a way he dissociates himself. He came to church, but he cannot hear a single thing. But the man of God is saying. He's on his phone, his mind is distracted, he's looking out, looking, his mind is just cluttered. When I start talking principles, success, laws, leadership, the guy is very interested in that. He wants to hear that, but would not allow Jesus to conquer his soul.

That's a calamity waiting to happen. And that becomes a problem of the teaching ministry that emphasizes this second dimension alone. But every time we now come to church, what we are now learning is leadership, excellence, leadership, excellence, business, success, business. It becomes a problem. It becomes a problem because Christ is not at the center of it. So we would have people who are rich and wealthy, they would even come and flaunt their vehicles in church, but Christ has not conquered their hearts. The same people who are coming to church to flaunt vehicles will be in the club on Friday, and they're not afraid to post it on social media. There's no lordship over their heart. It is obvious that these people, Jesus, does not really know you. He's not lord over your soul.

But they will come with big title. So you have to be careful as a man of God. Because they will come with big tight. The guy will come, bounce, bounce like this. His trouser, this is where it will it will be. And his come... His church is coming to. He's coming to come and greet pastor. You say hi, pops. Say, pops.

How are doing, sir? Right on, sir. Good afternoon, sir. I wanted to tell you that I've sent my I've sent my child. I said, how are you? I don't want. I'm sorry to say. Said, yes, sir. Yes, Yes, sir. Jesus.

If you come to me like, I'm the one that will help you and adjust your trouser. Maybe it's not your size you bought. We will tell the old shop to help you and find one. What kind of stupid money would you think you have that will make you a rebel in the house of God? Never. Not in this place. Yes, sir. Not in this place. Yes, sir. As I'm not first concerned about putting money in your hands, that's not my priority.

My priority is that Jesus conquers your heart. It's when the money in your hands will be valuable. When the money in your hands will be valuable. The hero of this set, as you can see, truly successful people because the principles work. They work regardless of who practices them. The principles of the kingdom have a dimension of the power of God in them. So much so whoever follows those principles will get results by the principles. Even if he's an ifapist. Even if a thief follows the principles. It is not respecter of any man.

If you give, it shall be given to you. It's a principle. It's not a function of who is a Christian or who is not. Seest thou a believer? Is that what he says? Seest thou a Christian? Is that what he says? Seest thou a man Diligent in his work. It's a principle. If you are diligent, you will succeed.

Do you understand what I'm saying? Sir. It has nothing to do with whether you are a Christian or not. Otherwise, only Christians will pass exams in class. Only Christian will receive promotions. A Christian will probably be the richest man in the world. But this is not the case because the principles are not respecter of any man. Are you with me? Yes, sir. So at every level, if we're not confirmed that this person we are talking about marriage to now, lust is conquering his soul.

Yet marriage, what we are discussing in church. What is his business with marriage now? What is his business with marriage now? Glory to God. Teaching you that push ambition, push greed, the works of the flesh has a foothold to grow in the believer because of a teaching the believer had in church. A foothold to grow. Terrible. And this is a huge problem right now. There's no safe place to be in any of the extremes. Because if you're in the fourth extreme, the problem now is you will be Christ like in character.

But you will bring shame to the name of the same Christ you are like in character in the marketplace. You see the problem there? So what is the idea? The idea is that we have a complete believer, a holistic believer, a believer who Christ is formed in you. And that as Christ has been formed in you, you are being equipped for your responsibilities and for the assignment that Christ has placed in your hands. That's the certainty we have. That's the guarantee we have. That as you now begin to rise in this world, there is no amount of glory that can corrupt your soul. There's no amount of wealth that can corrupt your soul. There's no amount of money that can corrupt your soul.

There's no amount of money. Are you blessed? So that by the time you have come under the influence of a teaching ministry, A genuine, accurate, and balanced teaching ministry. After a period of time, you should be able to measure your growth in these two areas. Your level of conformity to the Christ. In character, in conduct, in conviction, in priorities, in your thought, in the way you think, in the way you speak, in the way you love, in the way you welcome people. Is anything happening within you? Is anything being broken down? Is anything being pulled out? Maybe there is deep level of anger, bitterness, offense that you used to have, that it should be pulled out if Christ is being formed in you.

It should be. If Christ is being formed in you, the works of the flesh should be getting pulled out if Christ is being formed in you. Lost. If Christ is being formed in you. The character of Jesus should be found in you. Love should be found in you. Forbearance should be found in you. You should be able to accommodate people. You should be loving with people. Able to forgive and able to forbear.

As Christ is being formed in you, how about power? The gift of the spirit. Working in the word of knowledge, the word of wisdom, workings of miracle, the gift of faith, and the power gift gift of healings. Interpretation of tongues, gift of prophecy, the word of wisdom. We should start finding these things working in your life if Christ has been formed in you. Should be a norm for you as a believer. Gradually there's a change happening. And at the same time, you are being equipped to carry kingdom responsibility. You are being equipped to carry kingdom assignment. That means that your heart is being enlarged to think big, to dream big, to think big.

To get your hands on projects you would never thought yourself capable of doing. In these measures, you can check and you can find that the teaching ministry is prospering in my life. The teaching ministry is what now? Is prospering in my life. And you can also check, have I tilted more to an area than I have to an area? See, where is safe to tilt more to is Christ. If you're gonna tilt anywhere, tilt to Christ. Do you understand what I'm trying to say? Yes, sir. Tooth to Christ.

You are still safe. You are very safe there. You are very, very safe there. Because by happenstance, things can happen. And we are certain that because Christ has been formed in you, you are still secured. You are still secured. Look at Joseph. When Potiphar's wife wanted to set the guy up, what did he say? How would I do this kind of a thing and sin against the Lord my God? That's a reflection of Christ being formed in a man.

That's a reflection of what? Tension of building wealthy people who are spiritually hollow. Visible people who are addicted to the applause of men. I have no intention of building rebels. Absolutely no intention of that. So it's important you understand that in order of priority, the foundation of the teaching ministry is forced to build Christ on your insight. In order of priority, that's the first thing that must happen. That's the first thing that must happen. Until Christ be formed in you. It's a labor we'll continue to labor.

Until Christ be what now? Be formed in you. Until Christ be formed in you. Until he becomes Lord And savior. Savior in that you received his life when you accepted him. As savior. And you became a believer. What you met was savior. Doesn't mean that he's your Lord. Because Lord means that he owns you.

I've explained that to you before. The word Lord means owner. It means owner. So if you say it's my Lord, that's a weighty statement you are saying. That's a weighty statement. It means he has conquered you. That's the meaning. That means it's not your Lord if he does not have a say over your life. It's not your Lord if he has not yet conquered you. If there are still several areas in your life that you can point to where your own will, your own flesh, your own desires still wants to take preeminence.

Do you know that there are three aspects of the human soul that Jesus has to conquer? Your soul has the mind, the will, and the emotion. Is that not so? Jesus has to conquer the three of them. He has to conquer your mind. That means the kind of things that you think about matter. That means if you see yourself or you catch yourself thinking some kind of thoughts that you know, a believer should not be thinking these kind of things. If Christ is being formed in you, there's intentionality in you in getting those thoughts out of your mind. You will treat them like demonic thoughts. This kind of thing should not be in the mind of...

Get out you devil. And then you set your affection on the things of Christ. Colossians, the bible says set your affections on things above and not on things beneath. It means it's an intentional thing that you have to do. Yes, sir. In this journey of Christ being formed in you. Do you understand what I'm trying to say? Yes, sir. Because he has to conquer your thought. Your thought.

But you see yourself for instance, and the reason why I use lust a lot is because this generation, there is a principality called lust. And I I wonder I will open up the reason why that's a thing. It's in scriptures. That is plaguing an entire generation. Do you know the average age of people in Nigeria? Have you done your research? The average age of the population of Nigeria, are you aware? Is 19. The average age of the population of Nigeria is 19. I don't I don't have time.

May God help you. Don't have time. May God help you. May God help you. The point is allow your mind to be conquered by Jesus. Unholy thoughts are entering your mind. Treat them like demons. Don't accommodate those kind of stupid things. Treat them like what? Demons.

Demons. Speak. Speak. Say how in the name of Jesus. It's... Because you know, no. Now Christ must be formed in me. He has to conquer my soul. The Bible says that you should receive the engrafted word that is able to save your soul. Your soul has three components that must be saved.

Your mind must be saved. That's the seat of intellect. It means you govern what information you receive. What you spend your time feeding upon is important. Don't expose yourself to explicit materials. Watching pornography and all kind of things like that. Exposing your mind to tongue, to trash, to what does not identify, and you keep on doing that thing. Because if your mind is perverted, it will pervert your emotions. It will pervert your will. That's when you will be helpless over the matter.

Because you are so fed your mind with degenerate thinking that your emotion now is weak. So you have no choice but to now decide. That's the mind, the emotion and the will. Did he realize that Jesus must conquer? He must be Lord. Over your emotion. Don't be comfortable with emotional shenanigans. Emotional nonsense. You realize that you're getting sorrowful all of a sudden. Reject that nonsense.

The Bible, they rejoice. It's an instruction. It's a command. It's the same way you pray. You don't understand what I'm saying? Yes sir. It means when you find that your soul is rebelling against you, rebel against the soul. Go around and be shouting glory. Glory. You know that this thing is...

No. No. No. No. I reject it. Know that this is not normal. Don't say, I'm not having mood swings. How far depression will come and kill you there? Reject it. The Bible says rejoice.

Understand that Paul and Silas were in the lowest of prisons, in a dungeon, and it was a matter of choice for them to pray and to sing. It means you can sing in dungeons. It's a choice. The bible says, be not be drunk with wine. We're in an excess, but be what? Be Be Be How do you become filled with the holy ghost? It then goes on to this singing to you. Next verse. Speaking to yourselves. Ah, calm down.

It's showing you how you become filled in the holy ghost. He said, don't be drunk with wine. Wear the nexus, but be filled. Now let me show you how to be filled. Speak to yourself in Psalms. In other words, when if any thoughts are coming to your mind that wearying your soul, you find anxiety, you start reciting the Psalms. It will keep me in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on him. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He that dwell in the secret of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty. I will serve the Lord as my refuge and my fortress.

My God in him will I trust. Surely, he will live some excellence. He shall cover me with his feathers. I don't like when can I trust? If you shall be my truth and my buckler. Listen, what you are doing is, as you are saying it, you can stop mechanically, but what you are doing is you are infielding the holy ghost. Ghost. Something is erupting on your inside. Do you understand what I'm saying? It's a choice.

It's a speak. The holy ghost is not the one that will put it in your mouth. You are the one that will start speaking. Be a responsible believer. That's how Christ is formed in you. Don't accept everything that happens to you as, my response is just this. My reaction is just this. You can choose how you will react. You can choose. You can choose.

You have a mountain of project for those who are students writing exams. You have mountain of resources to read. You have now covered plenty of them, And then you see depression, you see fear, you see anxiety speaking to yourself in Psalms. You say, God, you... I say, okay, don't feel like this. No. A thousand will fall at my right hand. 10,000 at my left hand. But they will not come near me. Speaking to yourself in Psalms.

So don't just allow the thing to be welling in your soul, building up, then you cannot pray again. Your faith is swollen. No. Allow Christ to be formed in you. You are trusting God for a business deal. A business deal. You are applying. You are applying. Submitting CVs. And you realize that, okay, I've been submitting for a while.

I've already got no responses. Speak to yourself in Psalms. Why are you cast down on all my soul? Why are you disquieted within me? For hope in the Lord, I will have present for the help of this continent. Speak to yourself in Psalms. Many are days that trouble me. Kai, listen. Listen. Listen.

Speak to yourself in psalms. That's the instruction of the spirit. A time come when we are speaking in psalms, that song will start coming. It says hymns and spiritual songs. Singing and making melodies in your heart unto the Lord. See, it's a spiritual thing. Make melodies in your heart, in your heart to the Lord. Instrument don't matter here. Can be in your room, can be anywhere, Can be going. Can be walking.

Can be helping. Can be doing business. Make memories to your heart and to the Lord. See, as you continue doing this, the Bible says, you will be filled with the holy ghost. You will be intoxicated from within. It is possible to determine your atmosphere as as a a believer. Believer. Listen. That's what it means. Because if you're not careful, life can cast you down.

I'm telling you, there's a way the reality of events around your life can ensure you don't grow. Disappointments here and there, frustrations here and there, things they're expecting will happen that has not happened. What do you do? Speak to yourself in psalms. In Psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, making melodies in your heart of the Lord. Making melodies in your heart of the Lord. Making melodies in your heart to the Lord. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Practice the presence. Practice these things.

Practice it. It is the practical way transformation happens. You know you are dealing with a weakness. Go to a pastor. Go to a pastor. Go to a leader in the church. If a leader in the church cannot deal with your issue, they will take you to a pastor themselves. Glory to God. But do not be comfortable just where you are. Yes, sir.

Don't be. Yes, sir. Don't be. Insist that Christ will be formed in me. If you know you have an anger issue, deal with it. Deal with it. Commit that thing to the hand of the Lord. Tell the Holy Spirit to help you. The next time that the thing is burning, pay attention to the voice of the spirit. At times the holy spirit will give you instructions.

And as you begin to allow Christ be formed in you, pay attention to the principles of the kingdom as well. Pay attention to the principles of the kingdom. As we are teaching you these things, practice them. You learn on giving, give. You learn on prayer, pray. This is how a man's life changes. I pray that God helps him. Amen. Thank you for listening. We believe you've been blessed.

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