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God's word is alive and powerful. It is sharper than any double edged sword. His word can cut through our spirits and souls and our joints and marrow until it discovers the desires and thoughts of our hearts. Join Apostle Emmanuel as he takes us on a journey into the word of God. It is time to encounter God, be transformed by his word, and empowered by his spirit. Today, I'm gonna be speaking on something I've titled the mystery of Christ. The mystery of Christ. I was preparing a teaching on prosperity and on greatness. And whilst I was doing that at the early half of this morning, I was just... I just...

I was wrestling in my spirit. There was just this. It was as though a warfare was happening inside me, and I couldn't quite figure out what was the cause of this warfare. I couldn't focus on what I was preparing, and so I had to take time off to just begin to pray. And whilst I was praying whilst I was praying, it became clear to me that what Christ would want us to talk about, what Jesus would want us to talk about is himself. And the moment that understanding came, the whole confusion lifted. I said, oh, because it's a solemn week really. Hallelujah. If you can take this week off to just... And by off, I don't mean not doing anything.

I mean investing into the revelation of Jesus, studying about his death, studying about his burial, studying about his resurrection, the consequence of the same, the implication of the same. It will be a very rewarding moment for you. Believe me. Glory to God. The mystery of Christ. The body of knowledge you see required to cause the believers to excel in life are finite. I've said this before. When it has to do with success, when it has to do with victory, when it has to do with dominion, right, over the over the cosmos, There's an exact predefined body of spiritual knowledge that has been given to the believer, and when you access that body of spiritual knowledge like a spiritual curriculum, you see, you are able to access light and grace that helps you to reign in life. We're reigning this kingdom on the strength of understanding. And when it comes to the principles of success, the principle that makes for reigning in cosmos, they are quite finite.

A man can come to an end of that knowledge. A man can come to a point where he says, I know. I have full understanding of all things. Are you with me? But you see, when it has to do with the knowledge of God, the knowledge of God is vast, and even eternity will not allow us to cover the entire span of knowing who God is. When it has to do with the knowledge of God, it is an eternal pursuit. Even in heaven, we will still learn God. It is a journey that never really ends. Are you with me? Yes, sir.

In second Peter chapter three and verse 17 to verse 18, Peter was speaking. He says, you therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness being led away with the error of the wicked. Verse 18 says, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ. It says grow in the grace. Grow in the knowledge. That a believer grows in the knowledge, you see. That it is possible to grow in knowledge, in the knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. And that growing is an unending pursuit. You must have an unending passion to know God. You must have an unending desire to know God.

God is deep. Even if you live a thousand years, you will not have discovered all of God. God is eternal. God... The bible says... You see, God is a God that doesn't just dwell in eternity. The bible says it dwells in a realm called unapproachable light. Eternity is in God. There is nothing really that can contain God, but I will get there very soon. Don't don't get me wrong.

Glory to God. So man cannot really come into the fullness of that knowledge literally, but that we continue to grow progressively in that knowledge. We continue to desire to know God. That is why it was the cry of apostle Paul at the prime of his ministry. When Paul had had had raised the dead, when Paul had casted out devils when Paul had healed several bodies that were sick. Aprons have been taken from his body to heal the sick. God had worked notable miracles by the hands of Paul. At the prime of his ministry, Paul still comes in the book of Philippians chapter three. It says that I may know him. It means that this knowing him is something that can never really end.

You continue to know him, but there must be a desire and a passion to continue to know God. Are you with me? Because the more you know, the more you want to know. The more you realize you don't really know, the more he unveils himself onto you. Are you with me? It is an eternal pursuit. You must have an unending passion to know God. Whilst we are in time, a lot about the believer's victory is tied to your knowledge of God. And as such, you must have an undying passion. Your passion must be like that of apostle Paul.

Let's start from Philippians three and verse seven. Let's do it from verse seven to verse 10. He was speaking and he says, but what things were gain to me, this I have counted loss for Christ. Look at Paul speaking. Yet indeed, I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ. Two things to note from this scripture. Number one, it says, I count all things lost for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus. In other words, I consider the knowledge of Christ Jesus more valuable than any of you can ever give me. I count all things lost for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus.

There is nothing you will ever give to me that is as valuable to me as knowing Christ. In other words, I can sacrifice everything over and over again to know Christ. One who has you has everything. And if I have you, I have everything. One who has you has everything. And if I have you, I have Look at the song. One who has you has everything. And if I have you Listen. Do you know that in this generation, this is not our reality. You might not have Christ and have all the money in the world and people believe you have everything.

You might not have Christ but have fame and you are famous and you have a similitude of greatness and people will people will bow to you and worship you and call you a God amongst humans because you have money, because you have wealth. Have you seen believers who start salivating when they see a man with money? You see a celebrity appear and you start up permeating it. You can't breathe again because the definition of greatness is one that has material things. But these people were willing to let go of everything for the knowledge of Christ. If it will cost me fame, if it will cost me dignity, if it will cost me prosperity, if it will cost me anything that I might know Christ, I am willing to count everything as loss. Doesn't mean he doesn't have everything. The same Paul was the one that said I have all things and I abound. But that all things that I have, I count as loss. Are you with me?

I've considered nothing as valuable as knowing the Christ. I I pray we get to this point where nothing truly matters but Christ. Do you know that at that point, you'll be willing to let everything go to learn Christ? You'll be willing to let everything go to know Christ. At that point, the hunger within you is is burning so deep that you can let go of the business to know Christ. I count all things lost for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus. This this is where... Is it... I really I really pray that we get to this point. That we count all things as lost.

Is it a business meeting that would nime me of fellowship with Jesus? I count it as loss. Is it an exam that would nime me of fellowship with Jesus? I count it as loss. That doesn't mean I won't write the exam. But I would nime you of the time I have to spend with Jesus because I have to prepare for something else, I count it as loss. Guess what? Those who counted everything as loss excelled in even the thing they counted as loss. Is that not amazing? Those who counted everything as loss excelled in even the things that they counted as loss.

Guess what? The bible says seek ye first the kingdom of God. It does not say seek ye only. Seek ye first. In other words, come to a place where what becomes priority to you is Christ and his kingdom. And watch as every other thing you would have sought for is added into your life. In other words, it is possible to excel in things you have counted as loss. Money means nothing to me and so we have it plenty. You see, we've counted it as loss so we prosper in it. Is that not what the bible says?

We shall lay up gold as dust. We just prophesy and say, amen. I will lay up gold. And the only thing you hear is you will lay up gold as dust. The question is, does anybody lay dust? Have you ever been to anybody's house and you find them laying up dust? What do people do with dust? So what does the rabbi say when he says, we shall lay up gold as dust. It's it's a it's a very powerful figure of speech because nobody lays up dust. He should have said, we will lay up gold and find something that we lay up as the accurate simile to have used.

But that simile is extremely contradicting because nobody lays up dust. When people see dust, they sweep it off. They are quick to get rid of it. In other words, we will lay up gold, but we have no value to us. The same way we are quick to dwell with dust, we are quick to dwell with the gold. It has no sway on our emotions. It has no sway on our heart. We have counted it as loss, but we will still lay it up. Do you know what it means? It means the more you are getting rid of it, the more it is coming.

That's the... But that's the... Let me explain what I'm saying. Do you know you can never really get rid of dust? Sweep sweep your room today. Sweep your house tomorrow. You will still find dust there tomorrow. So when the bible says you will lay up gold as dust. In other words, the more you give it away, the more you find it in your house. The more you think you are letting it go, the more you realize it it is still in your house, still in your house.

That is what the Bible is saying. We count all things as lost for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ to hell with a thousand business meetings, to hell with a thousand ministerial engagements. If it comes to the knowledge of Christ, we can lie down over and over again and say we will not go anywhere until you reveal yourself to us. When I entered into university, this was my outcry. Everybody came to get a diploma, a degree. I came to know Christ. I told God I will say I will not leave this school until I encounter you. I will not leave this school until you reveal yourself to me. And that hunger that hunger brought about an encounter before I left that I would never forget. Overwhelmed me.

I will love you forever. Your love has overwhelmed me. I will love you forever. Your love us overwhelm me yet. I will love you forever. Your love us love you forever. Your mercy is all around me. I will love you forever. Your presence is overshadowed me. Will love you forever.

All things lost. All things lost and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ. I would come back to the scripture. Next verse. And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is true faith in Christ. The righteousness which is from God by faith. Verse 10, that I may know him. Remember he says, I count all things lost. I count all things lost. What do you think is valuable in this world?

Fame, influence, a degree, a car, a house? I count all things lost. Why? Do you know that the extent of some people's pursuit is to have a car? Some of you are here right now in the house of God, and your expectation is that you will have a good result. It's not bad. But how can your pursuit for God end in four years? You didn't get what I just said. Because if that is the reason for for for... If that's the reason for the pursuit, is that not too mundane a reason?

As a matter of fact, do you realize that any reason for which you are pursuing Christ that is not Christ is mundane? It's not gonna last the test of time. That is the reason why believers attribute everything to spirituality. So when there is no light, you say, God, let there be light. God, let there be light. And then the evening Nepal flashes light. You say, ah, thank God. You know, one of my guys messaged me one time and told me that she has discovered that she's a territorial prophet. You know why she said that? Because there was no light in her area.

She said, let there be light. And then five minutes after, lights came. Nepa brought light. She said, I'm a territorial prophet. I can command light in the territory. I said you are a fool. Go to Canada and go and command light in the territory. And let's see if Napa leper light you command. The fact that we live in an economy that is governed by a field administration has made us to attribute our pursuits for Christ. It has given our religion value.

So majority of the prayer of the saints are things government should provide. I've not seen that. As I'm going today, God, please, let me not meet Odob. That that's the prayer. And he believes sincerely speaking he's being spiritual. He believes sincerely speaking I'm trusting God for everything in my life. And we think that when we read the bible and he says, he daily loads us with benefit. These are the benefits. That you have a car, really? You now get to a system.

You realize that you don't even need to pray for a car. You can go and get the car and pay for the next seven years. Comfortably so. And what you think is a big deal becomes nothing. What happens to your spirituality? Don't you realize that the price for the pursuit of Christ is Christ? Don't you realize that Paul says, I count all things loss. Give me that scripture again. I count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered loss of all things and count them as what? How can a man hold money and say this is rubbish?

This is rubbish. You don't understand what it means to lay up gold as dust. Somebody is here, and the reason for which you are here is is is to receive a promotion. There's nothing wrong in that, and that will happen by the way. Yes, sir. But that's the extent of your pursuit, really. I count them as what? Rubbish. And so and so you you will now understand why as God begins to lift us, we now enter into a stadium. We now see millions of people.

And the moment you are walking up the stage, they're now shouting, We count them as rubbish. You don't understand why you see these great men of God, and then before they come up, they will play one video. And then the person that invited them will now come and say, this man is a man. He's a jist. He's a general. He's a that one. He's a that one. And then he comes up. Can we lift our hands to Jesus? And say, ah, don't you...

Won't... Won't you... Will you not react? I count them as rubbish. Rubbish. Rubbish. This was the point that Paul had gotten to. But there's there's there's something more scary in this scripture, more scary. It is... It says it says that I may gain Christ.

This is a business terminology. It is like you go for a competition, and they tell you the price for winning this competition is a car. And so you labor immensely so that the price you will get is a car. Paul says, the reason for which we are laboring, there is a price and the price is not money. The price is not a car. The price is not a good house. The price is Christ. In other words, has Christ become the reason for which you are doing what you are doing? The bible says, what shall we say then that Abraham, our father, has found? What did these men know that made them live the kind of lives that they lived in righteousness?

I will love you forever. Your mercy has overshadowed me. I will love you forever. Your goodness has overwhelmed me. Will love you forever. Hebrews 11. Hebrews 11 verse 24. We read to verse 26. The Bible says by faith, Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. Do you remember Paul?

Now you are taking another case study. His name is Moses. The bible says by faith, when he became of age, he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. Number... Verse... The next verse, it says choosing rather choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. 26, esteeming the reproach of what? Pastor. Pastor a moment. Who are they talking about?

What concern Moses and Christ? I told you that the entire scripture is a story of Christ. But if you cannot find Christ in all of scripture from the old testament down to the new, you are wrong. On Friday, I will show you Christ from Genesis to Revelation. If the time permits. The bible says, esteeming the reproach of Christ. This was Moses. You mean Moses had an idea of the Christ. So much so he chose to esteem the reproach of the Christ greater than the riches and the treasures in Egypt for he looked to the reward. What was the reward?

Was the reward a house, a car, a property? No. The the reward was Christ. And for that, he was willing to esteem the reproach of Christ. Do you know what that means? The reproach of Christ. The shame of Christ. He he esteemed the sufferings of Christ. The shame of Christ to be greater than the treasures in Egypt. There was something Moses knew about God that made Moses to esteem the reproach of Christ.

A greater blessing and a greater riches than everything the best of this world has to offer. Moses knew something about God. But right now, in our generation today, we are esteeming the world much more than... Not the reproach, but than even the blessings and the promises of God. You didn't get that. What Moses esteemed I was the reproach of Christ. He esteemed the reproach of Christ much more than the treasures of this world. But right now, it is even difficult for believers to esteem the blessings of Christ much more than the treasure of this world. Now we esteem this world more, and we glory in this world. It means a lot of people have gone backward than where Moses was standing.

Whereas, it is expected in our generation to be higher in operation than the saints of old were because everything they saw was just a hope of the future. It was just a promise. They never experienced the real thing. But as we have been brought into the reality, Those of us who are now in the reality, are lost in the world. And we think pleasure, we think a good life is what the world has to offer. And the reason is because we've not had an encounter with Jesus. So it is the way of the world that gives many joy. So when you have so much money in your account, you have joy. When you don't, you have sadness. When you have a sense of popularity and relevance, you have joy.

When you don't just, you have sadness. But here was Moses when Christ had not come, when the holy ghost had not been given, having an intimate relationship with God enough that the bible would record that he esteemed the reproach of Christ greater than everything that Egypt had to offer. You need to bear in mind that Moses was not a slave in Egypt. Moses was a prince in Egypt. He had access to everything, all the blessings you could record. Everything Moses had access to it. But he preferred the reproach of Christ. What did Moses know? What did Abraham know? Throughout the lifespan of these people, they were expecting, anticipating that a messiah was coming.

They were aware that Christ was coming. They had a promise. They had a hope. What they were looking hard in the future is what we're not looking hard in the past. And despite for them, it wasn't an experience. They lived in the reality of it even more than believers now. Even those who guessed into the future to behold what you have now entered into, It looked as though by their results, they had a better gaze than we. They had a better visage than some of us who are currently in the reality. What did they know? What kind of encounters did they have?

And so the the teaching is aimed at giving us an understanding of the person of Christ. Because if the old saint had a glimpse of this person and they did what they did, then we must experience him in his fullness, otherwise, we have failed. If by reason of the promise and never obtaining it in reality, they did all the exploits they did. How about those of us who have seen it, who have experienced it, who have lived that reality, who are currently living that reality? It expected of us to do more. Are you with me? Yes. Yes. Why is it important to know God? In Daniel 11 and verse 32, the b part, the bible says the people that do know their God, they shall be strong.

Strength in this kingdom is attached to your knowledge of God. Strength in this kingdom is attached to your knowledge of God. The people that do know their God, the first reward for knowing God is strength. The second is exploit. It means result in this kingdom is attached to your knowledge of God. And that is the reason why everything the old saints did, they did because they saw a promise. Listen. This means that if anybody truly serves the Lord, if anybody truly knows the Lord, genuinely so, genuinely so, there will be strength in their lives. There will be experts in their life. There is a reward for knowing God.

There is results that come as a reason of your knowing God. Do you know that your prosperity is a part of that exploit? The bible says, shout unto the Lord those that favor his righteous cause. For the Lord had pleasure in the prosperity of his servants. There is a genuine reward for knowing God. Are you with me? And for knowing him genuinely. Number two, second Peter chapter one and verse two. The bible says grace and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of our Lord Jesus. That grace in this kingdom, peace in this kingdom is multiplied to the degree to which a man begins to know God.

There is increased grace, increased empowerment. Do you know that a man can do nothing except by grace, except given to him by grace? To labor outside of grace is to labor in folly, is to labor in futility. There is grace that provides salvation. There's grace as an enablement to do the works of God, as an enablement to carry out your purpose and your assignment. And the bible says that empowerment, that enablement that God provides for men to do, that God provides for men to work. Are you with me? That enablement of grace is increased when we call into the knowledge of Christ. This is the only authorized pathway to increase in grace. That the more the knowledge of God is unfold onto you, the more you...

The more the more the blindfolds are are are removed from your eyes and you begin to come into the knowledge of the glory of God, the more grace is given. It means the more anointing functions in your life, the more the power of God you are able to walk in, the more you are able to demonstrate the power and and and manifest the spirit of God upon the earth. Are you with me? The more. Grace and peace is multiplied through the knowledge. Number three, why is it important to know God? Matthew 16 verse 15. The bible says, then he said to them, but who do you say that I am? Verse 16, Simon Peter answered and said, you are the Christ, the son of the living God. Jesus answered and said unto him, blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my father who is in heaven.

And I also said to you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of Edith shall not prevail against it. Can you see this? Who do you say that I have? Thou art the Christ, the son of the living God. And the moment he came into the knowledge of the Christ, the Christ told him flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my father who art in heaven. And the moment that happened, the next verse, Jesus then tells him, and I also say to you. Also... In other words, since you have been able to know who I am, now let me tell you who you are. The third advantage of coming into the knowledge of Christ is that that is the only way a man can come into the awareness of his identity, his purpose, and his assignment. Do you know that several things were revealed to Peter in this scripture?

Number one was his identity. Number two was his assignment. Number three was the empowerment and the enablement that has been given to him to fulfill that assignment. Number four was a mandate. I say also to you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Didn't you know his name before? Anything you call yourself that God has not called you is a lie. A lot of people are struggling for discovery of purpose. Why don't you struggle to discover God? And a lot of people keep on saying, sir, I've been praying, but this purpose of a thing, leave that a little bit.

Go and discover God. The same way you are hustling for purpose, hustle for God. Be hungry for God. Be hungry to know God. Leave the solid of purpose alone. Know God. The moment you discover, the moment he's unveiled onto you, then you begin to discover yourself, your identity, your purpose. It is the creator that gives the creation identity. And as such, you must know the creator. The bible says as he is in heaven, so are we in this earth.

Does that not mean that we must know how he is in heaven? To know how you should be on earth? Are you with me? Yes, sir. Yes. That no one may know that you are God. Let your power ring in all the earth. When you speak a word, the nations bow. It's for your glory. Oh, Lord.

Like a seed you've sown, I will germinate. It's for your glory. Glory, Lord. Listen. Your identity, your assignment, your purpose is only revealed to you as you come to the knowledge of Christ. As you come to the knowledge of Christ. If a man does not know God, anything he is, anything he's doing is a failure. Imagine this for a minute. You go for the Olympics and you're representing your country in a sport, say, a 100 meter sprint. And when you got there, whilst everybody was doing, registering, doing all of that, you miss your way and you found yourself on a pitch and you see people just gearing up to run and you said, I can't find my teammates, but we came here to run, so let me just join them.

And you just joined them, and it was a 400 meter sprint. And you said, ready? You go there. On your mark, set, go, and you speak grace. And you started running and you started running and you led everybody there. Nobody could. You you were such... You were you were a cheater. You looked back and you left everybody gaps, gaps ahead. And you and you got there jubilating saying you have won expecting a price to be given.

What do you think? Do you think a prize will be awarded you? Because the event you featured in, your name is not registered there. And so even though you were the fastest, you still are not deserving of a prize. In other words, it is possible to run-in the wrong event in destiny when God has not shown you yourself. You will need to discover God and when you have discovered God, it is God that will not give meaning to your life. God now tell you this is the reason for which I made you. You see I could have been a very successful comedian. A first I had potentials. I was already on the way before God I jacked me.

You see, it wouldn't matter how many fame I had. It wouldn't matter how many how many award. You, I can go for the Grammys and they will give me an award. He's the best rapper in this category. He's with m m to the y. And I come and I say, I wanna appreciate my father and my mother for this award. This is such a privilege. And heaven is saying, what are you... What is this? Do you have any record in heaven?

He said, no. It's meant to be an apostle. You see, you are running very fast. You even out... Outshine others. There were people in that place who you have run. People that were even originally meant to be there. That didn't get the award, but it would not matter in heaven because that was not what you were called to do. And I'm telling you that it is for the discovery of God. This is what leads to your own discovery.

I'm saying whatever you have called yourself that God has not called you is a lie. I'm saying it is dangerous to run with speed in the wrong direction. The first thing a man has to do is find God. The first thing a man has to do is know God. Do you know that Paul was a very successful at a sin? And he thought sincerely that he was doing the will of God. He was rising at the at the Pharisee, being promoted, including in rank until he had an encounter, and a voice came out and told him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Do you know that that was a very dangerous moment for Saul? Because the answer that he gives will determine whether or not he will live or die. But Saul was a very intelligent man.

He says, speak. He says, who are you Lord? So immediately he recognized that whoever I've been serving is not Lord. Yeah, he didn't sit. Whilst he was on that ground unable to move, paralyzed. He said all my defenses are down. Who are you Lord? The moment Paul coming... Came into an encounter with Jesus, Jesus, his life took a u-turn. All the previous success he had accumulated mattered nothing.

He never knew he was opposing the mandate of God because he had not yet known God. Guess what? The same the same the same the same Paul who saw a bright light in heaven asking him why have you persecuted me? Why do you persecute me rather? That's the same Paul who is saying that I may know him. I want you to know him. How about the encounter? It's an ever increasing journey, a journey that can never end. A journey that has no end. Because the more you know, the more you realize that they need to know.

In John chapter 17 verse three, the bible says, and this is eternal life. And this is eternal life. What is eternal life? That they may know you. The only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. Jesus is saying that the nature of eternal life that you have received is such that it produces a knowledge of God and the Christ. That if you have truly received life, that life should produce an education that should begin to come into the knowledge of God and the Christ. No wonder getting souls saved is a warfare. Because the devil doesn't want people to come into the knowledge of the Christ. And the way men begin to come into the knowledge of the Christ is by the life they receive at salvation.

In other words, get this. Get this. Get this. When the gospel was preached to you, are you with me? You began a journey. You discovered Jesus the way. You began a journey into the discovery of who God is. Polynomially mean you have known all of God. Are you with me? Stay with me.

Stay with me. Stay with me. It means your knowing God really is not what gives you access to salvation. It's your knowing Jesus the way. Jesus the way is not all there is to Jesus. He says I am the way, the truth, and the life. It means when you come in through the way, you must then begin to know the truth so that you might experience the life. Are you with me? That is why the bible says, this is eternal life that they may know. Eternal life comes only after you have received salvation.

It means what you received when you were saved is now what enabled you to know God. Do you understand what I'm saying? The life in you begins to supply a knowledge of God. And the moment a man knows God, ah, that man becomes a terror to the devil. Especially if you understand God within the context of the New Testament, you are a terror to the devil. A man is only as dangerous as the God he knows. Let me say that again. A man is only as dangerous as the God he knows. A man is only as dangerous as the spirit he knows. So when Moses met with God and God told him to go to pharaoh, Moses did not go carelessly.

Oh, no. He told God, who should I say sent me? Because a man is only as powerful as the spirit he knows. Moses lived in the palace. He understood that the Egyptians had a a severe commitment to their idols. And if any man claims to be anything, they will ask him who sent you. By whose authority do you come? Moses Moses knew. If I ever stood before Pharaoh in the palace, Pharaoh would ask me, is is it one of your... Our gods who sent you?

Are you with me? Who would I tell them? Sent me. Do you know that this is how priests are made? This is even why priests are feared. You didn't get what I said. If you have an high priest in your village and they say, don't try that man. What are the difference between the high priest and the and the normal man? The knowledge of the spirit, the knowledge of the demon. A man is only as powerful as the spirit he knows.

Do you know that even the king is afraid of the high priest? Even the king. Even the king trembles when they... When the royal meeting is happening and the high priest comes and he's shaking his whatever, everywhere goes silent. Nobody... They... If they were hugging before, nobody goes still. Because if that man should invoke one of his spirits and say be mute, in your own power, you can't tell a man be mute and he'll be mute. In other words, a man that knows how to manipulate things in the name of the spirit for his to his advantage Is the man that truly has power. And you can only do that to the degree to which you know a spirit.

Are you with me? Moses had this understanding. He grew up in the context. Egypt had over 5,000 Gods. Yes. Moses knew how things worked. You don't stand before Pharaoh without having met a real god. And guess what? The moment God showed him a sign, he says, draw down your rod. Moses got there, drew down his rods, true to his words, true to his fear.

Pharaoh said, is is this what you're celebrating? And he called those three funny individuals, come here. Show this guy that we're not joking here. And they also threw their rods down, faithful to their anointing. Why didn't Pharaoh throw his own staff? He called those who had known a spirit. He said, show him. We also know God's ear. And they chew their rods as well. Are you with me?

A man is only as powerful as the God he knows. If God be God, let us know. If Baal be Baal, why do you think the prophet of Baal accepted the challenge if they were not sure that Baal would answer? Do you think they would willfully accept death? Are they foolish? No. They had the backing of Jezebel. They were so sure. He had always answered. But when it became a context of who was God, every other God becomes silent.

A man is only as powerful as the spirit he knows. So the bible says that I am... You see, that is what the devil is scared of. He knows the more a man begins to know God, the more a man begins to come into the knowledge of the fullness, of the stature of the Christ. The more a man begins to uncover who God is and who the Christ is and the implication of that. Ah, that man becomes a terrible being on earth. Let me, let me give an illustration. Listen. A man is only as powerful as the spirit he knows. Think about this.

Your father is a soldier. Sit down. Your father is an... A soldier and is a colonel in the army. And because of the nature of his work, it has to be kept a secret even from his children. You see, do you know that as long as you don't know who your father is, there are many things you will go on in life that you will go through in life that you would not know that you sure... You are not meant to go through. Not because you are strong in yourself, but because of the power that your father wields. So for instance, the police stops you. If you have that knowledge, there's a way you'd behave.

If you don't have that knowledge, you'll be scared. Fear will drip you down. And the police can tell you, jump up five times. Put your hands in your ear and start hopping. Up after me. Up after me. Come again. Now stool. Stay there for three hours. And the guy is just having fun, really.

But imagine that this guy knows that I'm being treated unjustly, and somehow he knows that my my father is a corner in the army. He calls the policeman. He calls the father and say, this is what is happening right now. You see, I've been in such situations. So it's not my father though. But my father was in such a situation before. We were in a car. Okay. Not my father. If my father's friend, I was in the car with him and we were stopped by police.

He was driving. The driver was driving. We're at the back. The man seated, I was seated. And the policeman stopped the driver and was asking the driver, and all the papers were complete. Everything was complete. But the man just wanted to look for trouble. You see. And the the the the the the... My father's friend just was at the back, kept quiet, said nothing.

The man wanted to look for trouble. And after seeing that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle, he said, okay. Let me have your license. And the driver carelessly gave the man his license without checking if it was still within the date of validity. Unknown to him that expired. The police said, finally, I I have something. You are driving with your... With an expired license. He took it to say we are going to the station. You know that my father's friend kept quiet.

He said nothing. I was also in the car. The policeman entered into the front. He said drive to the station. Everybody enter, and those guys entered into their own vehicle, or drove to the station. While the driver was driving, the man said nothing. When they got to the station, the man said, we have to fill a case and all of that. We should write this statement. This is the offense. This is the crime.

Blah blah blah blah. The man said nothing. So minutes after the man got down, said come with me. Requested to see the DPO. We went to the DPO. He said, why are we here? DPO did not know who he was. And so he said, the driver was driving an expired license. It's a crime. It's a this, it's a that.

I said, okay. But your policeman entered into a car that was driven by a driver with an expired license, putting my life and his life at risk. Is that not a crime? He picked up his phone. He said, yes, chief justice sir. The man stood up immediately. He said, sir, I'm sorry. Sir, in my presence. In other words, the peace that the man had in the car was with respect to who he knew. You don't understand what I'm saying.

That is the reason why the devil blinds the eyes of men. Because he knows peradventure they know... The peradventure they become saved. Then that salvation introduces life in them. That life that is introduced now begins to unveil the knowledge of Christ. And the more they come into the knowledge of Christ, the more dangerous they become. For the best thing to do is to keep them blinded. Who the prince of this world has blinded their minds from coming into the fullness of the gospel? Do you know that this was the first attack of the devil in the Garden of Eden? This was the first attack of the devil in the Garden of Eden.

He didn't want men to come into the knowledge of God. And do you know that that attack was successful? Not only was it successful, it was perfectly timed. Oh, the... You see, you can blame the devil of several things, but never call him foolish. He has the advantage of time. You know what he told the man? Did God really say that you may not heed of the fruit of the garden? In other words, he heard what God said. He heard what God said.

Didn't ask the woman what did God say. If that were the case, that means he did not hear. So he wants to ask you to know. But he was the first person to present to the woman an an alternate version of what God said. Did God really say you will not eat of every tree of the garden? Every fruit of the garden. Are you with me? Yes, sir. Get me. Get me, please.

Get me. Did God really say you may not eat of every fruit of the garden? What he was doing what he was doing was to ensure that man did not come into the knowledge of God. And did you know that that temptation showed that man did not know God? Oh, many of you don't know that Adam did not know God. This statement is looking controversial to men. They say, wow. It was not God who created Adam. It is true. But Adam, like you, was meant to come to the knowledge of God.

Are you with me? And the proof that Adam did not know God was that the temptation was a success. Because the first thing the devil did was to suggest to them that God is a liar. Sir. This... The temptation succeeded because they believed. You're not getting what I'm saying. They said they said they said, you will not surely die. In other words, God is a liar. God say you will die.

I say you will not die. What does that mean? Does the bible not say God is not a man? The first suggestion is God is unfaithful. God cannot keep his word. God is a liar. That was what is suggested to them, and they believed it. This shows you they did not know God. They didn't know the character of God. They didn't know the nature of God.

The second thing he suggested to them was that God was hiding the best from them. Does the bible not say God was ordering the best from them? God knows in the day you eat of this food, you will be like him. In other words, God is still hiding. There is something God is hiding from you. Don't trust him. He was using his experience to lie to them. That you see, I I was, I was, I, I, I thought I was the greatest until I discovered there was a throne. Yes. I'm on that throne that is superior to mine.

Yes. You see, don't don't mind that God. There is something is hiding from you. Does the Bible not say the plan I have towards you? They're of good and not of evil to give you a future and an ex... A hope and an expected end. You see, these things you know about God now, Adam didn't know. Adam didn't know God is not a man, he should lie. Adam did not know that God loves him so much he can die for him. And guess what?

Because Adam did not know, from all I've said, do you know the consequence of Adam not knowing? From all I've said, the consequence of Adam not knowing God is that Adam did not know himself. Because you need the knowledge of God to know yourself. Sir. Thou art Peter. Why are you Peter? Because you now know who I am. The moment a man knows God, the moment a man knows God, the moment a man continues to know God, the moment yourself is revealed unto you. Adam failed in the knowledge of God, and as such, he did not know himself. That was why when God told God, let us make man in our what?

Own image after our likeness. The Bible says that God made man in his own image. In the image of God created he them, male and female. Are you with me? In other words, man was made how? In the likeness and in the image of God. The devil said, God knows in the day you eat of this fruit, you will become like him. In other words, man did not know that he was already like God. The identity of himself was hidden from him because he had not yet discovered God. Many of you want to discover yourself.

I looked at the speaker. He faced the mirror. Look at this. Say, I'm not who I am. I'm beautiful. I'm big. You are nothing outside of God. Absolutely nothing outside of God. Guess what? In Genesis three verse 10 verse 10.

Let's start with verse verse nine. Look at what the bible says. Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, where are you? This was how... This was after Adam partook of the fruit. Is that not so? Remember, this was the first time the God of this world blinded their mind to some people. It wasn't a... So when when Corinthians explained us that the God of this world is not a new thing. It's not a new phenomenon, the first person whose mind you blinded was Adam.

Are you with me? Because the bible says when they ate of death fruit, their eyes were opened. True. True to the words of Lucifer. He told them, God knows that in the day you eat of this fruit, your eyes shall be opened. And the bible says when they ate of it, their eyes were opened. So if that eyes was opened, what were they even to see before? Which eyes was this that now opened? Are you with me? Because if it means that this one opened, it means whatever they were using to see before closed.

The God of this mind... Of this world grinds their mind. In lying to them, in making them believe what is not true about God and about themselves, their minds were blinded. And sense knowledge kicked kicked out. Sense knowledge kicked open. That's not where I'm going. The moment in verse nine, the Lord said... Called to Adam and said, where are you? Is that not so? Yes, sir.

The next verse. Adam said, I heard your voice, and I was afraid, and I hid myself. I heard your voice. I was afraid. I hid myself. You would think God will say, why are you afraid? Why did you hide yourself? No. That wasn't God's next question. Look at God's next question.

God said, who told you that you were naked? God was more concerned about where the information came from. Where did this knowledge come from? It means for God to be asking who told you means I didn't tell you. Who told you? Guess what? Do you know the devil didn't tell them they were naked? It wasn't part of what the devil came and brought. The devil never said they were naked. And so if the devil did not tell them they were naked, if God did not tell them they were naked, then who told them they were naked?

To answer the question, God now asks another question. Have you eaten from the tree which I commanded that you should not eat? So what told them? It means what told them they were naked was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The moment they partook of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, that tree supplied an education to them, a knowledge to them. Listen to me. It was the it was the opposite of this knowledge that the tree of life was meant to supply. Wow. Are you with me? The same thing the devil is doing now by blinding the minds of people from receiving salvation so that life will not enter them and know God.

That was the same thing that the devil did in in Garden Of Eden by burning their mind so they will not partake of the tree of life and know God. Because the bible says this is eternal life that they may know. So if they have partaken of the tree of life, they would have known God. So their fall and their failure was as a result of their lack of the knowledge of God. Are you with me? Yes. Man is constantly defeated when man does not know the Christ. Colossians four and verse two down to verse three. The bible says continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving. Verse three.

Meanwhile, praying also for us that God would open to us a door for the world to speak the mystery of Christ for which I am also in chains. That is where the title of my teaching has gotten from. That God will open unto us a door to speak the mystery of Christ. What the apostles were teaching was Christ. In act of apostle chapter eight, the bible says Philip went to Samaria and he preached Christ to them. He preached Christ to them. The apostle Paul says, pray for us that grace might be given. That we might be given the grace and the privilege to preach and to teach this mystery called Christ. Is it not amazing that Christ is a mystery? Are you with me?

In the same Colossians chapter two and verse two, let's put a new living translation. It says I want them to be encouraged and knit together, right, by strong ties of love. That will not permit me to talk about love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God's mysterious plan. Now what is God's mysterious plan? The Bible says, which is Christ himself? Ah. But Christ is the mysterious plan of God. Christ is the mysterious plan of God. Verse three says, in him, in Christ, lie eating all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Paul was speaking to the church in Colos, and he told them that I know you have taught so many things, but I want you to come to an understanding of God's mysterious plan, and that plan is Christ himself. And that in this person lies the hidden riches of wisdom and knowledge. Does the bible not say Christ has been made wisdom unto us? It means there is an heritage that is available to those who come into the knowledge of Christ, and Christ is God's plan. Christ is God's strategy. Christ is God's project. Every generation must come into the revelation of the person of Christ in order to be aligned to the plan of God. It means that if you claim that you are aligned to the plan of God in your generation and that alignment does not feature the knowledge of Christ, you are wrong. Because the mysterious plan of God is Christ. If you'll be featured in God's plan, in God's agenda, it will first begin with the knowledge of the Christ.

In so doing, you have found alignment with the plan of God. You can be featured in the plan of God. And that is why every move right now that I've started, that Christ is no longer the head of that move. Christ is no longer exalted in that move will fade out of relevance in time. Christ will once again be exalted if I be lifted up. Not if a man of God be lifted up. Not if a move be lifted up. If I be lifted up, then I will draw all men unto me. The message is Christ. I have him crucified.

The message is the kingdom. This is the gospel. The gospel is the message of Christ and what you become as a reason of that encounter with Christ. This is why the New Testament does not end with the synoptic gospel. It proceeds to the acts of the apostles. Because if the gospel had ended in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, we would not have known the efficacy of the gospel. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. So the gospel ended or the gospel comes to an end when those who have received him become like him. So Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John reveals to us what he did.

Then those who were... Who received him, those who believed him and in that book was written to say... To tell us if you have believed him, then these are the acts of the apostles. There is an implication to have believed him, to having received him, to having known him. The bible said when Peter was speaking... Do you know what Peter said? When Peter was speaking and he was speaking so intelligently, explaining to people the death, burial, and resurrection of the Christ, The bible says they were shocked to see the eloquence, the fluency of Peter. Even whilst he spoke, they were shocked. They were they were bewildered. They looked and said, ah.

This is only possible because they've been with Christ by reason of their results, by reason of the things that they did. In other words, if we've known Christ, there should be evidence. There should be a proof that we know Christ. The world will ask us for the evidence of the Christ we know. Are you with me? Acts of the apostles. There are still acts being written. God's generous is a book of acts. Are you with me? Your life is also meant to be a book of acts.

Now when our stories are written and compiled, the volume, the books in this world will not be enough to document what was captured. And when they begin to say the exploits of the mighty men of the Disciples Christian Network, how that in their entirety they became unto Christ. They grew onto the fullness of the statue of Christ, The things that they did, they turned the world upside down. This was the civil of hurting men. They turned the world upside down. Are you with me? Yes. They turned the world upside down. There's so much preaching, but Christ and his kingdom has not been preached. And our realities as believers shows us that Christ has not been preached.

When you study the bible, you will see how people who never experienced Christ but only had a hope, only had a promise, lived their lives. How they conducted themselves. Time will fail me to speak of Barag, Samson, men who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness. Let me ask you a question. Is this hall to your life? A man of God in Uganda who is basically like the Iyadeboyo of Uganda, apostle Grace Lubega, He has the largest congregation in Uganda. He's probably 31 or 32. Has the largest congregation in Uganda. The... When he started growing and started growing in such a way that surpasses every move that has happened in that nation, he caught the attention of the government and they came to him to sit him down.

And they asked him, just just to be sure that the message of Christ you are preaching is genuine. What what are you doing that others are not doing? Are you sure a man of God or have you had other things? I don't know what is the business of the government with that, but they came according to him. And he told them, well, it's the holy spirit. All that I'm doing is by the holy spirit. And he told him, are you now saying that other churches in this nation don't have the holy spirit? The man said, I'm sure they have the holy ghost. I just don't know what they do with it. I'm sure they have the holy ghost.

I'm sure we all have the holy ghost. I just don't know. That a man can have and not do. When he's blind, when he's ignorant. And that is the reason why Paul continues to teach. Paul continues to teach the mystery of Christ. In Ephesians chapter one verse 17, do you know that this was Paul's prayer to the Ephesian church? This was Paul's teaching to the Colossian church? This was all that Christ was teaching. It is that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of the Christ.

In the knowledge of the Christ that I may know him. In other words, Paul is saying that I may not only know him, but that several people will know him even through me. But a lot of people will know him even through me. You see, knowing Christ had an implication. That is when you can be... You see, knowing Christ had an implication. There's no great man if the man doesn't know Christ because prosperity is not greatness. Wealth is not greatness. You know what that meant to be my teaching today? Wealth is not greatness.

The accumulation of material things is not greatness. Greatness is only measured in the degree to which you grow in influence to the point where you are able to affect lives and be a blessing to lives. You can only genuinely be a blessing to lives if you know Christ. Even if you give lives money and they still go to hell, the money was a waste. What a poor man need is not money. Bible says to preach the gospel to the poor. What the first... What the poor man need is first the gospel. You know why the poor man needs the gospel? Because it is for him that Christ became poor.

He must first know what has been made available to him. Your labors in this kingdom does not begin from works. It begins from knowledge. It begins from a knowledge of what has been done. It begins from a knowledge of what has been completed. In other words, when you start your life without the knowledge of what Christ has done and who Christ is, your life will be in futility. You will labor in futility. That is the reason why 80%, 90% even of the world is poor. A lot of people are trying to be rich. We are trying.

We are laboring. And you see, we don't know that in this kingdom, labor from rest. Are you with me? From what Christ has done, from understanding of what has been made available unto us. I've been redeemed from poverty, and so I cannot be poor. I am rich. I am wealthy. It is who I am. It's an identity. Are you with me?

I'm blessed of God. I carry the blessing of God upon my life. The blessings of Abraham are mine. When a man has this settled understanding based on what Christ has done, he can then begin to labor. But to labor without this understanding is to labor the labor of fools. Who is Christ? I'll give you one. Who is the Christ? And then we close. Can you monopolize God for a brief moment?

And tell God to open your eyes. Listen, I hear a song in my spirit. Your name is highly lifter you are You won the victory, Jesus. Oh, what a wonder you are. Oh, what a wonder you are. Your name is highly lifted. You are the You see, listen, these songs are not composed. These are songs of the spirit. I was teaching right now and I hear angels echoing that songs to me. Listen.

Even as they were echoing the song, I saw people being clothed in glory. And I saw Jesus telling me that I will begin to make myself known to people. And I will begin to reveal myself to people. I will unveil. I will tear off the the veil from the eyes of men. I will tear off the veil from the eyes of men, and men will begin to come into encounters, encounters with the lion of the tribe of Judah. For some, it will be a sensation in your heart, a burning in your heart, a burning in your heart, but God is moving in this place. Have your seat. Have your seat. That I may know him.

Are you making your prayer in one minute that I may know him? That I may know him. Make your prayer in one minute. That I may know him and the power of his resurrection. The fellowship of his suffering. Being made conformable into his death. Amen. Amen. Have your seat. Oh, what a beauty you The highest state of perfection in reproduction is not only concerns procreation.

Are you with me? There are animals that don't need the female gender or another gender to give birth, and yet their birthing process is more perfect than those who require that. You don't understand what I'm saying. Because science makes you understand that an animal, fattening organism that are single celled, can divide themselves. And the the division is the exact image of the one that was divided. The exact copy, the express image of the one that was divided without without without no woman needed. It just split into two. The same DNA, the same copy, the same everything. Even science proved this to be true. When we are talking about Jesus being the son of God, we're not talking about biology or reproduction.

We're talking about a high spiritual reality that God decided to become flesh. God decided to be material. God decided to become visible. That is what the idea of the son of God carries. So I'm not saying one separate from God or the offspring of God. No. They are saying God materialized as flesh, yet still God. Oh, what a wonder you are. Oh, what a wonder. That is that is that is why it's a it's a wondrous thing to think about.

That God can exist and yet say, for the sake of humanity, I will strip myself of glory and identify myself with man and become a man. It was it was that image that is referred to as the son of God, not in terms of reproduction. So the son of God is not a lesser type of God. Are you with me? In John one one, the bible says in the beginning, God. In the beginning was the word. The word was with God. The word was God. None is... None...

It it doesn't say it's like God. Word was God. Verse 14 says, and the word became flesh. You see, so the word was God. That word that was God became flesh. It is that flesh that we refer to as the son of God. So the idea of the son of God is that Christ took on materiality. Christ took on tangibility. That God became a man and became the express image of his person. Oh, what a wonder you are.

So when we call him the son of God, we are saying he's the word made flesh. God took on materiality. Colossians two nine, for in him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily. For in him dwells fullness of the Godhead bodily. For in him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily. When Christ shows up, you have seen the father, you have seen the son, you have seen the spirit. Philip said, show us the father that we might see him. Jesus said, you have been with me all this while, and you don't know the father. Whoever has seen me has seen the father. The time Jesus walked on earth was the first time angels saw the fullness of God.

They had been in heaven for eons, but they've never seen him in his fullness because nothing could trap God. God could not be trapped in heaven. God could not be trapped on earth. The bible says the heavens of heavens is Lord. The earth at it given to the son of man. Even the earth that he gives to the son of man, the bible says that earth is his footstool. It means the heavens can't even contain him. The heaven cannot trap him. If the earth, as as as humongous as it is, as gigantic as it is, is the footstool, That earth hosts 8,000,000,000 people, yet it is its footstool. Oh, what a wonder you are.

Oh, what you are. What a wonder Listen. So what God did was that God developed a strategy knowing that nothing could trap him, the heavens could not hold him. The earth could not hold him. Many of you believe that the heavens is is habitation. And the question is, the bible says in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. It means of the time when the heavens was not created. Where was it before? It is limited understanding to think that the heavens is where it resides. It's bigger than the heavens.

It's more than the heavens. Even the heavens can't trap his dimensions. And so what he does for the angels to come into an experience and an understanding of him, what he does is that he breaks himself into dimensions. Are you with me? So the angels will look up. The celestial beings will behold him. And when they saw, what they saw at different moment was different. This was what informed the worship in heaven. So the angels will look up and the dimension will appear. When they look up, another dimension has appeared.

They were worshiping God. They say, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. The moment they looked up, they saw a lamb who was slain. They say, worthy is the lamb that was slain. Their worship is always reflection of the dimension of God that is revealed from time to time because they could not capture the essence of the fullness of God. When they call him holy, what they are saying is you're in class all by yourself. You are a separate being. No man can come... No man is compared to you. So when you ask them who is God, they can't tell you.

That's why angels could not give God a name. But when Jesus walked on earth for the first time, all of the dimensions that the angels have been worshiping for eons was finally trapped in a man. So as he walked the earth, angels come to look at him. Men come to look at him. Demons came to look at him because there was no such being as this. It was both God and man. For the first time, God decided to trap the fullness of himself in a man. Oh, what a wonder you are. What a wonder you are. Listen.

That which was in the beginning, that which will be at the end, all came together as one. He embodied all, and he was working on the earth. So even the angels came to peep, men came to peep, all kind of creations came to peep. Who is this? And they saw it was God working on the face of the earth. For the first time, God appeared as a man. Christ is the fullness of God manifested. And what he did was that in his resurrection... Oh, glory to God. Oh, glory to God.

What he did was that in the direction, he now made it such that he became the first of that type of creation that has never been seen before. A creation that can house the presence of God. Do you know that you... The the the Israelites tried to replicate the throne room in the tabernacle, but they could not even trap God there. When God came down, the heavens, the earth was shaking. There was earthquake. There was thunders and lightnings. Lightnings and thunders, they give you praise, ascending to Zion, herald in our prayers. The depth of the valley and ceasing to you. But then you seek worship from mortals like we.

The melodies that we bring from within our soul dear. We lack words to express them, and we lack songs to sing. Listen. Listen. Listen. What he did, sinners, even the temple could not contain him. Men saw him and hid the way because the glory was too much. Nothing could host him. And for the first time, a man walked on earth carrying the fullness of God on his inside, and everybody saw what he did and marveled. The scribes and the Pharisees had been preaching about a God that they did not that they did not know.

Hebrews one verse one says... Give me verse one. God who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets. Listen. Verse two. It says, as in this last day spoken to us by his son. The message now became the messenger. What the prophet was prophesying appeared in human flesh. That was why when Jesus was alive, there was no need for a prophet. Knowing God's will on a matter was as simple as going to Jesus and saying what?

Oh, because he was the fullness of God manifested on it. It was the perfect creation. And God said, you see, the intention is not that I become I become a unique being that everybody celebrates. That is why I said it, as you know Christ, you know yourself. As you know Christ, you know yourself. The intention was not that I become a unique being that nobody has ever seen before. There was an idea. There was something I had in mind. Do you remember when man fell, God was the first person that prophesied redemption. God said the seed of the woman shall bruise the head of the serpent, and the serpent thought that the seed of the woman was Cain, was Abel.

So he made Cain kill Abel. And when he found out, that didn't stop procreation. What he did was that he he corrupted the seed of the woman. You see, by ensuring that fallen angels started sleeping with humanity. Corrupting the seed to ensure that there is nothing left as a seed that God can use to bruise his head. So God wiped off that realm, and God started a new specie of humanity with Noah and his family on the strength of the sacrifice that was offered. Hear me? And God said I will never again wipe out humanity for your sake. But the angel... The devil never knew that man...

You see, the devil is not so intelligent. Because if he had known, he would have studied anatomy. He would have found out that the woman is not the one that carries the seed. The woman carries the womb. The man carries the seed. The word seed, there's the word is. It's where the word sperm is gotten from. What God was prophesying was the virgin birth of Mary. That was why God fed the seed of the woman. That the the the the...

It will need no introduction from a man. It will be God himself dividing himself. Are you with me? The seed will come directly from God with no with no impurity added by man. Stay with me. So Jesus was a seed manifested on the earth. I feel of this that every time God spoke to Abraham and to the prophet, he will speak in terms of his seed. Yes. In your seed shall the inheritance of the earth be blessed. In your seed.

In what seed? Do you think the seed was Isaac? Do you think the seed was David? Do you think the seed was Solomon? No. In the book of John chapter, let me end here. John chapter 12 and verse 20. The bible says, and there was a... There were 13 Greeks amongst them that came up to worship at the feast. Greeks were Gentiles.

The Gentiles came to worship at the feast. The question is, what was the Gentile's business with worship? Do you know that when a Gentile came to Jesus to ask for healing for his for his daughter, Jesus told the the Gentile that... The Phyphonician woman. Right? Jesus told her that it was the... How it was the... How do we give what belongs to the sons, to children, to dogs? Jesus said he came primarily to the heart, to the lost sheep of Israel. So whilst he was on earth, his ministry was centered around Israel.

Are you with me? He never extended the boundary of Israel. It was Israel. So when someone that exceeded that boundary came to him, hear me, he said that how can we give what belong to children unto dogs? Because you see, it was primarily designed for the Jews. Are you with me? Yes, sir. So here, Gentiles now came, and they now came because they've heard about Jesus. And they came and they said, we also came to worship. Hear this.

Look at the next verse. The bible says, then came to Philip who was from Bethsaida of Galilee and asked him, sir, we wish to see Jesus. And Philip said, you know what? This is not up to me because since we've known him, he had only been seeing Jews. If So you are Gentiles and you saying we wish to say Jesus, I don't know how to help you. But let me go and ask the man himself. Are you with me? Next verse. The Bible says, but Jesus answered them saying, the hour has come that the son of man should be glorified. Next verse, most assuredly I said to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies.

What Jesus was saying is, until I die, you can't see me. I'm the seed that was prophesied. And if the Gentiles will be included in salvation enough to see me, then I would need to die and be reverested. Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and die. That was what God was telling the Gentiles. In other words, when I resurrect, when a grain of wheat falls to the ground, it doesn't it it doesn't come out as one grain of seed. Are you getting what I'm saying? When a seed is plant... If you plant a maze, if you plant beans, you don't get back one strand of beans. Are you with me?

In other words, the reason why I came at a seat is because I want several I want several to come after my kind. Do you know that anytime God wants God wants a people to come after a kind, it gives a seat. The Bible says, let everything reproduce after their own kind. After their own kind. So God knew that if I will get people after my kind, I won't come as Adam, a man. I must come as a seed. Are are you with me? It is in coming as a seed that I'm planted in the ground. What happened the moment they resurrected was that he now became the first begotten so that we might we might now become begotten sons of God. So Jesus is not the only son of God.

We are now sons of God. In other words, the same way Jesus carried God in all his glory. We now carry God in all his glory. We now carry God in all his fullness. Listen, if you know Jesus in this manner, you will know yourself. You will know everything Jesus did while he walked on earth carrying God, I now carry. It means the same way Jesus said, I am my father, I want. I can also say now, I am my father, I want. In Hebrews chapter two, the bible says, both him that sanctify it and him that is sanctified, All have the same father. You're not getting this.

Can we do it together, everybody? One, three. Go. Pause. Go already. Give me penalty. One, two, three. Go. Us. Think about it.

Think about it. Jesus and the one that he makes holy have the same father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters. So Jesus, when I know him... That is why you see, he's still multidimensional because it is only him that can be Lord and brother. It's only him that can be Lord and savior and still be a brother. Because both him that sanctifies and those who are sanctified now have the same father. So everything Jesus did by reason of his of his of his bearing the nature of God, by reason of his carrying the fullness of God, I can now do. It means if demons see me, that is why it is called the acts of the apostles. Are you with me?

Because there there was... There must be a repercussion that you have known Jesus. It is why it's called the acts of the apostles. It says greater works. The works that I do shall you do. Greater works than this. Do you know why you will do greater works? Because when the seed is planted, what comes out is always more than the seed. What comes out of the ground is always greater than the seed. If you understand this, there's a level of dominion you will have on the earth.

This is what the devil knows, that he wants to blind the eyes. He wants to blind the mind of the sons of this world. He don't... He doesn't want them to come to the knowledge of the revelation of the Christ and what he has done. It's the image of the brightness of God, and we have become the same image. The bible says we behold him. As we behold him, we are being transformed. As we behold him, we are becoming... We are we are becoming exactly like him, in power, in character, in might, in stature. You don't understand why Paul said I can do all things, not in myself, through Christ that strengthens me.

Through Christ that strengthens me. So when the bible says that Christ... Listen to me. In him in the... In in in Colossians that we read, the bible says that this mystery, this mystery of Christ, in him lies wisdom. In him lies understanding. In him lies knowledge. Christ has been made wisdom unto us. It means anything that I need in any particular time, Christ can become. In him is redemption.

In him is wisdom. It is on the strength of Christ being made all things unto us that I can now know all things by the anointing that is within me. The bible says you have an auction with the only one, and you know all things. It means my brain says cannot die if I really understand. I have an excellent spirit on my inside. Do you know what it means? In the book of Isaiah chapter 11, the bible speaks of the seven spirit of God. It was... It wasn't easy. This seven spirit of God isn't even seven different spirits.

It is the holy spirit manifested in seven dimensions. Are you with me? When you read scriptures in the old testament, you will find that the saints of old only experience one dimension per time. So when the bible says that the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him the spirit of wisdom, you see that in Solomon? Yes, sir. Is that not so? And understanding the spirit of counsel and might. Is it in Samson? Is that not so? But you never see one single person having every single thing, but with Christ in you, you have everything.

Even the same spirit of God is resting on your inside. You have counsel. You have might. You have knowledge of understanding. You have wisdom. Are you with me? You see, listen. When I was a student, I would tell myself, I would say, if I can understand the bible that was inspired by spirits for holy men to write, there's no book I can understand. That's why I said, when we begin to talk, it look as though as though we are braggadocious, as though we are proud. I told my guys the righteousness of saints.

And one of one of them came to come and meet me and said, sir, with all these things you have taught us today, how the... How can work... How can one work in it and even look as though one is proud? I just felt the method had no anxiety. You know why? Because you're not even started working in it. You're already concerned about the effect of pride whilst working in it. The reason why you won't walk in it. Because the truth be told, if you truly walk in it, you will look proud. That is the sincere truth.

Why do you think Paul was fought? Why do you think Peter was fought? You are talking about your your your your... You're talking in your business, and everybody is saying, this continent is is nearing bankruptcy. I think we should just sell out and then go and find something to do all of us, and you say nothing dies in my hands. You see, you will look proud. They will look at your face. Are we not Christians too? They are Christians. But they have the holy ghost.

Are you saying that we don't have the holy ghost? Well, I'm sure you have the holy ghost. Listen. Listen. You go to your class and say this course is very tough. This course is very tough. Nothing is tough for me. Yes, sir. This school is very hard. Nothing is hard for me.

Nothing Nothing is hard for me. What did Caleb and Joshua know? That whilst everybody brought a negative report, they said, let us go and take the land for we are well hidden. It means You go and pitch a pro. You... Listen to me. Go and pitch for a contract in a company, and you sit down, and you look at everybody sitting with you, 45 year old, 67 year old, wearing tie, coming with Range Rovers and protocol. And you sit down there and you look at all of them. And talked by your parents, they say, you know what? Is it...

Because when when you go for a job interview, everybody is trying to measure to see who have I overtaken and who do I have to compete with? Everybody's looking and say,. I have to be careful of this guy. Will look at you and by your stature. They will say ah, this one. It's not in our stature. Amen. It is he that is in us. That is greater. Thank you.

Than he that is in the world. In all, listen to me. Listen to me. Listen to me. It means I can be the youngest, but I will chop off Goliath's head. It's not a function of age. Listen. No spirit ever appear to you and say, how old are you? It is it is it is in the realm of your man. It is new...

In physical realm that will say, ah, so how old are you? No spirit ever appeared to anybody that was your age. No. Do you believe this thing? I believe it. That's why I prosper. Listen to me. Listen to me. Listen to me. Listen to me.

I sat down in my house. I think you were there. I sat down. Some my people were there. Some of my guys were there. I sat down in my house, and we're talking about fucking come to something I need to get, and I walked away. I came back. And when I came back, I told her that there's a mighty supply. Yes. There's a mighty supply.

Yes. There's a mighty supply. What I wanted to get was in millions. It was in millions. There's a mighty supply. I walked away. I just went. The money in my account was nothing close to what I wanted to get. I've already gone to price. I've already told them I'm coming tomorrow.

I walked away. And when I walked away, I was furnishing reality within my spirit. Money comes to me. I can't lack. I can't lack. When I sent you, you lackest down anything. You can't send me and I lack anything. When I came back, I said there's a mighty supply. Yes, sir. The only thing that they heard was that they might...

They didn't know what had... Hey. Oh my god. Oh my god. Do you know that because God now tabernacles your inside, you don't need to go to Bethel and go to Silo and go to Sinan to go and find him. All of Bethel and Silo is now in you. This does not mean you forsake the garden of the believers, but it means that above and beyond that, you understand that the God you are going to look for is within you primarily. Are you with me? So while somebody is praying in tongues and is expecting that God will come and visit him, another person is praying in tongues and something is bubbling from within him to come outside and to come outwards. Are you with me?

Yes, sir. The following morning by 6AM, I checked my account and I had more, more than what I needed in seven digits without calling everybody and telling them I needed anything. More than what I needed. It had happened so much. It is is now a norm. I can't be in a fix and be thinking, he said Christ has been made peace unto me. You know what it's called? It's called the prince of peace. The prince of penitent, my peace I give to you, not as the world giveth. In any circumstances, I can be in peace.

Are you with me? I can be in peace. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Rise up on your feet. Listen. Listen. Do you know why the bible says now the Lord is that spirit? Do you know that God could have easily said the Lord is that spirit? What's the meaning of the now?

There's nothing wrong in having said the Lord is that spirit. That English would have been correct. Why say now the Lord is that spirit? And where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. The now there is to show you that this statement was an after resurrection reality. It means because of the resurrection, now the Lord is that spirit. Are you with me? Sir. It means before the resurrection, it wasn't that spirit. It was that man.

Are you with me? But after the resurrection, the fullness of deity was resident in him. He became that spirit. And where that spirit of the Lord is, the Bible said, there is liberty. Hear me? The Bible says, as he is, as he is in heaven, so are we in this earth. Not as he is while he was on the earth. As he is in heaven. Let me ask you a question. Why did Jesus tell the disciples to go to the upper room and to just stay there until they they did the power?

Why didn't the exchange happen when he was resurrected? And while Jesus was going up to heaven, at least people watched him ascent. And whilst they were watching him ascent to heaven, the holy spirit is saying, oh, yeah, you are coming. Me, I'm coming down. Oh, you are going up. Oh, bye bye. You understand what I'm saying? Yes, sir. Why didn't they exchange a wave and just say as you are going up and coming down, everybody? No.

Because you see, what the holy spirit was coming to do inside of you was to make you into the image of Christ. And the Christ he was making you into the image of matters. It was not the Christ that was on the earth. It was not even the Christ that had resurrected. It was the Christ that had ascended and that has dealt with the father in heavenly places above principalities and powers. So the holy spirit had to wait. Hear me. The holy spirit had to wait until the restoration was complete. The coronation was complete. The ascension was complete.

Are you with me? And when all of that is done, then the Christ who the holy ghost is coming to make you into has been perfected. Now seated with the father. Far above. Preserperatives and power. The bishop now said, yes. Now I can come. So the Christ you have been made into is the one that is in heaven without boundaries, without limitation. So it means the supernatural should not be should not be scars for the believer. It should be a norm.

Hear me? Hear me? Yes, sir. When we were in university, one of us was in our ward, and she was at the Topmost floor in final year. And she was carrying two pails of water, a lady, and she was tired as she was going. And she closed her eyes, bent down, and said, Lord, help me. She raised her head and she was in front of a room. She bowed down. Lord, help me. She raised her head.

You see, when we say this, it looks it looks it looks it looks like a sim trick. Is to show you how far we have fallen. Go and read the heritage heritage of faith. Go and read go and read the heritage of faith. The bible said an axe fell into the waters. And Elisha, the prophet told them, alas, for the axe is borrowed. And the prophet said, throw him a stick. And a stick created a magnetic field. A stick, a wood. Created a magnetic effect.

In the waters. That attracted the steel inside the waters. That are sung to the depth of the waters. That's your heritage. That's your heritage. That's your heritage. It means you can lay your hands on your flyer and say I I release life. I release life. Listen, more religiously is with understanding. You heard the testimony of a lady?

She sent us a message... Sent me a message and told me that she had appendicitis. After the name of Jesus, she was feeling so much pain. Appendicitis. Appendicitis. You know what I told her? I said, go on. Go to your hospital. What did they say you should do? Said, no.

Apostle has taught us that the words we speak carry life. She took the oil that was preyed upon. Are you with me? I applied it on herself and started speaking words of life. She went back for the test and her appendicitis disappeared completely. The test did not only capture appendicitis disappearing. The test now captured dead cystic... I think what did they call it? Dead ovarian cyst cells. In other words, there were actually two things that were there.

But the power of God is more... Is is dynamic in his working. When when the machine could not find it, the power said no. There are cells growing here that should not be growing. I want you to pray in tongues in one minute. Hear me. You will pray in tongues in one minute and begin to declare life to your body. Declare life to your business. Listen. You will speak as a God.

Because the fullness of God is on your inside. Are you with me? Listen. Listen. Hear me. If Jesus was doing the same thing you were doing, how would he speak? Would he speak defeat? Would he speak death? Would he speak failure? How would he speak?

We'll pray in tongues and wet our spirit and begin to speak. Will you pray in tongues right now, everybody? Ruin the holy ghost. Come on, pray. Come on, pray. Come on, pray. Come on, pray. I will never be the same. Half touched your grace, my life has changed. I will never be the same.

I've touched your grace. My life has changed. I will never be the same. I've touched your grace. My life has changed. I will never be the same. I've touched your grace. My life has changed. I will never be the same. I've touched your grace.

My life has changed. I've I've Come on, start declaring words now. Declare words. Declare words. Declare words of life. Declare words of life. What you say is what you do what you say is what you do what you say is what Come on, pray. Thirty more seconds. Thirty more seconds. Thirty more seconds.

In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. Lift up your hands. Can I declare words over you? Listen. Listen. We will never be tired of speaking words over you. We will speak until we see the things that we are speaking manifesting. Are you hearing me? We will speak until we see the things we are speaking manifesting. One of my guys...

Hear me? One of my guys came to me here. I was sitting down here, and he came to me. Put your hands down. And he came to me and he told me, he said, he's sowing his he's sowing his seed. I think it was last year or so. And I looked at him. I said, listen. In the next six months, you have to be a millionaire. In the next six months, you have to be a millionaire.

Hold my hands. I pull you into that realm. It's not up to six months. It's not up to six months. This was in December last year. He told me and someone called him, Indian man wanted to do a project. Wanted to do a project in the millions, and they were needed... And and they were in need of someone to give that contract to. Someone reached out to him and told him, pitch your pitch. Write a proposal.

Create a wireframe. Let us see what you can do. And they saw it. They loved it. They said you are the one we have been looking for. He traveled down to Lagos, met with the MD, met with the MD's board of directors, sat down in the conference center in the conference center, and they were disco... He's in 400 level. He's in 400 level. When words are spoken, they come to give speed to what has been taught. Are you hearing what I'm saying?

Yes, sir. Right there, the man was impressed. He said, I love what you have done. He got the contract, got everything right there. Watchers, please be very sensitive. I see my angels here already. There will be a loud shout right now, a loud scream. Somebody will scream loudly under the influence of the anointing. It is a sign that God has given me that the spirit of the prophet is here. Now I can prophesy.

Father, in the name of Jesus, I declare over your life. From where you are right now. I don't care where it is. Either as a nobody, either as someone who is transforming, either you have something doing, a business you are doing, a work you are doing, from wherever you may be. Let your head be lifted. Right now. Right now. Right now. Right now. Right now.

Now. In the name of Jesus. Look at the power of God. At the power of God. Look at the power of God. Look at the power of God. Look at the power of God. God. Look in this place. Moving in this place.

Lifting hands. Lifting hands. Lifting hands. Lifting Let hands. The lifting power jump on you. From where you are, move 10 steps higher. 10 steps higher. 10 steps higher. Hear me. Hear me.

From a place where you are saving up for giving six digits. Now it becomes your tithe. Every week, every day, in the name of Jesus. Listen. Listen. From a place where seven digits is sacrificed. Now it becomes normal. Receive it. Receive it. Receive Receive it.

Receive it. Receive Receive it. Now. Hear me? Hear me? Hear me? There are people called helper of destiny. Helper of destiny. There are families here. That helpers have been lacking in your life.

There are individuals here. The helpers have been lacking in your life. I speak over your life right now. As a prophet. In the name of Jesus. Within the next three months, I call forth the ministry of destiny helpers. In the name of Jesus. Listen. Listen. Listen.

There are about three people here. Hear me? Sir. Hear me? Oh my, there are five of them. I said the number five. Hear me? Yes sir. Look at me. Imagine you are going this way.

This is where the door of destiny is. This is where the door should have entered is. Come. Let's say the door is in. Yes, sir. Are you with me? Yes, sir. By some reason of distraction, by reason of foolishness, by any reason whatsoever, you then find yourself moving this way. In foolishness, in in in opposition, in really anything. It might even be the devil's distraction, the devil's handiwork, but you feel yourself moving away towards destiny.

Do you realize that in God's economy, there are things that he introduces? Some of them is mercy. Some restoration. You see, when mercy begins to speak for you, God knows that the time it would take, are you with me, to move from this place and find this place is the same time it took for you to go there. Are you with me? So what restoration does? The Bible said I will restore the years that they can't come home as stolen. Not the things that can't come home as stolen, the years. Are you with me? When, listen, when God reveals mercy, when God opens mercy to you, what he does is that he takes this door from here and he brings it here.

Listen, I declare over your life. From wherever you might have missed it, let the door of opportunities, the door of progress, the door of breakthrough, the door of losing, open for you. Now. Finally. Finally, as many of you as are working, you have a career, you have a business, You have something that you do. The bible says thou anointed my head with oil. My cup runs over. I will bless the works of your hands. Either it's a good you are selling or a service you are offering. Listen.

Whether you are just starting does not matter. Don't think I'm just starting. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Don't think I'm just starting. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Listen. The day David killed Goliath, he had never killed a man before. It means you may just be starting and start with pull that you have never gotten.

As I said it now, saw it in the name of the spirit. I raise my hands. And I declare by the power of the living God. Receive the power to make wealth. Receive it. Receive it. Receive it. Receive it. Now, now, now, upstairs, upstairs, upstairs. Take it now.

In the name of Jesus. You are getting job you have never gotten. Footage you have never gotten. Listen, God is changing your customer base. Listen, what you need 1,000 people to buy, to make that kind of sales. One person is buying it. Listen, what you sell, listen. Listen, what takes you one month to sell off is taking you one hour. Hear me. International doors are open for you.

Hear me. You shall no longer be stagnant. Now I declare, go forward. Go forward. Move with speed. Your hands are strengthened. Your hands are hands are still. Your hands are hands are still. Listen, God is planting you in the corridor of power. You are sitting down among princess.

God is giving you access to kings. Receive it now. Listen, listen, your brand is becoming a global brand. Hear me. Things are calling you. The doors of the palace is open for you. Thank you Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Begin to thank God for what he has done.

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