1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:05,880 Who is this a Wisdom Bible church? 2 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:10,360 The Church of a Christian? The Holy Spirit will help us 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:15,520 today towards the endpoint of today's message to be able to 4 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:21,280 differentiate between what are the facts and what are the 5 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,640 fallacies. You will not work in error in 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,520 Jesus name. We are talking about working in 7 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,320 the Spirit, but the temptation and the tendency is also there 8 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,440 that you are working in error and you think you are working in 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:40,240 the in the Spirit. And of course, let's take a 10 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,920 Biani again from where we stopped last week. 11 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:53,440 The emphasis is on the fact that the Christian faith is the faith 12 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:59,040 of followership, likewise is a faith of fellowship. 13 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:05,680 I also take my time to differentiate between the two. 14 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:10,200 You need the two understanding to excel in your work with 15 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,880 Christ. Praise the name of the Lord, and 16 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,560 you must not take one for the other. 17 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:21,160 So the Christian faith is a faith of fellowship. 18 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,520 It's also a fate of follower sheep. 19 00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:30,880 Praise the name of the Lord. And if you really want to follow 20 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:35,920 Jesus, there is no alternative to walking in the Spirit. 21 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:43,120 So when Jesus said it so they will be disciples and say the 22 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,920 same thing to us today. Follow me. 23 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,120 What is the way to go about it? The way to go about following 24 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:59,560 Jesus is to walk in the Spirit. The very common and central 25 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:05,600 statement of Jesus to every of his would be disciple as we 26 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,320 X-ray it from portions of the New Testament. 27 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:15,960 The gospel in particular last week was that there is this 28 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:21,160 common Charlene, this common call follow me. 29 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:25,320 How do you go about it is by walking in the Spirit. 30 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:32,320 So that phrase or statement, follow me is an invitation to 31 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:40,400 walking in the Spirit. Galatian 516 and then I jump to 32 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:46,560 525. This I say then walk in the 33 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:52,760 Spirit, and yes, shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 34 00:02:53,480 --> 00:03:01,120 This is opposed to Paul writing to the Church of Galicia because 35 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:06,560 they were a church that started with zeal embrace the gospel, 36 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:13,280 but along the line they embrace the fallacy about the faith as 37 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:17,160 against the facts, the truth of the faith. 38 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:25,120 It got to a point that Apples to Paul was so troubled and 39 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:30,600 concerned that he had to rebuke them after three. 40 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:40,320 He exclaimed, You foolish Galatians, people who are 41 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:45,080 supposed to hold the truth, but they dropped the facts and they 42 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,680 were following after fallacies, after error. 43 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,680 So the tendency is there. Therefore, like I said earlier, 44 00:03:55,040 --> 00:04:00,320 that you may be walking in error and you will think you are 45 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:05,760 walking in the Spirit. I pray again in the name of 46 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:11,040 Jesus, that as I bear the mind of God to you this morning, the 47 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,480 grace to differentiate between the weeds and the saps will be 48 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,000 given unto you in the name of Jesus. 49 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,200 Said so. This was what informed that 50 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:30,200 emphasis we find repeatedly in chapter 5 of the book of 51 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:35,120 Galicia, where in our captain I'm marrying it unto them. 52 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,240 Walk in the Spirit. This is the way to escape error. 53 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,560 Walk in the Spirit. This is the way to overcome the 54 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,280 flesh. If you get to verse 19, you will 55 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:54,160 not discover that he listed the works of the of the flesh that 56 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:58,800 are contrary to working in the Spirit. 57 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:03,720 So he said this, I said then walk in the Spirit and yes shall 58 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,640 not fulfill the loss of the flesh. 59 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:11,120 Then some people mistake walking in the Spirit with mere by mere 60 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:17,560 being baptized in the Holy Spirit. 1 is a situational 61 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,880 event. The other is a progression. 62 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:24,080 You know, I told you that the Christian faith is not only a 63 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,360 faith of confession, is also a faith of progression. 64 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:34,520 Am I talking to somebody? So we now get to verse 25. 65 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:40,040 He said if we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the 66 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,240 Spirit. It means you can be in the 67 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:50,720 spirit and stagnant. Hello, generally you are born 68 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,120 again. Indeed you can. 69 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,280 You are started for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 70 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,880 You have received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 71 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,280 You are living in the Spirit, but you are not working in the 72 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:07,920 Spirit. You are not making progress, you 73 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:14,200 are not growing. So what guarantee your growth is 74 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,200 not just by being baptized in the Holy Spirit. 75 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,080 You must also follow after Jesus. 76 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,160 You must walk in the Spirit. If we live in the Spirit, let us 77 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:31,520 also walk in the Spirit. And of course last week I 78 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:35,280 clarified that salvation is not a one step journey. 79 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:46,000 Operating in the Spirit is also not a one step experience of I 80 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:51,440 am baptized and once I am once I am baptized I need do nothing 81 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,560 more. Are we together? 82 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,160 So why? Christianity is a race? 83 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:03,040 It is not a place. Hello. 84 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:09,440 The Christian faith is a race. It's not a place, it's not a 85 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:18,040 location. The the part of the faith that 86 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,800 is a place is heaven. And it's not a place we have 87 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,560 arrived. It's a place we are going. 88 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:34,600 Hope I'm not confusing us. So Christianity is a race. 89 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:39,960 It is not a place. It is heaven that is a place, 90 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,400 and salvation to Christ is the gate to heaven. 91 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:52,400 You get born again, OK, to see the Kingdom of God. 92 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,920 Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. 93 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,600 So you don't have a clear sight of heaven. 94 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:01,760 You don't have a clear sight of God. 95 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,560 Your eyes of understanding is not a lighting. 96 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,400 But the foundation for the Enlightenment of your height of 97 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:12,160 understanding is that the place of being born again you see, you 98 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,560 are attracted, but you don't stand where you see. 99 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,520 You walk towards what you have seen. 100 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:25,320 Am I talking to somebody? That's why Christianity is not a 101 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,080 place. Salvation is not a place. 102 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:34,039 Christianity is a race. You got by the gate to see, and 103 00:08:34,039 --> 00:08:38,039 once you have seen the next things for you to advance 104 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:43,919 towards. So salvation to Christ is the 105 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:47,600 gate to heaven. And of course, you will agree 106 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:52,800 with me that access to the gate of any compound does not connote 107 00:08:52,880 --> 00:09:00,640 access to the mansion. Look at that compound now, OK, 108 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,520 somebody can come into this gate. 109 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:09,680 I mean, coming through the gate and stay in the compound. 110 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,960 And where you asking? Where are you? 111 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:18,240 You will say I am at Oasis of Wisdom Bible Church, yet it's 112 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,720 outside there in the compound, but it's not in the auditorium 113 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:23,800 to be part of what we are doing in the auditorium. 114 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:27,600 And that is the experience of some believer, one in land who 115 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:36,880 live Balani. So access to the gate does not 116 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:44,800 connote presence in the mansion. With the mouth you confess unto 117 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,640 salvation. That is the scripture. 118 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,760 Romans 10/10 For with the heart man believed unto righteousness, 119 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:57,000 and with the mouth we confess unto salvation. 120 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:01,440 But you must progress or follow onto eternal life. 121 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:08,160 You confess unto salvation, then you progress onto eternal life. 122 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:15,280 That was why Jesus would always say follow me, and the way to 123 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,200 follow Him is by walking in the Spirit. 124 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,280 Holy Spirit, give us understanding. 125 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,920 Let me push that illustration further. 126 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:30,120 From Psalms we can learn the structure of His presence 127 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,360 clearly. Psalm 65 Four, bless his demand, 128 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:44,840 whom thou choosest. You know we are saved by grace. 129 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,400 We didn't choose God, God chose us. 130 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:53,960 Am I talking to somebody? And Cosette to approach unto 131 00:10:53,960 --> 00:11:00,320 thee, that he may dwell in thy code. 132 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:11,040 So when he chose us, he called us OK that we may approach unto 133 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:15,640 him. So a man that is beckoned on a 134 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:23,000 man that is called OK if he will ever enjoy the relationship or 135 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,360 contact with the person that has called him. 136 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:31,440 It is your nurse is on him to advance to the one that called 137 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,480 him. Are you understand what I'm 138 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:42,480 saying? If I say Brother Enola come, I 139 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,640 am the one that should stand. It is you that should watch 140 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:51,040 advance towards me. So Sam Srirafosse blesses the 141 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:57,960 man whom thou chooses and causes to approach unto thee. 142 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:05,560 So the door is open, but effort must also come from our path to 143 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:13,720 assess His presence, to be able to gain direct contact with Him, 144 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:19,200 that He may dwell in Thy cord, which I be satisfied with the 145 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:24,840 goodness of the house. Evil of Thy holy temple. 146 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:30,640 Then 84 is 26 psalms. My soul longed. 147 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:34,840 Yeah, evil fainted for the court of the Lord. 148 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:47,800 So the longing, the hunger, the passion to advance and assess 149 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,560 God was on the part of the one that has been given the 150 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:57,360 opportunity, the one that the girl has been open on to. 151 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,960 My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 152 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:10,400 Now, until there is that anger for God in you, you may not make 153 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,720 so much progress in your work with God. 154 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:22,400 So this is a critical part of the faith which responsibility 155 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:32,000 of thee lies on you. So this is a part of the faith 156 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,680 that your disciple cannot play for you. 157 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,040 This is the part of the faith that your parents cannot play 158 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:44,560 for you. That hunger must be of you. 159 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,320 That passion must be of you. That long game must be of you. 160 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:51,680 That readiness of heart must be of you. 161 00:13:51,880 --> 00:14:01,000 That willingness to get hold of this God must be of you is a 162 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:09,160 personal responsibility. Verse 92. 163 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:13,320 Psalm 92. Verse 13 those that be planted 164 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:19,480 in the House of the law shall flourish where in the courts of 165 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:23,360 our God. Then Psalm 104, the one that is 166 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,600 very popular that you know and you sing in song. 167 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:31,240 I will enter his game with a civil. 168 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:38,800 I will enter his call with. So there's a distinction between 169 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:44,120 the gates and what's the cause For how long will you stay at 170 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,040 the gates? For how long will you stay in 171 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,400 the arena? God is saying come into the 172 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,800 court. The court is the place of 173 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,840 decision. The court is the place of 174 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,360 judgement. The court is the place of 175 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:03,400 government. Hello, are you with me? 176 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,080 Because the Christian faith is the Kingdom. 177 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:14,800 It is in the course you have the true not at the gates, not in 178 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:19,200 the compound. So the king is seated on the 179 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:25,840 throne in the court, which is courteous that you and I should 180 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,560 be. Am I talking to somebody? 181 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:37,400 You are called to be a part of the Kingdom, and we enter His 182 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,800 gate without giving and into His court. 183 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:44,520 We pray, be thankful to Him and bless His name. 184 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:51,840 So salvation is an experience. It is not the terminus. 185 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:02,640 Salvation is what an experience is not the terminal point. 186 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:08,600 It's not the end point of your relationship with Go. 187 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:17,200 I consider salvation as the springboard for deeper 188 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:22,120 experience with Go. For higher dimension of 189 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:26,040 relationship with Go, salvation is the springboard. 190 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:32,080 If you have seen divers before, OK, when they want to dive, 191 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:38,400 there is a particular board, OK, that they stand on and they 192 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:43,040 bounce and bounce on it and then that springboard will launch 193 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:46,240 them into the water and from there they begin to swim. 194 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,360 If somebody stand on the springboard, another just stand 195 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:54,120 on an ordinary ground, OK, To dive into the water. 196 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:58,240 The one that stands on the springboard already have an 197 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:04,960 advantage because the springboard will push in, OK. 198 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:10,480 And then from there, if we just swim on, are we together? 199 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:15,119 The one that stand on mere floor is not a good swimmer. 200 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,800 If he jump into the river, he may sink. 201 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:25,480 Am I talking to somebody? So salvation is an experience. 202 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:29,040 It is not a terminus. You consider it properly as a 203 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,000 springboard for your spiritual journey. 204 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:37,440 Remember that our colleague into the field, OK is on to a journey 205 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:43,880 and not to judgment. So salvation is the beginning of 206 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:48,200 the race, giving your life to Christ in place. 207 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,040 By that you have accepted to follow Jesus. 208 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:58,760 And yes, of course, Jesus in one of his is either teaching or 209 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,840 parable or narration. I agree. 210 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:05,760 I don't know which one it belongs to. 211 00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:09,560 He said there were two sons of the same father. 212 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:17,200 And he called the first child. He said, you will go with me or 213 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,560 you go for me to the farm. And he said, yes, Sir. 214 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,600 And then he turned away from the father and he didn't go. 215 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,680 The second one he called him. He said, Daddy, I will not be 216 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,080 able to go, but what I said I will not be able to go, 217 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,280 reconsider and he eventually went. 218 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:40,880 So not until you start to follow, we cannot say your 219 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:47,720 salvation is genuine. Not until you start to walk in 220 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:52,440 the spirit, live in obedience to the word of God, we cannot say 221 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,920 you're racing up your hand and you are weeping. 222 00:18:54,920 --> 00:19:02,320 I am surrender unto Jesus name. I go follow until we start to 223 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:11,360 see you do it. Practically so. 224 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:17,840 Christianity is a faith of fellowship, as we have it in 225 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:29,000 Galatians 525 if we live in the Spirit. 226 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:34,480 So that tell us that Christianity is a faith of 227 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,680 fellowship, a call to live in the Spirit. 228 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:45,280 But Galatians 535 says, if we claim to live in the Spirit, we 229 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:49,680 must demonstrate it by walking in the spirit. 230 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:58,200 So as a face of fellowship, that fellowship can only be 231 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,920 demonstrated by practical followership. 232 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,480 You are called unto fellowship. You are called unto union with 233 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,160 God. Are you with me? 234 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:17,000 That is fellowship, but the Genuity of that court of 235 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,080 fellowship that you have answered. 236 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:26,120 The proof of it in practical time is your followership. 237 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:33,560 You're walking in the spirit. If we live in the Spirit, let us 238 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:40,480 also walk in the Spirit. Apostle Paul stressed it 239 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,880 further. He said we must work out our 240 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:50,880 faith with fear and trembling. So if you understand 241 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:56,560 Christianity as a fellowship and nothing more, you will think 242 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:03,720 salvation is the endpoint. Are you piercing the materials 243 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:10,600 together? So you would think being 244 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,840 baptized in the Holy Spirit is the peak of Christian 245 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,960 experience? The moment you can, you can 246 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,000 speak in tongue. You say you have reached the end 247 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:28,760 point of the faith, but I put it to you that even with the 248 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,560 ingenuity of your salvation and your experience of baptism or 249 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,880 the Holy Spirit, the role is still very long. 250 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:41,160 I will dig a little deeper. Jesus love must be sweeter. 251 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,440 I will dig a little deeper. Deeper. 252 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,680 Yeah, I will dig. I will dig a little deeper. 253 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:53,880 Jesus love must be sweeter. I will dig a little deeper. 254 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:55,480 Deeper, more. That's why I was supposed to say 255 00:21:55,480 --> 00:22:02,080 that I may know him. The power of the selection, the 256 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:07,080 fellowship of the software be made confirmable unto his death. 257 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:12,120 So the road is still very long, there is still more ground to 258 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:15,480 cover. The opportunity is still there 259 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:19,680 for you, for richer experience to explore. 260 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:24,320 And that is why the owners lie on you, to make up your mind to 261 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:29,840 walk in the Spirit. So if you have that 262 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:34,920 understanding that Christianity is a fate of followership beyond 263 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:39,320 just fellowship, it will be clear to you that salvation is 264 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:42,000 only the starting point of the range. 265 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,600 Let me make a little more clarification on the fellowship 266 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,080 dimension and the followership dimension and why you must take 267 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,840 the 2 together in your journey with God, in your relationship 268 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:58,640 with God. On the month of transligoration, 269 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:05,560 something happened. Jesus took, I think three of his 270 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,880 disciples. Peter was one of them, to the 271 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,960 month of transligoration. And while they were there it was 272 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:17,000 an El Dorado. And when Apostle Peter 273 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,680 experienced that union fellowship with the patriarchs 274 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:26,440 that have been long gone, Moses was there, Elias was there, and 275 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:31,560 Jesus was there. And Peter said we are as should 276 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:39,200 a person want to be than to be here forever as they let us hear 277 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:44,880 duty Tabernacle, one for Moses, one for Elias and one for Jesus 278 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:48,640 and let us be here forever. Let the headquarters of Jesus 279 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,760 Ministry International be on this month. 280 00:23:53,200 --> 00:24:02,120 And we are going nowhere again. So there is a possibility that 281 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:07,000 you can be lost in fellowship that will be left behind in 282 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,240 followership. These are deep issues. 283 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:16,680 I pray you will understand. That was the experience of 284 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,800 Peter. You can be lost in fellowship. 285 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:26,880 OK, That the cloud will move, OK, I will not know. 286 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:35,400 I will still be staying inside the assumption, OK, of the cloud 287 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,440 of the past. That is why I give it to the 288 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:43,360 children of Israel while they were in the wilderness. 289 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:53,080 Whatever they are doing, even if there's plant little crops, OK, 290 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:59,120 and the crop is ready for harvest, the moment the pillar 291 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:06,160 of cloud move, they abandon all of that and move with the cloud. 292 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:13,400 Am I talking to somebody? But Peter didn't learn from 293 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,680 that. He was lost in the fellowship on 294 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,120 the month of transfiguration, and he was saying I go nowhere. 295 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:26,400 This is where I will stay, assuming Jesus had permitted him 296 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,040 to stay on the month of Transfiguration. 297 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,200 You may never have the experience of walking on the 298 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,920 streets of Jerusalem whereby a shadow will be erasing the dead 299 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,040 and healing the sick. Am I talking to somebody? 300 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,680 So you can be lost in fellowship that will be left behind in 301 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:53,400 followership. You can be lost in prayer that 302 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,120 you will not be useful in evangelism. 303 00:25:55,120 --> 00:26:06,080 Am I talking to somebody? And that's why Jesus was very 304 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:10,240 emphatic and balanced when he said you will receive power when 305 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,120 the only ghost come on you. He didn't stop there. 306 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:16,640 He said then you will be my witness. 307 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:21,680 You will move. The faith is a movement, not a 308 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:26,480 monument. Our faith is a movement is not 309 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:31,200 what a monument? You know, a monument is a 310 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:36,280 beautiful thing that tourists come and see and you watch and 311 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,400 you enjoy the presence of it and you take picture around it. 312 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,040 Hello. And all that many people do in 313 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,240 church every Sunday is to take pictures in church. 314 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,840 I don't, I'm not say those who take picture are not doing the 315 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,880 right thing. Well, after taking those 316 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,400 picture, where are you taking the picture to? 317 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,760 Are you taking the picture to bring other people? 318 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,440 Are you taking the picture to share the gospel on the social 319 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,680 media or just operate how beautiful you are? 320 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:11,560 Am I talking to somebody? So our faith is not a monument. 321 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,680 Our faith is what? A movement. 322 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:24,520 So if you are lost in fellowship and you are left behind in 323 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,840 followership, at that point, you may be doing the correct things 324 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:32,960 of yesterday that are not the current things on the calendar 325 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:37,360 of Jewish Spirit for today. You'll be doing the correct 326 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:41,120 things of yesterday which are not the current things on the 327 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:45,000 calendar of the Holy Spirit for today. 328 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:52,080 That was why when Cornelius was to be the first of the Gentiles 329 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:59,280 to be saved and an Angel appeared to him, I said the man 330 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,840 that we be the instrument for your salvation and for the 331 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:08,240 entrance of the gospel to Europe and from there to other parts of 332 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:13,000 the world, is Apostle Peter. Apostle Peter was still holding 333 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:19,880 on to the correct revelation of the days of Moses, that the 334 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,920 Israelite must not hit a clean animal. 335 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:27,680 The Israelite must not associate with Gentiles and where he was 336 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:33,640 and God said send men to Jopa where Peter was and beckon him 337 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,600 to come. God had to be giving him 338 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,560 revelation of revelation. And this part of revelation he 339 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:43,440 was still arguing a basket came with different kinds of animals 340 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:48,080 that were forbidden from eating. And the Angel was saying, Peter, 341 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,920 stand up and he doesn't say no, I can't eat or kill me, Eat, I 342 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:57,520 can't eat or kill me. It was great reluctance that he 343 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,000 agreed to follow the servant that came from Cornelius. 344 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:05,880 In fact, when he got there, he started to preach very lengthy 345 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:11,920 religious message that may not end in invitation to salvation. 346 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,880 And when the Holy Spirit discovered that this man is 347 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:21,840 still staying in the cloud of yesterday, fellowship is not 348 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:26,160 following correctly. The Bible says even without him 349 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,320 calling them to salvation, the only Spirit descended on the 350 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:30,680 meeting. Acts chapter 10. 351 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,400 The only Spirit is not to wait for him to invite them to 352 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,920 salvation. OK. 353 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,760 And they were all baptized, the entire household. 354 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,000 It was there. Peter and I said, now I agree. 355 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,440 Now I will move, now I will follow. 356 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,360 Who am I to deny these people? What are baptism when God 357 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,320 himself advertised them with the Holy Spirit? 358 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:53,960 You find all of that in that chapter 10. 359 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:59,000 AM I talking to somebody? So? 360 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,680 And it was not only an act that started it. 361 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:07,520 This started with him even on the month of transportation. 362 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:12,480 Thank God for the voice of intervention that overrule His 363 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:17,720 opinion. You see why you are a fellowship 364 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,920 and you don't understand the followership dimension. 365 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,720 You may be operated by opinion and presumption as they gave you 366 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:30,560 operate by revelation. So there was the voice of 367 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,440 intervention that came from heaven. 368 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:41,000 This is my beloved son. Hear him maybe we should read 369 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:45,480 that story in Matthew 17 so that I don't assume that we all 370 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:50,880 understand what I'm relating to Matthew 17 and after his day 371 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,080 Jesus taken Peter, James and John. 372 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,120 That's one verse one his brother. 373 00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:03,000 I'm bringing them up onto a onto a high mountain apart underline 374 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:09,200 the phrase and high, high mountain, high mountain, high 375 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,440 mountain. We should be able to take kudos 376 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:17,960 to Peter, James and John for travelling long enough to get to 377 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:25,640 the mountain, that peak level of fellowship with Jesus and was 378 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:29,520 transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the 379 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,160 sun, and his women was white as the light. 380 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:36,760 And behold there appear unto them Moses and Elias talking 381 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,880 with him. Then answered Peter and said 382 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:43,280 unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. 383 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,240 It is good for us to Tabernacle here. 384 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,720 It is good for us to stay here permanently. 385 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:54,760 It is good for us OK not to explore any higher other higher 386 00:31:54,760 --> 00:32:00,240 level or dimension. This is good enough if that will 387 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,920 let us make here 3 Tabernacle, one for thee and one for Moses, 388 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,840 and one for a liar. He still wanted to stay in the 389 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:15,400 past, he still wanted to hold on to the law and to the prophet. 390 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:23,920 One ye speak, behold a a black cloud over shadow them to 391 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,680 overrule the opinion he was offering. 392 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,160 I pray in the name of Jesus when you are about to make a mistake 393 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,960 that will not align with the program of God for your life, 394 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:39,280 Heaven will intervene and overrule you in the name of 395 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,160 Jesus. Why yes, pay beyond the black 396 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,960 lad over shadow them and beyond a voice out of the cloud. 397 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:52,800 We said, this is my beloved son A whom I am well pleased hear 398 00:32:52,800 --> 00:33:00,280 him. So from fellowship you gain 399 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:12,080 community benefits of the faith. But if you marry that with the 400 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:17,840 fellowship understanding of the faith, you will be helped to 401 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:24,800 also understand or to gain understanding of personal 402 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,400 accountability. Am I talking to somebody? 403 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:36,920 Because many of you, your faith, survive only in fellowship. 404 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,680 You are actually not into followership. 405 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:51,400 Remove fellowship from you. The devil will finish you in 406 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,600 fellowship. The weakest brother can stand 407 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,240 under the complete anointing to do exploits, including casting 408 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:04,560 out devils. But without a personal private 409 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,760 work with God, the devil will deal with him. 410 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:12,400 Nazi Leslie, whenever he's alone and he wouldn't know that the 411 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,440 cover he had was the corporate fellowship anointing. 412 00:34:18,679 --> 00:34:21,520 How strong are you against the powers of darkness when it is 413 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:26,440 you and you alone? How effective are you in your 414 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,600 prayer when it is you alone that is to pray? 415 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:34,440 AM I talking to somebody you know? 416 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:40,760 I am not preaching against fellowship, but I am saying that 417 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:45,760 there is a place of personal accountability, that only your 418 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:49,000 work in the Spirit, personal work in the Spirit, will be what 419 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,600 will matter. For a day will come when we 420 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:55,719 shall all appear before the judgment St. of Christ to give 421 00:34:55,760 --> 00:35:00,080 accounts, not good accounts, not common accounts, not cooperative 422 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,560 account, not a better account, not family accounts. 423 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,840 Are you with me? No denominational account, 424 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:19,030 individual accounts. So if you cannot follow Jesus 425 00:35:19,350 --> 00:35:22,430 instruction, you cannot flow with him in the Spirit. 426 00:35:26,070 --> 00:35:29,590 That was why when that voice of intervention came on the month 427 00:35:29,590 --> 00:35:33,350 of transaction. OK, the emphasis is here Jesus. 428 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:44,040 So for you to work in the Spirit, you need closer personal 429 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:48,640 work with Jesus, and that is the only way to avoid being 430 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:55,120 distracted out of the way. You are not following Him afar 431 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,640 off, but you are following Him. You are keeping step with Him. 432 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:07,280 You are walking in His step. So a closer personal work with 433 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,920 Jesus is needed to avoid being distracted out of the way. 434 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:15,240 If you have ever travelled on a road or to a place you don't 435 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:20,160 know before and you call for help, that somebody who know the 436 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:24,560 road should lead you. One of the things you must do 437 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:28,880 and you must not fail at is that you keep close proximity with 438 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:32,880 the person that is leading you. But if you will not do that 439 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,800 because the other person knows the road, he knows all the band 440 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:39,120 and all the nooks and crannies, by the time you do the first 441 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:43,600 band, the second band, OK, let it be Lagos, you will be lost 442 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:49,000 forever. Am I talking to somebody? 443 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:57,600 So, the only thing that can help a follower is to keep close 444 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,080 proximity with the person that is needed. 445 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:04,480 How close are you in fellowship and followership of the Holy 446 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:13,160 Spirit? So the only way to avoid being 447 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:18,840 distracted out of the way is to follow closely a closer war with 448 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,200 Jesus. I will dig a little deeper. 449 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:26,160 Jesus love must be sweeter. Remember I once taught you from 450 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:30,640 this poopy, A closer walk with Jesus is not a disadvantage. 451 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:37,440 A closer walk with Jesus is not. What a disadvantage some of you. 452 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:41,400 You don't want to be too committed, you don't want to be 453 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:45,880 too involved. You want to stay and lose. 454 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:50,880 You are giving occasion to the flesh to overcome you and for 455 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:56,320 the devil to overtake you. Am I talking to somebody? 456 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:03,520 A closer walk with Jesus. Confess the liberty of the 457 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,480 Spirit of you to check the flesh. 458 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:12,240 Walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the desires of the 459 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:19,840 flesh. Walking in the Spirit closer 460 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:25,040 walk with Jesus. We make even your bodies subject 461 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:27,200 to the dictates of the Holy Spirit. 462 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:32,120 The reason the flesh can easily overcome you is because you are 463 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,880 not keeping close work with Jesus. 464 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,080 We all perform better on that monitoring. 465 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:50,920 Hello, is that not? You may want to relax when 466 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:58,520 you're not being monitored. So if you walk closely with the 467 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:02,920 Holy Spirit, if you walk in the Spirit, the sense of being 468 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,280 monitored will be there. And so you be careful. 469 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:12,240 That was what helped Joseph when he had the opportunity to sleep 470 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:20,480 with the wife of his master. And if he, if he did that, are 471 00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,800 you with me, it may lead to some other even kind of benefit for 472 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:29,800 him. But a sense of understanding of 473 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:34,160 spirit monitoring. He said how shall I do this 474 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:40,760 thing and sing against God? So he was working in the 475 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,200 consciousness of the presence of God. 476 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:48,840 You can cheat your wife, you can cheat your husband, you can 477 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:52,480 misbehave, OK, because your pastor is not there. 478 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,600 But what about the presence of the Spirit of God? 479 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,200 How much of the consciousness of the presence of God do you 480 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:02,320 carry? Am I talking to somebody? 481 00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:05,080 Yes. You have travelled to evaporate, 482 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:10,160 your wife is not there. You drop and clean mouth and you 483 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,360 think no man has seen you, but has God not seen you? 484 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:19,920 So spiritual consciousness, we announce your sense of social 485 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:24,360 responsibility. If we announce your sense of 486 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:29,640 marital fidelity, am I talking to somebody? 487 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:36,880 If you announce your sense of destiny accountability, that 488 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,080 whether say or not say, you will account for every of your 489 00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,640 action, you will account for every of your words. 490 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:45,280 Can we check the facts and the fallacies? 491 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,960 And we stop here today to look on the facts and fallacies next 492 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:55,160 week. And the reason for that is that 493 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,120 it is possible you are working in error. 494 00:40:57,840 --> 00:40:59,600 Why you think you are working in the Spirit? 495 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:04,040 It is not only the devil that misinterpret issues. 496 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:09,800 Our flesh and our religious presumption can equally lead to 497 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:14,320 misconception of issues. And that is why next week we 498 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:19,280 will focus on what working in the Spirit is not, so that we 499 00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:22,120 can separate between the facts and the fallacies. 500 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,160 God bless you. I love you with the love of 501 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,000 Jesus. We believe you'll be blessed by 502 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,880 the ministry of this message. You will do well to be the doer 503 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:35,640 of all you've heard. For further inquiry and 504 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:44,600 spiritual help, contact this number is 08035685882 or worship 505 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:49,320 with us at Oasis of Wisdom Bible Church, adjacent University of 506 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:53,400 Ellorin Teaching Hospital, OK OC Ellorin, God bless you.