1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:16,320 We will sell ingredients how our Lord, let us by now be raised, 2 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:25,520 let us glory be seen. We will sell ingredients how our 3 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,480 Lord. Amen. 4 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,960 Amen. Celebrating God's goodness, 5 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:41,920 Sacrifice that honest God. Briefly I want to touch on 6 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:48,400 celebrating God's goodness. Then from there we zoom into a 7 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:54,040 sacrifice that honest God. Amen. 8 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:06,320 If there is, and when we talk of celebrating God's goodness, it 9 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:10,000 is good as a church to celebrate God more. 10 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,920 Especially when God does something good for you. 11 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,760 It is very good to celebrate God's goodness. 12 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:23,240 For SK Badu Islands, you are celebrating your sixth year 13 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,920 anniversary. God has been so kind, good and 14 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,920 faithful to you. I know this local assembly has 15 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:36,320 gone through challenges and problems, but God has been so 16 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:39,880 good, so kind. God has taken you through all 17 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:45,040 the challenges over the years. And here we are celebrating the 18 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,880 6th anniversary of this. Lucas. 19 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,400 In fact, God has done a lot. Amen. 20 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,800 So we have every cause to thank God. 21 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,080 We have every cause to celebrate the goodness of the law. 22 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:03,320 So let us lift, be on our feet, lift up our hands, and say, God, 23 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:16,480 we thank you for the second time and for the third time, Amen. 24 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,280 Please. You may be seated. 25 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:24,000 Yeah, it is very good to thank the Lord more, especially when 26 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:30,600 he does something for you there. There were this 10 lepers who 27 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,480 made Jesus on his way, on their way. 28 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:38,280 And the Bible says they cried unto the Lord Jesus. 29 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:44,680 And the Bible says he told them to go and show themselves to the 30 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,920 priest. And when they're on their way 31 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:53,240 going, the Bible said they realize that they've been 32 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,880 healed. Then out of the 10 one turn back 33 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:06,240 to the Lord Jesus and try to celebrate or appreciate what the 34 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,880 Lord Jesus has done. Then he asked him, is it not ten 35 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,240 that were healed? Where are the 9? 36 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:18,680 And one astonishing thing is that out of the 10, the nine 37 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,840 that came back to celebrate or give turns to the Lord Jesus was 38 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,680 not from Israel. He was not a Jew, He was a 39 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,920 foreigner. But the people who belongs to 40 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:36,480 Jesus, the Israelites, the nine of them, none of them came back. 41 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,480 And Jesus made some comments about that. 42 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,240 He said, is it not nigh that were healed? 43 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,760 Where are the 9? Is it not ten that were hid well 44 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:53,440 at the 9? Go and you will be made whole. 45 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:58,800 It means that only the one, even though they were healed but they 46 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,880 were not made whole. It is only the one who returned 47 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,160 to Jesus. This means that Jesus lives or 48 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:12,280 God lives appreciation. So it is very good for escape. 49 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:17,200 Baby English assembly to celebrate God's goodness for 50 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,279 this says here's what the Lord has done. 51 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:25,880 Amen. When you read Exodus chapter 15 52 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,320 verse 20 to 21, something happened. 53 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:34,120 I want us to read. I want us to read Ezodus 1520 to 54 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:45,360 21 Ezodus 1520. Then Miriam the prophetess, the 55 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:52,600 sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all 56 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:58,160 the women went out after her with tambourine and dancing, 57 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:03,640 praised the Lord, and Miriam sang to them. 58 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:09,960 Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously The horse 59 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,840 and its rider. The horse and his rider he has 60 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,840 thrown into the sea. Amen. 61 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:23,200 This was after the Lord has taken his ride through the Red 62 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:27,160 Sea. And in the course of passing 63 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:32,360 through the Red Sea, Pharaoh and his soldiers tried to capture 64 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,560 them even in the middle of the Red Sea. 65 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:40,280 And the Bible said God delivered the Israelites and the 66 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,880 Egyptians. Pharaoh and his army were 67 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:48,360 drowned. And after the Israelite has 68 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:52,880 crossed the Red Sea, the Bible said Miriam took a tambourine 69 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:58,600 and all the women followed her, and they sang and danced to the 70 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,200 glory of God. Brothers and sisters, the Lord 71 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,600 has done a lot for us. As I have already said, He has 72 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:11,080 taken us through many challenges and problems all all over these 73 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,280 years. And today we have come out of 74 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:19,000 the Red Sea and we have got the cause to bless the name of the 75 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,680 Lord. So throughout this week up to 76 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:27,400 Sunday, I want you to with 1 accord with one heart, celebrate 77 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:32,200 the goodness of the Lord, Rejoice together, bless the name 78 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:37,480 of the Lord, worship him, give chance to him for his worthy to 79 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,760 receive Thanksgiving and praise, Amen. 80 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:45,240 For great things he has done, Amen. 81 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:49,800 And so Miriam took this tambourine and he sank. 82 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:54,200 And the Bible says the women danced to the glory of God. 83 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:57,760 And this time around, it is not only the women who are going to 84 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:02,040 sing and dance, but all of us together celebrating the 85 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,080 goodness of God. For this six years we are going 86 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:10,480 to sing, dance, and bless the name of the Lord, Amen. 87 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,520 So this will be part of whatever is going on. 88 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,440 If you know how to dance, please dance. 89 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:22,560 Don't wait for anybody, somebody, to come forward to 90 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,440 dance before you follow. If you know how to dance, please 91 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,080 know what the Lord has done for you and know what the Lord has 92 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:36,160 done for this great church and celebrate the goodness of the 93 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,160 Lord. Amen. 94 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:45,480 Then in Second Samuel chapter 6 verse 13 to 14, I'm still on 95 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,760 celebrating the goodness of the Lord. 96 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:53,960 Second Psalm, where 613 reading through to 14. 97 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,400 And when those who bore bore the ark of the Lord had gone 98 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:08,480 sisters, take note, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened 99 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,680 animal. The he there is David. 100 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:18,800 And when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone, sisters, 101 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:27,040 David sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal, and David 102 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:33,039 danced before the Lord with all his might, and David was wearing 103 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,360 a linen effort. Amen. 104 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:43,720 This was when the ark of the covenant of God was captured and 105 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:50,920 taken to the enemy camp. And after some time the Lord 106 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,720 performed some wonders there in the camp of the enemy. 107 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,080 And the people decided that they can no more stay with the ark of 108 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,200 the Lord because the ark of the Lord is killing them. 109 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:07,520 So they decided to bring it back to its original place. 110 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:14,120 And when the ark of the covenant of God, you know, the ark of the 111 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:18,240 covenant of God represents the presence of God, represents the 112 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,840 presence and the power and the glory of God. 113 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:27,200 So when the ark of the Lord was taken away by the Philistines to 114 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,240 the enemy can what it means is that the glory of God, the 115 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,760 presence of God to the Israelites, the glory of God, 116 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,320 the presence of God and the blessings of God has been taken 117 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,560 away. Then after some time, because 118 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:43,960 God was putting pressure on them, they decided to bring it 119 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:45,640 back. And when they brought it back, 120 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:50,000 David and his people, his musicians, you know, David 121 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,880 himself was a musician. David and his people, his 122 00:09:53,880 --> 00:10:00,760 musician and his kingmakers and all of them met the Ark of the 123 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,800 Covenant. And as the Ark of the Covenant 124 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:09,320 was coming into the city, the Bible says David was singing. 125 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,960 All the group was singing, dancing. 126 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:17,080 And one man was telling that the Bible said when David misses 127 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:28,720 steps 123, 456, then he will sacrifice an ox every six steps. 128 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:36,040 It tells you that David recognized what the Lord has 129 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:41,240 done. David knew the value of the ark 130 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,560 of the covenant in the presence of Israel. 131 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:49,160 In fact, whenever the ark of the covenant of God is with Israel 132 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:54,800 and they go into a warfare, the presence of the covenant alone 133 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:59,600 puts fear on the enemies. Only the presence without 134 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,280 starting the war. When the enemies lend that the 135 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:08,040 ark of the covenant of God is with Israel, because whenever 136 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,800 they are going to war, they will carry the ark of the covenant of 137 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,960 God with them. And whenever the enemy got to 138 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:20,520 know that the the ark of the covenant of God has come to the 139 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:25,600 warfront, that alone puts fear on the enemy. 140 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:31,160 So David knew very well when the ark of the covenant of God was 141 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:35,640 taken away, and by God's grace, the ark of the covenant of God 142 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:41,360 was brought back. So he sacrificed a bull or an 143 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,440 animal to the Lord. Every sin steps this evening, I 144 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:52,280 pray whatever has been taken out away from you for this week, 145 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,360 that you are celebrating the sexiest and the goodness of the 146 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,040 Lord. May God bring it back to you. 147 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,040 May God bring back to you whatever has been taken by the 148 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:09,800 enemy in the name of Jesus, and by so doing you have every cause 149 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,400 to sacrifice unto the Lord, to give an offering to the Lord, to 150 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:19,200 dance before the presence of the Lord, to give your worship unto 151 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,560 the Lord, to sing and praise God for what He has done. 152 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:33,840 Amen. Then let us move to chairman. 153 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:39,560 We say the big one, we going to the second part of the team 154 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:54,880 where we read that is first, second somewhere 2424 David said 155 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:01,760 I will not sacrifice unto the Lord anything that does not cost 156 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:06,400 me. And Psalm 50 also says gather 157 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:13,200 unto me my people who have covenants, gather to me, my 158 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:19,840 faithful ones who made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 159 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:26,400 Amen. So we talking about celebrating 160 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,680 the goodness of God, and if God has been so kind, so good and 161 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:34,560 faithful to us, if God has taken us through all these years, then 162 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:42,120 we have every cause to also sacrifice or offer unto the Lord 163 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,840 for what He has done for us. Amen. 164 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:53,400 So we are going to look at some two or three biblical characters 165 00:13:53,520 --> 00:14:02,280 who sacrificed unto the Lord. The first one is let us move to 166 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:08,320 Genesis chapter 4 verse one to five, Genesis chapter 4 verse 167 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:13,320 one to five, Genesis chapter 4 verse one to five. 168 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:21,720 Now Adam knew his Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and 169 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:28,200 both came saying, I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord. 170 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:34,360 And again she bore his brother Abel. 171 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:42,640 Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and came a worker of the ground, 172 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:48,600 and in the and in the course of time came brought the Lord an 173 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,400 offering of the fruit of the ground. 174 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:57,560 And Abel also brought of the first born of his flock and of 175 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:04,560 their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel 176 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,720 and his offering. This is, I don't know, this kind 177 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:15,320 of the other version says that the Lord was pleased with Abel 178 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:22,600 and his offering and the Lord also and Abel also brought an 179 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:27,080 offering offering five portions from some of his first of the 180 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,600 first born of his flock. The law looked with favor. 181 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:34,360 This is another version on Abel and his offering. 182 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:44,320 Yes. No, please go forward. 183 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:53,000 But he did not accept Cain and his gifts. 184 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,960 This made Cain very angry and he looked dejected. 185 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,800 I want you to take no, please go back. 186 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:09,120 A later Abel also brought gifts to the gifts, the best of the 187 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:13,960 first born lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his 188 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,000 gift. Take note. 189 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:24,160 The Lord accepted #1 Abel. There is A&D there, that is. 190 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:29,520 And the Lord accepted Abel and his offering. 191 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:39,800 So #1 God accepted Abel himself before accepting his offering #2 192 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,200 let's, let's go for it. Take note of this one too. 193 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,960 But the Lord did not accept. Take note. 194 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,840 But the Lord did not accept Cain and his offering. 195 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,200 Here too there is something I want you to take note. 196 00:16:56,200 --> 00:17:01,640 So in the 1st place, Cain himself was not accepted. 197 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,319 That is why his offering was not accepted. 198 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:14,440 Please are you following me? Abel was accepted and his 199 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:23,119 offering also was accepted and the Bible said can the Lord was 200 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,200 not pleased. That means he was not accepted. 201 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:33,760 That young man was not correct even before then went in to 202 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:38,480 offer sacrifices. That guy, he was not correct. 203 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,920 He was not correct. That is why the Bible says God 204 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:52,560 did not accept. God did not accept that His cane 205 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:57,880 and His offering. I pray this evening that God 206 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:04,560 will accept you, that God will accept the praises and the 207 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:09,240 worships that you make you make unto the Lord every time, 208 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,440 anytime that will come in His presence. 209 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,720 Because if God does not accept you, anything, everything about 210 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,000 you is useless. It is a fact. 211 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:19,840 These are realities in the Bible. 212 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:28,760 If God does not accept you, you in person, if God does not 213 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:33,080 accept me as a minister of the gospel, then everything I do, it 214 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:41,080 doesn't matter what I do, the end result is useless. 215 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:49,520 So I pray that May God accept accept you as a person, May God 216 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:54,440 accept your offering and May God accept your sacrifices. 217 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:59,920 Everything, anything that you do unto the Lord, May God accept it 218 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:04,480 in Jesus name. God accepted a bell, but the 219 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,640 Bible says he accepted a bell and his. 220 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:15,480 God accepted a bell and his offering but for Cain, the Bible 221 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,560 said God did not accepted his offering. 222 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:25,720 He did not accepted him #1 and #2 he himself his offering was 223 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,520 also not accepted. I heard this story, some people 224 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:35,080 used to say that Cain brought in some rotten Coco yams and 225 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:42,320 plantains and too bad of yams. And so it is not, it is not 226 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,800 biblical, it is never in it is not in the Bible at all. 227 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,520 But the fact is that the guy was not correct. 228 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:56,200 And I'll prove it to you. Let's move on to verse. 229 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:02,560 Verse. Why are you so angry? 230 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,600 The Lord asked him. Ask him, why do you look so 231 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,200 dejected? Yes. 232 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:13,040 You will be accepted. Take note. 233 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:18,040 You will be accepted if you do what is right, if you behave 234 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:23,880 well, if you conduct yourself well, you will be accepted. 235 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,880 But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out. 236 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:37,560 Sin is crouching at crouching at the door, eager to control you, 237 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:43,280 but you must subdue it and be its master. 238 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:51,200 Please let's go for him. One day, Cair suggested to his 239 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,640 brother. Let's go out into the 1st, and 240 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:59,720 while they were there in the third, Cain attacked his brother 241 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:06,280 Abel and killed him. It tells you who that guy is. 242 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,720 He attacked his own brother and the Bible said he killed him. 243 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:16,960 So there was some kind of bitterness and some kind of evil 244 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:25,480 seed in that young man. Yes, let's move on. 245 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,720 After all, the Lord asked Cain, where is your brother? 246 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:34,680 Where is Abel? I don't know, Cain responded. 247 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,800 Am I my brother's guardian, Adama? 248 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,960 She says, am I my brother's keeper? 249 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,840 You see the kind of response that he gave to God, It tells 250 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,960 you if there was no response even after he has sent, after he 251 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,960 has killed his own brother. And God himself came in to 252 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:59,240 enquire of whereabout of his brother and he said am I the 253 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:00,720 keeper? I don't know. 254 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,800 I don't know his whereabout. Am I the keeper of my brain? 255 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,000 If you are looking for a bird, are you know God? 256 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,760 Can't you find where he is? Why do you come and ask me? 257 00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:13,240 Yeah. When you read some Bible 258 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:14,880 commentary, this is what he says. 259 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:23,920 So you could see that the guy himself was not correct. 260 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:31,080 I was reading some Bible commentary and said that after 261 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:35,240 Adam and Eve sin and they were drove drove out of the garden of 262 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:39,600 Eden, they conceived and gave birth to Eve. 263 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:44,240 So the sin Incarnate in they conceived and gave birth to a 264 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,520 cave. So the sin Incarnate in cave was 265 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,920 so strong. This is by the way. 266 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:57,600 But what I'm saying is, God said he told him that if you had done 267 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,840 what is good, will you not be accepted? 268 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:03,360 It means that you have right to do what is good and you have 269 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:09,560 right to do what is evil. Then he warned him, be very 270 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,320 careful because sin is encroaching at your door. 271 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:19,040 It desires to destroy you. It desires to kill you, but take 272 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,720 control. Don't give him master it. 273 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:27,480 Yet God gave him this one. Yet this guy, because of the 274 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,440 state in which he was, he couldn't repent. 275 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:38,040 I pray that as we celebrate the six years of this great church, 276 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:46,960 May God have mercy on us, and may no bitter root begin to grow 277 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:53,840 in any of us. And May God accept you even just 278 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:58,360 as you are. May God accept you as a person. 279 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,360 May God accept you young lady. May God accept you young man, 280 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,680 and may everything that you do, even you are clapping when you 281 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,280 come to church and you are singing, you are dancing. 282 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,320 Even the dress that you come to church with, May God accept it 283 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,840 in Jesus name. And when God accept everything 284 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:25,200 of yours, then you are done. Amen. 285 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:32,800 When God accepts everything that you do, then you have God on 286 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,120 your side. Amen. 287 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:44,720 So May God accept the tides and the offerings that you've been 288 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,280 given. These days on the social media, 289 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:54,720 you hear people saying a whole lot of things about Titan and 290 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:59,280 about offering and so on. And so my especially attacking 291 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:05,920 the Church of Pentecost. So when I was studying this 292 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:10,160 afternoon, I came to this point and this one came to me. 293 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:16,000 If there are people who don't know our God, that one is a. 294 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:20,680 But to us, those of us who know our God, one, one name. 295 00:25:21,080 --> 00:26:14,200 Yeah, yeah, me one someone. So in celebrating the goodness 296 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:21,440 of God, we have to get a good heart before our sacrifices will 297 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,560 be accepted by the Lord. Amen. 298 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:32,600 So if there are sacrifices that honest God on the opposite side, 299 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,080 what it means is that there are other sacrifices to who which 300 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,080 does not honor God. And that is exactly what 301 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:43,560 happened in the case of Cain. His brother sacrifice was 302 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:49,600 accepted, but his was not accepted this evening. 303 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:55,040 May God accept you and even the very mind, the thoughts that you 304 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,560 have, your imaginations, May God accept it. 305 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,040 Amen. May God accept you. 306 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:11,600 So there was a time that Jesus was in the church auditorium and 307 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,040 offerings and sacrifices were being made. 308 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:22,760 It's one of your one of your quotations that is a mark 1241 309 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:29,200 And as Jesus was standing by the offering war, people were giving 310 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:32,120 off friends, fast envelope and so on and so forth. 311 00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:39,640 Then a woman came along, dropped in some money, went and sat 312 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,720 down. Then Jesus called his disciples 313 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:49,320 and said, I tell you the truth, this woman has given more than 314 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:56,920 everybody in the room. Why was Jesus? 315 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:02,600 Why did Jesus made that comment? He saw the mind and the heart of 316 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:07,000 that woman. He saw the mind and the heart of 317 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,720 that woman. Of course it is good to give fat 318 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,560 envelopes and big man. We need it to develop the 319 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:17,400 church. But whatever you give or 320 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,360 sacrifice unto the Lord, whatever you do unto for the 321 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:27,320 Lord, either by sacrificing money, giving an offering, 322 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:31,920 paying of tithe, and so on and so forth, let your heart be part 323 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,360 of what you are doing or giving unto the Lord. 324 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:40,680 If not, you give it, and at the end of the day you gain nothing 325 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,160 out of it. So Jesus saw the woman's heart 326 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:49,920 and said, this woman has given more than anyone in this 327 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:54,440 auditorium. May God accept your offerings 328 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,680 and whatever you give unto the Lord. 329 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:02,720 If I when I got to know about this mystery, I realized that 330 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:07,680 whatever I do, every step that I take, everywhere that I speak, 331 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:13,120 anything and everything that I do, I have to make sure that God 332 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:18,520 accepts it. If not, the rest of whatever I 333 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:22,200 do as a minister will be useless. 334 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:27,600 So May God accept you, May God accept you. 335 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:35,240 I say, May God accept you. And the Bible said after Cain 336 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:39,680 has killed his brother, when God appeared to Cain, he said, your 337 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,400 brother's blood is calling out for you. 338 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,280 And when you read the book of Hebrew, the heroes of faith, the 339 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:53,720 Bible said by faith Abel sacrifice an offering unto the 340 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:59,840 Lord, and through that even he died. 341 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,760 And the Bible said he still speaks. 342 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:07,560 What does this mean? It means that people who 343 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:12,280 sacrifices wholeheartedly unto the Lord, even after their 344 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,480 death, the blessings continues in their family. 345 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,200 It is true, it is happening in this church. 346 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,480 We have seen it over and over again and it is still happening. 347 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,520 Praise the Lord. So please, whatever you are 348 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:32,120 doing, cleaning of the temple gander, cleaning of chairs, 349 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:37,720 choirmaster, bandsmen, instrumentalists, Deacon, 350 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:46,680 deaconess, elders, whatever you do, please do it with all your 351 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,400 strength and do it with all your heart. 352 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,160 It's a form of sacrifice unto the Lord. 353 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:57,520 And when God accepts that one, the Bible says seek ye fails the 354 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,200 Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all the other 355 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,800 things, all the other things will follow. 356 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:11,160 Amen. So May God accept you this 357 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:18,320 evening even as he accepted Abel, and may the offering and 358 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,840 the sacrifices that you are making daily in the temple of 359 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:29,000 God, may He, may He continue on throughout the generations to 360 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,800 come. Amen. 361 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:44,320 Then we move to another man who sacrificed to the Lord, and his 362 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:51,640 sacrifice was so much so that it baffles me. 363 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,840 Let us move to Genesis 22 one to 8. 364 00:31:55,960 --> 00:32:00,760 Genesis 22 one to 8. I want somebody to read for me. 365 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:06,080 Genesis 20, somebody who can read, if you can give it the new 366 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,160 international version. I prefer that. 367 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,560 The NIV. Yeah. 368 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:19,760 Who is reading for us? Yeah, Genesis 2822, one to 8. 369 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,000 Sometime later God tested Abraham. 370 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:29,440 He said to him, Abraham, here I am, he replied. 371 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:35,840 Then God said, take your son, your only son whom you love, 372 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,120 Isaac, and go to the region of Moria. 373 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:44,480 Sacrifice him there as a bent offering on a mountain. 374 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:51,120 I will show you. Please wait, please go back, it 375 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:57,920 says some time later, after some time after Abraham had gone 376 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,400 through all these challenges, God called Abraham when he was 377 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,760 75 years and he promised to give him a son. 378 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:11,000 And for 25 years later, this promise had not come to pass. 379 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:19,840 Even in the course of time, his wife Sarah told him to at least 380 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:27,120 take her maid servants. And we all know what happened, 381 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:34,760 but at the end of the day, God fulfilled his promise and Isaac 382 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,800 was born. Then the Bible said after Isaac 383 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:43,920 was born, after some time, some time later God tested Abraham. 384 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:47,120 He said to him, Abraham. Then he said, here I am Lord. 385 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,400 Then his God said, take your son. 386 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:56,600 You are only, take note, your only son that time. 387 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,400 Is it true that Abraham had only one son? 388 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,560 There is a mystery here. Is it true that Abraham had only 389 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:10,960 one son? Ishmael had been born. 390 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:18,239 But you know God did not accept Ishmael as a son of Abraham. 391 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:27,480 That is why he told him, after Abraham took that young lady and 392 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,760 and the lady conceived and gave birth, God came to Abraham and 393 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:40,480 said, Abraham Nantimanim Nayapet, walk before me and be 394 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,400 perfect when you study the Bible. 395 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,360 Very well, after some years that that young lady conceived in the 396 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,679 House of Abraham, till he gave birth God never appeared to 397 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,440 Abraham. It was after some time that God 398 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:58,600 appeared to him. Then he told him, drive away 399 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:08,160 this house and the child. So Ishmael and the mother were 400 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,680 taking us from Abraham's household. 401 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:15,000 They were driven away. God didn't even want to look at 402 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:20,920 them, so they went. So the time that Abraham Isaac 403 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:27,640 was born to God, Abraham had only one son. 404 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:34,680 That is why he said take your only son, take your only son. 405 00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:42,000 And Abraham knew that to God he had only one son. 406 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:49,760 Abraham also knew that and go to the region of Moria sacrifice 407 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:54,920 him there as an as a band offering on on a mountain that I 408 00:35:54,920 --> 00:36:01,000 will show you just go and when you study the Bible very well. 409 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:07,280 They traveled for three days amounting to 50 to 60 kilometers 410 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:12,480 miles, sorry, not kilometers miles 50 to 60 miles. 411 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,720 Then at the end of the third day, please continue. 412 00:36:21,940 --> 00:36:27,200 Yes, uh huh. Only the next morning Abraham 413 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:31,840 got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his 414 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:37,280 servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for 415 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:41,680 the bent offering, he set out for the place God had told him 416 00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:45,760 about. On the third day, Abraham looked 417 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,280 up and saw the place in the distance. 418 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:51,280 After the third day. After the dead, he. 419 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:56,720 Saw the place in the distance, He saw Mount Moria far away. 420 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:03,720 So you ask yourself, all these were working for three days, 50 421 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:08,000 to 60 miles. What was going through the mind 422 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:17,120 of this man? So after the three days, he saw 423 00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:18,920 it. After three days, he hadn't even 424 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,200 read the place. He saw the place in a far away. 425 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,800 Then he did something. Yes, verse. 426 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:32,000 He said to his servants, Stay here with the donkey while I and 427 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:36,600 the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will 428 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,200 come back to you. Amen. 429 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,880 Amen. He knew very well that God has 430 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:47,920 asked him to when sacrifice his Son has bent off him. 431 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:52,160 But after three days he got to a place he saw Maria far away. 432 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,320 I had in front of him. Then he told the servant to sit 433 00:37:55,400 --> 00:38:00,240 there and wait for him. And he said, I and the boy who 434 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:04,360 go over there, we will worship the Lord and we will come back 435 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:08,240 to you. I pray that God will open up 436 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:16,360 your eyes and your understanding that you know who Goddess when 437 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,960 you read the Bible very well. The Bible says He knew that even 438 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:23,400 though when he calls the Son, God is able to bring him back. 439 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,400 That is why he did not ask question. 440 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:35,320 I call this expensive sacrifice. Yes, we are about to finish. 441 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,920 Yes. Abraham took the wood for the 442 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:42,320 bench offering and placed it on his son's head. 443 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:47,280 On his son Isaac, Yes, and he himself carried the fire and the 444 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:50,080 knife. As the two of them went on 445 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:54,920 together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, 446 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,680 Father. Yes, my son, Abraham replied. 447 00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:04,000 The fire and the wood are here, Isaac said, But where is the 448 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:08,320 lamb for the bent's offering? Abraham answered. 449 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,640 God himself will provide the Lamb for the Bent's offering. 450 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,760 My Son. And the two of them went on 451 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:17,600 together. Amen. 452 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:23,080 Amen. May God provide for you, I said. 453 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:27,760 May God, the Bible says he collecting that be not as though 454 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,720 they were stored somewhere when the world was being created. 455 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:39,240 God had no natural resources, He had no materials. 456 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,680 The Bible says he collecting that be not, although they were 457 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,200 stored somewhere. This building that we see the 458 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:49,760 pillars and so are made of of iron rods and cement and sand 459 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,560 and stones and so on and so forth. 460 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:56,000 These are artificial flowers. It is made out of something. 461 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:59,680 They took it through some machines and at the end of the 462 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:04,160 day we had this end product. But when God was creating the 463 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,520 world, the Bible says there was nothing. 464 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:11,440 Like raw materials, he just collect things into being and 465 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,360 they came forth. Amen. 466 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:21,240 I pray that God will call the impossibility to be possible in 467 00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:25,240 your life. This young man, he had been 468 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:28,440 seeing the Father going out there to offer sacrifice 469 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:32,200 whenever the Abraham is going. He had a lamb, a sheep or 470 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:36,000 whatever with him. But this time around he told 471 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,560 him, we are going to offer sacrifices unto the Lord. 472 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:43,840 They were carrying the fire, the wood, and all the knife and so 473 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,160 on and so forth. But he saw no sheep. 474 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,760 There was no sheep, the lamb or the animal. 475 00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:54,240 For the sacrifice for the for the sacrifice was not part of 476 00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:56,600 the agenda. So this young man had been 477 00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,840 thinking about it for all these three days. 478 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:04,640 Then he opened his mouth. And as Father, so you said we 479 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,880 are going to offer sacrifices unto the Lord. 480 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,200 Yes, the firewood. I've seen that you are holding 481 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,960 the knife with which you used to cut the throat of the animal. 482 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,120 This is the fire. And the other thing that we went 483 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,600 to made the offering and so on and so forth. 484 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:26,840 But please, where is the animal? And the Father said the Lord 485 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:34,080 would provide. May God provide for you, and 486 00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:38,560 indeed the Lord did provide. At the end of the day, when the 487 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:42,800 God to Manmaria, the Bible says he set up that fire altar. 488 00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:46,840 He put the son Isaac on it, covered the fence and drew his 489 00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:50,200 knife. For the sake of time we cannot 490 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:51,360 read. Or when you go, you can 491 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:56,760 continue. He lifted up the hand, the knife 492 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:01,080 and was about to slash the throat of this young man and the 493 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:05,680 Bible said a voice from the from heaven shouted Abraham. 494 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:13,840 Abraham, don't touch the child. Just lift up your eyes and look 495 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,280 into the thick Bush over there. There is around. 496 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:24,920 May God provide for you. Sometimes certain things in our 497 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:29,320 lives seem to be impossible. We think where we are, where we 498 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:32,760 have gotten to, there is nothing we can do and so on and so 499 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:34,920 forth. But I want to assure you tonight 500 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:41,600 that God is on your side and it is possible you provide it. 501 00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,000 The vision is yet for an appointed time, even though it 502 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,800 tarries, the Bible says wait for it, it shall never prove false. 503 00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:54,720 It shall surely come to pass. And the right and the appointed 504 00:42:54,720 --> 00:43:01,960 time God provided a sheep, and which was used for the 505 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:06,600 sacrifice. May God provide for you. 506 00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,880 And may the will and the purpose of God concerning your life be 507 00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,960 established. Even as we sacrifice unto the 508 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:18,800 Lord, as we celebrate the goodness of the Lord, and also 509 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:23,600 sacrifice unto the Lord a sacrifice that honors God. 510 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:31,400 May God fears and foremost accept you, and may He accept 511 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:36,960 your offering, and may He provide for you even as you 512 00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:41,040 sacrifice unto the Lord. God bless you in Jesus name. 513 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:49,610 Amen. Please let us be on our feet, 514 00:43:50,170 --> 00:43:52,490 Let us be on our feet. Just be quiet. 515 00:43:54,890 --> 00:43:57,850 Just be quiet before the presence of the Lord. 516 00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:13,680 Kapasura tabi kadabaya LAN tuba shiki bredabayan dala Baba libro 517 00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:34,280 sabada yandala. My. 518 00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:43,920 Oh. Can you 519 00:45:55,240 --> 00:46:37,000 please forward? None. 520 00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:46,360 None. Brothers and sisters, God has 521 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:49,800 been so kind, good and faithful to us. 522 00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:54,920 My special escape to English assembly for this past six 523 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:59,640 years. As I did mention when I was 524 00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:05,320 starting to preach, you have gone through a lot challenges 525 00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:12,440 and problems, but God has been faithful, God has been kind, God 526 00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:16,200 has taken you through and God has brought you this far. 527 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:30,720 None. None. 528 00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:30,800 The. None. 529 00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:16,960 The. As we celebrate the goodness of 530 00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:24,920 God for what He has done for us, I want you to turn back and look 531 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:29,160 into your life. Go back into yourself and look 532 00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:37,440 into your life, where God brought you from and where you 533 00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:44,120 have reached the deliverance. God's divine guidance is 534 00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:53,520 provision. Just last week, young men and 535 00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,640 women who are going in for employment in the army. 536 00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:05,920 Some young men who has gone through to the university, they 537 00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:09,120 just told their parents, Mommy, I'm going, I'm going to a work 538 00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:13,960 stadium and I'll be by, I believe by one, one in the 539 00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:18,920 afternoon I'll be at home. And six of them never came back. 540 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:23,640 God has been kind to you. God has been good to you. 541 00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:34,520 The God has been kind to you. So as we celebrate the goodness 542 00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:39,040 of the Lord this week for bringing escape to English 543 00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:42,520 assembly this far for this six years, I want you to look back 544 00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:46,560 into your own life, what the Lord has done for you, and begin 545 00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:48,600 to celebrate the goodness of God. 546 00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:52,600 Begin to bless the Lord. Begin to lift up the name of the 547 00:52:52,600 --> 00:53:43,800 Lord in the name of Jesus. Holy Ghost, we want to thank 548 00:53:43,800 --> 00:54:12,920 you, Lord, we want to. The. 549 00:54:42,800 --> 00:55:06,440 None. None. 550 00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:53,440 None. We studied, we studied Genesis 551 00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:58,280 chapter 4, and I made mention that if there is a God who 552 00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:07,680 honest, if there is a God who honest sacrifices, if there is a 553 00:56:07,720 --> 00:56:11,680 sacrifice that honors God, Yeah. If there is a sacrifice that 554 00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:16,760 honors God, it means that there is also a sacrifice that does 555 00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:20,840 not honor God. And we saw it in the life of 556 00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:22,760 these two young men, Cain and Abel. 557 00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:29,120 The Bible said God was pleased with Abel and his offering. 558 00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:33,640 He was pleased with Abel himself before he was pleased with his 559 00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:37,760 offering. The Bible said again that God 560 00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:42,720 was not pleased with Cain and he was not pleased with his 561 00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:45,920 offering. We are praying this evening, 562 00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:49,120 committing ourselves into the hands of the Lord. 563 00:56:50,080 --> 00:56:55,600 The first thing that you need from God as we celebrate the 564 00:56:55,600 --> 00:57:00,600 goodness of the Lord is that you will be pleased unto the Lord 565 00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:06,080 Jesus, that the Lord will accept your offering, that the Lord 566 00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:09,240 will accept you even just as you are. 567 00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:12,680 We are praying, committing ourselves into the hands of the 568 00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:17,840 Lord, that May God accept us. May God be pleased with us in 569 00:57:17,840 --> 00:57:22,000 the name of Jesus. Pray, pray, pray. 570 00:57:39,760 --> 00:58:16,360 I. In the name of Jesus. 571 00:58:46,120 --> 00:59:30,040 None. Yes, yes. 572 01:00:25,920 --> 01:01:07,560 The. None. 573 01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:44,840 None in the name of Jesus. We also studied about Abraham 574 01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:50,320 who sacrificed, who was about to sacrifice Isaac unto the Lord. 575 01:01:50,760 --> 01:01:58,720 And when you read from verse 15, after the Lord called from 576 01:01:58,720 --> 01:02:06,760 heaven to Abraham to stop killing his son, verse 15 and 577 01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:12,040 the Angel of the Lord called Abraham out of heaven the second 578 01:02:12,040 --> 01:02:19,720 time and said, I swear by myself, for because you have 579 01:02:19,720 --> 01:02:26,680 done this, I will not withheld. Because you have done this and 580 01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:35,800 has not withheld your son from me, your only son, I will bless 581 01:02:35,800 --> 01:02:45,960 you and multiply all your seed. Because you have done this, we 582 01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:49,160 are praying, committing escape to English assembly, to the 583 01:02:49,160 --> 01:02:52,720 hands of the Law. We are committing all the 584 01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:57,720 members into the hands of the Law because of your obedience to 585 01:02:57,760 --> 01:03:02,440 the law, because of your sacrifices unto the law, even as 586 01:03:02,440 --> 01:03:04,400 we celebrate the goodness of the law. 587 01:03:05,320 --> 01:03:10,520 May God call from heaven, May God call from heaven, May God 588 01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:15,080 call from heaven and shower down blessings unto this. 589 01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:23,840 Let us pray. Let us pray. 590 01:03:34,640 --> 01:04:23,320 None. Now take note of the 17 I will 591 01:04:23,320 --> 01:04:29,480 surely bless you and make your design descendants as numerous 592 01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:34,200 as the stars in the sky and as the sun on the seashore. 593 01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:38,240 Your descendants would take possession of the cities of 594 01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:42,600 their enemies. This is thousands of years ago 595 01:04:42,840 --> 01:04:48,240 that God said, but as we speak now, Israel is taking control 596 01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:54,800 over Gaza as we speak now. Well, superpowers has spoken by 597 01:04:54,800 --> 01:04:57,120 Netanyahu, stands where he stands. 598 01:04:57,600 --> 01:05:01,480 That small nation, that small nation is right. 599 01:05:03,560 --> 01:05:07,320 He was able to stand before Trump and say I won't do what 600 01:05:07,320 --> 01:05:10,640 you are saying. And no nation on that can stand 601 01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:13,960 before American President do what Netanyahu is doing and 602 01:05:13,960 --> 01:05:17,680 still go on fighting and possessing the land of the 603 01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:20,680 enemies tells you that what God said is true. 604 01:05:20,920 --> 01:05:25,040 He says your descendant to possess the cities of the 605 01:05:25,200 --> 01:05:29,080 enemies. We are praying as we we 606 01:05:29,080 --> 01:05:32,400 celebrating as we celebrating the goodness of the Lord. 607 01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:37,000 We are asking God the Holy Spirit, Jesus, because of our 608 01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:42,360 sacrifices. May God cause us to possess the 609 01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:45,440 gates of our enemies. Pray and commit yourself. 610 01:06:43,880 --> 01:06:46,280 We are praying our last prayer for this evening. 611 01:06:48,360 --> 01:06:54,400 We are praying committing Escapedu Worship Center, more 612 01:06:54,400 --> 01:06:57,200 especially English assembly into the hands of the Lord. 613 01:06:58,480 --> 01:07:01,480 For this says yes. God has been so kind, good and 614 01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:05,720 faithful. We are asking God for the years 615 01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:10,520 ahead to be with us, to strengthen us, that this 616 01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:16,880 assembly will possess the gates of the enemy, that the blessings 617 01:07:16,880 --> 01:07:23,760 of God will be poured abundant in this local assembly, that the 618 01:07:23,760 --> 01:07:28,000 glory of the Lord will be revealed, that God will accept 619 01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:32,440 our offering, and that God will accept the members of escaping. 620 01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:28,080 And. Let us resume our seats. 621 01:08:34,160 --> 01:09:34,200 The. This song is so we were praying 622 01:09:34,920 --> 01:09:41,279 somewhere in Kumar say and one minister had this song the same 623 01:09:41,279 --> 01:09:57,640 tune by a different May God. 624 01:10:50,630 --> 01:10:54,070 Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, we want to thank you. 625 01:10:55,150 --> 01:10:59,310 We want to bless you. We'll lift up your name on high 626 01:10:59,830 --> 01:11:03,800 for great things you have done. We thank you for what you have 627 01:11:03,800 --> 01:11:06,920 done, for escaping the English assembly, for this says yes. 628 01:11:07,680 --> 01:11:09,520 We thank you for what you have done. 629 01:11:10,280 --> 01:11:12,640 We thank you and bless you for what you are doing. 630 01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:17,280 And we worship you and assault you for what you are about to 631 01:11:17,280 --> 01:11:19,640 do. Our Lord and our God. 632 01:11:19,680 --> 01:11:23,480 We bless you even as we celebrate the goodness of the 633 01:11:23,480 --> 01:11:28,480 Lord and sacrifice, A sacrifice that honors God. 634 01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:36,040 We commit this assembly into your hands, O Lord, that first 635 01:11:36,160 --> 01:11:42,840 and foremost you accept this local assembly and the members 636 01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:49,960 in this assembly. Then secondly, Lord, you accept 637 01:11:49,960 --> 01:11:54,920 their sacrifices, you accept their offerings, you accept 638 01:11:54,920 --> 01:12:00,200 their services, you accept their worship and everything that I do 639 01:12:00,200 --> 01:12:05,800 here to be accepted unto you. Lord, let it be so in the name 640 01:12:05,800 --> 01:12:10,680 of Jesus. We also commit leadership of 641 01:12:10,680 --> 01:12:17,920 this assembly, our pastor Emmanuel Osakosan, the wife and 642 01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:21,600 children, our presenter, the elders, the kings and 643 01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:26,800 deaconesses, and every member of this great church, even Sunday 644 01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:30,840 school children. We commit them into your hands. 645 01:12:30,840 --> 01:12:36,400 O Lord, you started six years ago with them, and that's far as 646 01:12:36,400 --> 01:12:39,560 you brought them. That's far have you brought 647 01:12:39,560 --> 01:12:42,400 them? We are asking God in the name of 648 01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:48,560 Jesus, the Bible says you start a good word and you bring it to 649 01:12:48,600 --> 01:12:51,640 a good conclusion. So we are praying, asking that 650 01:12:51,640 --> 01:12:55,760 your presence will continue to abide with this church, and that 651 01:12:55,760 --> 01:12:58,800 the will and the purpose of you God concerning this assembly 652 01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:03,400 will be established. May the desires of the heart of 653 01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:07,000 your heart be established, and may the will and the purpose of 654 01:13:07,000 --> 01:13:09,480 God concerning your lives be established. 655 01:13:09,960 --> 01:13:13,240 Even as you celebrate the goodness of the Lord and 656 01:13:13,280 --> 01:13:16,440 sacrifice A sacrifice that honest God. 657 01:13:16,920 --> 01:13:20,160 May the will and the purpose of God concerning your life be 658 01:13:20,160 --> 01:13:23,800 established, and may He accept you and your offering. 659 01:13:24,360 --> 01:13:27,960 In the mighty name of Jesus. I've prayed with Thanksgiving. 660 01:13:28,760 --> 01:13:33,360 Amen. Let's clap on to the Lord. 661 01:13:33,360 --> 01:13:34,480 Let's clap on to the Lord.