Hallelujah. I want to see your hands.
Can you give me a wave? Hallelujah.
Oh, thank you, Jesus. We are ministering an old
Pentacles song. That's it.
The translation of the song will be held on the stream.
Come on now, you dance for Jesus.
The. The.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
All you need to do is pray.
We don't know where to. You wait on the Lord.
Wait on the Lord. The.
Hallelujah. That is all that we need when He
waits on the Lord in prayer. When you pray everyday, His
faithful just wants all your prayers for you.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Shall we be on our feet? I.
The. None.
We are the.
The. Hallelujah.
Sons of God, oh sons of God.
Sons of God, oh sons of God, victory if you don't go to
heaven. Hallelujah, Oh, Hallelujah.
Youth. Oh, youth and youth.
Hey, brother. Hey, sister.
Hey, brother, sister. We'll come back to this.
Let's see, Let's see.
Oh man, Oh, give that clap unto Jesus.
A clap unto Jesus. A clap unto Jesus.
Oh, tell your neighbor Jesus is sweet.
Tell your neighbor Jesus is sweet.
Oh, man. All right, no wasting my time.
Grab your Bible, your iPad, with your pens.
We want to receive from the Father.
We invite our sister, maybe it's Obodi, to take us through this
session. Praise the Lord, praise the
Lord. We thank God so much for how far
He has brought us, and today is a blessed day to be in the
presence of God, to fellowship together, to share the love of
God across. Amen.
I like to first of all thank God for this opportunity.
It's indeed a privilege to share the Word with His people today
and I want Him to let him understand that it's not
something I take for granted. I say thank you God and also
thank pastor and his wife for the opportunity to share the
Word and also to presiding and then the presbytery for this
opportunity to share the Word with the house.
Hallelujah. So today our team or the team
that the Lord laid upon my heart is lovest thou me?
Love is now me. It is in the King James Version
and I love it in that sense more than if you take it in the NIV.
It's translate as do you love me?
Do you love me? And this conversation was a
question that Jesus posed to Peter.
Jesus posed to Peter after his resurrection.
So take our main test from John chapter 21 verse 15 to 18.
John chapter 21 verse 15, he says that.
So when they are dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son
of Jonas, lovest thou me more than this?
He said to him, Yeah, Lord, thou knowest that love thee.
He said unto him, Feed my lamb. He said to him again the second
time, Simon son of Jonah, lovest thou me?
He said, Yeah, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee.
He said unto him, Feed my sheep. He said unto him, the third
time, Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me?
Peter was grief because he said unto him, the third time, Lovest
thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou
knowest all things. Thou knowest that I love thee.
Jesus said unto him, Feed my sheep.
Hallelujah, Jesus said unto him, feed my sheep.
So after Jesus had resurrected, he encountered the disciples on
different occasion, most of all to strengthen them for the
assignments ahead. And if you look at the Gospel
according to Matthew, the last verse, he gave them the Great
Commission. That is the child, that they
should go out there and preach the gospel.
They should baptize people in his name, and they should raise
disciples for him. If you look at the Gospel
according to Mark, he also gave them that that they should go
out there and even that he he made them understand that he
will give believers the powers to heal the sick.
He will give believers the powers to perform miracles.
So as they are preaching, there were signs and wonders who
follow what they would do. But in the According to John,
God and John gave a peculiar, how do I say demonstration of
God, Christ talking to them in that he explained that Christ
encountered the disciples on three different occasion.
Christ encountered the disciples on three different occasion and
the first one was after he has resurrected.
Their disciples were in an enclosed space because they were
afraid that the Jewish authorities would come after
them. And when he came to them, they
were 10 at the moment because Judas had hang himself and then
this one Thomas was not around. So he came on to them and he
said receive ye the Holy Spirit. And at that moment he
strengthened them. And on the second encounter,
because Thomas was not around, Thomas doubted this point.
I came to understand that God is interested in everyone.
God is interested in the life of everyone.
No matter how feeble your trust is in God, God is interested in
you. God Christ would have said that
Thomas had doubted. So that's the end, He will not
get an opportunity to encounter the Christ, but Christ made it
gave him a chance for him to see that indeed he has resurrected.
Indeed he has resurrected. And the last encounter that
Christ had with the disciples before he resurrected was the
event that took place at Lake Tiburus was the event that took
place at Lake Tiburus. And that's when Christ posed the
question to Peter Lovers down me, lovers down me.
This morning the Lord is see me to ask you, do you love him?
Because most of the times you confess with our mouth, Oh Lord,
I love you. We come to church, we worship
and our hearts are gladden that we are showing forth our love
towards God. But in our action, does it
defeat that we love the Lord that do our action demonstrate
that yes indeed we love the Lord.
If we indeed we love the Lord, it will be seen in our actions,
not in our words alone. Imagine telling someone that
every day, Oh I love you, you, I love you and then you are not
showing anything to show that I love you.
The person will start without that.
This person is telling me he loves me, but I'm not seeing
anything that the person is doing to show that he loves me.
This morning the Lord is asking us lovers down me.
I want us to ponder over it. Do we love the Lord or we just
confess with our mother? Oh Lord, I love you and then
that's it. You go about this.
If there's a song that is raised, that the song touches
us, then we leave. Our hands up into there and we
praise God and we express our love towards Amanda ends.
But this one the Lord is asking as lovers down me, lovers down
me. So when I was making this
sermon, I deduced 3 reasons why Jesus asked Peter this question.
And the first one was that it was a restorative plan for both
Peter and then the disciples to see.
And the second one was that so that Peter will do a self
examination to determine whether indeed he loved the Lord.
And the third one was that it was to remind Peter of the
charge. Hallelujah is to remind Peter of
the charge. So we'll take the first point.
That's the restorative plan of God.
If you look at Peter according to the gospel, you could see
that Peter loved the Lord, his actions defeated, he loved the
Lord. And even Peter was part of the
inner circle of Christ. There were the 120, there was a
70, there were, there were, there were the 12 and even the
three. That's John, Peter and James.
So you could see that it wasn't just a mere person that Christ
posed the question to. It was someone that was part of
his close circles. And it's not anyone that we we
have friends, we have acquaintances, we have people
that we engage on a daily basis, but it's not one that we bring
them into our chamber. It's not one that we bring them
into our inner circle. So for Peter to be part of the
three, that means Christ vetted his love.
Christ has seen that indeed he loves him.
And Christ can't even share a secret with him because on the
amount of transfiguration, it was only the three of them that
was there. That is, the disciples were in
there. So you could see an amount of
trust, an amount of love that was shared between Peter and
then, but at the same time, when Christ had resurrected, Christ
asked Peter lovers down me. Like how can you ask someone
that is part of your inner circle do you love me?
Because before I'll bring you into my inner circle, that means
I've vetted your love for me. I have tested you and I've tried
you, and I've seen that yes, indeed you, I can walk with you.
So for Christ to ask Peter that lovers down me, that means that
question is so peculiar. That best question is so
peculiar. Hallelujah.
And you could see that day in the hospital was demonstrating
his love for Christ. Day in the hospital was
demonstrating his love for Christ.
And you will not know a revelation of someone if you've
not encountered a person, if you don't have this fellowship with
a person at 1 moment Christ asked them, disciples, who do
you say I am? Who do you say I am?
And Peter rose up and said you, you are the Messiah.
You are the Son of God. For Peter to voice out to say he
is the Messiah, that means he has received a revelation about
Christ. You don't receive a revelation
about someone that you don't have this fellowship with, you
don't have this colonial with. That means there was some
relations and in depth relationship between Peter and
Christ, that Peter could be able to catch that revelation that
Christ is indeed the Messiah. And Christ told him that upon
this revelation I will build my church.
But at the same time, when Christ had resurrected Christ as
Peter, lovers thou me. Hey, like someone that could
have said a revelation about you, someone that is part of
your inner core. Christo asked him that lovers
thou me, that you can see that love is a great virtue.
It's not something that it is supposed to be taken for like
because for someone to even say I love you, it's not easy.
Most like even our culture for it's not that things are
changing that we are very expressive.
But first, first for you to even say you love someone, then like
the person has done something for you or the person that you
vetted the person before we can even tell the past that you love
the person and you can see that in Peter walk with Christ.
Everything demonstrated I loved him.
He was ready. It's like someone's about to be
Jesus. Peter is there drawing the
sword. He's ready to fight for Christ.
He's ready to do anything to demonstrate his love for him.
But at the end of the day, Christ asked him, lovers thou me
Peter lovers thou me Peter. This man wants us to ponder
about it. Do we love the Lord?
Or we just say it because for
saying sake we just say it because far I've been saying day
in, day out, oh, I love the Lord, so you too.
You think me too. Let me say something.
So we are all part of the body of Christ.
But have you vetted in your spirit?
Have you vetted in your heart? And you can't declare boldly
that you love the Lord. I want us to pond out for this
morning. Lovers down me, lovers down me,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah. And even to for Peter to
demonstrate his love for Christ at the highest peak when Christ
was about to be crucified and then the high priest and all the
people had come to capture Jesus.
He was ready. He has taken his cutlass or his
knife and he has cut the year of one of the high priest slave.
You could see that it is love for someone to be able to defend
you. At that point, while Soldiers
was around, he didn't think that, hey, what if I cut the ear
of someone do catch me along with Christ.
He was moved by that love that I had for Christ and he took
action. By the end of the day, Christ
asked him that lovers down me, lovers down me.
So if I've come to understand that it's not by West of mouth,
it's not by sometimes the things we do, it is by grace that we
are able to love the Lord. It is by grace and it's seeming
by the Spirit that we are able to love the Lord.
Because Peter was zealous. So Peter was so zealous about
Christ. By the end of the day, Christ
asked him, lovers down me, lovers down me, and I want us to
go to that scripture that I think is connected to this
question. That is John chapter 13 verse 36
to 38. John chapter 13 verse 36 to 38,
it says that Peter, Simon Peter as Lord, where are you going?
And Jesus replied, You can't go with me now, but you will follow
me later. But why can't I come now, Lord?
He asks. I am ready to die for you.
Have you seen the epics of Peter's love for Christ?
He said, I am ready to die for you.
If you are going to hell, I'm ready to follow you.
If you are going to this place, I'm ready to follow you by the
end of the day. Christ asked him, Lovers thou
me, I ask someone that tells you that I'm ready to die for you.
Some verses says that he said he's ready to lay down his life
for him, lay down his life for him.
By the end of the day. Christ asked him, Lovers down
me. Lovers down me, please, the 38
Jesus answered. Die for me.
I saw you the truth, Peter, before the roster closed
tomorrow morning, you would deny me three times that you even
know me. Hallelujah.
This is where at this point that Christ asked him lovers them
because as much as Peter was zealous, he didn't have that
capacity to love Christ to the point that he will lay his life
for him. He has said it because he felt
that in his human understanding he loves the Lord so much.
He loved Christ so much that he was ready to die for him.
But when that opportunity came that they asked him a question,
are you part of the disciple? He said me no, I'm not part
someone that said I love you, Someone that said I'm ready to
die for you. Someone that was able to cut the
year of one of the servants to demonstrate Islam.
When the opportunity came for him to declare the Christ he
denied, he said I do not know this man.
I do not know this man that doesn't that doesn't love him.
It means that his love for Christ at that moment was
limited. His love for Christ at that
moment was limited. Our human capacity can't love
Christ at the apex. No, we would have some
disadvantages. Our flesh will come along the
way. Hospitals like hey, if I say
that I know this man, don't catch me with him.
But it was this same Peter that was selling the cries that I
would die for you. I would lay my life for you.
But when the opportunity came for him to lay his life, he
wasn't found. But upon all this Christ didn't
the test Peter. Christ didn't detest Peter, He
came to him and asked him, Lovers down me.
Christ would have asked Peter, Peter, you said you will lay
your life for me, but why didn't you do it?
Peter, you said you, you do this for me, but why didn't you do
it? But I asked him a simple
question, Lovers down me, lovers down me.
And Peter said, you know, Lord, that I love you.
So if you do an exergesis over him and you are looking at their
love, Christ was asking Peter whether he loves him.
And then if you look at the word here, the New Testament was
written in Greek. So the word used was agape.
That's the highest form of love. That's a sacrificial love.
That's an unconditional love. It was the same love that was
used in John 316 when he says that for God so loved the world.
So Christ was asking Peter, do you love me to that apex, that
sacrificial love, that unconditional love that you lay
your life for me? That was the kind of love Christ
was asking Peter. And when Peter was responding,
he was like, I love you with a brotherly affection.
Then Peter had come to the realization that he couldn't
love the Lord on his own capacity.
He couldn't love the Lord at that point that he will
sacrifice all for the Lord. He will sacrifice all for the
Lord. But still we could see a
demonstration of Christ's love over here that even though Peter
denied him and anytime Christ as Peter lovers down me and Peter
responds that yeah, Lord, you know I love you and Christ will
give him the child feed my sheep.
Christ will give him the charge tend to my flock.
That means Christ could trust him again.
And sometimes as humans, if someone does something for us,
we are ready to judge. We are ready to say ah it is You
said you love me and you did this to me.
You betrayed my interest. So we don't even add that person
into our inner circle. Sometimes we even go to the
point of not talking to the person.
But here we see a demonstration of Christ love for Peter that
even after he had denied the Christ, Christ still came to him
and asked him. Lovers down me and he still gave
him the charge, Hallelujah. That means you are not beyond
reproach. If you feel like, oh, I've done
something so God cannot use me again because of some sin that
you did in the past, you are condemning yourself that at this
stage, at this point, this thing that I've done, Christ can't use
me again this morning. Christ has been the charge to
tell you that you can be used for his work no matter your
circumstances, no matter your limitation.
He doesn't see that limitation around you.
All he wants is that you will love him.
You present yourself in that limitation and you demonstrate
your love towards him. Hallelujah Hospital denied
Christ 3 * 3 different occasions.
It wasn't one time that would be like, oh at least it was 1 so
would pardon him. It was on a three different
occasion with three different people.
Someone that said he loved him to the point of death.
But Christ didn't see his limitation.
He saw the heart of Peter, He saw the heart of Peter and this
is the difference between Peter and Judas.
They both betrayed Jesus. But Peter came to the
realization that I need to repent.
He had a godly sorrow that lead to repentance.
He went and weep, but after weeping he didn't say that.
So I'm going to hang myself. He said I have to come back to
the food. I have to come back to the floor
because it is God that can give me the capacity to love Him,
that even though I have denied him three times, he will not
forsake me. Even though I've denied him
three times, He will not forsake me.
And that was a dream between him and Judas.
Judas also had godly sorrow. He whipped and everything.
By the end of the day, he hanged himself because he wasn't able
to hold on to the capacity that Christ will love him even after
his betrayal. Christ will love him after his
betrayal. So it doesn't matter what you've
done in the past, doesn't matter what if you've been done this
morning, Christ is able to use you all, what Christ wants from
you this Monday to avail yourself.
It should open your heart. And if you look at the vest, the
third time I asked Peter the question, Peter said Thou
knowest everything. At this point, that he had
opened his heart on to the Lord, he started quite that.
Yes, I know my limitation, but you know my heart.
You know that I love you to an extent, but then my love for you
has not reached to that apes, but so you know my heart.
So search my heart. So Lord and vets me and see that
indeed I love you. So what God is demanding from us
this morning is that would demonstrate his love.
All that Christ is stemming from us this morning is that would
present us of no matter our limitation.
It's not for us to say judge ourselves our my wordy of Christ
love. You are worthy of his love no
matter your limitation. You are so worthy of his life.
It is for your sake. He came to die for you.
It was for your sins. He came to die for you.
It was not that you are too righteous or you are too
perfect, but he saw our imperfection, He saw our
limitation, He saw our disadvantage and still died for
us. So it is not this that this the
moment that you will judge yourself that indeed do Christ
love you. He loves you with all his heart,
always demanding for you this month that you present yourself
that Lord have come. I know my limitation by Lord
have come. I know my disadvantage by Lord
have come. Hallelujah and also it's for the
other disciples to see that anytime Christ gave him the
charge, he was restoring him. He was reconciling him back to
himself and for the other disciples to see the
demonstration of Christ love that in as man Peter denied
Christ. He was so given the charge that
should tend to the flux of Christ and you could start the
flux of Christ is something that is so peculiar.
So it wasn't a mere charge. It's not something that would
give to someone just like. And no, this is not a child that
you give to someone that has betrayed you, someone that
denied you. But Christ saw beyond Peter
limitation. Christ saw beyond Peter's
disadvantage and still gave him the charge that turned to my
flaws, Hallelujah. Turned to my flaws, Hallelujah.
So the next one is self examination.
Self examination, as I said earlier, most of the times we
say with our mouth, I love the Lord, I love the Lord, but this
does not demonstrate that we love the Lord.
It's not by West of mouth that would say that oh, I love the
Lord. But these are supposed to
portray that indeed we love the Lord.
So then there as we walk then there as we go about our day, we
need to examine ourselves that indeed do I love the Lord and
know that we would see our sins. No is to see the disposition of
our hearts before the Lord while we in the right standing before
Christ is to see our disposition how our heart is before the
Lord. Hallelujah is not that we would
focus on our sin because if we do it on our own human strength
to see whether we love the Lord or to see whether we are part of
the force. All we see is our limitation.
All we see is our sin. But if we vet ourselves through
the lens of the Holy Spirit will not see our sins only, but we'll
see that even though we are limited, Christ's love is above
all. Hallelujah, Christ's love is
above. I want us to read Second
Corinthians chapter 13 verse 5. Second Corinthians chapter 13,
verse five. He says that test yourself and
find out if you really are true to your faith.
If you pass the test, you will discover that Christ is living
in you. But if Christ isn't living in
you, you have filled Hallelujah. So there in doubt we have to
test ourselves. There in doubt we have to
examine ourselves. Are we indeed believers?
Are we indeed Christians? Are we portraying the life that
Christ has given unto us because we don't own this life?
We don't own this life. We were once dead.
We're once away from the the fellowship with their father,
but through the sacrifice that Christ did for us, we've not
been brought back to their food and we've not been made anew.
So the life we have right now is a borrowed life.
So then that you must examine yourself to see this life of
Christ that I have received. Am I living a life worthy of the
calling that I've received? You are supposed to examine
yourself. Am I living a life that
demonstrate that the love of crisis in me.
It's not that we will see our sins, no, but it's to see the
disposition of ourselves before Christ.
That is why when David prayed his prayer, he said that search
my hearts, O Lord, and try my thoughts and see if there's any
iniquity in me and lead me to the way everlasting and lead me
to the way everlasting. So this is when Peter at the
last part when Christ had asked him that lovers down me and he
said, yeah, Lord, you know everything.
At that moment Peter was praying this prayer, search my hearts, O
Lord, and try my thoughts and see if there's any iniquity in
me and lead me to the way everlasting.
He knew that his love was limited, but I knew at the same
point that Christ could lead him to the way everlasting.
So he said, Lord, you know everything.
You know the deepest parts of my heart.
You know the thoughts that even myself, some I don't even know
that it's just inside my heart. So my heart is open unto you
this morning that you vet and see that indeed I love you.
Hallelujah. So anytime we examine ourselves,
we have to see that whether there's an evidence of Christ,
Christ's life in us, to see it when it will be dimension of how
we relate with other people. Now we engage with our fellow
workers at our workplace, our schools, our peers, the
unbelievers and also how we are prompt to the instructions of
Christ. So then they are at the end of
the day, whilst you're about to sleep, you're supposed to vet
yourself and see. These days I live a life worthy
of the calling I've received. These days I live a life worthy
of the calling I've received. This morning the Lord is asking
us lovers down me lovers down Hallelujah.
And the last point is that it was for Peter to receive the
charge. It was for Peter to receive the
charge. So anytime Christ asks Peter
lovers thou me Simon son of Jonah, and he says that ye Lord,
I love you. And anytime he responds, Christ
tells him that feed my sheep. Anytime he responds, he cries to
give the charter turn to my flaws.
It wasn't a small assignment. It wasn't and consider Christ is
bedding about the source of men. That is one of the assignments
he came to do so that he will release us from the hands of the
enemy that will release us from the condemnation that was meant
for us. So he paid a heavy price for us.
So so for him to give that charge to Peter that tend to my
flaws, then it's only a little charge.
It wasn't something small that he would have to through it
anyhow. It was a great assignment.
It was a great assignment and this assignment has been run
down to us, that the Lord is giving us that charge, that the
source of men are perishing, the source of men are going to hell.
But this one, if indeed we've come unto Christ, if indeed
we've come unto the saving knowledge of Christ, then
there's a charge upon our life. There's a charge upon our life.
Anytime Christ asks Peter lovers down me and he say, yeah, Lord,
I love you. Then the charge is given unto
him, the charge is given on to him and time one time when
Christ was working and saw the crowds and was like it was moved
with compassion was like these people are like sheep without
shepherd. These people are like sheep
without shepherd. So for him to out Peter and
saying that Peter turn to my flaws, that means you could see
that there is supposed to be a charge.
There is someone supposed to be there to turn their flaws and
not to just to turn them back that he's supposed to nurture
them. He's supposed to take care of
them. He's supposed to make sure that
whatever they need to mature to the fullness of the stature of
Christ, he provides for them. Hallelujah.
So it wasn't a small charge. This proves that Christ loved
Peter, and also it's proved that Peter's one love the Lord, but
his love had not reached to a certain a place.
But it did. Christ didn't see his
limitation. Christ didn't see that.
Okay. And Peter had disappointed me.
No, but Christ saw that Peter was worthy of that assignment
and he gave it to him. So that's why I'm saying that it
doesn't matter what you had done, doesn't matter what your
sins have been. Christ can use you.
Christ can use and the first evangelist that was recorded in
the Bible when Christ had encountered here.
That's a Samaritan woman. She wasn't unworthy to proclaim
them this one the word of Christ.
She wasn't worthy to proclaim that this is the Messiah.
If you're looking for people to proclaim that this is the
Messiah. I saw a sinful woman but when
she encountered the Christ and Christ told her about her story.
She went out, she didn't see a limitation at that moment, but
she saw beyond what circumstances and she was then
she saw that if Christ is able to see me, me a sinful me, I
have 5 husbands. I mean, the last one I am with
is not even my husband and was able to tell me all this.
She didn't see a limitation then.
And then so like I have to go out there and proclaim the
knowledge of Christ. I have to go out there to
proclaim the Messiah. And this one, this is Christ is
giving us this charge is that we should see beyond our
limitation. We should see beyond our
disadvantage and go out there and proclaim his love to the
world because the source of men are perishing.
The source of men are perishing Hallelujah.
And for us to prove our love for Christ it's a sin in our place
of work. It's a sin at our place of work
because we can't say with our mouth that we love Christ and we
don't do anything. Let's say for an instance I come
to church every Sunday. When we close, I'll see Dickness
Barbara, Dickness Barbara, I love you.
Then I'll peg chicks and everything.
Then I'll hug with just and all those things.
Then I'll go my way. I'll check up on you.
Don't do anything. Sunday I'll come, I'll do the
same thing. I'll proclaim my love to way and
I'll go. And Dickness Eva, you know, she
didn't say she loves Dickness Barbara.
She's concerned every day. She's trying to see that
everything pertaining to Dickness and Barbara is downward
among the two of us. Who do you see that allows
Dickness, Barbara? So it's not by West of mouth
that we demonstrate that we love Christ, but it must be seen in
our actions that we love the Christ.
Hallelujah. And it must be seen in our
works. Our works will determine whether
we love the Christ and that our W is not to show that.
OK. That is a license to heaven.
No, it's a sort of like we say thank you to Christ was this
life that we had received weren't worthy of it.
If we're supposed to pay for that price, some of us can't
speak. All of us, we can't speak.
It was a huge sacrifice. It was a huge sacrifice for
someone to lay his life for you. And it wasn't just that Christ
died for our sin. No, He took our sin and took the
guilt of our sin. So it was a sin.
Our sins were upon him. The one you do tomorrow and
tomorrow next, Everything was upon him.
And that guilt, you see, if you do something, I know that it's
not right that that's shame that you feel.
He took every combined to that scene together and in all this
one, the cross. So there's no way we could have
paid for that price. But I gave it to us freely.
So if you had given to us freely, what more can you do?
That and also to demonstrate your love towards Him at the
place of your works. And even in the Garden of Eden,
in the perfect world, God even gave a child to Adam that he
should take care of the garden. What more about now that we are
in a sinful world, then that means Christ giving us a greater
assignment that we should go out there, the souls that are
outside, the souls that are perishing and bring them back to
the food and bring them back to their food.
And even if you read Revelation chapter one, verse 6, he says
that he has made us a Kingdom of priests to serve the Lord, a
Kingdom of priests to serve the Lord.
And if you look at the Levitical priests, it wasn't just anyone.
They were being selected, the Levites.
They were selected from the Israelites to serve God.
So now that we've gotten the opportunity, now we've all have
that access to serve God. Why don't we demonstrate our
love by also putting our hands into the plow?
Why don't we demonstrate our love by also finding something
to do? Because Christ paid all our
sins. He took all our shame.
He took all the guilt. Why don't we demonstrate our
love for Him at the place of work?
I said. He has made us a Kingdom of
priests to serve his God and Father as priest.
Priest. When we look at the Levitical
priest, they were taking care of the House of God.
They were reading their Torah to their people.
They're making sacrifices. But now that opportunity has
been given to us that would proclaim the name of Christ
across Hallelujah, that privilege has given to us that
would also serve in the House of the Lord.
So anytime an opportunity counts for you to serve in the House of
the Lord, don't take it that you are too perfect or you are
worthy of that opportunity. It is that Christ love has found
you and you found your place in the House of God and you have
been given this privilege to serve God.
So anytime the opportunity comes for you to do something, an
assignment, don't shake your head.
Don't be like I can't do it. No, because Christ has been as
that empowerment. He said before he was leaving,
He said He will not leave us as orphans.
He will not leave us as people without a head.
He said He will send us the Holy Spirit.
He will send us the Holy Spirit and He will be our helper.
He will be our helper. So we don't have a limitation.
No, we are not at a disadvantage.
No, we have the Holy Spirit with us to do the work of God.
We have the Holy Spirit in us. So if indeed we love the Lord,
we will see to it that his work progresses.
If we love the Lord, we'll see to it that his work progresses.
This morning the Lord is asking you love us down me this one.
The question is not to Peter, but it is to you and I.
The Lord is asking us lovers down me.
So if indeed you love the Lord, it must be seen at the place of
your work. If it is indeed you love the
Lord, you must demonstrate your love for Christ at the place of
work. It's not that your work Who vets
that we will go to heaven. No, it is by grace that we've
been saved by the demonstration of our love for God.
That thank you God, that you've counted me worthy to receive
this life. Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
So look at Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 to 10.
Ephesians chapter 2, verse 8 to 10.
He says that by God who is rich in mercy, for by grace you have
been saved through faith, and that's not of yourself.
It is a gift of God, not of work, lest anyone should boast.
For we are is workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good
works which God prepared beforehand that we should work
in them. Hallelujah.
So there's a good work that Christ has prepared for us to
work in. So if you've come into the
saving knowledge of Christ, there's a good work that Christ
has prepared for us to work in. You've been predestined to do
the works of Christ. So if you've come to the saving
knowledge of Christ, there's not the time that you fold your arms
low. It's a time that you would find
something to do for Christ. It's the time that you find
something to do for Christ where it says that we eyes workmanship
created in crisis for good works that we we've been created to
perform a certain assignment. You've been created to perform a
certain duty. It is not by chance that you
came to this earth. It's not by mere heart of your
parents coming together. That's why he came on to this
earth. You came on to this earth for a
purpose. You came on to this earth for an
assignment. You came on to this earth for a
duty, and you must see to read that you perform it.
You must see to read that you performance because at the end
of the day you would account for it.
God is only one that gives a gifts then comes back to ask
that what did you use the gifts to do?
Everyone here as far as you've come into the saving knowledge
of Christ, there are assignments given to all of us.
There are charges given to all of us.
Just as Christ gave Peter the charge that he should go out
there and preach the word, He should go out there and turn to
his floor. That's the same way that Christ
has also given us each and all of us a charge.
He saw beyond our limitation and who accounts for it.
And if we get there, we wouldn't say that God, I didn't know.
Nah, He said He has blessed our with all spiritual blessings in
heavenly places. That means He has given us
everything we need to ensure that the work that Christ has
called us into would perform. So at the place of judgement, at
the day Christ would come, we will not have an excuse that I
wasn't able to do it. No, you will not have that
excuse that you weren't able to do because everything that you
need, Christ had made it available.
Everything that you need Christ had made available just to see
that you work the work he has called you to do, just to see
that you work the work they has called you to do.
Just ask them story. Christ gave that the Kingdom of
God has been likened unto a master going on a long journey,
and He gave this one talent to His servants.
You should understand that it wasn't people that were outside
His fossil, those people in His household.
So as far as you are in the household of Christ, as far as
you are part of the family of Christ, that means there's a
charge that has been given to you.
That means there's a talent that Christ has given to you.
That means that there's a gift that Christ has given to you.
And then on the day of reckoning, Christ will ask you
what did you do with the gift? And most of the times you are
ready to judge. The one that they gave him one
talent and he hid it. We've got to Sunday school to
teach us. That's all.
The one with the five talent, he used it and he produced extra 5.
The one with the two, he used it and produced extra 5.
But the one with the 1, he went to hid it.
But some of us, we are like the seven that had the one talent.
Christ has given you some maybe you don't see it as a gift, but
Christ has given you something inherent seeing you but because
you see that this person is preaching so well, this person
is the person is sleeping. The person is doing something so
me there. My own is too small, so I don't
do I don't do it. You let me just go and sleep.
I'm sure I've been saved. Let me just go and sleep.
You welcome. On the day of reckoning, you
account for it. On the day of reckoning, you
account for it. Whether Christ gave you a huge
assignment, whether Christ gave you a little assignment, no
matter what, there's a charge given to us.
As far as we've come into the saving knowledge of Christ,
there's a charge given to us. And we must see to read that we
perform it. We must see to read our
performance. And it will not be that on the
day of reckoning you talk God, that God I didn't know.
No, there will be no excuse on that day that I didn't know that
He gave me this charge. Oh, there will be no excuse on
that day because everything that you need Christ has made
available for you. Everything that you need, Christ
has made available for you to see, to read, that you perform
the calling He has given to you. Hallelujah.
And for us to do the work that Christ has called us, it is done
at the place of fulfilling our ministry.
It's not at the place of fulfilling our ministry.
And most of the time, if you hear the word ministry, you
might feel like, oh, ministry is meant for the pastors.
Ministry is meant for the prophets.
Ministry is meant for the teachers.
But ministry itself is meant for you and I Hallelujah, ministry
itself is meant for you and I. Ministry simply means rendering
of service. Ministry, it simply means
rending of service first unto God and unto men.
That's what ministry is about. Let's look at Ephesians chapter
4 verse 11 to 12. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 to
12. He says that please kindly give
me the verse 10. He said He who descended is also
the one who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might
filled all things. And he and he himself gave some
to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some
pastors and teachers. Then the last verses for the
equipping of the Saints, for the work of ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ. So you could see that for the
equipping of the Saints, for the work of ministry.
So he didn't say that this ministry is meant for the people
that he has given this gifts to know, but He has given us, He
has made these people apostles. He has made these people's
pastors so that by their charge, their charge is that they would
equip us, the Saints. As far as we've come into the
same knowledge of Christ, we've been made Saints, We've made the
righteousness of of God in Christ Jesus.
So now that we've been made the righteousness of God in Christ
Jesus, that means the assignment of the pastors of the prophet is
to make sure that we are equipped for the work of
ministry. So the work of ministry is to be
done by you and I. We must see to it that we do the
assignment that God has given unto us.
Hallelujah, we do the assignment that God has given to us.
So the fivefold ministry is to equip us.
So any time we come to church, pastor would preach to us.
They set up orders to equip us to train us to see to the end
that we perform our ministry to see to the end that we perform
our ministry and we are blessed in escape bedroom.
But then that as far as you perform a tarsier, someone will
approach you or you should do it this way.
You should do it this way. Next time do it like this next
time don't do it like this. It's to the end that the person
is seeing that at the end of the day, you fulfill your ministry.
So anytime someone approach you that all you didn't do this one
so well, you know the person doesn't like you and sometimes
you are ready to feel like Ah, after all is there is and I'm
your Juma and then I'm in a frame.
So if that situation comes, that circumstances come, we are ready
to lay back. Then that means we, we get this
mindset that I won't do the work again.
It's a Yamiya Dumani. I'm in the FM.
So you won't do the work again. But this prophet, this pastor,
they are there to see that we do our work.
So they are there to equip us. So the elders that they've been
said before us, they are there to equip us to see to the end
that will go to the fullness on the statue of Christ,
Hallelujah. So we should avail ourselves to
be trained. We should avail ourselves to
perform the work that Christ has given unto us.
Hallelujah. We should avail ourselves to see
that whatever Christ has called us into, whatever place that
Christ has called us into, whatever assignment that Christ
has called us into, would demonstrate our love at that
point and fulfill the assignment He has given to us.
If yours is to serve, serve diligently.
If yours is to preach, preach diligently.
If yours is to win souls, win souls diligently.
Whatever Christ has given unto you, whatever assignment Christ
has given unto you, see to it that you do it diligently.
See to it that you do it diligently, and understand that
you are not at a disadvantage point.
No, we have the Holy Spirit in us.
We have the Holy Spirit with us. Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
So most of the time people apply at home.
As far as it's ministry. So it is, it will be in the four
corners of the church. It is the other church that we
perform ministry. But no, it is outside the church
that we perform ministry because after all, how many hours do we
spend here this whole week? Monday we came to church and on
this Sunday. So if you total, it's not even
up to 10 hours. So the life that we are living,
the life of Christ that we are living is to be lived outside.
So if you come into the church and then you demonstrate a
different lifestyle, everyone is seeing that oh, this person does
for Miami also for Miami. And you go to your workplace and
it's not seen like that. That means you are not
fulfilling your ministry wall. But it is not here because if
you come to the body of Christ, So we gather here.
We gather here to be equipped, we gather here to be trained, we
gather here to be taught. So to the end as we will perform
that ministry outside. So if you go out there, how do
we live our life? How do we live our life?
How do men see us? If men see us, how would they
say that? Yeah, this person loves the
Lord. What do we do outside?
Can't men outside vets that are this person is different at your
workplace. If everyone is into corruption,
if everyone is going the other way around, they are gossiping
about they see you. They are they are by biting
against someone, you as a believer, what are you supposed
to do? But it's not to the end.
I would preach and preach and preach, but our lifestyle must
connote that yes, indeed we have Christ in US.
Because if you are demonstrating that you have Christ in you, it
is very easy to preach the Word. But I understand you now.
You are like them. You go to work, you go to
school, they are gossiping, you are with them, you are gossiping
together. Then you stand up and tell them
I have to preach the Word to you.
Don't like echo, I know one of us and today you want to preach
the Word to me. So whatever we do, we must see
to it that there's consequences with how we live our life,
there's consequences with how we live our life.
If indeed we want to portray the love of Christ across, that
means our lifestyle must depict that we have Christ in us, our
lifestyle must depict that we have Christ in US, and our
actions also must depict that we have Christ in US.
And one ministry that we've been called into is the ministry of
reconciliation. Hallelujah, the ministry of
reconciliation. This an important assignment, an
important charge that Christ gave to all of us, an important
charge that Christ gave to all of us.
So we are looking at 2nd Corinthians chapter 5, verse 17
to 22nd Corinthians chapter 5. Yes, He says that.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
All things have passed away. Behold, all things have become
new. Now all things are of God who
has reconciled us to himself through Christ Jesus and has
given us the ministry of reconciliation.
That is, that was that is that God was in Christ reconciling
the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to
them, and as committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Hallelujah. He has committed towards the
welcome of frequency and says that by now and then we are
ambassadors for Christ as though God were pleading through us.
We employ you on Christ's behalf.
Be reconciled to God. Hallelujah.
Be reconciled to God. So there's a charge that has
been given to you and I that would reconcile the world back
to Christ and the reconciliation is not to be done by us, but all
that we need to do is to present ourselves that Lord have come.
Use me for your assignment. So if you go out and you're
preaching the Word, it is not of your own capacity that you
preach the Word. It's not of your own capacity
that you reconcile men unto Christ.
He says that it is done by God himself.
Now it's reconciling the Word unto Himself through Christ.
So all that Christ needs from you is that you use yourself as
an as a vessel. You use yourself as vessel to
propagate His gospel. You use yourself as vessel to
preach the Word Hallelujah. You use yourself as vessel to
preach their way. So now that you've been made and
you there's not the opportunity to sit down there and say after
I've been saved, after I know the Christ, but this is the
opportunity to go out there to the dying souls and preach the
gospel to them. Let them understand that Christ
has that power to save them. Hallelujah.
Christ has the power to save them.
And Christ is not ready to condemn them.
He doesn't see their sin by sins.
He sees beyond their sins. He sees beyond their sins.
So they should come back to God. They should come back to their
souls. And this charge is given unto us
that day in their house. As far as you are in counting
men, we must tell someone that God loves you and God wants you
to be part of the food. We must not see the person
limitation. If you go out there and we are
preaching the gospel, we shouldn't discriminate that
after all, this person is far gone.
This person. There's nothing good that can
become out of the person, but God has been as that charge.
No matter the person's circumstances, no matter the
sin, just preach the Word and tell the person that God loves
him. And so that Christ loves them,
that will tell the soul that inspiration that Christ loves
them, that will tell the prostitute that Christ has the
ability to save them without their drunkard, that Christ has
the ability to save them, that they are not far gone.
No, they are not far gone. They are not far reproach that
Christ has the capacity, has the ability to save them.
This the child that Christ has given on to us.
And it's not that we'll do it on our we have the empowerment of
the Holy Spirit, Hallelujah. We have the empowerment of the
Holy Spirit. So if you look at the Bible in
Acts, when the Holy Spirit had come, we could see that Peter
outperformed the child had given to him When the Holy Spirit had
come, he outperformed at that point when the Holy Spirit had
come. And then the people were like,
these people are drunk. And Peter woke up that sorry,
the people, I was like, I know these people are drunk.
And Peter stood up, said, no, we are not drunk.
Who? Nah, there's a power that is
working in US. That's an inherent power that is
working in US, and it is Christ and you propagate the gospel.
What did Peter say? He said that this day the
promise of God has been fulfilled.
He says that on the last day I poured my spirits upon all
flesh, and it has is being performed, and he propagates the
gospel. And at that point he said the
words of God says that the heart of men was cut.
The heart of men was cut and they asked what then can we do?
The heart of men was cut and they asked what can we do?
That means Pipta outperformed on that day with the empowerment of
the Holy Spirit. Peter outperformed that day.
Hallelujah. So everything I'm saying
conclusion that we need the power of the Holy Spirit.
We need the power of the Holy Spirit to perform this charge.
We must understand that the language of preaching the word,
it is not in utterance, but it is in power, same power because
the picture let us understand that he said that you will
receive power when the Holy Spirits come.
He never said you will receive all trance.
So even the time you are going out there to propagate the
gospel, it's the same power that you propagate the gospel.
So don't say beyond your limitation.
It is that you come on to the Father that oh God, see my
limitation, but grants me the power, grants me the grace and
you will not outperform the assignment that God has given to
us and must understand that it is a partner between US and God.
It's a partnership between US and the Holy Spirit.
If look at Philippians chapter 2 verse 12 to 13, it says that
work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
But the last verse is that but it is God who worketh in you
both to will and to art. So it is the same God that will
put that desire in your heart to do His work, and this same God
that will give you the empowerment to do His work.
But what is needed of us, what is required of us that would
present ourselves for the work of God, will present ourselves
for the work of God. It's for this reason that God
has called you and I that will demonstrate His love to all.
It's for this reason God has called you and I that will
propagate His gospel to the whole world.
So let's avail ourselves and see to it as we perform the charge
that God has given to us. God blesses where this day.
Amen. Hallelujah, today is the day
that the Lord is calling us during our chancing to it that
we should love Him and He love us at this moment.
If you've not given your life to the man Jesus Christ, the man
that love us so much that he came to die for our sins, I
invite you that come and give your life to him.
He is the one that the Father has given the accreditation and
has given the power that through him we will be saved without the
man Jesus Christ. You can't be saved without the
man Jesus Christ. Your life is as risk because the
Bible makes understand that John 1010 that the devil came to
steal, destroy and to steal, but he came to give us life.
So without the man Jesus Christ, you don't have life.
Without the man Jesus Christ, there's nothing that you can do
that will go well. So I'm giving the man Jesus
Christ to you that when he comes into your life, He will
transform your life. When he comes into your life, he
will give you life. Hallelujah.
Who is ready to give his life to this man Jesus Christ, the one
that love us so much, the one that has our burdens in his
heart, who is giving his life to the man Jesus Christ?
He's ready to accept anyone that is willing to give his life to
him who is coming. If no one is coming, then we
will say Amen. If you are shy to give your life
to Jesus Christ in public, when we are done, you can see us so
that we give you the man Jesus Christ.
God bless you. OK, so if you want to give your
life to Jesus Christ, you can say it after me, that dear Lord
Jesus, I accept that I am a Sinner, that you came to die for
my sins. I give myself to you, take my
life and make me whole in the name of Jesus, Amen.
If you are clapping to the Lord, do it better is what shall we
say to our sister Mavis for such a powerful word?
God, which the best you, Sister Mavis, shall we rise to our feet
and pray? I have come to you, Lord, have
come. Lord have come.
Lord have come to you. Lord have come, Lord have.
Just as I am, just as I am. I am hoping that I have open to
you. For a touch,
For a touch, for a touch. The.
Hey. Ikala bahasa ikala bahasai Ikala
bahasai ikala basai ikala basai hey kapala hey kapala ratatati
ratatati ratatati ratatati ikala basai ikapa E kapa.
In the name of Jesus. Our sister was speaking.
She said that Peter loved the Lord.
Everything that Peter did showed that he loved the Lord, but he
didn't have the capacity to die for the law.
This is the story of many of us. We love the law, but we don't
have the capacity to stand for God when it has to do with life
and death. Some of us, we think about our
work so much. Our work frightens us so much.
Some of us, our money frightens us so much.
Some of us, our family frightens us so much.
We love God when we come to church, everything that we do
shows that we love God. But the capacity, the capacity
in this moment, the call is a call on to obedience.
The call is a call to stretch and take a stand for the Lord.
This is the call this morning. But you see, Jesus, he said
something said that Jesus didn't despise the weakness of Peter.
He still called Peter. I said, Peter, though you have
denied me, I still. Believe in you.
Some of us, the call of God is hanging upon our heads, but
because we lack capacity, some of us have even given up.
Yes, when I was in SHS, I used to be on fire for God, but now I
don't think God can use me anymore.
But to this person, he said that God is still telling you that
yes, He still believes in you. Yes, He can use you, but the
matter is the capacity. This morning, in the next 5
minutes, you want to tell the Lord God, give me the capacity.
Give me the capacity to take a stand for you, to take a stand
for you. Lift up your voice.
Load the capacity. Load the capacity.
Load the capacity, Lord, that
capacity lift up you. Make sure you are praying, Lord,
that capacity. In my workplace, the capacity.
That will be my workplace, the
capacity in my school, the capacity in the name of Jesus in
my marriage, the capacity, the capacity, the capacity, the
capacity. Oh.
Montala Baba, Montala Baba, Lord, I love you, but I don't
have the capacity. Lord, I love you with all my
heart, but the capacity, Give me the capacity, give me the grace.
Do something to my spirit. Let me be more serious.
Let me be more obedient. Oh God, the capacity, the
capacity to be holy, the capacity to stand for
righteousness. Lord, the capacity.
The capacity to fulfill my voice.
The capacity to fulfill my goals.
The capacity to bear my tides. The capacity to fulfill my
ministry. Lord, the capacity.
Lord, the capacity, the
capacity. Lift up your voice.
We have 3 minutes more. Tell the Lord, Tell the Lord,
Tell the Lord tell the the capacity, the capacity
mandalabasa impalaya impalaya impalaya impalaya impalaya.
Hey hey, hey, the capacity mantoba mantoba mantoba.
When we have men of capacity, we will turn the nations around.
When we have men of capacity, we will turn the world around.
Lord capacity, Lord capacity. Maltala.
Basai la Papa, la Papa la Papa, we look.
We look to Yahweh, we look to Yahweh, Yahweh, our last
prayers, this one. I believe elders, if you are
here, you have the call of God hanging upon your life, but for
some reasons you can't do capacity issue.
Come forward in the next two minutes.
We want to cry. Listen as we are, we are working
on this as time is passing. One day we will stand before the
Master and we will give accounts.
The fact that nothing is pressing you, nobody is talking
to you, nobody is telling you why does it mean that God is not
counting on you As our sister was saying that I gave you some
talent, What did you do with it? You were used to be on fire, but
now you are so engrossed in your work you don't get time for the
work of God. It is not an excuse.
Peter, bestow me. Feed my sheep in the next two
minutes. Please.
If you are here, you want a revival, please come forward.
Humbly, humbly, humbly, humbly. In the nest.
We want to cry. Run, run for it, run for it.
Your zeal for the work of God has gone down.
Come for it. There is grace available.
God bless you, Yahweh, humbly
come forward. Don't look at anybody.
Please come forward. Bible says that the Lord gives
grace to the humble. He gives grace to the humble.
Oh, there is going to be an
outflow of grace. We look to you after this song.
We are going to pass in tongues for the last two minutes.
Oh, I hope is you lift up your two hands to the heavens.
Oh we look to Yahweh, Yahweh I hope, is Yahweh, Yahweh.
Rasanda Dada rasandaya Rasanda rasa E Pala Baba E Pala.
Baba E Pala E Pala E Pala E Pala E Pala E Pala asanda asanda
asanda asanda ragada ragada ragada ragada ragada ragada
ragada ragada zabada zabada zabada zabada zabada zabada
zabada zandaya zandaya zandaya zanthala mantala mantala mantala
mantala mantala. Point of giving your only
begotten Son, so that through him we might receive eternal
life. This morning we thank you, we
pray in the name of Jesus, committing ourselves into Thy
hands. Yes, you have saved us.
Yes, we have believed in your Son.
But this morning you are reminding us, and you are asking
us if truly we love you. Is it not for a reason that this
morning you are posing us this question?
Could it be that some of us do not demonstrate our love unto
you anymore? Could it be that some of us have
abandoned the kind of love we had for you this morning as your
word has come unto us and you are posing as the question once
again, do we truly love you? When you pose this question to
Peter, he said, you know all things.
And even as you pose us this question this morning, we also
respond that you know all things.
You know what is deep down in our hearts, You know whether we
love you or not. But this morning, even as we
stand before you, oh Lord, we open our spirit unto you, and we
pray in the name of Jesus that whatever our answer may be, we
cry unto you, spirit of the living God, that you will
forgive us, that you will forgive us and help us to love
you. Pour your love into our spirits,
that we shall not confess with only our mouth that we love you,
but we shall leave it, we shall act it.
In the name of Jesus, we pray committing your church into thy
hands. Lord, may you pour your love
into onto your church. May you pour your love onto your
church. At times we, we, we, we, we live
a hypocritical life. At times we do things contrary
to what we see. But this morning, because of
your weight, we cry unto you, the author and the finisher of
our feet, they all knowing God. May you pour the Spirit of love
onto your church, that your church will confess his love for
you, that your church will live and act his love for you, so
that your name will be glorified.
We pray committing the vessel you used this morning.
May you bless her and replenish everything that has come out of
here. In the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, Amen. Amen.