1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:05,080 We are one church. We love God, love people, love 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:06,960 His mission, and love His church. 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,520 Welcome to the One Church podcast. 4 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:25,720 I want to share a story about a day that God arrived late, but 5 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:31,840 he got there on time. Now that sounds like a paradox. 6 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,560 If you're late, then you can't be on time, except you're 7 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,520 Nigerian. Now, I said that because here in 8 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,880 the Western world, when is when? If something is fixed for 3:00, 9 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,600 you're all seated by 5 minutes to three. 10 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,360 But in Nigeria, we have something called Nigerian time. 11 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,880 If something is fixed for 3:00, it means we start getting ready 12 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:02,840 for to go at 3 now we don't get there at 3:15. 13 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,320 We get we start getting ready at 3:00 now. 14 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:12,360 But even for a Nigerian, anyone coming four days after the 15 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,160 event, that is a new world record. 16 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,280 You can imagine someone calling for a party and they say, what 17 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,520 are you here for? I say I'm here for an event and, 18 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,720 and they ask you about the event and they say it happened four 19 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:26,560 days ago. They'll be like anyone listening 20 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:31,400 to you like Bros. You're this is, this is, I don't 21 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,120 even know what to tell you, but I want to share that story this 22 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,720 morning. Now, I remember just in 23 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:43,160 December, just last December, my wife was a part of a three women 24 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:48,080 group to set up the end of year party for the team, the team she 25 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,720 belonged to. Now we went shopping I think was 26 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,840 in range and she got herself a Christmas hat, but she really 27 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:59,080 didn't like that Christmas hat. So she went online and ordered 28 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:03,840 for yet another one. Now have you been ever expecting 29 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,720 something or expecting someone and it came late. 30 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:12,560 Now it wasn't just about the heart, it was about the heart 31 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:16,560 coming on time. So they said it will be there on 32 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,440 time. Now the day of the event came, 33 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,400 the party went, it was beautiful, it was lovely, 34 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,880 pictures were taken, all of that was done. 35 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:30,880 The heart did not arrive. Now of course he had to go back 36 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,000 online and then cancel the order. 37 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,960 It wasn't because the the heart was no longer valuable, it was 38 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:42,120 about the timing was about the timing. 39 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:51,520 And so I'm about to say a story about 3 lovely people the Bible 40 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:57,760 says about these three siblings, Marta, Mary and Lazarus. 41 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,800 The Bible says here in John 11 verse 3 and verse 5 it says, so 42 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:09,680 the sisters sent word to Jesus. Lord, the one what the one what 43 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:17,840 the one you love is sick. Now that is what the one of the 44 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,120 sisters said. He said one of the sisters sent 45 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,480 what I said the one you love. So just in case she was she was 46 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,400 the one saying that Jesus loved him. 47 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,640 The Bible says in verse 5 it says now Jesus did what loved 48 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:38,400 Mata and her sister and Lazarus. So it wasn't just our opinion. 49 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,960 The Bible actually records that Jesus loved these three 50 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:49,440 siblings. So you would expect that if God 51 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:55,520 really loves these people, then nothing bad should happen to 52 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:59,320 them, don't you think? So it makes sense. 53 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:01,560 Now let me tell you, let's go on. 54 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,240 There's something about the story that really excites me. 55 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,680 So the Bible says that now they sent for Jesus. 56 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,760 Jesus, yes, that the one he loves is sick. 57 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:18,279 And this is what Jesus did. So when Jesus heard that Lazarus 58 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:23,040 was sick, he got up and started on his way to get there before 59 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,040 he died. Is that what the Bible says? 60 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:35,680 What does he say? Wow, do you really love Lazarus? 61 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,680 He says. So when he had, he stayed back. 62 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,240 That's what you do when you hear so on this so on. 63 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,600 Now. Now I would have understood this 64 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,320 because this whole story is filled with a lot of paradox. 65 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,760 Because if you love somebody and you hear they are sick, the 66 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:59,000 Bible says so when he heard he stayed back, it's of him running 67 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,840 towards the situation. He stayed back. 68 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:07,560 Have you ever felt like, Lord, if you truly love me, you should 69 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:14,360 be here right now to help me. If you say you love me, why 70 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,560 would this be happening to me in the 1st place? 71 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:21,840 And sometimes we're there in that part and we're wondering, 72 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,960 this cannot be love. This is not how love looks. 73 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,640 I mean, we've all, at least we've heard stories of the 74 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,800 knight in shining armour and all of that. 75 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,520 They run towards battle, they don't, they don't stay back. 76 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,720 And that's the way it ends. It then goes on. 77 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:44,600 Now it then goes on to say that Jesus after two days now says 78 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:49,560 let's make the journey. And he gets there not one day, 79 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:55,080 not two days, not three days. I want to tell you why this is 80 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,680 important. He got there four days later. 81 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,920 At this point, you know the Bible says in verse 6 it says, 82 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,960 so when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed back. 83 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,960 Then the next verse says that he got there late. 84 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,240 By the time he got there, Mary and Martha said to Jesus at 85 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,960 different times. He said to him, if only you were 86 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:23,200 here, my brother would not have died. 87 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,040 You know, I want to say it this way. 88 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,600 The way they were saying is that with all due respect, Jesus, if 89 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,400 it's not that we know you and we love you, I would have spoken to 90 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,360 you in a way you would not really like, Jesus. 91 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,080 That's what they were saying. They said if only you were here 92 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:46,720 because we have heard about a God that shows up before the 93 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,840 problem starts. We've heard about Jehovah Jarry, 94 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,440 the Lord who sees the need ahead of time. 95 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:54,680 Then we've also heard about the God that shows up in the midst 96 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,000 of the fire. He shows up in the midst of the 97 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,080 storm. Can you imagine the three Hebrew 98 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,720 boys and you are going through the the whole fire thing and 99 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,160 you're like anytime now, Lord, anytime now. 100 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:11,280 The fire is getting hotter anytime now, but he died. 101 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:17,600 It could be likened to something like saying I wish the trauma 102 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,680 never happened. Lord, you should have shown up 103 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:24,360 for me before the trauma. You'd have shown up for me 104 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,680 before I got into this challenge. 105 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,040 You'd have shown up for me before the problem. 106 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:36,680 I prayed, I cried, I shouted, I believed, I trusted you. 107 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:42,000 Not only someone puts it this way, not only did the person 108 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:47,520 die, the person died the more after you prayed and after you 109 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,680 called out. But this is the point and this 110 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:54,920 is the main thing I'm going to. Then on the 4th day, Jesus 111 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:59,840 showed up. Now he arrived late, but he got 112 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:05,640 there on time. Because when Jesus shows up, you 113 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,200 know, there's some some things happen in this story that I find 114 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,360 very interesting. When Jesus showed up, Mary and 115 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,920 Mata had to leave the company of those that were comforting them. 116 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:19,880 This is important. Now the comfort was necessary, 117 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:25,360 but when Jesus showed up, the story was about to take another 118 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,280 turn. I don't know if there's someone 119 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,440 here that thinks that the story has ended. 120 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:35,120 You've prayed, you trusted God, you believed God, but it's all 121 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,600 over now. And you're like saying, well, 122 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:42,320 Lord, I'm not going to hate you, but I trusted you. 123 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,920 If only you were here. If only you were here. 124 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,960 I trusted you. But it's too late now. 125 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,640 So it's fine. It's OK. 126 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,640 It's, it's OK. I'm I'm not upset with you. 127 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:54,880 It's OK. I just want to tell you that if 128 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,200 only you were here, this wouldn't have happened. 129 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,680 But let me say this. When Jesus shows up, the story 130 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:05,920 changes and there are some things that we need to do when 131 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,880 Jesus shows up. The first thing is this. 132 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:16,760 When Jesus shows up, we need to show him the place showing the 133 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:22,560 problem. Jesus showed up and he said in 134 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:25,520 verse 34 he says where have you done what? 135 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,440 Where have you laid him now? They just told him that he's 136 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:33,360 dead now, but he said, where have you laid him? 137 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,440 Have you ever felt like it's too late? 138 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,640 No need. Don't need to pray about this 139 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,560 anymore. There's no need to talk about it 140 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:42,080 anymore. I'm OK with it. 141 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,200 I'm hurt. The sky is there. 142 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,320 There's no need to talk about it anymore. 143 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,880 It's too late. But I'm saying to you this 144 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:56,600 morning, whatever that situation is, whatever that problem is, 145 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,800 show it to him. It doesn't make sense anymore, 146 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:07,360 but still show it to him. It's over, but still show it to 147 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,120 him. Let me tell you something about 148 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,200 four days. So I was reading and preparing 149 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,480 for this and I read something that in the Jewish tradition 150 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:19,760 back then, the 4th day was quite significant because the Jews 151 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:24,960 believed that when someone dies, the first three days their 152 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,240 spirits, well that's what they believed, was still hovering. 153 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,920 But by the 4th day it was finalised. 154 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:38,840 You couldn't call back. And on the 4th day, that's what 155 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,560 the Jews believed. Everything he was doing was 156 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:44,120 intentional. You see, Jesus had raised 157 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,640 Jarius's daughter. That was just a few hours after 158 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,920 she died. Jesus had raised the boy that 159 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:55,760 was being taken to be buried, but at this point he was in the 160 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,680 grief. There's really no need to bother 161 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,800 Jesus at this point. That's that's that's the thing. 162 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,560 If so, somewhere in your head something is telling you no need 163 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:05,800 to bother Jesus. It is too late. 164 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,200 The case is sealed and dead and done. 165 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,720 He's saying, I'm saying to you today, show it to him. 166 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:17,360 Why? Because Jesus has arrived. 167 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:23,720 Now the second thing is, and this is important as well is 168 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:30,080 when Jesus arrives, hear him, the Bible says in verse 39, he 169 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,200 says take away the stone, he said, and this was their 170 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,040 response. But Lord said Mata the sister of 171 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:43,120 the dead man, by this time there is a bad odour for he has been 172 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:50,240 there for what for days? The trauma, the pain, the 173 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,440 situation. Jesus, if only you did not allow 174 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,800 that to happen to me. But it's happened. 175 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:03,480 It's too late now. Not just show him, hear what he 176 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,040 has to tell you. Because someone here God may be 177 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:14,440 saying to you forgive and you're saying it would have been easier 178 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,400 if you never allowed the bad thing to happen to me. 179 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,000 Then I would not even be in a place where I'm struggling to 180 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:25,240 forgive. You may be in a place where He's 181 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:29,960 saying that rejoice and praise me despite the fact that the 182 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,400 situation is dead. And you are saying, Lord, it 183 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,920 would have been easier if you answered my prayer maybe before 184 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,640 I got into the problem or while I was in the problem. 185 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:43,720 But right now the problem is not only dead, it's been dead for 186 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,360 four days. Why are you still asking me to 187 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:52,320 praise you? But he's saying, I'm saying to 188 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:58,120 you that when he comes, He will give you instructions now 189 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,440 because the miracle is in his word. 190 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,320 And he says as the water comes from the heavens and it must 191 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:08,760 touch, Have you ever seen the rainfall? 192 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:14,880 And then he goes like it comes down, it goes really close to 193 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:16,880 the flood and goes, no, I'm not going down. 194 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,200 Have you ever seen the rain do that? 195 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,680 If you have probably was in your dreams, not in real life. 196 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:29,200 The rain must touch the flow. And so also the word that God 197 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,400 sends must perform what it has been sent to do. 198 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:40,160 And the miracle is in the Word. So He speaks this word. 199 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:44,280 He doesn't have to make sense. He just has to make faith. 200 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,480 You may say I don't feel. He says it's smelling. 201 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,760 It doesn't make sense to try to do anything at this point. 202 00:13:55,320 --> 00:14:00,560 It doesn't have to make sense. God doesn't call us for us to 203 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:06,920 understand what he's saying. God calls us to believe him. 204 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,480 There's a difference. You see, sometimes we ask for 205 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:15,560 details when we don't trust the person just in case someone is 206 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,600 somewhere and you say where are you right now? 207 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,960 Say I'm I'm, I'm I'm with a friend. 208 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,840 Give the phone to the friend. Let me hear his voice. 209 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,080 That's when you don't what trust. 210 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,800 Then you ask for details. Take a picture, round up 211 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:31,880 building. Let me be sure you are in 212 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,040 church. You know you're asking for 213 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:40,360 details because you don't trust. But when you trust him, just do 214 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,760 what he says doesn't have to make sense to you. 215 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,280 He says, praise me in the midst of the storm, praise him. 216 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,840 He says forgive and let go. You say, well, but they hurt me. 217 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,080 It feels better to hold on to that pain. 218 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,280 It feels better. And as I was sitting out there, 219 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:57,800 that's something that dropped my spirit. 220 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,880 You know, we may go. It feels, but it's not about 221 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,160 feeling. It's about faith. 222 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,120 You see, when Jesus showed up, one of the things they had to do 223 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,680 was they had to leave those that were comforting them. 224 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,280 And I feel also in my heart that God may be saying to someone 225 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:20,120 here that you may also have to leave your current company, not 226 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:25,400 because the company is bad. You know, for a long time I 227 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,000 thought that Jesus sent everyone out when He wanted to raise 228 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:33,640 Jerry's daughter because their unbelief was going to affect 229 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,760 him. But then as I was meditating 230 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,240 yesterday, I realised Jesus raised Lazarus in front of 231 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,720 everyone. So it had, it had, it wasn't 232 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:45,640 that their own belief was going to affect Jesus, but I realised 233 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:47,680 that their own belief was going to affect Jarius. 234 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:57,080 And so he had to tell them, put them out, put them out not for 235 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,960 Jesus, because Jesus said yeah, Lord, I thank you because you 236 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:01,160 hear me always. How do I know? 237 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,600 Because he said he kept saying to Mary that didn't I tell you 238 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,360 belief? Why I said this is I want you to 239 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:11,240 understand that God does not need everyone to agree with you. 240 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:15,720 It just needs you to believe. It doesn't have to make sense to 241 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,000 everyone. And you see, if they stayed with 242 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,400 the company of those that were comforting them, they would say 243 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:26,360 it doesn't make sense because even those people said see how 244 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,760 much when the only place in the Bible is in this story that 245 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:34,640 Jesus cried only place in the whole Bible how he loved them so 246 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:38,280 much he wept. You will be wondering why are 247 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,480 you crying? You raised that you you raised 248 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,920 Jairus daughter a few hours you you raised the boy before he was 249 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,760 buried. You healed so many sick Jesus. 250 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:48,160 Why are you crying at this point? 251 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:53,640 Wouldn't it have been easier to have come days before now the 252 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,960 fact that he loves you doesn't mean something bad will happen. 253 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:02,200 But I'm here to tell you that the story has not ended. 254 00:17:04,319 --> 00:17:09,760 The story is about to unfold. So he says come out. 255 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:13,839 They came out from them so that their fate will not be affected. 256 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:17,640 And then last but not the least is that when Jesus shows up, 257 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:24,319 obey. It doesn't make sense. 258 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:33,040 The miracle is in the obedience. The miracle is in the obedience. 259 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,400 As the story rounds up, you see, after they did all these things, 260 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,080 Jesus said to her, said where have you placed him? 261 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,240 He's been dead for four days. Don't worry, just show me. 262 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,360 The sky is there, don't worry, just show me. 263 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:51,040 They've caught me. Don't worry, just show me. 264 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:53,920 I don't feel like praying anymore. 265 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,960 Don't worry, just show me. I've been offended. 266 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:01,160 Don't worry, just show me. Then he gives you an 267 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,160 instruction. Yeah, but then don't stop there. 268 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,920 Obeying. The Bible says so. 269 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:10,280 They took away the stone and this is the part I love. 270 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:15,560 You've done your part. Now Jesus looks up and said, 271 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:18,840 you've done your part. You don't have to. 272 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,360 It doesn't have to make sense. You don't have to feel it. 273 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,920 You don't have to understand how it's going to do it. 274 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:32,160 Just bring it to him. God is saying to someone here, 275 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:38,120 I'm not only coming to heal you, I'm coming to make you whole. 276 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,120 I'm not just coming to. And the reason why he's doing 277 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:49,200 this is so that when he changes the story around, even you will 278 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,600 know. This has to be God. 279 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:54,800 There's no, no one can explain it. 280 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,360 No one can understand it because, you see, we live in a 281 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:02,600 time where it's a bit challenging to preach the gospel 282 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:06,200 because there's so much, you know, resistance. 283 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:11,320 But you see, one of the biggest ways we overcome is by the words 284 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:16,280 of our testimonies. I may not be all I can tell 285 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:17,960 someone sometimes that Jesus did it for me. 286 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:19,040 I don't know what you're talking about. 287 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,080 All I know that I was dead. Now I'm alive. 288 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:23,720 All I know was that I was struggling with this. 289 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,920 Now my life has changed. You can argue with whether Jesus 290 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,880 is real or not or who is great. All I know is that Jesus changed 291 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:34,480 me and that's why that's what he wants to do with your testimony. 292 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,440 Because someone can argue up and down and say, I don't believe in 293 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,160 miracles. You say, well, I don't know 294 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,400 about whether that preacher heals or doesn't heal. 295 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,360 All I know is that I was sick in, in, in, in the dead bed and 296 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:51,200 Jesus healed me. Argue with that, and that's what 297 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,920 God wants to do today. Praise God. 298 00:19:55,200 --> 00:20:00,360 Like I said, this story is basically a story about the day 299 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:05,920 God came late but arrived on time. 300 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,480 One thing that struck me was, like I said, we've heard about 301 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:14,800 Jehovah Jireh, the one who sees your needs ahead of time and 302 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:18,840 makes provision for it. We have heard about Jehovah 303 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,320 Elroy. The one who sees you in the 304 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,960 midst of your problems. But today I'm also here to tell 305 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,160 you about the one who says I am the resurrection and the life 306 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:35,480 that even when it is dead, I will bring it back to life. 307 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,120 I want us to see that Scripture again. 308 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:41,320 John 11 verse 25. This is God's word to show on 309 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:46,240 John 1125. It says the one who believes in 310 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:54,800 me will leave even though they were dead about 30 years ago. 311 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,720 About 30 years, not up to 30, but almost 30 years ago. 312 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:06,440 I was in my 100 level and I just got into university. 313 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:11,320 All my life, I've always wanted to be a doctor all my life. 314 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:16,960 But you see, the list came out for Med school in Nigeria. 315 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:23,360 My name was not on the list the first time, second time, the 316 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:28,680 third time and the last time, my name was not on the list. 317 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,280 And I stood there looking at the list. 318 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,400 You know when when your name is on the list, every names looks 319 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:36,840 like your own. My name is a Debbie. 320 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,880 But then you see a deck here and you're like, you go up, down, 321 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:45,760 then you go sideways. Just in case, you know, my name 322 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:50,880 was not on the list, but God said to me, your name is on the 323 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,720 list or you can't see it. So I turned to my friend and I 324 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,200 said God just said to me my name is on the list, but I can't see 325 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,960 it. Now that doesn't make sense. 326 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,640 If you can't see it, your name is not on the list. 327 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:07,000 If it's on the if, if, if, if it's on, if it's on the list, 328 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,080 then you will see it. Jonah signs a paradox, but 329 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,440 that's what he said and I'm happy. 330 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,320 I told someone on my side. I said God just said to me, my 331 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:16,800 name is on the list, but I can't see it. 332 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,600 So in 200 level. So then I got into optometry for 333 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,040 that was the first time in my life I was yelling about 334 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,560 optometry. I didn't know there was a cause 335 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,760 called optometry. I only knew about medicine. 336 00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:30,720 So I got in to read optometry 100 level. 337 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,920 So of course, my dream that I've always carried from a child to 338 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:43,000 be a medical doctor was dead, was dead, but I was in a service 339 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,920 like this and the man of God said someone here, he just said 340 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,040 even that dream that looks dead will come back to life. 341 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,920 It was late for me. God, you should have helped me 342 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:56,640 while I was praying to get on the list. 343 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,320 Not not now. I'm now doing the course they 344 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,880 I'm now I will have the attack. I have bad optometry. 345 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,480 It's too late. But you know what happened in 346 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,480 200 level they allowed. It's not common in my school 347 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,640 back then, so it's not the usual thing. 348 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,320 They allowed change of course it's not common. 349 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,200 I know some places it's common, but in my school it wasn't. 350 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,000 In 200 level they allowed change of course and I changed from 351 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:30,080 optometry to 200 level medicine as if I'd never lost a year. 352 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,680 Now the next year they didn't do change of course anymore. 353 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,120 They didn't do it the year I got in, they didn't do it the year 354 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:40,840 after. So it wasn't the yearly thing. 355 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,600 They did it exactly at that point. 356 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,920 And I remember that story. My name was on the list, but I 357 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:54,120 couldn't see it. Jesus is in the house and he's 358 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:59,560 the resurrection and the life and even that which looks dead 359 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,440 he will bring back to life. I just want you to just pray if 360 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,080 you're, if you're standing right here, just just put out your 361 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:11,640 hand and just begin to declare. Lord, I bring that situation to 362 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,800 you and I show you. Maybe it's a scar, maybe it's a 363 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:17,080 heart, something that looks dead, a dream that looks dead. 364 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:21,040 Whatever it is, Lord, I bring it to you and I show you. 365 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,960 You are the resurrection and the life. 366 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:27,280 You are the resurrection and the life, the one that comes even 367 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:32,600 after it is dead and done and buried, and you bring it back to 368 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:37,400 life. Thank you, Lord. 369 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,680 Lord, I speak your word over the situation. 370 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,600 I speak your word over that thing. 371 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,800 I don't know what it is, but they know that's all that 372 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,520 matters. They believe in you. 373 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:53,040 They may not know how you will bring it to pass. 374 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:55,520 They don't even have to understand how you will bring 375 00:24:55,520 --> 00:25:01,240 it, but they trust you. They trust you and they bring it 376 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:07,080 to you. Lord, I ask that your life, that 377 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:11,880 same life, that same spirit, that same power that came and 378 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,960 raised Jesus from the dead, that same power and life comes into 379 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:21,680 that situation and brings about wholeness in the name of Jesus, 380 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:25,440 brings about life in the name of Jesus. 381 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:30,680 Thank you Father, thank you for healing, thank you for turning 382 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,200 around the situation, thank you for bring changing this 383 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:39,640 testimony, changing the story. Thank you Heavenly Father, for 384 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,720 in Jesus name we have prayed. Amen. 385 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,080 If you believe, let's put our hands together for Jesus. 386 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:54,000 The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine 387 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:58,200 upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face towards 388 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,920 you and give you peace.