Bishop David Oyedepo at 1st Service, Faith Tabernacle
Your resurrected Saviour will show Himself alive with undeniable proofs in your life today.
Father, Thank You for proving Yourself in our midst Today.
Jesus, Thank You, for proving to us Today with undeniable proofs that You are alive. Receive our thanks in the name of Jesus. Open us by your Word to our next levels. Take all the praise in Jesus precious name.
HAPPY HAPPY EASTER TO EVERY WORSHIPPER THIS MORNING AND MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS.
- No one’s life shall be cut short.
- Death has lost its power over your life.
- Death has lost its power over your family. It has lost its power over your children. In the name of Jesus.
For He said, “Oh death, where is your sting and oh grave, where is your power?” (1 Corinthians 15:55). Death has lost its sting, the grave has lost its power over your life. - Everyone appointed to death, finally escapes Today. In Jesus name.
We have the power of God in levels and we saw that from scriptures in Ezekiel chapter 47 from verse 1 to 5. There was water issuing forth from the right side where Jesus is seated.When I go, I will send Him to you, so He is sending rivers of living water (John 16:7).
“…A river that cannot be passed over” – Ezekiel 47:5
That is talking about empowerment of the Spirit as in levels:
The Ankle Deep Level; the Knee Deep Level; the Waist Deep Level and the Level of the river that cannot be passed over.
They received power on the day of Pentecost and then in chapter 4 of Acts, they received great power (Acts 4:33).
Then we saw exceeding great power (Ephesians 1:19-20).
And that exceeding great power is what graduates to the powers of the world to come as we grow in it (Hebrews 6:5). That is, living the reality of Heaven on the earth, bringing Heaven down to the earth. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death (1 Corinthians 15:26). That is the stronghold of the devil but before Jesus returns, death will be humiliated and that will happen by encounters with the power of His resurrection.
We are looking at briefly today, Understanding the Power of His Resurrection. What is it all about and what does it offer?
UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION.
Philippians 3:10
It is important for us to know that we encounter the power of His resurrection, principally through revelation.
Ephesians 1: 18-23
The power of His resurrection puts all things under His feet and it’s for the Church. So the Church can begin to manifest and operate in dominion. All things; that he may know the exceeeding greatness of His power (Ephesians 1:19). It is not what you pray and fast for, it is what is unveiled to you.
That you may know.
Deuteronomy 29:29
So He just opens to you the treasurehood of His power.
This is why the first miracle that Jesus performed after He rose from the dead was an eye-opening miracle. That is taking away the veil cast upon the hearts of men (Matthew 27:51-52). The veil that separated the Holiest of all from the congregation was torn in twain. It is important to know what is in that place from Hebrews chapter 9. Behind the veil, we have the rod of Aaron that budded (Hebrews 9:4). Church Gist. Everything comes alive there.
We have the golden pot that has Manna inside: Golden supplies at will.
We have the tables of the Covenant that unveils to you and I, what we must do to commit God to make good His promise. They are all behind that veil.
Jesus when He gave up the ghost, the veil in the temple was torn in twain and when He came out, we saw Him with those 2 disciples on the way to Emmaus (Matthew 27:51). Their eyes were holden that they should not know Him and He served them the Communion (Luke 24:16, 30-31). Eye-opening miracles (Luke 24:45). The opening of our eyes is the gateway to encountering the power of His resurrection and that’s why Paul was praying for the Ephesian Church, “that the eyes of your understanding may be enlightened” (Ephesians 1:17-19). It takes an eye-opening experience to step into the realm of the resurrection power. Very crucial.
With our access to revelation, we encounter the power of His resurrection which continues to change our story from glory to glory. He is risen and He rose to open your eyes and my eyes so we can begin to experience 2 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 18, “as we behold Him with open eyes, as in a glass, we are changed from glory to glory into the same image as by the spirit of the Lord.” We behold Him with open eyes, open face. So the face has to be open, the eyes have to be open for you and I to step into that realm from glory to glory and that’s one big offer of resurrection: the opening of our spiritual eye of understanding so we can step into that realm of ‘from glory to glory.’
Isaiah 60:1-3, 8, 15, 22
That’s the offer of resurrection that has no other way of accessing. It has offers you and I, an eye-opening package so you can begin to experience from glory to glory in your walk with God.
WHAT IS IN THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION FOR US?
We understand from scriptures that the power of His resurrection is ordained to provoke our supernatural change of story in all areas of life.
1 John 4:17
He wants to bring us to the same place with Him. Whatever can’t molest Him in His present status is not permitted to molest you.
-Today, you are returning in your new resurrected status.
We saw some detailed description of what resurrection offers in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and we saw the products of it in Revelation chapter 5 verse 12: Power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing. Now what remains? That’s all that makes for life and godliness. They are the products of the power of resurrection power for the believer towards us who believe. Resurrection power only delivers to believers, not unto the multitudes. That is why you need to be sure of your stand in God and not appropriate salvation but have the vivid experience of new birth because this 7-fold pertains to the believers….Resurrection power only pertains to us who believe.
Now let’s go down to specifics, what does resurrection power offers us as believers?
It empowers us to walk in the newness of life (1 Corinthians 15:42, Romans 6:4).
-Every unwanted habit of your life gets off you this morning. By the power of His resurrection, everything that corrupts and defiles, drops off your life today.
-Between now and the next Easter, your spiritual life will become a surprise to yourself. Every junk habit that is contesting with your glorious destiny must drop off your life today.
-I decree that by the power of His resurrection, be free.
If anyone has any concern, now let’s be specific, note it right now in your note and say, “this is crushed finally by the power of His resurrection. I take cover under the resurrection power to take delivery of my liberty from this deadly habit that is making my life miserable.”
So you don’t just look at me, take steps. Whatever you don’t want, you don’t watch. Whatever you don’t resist has a right to remain. Whatever you won’t confront, you cannot conquer. No double dealing gives you a place with God. You watch all those high fliers in Bible days, they were men and women that operated with the fear of God as a lifestyle. The fear of God was their lifestyle. They were not there in the realm of corruption. They could not find one thing wrong with Daniel as a Public Leader. Joseph: a man that feared God (Genesis 42:18).
-Therefore, I curse everything that corrupts operating in anyone’s life by the power of resurrection this morning.
Jesus cursed the fig tree and it dried up from the roots.
-Therefore, everyone’s taste for every form of ungodliness is cursed by the power of resurrection this morning.
-I decree a new walk, in the newness of life for everyone in this service in the name of Jesus.
Resurrection power eradicates shame and reproach
Philippians 2:8-10. It was a 3-day of reproach but an eternal restoration of glory. Then you talk about eternal excellency…at His name, everything bows (Philippians 2:10).
1 Corinthians 15:43 – they spat on his face, they pierced his side with a sword, they pressed a crown of thorns on his head, they gave vinegar to drink. Only 3 days and now stepped into eternal glory.
-Therefore, today everything that connotes shame and reproach in anyone’s life, in anyone’s family, over anyone’s children. Whatever connotes shame and reproach is rooted out of your life today.
Sown in dishonour, raised in glory. And now He has called us unto glory and virtue. Now He obtained for us glory, so we don’t have to go through the shame and reproach He went through anymore (Revelation 5:12).
-Between now and next Easter, you are singing your songs of glory.
-God is overturning every issue of shame in your life from the root.
He went to the grave in dishonour, He rose from the grave into eternal glory (1 Corinthians 15:43).
-Your hour has finally come.
All you need Sir is to remain dedicated to God (John 12:23-26). Stay dedicated, shame will disappear eternally. Just stay dedicated to this resurrected Christ, He has paid the price to eliminate shame and reproach in your life and you will never see them anymore. That shall be your experience.
- The resurrection power empowers us to walk in the supernatural (1 Corinthians 15:44).
Not everybody you see on the streets is a human being, you better know that. Some are highly demonised, others are highly divinized! They walk in the fullness of the stature of Christ. They wear Christ as their cloth. They don’t see their short heights, they see the Almighty Christ on them. Resurrection Power enables believers to operate naturally in the supernatural (Ephesians 2:6). That is where resurrection has repositioned you and whatever is from above is above all. That is the realm from where you are operating (John 3:31). So you command the supernatural at will with that understanding. Where you are seated is said to be far above (Ephesians 1:20-22).
Many years ago, I got hold of a highly demonised lady who confessed to tormenting her entire family: grounded them. She was a commander of birds, birds will just come into the house, they would tell her, “your birds have come.” She tortured them, she tormented them. I was so grieved, so I got her into the vehicle, took one of my associates with me and drove off to a no man’s land.
She said: Where are we going?
I said: Just follow me. I saw a pathway that branches off the main road, so I turned in there. I’ve never been there in my life.
I said: Now, you brutal witch, whatever I tell you, begin to do it now. Lie down flat with your face to the ground. Stand up.
Lie on your back with your face up. Now stand up. Walk down to that stream now.
She said, “if I walk, I will die.”
I said: Die.
I now asked her, I think the devil is called the prince of the power of darkness, why can’t he come here to help you.
She said: As long as you are here, he cannot come.
How many have heard me share that story before?
As long as you are here, he (devil) cannot come. That was 1983. It is not about age, it is about light. “As long as you are here, he cannot come.”
Today she is born again, she is saved but she was a terrible terror. She was a terror to the family. There is no point saying more to that, she was terrible. She literally grounded them and confessed to it.
There are places the devil can’t go, that’s where this power has re-positioned us. Church Gist. Can’t go there.
The great man, T.L Osborne went to our home in Tulsa during the attack on my wife’s health and said he saw in a vision: the devil came on that street and some demons were there with him; the demon was trying to enter the house. The devil said, “hey, stop that. I warned you not to get there.” He said while the devil was busy doing some other things, another demon was trying to enter. He (devil) said, “stop, I’ve warned you.” He (T.L Osborne) said this attack will come twice but the devil will lose out. Satan is warning his demons, “don’t go near.”
- That is your new status in Christ.
- Because you are far above, any reaction from you will be to their destruction. You are far above.
Please don’t fake this thing ohh. Please I beg. Please don’t ever fake this thing. It is so real, it is so tangible. You just need to re-position your system to line up.
Lord, help me to know the power of your resurrection and let me experience its diverse manifestations in my life. It empowers you and I to operate in the supernatural naturally.
I told you the story many times how that I made an altar call after I had this encounter. It was a Resurrection encounter.
How many of you are witches here? They stood up.
What do you do with the devil? One of them, I called her out. She told me that any time they want to suck blood, they get on the highways, cause the vehicle to somersault and suck the blood of the victims.
I said, “what of when people like us are coming?” 1979.
She said: when we sense a higher power on the way, we clear off the highway. - From today, evil will be clearing the way for you.
The devil has no respect for grammar. Let people be clapping for you, he will just be laughing, he (devil) only respects power.
Psalm 66:3 – greatness of power.
- It quickens our mortal bodies for health and vitality (1 Corinthians 15:43-45, Romans 8:11)
With the resurrected Christ in you, your body is not permitted to suffer any molestation. - It empowers us to walk in financial prosperity (2 Corinthians 8:9, Revelation 5:12)
Jesus came to enrich us, not to impoverish us.
Until you are ready to do what He commands, you can never be in command.
- It empowers us to walk in dominion (Ephesians 1:21)
You have been repositioned for dominion by the power of His resurrection. - It swallows up death in victory (1 Corinthians 15:55-57, Hebrews 2:14)
The resurrection power delivers us from the fear of death. SupersonicSunday
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