UNDERSTANDING PATHWAYS TO SANCTIFICATION – Bishop David Oyedepo at First Pre-Shiloh Encounter Service|| First Sunday Service

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WE KNEW NO MAN TO GET THIS LAND (CANAANLAND), THERE IS NO HIGH CHIEF OR LOW CHIEF OR ANY CHIEF ANYWHERE, FAVOUR GAVE IT TO US.
TRUST YOUR GOD, HE WILL PAVE A WAY WHERE THERE IS NO WAY.
MANY BELIEVERS ARE RUNNING AROUND THOSE WHO STEAL GOVERNMENT MONEY. THEY KNOW IT IS STOLEN, MAY WE NOT EAT POISON.
THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT MONEY IN THIS CHURCH. WE DON’T DO ANY LAUNCHING HERE SO WE HAVE NEVER INVITED ANYONE HERE. GOD IS LAUNCHING US BY HIS WORD. 
 I HAVE BEEN TRADING ACCESS TO DIVINE SECRETS CONSCIOUSLY SINCE 1976. MOST OF THE THINGS I SHARE I HEARD FROM NOWHERE BUT FROM HEAVEN
IT IS A RISK TO BE A SPIRITUALLY SLEEPY CHRISTIAN
NO SLEEPY DRIVER EVER DRIVES SAFE ON THE HIGHWAY
SUDDENLY YOU WILL START DOUBTING WHAT YOU USED TO BELIEVE AND SUDDENLY THINGS STOP WORKING IN YOUR LIFE
EVERY BELIEVER IN A STATE OF SLUMBER IS UNDERTAKING A DEADLY RISK
I KNOW GOD SENT ME AND I KNOW WHAT HE SENT ME TO DO.
TODAY AS THE LORD LIVES, EVERY SHEKE SHEKE (SHACKLE, CHAIN, CUFFS) THAT CAME TO CHURCH WITH YOU TODAY WILL NOT GO BACK WITH YOU WHETHER ONLINE OR ON GROUND WHEREVER, JESUS WHO SENT ME WILL LOOSEN YOU.
SOME PEOPLE ARE SO CARNAL TO THINK THAT WE ARRANGE TESTIMONIES HERE.  NO TESTIMONY HAS EVER BEEN DOCTORED IN THIS PLACE FOR 41 YEARS.
RELIGION WON’T ADD VALUE TO ANYBODY’S LIFE, IT IS A QUALITY WALK WITH GOD THAT DOES THAT, OTHERWISE, THOSE RELIGIOUS FANATICS WHO ARE KILLING PEOPLE ALL AROUND WHAT VALUE HAS IT ADDED TO THEIR LIVES
CHRISTIANITY IS NOT ABOUT PROSPERITY, IT IS ABOUT ETERNITY
THERE WILL NEVER BE A DAY WHERE RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED.
ANYONE THAT FEARS GOD FARES WELL IN LIFE.
EVERYONE WHO OPERATES IN THE FEAR OF GOD DOES WELL IN LIFE

–      Bishop David Oyedepo at First Pre-Shiloh Encounter Service|| Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland || First Sunday Service

In the same way that young man got liberated from 27 years of captivity, some of us here will get out of every bondage in our lives no matter how long. Proximity to an anointed man or woman is both an advantage and a disadvantage. You get so used to what they carry, it can’t impart you anymore. Proximity to an anointed is a risk, a risk in the sense that people just lose their portion of what he carries. “Somebody touched me” he said and Peter said we are all touching you since and nothing is happening. He said virtue is gone out of me, it didn’t reach them. But somebody was longing to take their portion, he heard the word and gave his life to Christ. Church Gist. Right there he was, a statement of words in prayer just loosened him and now here he is this morning. No matter what has held you bound, pay attention today as if this is your first time being here. That’s what will help you. I am also told some fellows just talk throughout the services, it is all carnality. You came to church and you are greeting people along the line. How can I even know what you are writing, whether you are writing a letter to a friend or you are browsing in the name of holding a tablet. All to you. I know God sent me and I know what He sent me to do. Today as the Lord lives, whatever chain has held anybody bound in this service whether online or on ground wherever, Jesus who sent me will loose you. He smoked anything, drank anything, same time same sweep, got saved, got liberated from cultism, got liberated from desecration, and defilement, all in one sweep. Today is somebody’s day in this place. Church Gist. Some are so carnal to think that we even arrange testimonies. In their corrupted conscience, deprived mind. Have I ever seen that person in my life? No! Will I know her if I see her after service, no! No testimony has ever been doctored in this place for 41 years. When you see us read testimonies, we read testimonies that are in line with the teaching that’s what makes us read testimonies every day but we read testimonies in line with the teachings. There are times we have thirty testimonies, forty testimonies, they are not made up. You better wake up. Heaven is real, you miss it, you weep for eternity. No one will miss it here in the name of Jesus. You will never miss your steps, you will make it to the end.

The prophetic focus for the month is SANCTIFICATION SECURES DESTINY AND ETERNITY. The time of playing games should be over in your life, the night is far spent. Religion won’t add value to anybody’s life, it is a quality walk with God that does that. Otherwise, ask me those religious fanatics who are killing people all around what value has it added to their lives. Let’s sit up, the end is so close. Church Gist. Unbearable fire is about burning, let’s sit up. Let’s take cover in the covenant. Let’s take delight in obeying God. Christianity is not about prosperity, it is about eternity. Prosperity, healing, health are all characteristics of what Christianity offers but if you miss eternity, you have lost everything.

UNDERSTANDING PATHWAYS TO SANCTIFICATION

First, we understand, sanctification is the will of God. 1 Thessalonians 4:3. It is the will of God. When we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. Church Gist. Sanctification is the will of God and we make demand for it among others on the altar of prayer. 1 John 5:14-15.

By way of introduction;

 We must arise and wage war against spiritual slumber.

It is the platform that causes defilement to thrive. Romans 11:8. That is indicative of the spirit of slumber as one of the foul spirits that cause men to crash. The spirit of slumber is a foul spirit, not able to see, not able to hear. Jesus in the parable of the wheat and the tares said “while men slept, the enemy came and sowed tares”. Evil thoughts degenerating into evil acts. Evil thoughts were sowed into their life and evil acts followed. Matthew 13:24-26. He took advantage of that slumber, that sleepy state. Wakes up in the morning and now the wife is no good “I can’t cope with this woman, she is behind all my challenges. Now that I am free from all my challenges, let me go and marry another wife”. He sowed tares and went his way. Mark 7:21-23. Church Gist. From within proceeds evil thoughts, how did they get there? While he slept. As we all know, no sleepy driver ever drives safely on the highway. Most of the accidents during festive periods are just direct products of sleepy drivers on the steering. “Awake thou that sleeper”, it is a risk. Arise from the dead, it is a deadly risk. Ephesians 5:14. This morning I command every spirit of spiritual slumber to get out of anyone’s life that is held bound. Suddenly the things you used to believe you start disbelieving them, they have added value to you but you start dropping them. He is a victim of the spirit of slumber. Things stop working, they keep going down and down yet he can’t recover. “Well that is life it can’t be all bright, there are dark spots”. Black spots which you created. This minister has never known a black spot in 41 years,  to the glory of God. From today your life will no longer experience any black spots.

In the same vein, every believer in a state of slumber is undertaking a deadly risk. The devil can sow any seed in there. Most crises that believers suffer can be traceable to spiritual slumber. 1 Peter 4:15-16. So those evil vices are behind the sufferings of the people of God. Better we know that. We must stay spiritually awake to drive safely on the highways of the Kingdom. 1 Corinthians 15:34. There will never be a day where righteousness will no longer be required. Anyone that fears God fares well in life. He does good. Psalm 112:1-3. Everyone that operates in the fear of God does well in life. Church Gist. So from henceforth, life will begin to answer to you favourably. A state of slumber is a deadly state because a sleepy man is defenceless. The Bible says the enemy goes about like a roaring lion who you must resist steadfastly. You can’t resist nothing in a sleepy state. Romans 12:21. You can’t resist, you can’t overcome in slumber. This day must be a most memorable date in your life because every ‘sheke sheke’, every ‘ajaga’ that you came with to church today will not go back with you. God will not tell us to do what He has not engraced us to do neither will He tell you to do what He has not empowered you to do. 1 John 5:3. His commandments are not grievous, He is not out to punish us, rather He is out to polish and decorate us. 1 Peter 1:16, Matthew 5:48. That’s our goal we shall get there.

Sanctification is a choice and not a gift. Deuteronomy 30:19. It is a choice between life and death, blessing and curses. Matthew 5:6. So it is not something that will drop on you, it is something that you crave for. You crave for it. We said during the Spiritual Week of Emphasis that if we will believe God for sanctification, the same way we believe God for healing, for breakthrough or deliverance, it will be under our feet forever. The breakthrough we are looking for requires that foundation to work. Church Gist. The love of God is the anchor of every scripture, every covenant of God anchors on the love of God. John 14:21. Keeping His covenant is the biblical proof of our love and when that happens He keeps manifesting Himself to us. So it is not I love you in songs or I love you dancing. It is the love of God that we keep His commandment. That is the authentic proof. My prayer is that none of us will be held bound in captivity again. God will make every one of us laugh this month.

Let’s look at some costs of ungodliness.

1.    It blocks access to help in times of trouble.

When the word came that Hezekiah was going to die, He said “remember now oh Lord that I have walked before you with a pure heart”. Isaiah 38:1-5. The righteous are as bold as a lion. Proverbs 28:1. You can’t love God and not know, you can’t fear Him and not know. Church Gist. You can’t hate evil and not know. He got help in his time of trouble. Psalm 33:18-19. There is global famine now Sir. There is no nation on earth that is not going through one stress or another. They are still struggling to recover from Coro. Jobs are lost day and night.

What is the fear of the Lord? Proverbs 8:13. To hate evil is the cleanest definition of fear of the Lord. Psalm 60:11. The psalmist cried “send us help oh Lord for vain is the help of man”. Church Gist. If you are attacked in the night, no man is around. In case you are married, your husband or wife has travelled, you are alone in that room and hell came to besiege you. There is nobody to call. Psalm 108:12.

2.    It blocks access to divine secrets.

We saw from scriptures that all stars are made of access to divine secrets. Divine secret is behind the making of stars in the kingdom. A secret was revealed to Joseph, he emerged a star in his land of captivity. Divine secrets came across to Daniel, the kings of the world came and bowed before him you can’t access the secrets of God without the fear of God in your heart. I have been trading access to divine secrets consciously since 1976. Most of the things I share I heard from nowhere but from heaven. “don’t raise money, raise men and you will have more money than you ever need for ministry” – 1987. Though I am the worst person to raise an offering and I am not cheap to give an offering to yet I am prosperous. The secrets of God. “Hey boy! I will only build my church not your church” as simple as that is, it is behind the building of this church. If it is your church, you build it and let’s see how you can deal with the gates of hell. You never hear from me till I go to heaven  “my church” under any condition. Matthew 16:18. Church Gist. That might be the only thing missing in a pastor’s life because it is his church. “Oh yes, this is my church. I bought two tables and one swivel chair last week. I am hoping to buy air conditioners and then when I finish buying that, I will buy curtains. God should be happy with me because I am doing so much”. Divine secrets, accessible only to those that walk in the fear of God. They are not perfect individuals but they tremble at the word of God. They tremble, they don’t enjoy evil.

In 1979, I was in a place ministering and then one of those folks because then we used to have question and answer after preaching. There were no big congregations. We have 60 and that is a whole house. He said, “Sir he that killeth an ox is it not as if he slew a man?” I said okay start from verse 1. You may not understand anything from the middle start from the beginning. Upon this will I look, he that trembles at my word”. No sacrifice is a substitute for the fear of God. Church Gist. If you get the fear of God as your new lifestyle, watch the events of your life from that time onward. There are some today who can’t identify with Jesus outside the church premises because of what they will eat. The stickers of the church are not on their car, it is because where they go to, you can’t carry that sticker there. Then you expect God to stand out for your help? I will be ashamed to help you because you may think the other place where you are going is where the help came from. To hate evil is what the Bible defines as the fear of God. My prayer is that you will remember today for a long time to come.

3.    Ungodliness destroys destiny

Remember the love of money is the root of all evil. 1 Timothy 6:10-11. I must have it by all means whether devilish or diabolical. We saw the destiny of Gehazi destroyed by the love of money. 2 Kings 5:21-27. Destruction! It is the crave for money that destroyed the lineage of Achan, all that they had plus his animals stoned and burnt to ashes. It destroys destiny. 3000 Levites were destroyed for the god of gold. They cleaved to the god of God till their destruction. The blessings of the Lord maketh rich and it adds no sorrow. Church Gist. Proverbs 10:22. Exodus 20:3. One of the gods we are talking about is gold, you can’t serve God and Mammon.  If your crave in life is after money then you have missed God. The good news is that God never holds our past against us but will only write them off when we truly repent. Whoever covers his sins shall not prosper. Proverbs 28:13. Whoever confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Whatever is blocking your way forward God will clear them off by your permission. Ezekiel 18:20. He is waiting for us to turn so He can restore all that we have lost. So it is a lifelong demand and He has given us grace to experience it.

Benefits of Sanctification

1.    Sanctification secures access to all of our inheritance in Christ.

Obadiah 1:17. Holiness is the gateway to possessing our possessions. Hebrews 12:17. Big caution, please listen. When the sentence against evil is not speedily executed. The hearts of the sons of men are fully set in them to continue in evil. Ecclesiastes 8:11. Never mistake delayed sentence against evil for justification because God is counting. Numbers 14:22-23. God is counting, may He not count ten on anyone’s head. When you crash in a wrestling ring, they count numbers on your head and if you don’t jump up you have lost the battle. God is counting, when He reacts it is always a risk. Do you know why I know that? Before He turned His back, Solomon had married three hundred wives. That is God’s ten, each one is thirty. Church Gist. God is pleased with me, if He was not pleased, I married 50 wives He didn’t react, I married 200 and I was singing and He was hearing me. Suddenly he hit number 10 and God turned His back against Him and raised adversaries against him till the day of his death. With all that glory, he is not a remembrance in Israel. May number 10 not be counted on your head. Never mistake delayed sentence for justification. 2 Peter 3:9. God is not slow as some count slowness. He is not willing that any should perish. Somebody under the sound of my voice is just 9.5, someone is just 9.9 remaining 0.1. In the name of Jesus, today is declared everyone’s day of recovery.

2.    it enhances answers to our prayers.

Psalm 66:18-19. You hid iniquity, He blocks access. Isaiah 59:1-2. So godliness facilitates answers to prayer, we saw it also in the life of Hezekiah.

3.    It procures healing, health and wholeness.

Jesus said to the man at the pool of Bethesda, “go and sin no more lest a worse thing than this happens to you”. John 5:14. He said to the paralytic man that came down through the roof, “thy sins be forgiven thee”. Mark 2:5. Then the Pharisees became angry and upset, who are you to forgive sins? Church Gist. Mark 2:10-11. Sin gave way. Healing, health and wholeness restored. Any challenge concerning anyone’s health that has its root in sin, that challenge is cleared off today. I decree restoration over everyone’s health

4.    It secures divine presence.

The biggest of it, godliness secures divine presence. John 8:29. I always do the things that please Him. Coming here didn’t please me, it pleased God, so I came to serve His pleasure and pleasurably not can you see now? You can’t miss His presence when you live for His pleasure. Church Gist. If God be for us, who can be against us? So we don’t know what we are missing when we subscribe to anyhow lifestyle, we are missing out on divine health, divine presence, missing out on answers to prayer and missing out on access to our inheritance in Christ.

As we conclude :

Keys to Sanctification

1.    We must purpose to live a sanctified life.

It begins with a purpose. Daniel purposed in his heart “enough is enough, I refuse to defile myself with the king’s rich meat”. Daniel 1:8, 6:4. Then the presidents and princes sought to find an occasion against Daniel in the kingdom, there was no fault found in him. Church Gist. That is the power of purpose. He purposed in his heart to please God and he prospered, for 65 years he was a man relevant to the government of Babylon. Three kings came and left, he was there.

2.    We must watch and pray to stay sanctified.

Peter thought it was not necessary, he went boldfaced and was floored by a little girl, not by a soldier. Matthew 26:14. Very importantly as mentioned yesterday in our Leadership Empowerment Summit, the Jesus prayer pattern is designed for daily engagement. When you see “give us our daily bread”, it shows that all the other items of that prayer pattern are for daily engagement. Lead us not into temptation – daily engagement, deliver us from evil – daily engagement. Give us this day our daily bread – daily. It makes every item on that prayer pattern our daily demand. Church Gist. You walk out without that prayer, you just find yourself trapped. Somebody will lie in your presence and make you a witness, you have lied together but coming from a prayer altar burning with fire, No! That is not what you said. Grace to engage the prayer altar on a daily basis to be free from all foul spirits of hell that are out to defile our destiny receive it now in the name of Jesus. Fresh grace to live a life that pleases God we receive it now in the name of Jesus.

Then He said there are kinds that will not go except by prayer and fasting. So the fasting agenda of the church is for your benefit and my benefit, you can demand anything of God in that fast.

3.    We must continue to engage the cleansing power of the Word.

John 15:3. Ephesians 5:26. John 17:17. His word sanctifies. Taking daily showers in the word is one of the demands of living a sanctified life. Psalm 119:9-11.

Faith is a must for anyone to live a sanctified life. Hebrews 11:6. Until you believe that sanctified living is a reality, you don’t experience it. Whatever a believer will not believe, He will not experience. John 1:12. You can’t become what you don’t believe. Mark 9:23. Somebody got saved last Sunday and couldn’t taste alcohol again, he got delivered from occultic powers. Church Gist. He believed in the word and believed in His prophet. I heard from Him that He was sent to lift burdens from people, so I came so that my burden will be lifted. “no one is holy” that is why you remain there. “no one can be sanctified” that is why you are. Whatever we will not believe, we cannot be empowered to experience it.

Why must we believe this? I will read two scriptures and then we round up. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. If they don’t become past tense you can’t make it. Christianity is a waste of life without making it through to heaven. Ephesians 5:1-7. Romans 1:28-32. You need to see how many believers are running around those who steal government money. For what to eat, you know it is stolen money and you are laughing and consuming it with them. Church Gist. You know the judgement of God, God has more in store for you than any man has available. There is no one dime of government funds in this ministry. Never! We don’t do launching so we don’t invite anybody. We don’t launch anything, each one launches himself as he hears the word by the one he chooses to believe. Caution my friend, caution. May you not eat poison. May you not eat poison.

One of the key benefits of the fear of God is favour and that is where you are picking your Pre-Shiloh Encounter right now. As you turn your heart where you are, favour will be following you from henceforth. Church Gist. Those who fear God supernaturally do well in life. Psalm 112:1-2. No crookedness, no playing games. It endureth forever. The fear of the Lord is all about hatred of evil. We saw the favour of God provoked by the fear of God in the following lives.

–    Joseph

The fear of God caused Joseph to ascend the throne of Egypt without any human aid. Genesis 39:9. He fled from the trap of Potiphar’s wife. Genesis 42:18. That was his testimony. Church Gist. You can’t fear God and not know. We saw how favour trailed his steps everywhere. He obtained favour in the house of Potiphar (Genesis 39:5), he was favoured in the prison (Genesis 39:21), favour everywhere until favour saw him to the throne. God is changing everyone’s story here today.

–    Daniel

The fear of God brought Daniel into favour in Babylon as a captive. Daniel 1:8-9. He purposed in verse 8, brought into favour in verse 9 and we saw the favour speaking all through his journey. Church Gist. You are entering into favour today. As you choose to turn from anything you know displeases God, you are entering into favour today.

–    Paul

Paul the Apostle commanded generational impact in ministry through the fear of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:9-10, 1 Thessalonians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 4:1-2. That brought him into the generational order of favour. Church Gist. Every day Paul said, Paul said. The fear of God is what triggers the favour of God. In the name of Jesus, you are working back home today decked with the favour of heaven.

All of the above is because favour is the experience of everyone that truly walks in the favour of God. Psalm 5:12. He surrounds the righteous with favour. You step out of here today, everywhere you appear, favour will manifest itself. Therefore every believer should expect this wave of sanctification to bring about a supernatural change of story in all areas of life as we secure favour with God. Church Gist. Favour will change anybody’s story. It changed the story of Joseph a slave without any address, he became the householder in the house of Potiphar, he was sent to prison unjustly, favour followed him there.

Identify three areas where you desire the favour of God and do this. Identify also one thing you know that does not please God in your life and engage the blood of Jesus to clear it off. I shouted this yesterday, Hebrews 13:20-21. Church Gist. It could be spiritual slumber, the Bible is kept on the shelf till next Sunday, dry prayer life. Then three areas where you desire His favour, things are not just working and you know. Jesus will visit you.

PRE SHILOH ENCOUNTER BLESSINGS

Nothing flies like favour.

–    Every siege of stagnation, by divine favour it ends in your life today.

Nothing secures a great future like favour.

–    The same order of favour that has followed this commission these many years begins to follow you from now. Church Gist.

Favour is the cure for all misfortunes.

–    Every experience of misfortune in anyone’s life comes to an end today.

Whenever a man turns back to God He restores his dignity.

–    By divine favour, I decree restoration of your redemptive dignity.

–    By the blood of Jesus, every unwanted habit of your life that you desire for rescue today is rescued.

Favour secures supernatural fruitfulness. He said to Mary “you are highly favoured”. Church Gist. What has never happened before will happen, you have not known a man but you will carry a seed.

–    Therefore everyone called barren, in the name of Jesus by divine favour I declare you a mother and father of children.

He that findeth a wife findeth a good thing and obtains favour from the Lord.

–    By this divine favour, every marital siege is finally over.

By divine favour, the redeemed are not permitted to beg

–     Therefore the siege of begging for survival by divine favour is over in your life.

The righteous are not permitted to beg because they are shielded with favour.

–    Everyone called jobless, the favour of God brings you your miracle job this week.

Maybe you have been looking on to man that is why God left you to it.

In 1983 a young man came to me and said “if I only had somebody to help me to gain access to U.I.” I said that is why God didn’t show up, you are looking for a man. God does not have anything to do with the legs of a man He is the almighty. I was reading to him from Psalm 147 and I laid hands on him. He went to U.I. a car parked and said I am going to so so so place, he said yes I know the place. They thought he was a student. It was when he got into the car that he said I also came here for admission. So the man went in and said “I have two of my sons here”. Church Gist. So they gave to the son of God and he went back with his own son. God does not count on the strength of the horse nor the legs of a man. You have been banking on man that is why life is so tough for you. Consultants, Contractors, trust your God, He will pave a way where there is no way. We knew no man to get this land, there is no high chief or low chief or any chief, favour gave it to us.

–    What no man can give you favour will deliver it into your hand.

–    This week is declared a week of the fear of the Lord and a week of undeniable manifestations of favour.

–    Every item on your heart or on your paper where you desire favour is granted to you.

Don’t toy with it, whatever you have declared no more, as you step out of here no more. When the tempter shows up confronts him with the blood of Jesus and he will now. Church Gist. That blood has the power to purge our conscience. They overcame him by the blood and the word of their testimony.

–    Brand new day for you. You will testify. Many will testify this Midweek Service.

–    Multitudes will appear on Sunday for their testimony. You will not be left out.

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