IF WE MUST CONTINUE TO WIN, IT MUST BE BY THE APPLICATION OF THE GODLY WISDOM.
NO MATTER THE WEAPON A MAN CARRIES, WITHOUT WISDOM THAT INDIVIDUAL CANNOT WIN.
WHEN YOU ACQUIRE THE TRUTH, IT IS KNOWLEDGE. ONLY WHEN YOU APPLY THE TRUTH, IT BECOMES WISDOM.
WE KNOW SO MUCH AS BELIEVERS TODAY. BUT THINK OF IT, HOW MUCH OF WHAT WE KNOW ARE WE ACTUALLY APPLYING?
THERE ARE SOME PERSONS UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE RIGHT NOW AT SHILOH, THAT YOU NEED TO STOP YOUR ASSOCIATION IF YOU MUST REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS HERE, ASK YOURSELF, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU CAME OUT FROM TO SHILOH THIS YEAR?
THERE ARE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE TODAY, IN A SHORT WHILE YOU SHALL BE PROMOTED, BEYOND YOUR WILDEST IMAGINATION.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT OUR REAL BATTLES ARE SPIRITUAL. AND THIS REQUIRES THAT WE ENGAGE SPIRITUAL WEAPONS.
OUR BATTLES ARE ESSENTIALLY AGAINST THE POWERS OF DARKNESS. BUT THE WEAPON OF WISDOM IS ONE MAJOR WEAPON THAT WE REQUIRE TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT, OVERCOME, AND WIN THIS BATTLE.
THE DOMINION OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS IS ALWAYS INSTANT AND UNQUESTIONABLE.
DON’T TELL YOURSELF, OH I’LL JUST BE WATCHING ONLINE, AND THAT’S EASY FOR ME. WATCHING ONLINE IS DIFFERENT FROM BEING IN FELLOWSHIP.
THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS RIGHT NOW, UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, YOU NEED TO STOP THAT RELATIONSHIP. STOP IT, SO IT DOESN’T STOP YOUR DESTINY.
YOU CANNOT BUILD A LIFELONG RELATIONSHIP ON DECEPTION AND EXPECT IT TO WORK. IT WILL NOT.
YOU CAN CHECK YOURSELF UP. YOU DON’T NEED AN EXTERNAL EXAMINER. THE BIBLE SAYS EXAMINE YOURSELF IF YOU BE IN THE FAITH
EVEN IF WE ARE IMPARTED WITH THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE IT WORK.
IT IS WHAT WE PUT TO WORK THAT WILL WORK FOR US. AND REMEMBER THE BATTLES OF LIFE ARE PERSONAL. THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL.
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD IN A GROUP, BUT WE FACE THE CHALLENGES AND THE BATTLES OF LIFE AS INDIVIDUALS.
AS YOU PUT THE WISDOM OF GOD TO WORK, IT WILL l DISTINGUISH YOU.
- PASTOR FAITH OYEDEPO ON DIVINE WISDOM MAKES THE REDEEMED MORE THAN A CONQUEROR AT SHILOH 2024 DAY TWO SHILOH HOUR OF VISITATION – THIRD WORD SESSION || EVER WINNING WISDOM || FAITH TABERNACLE, CANAANLAND || 11TH DECEMBER 2024 || THIRD SESSION
Let somebody shout the loudest halleluyah. Would you please lift up your right hand to God, say with me Heavenly Father… the loudest you can say Heavenly Father, I thank you for your word. Change my story again and let your name be glorified. Church Gist. Shout the loudest Amen.
Now as you have declared it in the name of Jesus Christ so shall it be.
Thank you Father for your word that you have sent to us and we have received already today. Again our hearts are opened. Illuminate our spirit man. Change our story. Turn us to living proofs and let your name be glorified in Jesus mighty name we have prayed. Church Gist. Somebody shout the loudest Amen. Please be seated and put your wonderful hands together for the Lord. I’m sure you can clap better, you can make it bigger, you can make it louder, it’s for Jesus. He’s worthy. Praise God.
I know we have all been mightily blessed. I have been and I know that God is taking us to another level again in the name of Jesus Christ. In this session we’re looking at this subject captioned, Divine Wisdom Makes the Redeemed More Than a Conqueror. Church Gist. And that is you.
At the opening night God’s servant declared among several other prophetic declarations, from this season forward, no more losses. As you and I keep putting to work this ever-winning wisdom, no more losses. Church Gist. Please turn to your neighbor and tell him or her no more losses for you, no more losses for me. Say a believing Amen.
Look through scriptures, you find out that the word wisdom, in the King James Version of the Bible, appears 234 times. 234. That’s in the King James Version of the Bible. Church Gist. And the word wise appears 247. That tells you the impact and the importance.
No wonder the Bible tells us in Proverbs 4:7, wisdom is principal. This moment forward, this principal aspect of life, shall keep promoting you and I in every area in Jesus’ name. Church Gist. Can I hear a louder, Amen.
A few fundamental things we’ll never forget about wisdom. One, we were told yesterday by God’s servant, there are different types of wisdom. Church Gist. And he enumerated to us the four different types of wisdom but the one that stands out and is the greatest is the wisdom from above, which is the Godly wisdom and that’s the one that is the ever-winning wisdom.
It is the Godly wisdom, not the worldly wisdom. So if we must continue to win, it must be by the application of the Godly wisdom.
Second fundamental, we must keep reminding ourselves of concerning wisdom, is that wisdom is in degrees. Wisdom is in what? Is in degrees. Church Gist. Proverbs 9:9, the Bible tells us very clearly, give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser. Thank God for the level of wisdom that you and I are operating right now, but we can be wiser.
And after Shiloh this year, God will be catapulting somebody to the next level of wisdom. That will turn you to a living proof in every department of your life. Church Gist. If you are that person, let your Amen show it.
And Luke 2:52, talking about Jesus Christ, the Bible tells us, even Jesus increased in wisdom. After Shiloh this year, somebody shall be increasing in wisdom. That simply means among other things, that the school of wisdom is a school of life long learning. Church Gist. It’s a school where no one graduates from. We only go from one level to another. And upon this mountain, somebody is changing class.
Number three, wisdom is a major spiritual weapon. So when the Bible talks about putting on the whole armor of God, wisdom is one of those armor. Ecclesiastes 9:18. Look at what the scripture says there, Ecclesiastes 9: 18. It says wisdom is better than weapons of war. So no matter the weapon a man carries, without wisdom that individual cannot win. Church Gist. It’s better than weapons of war. So it’s a major spiritual weapon. As God endows us and empowers us and baptizes us afresh upon this mountain, every war of your life shall be won in Jesus name.
And finally the other fundamental we must be reminded of concerning wisdom is that it’s for our profiting. It’s for our profiting. It’s not for God’s sake. It’s for our profiting. Church Gist. Proverbs 9: 12. God’s word is very clear about this. It tells us very clearly, Proverbs 9:12. If thou be wise, thou shall be wise for thyself.
You and I are major and primary beneficiaries of the wisdom of God. Upon this mountain, the profiting, the benefit of God’s wisdom shall begin to speak louder in every aspect of our lives. Church Gist. Can I hear louder? Amen.
Now, what is wisdom? No assumption. What is wisdom? There are several definitions that one could have of wisdom and that we have heard over and again. But the one we are looking at this morning, wisdom is the skillful application. Church Gist. Say with me, application. Louder please, application. Skillful application of the truth.
Application, not acquisition. When you acquire the truth, it is knowledge. Only when you apply the truth, it becomes wisdom. Skillful application. Say it again, say application. Church Gist. Application of the truth, not acquisition. Not accumulation of the truth, but application.
Matthew 7:24-25.
The word of God makes it very clear. It says, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto who? A wise man. Church Gist. Doeth them. Someone has said, and I believe this is very important, that knowledge without application is a waste. We know so much as believers today.
But think of it, how much of what we know are we actually applying? Church Gist. For instance, it’s very clear from the word of God that the association you keep determines your destination in life.
Question this morning, who are your closest associates in life? Look at the five closest people to you right now. Five closest to you in your life. Church Gist. We are told your life will be a summary of the life of those five people. The average of it will be the sum total of your life. Who are your friends? Who are your associates? Do you want to be like them? If your answer is no, then where is the application of the truth of that word?
There are some persons under the sound of my voice right now at Shiloh, that you need to stop your association if you must reach your destination. Church Gist. You need to stop that association if you must get to your destination. Because wisdom is the skillful application of the truth.
You come to church, yes, very very regular. But your closest friends, they are sinners. They are 419. They are adulterers. They are liars. Church Gist. And yet, you are always in church. You have acquired the truth. But the application of that truth is what makes the difference.
For instance, God’s word makes it very clear. There are certain things that if you and I engage in them, the Bible tells us those who do such things will never inherit the Kingdom of God. Church Gist. Ask your neighbor, you must inherit the kingdom of God oh. Tell your neighbor on the other side, you must inherit the Kingdom of God.
But for that to be so, there are certain things. He says, don’t be deceived oh. Whoremongers, adulterers, fornicators, covetous. And then the list goes on and on. He says those who engage in such things, they will not inherit the Kingdom of God. Church Gist. Is Heaven your focus? Are you looking up to after your journey is done here on earth, after you have fulfilled the number of your days, to get there and hear from him, well done, thou good and faithful servant, then you must leave those things behind. Because those who do them, they will not inherit the Kingdom of God. You will get there.
Can I hear your loud, amen? I said you will get there. I decree and declare over your life again, you shall get there.
If that must be so, then those things must become past tense in our lives. They must become past tense in our lives. Church Gist. The Bible tells us for example, marriage is honorable in all, but the bed must be undefiled. Why? Whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
That’s acquisition of the truth. But how are we applying that truth? There are some individuals here, ask yourself, you know where you came out from to Shiloh this year? Church Gist. Is it the right place? Are you returning back there again? There are some places some persons came out from for Shiloh this year. You must not go back there. Why? Because if you do, the Bible tells us clearly, whoremongers and adulterers God will do what?
No man may see, no man may know, but the eyes of God runs to and fro in all the earth, showing himself strong on the behalf of them whose hearts are perfect. Church Gist. Skillful application, not acquisition, not accumulation of the truth.
For instance also, Scripture says, and we are all familiar with this, life and death are in the power of what? Of the tongue. But here you are, always speaking negative, always raining curses. Church Gist. Oh, how are you today? Na so-so. How is the economy? Ah, nobody can survive without borrowing, it’s a lie.
There are many who are doing so without borrowing. You will join the number. Many of you are familiar with my testimony. Church Gist. Years ago, when the enemy attacked my physical body radically, and life was pining away. Medical solution was not forthcoming. In actual fact, they didn’t even know what they were treating. Because one of the doctors had to ask that time, what exactly are we treating? And here things were going.
The other way around. Until I had to be on the wheelchair. I needed help for everything virtually. To eat, to lay on the bed, to toilet, to do whatever. Needed assistance. Church Gist. But in all of this, God’s servant kept telling him, the Gospel and the word you have preached, now it is time to go back to them. And start putting them to work.
Sometimes some of those instructions might look very tough and harsh. But, it’s the way out. And so, I began to decree and declare. Because he kept telling me, you shall not die, but live and declare the works of God. Church Gist. And here you are, someone on the wheelchair. How will you declare the word of God? But, I had to keep saying it to myself. Even when it looked contrary. I shall not die. I shall not die but live to declare the works of God.
And then one day he told me, keep declaring God’s word. I’m treading upon serpent and scorpions, and over all the powers of the enemy. And nothing shall by enemies hurt me. Church Gist. And I started declaring, started declaring. On a certain day, a physical snake was killed close to the room where I was staying.
And then sometimes I would take a bottle, an empty bottle of water, hold it while I was laying down, and keep declaring. Someday again, I am standing. This empty bottle is my microphone. Church Gist. I will be using it to declare the work of God. Now, see what God has done today. Application. Let somebody shout it loud, shout, application. Application of the truth.
And that’s why till today, if I see any sick person, it pains me, it grieves me. I don’t like it. Therefore today, I don’t know who you are, I don’t know where you have come from, I don’t know where you may be. Church Gist. If you have any sickness in your body, declare loud with me, I shall not die. Say it like you believe it oh. Say it from the depth of your being oh.
Now say it with the faith from within you. Now, as you have declared it, God will make it happen for you. God who did it for me, He will settle your case. Church Gist. You shall not die. You shall live, and you will declare the works of God. So shall it be.
There are many singles at Shiloh this year. By next year at Shiloh, you shall return in your promoted state. So say with me singles, whether male or female, God has done it oo. Church Gist. Now, louder, louder, say God has done it oo. Shout a believing amen. So shall it be for you.
So, wisdom is the skillful application. And when you look through scriptures, you find out that it is the nature of God to promote His people into prominence on the platform of wisdom, thereby turning them to more than conquerors. Church Gist. If you look all through scriptures, you discover that wisdom is a major key in settling issues in the Bible and dealing with complex situations.
We have several examples in the Bible, and we just take a look at a few of them. From scriptures, we see, for example, the life of Joseph. Joseph, in the Bible, conquered Egypt without a physical weapon in his hand. Church Gist. Joseph, the Bible tells us in Genesis 41: 41.
As an aftermath of Shiloh this year, many more Joseph shall be born that shall be set over the land. But how did Joseph get there? Through inspired interpretation. Church Gist. He was supernaturally enthroned by wisdom until we are told in scripture that Joseph became the second in command to Pharaoh. You see that in verse 43. Second in command.
There are certain individuals, under the sound of my voice today, in a short while you shall be promoted, beyond your wildest imagination. If you are the one, let your amen show it. Church Gist. In the time of economic hardships, in the days of Joseph, Divine wisdom promoted him. We are in the days of economic hardship. Right now, globally, the wisdom of God will promote you.
You know, the Bible tells us if the ministration of death be this glorious, how much more shall the ministration of life be? if Joseph got promoted by wisdom in this new generation, God will raise many more Joseph. Church Gist. If you are one of them, let your amen show it.
Another example we see in the Bible is that of Daniel. Daniel conquered Babylon without shooting an arrow. How do we know? Daniel 5:11. Look at what the Bible says here. Church Gist. The Bible says, there is a man in thy Kingdom, there is a man in the kingdom in whom the spirit of the holy gods is. The spirit.
And in the days of thy father, light and understanding and wisdom, the wisdom of the gods. The wisdom that Daniel carried was referred to as the wisdom of the gods. How did Daniel get promoted? By divine wisdom. Church Gist. There is another Daniel under the sound of my voice today that the wisdom of God will promote. If you are that person, let your amen show it. So Daniel was supernaturally promoted by the wisdom of God.
He became third ruler in the land. Daniel 5:29. He became the third in the land. No matter where you may be right now, that is the least place you will ever be. Church Gist. By the time you return for Shiloh next year, you shall be many, many, many times over. If you believe that, let your amen show it.
At Shiloh 2024, greater Josephs shall be given birth to. Greater Daniels shall be born. If you are one of them, let your amen show it. Church Gist. How about Solomon in the Bible? Solomon conquered the world of his days by the wisdom from above. By the wisdom from above.
Look at it in 1 Kings 3. Remember the episode after he became king? Church Gist. The episode between Solomon and the two harlots, one with a dead child, one with a child that was living.
1 Kings 3. The wisdom of God was brought into play and then the fame of Solomon came out. Also, how about the Queen of Sheba? When the Queen of Sheba came to meet with Solomon, in 1 Kings 10, we see how it also played out. Church Gist. The queens of the earth, the kings of the earth, we’ve been hearing it by prophecy through God’s servant, that they will begin to send for you.
After Shiloh this year, it shall be your turn. Let me hear your believing, amen. How about Esther in the Bible? The examples go on and on. Church Gist. How about Paul in the New Testament? Apostle Paul, he came last, but he wrote over half of the New Testament by the wisdom of God, by the wisdom from above.
Again, I declare and declare over somebody’s life, as an aftermath of Shiloh this year, another Paul, the apostle, shall be born. Another Esther shall be born. Church Gist. Another Daniel shall be born. Another Joseph shall be born. If you know you are one of them, let your amen show it.
Please remember that our real battles are spiritual. And this requires that we engage spiritual weapons. And one of those major spiritual weapons is the weapon of wisdom. Church Gist. Wisdom. Our battles are essentially against the powers of darkness. But the weapon of wisdom is one major weapon that we require to be able to fight, overcome, and win this battle.
I’m glad to declare to somebody upon the mountain of Shiloh this year, the last battle you lost is the last you will ever lose. Wherever you may be right now is the least place you will ever be. Therefore, no more losses for you. Church Gist. I said no more losses for you.
Don’t you ever forget, people of God, access to light is the only way to win this war. Access to light, an application of what we understand from the word of God. Church Gist. Access and put it to work, the things we learn and receive as light from scriptures. Working by the dictates of scriptures is working in the light. And light is always master over darkness.
Enter any room with darkness, all you need to do is go on and put on the switch of light. Once the switch is on and light comes on, it’s automatic. Church Gist. Darkness disappears. From this season forward that is how challenges of life will be fleeing from you.
God’s servant has said it over and again, and I want to reiterate this this morning. And that’s the fact that the dominion of light over darkness is instant and unquestionable. Church Gist. The dominion of light over darkness is always instant and unquestionable. From this season, every aspect of darkness in anyone’s life, as you begin to apply the wisdom of God, shall be turned to testimonies. Can I hear a louder amen?
Light never struggles with darkness. So from this season, no more struggling for you. Tell yourself no more struggling for me. Say like you believe it. The loudest you can now. One more time. As you have declared it, so shall it be for you. Church Gist. In your business, no more struggling. In your family life, no more struggling. In your career, no more struggling. In your relationship, no more struggling. Over your head, no more struggling. The last struggle you had is the last you will ever have.
Because light never struggles with darkness, you shall not struggle again. Struggling to make ends meet as scratching the bottom of the pot shall be over in somebody’s life. Church Gist. Grace to begin to put to work the truth that you have acquired beginning from this season. Receive it afresh in Jesus’ name. Can I hear your louder amen? Let your amen be the loudest.
Therefore, as we begin to round up, how do I know how wise I am? One, by the words that you speak. Church Gist. Two, by the association that I keep. Three, by how close I am to the word of God. Because God’s word is God’s wisdom bank.
Not a kind of Christian that reads your Bible only when you come to church. How close I am to God’s word. How do I know how wise I am? How regular I am in fellowship? Church Gist. Because they go from strength to strength.
And the Scriptures have said, don’t forsake the assembling of one another. Don’t tell yourself, oh I’ll just be watching online, and that’s easy for me. Church Gist. Watching online is different from being in fellowship. The Bible commands us not to forsake the assembly of one another.
How do I know how wise I am? By how much I fear God. Joseph said, I fear God. And the Bible tells us, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of what? Of wisdom. Church Gist. How do I know how wise I am? By the kind of decisions that I make. Decisions.
What kind of decisions do I make? For instance, it’s clear from Scripture. He said, don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers. And yet, that man, that lady that you want to marry, you know is not born again. Church Gist. Say, oh after marriage, he will get born again. She will get born again. Nobody has the power to save an ant.
Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked. There are some individuals right now, under the sound of my voice, you need to stop that relationship. Church Gist. Stop it, so it doesn’t stop your destiny. It doesn’t matter how far you have gone. Don’t be unequally yoked.
Light and darkness can never work together. The birds in the air and the fish in the ocean can never be good friends. Church Gist. It will show later on. You go for counseling and they are asking you, is he born again? You don’t even allow him to talk. You speak on his behalf, oh yes.
Before you go for the counseling, you already tutored each other. If the pastor says A, say B. If he says C, say D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K. It’s only what you tell your counselor, that he will counsel you on. Church Gist. After the counseling and after the marriage, nobody follows you there. It becomes the two of you and becomes your cup of tea or your cup of coffee. Don’t be deceived.
That’s why sometimes you find two people get married and in less than three months, they are ready to go their separate ways. Why? Light and darkness cannot work together. Church Gist. You cannot build a lifelong relationship on deception and expect it to work. It will not.
So how do I know how wise I am, by the decisions that I make? How do I know how wise I am, by the judgments that I make? So you can check yourself up. You don’t need an external examiner. Church Gist. The Bible says examine yourself if you be in the faith and then except you be reprobate. And none here is a reprobate. Examine yourself.
Look at that checklist and give no room to the devil. No matter the level of your wisdom right now, everybody is moving forward. Say with me, I am moving forward. Church Gist. Say like you believe it, I am moving forward. The loudest you can, I am moving forward.
And this is very important. Even if we are imparted with the spirit of wisdom, it is our responsibility to make it work. Church Gist. We were also told that by God’s servant yesterday. It’s our business. It’s our responsibility to put it to work and to make it work.
Therefore, upon this mountain from this season forward, grace to keep putting the word of God to work so that it can begin to work for us becomes our portion in Jesus’ name. Church Gist. Remember the word of God works only for those who work it. Only for those who work it, not for those who wish it.
If the word of God we are hearing upon this mountain must produce proofs in your life and my life, then we must get back to put it to work. Church Gist. That’s the only proof that we are getting wiser.
Therefore, upon this mountain of Shiloh 2024, in the name of Jesus Christ, grace to keep working the word in our lives concerning our family, concerning our career, concerning our finances and all that has to do with us becomes a portion in Jesus’ name. Church Gist. Can I hear you louder? Amen. Amen.
In closing the Bible tells us very clearly in James 1, it says, don’t be hearers of the word alone, but doers. Don’t be hearers alone, be ye a doer. Church Gist. Many, many things we keep hearing, but how much of what we are hearing are we actually doing?
It is what we put to work that will work for us. And remember the battles of life are personal. They are individual. They are not in a group. Church Gist. We hear God’s word in a group, but we face the challenges and the battles of life as individuals.
From this season, you will continue to win. Therefore, I decree and declare over the life of everyone under the sound of my voice right now, no more failure. Church Gist. I say for you and I, from this season forward, no more failure.
The wisdom of God, which is from above, will continue to put us above all situations. Say, I am going above. Lift your right hand and say, I’m going above. Church Gist. Say like you believe it, I’m going above. The loudest you can, I am going above.
You are going above that challenge of life. You are going above that situation of life. And from this moment forward, it shall be upward only for you.
You shall never come down again. Church Gist. As you put the wisdom of God to work, it will distinguish you.
By the time you return to your various locations, where you have come from, for Shiloh this year, people will begin to wonder at you. Those who were mocking you before, they will begin to celebrate your God. Church Gist. Just like it happened to Joseph. Those who mocked him before, they started celebrating him. It will happen for you.
Like it happened for Daniel, it will happen for you. Like it happened for Esther, it will happen for you. Like it happened to Solomon, it will happen for you. Church Gist. So, shall it be? Say, I receive it. Rise up on your feet right now everybody.
Please lift up your right hand to God and decree and declare over your life, grace not just to acquire, but to apply the truth. Church Gist. I receive it. Pray that prayer for yourself right now.
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