I USED TO BE THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF POVERTY, BUT KNOWLEDGE BROUGHT ME OUT.
KNOWLEDGE PLACES YOU IN COMMAND OVER THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE.
REDEMPTION DOES NOT CONNOTE REDUCTION. WE ARE NOT SAVED TO BE ENSLAVED BUT TO REIGN ON THE EARTH.
THE DEEPER YOU LAUNCH INTO THE WORD OF GOD, THE HIGHER CONTROL YOU HAVE OVER THE AFFAIRS OF LIFE.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR KNOWLEDGE; ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE SO YOU CAN ESCAPE ALL THE WOES OF THIS WORLD.
THERE IS NO DISADVANTAGED CHILD OF GOD, STOP SETTLING FOR MEDIOCRITY.
WE ALL HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THE WORD OF GOD.
SALVATION IS FREE, BUT KNOWLEDGE IS CONSCIOUSLY ACQUIRED.
THAT YOU’RE BORN AGAIN DOES NOT MEAN YOU’LL SUCCEED.
YOU HAVE TO ACQUIRE WHAT IT TAKES TO SUCCEED-KNOWLEDGE.
DON’T GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THINGS THAT DON’T EDIFY, GO FOR THINGS THAT WILL IMPROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
- Pastor David Ibiyeomie on REIGNING WITH THE WORD PART 2 || Reigning With The Word Service || Salvation Ministries – Home of Success || 8th September 2024 || Second Service ||
Psalm 30:5. That means you are about to hear good news. That weeping that you wept about has ended in your life. Your joy is coming right now. Church Gist. He will wipe away all your tears and put laughter in your mouth. Those who mock you will see God make you in the precious name of Jesus.
—Prayers—
We are in the Month of the Wonders of His Word. The message is REIGNING WITH THE WORD. Brothers and sisters, hear this. Stop looking at where you have been, start looking at where you can be. Church Gist. God does not use your past to determine your future. Whatever ugly thing you have experienced, put it behind you. There is something better ahead of you.
Reigning with the Word. Revelation 5:9,10. He didn’t say you will reign in Heaven, He said you will reign here. Say, I hear. We are not saved to be enslaved. Redemption does not connote reduction. Church Gist. It is for celebration and distinction. Don’t say “I’m born again that’s why things are like this”. No, you are born again to reign again. He has made us kings and priests to reign not to roam. Say, I hear. How many wants to reign?
- You will reign!
Matthew 16:19. “I’m going to give you keys”. Many cannot overcome the challenges of life because they have not located the right keys to open such doors. Every door has a key. Is that true? Church Gist. So, the keys of the Kingdom constitute your staff of office, establish your status of dominion and validate your authority over the enemy.
- May you not miss your own in the name of Jesus.
Every challenge of life has an answer if you have the right key to it. If you have the key to open that door, you can’t be frustrated. Say, I hear. As small as a padlock, very small padlock, you may not be able to open it with your muscle. But one tiny thing called key can just do like this (opens it). Is that true? You may be a superman and your super strength cannot open it. Church Gist. But that tiny object called what? (key) will just enter, you don’t need any…just application of it, you just hear (that the padlock opens). Some things you’re struggling about is because of ignorance. How many want to reign with the Word? You want to reign? Glory to God! Shout a big hallelujah!
To reign with the Word:
- Go for knowledge. Go for what? You want to reign with the Word? Go for knowledge. Go for what? The key we’re talking about here is knowledge. Is what? The key is not padlock and key. It’s knowledge. Church Gist. Matthew 16:19. That ‘keys’ He’s talking about is what you take to open. How do I know? Luke 11:52. So that key the Bible is talking about is what? Knowledge. What is it? Knowledge. It is knowledge that put you in command over the challenges of life.
- and you will be in command after today. Say, I hear.
Isaiah 11:9. So, when we’re full with the knowledge of God, you’re filled with the knowledge of God, you cannot be hurt, molested or resisted. Church Gist. With knowledge, you can have things the way you want them at all times as long as it is in line with God’s Word. Say with me, knowledge.
Hear this. The root of every man’s problem is ignorance. Is what? Ignorance. Hosea 4:6. Isaiah 5:13. The secret of triumph is knowledge. The root of ignorance is what brings problems. Church Gist. The root of all problems is what? Ignorance. Satan capitalizes on everyone’s what? Ignorance. Hear this. Don’t let the devil in anyway deceive you. There is no substitute for knowledge. There is no what? The only guarantee for liberty is knowledge. There is no substitute for what? Nothing can…even prayer, you have to pray with knowledge. Say, I hear.
Listen, I don’t care the Churches you are going to. No substitute for knowledge. Say, I hear. Are you hearing me Sir? No substitute. Crying does not…listen. I was studying, studying with me is very hard. Do you know pain does not move God to change your poverty? It may sound very harsh. That you’re going through hardship cannot make God change you to come into prosperity if you don’t have knowledge. Now, listen. It may be very harsh. That you’re poor and things are not working cannot make God make you rich. Church Gist. You must acquire knowledge to come out of poverty. Do you understand what I’m saying now? “Oh God, you know I’m a widow and as a widow, things are tough, my children” God will not be moved by your crying. If God was to move, the widow of Zarephath would have moved God. She said, “This is my last meal to die”. God did not move. She said, “This is the only food I have as a widow” Read your Book, 1 Kings 17:9-16. She said “I will eat this meal (and what? Die)” That was enough to move God. True? God did not move. Elijah said, “do you want God to move? Make for me first” Read your Bible.
You know, people are just being sentimental. The truth is the truth. Crying does not move God. Check your Bible. There was no where they cried God moved. Even when Jesus cried, God was not moved, when Lazarus died. Read your Bible. “and Jesus wept” God did not move, until Jesus talked and said “No, Lazarus!” He switched from crying to faith. (Crying) “God, why this suffering?” God will be looking at you. Church Gist. He’ll say “When you finish crying, tell me”. You know, people don’t like to hear this kind of preaching, but that’s the truth. You know, people like “sorry now” “Ehn, you know see the Pastor tell me sorry?” “he tell you sorry, you don come out of your problem?” I better tell you truth. You say “Nobody fit tell me sorry for our Church. Them just dey look me I dey cry” When you cry finish, God go say “Me too, I lost my only begotten Son, I no cry” You want to come out of that trouble? You must acquire knowledge. Say, I hear. You think you are the first to see poverty? I saw poverty. Your own is small. Church Gist. The kind of poverty I saw, you know there is classroom teacher, there is head master, our own is head master of poverty. (Laughing) My friend, have you not heard Pastor Abiye preached before? Head master of what? Poverty of the head master. You know there are principals and vice principals and the teachers, our own was principal, V. C. of poverty. Vice Chancellor of what? But knowledge brought me out.
- It will bring you out.
2 Peter 1:3,4. God said, “If you want to escape what the World is going through, you must acquire what? Knowledge. Say, I hear. Church Gist. So, with knowledge, you can escape all the woes of this World. With what? Knowledge. The deeper you launch into the Word of God, the higher control you have over the affairs of life.
Now, listen. When COVID came, you know why you have to acquire knowledge? When COVID came, even men of God closed Churches. Some were not worshipping at all. In fact, one day, one came to my office and did like this (stretched his elbow) to greet me. I refused to greet him. I kept my hand by my side. I said, “Sir, I will not greet you”. Church Gist. A senior man of God. He said, “Pastor, how are you?” (stretching his elbow) I kept my hand like this (to myself). I said “So, you can’t shake my hand? Then no point greeting me now if we have to use elbow” He lacks knowledge. He lacks what? He’s greeting me from the elbow because that’s what they told him that if you shake hand you can contact it.
Now, listen. Please, settle for knowledge. Settle for what? You read John 3:16. True? What is everlasting life? God kind of life. What is everlasting life? Can I have God kind of life and COVID touch me? (No) Simple. The way you read it is because you don’t have knowledge. Church Gist. Now, listen. You read Psalm 91, cram it even in your head. Psalm 91:10. No plague. So, monkey pox or chicken pox or any pox, will it come near your dwelling? But you lack knowledge. Simple. True? Psalm 91:7. So, how can armed robbers enter my house?
There is no substitute for knowledge. If they pray for you, still go for knowledge, because you cannot use another man’s headlamp to drive your car. If they pray for you to marry, will they pray for you to stay in the marriage? You have to acquire knowledge to stay with the husband and wife. That’s why many people will say, “They prayed for me, I’ve gotten husband” 3 years, they divorce, because they had no knowledge on marriage. Church Gist. If they pray for you to pass exam, will they pray for you to understand? You have to acquire knowledge. Am I talking to you? If they pray for food for you, will they pray for appetite? If they pray for you and buy bed, will they pray sleep for you. You have to acquire knowledge on how to sleep. If you don’t sleep, just meditate on “He giveth His beloved what? Sleep” That’s all. You’ll sleep. Say, I hear.
There is no substitute for knowledge. Hosea 4:6. People don’t like knowledge. We live in a society where people don’t like knowledge. “Pastor, pray for me. Just pray” As if we’re magicians, pray. One day, somebody came to me, he said “Speak the word” I said “The word” (Laughter) He said, “I just want you to speak the word” I said, “The word” I told him, I said “Read this book” He said, “Sir, speak the word” I said “the word” Church Gist. People don’t like what? Knowledge. People are just lazy, they want everything fast, fast. Fast lane, fast food, fast this. They want fast knowledge. Say, I hear. Knowledge is very important. How many will go for knowledge? If you want to reign, you must acquire what? Knowledge.
Please, we are in the era of knowledge. Nobody has any excuse to fail. Are you getting me now? Somebody says “Well, you know how to pastor big Church” It’s by knowledge. By what? I saw from God’s Word that if a Pastor sit at his assignment, the assignment must produce. Many of you came from other Churches, you think I don’t know? You came from other Churches to come here. Church Gist. So I can’t play on a Sunday Service or Midweek Service. I don’t come careless because you went to a Church where you were tired. You go there, the man was just telling you stories. If you come here, it’s as if you are in school. By the time you stay 3 months here, you must have had too many diaries or notes. True? You can’t come any Sunday and not hear something new. Even if it’s the same topic, I must come another way, I can’t preach it verbatim the same way. For me to prepare one message, my table will be full with books. You’ll think I’m going for research, because I know that the more you feed them, the more the people will keep coming. Even in your village, anywhere there is grass and cassava, Sheep will go there. If you have a grandmother who use to pick cassava, if your grandmother has sheep, other sheep will follow that sheep to be eating in your grandmother’s. So, the more I feed you, the more you bring people. You say “Just come. Church Gist. You’ll never regret coming to our Church”. So just imagine me, I just come everyday, I say, “Somebody sing and shout yeah. (x3)” By the third day, they’ll say “Sir, we have shouted yeah. Now, what yeah? Too much of yeah will make you end in yeye” (Laughing) You must acquire knowledge. Tell your neighbor, no substitute for knowledge.
- Understand that we have equal access. Hear this. There is no disadvantaged child of God. “You know, that guy is just lucky”. It’s a lie. That’s a lie. He’s not lucky. He knows something you don’t know. Church Gist. You know what? Please, stop settling for mediocrity. “You know what? Some people are just lucky.” No, they’re not lucky. They know what you don’t know. When you know what others don’t know, you’ll be their head. Say, I hear?
I was talking to a young boy and my light opened, but I’m not going to go into that teaching today. It’s not a business teaching. I’ll teach that some other time. How come first class students are not rich? I’ll teach that one day. It will shock you. Most first class people are not rich. Most hard working people in offices are poor. Not today. Church Gist. Sound knowledge that I will show you, you will shock. There’s difference between school and ‘lifematics’. Mathematics and ‘lifematicsc’ are not the same. You can be a first class student in mathematics and be a failure in ‘lifematics’. ‘Lifematics’ is reality of life. Another day. Can I tell you something that will shock you? No salary man can be very wealthy. I’ll open your eyes. Not today’s teaching. The Holy Ghost just stumbled and unveiled some strange things. You want me to teach it? Not now. Understand that we have equal access. Maybe I’ll teach you some other time.
Romans 8:29,30. I know you want to hear it. Say with me, knowledge. What is making you travel from here to America when you want to go to school? Knowledge. Why did you leave UST (Rivers State University of Science and Technology) to go to Harvard? Knowledge. They know what UST does not know. Here, the same students are very brilliant and when they go there they still make the best results. So, that makes the difference. Church Gist. Today, why Chokhmah? I know something no school knows. Are you aware today Chokhmah has pure British and American students, pure American students into our School? We have British students born in Britain. Not that they just went to Britain. Born, brought up in Britain in Chokhmah. We have children born in America who are coming to school. How come Nigerian schools don’t have such persons. Nigerians are sending people abroad to go to school, abroad people are coming to our school, there is something I know they don’t know. As I’m talking to you now, children born in America are coming to Chokhmah. Church Gist. Children born in United Kingdom are in Chokhmah. Not that they want to come, they are already in Chokhmah and then, those who have money here are sending their children to UK. Am I an educationist? No. I don’t know anything about education, but there’s something I know that educationist don’t know. This is ‘lifematics’. I’ll teach you.
Can I humble you? Does Elon Musk know how to code? Coding? He doesn’t know. Does he know coding? No. How come he employs coders? I will tell you one secret after now. Let me teach you before I go to business. The day you’ll come, all of you, you will show your card that you’re a dedicated member before I tell you the secret. I’ll tell you the secret so that you can take over. Church Gist. Do you know yesterday I was watching football, within a short time, Nigeria won. Thank God for 3-0. But I learnt something. Me, anything I see, I don’t see it as you see. The way I look at it is different. Now, inside the football, there was no tribalism. They didn’t say you must bring Hausa here to play, ‘You no sabi play. You no sabi play’. They didn’t say Yoruba, play here. It is those who are talented who played. There was no quota system in the football. Why? You can’t bring Hausa boy ‘wey no sabi play’ to play football there. It is those who know how to play. So, when you excel, nobody can press you down. Okay, ‘make them say, quota, Hausa boys go play’ Nobody knows how to play football there. So, there was no ‘aboki’ there. It’s football. It’s the talented ones who had to play. So, the reason why you say they’re marginalizing me is because you don’t know what…if you know more than others, nobody can marginalize you. They’re marginalizing you because you’re average. Can you now say you’ll bring an Hausa boy to take Osimhen’s position or Lookman’s position? No way. Church Gist. They play better than. So, you can’t bring somebody from Kaduna or Hausa or anywhere to come and take that position. You say “Yakubu, you go play here” These people know how to play the football. The reason they’re pushing you in the office up and down is because you don’t know too much, you don’t have. Well, that’s not my teaching, let’s come back. I will open your eyes. Sincerely, I will open your eyes.
Romans 8:29,30. Acts 10:34,35. Galatians 3:28. There is no disadvantaged child of God. Stop blaming God for your failures. Not even the devil is your problem. Each one of us will enjoy victory based on our level of knowledge. People don’t fail in exam because it is difficult, but because the thirst for success is not enough to pass the exam. Church Gist. If you know you will succeed, the reason you’re not succeeding today is not because things are hard, it’s because you don’t know what it takes to succeed in hardship. Are you getting me?
Salvation is free, but knowledge is consciously acquired. That you’re born again does not mean you’ll succeed. You have to acquire what it takes to succeed. Say, I hear. Are you getting me? You acquire knowledge. I’m doing something which will shake the world. I said, “okay, this is the reason why God, you delayed the University” I’m studying heavily what has made Harvard to stay for these years, Yale to stay for these years, Oxford to stay for these years, it’s not found. I took time. Church Gist. Listen, I’m not a Lecturer, but I’m studying what is it that made them. How come UST and UNILAG today they’re not popular? I said there must be something and I got 5 striking secrets which I can’t tell you. When we start the University, watch if foreign students don’t come here. Before, people used to come to UNILAG. Nsukka, Ibadan, Ife, they were the best. People traveled from abroad to come. Today, they are traveling abroad to school. What is the missing link? What has kept Oxford for years? What has kept Harvard for years? What has kept those schools for years? Standard not reduced. Church Gist. Today, UST will make good result in Law, the next day they’ll say no, it’s not accredited. Today, UNIPORT will have best medical student, today, no, not accredited. What is it? Something must have gone wrong. Are you getting me now? They don’t do like this to get it. You must acquire knowledge. What has messed up our educational system?
John 8:32. Please, go for knowledge. Tap your neighbor, say, go for knowledge. Stop doing this religion. Stop doing like this. If you like, tie scarf, don’t wear earring, if you don’t know, you don’t know. ‘Okay, you tie scarf, you don’t wear earring, you go exam, you no know, you go pass?’ Church Gist. You say, “Now, I go wear long skirt. I no go wear ring’. You go to the exam hall, ‘You go chew your biro till you come out’ There is no substitute for knowledge. We are men of equal destiny. We have the same access. Don’t say” You know, God loves these Americans” We have the same access.
With all humility, in this field of preaching, there’s no way of the Gospel I would go to where you will push me behind. If I appear anywhere in the World, you’ll put me in front as far as this Gospel…but I’ve not been long in this Gospel oh. I became born again ’95. Most of you who are even in this Church are older than me in the Gospel but what I know, you don’t know. You are doing like this, (clapping your hands) “Jesus is coming soon, Amen, Amen, Amen. 🎶🎶🎶” All those things can’t move God. Church Gist. You don’t know, you don’t know. There are people in this Church who are one year, what they know, some 10 year old people don’t know. “You see, if I go to America…” Can you take a Lizard to America, it becomes a Crocodile? If you’re a failure here, you’ll be a failure there and it’s even worse there because there, things are very tough. Here, you can meet your brother and say, “Oh boy, find me something now” There, no “find me something”. Nobody will find you nothing. ‘Here, you no get light, you tell NEPA man, no cut am, after I go pay’. You can’t try it. My friend, it’s easier to survive in Africa than to survive in the Western world. You don’t know? Here, you can survive here. At least, here we have communal life. There, no communal life. Nobody greets you. You can stay with your neighbor 10 years, 2 of you have not greeted each other. Everybody is minding his business, that’s why you see that psychiatric problem there is very high. Here, you turn, you can see your brother, you say ‘Nwanem. Church Gist. Even if una never chop, una go greet, say how you dey now?’ There, that’s why everybody has psychiatric problem there. They move like this, (slowly). Everybody on his own. If you go to school in Nigeria, for instance, you can know your classmates. There, you can go to school and not know any classmate. Nobody greets you, everybody is minding his business, you come out in the morning, you face your one way. So, depression is very high. My friend, just go to the Word of God. We all have equal access.
I got to know about the truth long ago when Bishop Oyedepo said “My son, whatever is happening anywhere in the World can happen here”. I said yes. Church Gist. He said, “I went to Oral Roberts and I saw it, I said it can happen and that’s the secret behind what is happening here” That there’s nothing God is doing with any body that cannot be done if you know what the person knows. Are you hearing me?
- Take charge with the Word of God. Enter the control room. Psalm 119:130. God has no other way of ending your toiling than through His Word. You don’t take command until the Word is in your hands. You can’t take delivery until you pay attention to the Word of God. Church Gist. Triumph is a matter of light, not a matter of luck. John 1:5. The Word of God is the only infallible, invisible and the dependable instrument of control. Hebrews 1:3. Say, I hear. So, it not only puts you in control, it makes you a master of circumstances and situations.
Now, listen carefully. Poverty was staring at us like this when God called us into ministry. Face to face with poverty, was staring at us. My wife, “it is well”. Me, “it is well”. Who will you go to beg to start Church? Even if someone helps you, will he help you forever? We were to start ministry, ‘she, shishi, no way. Me, shishi, no way.’ and we’re to start and God said, “Go to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria”. Just imagine if somebody paid the first rent, will he pay the second one? So, I told her, I said, “Listen, I’m going to get the secret of how not to beg mortal men” Because begging is very demeaning, especially when you beg from a proud person and may you never beg a politician, he will ‘politicalize’ you, permit me. Church Gist. When you beg from a politician, you know how they do? He will make sure his girlfriend is around, then he will now talk big, he’ll say, “you know baby, last week, I gave somebody 5 million” Then, ‘the girl go say Chai, he get money oh’ “Last week, I gave one other person 50 million. This is how they worry me every time. They worry me every time. One Pastor is coming and I think I need to help him” ‘The girl go say, ehn, that’s how they worry you?’ He’ll say “Yes, that’s how they worry me. I help them. My money is for help” Then, when the Pastor is coming, he’ll now bring one big cheque book in front of her, “55 million. (he’ll say) Well, I just helped you. Let me give you 55 so you’ll not die” That cheque will bounce oh. He’ll write 55 million in front of her, then when the Pastor comes, he’ll say “Young girl, wait for me, I’m coming”. He’ll now write 5 million, politicians. If you see the way I talk to them in Church, I love them, but I’ll never beg from them, including you sitting. Have I ever begged you before? Don’t think I have not begged before. Church Gist. Please, understand me. I have begged before. Don’t think I have not begged before. It’s a lie. I’ve begged before. But I told myself, “Do you want to continue begging? How long will you beg people?” So, I sat with the Word and I discovered Kingdom secrets of how to get wealth and I put my hands (in my pocket) and I looked at my wife and said, “Nothing can make us beg” I didn’t say that with empty words, I got light from God’s Word.
You know where the thing is pinching you, go and get books. Your marriage is already shaking to divorce, get secrets of how to stay in marriage. Don’t assume. Don’t say “My wife is so wicked. My husband is so demonic”. No, those are not the answers. Settle down to get knowledge. Church Gist. You are seeing your health threatened, challenged, sickness is ravaging you, sit down with the Word of God and find an answer to it. You are going from Church to Church, that’s not the answer. Your children are giving you concern, find out how to train children in the Lord. Are you getting what I’m saying now? There’s an answer to every question of life in the Word of God. Our problem is spiritual laziness. They say, “Read this book” You say “No. Man of God, just pray for me. I know if you pray, God will hear you” ‘Before God no go hear us?’ They can pray for you but they cannot solve your problems. Church Gist. If they pray for you for God to supply food, will they pray for the food to enter your mouth? So, find out how. I’ve suffered out of ignorance, so I told myself I will never remain a victim of ignorance. I sat down, got the light on health. You think I don’t used to be sick? I used to be very sick, that is, sickness was my middle name. Then I saw “Himself took” Every thing you are going through, somebody has gone through it. Get light and gain flight.
Shout hallelujah! Hebrews 1:3. When I go anywhere, ask my wife, this travel I went of recent, one suitcase, a whole suitcase is books. That is, the entire suitcase is books and I’ve asked them to order books they will ship. I said, “Get set and get all books and ship them from United States to Nigeria, I’ll pay for it” The books will buy me everything. Church Gist. Knowledge is not free, you will pay a price. But our problem is we think it can just come like that. Even Jesus, until He opened the Book, He did not see what was written concerning Him. Luke 4:18-20. So, the reason why you have not seen is because you have not opened. He didn’t say “I’m the Son of God. Satan, satan, don’t you know I’m the Messiah. Get out” (He said) It is written. What if Jesus does not know what is written? The Messiah, Jesus now said, “Father, I serve God oh, (x3)” What is there? I serve God oh, is that the thing? “I serve God oh. I no dey miss Church oh. I dey sweep Church oh. Father, I dey sweep toilet oh, therefore…” Is there anywhere it is wtitten “Thou shall sweep toilet”? It has nothing to do with “I did not go to school”. I have seen illiterates, my grandmother was an illiterate, she knew how to read Igbo Bible. Church Gist. If you don’t know how to read, can’t you listen? Some of us have not read one Bible for one month. Since this month you have not read one chapter of the Bible, but you have read all the social media things, even the ones that does not concern you. You talk, talk, talk, not one Scripture you can quote. There are Christians, even John 3:16, they don’t know it. “For God so loved the World… complete it” They say “For God so loved the World that he has….” No!
You are going to ask God to open your eyes to locate the right Scriptures that will put you in command over the situations of life. Church Gist. God, open my what? (eyes) to locate the right Scriptures that will put me in command over the situations of life. Psalm 119:18. “Open my eyes to locate the right Scriptures that will put me in command over the affairs of life.”
—Prayers—
- You will never be a victim of ignorance.
- Open what? (my eyes) May your eyes be opened from this moment.
Please, sit down with the Word of God. Let me tell you young ones. Don’t go on social media and be looking rubbish. That’s not how to grow. Go to social media to improve your mental capacity. Social media is good. But go for things that will improve your knowledge. Don’t go to social media and be seeing how they do ritual in Benin. Church Gist. Is that what you’ll be looking at? No. Improve your mental system. Are you getting what I’m saying now? You know all the stories on…some people, it has become addicted to some people, even if they’re talking to you, they forget themselves, they’ll be holding telephone. They’re taking to you, they’re so addicted. You know that is addictive. (pressing the phone and laughing) “See this boy oh. See as he dey run for social media” You say what’s the lesson inside? “The boy just dey run. Church Gist. See this woman, they say she kill her husband. She’s from Isiokpo” I’m not saying Isiokpo woman kill man oh, I’m just (laughing) Is that news? But not one chapter…this Isiokpo, we have Church there oh. But what I’m saying is, these are not the things you should be going for. Sit down with the Word of God.
You’ve not read Bible, you have flipped round the whole news. CNN, Sky News, Al Jazeera, in the morning oh, one hour, the same news, “See how Israel bombard Gaza. 5 people now feared dead” So, in the night, he’ll start hearing (funny sounds). Church Gist. First feed on the Word of God before you open Al Jazeera. First hear the Word of God. Hear the news from Heaven. Hear the news from where? (Heaven). You have mathematics exam, you’re reading English. Some of you, your life, nothing is working yet, carry books and read, you say “for what?”
Let me now tell you this. It will shock you. Going to school does not mean you have knowledge. Can I humble you? PhD has become like sand. How many of you have jobs? In Nigeria, PhD is becoming competitive. After PhD now, ‘where the job?’ The World is not looking for certificates, the World is looking for those who have acquired knowledge to solve problems. Church Gist. Many people now, they think PhD is the talk in town, but how many of you now have jobs with your PhD? It is not the certificate. Can you employ an accountant who cannot balance? The world is now looking for men of knowledge. “Ye shall know the truth” If you don’t know it, you don’t know it.
Please, get materials. If you are in this Church, seek knowledge. This Church is not that type we do like this (shouting) Like now, I’ll show you practical. I heard somebody clapping like this, I said pray for understanding, somebody is clapping. What has clapping got to do with understanding? At the headquarter, somebody is doing like this (clapping hands) He came from somewhere. Church Gist. They didn’t say clap, I said pray for understanding, he’s doing like this (clapping) Did they say clap your hands? Do you clap for understanding? I said pray for what? (understanding) It’s an addiction oh. (Clapping and shouting) is prayer. ‘Leave all those kind talk’. If you’re in this Church, you must acquire (knowledge). This Church is a Church of knowledge. We school you to become a Christian that anywhere you stand to talk…some of you have been here that even your friends when you talk, they say “Oh boy, you don change oh” Is it not true? They say “the way you are talking…” I flew with a man of God and in 2 minutes, he said “No wonder this young man in my office talks like this. I can see, it’s from this kind of teaching” He said Nigeria is hard, I said it’s not hard. He said “With this Country, we don’t know whether things are getting worse” I said sir, it’s getting better. Church Gist. In 2 minutes he turned, he said “There’s a staff in my office. This is how he talks” Knowledge has intoxicated many of you. True? So, if you’re here and you’re not knowledgeable, you’ll be a misfit. You know, when they’re talking about something, you don’t even have any knowledge. They say “Jesus can save you” You say “Sir, I no know oh. The one wey He save them before now…” Change oh.
No service will I teach the same thing. I’m teaching different 4 messages. The fourth service I’m teaching 4 dimensions of the Word and I’m going to end with healing in the fourth service. Church Gist. So, those who are sick I’ll minister to you in the fourth Service. I’m going to teach you the dimensional methods of the Word in the fourth service. Third service, I’m going to tell you 3 different things the Word can do. No message will be the same but all will go towards the same direction.
–Altar Call—
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