‘I DO NOT CHOOSE THE THEMES FOR THE CONGRESSES. MY FATHER CHOOSES THE THEME AND DICTATES THE TALK ONE BY ONE’ – PASTOR ADEBOYE SHARES
THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONGRESS, ‘DOUBLE PORTION,’ IS TO MOVE YOU FROM RECEIVING TO BECOMING
GOD WANTS TO MOVE YOU FROM RECEIVING THE SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEMS TO BECOMING A PROBLEM SOLVER
‘DURING THE CORO PERIOD I WAS CONFIDENT THAT I CAN PRAY FOR ALL THE SICK AND THAT NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO ME BECAUSE THERE IS THAT DECREE, ‘TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED…’ TO EVERYBODY, EVERY FORCE, WHATEVER!’
THE OIL OF JOY IS TO ERADICATE MOURNING AND SORROW
OIL ACCELERATES PROMOTION AND IT ONLY FLOWS ON THE HEAD OF THE ONE WHOSE HEAD IS RIGHT FOR IT AS IT WAS WITH DAVID
THE OIL MUST BE THERE (ON THE ALTAR OF YOUR HEART) TO KEEP YOUR LAMP BURNING SO THAT YOU DON’T MISS THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
IF THERE IS NO OIL IN THE LAMP AND THE LAMP GOES OUT, THERE WILL BE NO VISION
Pastor E. A. Adeboye on “THE OIL OF GLADNESS” || DOUBLE PORTION || Redeemed Christian Church of God HOLY GHOST CONGRESS 2022 || December 6th 2022
Day 2, Evening Session
🎶 I have a Father, Almighty Father. He is King of Kings. 🎶
Ancient of days we worship you. The one who said let there be light and there as light, we bow before you. Thank you for yesterday. Thank you for accepting our praises. Church Gist. We know that when praises go up, blessings will surely come down. Tonight, visit your children. Change every sorrow to joy. Wipe away all tears. Give us a brand new beginning and let your name be glorified in Jesus’ Mighty name we have prayed.
Let someone shout ‘Halleluyah!’
Tomorrow by the grace of God if the Lord has not returned, we will be talking about, ‘HEALING VIRTUES.’ Tomorrow is going to be a special night set aside for healing. Church Gist. After the preaching tomorrow, every one of us will receive an anointing to heal those who are sick and to make that those of us who are not sick will remain completely whole. It will go beyond that too. In the name of Jesus Christ, everyday it will get better.
Tonight I will be speaking to you for a few minutes as the Holy Spirit permits on the OIL OF GLADNESS. Hebrews 1:9. If you believe that passage is written for you say, ‘Amen.’ The purpose of this congress, DOUBLE PORTION, is to move you from receiving to becoming. God wants to move someone from receiving to becoming. Church Gist. He wants to move you from receiving the solution to your problems to becoming a problem solver. The first portion is to take care of your own problems. The second portion is for others; to empower you to solve the problem of others.
- Tonight in the mighty name of Jesus, your own problems will be rolled away!
- From tonight onward, you will be empowered to change the sorrows of others to joy!
The text we read shows there’s oil called the oil of gladness. What is the purpose of the oil apart from food (because we use oil for cooking)? Oil is also used for healing. Luke 10:30-37. Church Gist. The Bible tells us the story of the Good Samaritan when he came across the man who had been attacked by high way robbers. It shows that high way robbers have been around for a long time.
- You will never become their victim!
That he (the Good Samaritan) poured oil on the man’s wounds – oil for healing. In James 5:14, the Bible said if any is sick among you … let them anoint him with oil – oil for healing. We will talk more about that tomorrow. Church Gist. Oil is also used for setting people or something aside for God’s use. 1 Samuel 10:1-11 – When God was going to set apart King Saul as the first King of Israel, he was anointed with oil.
Oil can be used to accelerate promotion of somebody – 1 Samuel 16:11-13. They brought David from the bush – he was a shepherd boy; but the moment they poured oil on him, he became a king.
- Even before this congress is over, your promotion will be accelerated.
In the story of David, it is interesting to note that unless the head is right, the oil will not flow. Church Gist. The kind of oil that will accelerate promotion flows on the head of the one whose head is right for it.
Oil can be used for protection. Psalms 105:15 – this means much more than don’t attack my anointed. That decree from the Most High God is not only to humans. It is also to witches, wizards, viruses, bacteria. Church Gist. That is why people like me during the Coro period was confident that I can pray for all the sick and that nothing will happen to me because there is that decree to everybody, every force, whatever!
- From now on in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, you have a major protection from every enemy.
Oil is intricately involved with anointing. Isaiah 10:27. Church Gist. Oil is also useful in keeping your lamp burning. Leviticus 6:12 – the altar here is talking about the altar of your heart.
- I pray for every one of you, the fire of God upon your life will never go out.
The oil must be there to keep your lamp burning so that you don’t miss the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. You know the story of the 10 virgins in Matthew 25:1-13. - I pray for every one of you, the fire of God upon your life will never go out.
Oil is essential so that your lamp won’t go out so that you don’t go into darkness because if you go into darkness, you will discover that your eyes can’t see. On one occasion, the light was taken off suddenly. Church Gist. Every one of us stood still until the light came back because you suddenly discover that you don’t even know your way around. If there is no oil in the lamp and the lamp goes out, there will be no vision. Proverbs 29:18. You can see that oil is very very important.
There is a particular kind of oil called the oil of gladness – the oil of joy. According to Isaiah 61:1-3, the oil of joy is to eradicate mourning and sorrow. The Almighty God is talking to us tonight about the oil of gladness. The oil of gladness is available tonight. How do I know? My Daddy told me. Church Gist. Whether you know it or not, I don’t choose a theme for the congress. My father chooses the theme. After he has chosen the theme, he dictates the talk one by one. If he says, ‘Oil of Gladness’ for tonight, somebody should shout halleluyah!
The oil of gladness is available but you have to reach out to get the bit of it for your use. Mark 5:25-34. The woman with the issue of blood reached out to touch the hem of the garment of the Lord Jesus Christ. The hem of his garment was dripping with oil. Church Gist. It is not something you can see with physical eyes but it was there. The Bible says since the day of John the Baptist, the Kingdom of God suffereth violence and the violent takes it by force. There are certain things you have to reach out to get.
The oil of gladness that can change sorrow to joy is available but you may need to cry for it. Mark 10:46-52. Church Gist. When Bartimaeus heard that Jesus was passing by something told him, ‘your day has come.’
- For somebody, your day has come.
When he started crying and some people were trying to silence him, he ignored them. I like the testimony of one of my sisters who said, she was somewhere in the auditorium and some people were sleeping. Church Gist. She started crying and cried so loud she woke them up. ‘if you people do not know what you came for, I know what I came for.’ - God is going to answer the prayer of somebody tonight!
The oil of gladness is available but you practically need to go and get it. Different people come to a gathering like this for different reasons. Some of us come just to enjoy the presence of the Almighty God. Church Gist. Some of us have certain deep rooted problems causing us sorrow and we have come knowing fully well that in the presence of God there is fullness of joy.
- I have good news for somebody: what you have come for you will get!
I’m sure you remember the story of the lady that the baby in her womb died and the doctor said they have to evacuate. She said to them, ‘but the congress is next week. Let me go to the congress. If nothing happens, then you can come and evacuate.’ Church Gist. The doctor said, ‘the baby in your womb is already dead. By now it is almost decomposing. By the time you return from this your congress, you will probably be dead because the poison in your womb would have spread all over the place.’ She said, ‘it is my life now,’ and she came. I have never forgotten that day because the first day nothing happened. Second day, nothing happened; but on that Wednesday (some of the older ones here will remember), the power of God came down so heavily on me I had to ask for a chair to sit. Church Gist. As I was about to sit down the Word of God came. I said there’s a woman here, the baby in your womb has been dead for days but the baby is jumping back to life. She got what she came for.
- In the name that is above every other name, you will get what you have come for.
In Mark 5:21-24, 35-43, Jairus came to Jesus Christ because the daughter was sick. He was a ruler in the synagogue and in those days the rulers looked down on Jesus Christ. They called him an upstart. ‘Where do you come from? Who taught you what you are teaching? Which Bible College did you go to?’ but he needed help. Church Gist. He humbled himself, came to Jesus: ‘Come and help me, have mercy.’ You know the rest of the story. By the time they arrived the child was dead. People were weeping but the Lord told him, ‘you have come and you will get what you came for.’
- I decree to somebody here: for the rest of your life, they won’t gather to mourn in your house.
There is the oil of gladness flowing freely here tonight. You may need to reach for it, cry for it, go for it violently. But there’s something better than just rolling away all your sorrows tonight. Mentioning them one by one: problems over your health, business, children, etc and that is for you yourself to become a carrier of the oil of gladness. Church Gist. That is the idea of the double portion. That wherever you go from now on, joy will break out. Acts 8:5-8. Philip was a carrier of the oil of gladness.
We all know that things are difficult; particularly in our nation at this moment. Unless we want to deceive ourselves, there is a lot of pain, agony and quite a big measure of sorrow. I mean the other day, we heard of somebody – a student who fell sick and the police carried him to the hospital. Church Gist. When they got to the hospital, the hospital asked them to come and deposit something before they can attend to their colleague. They are students; students are not supposed to be rich. They couldn’t find the money; their colleague died. It is going to be quite a while before those students will ever forget their sorrow.
- I decree to you today, wherever you go from tonight, wherever there is sorrow it will change to joy.
It is better for you to become a carrier of joy. I mean you heard the testimony last month of an assistant pastor or so. They called him to come immediately. One girl was going to get married and the mother was dying on the wedding day. The pastor drove there; by the time he arrived, the mother had died. People were weeping. Church Gist. He said ‘God what do I do? Do I join those who are weeping? Or do I quickly run to my car and run away?’ then he heard from God. God said, ‘no, dance round the dead body.’ He started dancing; the others joined him in dancing instead of weeping. Almost one hour, mama came back to life.
- Somebody here tonight will become a carrier of the oil of joy!
When you go back to our text, it said, ‘…even God thy God has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above they fellows.’ (Hebrews 1:9). The word there, ‘above thy fellows’ is what I want to talk about before praying. ‘Above thy fellows’ means God can place you above your peers, such that among equals, you are number 1. Acts 6:1-6. Church Gist. There were 7 of them that were appointed to be deacons – the original deacons. Look at the qualifications of every one of the 7:
a) Men of good report: means they love righteousness and hate iniquity
b) Full of the Holy Spirit and power
But only Philip excelled in being the carrier of joy. Many of us who are here tonight, you are already children of God. some of us by the grace of God since we got born again have stayed away from sin. One of my daughters was giving a testimony not too long ago. She said, ‘from the day I gave my life to Jesus Christ the Almighty God has kept me pure. I rejoiced to hear that kind of testimony; there are many of us like that. We hate sin. We don’t want to have anything to do with it. Church Gist. Yes, we hear all manner of stories: pastors doing all kinds of things (I am not saying our pastors. I mean pastors generally), we hear of Bishops, etc and when anybody wants to point an accusing finger at the Church as a whole, I will always tell them, ‘you cannot find a counterfeit unless there is an original.’ There is no counterfeit 2,000 Naira note. You will never find one. Why? Because there is no original. So the fact that there are some counterfeits is proof that there are some originals.
But of the 7 chosen full of the Holy Spirit, of good report, etc, apart from Stephen who went to Heaven in a blaze of glory, only Philip was referred to as the one who carried joy to a whole city. When we are talking about Double Portion, almost invariably, your mind goes to the story of Elijah and Elisha in 2 Kings 2:1-15. On the day that Elisha got the double portion of the spirit, there were several sons of the prophet. They were called sons of the prophet because they are baby prophets on the way to becoming full fledged prophets. Church Gist. They all had a dose of the first portion. They all knew that Elijah was going to be taken away that day. They told Elisha so: ‘Friend, may be you don’t know but your master is going to be taken away today’ Elisha replied, ‘I know. Keep your mouth shut.’ They knew but only one fellow got the double portion. The only one who said whatever it is going to cost, Oga wherever you go I am going with you until you are no longer here.
You know at the end of the day, those who were telling him, ‘do you know your Oga is going today?’ they came and bowed down before him.
Tonight I am going to advise you as a father to a son. I know some of you may be older than I (we are not many and even if we are many you are my spiritual children), whatever it is going to cost you, I want you to make sure you pray tonight like you have never prayed before. Church Gist. I know many of us are looking forward to Friday. Do you have to wait till Friday before you get your miracle? Do you want to be sad for another couple of days? When do you want your miracle?
In Daniel 6:1- end, Daniel had an excellent spirit and stood out amongst his peers. You know one of the things that distinguished him from all of them? He was a number one champion prayer warrior.
In 1985 we went to South Korea for a ministers’ conference in Seoul. At that time, he was the pastor of the biggest Church in the whole world. He will hold services I think about 7 times on Sunday and the auditorium was huge; it could sit 50,000 people and they will still have 7 services on Sunday. Church Gist. It was the first time in my life that I heard the Pastor say, ‘those of you who have come to Church this Sunday please remember, don’t come next Sunday.’ Why? Because those who could not come in this Sunday will then be able to come in. when a pastor is begging his members you know what I mean by big. At that time, Redeemed Christian Church of God was struggling. I have fasted, prayed, done everything. When I heard about this man I said I will go and find out. I got there and he told me he has a prayer mountain. People came from all over the world. Church Gist. They took us to the prayer mountain on a particular day and in the mountain they dug little little holes. You have to climb into it to pray. The mountain will be vibrating because there are holes all round the mountain.
For your information that was the origin of Mount Carmel. When I saw that mountain I said, ‘alright, there is a mountain in Ifewara. I will go and buy one.’ We were asked to go and pray. So I entered into the hole and I was praying. Me I travelled all the way from Nigeria to South Korea. I knew why I came – of course I forgot time. Church Gist. I was praying for about 3 hours before it occurred to me we came in a bus as a group maybe I should go and find out where the others are. By the time I came out, all other buses were gone except my own and the others would have gone but I was the only black man in the group so that helped them to notice somebody is missing.
They were furious with me. ‘You kept us here for hours.’ I said, ‘ah! I am sorry. I thought we came here to pray.’ They said, ‘are you going to pray everything in one day?’ all the way from the mountain back to town, nobody spoke to me which was very good because my spirit was still roaring. Church Gist. I knew what I wanted, why I went. In those days, you can’t see Papa Yonggi Cho. How are you going to get close?
Few years ago, some of you know the story, I went to visit our Church in Seoul and I had an opportunity now to meet Papa Yonggi Cho. When they ushered me into his office, they introduced me, he said, ‘I have heard about you. Church Gist. Will you please pray for me?’ As we shook 2 hands, my eyes were filled with tears because to me that is the greatest proof that I got what I wanted when I came the last time.
- When you return next year, in the name that is above every other name, you will come and testify.
Salvation Call
If you haven’t given your life to Jesus, cry to the Almighty God for restoration.
Ask Him to have mercy on you, forgive you, wash away your sins, and save your soul.
Ask Him for grace to live in righteousness
