- Many of us read the Bible, we see the letters, but we cannot see the Spirit.
- The Teaching Priests are sent by God to make us see and are located in the Church.
- It is when you see the Spirit of the Word, that the Word of God begins to benefit you.
- No evil comes near you or anyone connected to you all through this day.
Our Father, this morning we have come to give glory to You for the testimonies that we have heard. They are your doings and they are marvellous in our eyes. For it we give You all the Praise. For the answers You have given to our prayers we say Thank You.
Again, this morning, our eyes are on You, we ask that You will speak to us again. Let Your Word transform us and change us. In Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Our line of exhortation this week has been:
WHY MUST WE BE COMMITTED TO THE INGATHERING OF SOULS INTO CHURCH?
We are reminded again that God is a God of purpose. For every commandment, there is a divine intention and the intention of God must be understood in order to stimulate our engagement and to position us for a reward. Never forget that there is no commandment of God that is to the advantage of God, but every commandment of God is to the advantage of the obedient.
Deuteronomy 28:1-2
God does not benefit from what God commands, it is the obedient that benefits from what God commands.
The commandment is to our advantage, but we must understand the intention of the commandment, to stimulate our profitable engagement.
This Morning we are going to look at this very important reason:
FOR THE REALISATION OF THE INHERITANCE OF OUR NEW CONVERTS.
Acts 26:18
For everyone that is saved, God has the provision of an inheritance. The Bible tells us in 2 Peter chapter 1 verse 3, there is an inheritance for everyone that is saved and that inheritance covers all things.
But what is the part to play when it comes to them being brought to God’s house in order to take delivery of their inheritance!
Why must they be in Church?
We’ll look at the following reasons quickly as far as their inheritance is concerned:
- The first is that the Church is the altar of revelation that empowers believers to take delivery of their inheritance.
Matthew 11:28-29
The first verse says, “COME unto me” – come to where I am, come unto Me, come and meet Me.
Why? Because I want to give you rest and when you come, what I will do is to teach you. So He said, “come and learn of Me.”
For any convert that will find rest, that will begin to enjoy the fullness of what God has provided for them, they can’t stay where they are, they must come to where He is.
And where is He?
Hebrews 12:22-24
He said, “come to Zion.”
And in coming to Zion, what are you coming to? Come to Jesus
And what happens when you come to Jesus, He said, we should come and learn of Him and He will give you rest.
According to God’s Word therefore, when you want to encounter rest, they must come to that altar of revelation, where He teaches, where He instructs, where He directs.
Ephesians 1:18
It is possible to know about the inheritance, but it is not possible to experience the inheritance until there is revelation. And that revelation is available on the altar of revelation which is the Church of Christ.
Colossians 1:12
We see again the expression of God’s divine intention for the salvation of every soul. The inheritance of the saints is found in light and the altar of the Church of God is the altar of revelation. It means therefore that for anyone to partake of their own inheritance, they must be in the house of God where they come unto Jesus.
Acts 20:32
You come to Church and when you come to Church, revelation is issued out and inside the revelation is your inheritance.
You and I must recognise that every one of our new converts must be brought into the house of God, the house of revelation from where they take delivery of their inheritance.
- God opens our eyes of understanding through the ministry of teaching priests in Church.
2 Chronicles 15: 3-5
God’s Word makes clear, speaking about the state of Judah. We begin to see in verse 5, the results of that was that there was no peace to him that went in or him that went out. Turmoil everywhere because there was no teaching priest.
Nehemiah 8:8
I will like you to understand that there are things you will never understand outside God’s house. Church Gist. The teaching Priests are instruments of God to open the eyes of our understanding.
Ephesians 3:3-5, 9
What do they do when they locate these mysteries? Verse 9, to make all men see.
It is the teaching Priests that are located in Zion that make us see.
If you tell a child, giving him a cup of water, “what is this? The child will tell you it is water but when he enters into a Chemistry Class, the teacher asks him, what is this? He will say, “Teacher, it is water.”
And the Teacher will say, “no, I want you to see something else. It is H2O – 2 Hydrogen, 1 Oxygen is what is called water.”
He could see water before, but he could not see what was inside the water, the Teacher had to make him see.
You see many of us read the Bible, we see the letters, but we cannot see the Spirit. There are those that are sent by God to make us see and they are the ones that are located in the Church. It is when you are able to see the Spirit of the Word, that the Word of God begins to benefit you. The Word of God says, “the letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life.”
There is no benefit in what the natural eyes can see, it will take the assistance and facilitation of spiritual agents to cause us to see what our spiritual eyes should see and it is that, that changes our lives. That is why they must be brought to Church.
Isaiah 30:21-22
There is something you can see in front of you, but there is something behind it and it is the ministry of the teaching priests that helps us to capture it.
- Finally, the Church is where blessings of redemption are distributed.
Psalm 65:4
The house of God is the place that God distributes His goods. It is where He distributes His blessings.
Psalm 132:13-15
It is in Zion that God satisfies our wants. He distributes His blessings.
Obadiah 1:17
The blessings that belong to everyone new convert is available for distribution in Zion. If he does not know that, he will lose out on what belongs to him. That is why it becomes so important that every one of our new converts is brought into the Church of God because their decoration, their transformation, their elevation is available there and you and I require the grace of God to see to it that every one of our converts are brought in.
You know the good news, you can’t be serving God and God not blessing you.
I will like you to get set because you are in your season of blessing.
You are in your own season of blessing.
You heard the testimony, that family said they were going out to the point that the wife one day said, “Are you the only one?”
He said, “That is how God’s Servant said we should do it.”
Serving God as if they were the only ones and the woman said, “My body is feeling somehow, let me go and do checkup.” It didn’t even occur to her that something had happened already.
She got to the place, I believe she could not use her mouth to say it, she sent text message: Husband ohhh, come and see ohhh. Something has happened ohhh. They say, “I am pregnant.”
Just like that, 5 years and 8 months of toiling for a matter settled with ease.
-That is how God will settle somebody’s testimony here.
Prayers: Lord, I receive grace this morning, to play my part in seeing to the ingathering of every new convert that You have given me into Church.
Lord, I receive grace. Take that grace from God.
Lord, I receive grace this morning, to engage with fervency, with passion, to engage with all that is within me, to see to the establishment of every one new convert that You have given unto us, in this Church.
I receive that grace. Thank You Mighty God and blessed be your Holy Name, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
As you have taken that grace, I see it working through you.
I want you never to forget that God owes no man. As you are serving God and He has promised to bless you, just do your part. He will settle your part with ease. That family was doing their part and God settled their part without them even knowing.
-That is how God will surprise somebody here in the name of Jesus.
Fliers: Declare the breath of the Holy Ghost upon these materials, that as they go out, they will go out as sharp sickles bringing in great harvest in the name of Jesus Christ. Every flier, every tract, that goes out is returning with a mighty harvest in the name of Jesus!
Thank You mighty God and blessed be your name, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Lord, we send this forth and we declare that they return with a mighty harvest. Thank You for doing it, in Jesus precious name.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
This is the 3rd day of our Week of Spiritual Emphasis.
After 2 days, He will revive us and on the 3rd day, He will raise us up.
This is the day for your rising. Therefore, speak to the day right now.
This day is blessed as a day of encounters.
-A day of Visitation.
-A day of Transformation.
In the name of Jesus Christ.
Thank You mighty God, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
-This day is declared blessed.
-For you, it will be a day of encounters.
-No evil comes near you or anyone connected to you all through this day.
-For you, it will be a day of testimonies.
-God will surprise you today.
-The God of this Commission will surprise you today.
In the name of Jesus Christ, so shall it be, in Jesus precious name.
Don’t forget today is the 3rd day of our Week of Spiritual Emphasis, we are gathered together this evening and it will be an explosive time in His presence, in Jesus precious name.
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