FESTIVAL OF LIFE (FOL) RUSSIA 2019

@ CONCERT HALL, TSVETNOY BLVD 11, MOSCOW, RUSSIA 127051

THEME: GREATER GLORY

DAY 1: OPENING SESSION (EVENING)

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 27TH AUGUST, 2019

BIBLE TEXT: MARK 16:15-18

SONG:

Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah. (Repeated)

OPENING PRAYER

Father Almighty we Worship You. King of Kings and Lord of Lords we Worship You. The Ancient of Days we Worship You. Accept our Worship in Jesus’ Name.

Tonight, in the lives of ALL Your children here or reading – Father do something NEW!

And in the entire Nation of Russia, Father do something NEW!

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

Let somebody shout Hallelujah!

Please let us shake hands with one (1) or two (2) people and say: Good evening, God bless you.

And then let us put our hands together for the Almighty God.

And then let us Thank God for the Choir – they have done a great job.

I want to salute all the Bishops in the house; I want to salute all the Mighty Men of the Mighty God, who are also in the house.

And I want to tell you that am also looking forward to tomorrow. Because I believe it will be a Night of GREATER Glory!

So I would advice you to tell all your friends, all your relatives and your enemies – so they can come: so that your friends and relatives can be blessed.

And your enemies can be converted. So if they come in as your enemies, they will leave as your friends.

God bless you, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!

I want to talk to you very briefly from MARK 16:15-18

15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

… I thought you would say “Amen” to that? – AMEN!

It is a very Glorious thing to be SAVED; It is very Glorious to be BORN AGAIN.

The Bible says being BORN AGAIN is so Precious that all the wealth in the world cannot buy it.

In Matthew 16:26; Jesus Christ said: “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”

That all the whole world, if it were to become the treasure of one man; it is not a Profit, if he looses his soul.

That means that Salvation is more important than all the wealth in Russia put together; added to all the wealth in America; added to all the wealth in China.

So you might not be a very wealthy person right now, but if you are SAVED; you are better than the Richest man in the world!

So, if there is anybody in the house tonight or reading; who is already SAVED, you are a VIP. And I should hear you shout Hallelujah to God – Hallelujah!

1. When you are Saved; you have a NEW NAME.

According to John 1:11-12; it said if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you can now be called a CHILD OF GOD.

We know the importance of being a child of the President – to go everywhere and introduce yourself as the son or the daughter of a President: Immediately, everybody will begin to respect you.

But I am Greater than the son of the President, because I am SAVED. And I am the son of the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

My Father is in Authority; and He is not voted into Power. And so He cannot be removed from Power.

My Father REIGNS forever! And as long as He Reigns; I am His son – so I reign with Him!

If you are a child of God, shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

1. Not only a person now with a New Name; You have a NEW ACCOMMODATION.

Oh! Am not talking about Accommodation in Moscow; am talking of Accommodation in LIGHT.

Colossians 1:12-13 tells us that the moment you become a Child of God, you are translated out of darkness into Light – you no longer dwell in darkness.

You now dwell in Light: and the implication of that is Tremendous! Because when the Light shines, darkness MUST give way.

When you are a Child of God, darkness will see you coming from afar and give way for you.

When the President is travelling, they CLEAR the road for him – because he is the President. If the son of the Wales President is travelling with the President, they clear the way for him also.

When you are Born Again, when darkness sees you coming; darkness gives way! Because you are now in the Light.

When you are Born Again, the Bible says: no matter how small your accommodation may be here on earth; you have a MANSION waiting for you in Heaven.

In John 14:1-3; Jesus Christ said In my Father’s house are “MANY MANSIONS” and He says: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to Prepare a Place for you.

… Your Mansion is RESERVED! Your name is written in it – Preserved!

It doesn’t matter how small your accommodation is here; there is a Mansion waiting for you in Heaven.

And I have one (1) there, too. Am looking forward to when we will get to Heaven; you will come and visit me in my Mansion. And I will visit you in your Mansion.

If you believe that, let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

1. And that is not all. Once you are a Child of God – once you are Born Again: you have ACCESS TO DIVINE HEALING.

In 2 Peter 2:24, the Bible made it clear; the One who washes away your sin, also makes available for you, His STRIPES – for your Healing.

“… By His STRIPES you are Healed!”

In other words, if you have a sickness or disease, that the worldly doctors cannot heal, there is a Doctor that is above all doctors – and He is our Father!

And He says: “by My STRIPES, you can receive your Healing”.

I am believing God for those of you who are children of God here tonight or reading: that even before tomorrow, you will be enjoying your own Divine Healing – Amen!

1. Not only do you have Access to Divine Healing; if you are a Child of God, you don’t even have to be SICK AT ALL!

Because in Exodus 15:26, the Bible says: “If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians:”

He will make sure sickness won’t come near you – because He will be your Physician.

He said: “for I am the LORD that HEALS you.”

When your Father is the Great Physician, He can make sure that you never fall sick.

Those of you who are here tonight or reading, I would like to Prophecy unto your lives:

“And I say that from now on: No more sickness – Amen!”

1. So when you are Born Again, you have Access to Victory. Victory over Satan, victory over Forces of darkness; because the Bible says you overcome Satan by the BLOOD of the Lamb.

In other words, if you are a child of God, you can overcome even Satan himself. Because of the Power that is in the Blood of Jesus Christ.

1. But there are several other Advantages in being a Child of God; but one (1) of the Best of them all is that; you have Access TO THE VERY PRESENCE OF GOD.

In Hebrew 10:19; the Bible says we have access to the HOLIEST – by the Blood of Lamb.

And for you to fully understand that Advantage, I want you to imagine what it will take for you to be able to visit the President.

Oh! I have visited a lot of Head of States. And I know what I had to pass through.

I was invited by the President of an African Country; he invited me! Not that I wanted to go; he invited me. And I still had to pass through five (5) gates to get to him.

That day, I thanked God that I don’t have to pass through gates to get to Jesus Christ.

Anytime I want to see Jesus Christ; If I go on my knees right now, am already in His Presence.

… By the Blood of Jesus, you have Access to the Holiest!

So those of us who are Born Again; who are children of God – we have a lot to enjoy: we are already Living in Glory.

And we should appreciate God for this, by giving the Lord a big round of applause!

So it is Glorious to be a Child of God – to be Born Again; but it is More Glorious to be a Soul Winner!

There is a Greater Glory than just been a child of God; a Greater Glory than being saved – And that is to become a “SOUL WINNER!”

1. Because when you become a Soul Winner, you become the Vessel that brings Salvation to others.

And the Bible says in Acts 20:35: “It is more blessed to GIVE than to receive”.

1. When you become a Soul Winner, you become a Giver: you become a Blessing, you become a coworker with God, a Divine Partner.
2. You show the Almighty God that the Grace He has given you (in saving your soul) has not been in vain.

In 2 Corinthians 6:1; Paul said that: “I am a Worker with God; that the Grace of God in my life is not in vain”.

1. When you become a Soul Winner, you have some Greater Blessing than been just a Member of a Church.
2. SOUL WINNING gives you the Access to Answered Prayers!

If you want to know the secret of ALL PRAYERS being answered: “The SECRET is WINNING SOULS!”

John 15:16 says: “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my Name, He may give it you.”

You want all your prayers answered? He said all you need to do is Win Souls – that is the SECRET!

People have asked me: Sir, we understand that when you pray, God answers by Fire!

What is your Secret? – Soul Winning!

Everywhere I go, I win souls: in the Airport, I win souls! In Restaurant, I win souls!

Oh, one (1) occasion, the President of my Nation (Nigeria) invited me to come and Preach; because his daughter was getting married. So I was there to Preach!

All great men were there: Head of States from other Nations, Ambassadors from other Nations – and they asked me to Preach in the Wedding.

But I Preached Salvation; at the end I made an Altar Call. And someone phoned my son and said:

“What kind of Pastor is your father: making Altar Call at a State Wedding?”

I said: the reason I agreed to Preach is because I would be able to win souls.

All those “BIG” people; they won’t come to my Church. But at the State Wedding, they were sitting down: they couldn’t go out.

… God CAPTURED them for me for one (1) hour!

When you are an incurable Soul Winner; when you pray, God ANSWERS! Anything you ask Him to do, He will do it for you.

And I will give you an example: I was invited to come and Preach in a place called Coronado (in North America) in January.

And that is a very COLD period in Coronado – and I don’t like cold!

Am from Nigeria, and the coldest time in Nigeria will be around, like the one in Russia.

So I said: Daddy, do You want me to go?

He said, YES!

Then, You have to do something about the cold – “Don’t worry my son; I will deal with that”.

I was there for one (1) week. God brought Summer in January; throughout the Period I was there, people were wearing T. Shirts!

And then I left; one (1) hour after I left, all the snow that had not fallen, began to fall.

If you are a Soul Winner, anything you ask God for; He will do it for you.

Because in John 15:14, He said: “Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.”

1. When you become a FRIEND of God, then you can get anything from Him. But to be His Friend – Win Soul; WIN SOULS!
2. And then when you begin to do what He commands you; everywhere you go – Signs will follow!

In the Text that I read to you (Mark 16:15-18), He said that:

“And these signs shall follow them that believe; In My Name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with New Tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”

If you want to become a Vessel unto Honour in God’s Hand: to Perform Miracles for Him, to Heal the sick for Him – GO, GO, GO! GO Winning Souls!

So it is Glorious to be SAVED; it is more Glorious to be a SOUL WINNER.

But it is a GREATER GLORY yet; and that is to “PLANT CHURCHES”.

Don’t just Win Souls, arrange Churches for them to Worship: that is the way the Fruits will ABIDE!

Build Churches near the SOULS that you have won; so that they can have a Place to gather together and study the Word of God.

That is why in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, we build Churches within five (5) minutes distance of one another.

So that if you turn right (from your house) within five (5) minutes you are in a Church. You turn left, within five (5) minutes you are in another Church. You go forward within five (5) minutes you are in another Church. You go backward within five (5) minutes you are in another Church!

Eh! What kind of arrangement is that?

Do you want to turn the whole of Russia to Churches? – Yes! YES!!!

I will be happy if every house would become a Church. So that in every house, instead of husband beating the wife, the husband will be the Preacher, the wife will be the Choir Leader. And the children will be shouting Hallelujah!

When you build Churches everywhere; then when you grow old and you begin to look back on your life: then you see your achievements – you see the Churches that God has built through you.

I like Apostle Paul; when he was getting old, he was writing to the Churches that God Planted through him – to the Romans, to the Corinthians, to the Galatians, to Colossians. And on and on and on!

Oh, Apostle Peter was great, but when Peter was old, he was writing Letters to everybody!

I prefer Apostle Paul – I want to be able to write to my Churches in various Countries. So when am old, I can look back and say:

“Thank God, my life has not being a WASTE!”

Oh! There is a man in the Bible, his name is Methuselah.

In Genesis 5:25-27; there is a man there called Methuselah. He lived for almost a thousand (1,000) years. What did he do? – Nothing! He ate, he got married, got children and died!

… For almost a thousand (1,000) years, nothing to show for it.

Yet, there was a young man by the name Philip. When he was still a young man; he went to a City called Samaria, and brought JOY to a whole City.

That is what I want my life to be like.

I don’t want to be old for nothing. I want to be able to go from City to City and have Churches Planted.

I have come to challenge you tonight. From this day onwards; Win Souls, Plant Churches. Fill the whole of Russia with Churches – so that everywhere people turn, they will hear the shout of Praise the Lord! They will hear the shout of
Hallelujah!

HOW CAN WE DO THIS?

Very simply! Not by Power, not by Might, not by your Ability. But by the POWER of the Holy Spirit.

In Acts 1:8; Jesus Christ said we shall receive Power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me throughout the Whole World!

So am going to encourage you tonight; if it is only for five (5) minutes. I want you to cry to God and say: Father, send down Your Holy Spirit upon me. So that I can become a Witness, a Soul Winner, a Church Planter, a Vessel unto honour in Your Hands: so that my life will not be in vain.

Are you ready to pray?

Let us stand on our feet. And first of all let me hear you shout a really big Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

And then lift your voice to the Almighty God and say: LORD, I am ready to be used, send down Your Power, so that I can be used of You.

Go ahead, cry to the LORD: send down Your Power, let the Power of the Holy Spirit come upon me, so that I will become a Soul Winner, Planting Churches, doing Miracles, Signs and Wonders for You.

Please LORD; Send down the Power of the Holy Spirit upon me tonight, so that from now on; I will begin to Win Souls and Plant Churches. So that the whole Nation of Russia will begin to shout “Jesus is Lord!”

Go ahead cry to HIM: Please Lord, send down Your Power, fill me with overflowing of Your Holy Spirit, so that I can begin to Win Souls and begin to Plant Churches, beginning from now!

Open your mouth and call on HIM: Lord Empower me with Your Holy Spirit, so that Miracles, Signs and Wonders can follow me.

Please Lord God Almighty, empower me like never before, so that I can go out there and begin to Win Souls; so I can go everywhere Planting Churches; so that the Nation of Russia can be saved.

Please LORD; send the Holy Spirit upon me; Empower me like never before; that I can serve You like never before.

Thank You Father. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Am going to Pray with you now.

As you go from here, begin to Win Souls. As you go from here, begin to call your friends and your relatives, coworkers – inviting them to come tomorrow.

So that your Work of Soul Winning can begin afresh!

… Please lift your hands to the Almighty.

CLOSING PRAYER

My Father and my God, I want to THANK YOU! Thank You for Your Words; Thank You for the Salvation of our Souls!

Thank You that we have a New Name; Thank You that we have a New Accommodation; Thank You that we belong to the King of kings; Thank You that we can come into Your Presence by the Blood of the Lamb.

Father we are crying to You tonight; we don’t want to live in vain. We want our lives to be Fruitful.

Please send down Your Holy Spirit to Empower us tonight; so that we can go out and begin to win souls. Help us so that we can go about Planting Churches.

Very soon oh Lord, fill the whole of Russia with Your Churches; let there be Revival NOW!

Thank You Almighty. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

If you received that, shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

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