RCCG ANNUAL YOUTH CONVENTION 2019 – DAY 4 (EVENING): PLENARY SESSION 10 – TOPIC: A SESSION WITH OUR FATHER
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 3RD OCTOBER, 2019
BIBLE TEXT: JOHN 16: 13-14
Let us go ahead to Praise the Lord: Praise Him from the bottom of your heart – He is the Almighty God. All Power belongs to Him. He is Glorious in Holiness, Fearful in Praises, He is the Wonder Working God. Bless His Holy Name.
Thank You Father, Thank You Almighty God. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Worshiped – Amen.
SONG
What a Mighty God we Serve Hallelujah
What a Mighty God we serve Hallelujah
Heaven and Earth Adore Him
Even Angels bow before Him
What a Mighty God we Serve
OPENING PRAYER
Ancient of Days we Worship You. The Holy One of Israel we bow before You. The One who can do and undo, we bow before You. Please accept our Worship in Jesus Name.
Tonight, in the Lives of all these your children, please do something New, do something Wonderful, do something Powerful, do something Glorious.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Now, let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.
Shake hands with two (2) or three (3) People and say: Good Evening, God Bless You.
And then you may please be seated.
BIBLE TEXT: JOHN 16: 13-14
- Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth is come, He will guide you into all Truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear; that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come.
- He shall Glorify me: for He shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
We have already read that Passage tonight during the Holy Communion Service.
I am sure that the Speakers who has spoken before me has done Marvelous Jobs.
I watched some of them on DOVE Media in my Prayer Room. When I am in the Prayer Room occasionally, I come out for fresh air. I come out once a while to rest and when am resting I watch the DOVE Media.
And yesterday as I was watching, I heard the Preacher Preaching. At the end of it, Pastor Amenkhienan came and said everyone of you should get either the DVD or CD of the Sermon.
Am sure you remember that time and I said Amen. Because that Sermon is a Sermon you cannot just listen to once.
If you have not gotten the DVD or CD, go and get it.
I thank the Almighty God for all the Preachers. May the Almighty God continue to empower them in Jesus Name – Amen.
We are talking about His Power and Glory – three (3) important words here.
By the way of definition:
1. “His” Stands for Divine.
So we are talking about God.
2. “Power” is the Ability to do work – That is the simple Scientific Definition.
Power is that which enables you to do whatever you want to do.
Power is a very strange thing.
It is Power that allows the President to close the road when he wants to pass. It is Power that enables the President to say that I impose a curfew and nobody must come out between 6.00pm and 6.00am.
That is why People spend so much money to travel hundreds of kilometers campaigning because they want Power.
But there is a Power that is Greater than all Powers – That is the Power of God.
And somebody is going to receive that Power tonight – Amen!
In Mark 3: 13-15; the Bible said that Jesus Christ gave Power to the Disciples to Heal the sick and to cast out demons.
And now to me, that is “Real Power” – Power to Heal, Power to Deliver, Power to Perform Miracles, Signs and Wonders.
Years ago; a former Head of State of Nigeria as at that time we are very, very close and we were cracking Jokes.
When there is nobody else around; even the President becomes an “Ordinary Man”.
So, we are discussing who is more Powerful – The President or the Pastor?
And of course I said the Pastor and he said the President.
And I asked him to prove that he is more Powerful than I.
He said that if he declares a curfew, my Churches will not be able to meet. I said that is true. But I told him that he has not gotten the Power to make the lame walk, he hasn’t gotten the Power to make the barren Fruitful, he hasn’t gotten the Power to raise the dead.
How many of you wants Divine Power tonight?
Let me hear you shout Power – POWER!
3. Now Glory is very difficult to define.
You know that there are some words that you think you know and you just don’t know them – You just assumed that you know them.
For example, if I ask you now and I said: What is Distance?
You say Distance? – I know Distance now. That which is measured in Kilometers and Meters.
I didn’t say how it is measured – What is Distance?
Well Distance is the gap between two (2) things.
No, so what is gap? – Gap is distance (Laughter).
If I ask you: What is Time? – You will think that you know it.
Oh, Time is that which we measured in hours and minutes.
I didn’t say: How is Time measured? – What is Time.
But if you want to show me that you are very Deep; you will say that Time is a fragment of Eternity.
I will say: Good that is correct.
Now what is Eternity? – Ah, Eternity is Time without end.
Ah, ok so Time is a fragment of Time without end – Laughter.
There are many of you who thinks you know a lot of things but unfortunately, you don’t know.
Because, if I go on and ask you: What is Speed?
You will say: Speed is Distance divided by Time.
So, you think you know Speed but you don’t the Distance, you don’t know Time.
So Speed is undefined divided by undefined equals undefined.
A similar word is Glory – What is Glory?
Ah, some People will say: Glory is Glory now.
But whenever we find ourselves in this kind of situation because I know that you know that when you go higher in Mathematics, everything is a Great Philosophy.
Whenever we find ourselves in that realm – When we find ourselves that we have some things we cannot define straightaway; we define them by the opposite.
We define Life as the opposite of death because you cannot define Life. The reason being that Life is a Puzzle.
Jesus Christ said that: I am the Resurrection and the Life.
So, you try to define Life by any means other than by Jesus Christ; you are wasting your time.
So, when you want to define Life, we say that it is the opposite of death.
And death is easy to define but I won’t waste your time tonight.
So, when we want to define Glory; we define it by the opposite of it.
Glory is the opposite of Shame.
Proverbs 3:35: The Wise shall inherit Glory but Shame shall be the Promotion of fools.
So, Shame and fool go together; Glory and wise go together.
And since the Wise is the opposite of the Fool; Glory is the opposite of Shame.
But you may want to go Theological and say that Glory is “Dazzling Beauty” – Beauty so dazzling that when you come into His Presence, you cannot stand.
Exodus 40:35 says: When the Glory of God comes down, even Moses cannot stand.
So, we are talking about two (2) very important things:
- Power to do work
- Glory is the opposite of Shame.
And am decreeing tonight because you are going to have Power and Glory. There will be no more shame in your life – Amen.
I don’t want to take too much of your time – I have seen you dancing and jumping up and down with the energy of the Youth. But the Bible said that even the Youth will get tired occasionally.
The ability to do work is not a function of Age. Power has nothing to do with how old you are. Which is the Good News for those of us who are Younger and Youth.
It is a Function of:
1. Faith
Acts 6:8; the Bible says that Stephen (a very young man) full of Faith and Power did great Wonders and Miracles among the People.
… Power and Faith; they go together.
Power is a Function of Faith.
2. Power is definitely a Function of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 6:5 says that they choose Stephen, a man full of Faith and the Holy Ghost.
Whenever we see anyone Full of Faith, Full of the Holy Ghost; you get Power.
3. And then as I will be telling you at the end of the Talk; Power is a Function of Thirst – it depends on how thirsty you are.
When a man is thirsty, he will do anything to get water.
And thirst is a very, very Powerful Force. When Jesus Christ hung on the Cross, with the Crown of thorn on His head, nails in His hands, nails in His feet; He didn’t say that I am in pains, He didn’t say that I am hungry. What did He say? – I thirst.
Because thirst is such a Powerful Force; it will overwhelmed any other Person.
When a man is thirsty for Power; don’t stand in his way because he is likely to get what he wants.
Power is a Gift from God. Psalms 62:11 says that God has Spoken once, twice have I heard this that Power belongeth to God.
… But He gives it to those who want it!
Isaiah 40: 28-29 tells you that He gives Power to the Faint.
… So, if you want Power, you have to get it from God – Am talking of Divine Power.
Which immediately tells you that if you want Power from the Holy God, you have to love what He loves and hates what He hates.
Hebrew 1:9 says: Thou loveth Righteousness and hates Iniquities; therefore God even thy God has anointed you with the Oil of Gladness above thy Fellow.
… If you love what God loves and hates what what God hates; you will get Power.
I mean for example: God wants all men to be saved.
So, if He finds someone who will be hungry for souls, who will want to do everything possible to win souls; He will release Power to Him.
That is why you get a lot of Miracles through Evangelist because they are loving what God loves. Well I also hopes that they also hates what God hates.
… You know what He hates – He hates sin.
Now let me quickly go to the Glory.
The Purpose of God releasing Divine Power is to bring Glory to Himself.
He releases Power to you, it is so that at the end of the day He will be Glorified.
Isaiah 61: 1-3; it talks about the Spirit of Good being upon me because He has anointed me et cetera to do this – Set the Captives Free, to Open Doors. He said that He (the Almighty God) might be Glorified.
For example in Mark 2: 1-12; they brought a man in – four (4) men brought a man through the roof into the Presence of Jesus Christ. He Healed him. When He Healed him, the Bible says that People Glorified God.
When the same story was told in Matthew 9: 2-8; they said that they Glorified God who has given such Power to men.
So, if He releases Power to you and I believed that He will do so tonight, you begin to use the Power to Heal the sick, to raise the dead, to open blind eyes; Please remember that all the Glory must go back to God.
When you leave this Convention and I trust the Almighty God that long before the end of this Month; there will be a catalogue of Testimony coming from you – Amen.
Don’t dare take the Glory to yourself – His Glory He will not share.
And incidentally before I forget; because of how important you the Youths and Young Adults are to me and to the Scheme of things in Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG); we have decided that the Program for the Congress (Holy Ghost Congress for Year 2019) will be altered for you.
You said that how can that be?
Well the first (1st) day of the Congress this Year is going to be Praise Night – we will sing and dance till we are tired.
The second (2nd) Night is going to be a Youth Night – you will be the one doing the Preaching. I will just come to round up.
Why? – Because this is your Church. Those of us who are old, we are already on our Way out. You are here and we better begin to Hand Over now very gradually.
… So you better begin to Advertise the Program because it is your Program.
When He releases Power and you begin to use that Power and Miracles begin to happen and Signs and Wonders begin to follow; don’t share His Glory.
Now, how do I become the Vessel of His Power and Glory?
Well basically four (4) things:
1. You need to have Faith like Stephen – A Strong Faith.
You will hear more about that tomorrow (Friday, 4th of October 2019) if the Lord tarries.
2. How do I develop this Faith? Because you already have Faith no matter how small otherwise you won’t be here tonight.
That is No 2; You must Pray in the Spirit Constantly.
Jude 1:20 says that: “Thou beloverh building up your Faith, Praying in the Holy Spirit”.
… You must Pray in the Spirit more than ever before.
Those of us you see who are considered as Elders now; you should have seen us when we are in your age – We Pray in the Spirit and the Ground shakes.
I believed that you too will begin to do the same thing now – Amen.
3. Of course, you must be Pure.
Have told you the story before. In the Book of 2 Timothy 2: 20-22; it says that in a big man’s house, there are many Vessels, some to Honour, some to Dishonour. But if a man will purge himself – you have to make an effort to make yourself Pure; it is then that you will become a Vessel unto Honour
4. But the most important thing is Thirst.
You must thirst for His Power, you must thirst for His Glory.
You must thirst because He said that: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after Righteousness; they shall be satisfied.
What you thirst after is what you are likely to get from God.
Some of you are thirsty for Money, you will get it – Amen.
Some of you are thirsty for Promotion, you will get it – Amen.
But some of us are thirsty for the Power of God and we shall get it – Amen.
I will remind you of a story that I have told you before.
In 1979 in Tulsa USA, my father in the Lord and five (5) of us went for a Kenneth Hagen Camp Meeting.
There for the very first time, I saw the lame walking in our Presence. I saw Healings, I saw Miracles. I was a Young Christian then, have been reading about it, we have been having Testimonies of Healings. But I saw this Raw Demonstration of the Power of God.
So, I made up my mind that am not going back to Nigeria without meeting this man.
They said that it is impossible to meet him. I said that I will meet him – When there is a Will, there is a Way.
To cut the long story short; one way or the other he gave me an appointment.
Those of us who went from Nigeria (we were many); as soon as they heard that I have an appointment with him; they jumped on the bandwagon.
We got there and they told me that he can only give me fifteen (15) minutes – Oh, that is enough.
When we got to his office; before I could say anything; the man asked me: What can I do for you?
And the People who went with me begin to ask for all manner of things – One said sir, I want you to give me Permission to begin to distribute your Books in Nigeria – ok.
The second one said I want Permission to be distributing your Tapes in Nigeria – ok.
Another one said I want Permission to be distributing your Magazines in Nigeria – ok.
Finally, he came to me the one who booked the appointment and he said: Young man and what do you want?
I said sir, what I want is everything that is in you, that makes you, you – That is what I want.
He was shocked. He said what do you say and I repeated myself.
He said ok. He called his Secretary in and said this one wants Books – give him Books; this one wants Tapes – give him Tapes; this one wants Magazines – give him Magazines. And then he said that they should all move out.
Then he turned to me and said: Young man, kneel down.
I went on my kneels. I saw his hands coming towards me and that was all I remembered.
By the time I woke up; I was on the Floor, he was kneeling beside me, his two (2) hands on my head and he was Praying in the Holy Spirit furiously.
)When I got up, I knew that I got what I wanted.
What do you want? – Power!
Stand on your feet; lift your voices to the Almighty God and tell Him what you want – Ask God and Pray as if your Life depends on it.
Open your mouth and cry to Him: What you are thirsty for is what you will get!
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