RCCG ONLINE CENTRAL DIGGING DEEP SERVICE TEACHING – PASTOR JOHNSON FOLORUNSHO ODESOLA – TOPIC: ELIMINATING THOSE LITTLE FOXES

MINISTERING: (ASSISTANT GENERAL OVERSEER (AGO) ADMIN. AND PERSONNEL, RCCG)

DATE: 30TH JUNE, 2020

BIBLE TEXT: SONG OF SOLOMON 2:15

Let us Pray together!

SONG:

I have a Father, Almighty Father
He is King of kings and Lord of lords
I have a FATHER (Hallelujah!)

Repeat!

OPENING PRAYER

Father in Heaven, we want to give You Praise. We lift up Your Name because You are the Highest; You are the Deepest, You are the Widest. There is no one that can be compared to You!

You are so Pure, that even among the People that dwell in Your Territory above, You still see something that is not clean enough.

We Thank You for Calling us to be Your children; to be Your sons and daughters – Not because we merit it or we have done anything to be called Your son or Your daughter.

But Father, because Your Own Volition and Your love has qualifies us. We want to say Thank You!

Thank You for Healing, Thank You for Salvation, Thank You for Joy! Thank You for sustaining this great Church – the Organization RCCG.

Thank You for sustaining our Leaders – Daddy E.A. Adeboye and his family. Thank You for sustaining all our Leaders. Oh God, we say THANK YOU.

We Worship Your Name that in this Period of Covid-19, You have never allowed anyone to a Partaker of evil.

And THANK YOU for keeping all Your children across the Globe. To You be all Glory, Honour and Praise. We Worship and we Bow before You. Take all the Glory in Name of Jesus!

Lord we are here to Study Your Word again, You are the WORD from the beginning. Holy Spirit, You are the Great Teacher – teach all of us together again today.

I confess my Ignorance and my knowledge of nothingness; so I Pray that I will disappear and You will appear.

The HOLY GHOST, by the Power of the Anointing – You will move; and No One will go through this Study and remain the same.

Oh God we Pray that Your Word will receive the backing of Heaven and the Holy Ghost will lead the way and I will follow.

Let there be Salvation, let there be Restitution, let there be Comfort and let there be Healing.

We Worship You Oh God because You Own it! We Bless and Praise Your Name.

Lord, I release my head, my mouth and my heart to You; that everyone that will be listening across the Globe, we Pray that together, You will encourage and mould our lives in accordance to Your Will.

Thank You our Maker because it is done already! We give You Glory, and Honour and Praise.

In Jesus’ Most Mighty Name we Pray – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

We want to Thank the Lord for the privilege that I’m given again by my father in the Lord, to stand on this Podium.

God will continue to increase our dear daddy.

I’m so privileged as a young Boy to just walk alongside with him – His Anointing will never go STALED!

And everyone supporting his Ministry, supporting him – God will raise Helpers of Destiny for you – Amen!

… And I want you to say that Amen and swallow the saliva – Amen (DMC Family also did theirs).

Today, I want to speak on: ELIMINATING THOSE LITTLE FOXES

And we are going to read from Song of Solomon 2:15;

“Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender Grapes.”

May the Lord Bless the Reading and Hearing of His Words in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

Solomon, the wisest King and the great Preacher said this: Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender Grapes.

When an enemy intends to invade any Territory, the first (1st) thing they do is not to send the whole Army or the whole Soldiers because they can easily be recognised.

When they want to gain foothold in the enemy’s Territory, they only send a few Platoons so that they will not be noticed.

They just send them secretly by dropping the Parachutes unnoticed because you can’t easily recognize the small Units.

And so, the small units will go unnoticed and they will be able to get the work done – They open up, before sending the real Force!

Now, the same Method is what Satan usually applies!

Little sins are much more likely to be overlooked than what People call ‘BIG’ sins.

All sins – big or small; all Unrighteousness is SIN.

And the reason why we need to go over this is because many times we try to sectionalize, categorize and group (as it were) SINS.

But then, the Bible says: “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender Grapes.”

The Book of 2 Samuel 11:1-7; David – at a time People had gone to War, he was at home relaxing. And his eyes SAW what he shouldn’t have seen.

And that led to adultery!

From adultery to murder, and before you know it, the Kingdom of the man that God Promised became shaken.

Now, in the Book of 1 Kings 13:7-24, a Man of God from Judah that went to Bethel by the Word of the Lord – The Young Prophet (as it were): he finished the work, and the only thing he did was that his Obedience wasn’t totally complete.

The Lord said: Don’t eat, don’t do this one – Just one sin and his life was totally destroyed!

In the Book of James 3:3-5, the Bible says in verse 5: “Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”

Little things can develop into big things. Big sins are sometimes easier to deal with than little ones!

We often take care of ‘BIG’ sins (as categorized by humans); but little sins – you need to watch out for them.

The TEXT we read says: LITTLE FOXES THAT SPOIL THE VINE.

It says: Little sins can make People fall – Little sins!

Many Christians today are guilty, by just overlooking little sins.

They say: As long as I don’t get drunk, as long as I didn’t rob the Bank, as long as I didn’t commit adultery, as long as it is still alright with everybody.

And we end up with what we Categorise as ‘Acceptable’ sins.

I don’t mean that they are acceptable to God: but our we have categorized them ‘Acceptable!’

But all sins – little or big; ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.

In the Book of Habakkuk 1:13, it says: “Thou art of Purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity:”

… That is GOD!

Sir/Ma, watch out for LITTLE FOXES! – Little foxes that can TEAR you down; little foxes that can destroy your home; little foxes that can destroy your marriage; little foxes that can separate you from God; little foxes that can hinder your Prayer Life; little foxes than can destroy your Ministry; little foxes than can reverse you back to the beginning – And you start all over again.

Little foxes than can stunt your Spiritual Growth; Little foxes than can cause you stress; Little foxes than can keep you revolving in circles – Even in your Church, even in your Homes; that can drain your purses. Little foxes than can block your Blessings.

There could be little Foxes affecting your life, affecting your relationship.

We need to DEAL with it; because if we fail to do that, they may DEAL with us.

Now, from where we read, the Bible says that the Grape is Good but little foxes can destroy it.

And this may look insignificant (as it were) but they may dent our Spiritual Garment.

Let us look at SEVEN (7) OF THOSE LITTLE FOXES.

That is what we are going to look at today:

1. The Fox of WHITE LIES.

Lying is an act of deception – And act of deception is a LIE.

Remember Annaias and Sapphira in Acts 5:2-10 – The Lied!

They owned the Property, they sold it, but they LIED.

Peter asked: you sold it – they said Yes! And you brought all the money to God? – They said it is TOTAL.

… And they were destroyed because they lied.

The simple act of deception was a lie, and they DIED – because they lied.

I am not going on that round today. Because there are SEVEN (7) CATEGORIES/TYPES OF LIE:

We have:

• Error: you told the lie by mistake. I don’t want to be explaining.
• Omission
• Restructuring
• Denial
• Minimization
• Exaggeration and
• Fabrication.

… They are ALL Categories of Lie!

That is not where I’m going today.

But if God enables us, maybe at another forum we will be able to discuss these on detail.

But in Psalms 119:163; says: “I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.”

In Ephesians 4:15; the Bible says: “But speaking the Truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:”

And Ephesians 4:25 says: “Wherefore Putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”

If I ask you: What is your name? – You tell me your name, simple!

If I ask you what is my name? – You tell me!

But is if I ask you: what is the first name of my dad? – If you don’t know it, say you don’t know it!

But the moment you are saying: hmmm! – That fellow wants to lie.

And you need a lot of wisdom to tell a lie.

Sir, you need a lot of wisdom to cover it up – But demonic wisdom indeed!

And today, People have categorized lie – they say lie doesn’t hurt.

But whatever it is, it is a little fox!

And today, even our local Parlance is very deceptive – In my own language (Yoruba in Nigeria), when you are going – you say, I’m coming!

… That is a LIE!

I mean, you should Watch: it is contrary to the Words of the Bible.

2. The Fox of GLUTTONY.

In Proverbs 23:20-21. Now it says: “Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.”

… Waoooo!!!

I like what that 1 Corinthians 9:27 says about that.

Now listen to what it says: “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have Preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”

Gluttony is a little fox, and many People eat excessively as a way of life and think little or nothing about it. And they point a finger of condemnation to somebody who is an adulterer, immoral Person, a drunkard, a smoker, a dupe.

And they don’t know that what they are doing is also one of the BIG SINS – according to those who categorise sin.

Overeating is a SIN! Gluttony is a sin; because it’s an act of selfishness.

A Glutton is stuffed and allows others go hungry.

More than half of the world’s Population today, go to bed hungry every night. Thousands die daily of hunger.

The Glutton is saying: I don’t care about your Needs; once my Need is met, I don’t really care about yours!

In 1 John 3:17; the Bible says “But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?”

My father in the Lord, in one (1) of his teachings during this lockdown Period that we are Leaping Up!

He said: Whatsoever you don’t Need (that are just there in your house), all the food, clothes, etc. He said we should give them to those are are in Need.

… Have you done it? Have I done it?

It is my Prayer, that God of Heaven will deliver us from this Little Foxes, in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

Everyday, thousands of People are dying because of overeating – and many years of Service to God are lost!

We are to take care of the Temple of God (our body); so that we can Glorify God with our body.

I Pray today, for someone reading now on the Label of DMC: that God of Heaven will take over the affairs of your life and my life, in the Name of Jesus.

3. The Fox of GOSSIP.

Now, what is Gossip?

It is sharing false or negative information about a Person – that is not a part of a Problem or Solution.

Sharing Information!

When things happen – did you hear what they said?

Proverbs 16:27-28 says: “An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”

Now, Gossip is Ungodly; according to verse 27A – It is ungodly!

How can you be discussing Church? If not for Progress. You are discussing Pastors. How can you be discussing other People?

In that verse 27, it says gossip is destructive: And in his lips there is as a burning fire.

That is what the Bible says!

Gossip destroys friendship – That is what verse 28 says:_And a whisperer separateth chief friends

Proverbs 11:13; says: “A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a Faithful spirit concealeth the matter.”

In Proverbs 17:20; it says: “He that hath a froward heart findeth no Good: and he that hath a Perverse tongue falleth into mischief.”

There are People who don’t see anything Good in others – Fault finders!

In James 4:11, the Bible commands us:

“Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a JUDGE.”

Ephesians 4:29; says: “Let no corrupt communication Proceed out of your mouth, but that which is Good to the use of edifying, that it may Minister Grace unto the hearers.”

Anyone who do gossip, God is not happy with you but you can repent today!

HOW TO HANDLE GOSSIP?

Let me mention quickly:

Refuse to listen – When that bring gossip to you. Your reply should be;

“I’m sorry, go and confront the fellow with the situation; go and talk to that person.

Because, anyone who gossips others to you, when they leave you – they go to gossip you to others!

How can you be commenting on another man’s wife?

She’s fat – Is she your wife? She is thin … I mean, her husband is fat – is he your husband?

How can you be commenting on someone’s children – See how that child is! Do your own Business.

4. Little Fox of JUDGING OTHERS.

In Matthew 7:1-5 – our Master (Jesus) says we should not Judge other People.

Now, in Romans 14:1-13; the same thing was repeated.

… Please, don’t try to judge others!

I. Now, Jumping into conclusion is a little fox in Judging others!

Now, David and Prophet Nathan – you remember that story in 2 Samuel 12:1-7. There was a scenario that Prophet Nathan brought before David.

And David said: the fellow must die!

The Prophet said – THOU ARE THE MAN!

Romans 14:4 says “Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.”

… Who made you a JUDGE?

II. Now, those who are quick to Judge, one of the things you will notice (like David) is that: They are guilty of jumping into conclusion.

Now, David took action before he realised himself.

Those who Judge should wait before taking action, or at least consider the matter critically before they act.

And the result is usually unpleasant, because it would have caused great damages.

And another thing you will notice there is that: We should take caution before jumping into conclusion because you might be guilty of destroying innocent fellow. And you might be guilty of destroying yourself.

III. Our Judgement should be tempered with Mercy – James 2:13.

… Foxes that destroy the Vine!

And I Pray (with my eyes closed): that God of Heaven will deliver us from all these little FOXES, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

5. The Fox of LITTLE LAZINESS.

“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy Poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.” – Proverbs 6:10-11.

Laziness spoils the vines of Industry and Success. Laziness spoils the vines of Ministry.

… Ultimately, the lazy Person will come to Poverty.

A little laziness grows bigger! – A lazy Person gets even lazier!

They are lazier because they are lazy.

And I have seen so many young People being imprisoned by their Certificates: “I can’t do Black Collar Jobs, I can’t do Green Collar Jobs, I can’t do Brown Collar Jobs!”

… They are looking for White Collar Jobs!

Where will you get it? – Go and create one!

Green Collar Job – Farming; Brown Collar Job – the People working at Building Sites; Black Collar Job – Is when you begin to Fry Bean Cake (Akara Balls) and all the likes!

But many People can’t do that! – Yet they sleep, or watch Africa Magic.

Wake Up! – Get out of bed; get busy before it iß too late!

That is why you are Poor.

Help! Help me!! – Why should they help you?

Those helping you, are they not working?

“They refuse to help me, that my brother is very stingy.”

Before you beg him: Ask him how he got there! – You just want to jump into it.

Some of you say: “When I start my own Business!”

Tell me, how can you be a Teacher – The time you are supposed to teach, you are selling wears and shoes.

Government Workers; every time, “Sick Leave”. And you go for your Personal Business – Lazy!!!

… Sorry, I apologise, if I hit you hard but a little sin is a SIN before God and it destroys the Vine.

6. The Fox of COVETOUSNESS.

What is the Definition of Covetousness?

“… An Uncontrolled desire to ACQUIRE”

This Covid-19 pandemic has turned some People to Habitual, Perpetual, Proactive BEGGARS.

They say: You know how difficult the Town is. You know how hard things are! And they have enough, but they are telling lies.

Sending SMS to People: Please help me ooooo, I don’t have something to eat – Yet they are lying!

Sir/Ma, there is nothing you brought into this life, and there is nothing you can carry out.

You know, People are just acquiring things.

… And it is the opposite of Contentment.

And this Particular Fox called Covetousness is difficult to control for two (2) reasons:

I. Advertisement didn’t help us – So they stimulate their desire to acquire things.

II. They lay so much emphasis on People who have more.

Our Culture says if you are successful, you will have so many Possessions.

That is why those who are stealing Millions, are happy and go for Chieftaincy Titles and somebody who steals a cellphone of five thousand Naira (N5,000) is sentenced to seven (7) Years Imprisonment.

Both are Thieves!

Whether ‘Pen Robber’ or ‘Armed Robber’ – A thief is a thief.

There is no category of thief.

So, we are taught, if it feels good – That is okay!

And in Exodus 20:17, the Bible says: “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.”

Don’t try to COMPARE!

Romans 7:7; says: “What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.”

Don’t covet your neighbour’s wife, servants, donkey – If God is doing Good to your neighbour it means God is in the neighbourhood – He will soon get to your house.

So Note HOW GOD sees Covetousness – in SEVERAL PLACES:

And I don’t have all the time to be able to List them. But in the Book of Romans 1:28-31; God gave the characteristics of those with a Reprobate mind.

Guess which one out of the ten (10) is the first (1st)? – COVETOUSNESS – is one (1) of the sins listed!

In 1 Corinthians 6:9; Paul gave a List of those who will not inherit the Kingdom of God – That includes Covetousness, along formication, Idolater.

In Ephesians 5:5, Paul said: “For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.”

And when he was talking to Timothy, he was also warning him. That in the last days this will come!

I Pray today, that every Spirit of covetousness; I repeat – every Spirit of covetousness, God will DESTROY it from our lives, in our lives in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

So, What should be your Guiding Point on this Note?

Hebrews 13:5; says: “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

… God has made us a Promise!

7. The Fox of ANGER.

This is another little fox that has sneaked into the Vineyard.

The Wise King Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 7:9; “Be not hasty in thy Spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”

I like what Charles Sturgeon said about anger. He defined it accurately the way I want it. He said:

Anger is a temporary insanity; it arouses the tongue and spew out Poisonous Venom.

I mean, a relationship can be destroyed just in seconds – Husband and wife kissing themselves and then something happens thereafter, and you will hear: I will DIVORCE you – ANGER!

So, God said (in His Words) specifically in Ephesians 5:2 that we should WALK IN LOVE!

Anger causes a lot of Problem: Sleeplessness Nights, Headaches, Indigestion – All kinds of things!

Don’t feed that Anger anymore: WALK IN LOVE – And Walking in Love is Maturity.

… TAKE the Little Foxes that destroy the Vine away!

HOW THEN DO I TAKE THEM AWAY?

Let me quickly outline and mention SEVEN (7) THINGS.

I will just mentioned them without discussing them:

1. If the Little Foxes are dangerous, then YOU MUST WATCH.

WATCH! Jesus said to us in the Book of Matthew 26:41 – He said Watch therefore…

2.Confess and Renounce every “KNOWN SINS” in your life.

CONFESS! – Proverbs 28:13; says “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have Mercy.”

3. You need to CRY for INTERVENTION.

CRY for intervention!

The Children of Israel in Exodus 2:23-25; they cried out and told the Lord: Please deliver us!

They cried out to the Lord: “And it came to Pass in the Process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.”

They CRIED out – and God heard: “And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His Covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.”

… CRY OUT! You are too COLD FOR COMFORT.

I read a Novel many years ago (in the Pacesetter Series) – “Too Cold for Comfort”.

4. Take responsibility for your Freedom.

… TAKE Responsibility for your Freedom!

David took responsibility for the freedom of the People of Israel in 1 Samuel 17:32 when he said: I WILL GO.

In Galatians 5:1, it says: “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”

You stand:God will give you the Strength.

Take Responsibility – Don’t push it, don’t throw it to someone else.

5. Begin to WALK in the Light of the Word of God.

In the Book of Daniel 11:32b: the Bible says: “But the People that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.”

Get a thorough sense of Spiritual Law – Get a thorough sense of the Word of God.

6. DEAL with the Little Foxes – by getting them KILLED.

Deal with it!

They must be rounded up and be put to dead.

Galatians 5:24.

You must round them up, and kill those Foxes.

Now, in James 4:7, it says RESIST!

In 1 Peter 5:9, it says: RESIST!!!

… You need to resist the enemy.

So, the Little Foxes, you need to get them KILLED.

In the Book of Judges 15:4-5, that is how Samson dealt with those little Foxes in his days.

So, you need to do that!

7. The way to Kill the Little Foxes is to RELY on the Holy Spirit.

Rely on the Holy Spirit – you can’t do it with your Human Spirit.

“It is Not by might, nor by Power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.” – Zechariah 4:6.

And in the Book of Galatians 5:16, it says: “Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desire of the flesh.”

Could it be that these Little Foxes are the ones troubling your life – That is why the Blessings of God has not been realized in your life?

Could it be the reason why you are still on the same Level?

Could it be the reason why you have PRAYED and FASTED and nothing seems to be working?

You can Deal with it today – Tomorrow may be TOO LATE!

ALTAR CALL

If you are not yet Born Again, please, get Born Again – DO IT NOW!!!!

A Notorious Palm Wine drunkard and chain smoker got Converted. And the People said: That cannot be possible!

So, they invited him to a Party. When People saw him, they said: We said it, it cannot be you who is now Born Again.

But after a while, he said this is not the Place I should be – he left them.

… Do you want to go all out?

Alexander the Great; one of his soldiers was called Alexander. He called the fellow and said to him: I heard you are bearing the same name with Great Man. He said, there are two (2) things you need to do:

You need to “Own Up”, go to the Jungle and Fight – and become Great like Alexander the Great; or you drop the Name!

How can you be called a Christian and you don’t live up to the name?

They don’t even like your Christ because of the way you behave.

… Bow your head with me, wherever you are.

If you want to give your life to Jesus – I’m giving you the opportunity now. I will Pray with you.

Just tell the Lord: Remove these Little Foxes. I’m ready to cooperate with You.

Thank You Father!

PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER

Lord, Thank You for all the People that have heard Your Words today or read it on the Label of DMC.

We have been able (Oh God) to examined the LITTLE FOXES THAT DESTROY VINES.

I Pray for all those People who are giving their lives to Jesus; Lord I ASK that You will SAVE them and DELIVER them oh God today, from the Power of sin.

Deliver them from Sin – either little or big!

And those who still harbour sin under hypocritical attitudes, Please, have Mercy on them: let them realise their Destiny.

Let these Words bring us to a Level of being able to Stand and remain Strong for You.

Thank You Father!

And when the Roll is Called Up in Heaven, let us make it with You.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Pray – AMEN!

OFFERING

Your Service is not Total if you have not given your offering.

I will Pray on your offering.

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