THE WONDERS OF COMMITMENT: Pastor E.A Adeboye, Day 4 RCCG 68th Annual Convention, August 6th, 2020
RCCG 68TH ANNUAL CONVENTION 2020 (VIRTUAL)
THEME: WONDERFUL
MINISTERING: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
DAY 4 EVENING SESSION TOPIC (MAIN) – THE DELIVERANCE SERVICE: THE WONDERS OF COMMITMENT
DATE: 6TH AUGUST, 2020
BIBLE TEXT: MATTHEW 22:35-40
Let us Pray!
SONG:
You are Worthy to be PRAISED,
You are Worthy to be PRAISED,
My Redeemer,
You are Worthy to be PRAISED.
Repeated!
OPENING PRAYER
Father Almighty, You are Worthy to be PRAISED.
King of Kings, Lord of lord, the Ancient of Days, the Unchangeable Changer – You are Worthy to be PRAISED.
We are very Grateful to You thus far You have helped us in this Special Convention.
We Thank You for Souls that have been saved; we Thank You for the People You have already Healed;
We Thank You for those who will receive their own Hearings tonight and while reading on the Label of DMC.
And we Thank You for ALL the Captives that You will also Set Free.
… Please, accept our Thanks, in Jesus’ Name.
Lord God Almighty, as we continue with this Your WONDERFUL Convention; Let there be more WONDERS; Let there be more MIRACLES; Let there be more SIGNS; Let there be more TESTIMONIES.
And we Pray Lord God Almighty, that the Joy of everyone of Your children will become FULL.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Well, let somebody shout Hallelujah – HALLELUJAH!
God Bless You; you may Please, be seated!
We Thank God for ALL He had already done during this Convention. And we will continue to Thank Him for what He will yet do.
Tonight, we want to discuss something very, very important – Something very, very Crucial to our Journey to Heaven.
And we want to look at what we call: THE WONDERS OF COMMITMENT.
Our Bible Text is taken from MATTHEW 22:35-40.
35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
… I want read verse 37 again;
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY COMMITMENT?
Commitment actually means TOTAL and ABSOLUTE surrender – once and for all times.
A very good illustration would be the VOW that you make at a Wedding.
When you say to your Spouse: I take this man/woman ALONE, for the rest of my life – In Sickness and Health, in Wealth and in Poverty;
Everything I have from now on, is available to you – UNTIL DEATH DO US PART.
That is the simplest way we can explain COMMITMENT.
Or have have ever heard anyone say: I was Partly (half) Married to that man/woman?
… You were NOT Married – It is either you are married or you are not!
Now, the God we serve never do things in “HALF MEASURES” – No HALF MEASURES with God.
- NO HALF BLESSING WITH GOD.
Psalms 23:5 says: “Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.”
He doesn’t even stop when the cup is FULL.
- Luke 5:1-7 – NO HALF BREAKTHROUGH WITH GOD.
If He gives you a breakthrough, it will frighten you!
Peter fished all-night, caught nothing. The Lord Jesus Christ entered into his boat, told him what to do. He caught so much fish, his Boat was full;
… And he needed a second (2nd) Boat to help him.
Peter would have been happy if his own Boat ALONE, was half full but that is not the way of God!
… He doesn’t do things in “HALF MEASURES”.
- THERE IS NO HALF MEASURE KIND OF HEALING WITH GOD.
In 2 Kings 5:1-14; when He decided to cleanse the leprosy of Naaman, the Bible says: When Naaman came out of the River (the 7th time), his skin was restored to him like that of a BRAND NEW BABY.
When God Heals you, He doesn’t leave behind any scar at all.
The Doctors would tell you (if they are going to be honest with you) that the Best of Medicine has what is called: ‘After effects’ – A little bit something left over.
I has an Uncle who used to be an extremely successful Medical Doctor – He told me, even Doctors don’t like to take medicine because, every one you take, would leave behind something.
It will take care of the Problem, but there will be a little thing left over.
- THERE IS NO HALF MEASURE PROMOTION WITH GOD.
When He Promotes, He Promotes Generously.
1 Samuel 2:8 tells us that when He picks up a beggar from the dunghill, He does not stop halfway until that beggar begins to sit with Kings.
He Promised you in Deuteronomy 28:13 – He said: You shall be HEAD, not the tail.
… He doesn’t Promote Halfway!
And He said: You will be ABOVE ONLY.
If He Promotes you, He does a PERMANENT JOB.
- THERE IS NO HALFWAY DELIVERANCE WITH GOD.
In Mark 5:2-20 – When He healed that Mad man. He did such a nice job; that, that fellow became an Evangelist.
That fellow NEVER again returned to the tomb to live.
What am I saying?
I’m saying that the Blessing that God would give you during this Convention would be ABSOLUTE, and would be COMPLETE – Amen.
Your Healings will be one hundred percent (100%) Complete; your Promotion – Very, very soon, your colleagues would look at you at the TOP – Amen.
And they would know that it is God who would have taken you thus FAR!
DELIVERANCE: – When He takes care of ALL those demons bothering you, YOU WILL NEVER HEAR OF THEM AGAIN – Amen!
When He delivered the Children of Israel by the Red Sea; He said to them: “ALL the enemies you have seen tonight, you will NEVER see them again FOREVER.
And they never did because everyone of them became food for fish!
- WHEN GOD GIVES VICTORY, IT IS ABSOLUTE.
You know, if you sit down and study 1 Samuel 17:34-51; you will notice some very interesting things – David Versus Goliath.
Not only had God Provided the stone that will knock the giant down; He had Prepared the sword that is big enough to cut off the extra big neck of Goliath – GOLIATH’S OWN SWORD!
And the Elders have a saying: Don’t Play with a Snake that has its head on.
So when God decides to take care of your enemy, He will do a thorough Job!
- THERE IS NO HALFWAY SUPPORT FROM GOD.
Philippians 1:6 says: “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will Perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
God does not take you halfway through and then withdraws – No, No, No!
He will complete what He has started.
And you know what?
- THERE IS NO HALFWAY SALVATION WITH GOD.
It is either you are SAVED, or you are NOT!
And Hebrews 7:24-25 tells us clearly: God is ABLE to save to the UTTERMOST.
I mean, He saved the Soul of a Chief Herbalist, and turned him to a Pastor.
*… He goes all the way, no HALF MEASURES with God.
And because there is no Half Measures with Him, that is why He in turn demands COMMITMENT from you
Matthew 12:25-30, He says: It is either you are for Me or against Me.
He said, because a Kingdom that is divided against itself cannot Stand.
He said, BE COMMITTED TO ME – It is either you are for Me or you are not for ME.
There is no middle way!
So, when you hear some People say: ‘I love Jesus too, it’s just that my own Christianity is not like yours.’
The fellow is simply saying – I don’t belong to Christ. There is no other way!
But He won’t FORCE you to be committed to Him.
As a matter of fact, He says clearly in Revelations 3:25-16.
He says: I want you to make up your mind – Do you want to be HOT or do you want to be COLD? Just choose one (1).
If you are hot, be HOT; If you are cold, be COLD.
He says, what I don’t want is LUKEWARMNESS!
If you are Lukewarm, He says, I will get rid of you!
Like I use to tell those of you that God has given me the opportunity to visit.
… And I Pray that I will be able to visit many of you more – before the Lord’s Returns – Amen.
I always say: Don’t give me a ‘WARM’ Welcome – Either make the Welcome COLD so that I will know, I am not wanted here or make it HOT because my God does not like anything WARM.
It is either COLD or HOT.
So, when you want to Praise Him; when I ask you to shout Hallelujah – and you are sluggish about it; it upsets!
If you don’t want to Praise Him, keep your mouth SHUT – He doesn’t mind!
If you want to Praise Him, Praise Him in such a manner, He Himself would say – Alright, that is Good!
… Do I hear somebody SHOUT Hallelujah? – HALLELUJAH!
In Deuteronomy 30:19-20, He gives you an advice.
He says: “I call Heaven and Earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you Life and Death, Blessing and Cursing: therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both thou and thy Seed may live:”
… He says: I advice you to CHOOSE LIFE, that both thou and thy Seed may LIVE.
CHOOSE! – He won’t force you.
Let us now look at THE WONDERS OF COMMITMENT.
- If you Commit YOUR BODY to Him; What is most likely to happen?
In Romans 12:1 He says: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the Mercies of God, that ye Present your bodies a Living Sacrifice, Holy, Acceptable unto God, which is your Reasonable Service.”
In other words, you say to God: My BODY, I commit it to You, it is YOURS from now on – Nothing will be allowed in this BODY of mine that is going to bring You Displeasure.
Daniel 1:1-20; Daniel and some of his friends were taken as slaves to a Foreign Land.
When they got there, the King said to the one in charged: I want you to get some of these boys, go through them, find those who are Good Looking; give them my food, let them drink my wine – Feed them very well, and then Teach them.
You can also listen to the audio here: The Wonders of Commitment by Pastor E.A Adeboye
They came to Daniel, Daniel said: Thank you Sir, I know I’m in a Strange Land; but my BODY is COMMITTED to God. I can’t eat anything offered to IDOL. I’m sorry Sir!
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego said, we are with you Sir.
The Bible says: They refused to defile themselves with the King’s Meat and the King’s Wine.
Don’t listen to those who tell you that: God is only interested in your spirit and that you can do what you like with your Body.
That is not my GOD.
When He owns you, He wants to own you one hundred Percent (100%).
How many husband is going to shout for Joy when he discovered that his wife has been messing around?
How many wife would jump for Joy when she hears that her husband has been Unfaithful?
My body belongs to my wife, her body belongs to me – I won’t defile that Body.
God wants you to Present your body as a Living Sacrifice.
There are food you would not eat because you know this food has been offered to Idols.
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE DAY?
Daniel and his friends were looking far, far better than those who were eating the King’s Meat, drinking the King’s Wine; and they were Wiser than them all.
But it doesn’t end there!
By the time you get to Daniel 6:1-end – When the lions saw Daniel coming, something told them: This body is not your food; this body has been COMMITTED to the Almighty God. Don’t touch him, or else the One who made him would kill you.
So, he spent a whole night Playing with lions – as if they were “Puppy Dogs”.
In Daniel 3:1-3; Do you know why they threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into the fiery furnace and the fire didn’t burn them?
Because the colour of the Fiery Furnace is the same as the colour of the Wine – These bodies have not been defiled by the Wine of the King.
And the Fire said, we cannot burn these bodies.
- WHAT ABOUT YOUR SOUL? When you Love Him with all your Soul; when you COMMIT your Soul to Him because our Bible Text (Matthew 22:35-40) says: You are to Love the Lord with all your Soul.
The Soul is talking about where you have Wisdom, Understanding, etc.
You would discovered that your Wisdom would become difficult to explain.
You know, Daniel said in the Book of Daniel 2:20-22 (take time to read the whole of that Chapter 2):
The King had a Dream and he forgot the dream. Then he called his Wise men – Come and tell me my Dream and the Interpretation.
They said: Nobody ever asked this of any Wise Man – Tell us the Dream, and we will give you the Interpretation.
And the King said No! – If I tell you the dream, you can tell me whatever you want, and then call it the Interpretation.
… God has caught you now: tell me the Dream First!
When Daniel heard, he said: Give us time. There is a God in Heaven who knows ALL THINGS – Our SOULS are COMMITTED to Him and He will be Committed to our SOULS!
That Night, the King’s Dream was revealed to him.
And Daniel wrote in the Book of Daniel 2: 20-21 – He said: It is GOD who gives Wisdom to the Wise.”
And James 1:5 says: When He is giving you Wisdom, He gives liberally. God is not Stingy.
When another situation arose in the Book of Daniel 5:1-end; they saw the finger of a Man, and they could not see the Man who wrote something on the wall of the King.
And nobody could even read it, talk more of interpreting it.
When they brought in Daniel, the King said: I have heard of thee, that Light, Understanding, Excellent Wisdom is in thee.
You commit your Soul to Him, and He will give you EXCELLENT WISDOM.
- WHAT ABOUT YOU COMMITTING YOUR SPIRIT TO HIM?
… And Loving Him with ALL YOUR SPIRIT.
Well, a Good Example would be found in Numbers 14:20-24.
The Almighty God said: Caleb followed me wholly, his Spirit is different from the others. He said, he will get to the Promised Land.
You commit your SPIRIT to Him, He will make sure that you reach your Goal.
When you read Daniel 6:1-3; the Bible tells us of a King who had one hundred and twenty (120) Provinces.
And so he chose one hundred and twenty (120) Princes to look after the Provinces.
And then out of the one hundred and twenty (120) Princes, he chose Three (3) Presidents to supervise the Provinces.
And then out of the Three (3) he said there is only one (1) fellow who would be the Leader of them ALL – And that is Daniel.
He said, because an EXCELLENT SPIRIT was found in him.
Let me consider some Specific Examples just to let you know why you should make up your mind (once and for all) to be One Hundred Percent (100%) Committed to GOD:
- CONSIDER JOSHUA:
Joshua said something in the Book of Joshua 24:15:
“And if it seems evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
And the Almighty God said, fine son: Ask for anything then, you will get it!
So, you find that in Joshua 10:12-14; Joshua said to God: I’m fighting Your Battle, and the sun is about to set. If the sun sets, the enemies will escape;
So Sun, I command you STAY where you are; Moon, STAY where you are.
The Bible calls it “A UNIQUE answer to Prayer:” – There was never a day like that before, never a day like that after.
Because God found somebody who said: But as for me and my house, we are one hundred Percent (100%) for the LORD.
… Let’s take another example!
- TAKE ELIJAH:
In 1 Kings 18:1-end, Elijah stood against a whole Nation.
A whole Nation gathered together to be on the side of Baal.
Elijah said: I’m the only one here, I am one hundred Percent (100%) for God.
He said to the Nation: Make up your mind – If Jehovah is God, serve Him. If Baal is god, serve him. Why are you putting one leg in God and one leg in an Idol?
You know the rest of the Story – He PRAYED and FIRE FELL.
And How did GOD Reward this Man?
When you read 1 Kings 17:8-24; he became the first (1ST) man ever to raise somebody from the dead.
Absolutely Committed – That is what God is looking for.
- WHAT ABOUT ELISHA?
When you read 1 Kings 19:19-21; the moment the Mantle of Elijah fell on him, the boy said: Fine, you are calling me to follow you to serve God? – Great!
I’m for You one hundred Percent (100%); I will never return to the farm.
How did God Reward him?
In 2 Kings 13:14-21; Elisha became the first (1st) fellow to raise the dead twice – Not only once but twice.
The second (2nd) was even raised after he died – He was dead, and yet was still Performing Miracles.
- CONSIDER PETER:
In Luke 5:1-11, after God gave him that overwhelming breakthrough; the Bible said he surrendered ALL and followed Jesus Christ.
… As a matter of fact, you know he didn’t even wait to sell the fish.
But do you know what?
By the time you get to Acts 5:12-16; You would discovered that even the Shadow of Peter was Healing the sick.
Oh, it PAYS to be COMMITTED to God. – It Pays!
- LOOK AT PAUL:
… That is another friend of mine.
In Philippians 3:5-11; the Bible says the man (Paul) said: ALL that were gain to me, I let them GO for CHRIST.
I Commit everything that I have ever considered as Gain to Him. That I might know Him. I want to be one hundred Percent (100%) Committed to Him!
And the Bible says in Acts 19:11-17; that not only did GOD Perform SPECIAL MIRACLES (Not only Miracle);
… Every Miracle is a Divine Intervention but in the case of Paul, SPECIAL MIRACLE.
If we are going to use it in Mathematical language – We will call his own Miracles, “MIRACLE SQUARE”.
He became well known, he became a Terror to the Kingdom of Darkness.
When some people tried to copy him, the demon told them: “Jesus I know, Paul I know!
I want you to come out of this Convention with demons already Testifying that they know Jesus, and they know you – AMEN.
And you know what? – Paul FINISHED WELL.
DELIVERANCE SECTION
I want to spend just two (2) more minutes to talk to those of you who have been having some trouble with the FORCES OF DARKNESS;
Some of you who know very well, that you are in one (1) form of Darkness or the other.
Do you know the result might be simply because you are NOT one hundred Percent (100%) Committed to Him?
I mean, take the example of Peter that I mentioned earlier on.
You can read the whole Chapters 5 and 12 of the Book of Acts of Apostle – They will be enough!
No Prison could hold Peter – No Prison!
They threw him to Prison the first (1st) time, an Angel came and brought him out.
They threw him to Prison the Second (2nd) time, an Angel came and brought him out.
No Prison could hold him!
And I’m believing God for those of you who might be in any form of Bondages – Tonight will be your NIGHT of TOTAL DELIVERANCE – AMEN.
Why! – Because God said something in Proverbs 8:17; He said: I Love those who LOVE ME.
GOD cannot Love you, and the enemy would hold you down – It won’t happen!
God said in the same Proverbs 8:36, He said: “It is those who HATE Me LOVE DEATH.”
WHAT IS HE SAYING?
He says CHOOSE, which one do you want? – You want to Love Me so I can LOVE YOU in return? Or you want to HATE Me – So that we will know you are the one who would prefer DEATH?
Let me tell you one thing straight: ANY Part of your life that is not Committed to God that is where you have Problems with Satan.
Any Part of your BODY, any Part of your SOUL, any Part of your SPIRIT; your Business, your Marriage – Whatever!
That is not one hundred Percent (100%) Committed to God that is where the Problems will be.
I mean, you take a very simple example: You are sitting in a room that is full of Light (at night). The Window is open and you choose to hang your hand outside the window (into the dark);
And a Snake is crawling by, and the only thing it sees hanging outside (in the dark) is your finger!
Well, if it bites the finger; the fact that the rest of your body is in the Light, is not going to save you from the Poison.
TOTAL COMMITMENT – Everything that is yours must be Committed to God.
And then, God will will take care of His own.
And before I Pray; because I’m sure some of you would say: I’m already one hundred Percent (100%) Committed to God – I have surrendered ALL to Him.
I will remind you of the Story of that young man who heard me speak like this, and came to me and said: Daddy, I have surrendered ALL to God now.
I said, really? – And he said Yes!
At that time Probably, he was the only other fellow that had a car (amongst us).
I said really?
He said, Yes Sir!
I said, Praise God! So we would be able to borrow your Car then because we want to go somewhere tomorrow for an Assignment, and we have been wondering about Transportation.
He said Ha! – Tomorrow Monday?
I said, Yes Sir!
He said, but I must go to work.
I said, I know! We just want to borrow your car for one (1) day.
He said Ha!
I smiled and said: My son, we are not going anywhere! We don’t need your Car. I just want you to know you have not surrendered ANYTHING.
Make up your mind, my Brothers and Sisters – Check your Commitment to God and take a Decision tonight or as you are reading now on The LABEL OF DMC.
You will find out that there are tremendous WONDERS in being COMMITTED to GOD.
Let’s bow our head!
ALTAR CALL
And of course, if you have not yet given your life to Jesus Christ, what are we talking about does not concern you.
… But you can give your life to Him now!
I have just explained to you: If you want to surrender your life to Him, do it and do it one hundred Percent (100%).
You can’t do it half heatedly.
So, if you want to surrender to Him one hundred Percent (100%) tonight or as you are reading now on the Label of DMC; then cry unto Him and say: Lord, save my soul, and I will serve You one hundred Percent (100%) – My BODY, my SPIRIT, my SOUL, will be Yours and Yours forever.
And the rest of us – who claimed that we are already Children of the Living God; think deeply before you Pray tonight.
Because, if you cry unto Him tonight or as you are reading now on the label of DMC, He is going to answer you by Fire.
In the meantime, Please intercede for those who are surrendering their lives to the Almighty God.
Pray that God would have Mercy on them, He would give them Salvation – The way He alone can do it (Complete and Absolute).
That their lives will become completely New – So that Old Things will Pass away, and all Things will become New for them.
Oh, Thank You Father!
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
PRAYER OF SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
My Father and my God, I want to Thank You.
Thank You for Your Words, and Thank You for those who have made up their mind now; that they are going to surrender to You one hundred Percent (100%) – for the Salvation of their Soul.
Please Lord, let Your Blood cleanse them from ALL their sins. Let everything become Brand New for them.
Save their soul Lord, write their names in the “Book of Life”.
And Please Lord, don’t let them ever go back into sin, in Jesus’ Name.
Anytime they cry unto You from now on, my Father and my God, answer them Completely.
And Please my Father and my God: Your children who would now be really, really Committed to You; I Pray that every Blessings of Commitment would be made available to them – Absolute Healing, Absolute Deliverance, Complete Breakthrough, Joy Overflowing.
That kind of Blessing that only You can give, Father give unto them!
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
ANNOUNCEMENT
Now you have heard the Word. It is up to you to decide how you are going to relate to God from now on.
If you are going to be one hundred plPercent (100%) Committed to Him; then you can go ahead and really, really call on Him and tell Him:
Lord, I have heard that when You Heal, You Heal COMPLETELY. I’m asking because, I’m Committing my life to You Completely – Give me Total and Comprehensive Healing.
I have heard that if I have Committed to You, my Breakthrough would be Absolute.
I’m claiming that LORD, because I’m going to be one hundred Percent (100%) Committed to You.
I have been told that if I’m committed to You, my Deliverance will be Absolute; after all it is written: Whosoever the Son shall set Free, shall be FREE INDEED.
Every yokes in my life, everyone of them, destroy tonight!
Spend “Quality Time” talking to Him: Claiming ALL the WONDERS OF COMMITMENT.
And I can assure you: He Prove Himself to be More Than Sufficient, in Jesus’ Mighty Name – Amen!
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