LET THERE BE LIGHT – PART 8: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE, DIVINE ENCOUNTER SEPTEMBER 2020
RCCG SEPTEMBER 2020 DIVINE ENCOUNTER SERVICE
THEME: LET THERE BE LIGHT – PART 8
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2020.
BIBLE TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 6: 6-12
Let Us Pray!
SONG
We are serving the God of Miracle
I know, yes I know
We are serving the God of Miracle
I know, yes I know
Hallelujah.
… Repeat!
OPENING PRAYER
Our Father and our God we worship You because in every areas of life you are Wonderful.
There is no one like You – You are the Great Provider, You are the Great Promoter. All Miracles, Signs and Wonders comes from You.
Please accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
My Father and my God, Your children are gathered again to have an Encounter with You; wherever they may be listening to us or reading it on the Label of DMC today; give them a Divine Encounter, give them an Encounter they will never forget.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Let someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Our Bible Text today is 2 Samuel 6:6-12:
- And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the Ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
- And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the Ark of God.
- And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the Place Perezuzzah to this day.
- And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the Ark of the Lord come to me?
- So David would not remove the Ark of the Lord unto him into the City of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
- And the Ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three Months:and the Lord blessed Obededom and all his household.
- And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that Pertaineth unto him, because of the Ark of God. So David went and brought up the Ark of God from the house of Obededom into the City of David with gladness.
My Prayer is that: There will be someone soon the whole world will know that the Lord has blessed your Household – Amen.
If you want to know the story of the Ark of Covenant of God, if you want to know the details the things that Preceded the Passage we have read, I would recommend to you that you read 1 Samuel Chapter 5, then read 1 Samuel Chapter 6 and read 1 Samuel 7:1.
Briefly there was an encounter between the Philistines and the children of Israel and the children of Israel lost the Ark of the Covenant of God – Which is a Symbolic of the Presence of God Himself to the Philistines.
And the Philistines took the Ark of the Covenant of God to Ashdod and found out: Oh, they have brought trouble to themselves.
And then from Ashdod they send the Ark of the Covenant of God to Gath and those People got into even bigger trouble.
And then from Gath they sent the Ark of the Covenant of God to Ekron and when the People of Ekron saw that they brought the Ark of Covenant of God, they cried out they said you want to destroy us.
Finally, the Ark of the Covenant of God was taken to a City with a very big name Kirjathjearim – Terrible name.
And then they put the Ark of the Covenant of God into the house of Abinadab.
Then David became King and he decided that I’m going to bring the Ark of the Covenant of God to my City.
So this Story – You can pick it up from 2 Samuel 6 from verse 1.
They were bringing the Ark of the Covenant of God to Jerusalem the City of David.
On the way one of the oxen carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God stumbled and then there was this fellow called Uzzah who stretched forth his hand to steady as it were the Ark of the Covenant of God and God killed him immediately.
And David became frightened and said: Ah, what am I taking into my City?
So he took the Ark of the Covenant to the house of a man called Obededom whose incidentally was not a Jew.
He said: Well let it stay in your house – If you can die, die.
But then within three (3) Months, because the Ark of the Covenant was in the house of Obededom; God blessed Obededom so tremendously that the whole Nation heard about his Prosperity.
I Pray for somebody once again: Very soon in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ; the whole Nation would hear about your Prosperity – Amen.
But you know this week, this Month in Particular, we are discussing: “Let There Be Light – Part 8”.
One of the Wonders of out God is His Sovereignty – He does as He Pleases – He is the “Original Majesty”.
According to Psalms 115:3; the Bible says: Our God is in Heaven, He does as He Pleases.
Deuteronomy 32:39; says: God Himself was speaking there. He said: I can kill, I can make alive.
In 1 Samuel 2:6-8; we got even greater details about Him that He can bury, He can resurrect, He can make poor, He can make rich, He can dethrone, He can enthrone, He can bring low all the way to the dunghill or He can pick up from the dunghill and keep on Promoting until the fellow who used to be on the dunghill is now living in the Palace.
That is our God – He does as He Pleases and
nobody can question Him, nobody can query Him and say: Why have you done this? See what you have done?
And so when we say: Let There Be Light, we need to understand something – We need to understand that the secret of Success, “Real Success”, lies in who you know.
You are in a Company, you are qualified and you are hard working. Somebody comes who is related to the Chairman, might not be as qualified as you, he may even start above you.
… It depends on who you know.
And if you know the Great Promoter Himself, then you know you are on the way to the Top.
Considering the Light of God Shinning and it will amaze you to know that when His Light shines, He can make the blind to see – John 9:1-7.
There was a man who was born blind. Jesus Christ the Light of the world Paid him a visit and he received his sight – Brand New Sight, Brand New Eye.
On the other hand; the same Light can Shine and turn somebody who used to see into a blind man.
Oh, you say where is that? – Acts 9:1-9.
Saul of Tarsus was on the way to Damascus. At Noon day the Light of God which is brighter than the Noon day Sun, Shine on him, knock him down from his horse.
By the time God finished speaking with him, he got up and discovered he could no longer see.
So, when you say: Let There Be Light; Please be careful what kind of Prayer you are Praying because Light can make a blind to see and the same Light can make the seeing blind.
… That is our God. He is Sovereign, He does as He Pleases.
So, you see in the Bible Text that we read today that: The Ark of the Covenant of God that killed Uzzah is the same Ark of Covenant that brought Prosperity to Obededom.
One fellow touched the Ark and he died instantly another housed the Ark of the Covenant and Prospered tremendously.
… It boils down to on what side of God you are on.
Every “True Child” of God who wants to make it in Life needs to know God is like a coin – He has two (2) Sides just as you have Head and Tail.
On one (1) side of Him is Love – 1 John 4:8.
God is Love written in the Word of God that is Forever Settled.
On the other side of Him, the same God is the Consuming Fire – Hebrews 12:29.
Are you on the side of God called Love?
Then anything you touch will Prosper – Amen.
Are you on the side of God called Consuming Fire? – God have Mercy on you.
You see that is why those who are wise among His children, they go the extra mile to Honour God.
They do everything to Please Him because they know if He is Pleased with me, I have got it and made.
That is why the Bible says: it is the blessing of the Lord that maketh rich and adds no sorrow to it.
The African elder says: Struggling hard does not necessarily lead to Prosperity.
It is not how hard you Struggle – No, no. It is how favourable.
In the Open Heaven Devotional, we read about God departing sheep from goat. And we studied what are the characteristics of goats are – Stubborn, Clever, Cunny.
It Pretends to be somewhere else but it is watching your food. You can’t wait a little second the goat is around, he will pick your food and go – Disobedient.
It is everything the devil is and that is why they represent the devil with the symbol of the goat.
Also listen Audio: September 2020 Divine Encounter – Let There Be Light 8 – Pastor EA Adeboye
The sheep: Oh, Oh; very Meek, very Gentle, Harmless – he can’t even defend himself.
And when you see him going, People would say: Look at him going Sheepishly.
But the Elder have a saying, they said that: The sheep is going about as if it is a fool but inside the sheep you have seven (7) folds Wisdom.
The sheep knows that:
- If I’m helpless, then the Helper of the helpless will be my help.
- If I’m meek, if I go wherever I’m led then the Lord will be my Shepherd – He will cause me to lie down in Green Pastures; He will lead me to “Still Waters”; He will Protect more with His Staff; His rod will be there to correct me if I’m about to go wrong and then I can therefore say that even in the Presence of my enemies (Wolves, Lions); He will Prepare a table before me.
My own is just to do His Will and then I can lie down in Green Pastures and enjoy myself.
He will take care care of the Lions, He will take care of the Beers, He will take care of all my enemies – That is the Sheep!
There are many People who will look at you, a “Genuine Child of God” and called you a fool but at the end of the day we will know who actuality is a fool.
Those who are wise; go the extra miles to honour Him.
Take for example: Genesis 22:1-18 – God said to Abraham: Take your only son Isaac, the one I recognise, whom you love, go and sacrifice him to me. And Abraham obeyed.
What a foolish thing to do?
Automatically, if anybody hears that today; he will say: Get thee behind me Satan; it can’t be God. Is God going to eat a man for breakfast?
Sheepishly, Abraham continued to go.
God gave him three (3) days to walk and to think about it.
At the end of the day, before he could kill the boy, God intervened and then God spoke from Verse 15-18 (Genesis 22: 15-18) – Because you have done this, because you have shown that you Honour me more than your son. I swear I would bless you, I swear I will Multiply your Seed.
The Almighty God said in 1 Samuel 2:30 – He who honours me I will honour.
I think I have explained that to us before.
What do you mean by Honour?
Honour is what you give to somebody who doesn’t need anything.
And I gave the illustration of a “Honorary Degree”.
When a University looks at you – They know that by the Grace of God you have arrived. Everything everybody can have you have already got it, then they give you what they called a “Honorary Degree”.
The “Honorary Degree” is something you can’t buy with money. A “Honorary Degree” is something you don’t study for – A “Honorary Degree” is something you give to somebody who doesn’t need anything again.
So, when God said: Honour me; He is saying what do you have that I don’t have? What is it that you want to give me that it is not me who gave it to you?
But He says: Go ahead Honour me.
Like He said in Proverbs 3:9-10 – Honour me with your first fruit and see me replying in such a manner that you won’t have room to contain it.
I just want to teach you this little Wisdom that: If you really, really want to Prosper; if you really want to reach the Top – Honour the Person who can give you the kind of Honour that no Human Being can ever bestow upon you.
You want to be the greatest; why don’t you open the door of your home to the Almighty God.
Why don’t you, for example: Allow a House Fellowship to begin in your home and see God in action.
Why don’t you Honour Him in every way Possible.
ALTAR CALL
And so for those of you who have not known Him – You know that the Bible says: Taste and See that the Lord is Good.
Why don’t you surrender your life to God and watch Him in action.
Oh, I’m sure: Some of you would say but I see some Christians who are not doing so well.
Find out how many of them are only Calling God by the word of the mouth alone.
If they would learn to give Him all the Honour that He deserved, He will turn the tides for them.
He can make you great and you would find it difficult to believe.
I know a great man; I don’t want to mention his name – Who is one of the richest People that ever lived in Nigeria.
And I heard him saying: He made a breakthrough from selling the bones of cows.
… Bones that People don’t recognise as of great importance is what he kept on gathering gathering and exporting – Bones of cows.
We are serving a God who can bring water out of the rock. Honour Him and He will honour you in return.
If you don’t know Him, know Him today, surrender your life to Him and things would turn for the better for you.
So, those of you who would love to surrender your life to Him, who want to “Taste and See” how Good this God can be. I want to encourage you now bow your head in Prayer and cry unto Him and say Lord, Please save my Soul today.
I want You to be my Lord the One I would serve for the rest of my life.
I would honour You with my life for the rest of my life. You will be in charge of everything that has to do with me.
Cry unto Him and I will join you in Prayer within the next one (1) minute.
And for the rest of us – Who already know Him and you want to be the best, you want to be the greatest – It depends on who you know. It depends on how much you handle Him.
Be wise and learn to Honour God.
Go the extra mile to Honour Him and He will will go the extra mile to Prosper you.
Let Us Pray!
PRAYER OF SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
My Father and my God, I want to Thank You for Your Words.
I want to give You all Glory and Honour for the Message that You have sent to Your People today.
Father those of us who are right now surrendering to You, Please receive them in Jesus Name.
Save their souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins, give them a Brand New Beginning.
Lord Almighty, from now on; anytime they calk on You for anything, answer them by Fire.
My Father and my God; as for us who are already Your children, we have heard Your Words now – The Grace to put it into action, the Grace to be Your Sheep not your Goat, the Grace to do whatever You say no matter how stupid some People may think we are, give unto us Lord and give us the Grace to Honour You like never before.
Thank You in advance because we know You will Honour us in return.
Glory be to Your Holy Name.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
ANNOUNCEMENT
Those of you who have just given your life to Jesus Christ; find one way or the other to contact us and we Promise you that we will continue to Pray for you.
And you children of God – You have heard the Truth now; may the Truth Set you Free – Amen.
May you begin to Honour God the way He should be honoured and may the Light of the Almighty God shine upon your endeavour in Jesus Name we have Prayed – Amen.
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