THE WONDERS OF HIS WORSHIP: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE, SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE

SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE (SEPTEMBER 2020 THANKSGIVING SERVICE)

TOPIC : THE WONDERS OF HIS WORSHIP

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2020

BIBLE TEXT: JOHN 4: 19-24

Let Us Pray!

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You are Worthy to be Praise

OPENING PRAYER

Father, You are Worthy to be Praise, You are Worthy to be Glorified because there is no one like You – You are the Almighty, You are the Most High.

All Power belongs to You, You can do and undo. It is the one that You kills that will die; the one You choose to keep alive, nobody can kill.

We Worship You.

We Thank You for January, We Thank You for February, We Thank You for March, We Thank You for April, We Thank You for May, We Thank You for June, We Thank You for July, We Thank You for August, We Thank You especially for our Past Convention; Thank You for bringing us into the Month of September.

Father, Please accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.

Ancient of Days, as Your children are gathering all over the world to Thank You today; Please accept our Thanks, do something Special, do something Great.

We have come to Worship You my Father and my God; Please be Present in our midst.

And everything that will cause us to rejoice even for the rest of the Year; my Father and my God give to us today.

As for Your children who has been Faithful over the Years in their Offerings and in their Tithe; this Month in Particular surprise them all. Bless them beyond their wildest imaginations. Show them that You are the Almighty God and that You are the All Sufficient God.

Please Lord, before the end of the Service today; let Your children have cause to shout Hallelujah.

Thank You Father.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

Well let someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.

We will continue our discussions on the Wonders of God.

Like I told you; we couldn’t finish everything about: The Wonders of God during the Convention.

As a matter of fact; it is impossible to exhaust all the “Wonderful Things” about our God.

But today; we want to talk about: THE WONDERS OF HIS WORSHIP.

I know that this is a Thanksgiving Sunday – The Sermon is supposed to be brief so that you can have Plenty of time to rejoice and Praise Him.

But I believed that the Wonders of His Worship is so important that I’m going to take my time.

This likely to be a Bible Study and you will see the reason why before we finish.

BIBLE TEXT: JOHN 4: 19-24

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a Prophet.

This is the Samaritan Woman that came to fetch water and met Jesus Christ there and they were talking.

20 Our fathers worshipped in this Mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the Place where men ought to worship.

21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this Mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for Salvation is of the Jews.

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the True Worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in Truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him.

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.

I feel led of the Holy Spirit to take my time this morning like I said and talk to you about: The Wonders of His Worship.

You see; basically speaking, there are seven (7) Ways that a Human Being can relate to God Verbally – Seven (7) Ways:

1. You can relate to God by Murmuring; by Complaining; by telling Him: Why are You doing like this to me?

Exodus 16: 9-20 tells us that: After God brought out the children of Israel out of Egypt, took them through the Red Sea – That is having Performed all manners of Miracles in Egypt to compel Pharaoh to let them go.

All of a sudden, they began to complain, they began to murmur – Oh, we remembered when we were in Egypt, when we have Plenty of food to eat. Now, He has brought us into this wilderness to kill us with hunger.

Murmuring is you complaining about God, forgetting what He has done for you in the Past.

… Nobody, likes that kind of attitudes.

And when you murmur against God; He hears you and He could be Pretty angry if you murmur.

In 1 Corinthians 10:10; the Bible warns: Don’t you ever murmur against God because those who did it in the Past were destroyed.

You murmur if you forget all that God had done for you.

… You think that He hasn’t done enough; Please consider what He had done.

Several years ago, I visited Egypt for the first time – I was invited to come and Preach.

And when the man who invited me – That was before we started our Church there; took me round and said that there is one Place that I must visit. I don’t know if the Place is still there or they have done something about it.

It is a Place called: “The City of the Dead” – I was eager to see it.

And he took me to the Place where they buried all those who died during the Second (2nd) World War – Massive Places, Graves upon Graves upon Graves.

And over the Graves then o, I’m not talking of now, I don’t know what the situation is now; there are “Little, Little Tents” made from some Plastic materials.

He said to me: What you see there are accommodations for some People – That once a Year, when relatives of those who were buried there wants to come to visit their relatives; they will Pack their “Little Tent” and move out of the way in the morning so that the relatives can come.

As soon as the relatives are gone; they are back – Sleeping on the slabs over the Graves.

That day, I Thank God that I might be living in just one (1) room in Mushin (A Low Earner City in Lagos State Nigeria) – Which was where I was living at that time but at least it is not in the graveyard.

Please, don’t complain against God – Count your Blessings: Count them one by one and it will amaze you what God had done.

2. You could relate to God by Querying Him.

… By issuing Him a Query – This time, you are not complaining but just Querying God.

And many at times; we query Him when we find ourselves in a situation and it appears as if He is not caring.

In Mark 4: 35-41; the Disciples were in a Storm and the Lord was sleeping and the boat was being filled with water.

And one (1) of the Disciples went to Him and said: Lord, carest not thou that we Perished?

That is a Query! – God don’t you at least know that you should care for Your own?

In case you are looking at yourself this morning and you believed that there are Queries you want to Present to God – I want to assure you that He cares for you!

Because 1 Peter 5: 6-7 says: Just cast all your cares upon Him because He cares for you.

Oh, yes I knew that there are occasions when the Storm may be tough and it appears if God is not even anywhere near. It may appear that if He is aware at all He is sleeping – He cares for you!

… Just be sure that He cares for you!

One of the reasons why you are sure that He cares for you is that: You are still alive now – It is not everybody who started the New Year that is still around.

… He cares for you!

Oh, I know that it is not everybody who started the New Year who is still Alive – How come that one of my People or Relatives died?

… Only those whose time has come will die this Year.

And it doesn’t matter what will kill anybody – When your time comes, you will die. It doesn’t have to be “Coronavirus”; it can be Motor Accident.

… When your time comes; you will go but He cares for you!

Let me assure you of one thing: If the mother of Judas Iscariot had known what her son will become; she would have been glad if that fellow died at childbirth.

So, don’t think that God doesn’t know what He is doing – He knows!

3. You can ask Him a Question.

Now, there is difference between a Question and a Query.

A Question is something that you ask when you want to know – You just need information.

I mean when I was a very Young Christian – I asked Questions coming from the background of a Mathematician.

Oh mine, I asked Questions but they were not Queries.

I had Questions to ask God that I dared not even ask my Pastors – If I had asked them, they Probably would have thrown me out of the Church.

But God knew that: This is a boy who wants to know more about Me.

So, when I asked Him the Questions, He generously gave me the Answers.

For example in 2 Kings 2: 9-15 – After Elijah disappeared and dropped his Mantle.

Elisha Picked the Mantle, rolled it together, went to River Jordan, smote it on the River Jordan and asked: Where is the Lord God of Elijah?

… He wanted to know – It was a Question and not a Query.

He wanted to know: Will You the God of my father be my Father? Will You answer me like You answered my father?

… That was a “Legitimate Question”; that is not a Query.

And then God of course answered him and say: Boy, I’m here!

From time to time; you may ask God: God, where are You?

I used to laugh – When I was very young; when my mother will look up to Heaven and say: God, I don’t know where your face is?

I didn’t understand what she was talking about – You want to see His Face and you are looking towards Heaven? What direction should you look?

Elisha said: Where is the Lord God of Elisha?

And He answered: I’m still on My Throne; I’m still in Charge. As I was with your father, so I will be with you.

If you ask Him a Question because you wanted to know; He will Answer you!

4. This is that: You can CALL on Him.

… That is what many of you call a Prayer!

And He says that it is okay to Call on Him.

In Jeremiah 33:3; He says: Call on Me and I will answer you.

… He encourages Calling – Particularly, when you need Help.

Matthew 14: 23-33 for instance – When Jesus Christ told the Disciples to go to the Other Side, that He will join them and He went to the Mountain to Pray.

By the time He came down from the Mountain; all the boats had left and He decided to fulfill His Promise.

The only thing to do now is to walk on water to go and join the Disciples.

And then when the Storm came (You know the Story); they saw Him walking on the water, they thought it must be a Spirit and He told them it is I (Jesus) – Be not afraid.

And Peter said: Lord, if it is You, bid me to come to You?

And the Lord said: Come!

And he stepped out of the boat and began to walk towards Jesus Christ.

But the Bible said said that when he saw the wind boisterous, he saw the wind blowing, he saw the Storm – He said: What have I done Peter? Who are you to be walking to sink.

He called for Help.

Anytime you cry to God for Help; He will Help you – Amen.

5. You can relate to God through Thanksgiving.

Psalms 100:4 says: You should enter His Gate with Thanksgiving in your hearts.

What is Thanksgiving?

That is when you are relating to God considering what He had done before for you.

When you are showing Him appreciations for what He had done for you as an Individual.

Luke 17: 12-19; the Bible tells us that the Lord healed ten (10) Lepers who has called for Help and one (1) came back to show his appreciations (Thanksgiving).

And the Lord appreciated what he had done and disapproved of the nine (9) others who didn’t come back to say Thank You.

Thanksgiving is very, very Acceptable to God.

As a matter of fact; the Bible says: Don’t ever ener into His Gates without Thanksgiving in your heart.

6. And then of course: Another way is Praise.

Oh, is Praise different from Thanksgiving?

… Oh, Yes it is!

Praise is what you give to Him for His Achievements – For what He has done not necessarily for you but what He has done generally.

… His Achievements!

Psalms 100:4 says: You enter His Gates with Thanksgiving but as you get closer to Him; as you enter His Courts now then you Switch over to Praise.

In Exodus 15:1 – When the children of Israel had crossed the Red Sea; the Bible says that: Moses sang a Song.

And what was the beginning of the Singing?

He said: Ah, our God has Triumph Gloriously; the Horses and the Riders He had drowned in the Sea.

Now, he is talking about the Achievements of the Most High God.

… And God loves Praises – He appreciates Thanksgiving; He loves Praises.

Psalms 50: 23 says: He that offereth Praise, Glorifies Me.

7. But then the Highest of them all is Worship.

So, we started from Murmuring (Complaining); we moved to Query and then Question (And things began to get back).

We moved from Question to Prayer and then Thanksgiving and then to Praise and finally Worship.

You see: Worship is so crucial to God that you found in the Bible Text that we read in John 4: 23-24; that God Himself looks for Worshippers – He seeks them out!

Now, what is Worship?

Worship is not Thanking Him (God) for what He had done for you; Worship is not Thanking Him (God) for His Achievement – Worship is telling Him (God) who He is.

Jesus Christ told the woman: You don’t even know the One who you are Worshipping but we know who we Worship.

The Question this morning is: Do you know who you are Worshipping?

This is where I’m going to spend some time so that the next time you Worship God; you will know who you are Worshipping.

… I want to remind you: Who are you Worshipping?

That is why: When the Choir gets together; they want to do what we call: Praise and Worship.

You find out that when they are singing Choruses; they will be singing and dancing – That is Praise.

If it gets to “Real Worship”; if you really, really get to “Real Worship” – Then God Himself will draw near and if He draws near you; you know what? Your Head will swell.

You have never been in a Place of “True Worship” without getting very close to tears because He Himself (The Almighty Himself) will come near.

And you search the Scriptures:even when an Angel Passes by you; your hair (The hair on your head) will stand up not to talk of when the Almighty Himself draws near.

… Tell Him who He is; let Me help you a little.

Genesis 17:1 – That was the first (1st) time God introduced Himself and He called Himself: THE ALL SUFFICIENT ONE.

Hey, you cannot be remembering the fact that you are dealing with the All Sufficient One and be able to complain – It is not Possible.

… You are dealing with the All sufficient One – The One who is More Than Sufficient.

Let me continue because of time:

1. Who is He that you are Worshiping?

Psalms 91:1 calls Him “THE MOST HIGH”.

I. The One who is Higher than the highest – Ecclesiastes 5:8.

II. The One who says: The Heaven is My Throne, the Earth is my Footstool.

You know; in my Tribe (Yoruba People – Located in the Western Part of Nigeria); when they begin to eulogise the King (The Traditional Ruler); they call him names that they don’t call “Ordinary People”.

But here is the King of kings Himself; here is the Lord of Lords Himself; here is the One whose Throne is Higher than all Thrones in the world; here is the One who can sit down in Heaven and Lockdown the whole world; here is the One who is so Mighty that He can reduce all the Science of the world to nothing.

… How I wish the whole world will know: Who is my God?

If there is anything at all that this Pandemic taught us – It should teach us that: The Highest Wisdom of Man is still Foolishness with God.

I wish that we will learnt that Lesson and learnt it very quickly.

The One who according to Daniel 4:25 – The One who is called: “The Most High”; who rules in the affairs of men, the One who decides who rules.

In my Native Tongue (Yoruba Language); they calls Him: “The Real King Maker” – The One who makes a King a King.

… If you say that you are a King; you own your Throne to His Pleasure.

2. Who is He that you are Worshipping?

Psalms 24:7 calls Him: “The King of Glory”.

What does that means?

Well, Glory is the opposite of Shame – And so when you call Him the King of Glory; you are talking about the One who has the ability:

I. To remove shames.

2 King 5: 1-14; the Bible described Naaman in very Glorious Terms and put a “But” on him.

… But he was a Leper – With all his achievements, with all his wealth, with all his fame – He was a Leper.

I’m yet to find a King, I’m yet to find a President, I’m yet to find a Head of State – Without a “But” except my King (The King of Glory Himself).

II. Not only can He remove shame; He can even turn shame to Glory.

I mean you know what He did to King Nebuchadnezzar?

Nebuchadnezzar at that time was Practically the King of the world.

He misbehaved to the One who controls the affairs of Kings and my Father ask him to go and eat grass as an animal for seven (7) Years.

But when, he (Nebuchadnezzar) realised the One who is Ruling in the affairs of Man; God restored him and he said: Majesty, Glory was even added to me.

… He is the One who can change shame to Glory!

In John 2: 1-11 – In the Wedding in Cana of Galilee; they ran out of wine and the beautiful wedding was going to end up in shame but the King of Glory was there.

And what would have been their shame, became their Testimony – Oh, People used to bring out the best wine first but your own wedding is Unique. You kept the “Best Wine” till the last.

They didn’t know that they were drinking water that has been interfered with by the King of Glory.

3. Who is He that you are Worshiping?

Psalms 24:10 calls Him: “The Lord of Hosts”.

In Exodus 15:4; Moses called Him the Man of War – He is not a Civilian.

Oh, He is very Gentle, He is very Kind, He is Love, He is Rich in Mercy but don’t ever mess with Him because He is the “Lord of Host”; He is the “Man of War”.

I. He is The Original General.

Oh, you don’t believed me; read Numbers 16: 23-34.

Some People messed up with Him – They messed up with His Servant and He caused them to be buried alive.

Because the biggest Problem of any General – Ask them: Is what do I do with the dead bodies of the enemies because it is a very Unpleasant work to bury enemies, to bury their bodies.

And if you don’t bury their dead bodies; they will stink and cause a Plague – So, you have to do so.

So, in the case of my Father – The Lord of Host does the whole thing at the same time.

It just asked the Ground to open and swallowed these People so that we won’t have to bother burying them.

II. He is The Original Admiral.

You don’t believed, well read: Exodus 14: 15-28.

When He drowned Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea – The Idea is that: There will be no need to bother about burial.

… The fish will do the job.

You don’t believed me; He was the first One to manufactured a Submarine.

If you think that: That is a lie, ask Jonah and he will tell you.

We are talking about the Lord of Host who spoke to a fish: Swallow this man, keep him inside, don’t digest him – Just keep him there safe for three (3) days.

Then when God wanted to get him back to land; He said to the fish; He can’t swim; I want you to take him to the Beach before you vomit him.

… That is my God!

III. He is The Original Air Marshal – He is the first (1st) Person to throw bombs.

You don’t believed? – Read Joshua 10: 1-11.

The Bible tells us that the People that were slain by the bombs that God rained down were far, far more than those killed by Joshua with his sword.

Now, He is the “Lord of Hosts” – I used to think that means: He is the “Lord of Host” for the Angels until God showed me – No, No, No!

The Angels are the “Heavenly Host” and all the Soldiers on Earth are the “Earthly Host” and then all the demons are “Demonic Host”.

… He controls them all – All of them.

I. He sends demons on errands.

You don’t believed me; ask King Saul in 1 Samuel 16:14.

The moment the Spirit of God departed from King Saul; an evil Spirit “from the Lord” troubled him.

The devil went to Him and began to talk about Job – Saying: Is Job serving God for nothing? He said that because you have made an Hedge round him; I couldn’t touch him.

No devil can touch you without getting Permissions from God.

And God told the devil: This is how far you can go; you can’t go beyond your limits – I am your Maker, I am your Controller.

II. Oh, there are some People who will say: Well in that case: If God can send the devil to torment Job; then may be He will send the devil to torment the Christians – No, No, No!

Job was a servant of God; we are the children of God – Nobody Performs Experiments with his children.

Oh, several years ago – When I was living in Mushin (A Low Earner City in Lagos State, Nigeria) and some robbers were terrorising our Streets. And Policemen don’t want to go to Mushin (A Low Earner City in Lagos State, Nigeria) in those days.

Those of us there agreed that we will get together what we call Vigilante – That we will all assemble a little Army of our own.

Of the Army assembled; not one was a child of the People who Assembled the Army – Servants, Househelps.

… Everyone kept their own children at home. The Vigilante are servants.

God is not going to use you as Vigilante against the devil – You are His children!

The Bible says that: He will keep you like the Apple of His Own Eyes.

Because He controls all the Hosts: In Heaven, on Earth and Underneath the Earth; He is the Lord of Host!

III. And you know what: He is also called: “The Consuming Fire”.

Hebrews 12:29 says: Our God is a Consuming Fire.

Now, some of us feel: Why should I Worship a Consuming Fire?

Well, you can Worship Him as long as you don’t misbehave yourself.

If He loves you; He will tell you that there are Lines you don’t cross.

You know: When Moses was singing in Exodus Chapter 15; He said: God is Glorious in Holiness and Fearful in Praises.

… Even when you are Praising Him; you will still remembered that He is also “The Consuming Fire”.

A. You see: The beauty of “The Consuming Fire” is that: If He surrounds you; the enemies that tries to come near you will be consumed.

B. The Second (2nd) beauty is that: It is the kind of Fire that can consume anything.

In 1 Kings 18: 36-39; when the Fire of God fell on Mount Carmel; it consumed not just the Offerings, not just the wood – It consumed the Rock (Which is a Symbol for Hardship); it consumed the Water (Which is a Symbol of Sorrow/Tears); it consumed the Dust (Which is a Symbol of Sickness and Disease).

IV. And then: He is called: “The Lion of the Tribe of Judah”.

Revelation 5:5; He is called: “The Lion of the Tribe of Judah” – That is why when they threw Daniel into the den of lions in Daniel 6: 1 – end; He was able to tell the other lions: I am “The Original Lion” and all other lions kept quiet.

Let me round up: The Greatest Thing that you need to know about Him in Worshipping Him is that:

V. He gave His Own Name as: “I am that I am”.

When He was introducing Himself to Moses in Exodus 3: 11-15; He said: I am that I am.

What does that means – So many things?

A. It means: “I am” not “I was” – I am not an Ex King.

B. It means: “I am” not “I will be” – Whatever Promises that I am Making. It doesn’t mean when you vote me into Power – I will do it for you.

C. “I am” – Now, what “I am” – Today and it is what “I am” – Going to be tomorrow because tomorrow will become today.

“I am” always: “I AM”.

But that is not all because it brings us to the biggest beauty of it all:

D. “I am that I am” means: Whatever you call Me; that is what I will be to you.

You can Me The Most High; I will be The Most High to you.

You can Me The Almighty; I will be the Almighty to you.

You call Me The Lord of Host; then you are handling over your battles to Me.

You call Me The Consuming Fire; then you can go to bed at Night knowing fully well that there is a “Wall Of Fire” around you that no Witches or Wizards can fly through.

… Whatever you call Me; that is what I will be to you!

That is why today: When you want to Worship Him; Please do it thoroughly – As much as His Names that you can remember; as many of them that you remember – Call Him by that Name and Watch Him Act for you!

Thank Him for what He had done for you; Praise Him for all His Achievements but more than anything else; Worship Him, Call Him who He is.

ALTAR CALL

As for those of you who are yet to surrender your lives to Him:

You can only call Him: “My Father”; after you have given your Life to Him.

You can only Call Him: “My God”; when you have surrendered to Him.

You can only Call Him: “My Lord”; when you made up your Mind that for the rest of your Life – Whatever He asks you to do is what you will do.

But if you Call Him: “My Saviour” today; He will save your Soul.

So, before we go to Worship Him: Let us give you an opportunity to those of you who will want to come to Him and say: Lord Jesus; I believed before that You are a Good Man – Now, I know that you are not an “Ordinary Man”; You are my Lord, You are my Saviour.

I have heard about You that: You are a “Good Teacher”; I know that You are not an “Ordinary Teacher” – You are the Word, You are the Truth, You are the Way.

I come to You now; Please take over my Life.

Shall we bow our heads in Prayers?

Those of you who wants to give your Life to Jesus Christ: Call Him “My Lord” and He will become your Lord; Call Him “My King” and He will take over your Life and begin to arrange things.

Oh, Thank You Father.

Call on Him and say: Please save my Soul; let Your Blood wash away my sins. Take over my Life and I will serve you for the rest of my Life.

Thank You Father.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER

Ancient of Days; the Unchangeable Changer; the King of Kings; the Lord of Lords; the I am that I am – Glory be to Your Holy Name.

Thank You for Your Words and Thank You for those People who has decided that from this moments onwards – They want You to be their Saviour.

Please, save their Souls, forgive all their sins, write their names in the Book of Life, receive them into the Family of God.

And from now on; whenever they Call on You – Answer them by Fire.

As for Your children: As they begin to Worship You today – Worshipping You now and not just in Spirit but in Truth. Telling You who You are – My Father and my God, manifest Your Glory.

Let everyone of them go home today with a New and Mighty Collections of Miracles, Signs and Wonders in Jesus Name.

And Please Lord, as they Worship You – Draw near them.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

Praise Ye the Lord – Hallelujah!

Make sure that you spend “Quality Time” Worshipping Him today and you can be sure that you won’t regret it – Amen.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL – AMEN!!!

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