THE WONDERS OF THE STANDARD OF GOD: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE, SUNDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER, 2020

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TOPIC : THE WONDERS OF THE STANDARD OF GOD

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 20TH SEPTEMBER, 2020

BIBLE TEXT: MATTHEW 5:48

Let Us Pray!

SONG

We give Glory to the Lord He reigns
He reigns
We give Glory to the Lord He reigns
He reigns, He reigns, He reigns
We give Glory to the Lord He reigns
Hallelujah

… Repeat!

OPENING PRAYER

Father Almighty, we give You all the Glory.

King of Glory, we Worship You because You reigns forever.

We are Grateful for Your Love for us, we are very Grateful for Your Kindness, for Your Mercy, for Your Support.

We Thank You Lord God Almighty for keeping us alive: We Thank You for Health, for Strength, for every Blessings that we have received from You.

Father, Please accept our Thanks in Jesus.

Almighty God, we are Praying today that as Your Words will be going forth; You will empower Your Words to bring Healings, Deliverance, Victory, Joy to Your People Oh Lord.

Father, we Pray that by the end of this Service; there will be many, many People Glorifying Your Name.

In Jesus Mighty we have Prayed – Amen.

Well let someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

We will continue with our Series on: The Wonders of God.

Like we have said again and again; our God is Wonderful.

And Wonderful means: Full of Wonders.

… And so from time to time discovered New and more Attributes of God.

Today, we will be talking about a very, very important Attributes of God and it is about His Standards: THE WONDERS OF THE STANDARD OF GOD.

Our Bible Text will be: Matthew 5:48:

Be ye therefore Perfect even as your Father which is in Heaven is Perfect.

The Bible describes our God as Perfect!

Perfect means: Without any fault at all; absolutely Good; Excellent.

As a matter of fact; the Bible says in Mark 7:37 that: He has done all things well.

Everything about our God is Perfect!

… So, He is Perfection Personified.

And when you considered all the things that He made available to His children; you will understand what we mean about our God is Perfect – He has Perfect Standards, He gives Perfect Gifts.

For Example:

1. In James 1:5; the Bible says that when He gives Wisdom; He gives Liberally.

The Bible says: If anyone lacks Wisdom, he should ask God and He will give that Wisdom liberally – Not Stingily.

He wants His children to be Wiser than their Teachers.

According to Psalms 119:99; He says: He wants you to have more Understanding than your Teachers.

I mean that: He is saying that as a Student, your Teachers will not even know what marks to award to you because your results will not just be one hundred Percent (100%); it will be one hundred Percent (100%) Plus.

… You are to daze your Teachers.

2. In Isaiah 40:29; He not only gives Strength but by the time you look at Isaiah 40:31; He gives Strength continually – Strength that won’t fade.

He said: Those that wait upon the Lord shall renew their Strength.

The Kind of Strength that He gives is the kind of Strength that will amaze People – “Perfect Strength”.

In Judges 14: 5-6; He gives so much Strength to Samson that he could take a Young Lion and tear it into two (2) without any weapon in his hands.

… And that is a Perfect Strength.

3. And then in Deuteronomy 28:13 – The first (1st) Part of it says that: When He gives Promotion; He doesn’t stop until you reach the Top.

… He said: You shall be the Head and not the Tail.

And He says in that same Deuteronomy 28:13; that you will not just be the Head; you will stay there – You will be Above Only and never be beneath.

In other words, He wants you to be on Top and He wants you to be on Top constantly.

As far as He is concerned; He doesn’t want any of His children to be an Ex Champion.

So, when you are on Top; you are there. Wherever you go; you are on Top.

I mean take the example of Joseph in Genesis 39: 1-6, as a Slave, he was Head – “Chief Slave”.

In Genesis 39: 20-23; when he became a Prisoner, he was a “Chief Prisoner” – Head again.

And of course, by the time you read Genesis 41:1-44; even Pharaoh said: In Egypt, nobody will lift up their hands or feed without your Permission.

… Now, that is the kind of Promotion that God has for His children.

I’m now believing God for all of you who are truly His children: In every areas of your Life, you will always be on Tops – Amen.

4. Now, when you read Genesis 12: 1-3; He Promised Abraham: Not only will I bless you; you will be a Blessing.

Blessed by God is Great enough but He said: I won’t stop there; you will be a Blessing.

And He said: I won’t even stop there; through you, the whole world will be blessed.

… Now, that is a serious Blessing!

And when you read Deuteronomy 28: 11-12; He says: You will never need to borrow from anybody but you will be lending to many Nations.

You know for a long time; I used to read it to mean: Oh, you will “Lend to Nation” until He pointed it out to me that I didn’t just said: “Lend to Nation”; He said: “To many Nations”.

And we find an example in Isaac in Genesis 26: 12-14 – That when the Almighty God blessed Isaac; He blessed him so much that a whole Nation began to envy him.

And if you read that Passage a little downwards; you will find out that the King of that Nation came to him and said: Sir, you are too great for us, we feel that you should move on because I’m called King but looking at you; we know who is King!

5. And God doesn’t just give Joy but He gives “Full Joy”.

Psalms 16:11, the Bible tells us that in His Presence, there is the Fullness of Joy.

He gives Joy that you have to look for “Special Words” to describe the kind of Joy that He gives.

For example in Matthew 2: 1-10; when the Wise Men came to see the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Bible says that when they finally found Him; they rejoiced with “Exceeding Great Joy” – Not just Joy, not just “Great Joy” but “Exceeding Great Joy”.

And the word “Exceeding” there means: Well, we don’t have anything else to describe this Joy – It is Greater than “Great Joy”.

As a matter of fact; in 1 Peter 1:8; the Bible calls the kind of Joy that God gives as: “Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory”.

In other words; Joy so Great that you don’t even have the words to describe it.

If there is anyone listening to me now or reading now on the Label of DMC; who is in sorrow – In that Name that is above every other names; very soon your Joy will be Unspeakable – Amen.

6. Now according to John 1: 1-4 – The Bible tells us that in the beginning was the Word; the Word was with God; the Word was God.

And then, the same was with God from the beginning; by Him was all things created; there was nothing made that was not made by Him.

And then it says: In Him was Life.

… He gives Life!

Now, what kind of Life does He gives? – You are talking of the Standard of God!

Then He says in John 10:10 – He says: The thief cometh but to steal and to kill and to destroy but I have come that ye might have Life and have it “More Abundantly”.

When He gives you Life: He doesn’t want you to Struggle through; He doesn’t want you to manage.

… He wants you to have Life “More Abundantly” – Not just Abundant but “More Abundantly”.

So, when you hear a child of God saying: We are managing; He needs Prayers – God does not want you to manage; you are live “More Abundantly”.

7. Now, when you now read 1 Corinthians 15:57; the Bible says: He gives you Victory.

But He doesn’t want to just give us Victory; in Romans 8:37; He wants you to be “More Than Conqueror” – Not just Victorious; that won’t be too Good for God!

… He wants you to be “More Than Conqueror”.

As a matter of fact; He wants you to have Victory without a fight!

Because if you are a boxer and you go into the Boxing Ring.

Yes, you may win but yet you may go home with: bruises, one eyes almost close and lips split into two (2).

But He Prefers to give you Victory without having to do any fighting.

In Deuteronomy 28: 1-7; He says that: The enemies that rise up against you will be smitten before your face.

… You are not the one to do the smitten.

He says: They will come before you in one (1) Way and flee seven (7) Ways.

You know: Those of you who has some forces ganging up against you; I have Good News for you – You won’t even have to do any fighting because the battle is not yours; the battle is the Lord’s battle.

And He will give you Victory without having to fight – Amen.

Now, I have gone through all these things and I can go on and on and on and talk about other things that He gives you as a Perfect God to give you a Perfect Gift.

But the question is: Why is He so Perfect in what He gives, in what He does for you?

… Because in all things; He Himself is Super!

1. I mean in Genesis 17:1; His Name Jehovah El Shaddai means the One who is “More Than Enough”.

It doesn’t matter how much you said you Need; He has “More Than Enough” to deal with them.

You studied the Scriptures very closely, the Bible tells us that when Satan fell, one third of the Angels in Heaven fell with him – That leaves two thirds still there.

… So, for every demon; God has at least two (2) Angels.

God is More than Enough!

2. And then in Psalms 91:1; He is not just High; He is the Most High.

Ecclesiastes 5:8 says: He is Higher than the highest.

So, when you see somebody and you think he is the “Highest Fellow” in the Land; there is somebody Higher than him.

… Higher than the highest!

He is so High that He decides who sits on the throne

Everybody sitting on any kind of throne is doing so at His Pleasure

… God is Super!

3. He is not just Mighty; Psalms 24: 7-8 says: Who is the King of Glory?

He said: The Lord Strong and Mighty; the Lord Mighty in battle.

But according to Psalms 91:1; He is not just “Mighty” but “The Almighty”.

He is so “Mighty” that the Bible asks a question in Jeremiah 32:27 – He said: Behold, I am the God of all flesh, is anything too hard for me?

… He is not just “Mighty” but “The Almighty”.

4. And according to James 1:17; He is not just “Pure” but “The Unchangeably Pure”.

The Bible says in Him there is “No Shadow of Turning”.

… He is “Pure Light” – Pure through and through!

Now, you said: Why all these Bible Study?

We appreciate you telling us: Whatever Gift you get from Him is Super because He Himself is Super.

It is because in our Bible Text; He said: Be ye therefore Perfect even as Your Father in Heaven is Perfect.

Is He not making too much of a demand on Human Being? Is this Standard not too High?

1. Well according to Luke 12: 47-48; the Bible says: To whom much is given; much will be required.

You want all these Perfect Gifts from Him? – Well, if something is “Perfectly Good”; it is likely that the Price will be “Perfectly High”.

I think I shared with you sometimes ago when I read some Journals on Cars: And they were talking about “Mercedes Benz” being the Strongest; “BMW” being the Fastest; “Lexus” being the Most Comfortable.

And I said what about “Rolls Royce”?

They said when we are talking about Cars; you don’t include “Rolls Royce” in the comparison.

DMC EDITORIAL NOTES: Inspiring Greatness – Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is an “Everlasting Expression of the Exceptional. From the world’s Pinnacle Motor Car Phantom to the bold!

And very interesting – Somebody said to me: Sir, have you ever seen an Advert advertising “Rolls Royce”?

I said: No! – He said it is because only those who knows the Value will be able to Pay the Price!

And then he shared with me that the Best “Mercedes Benz” that you can have – Just one “Rolls Royce” will buy about three (3) or four (4) “Mercedes Benz”.

Yes, it is costly but it is because it is Super!

And there is saying: He who buys a “Rolls Royce” buys it for his grandchildren because “Rolls Royce” is going to outlast you and then outlast your children and then the grandchildren will now begin to enjoy it.

The Fellow pointed out further and said: As wonderful as “Mercedes Benz” is; he said but nobody flies an aeroplane with “Mercedes Benz” engine – They use “Rolls Royce” engine to fly the best of Jets!

The Person went on further to say: If you know what they say about “Gulfstream” – One Plane Type (Private Jet Kind); they always say to you when you entered into it (Gulfstream); if you take any of its Handbook: Relax, it is “Gulfstream”.

Why do they say that?

They said “Gulfstream”‘ has been around for years – I think it came into the Market around 1950’s and there has not been any major crash.

… So, when you entered, they say: Relax, by the Special Grace of God; you will arrive!

But it is expensive because of the Quality.

Good Things cost! Perfect Things cost Perfectly!

DMC EDITORIAL NOTES: The Gulfstream G550 is a Business Jet Aircraft Produced by General Dynamics’ Gulfstream Aerospace Unit in Savannah, Georgia, US. The certification designation is GV-SP. As of January 2016, there were 450 G550s in Service. The final G550 commercially available unit is to be delivered in 2021. A Version of the Airplane with reduced fuel capacity was marketed as the G500.

When you hear of certain Universities all over the world; there are only God knows thousands of Universities.

But there are some Universities – When somebody said: I am from Harvard; I’m from Yale, I’m from Cambridge, I’m from University of London and so on and so forth – People will Pay attention.

Why? – Quality; High Standards!

Your Father is Perfect, He expects you to be Perfect because to whom much is given; much is expected!

2. But that is not all – It is because like father, like son.

… Be ye therefore Perfect even as your Father in Heaven is Perfect!

He expects His children to be like Him – He expects His children to be Holy because He is Holy!

In 1 Peter 1: 14-16; He said: As Obedient children; if you are truly my child then be Holy because I am Holy.

My Standards are High; the Standards of my children must be High also.

In 1 John 3:9; the Bible says that: He that is born of God does not sin!

And He explains why?

He said because the “Seed of God” is in Him.

… Born of a Perfect Father, with the Seed of a Perfect Father dwelling in him.

And I think that I have explained this to you before: A cat will die of hunger rather than eat faeces – They won’t it as it is not Possible.

… It is (Referring to the cat) famished, starving and then it (cat) sees dog eating excreta?

Well that is not in the Developed Countries because if you see what dogs eat over there; some of you will wonder.

Why will cat not eat faeces? – They don’t eat it in it’s Generation!

There is something in him that tells him: You are not to eat it.

So, the Bible says: If you are born of God; you don’t sin and does not sin because the “Seed of God” is in you.

I like the way one Young Man, one Great Young Preacher put it – He said: You stand face to face with tremendous Temptations; you look at the Temptations and then something within you says: We don’t do this in our family!

What family is he talking about? – The family of the Perfect God!

You know that the Elders has a saying – They say that:

I. The Elephant never gives birth to a dwarf.

II. That every child of an Elephant is an Elephant.

III. That the day the child of an Elephant is born, that it is already bigger than the biggest Goat – From Day Number 1.

Your Father is Perfect, so get ready to be Perfect!

When anybody tells you that it is impossible to be Perfect; they are also saying that it is impossible to be “More Than Conqueror”.

If they say it is impossible to be Perfect; they are also saying to you that it is impossible for you to lend to Nations.

If they say that it is impossible to Pay the Price; they are saying that it is impossible to have the Products that the Almighty God has Prepared for you.

In Closing; Romans 8: 16-17 – The Bible says: The Spirit will bear Witness with your Spirit that you are a child of God.

And then, it went on to say that: If you are a child of God; then you are a Heir of God – Joint Heir with Jesus Christ and everything that belongs to God belongs to us.

If anybody says that it is impossible to be Perfect; tell him that: I am a Joint Heir with Jesus Christ – He was tempted in every way Possible but without sin.

But you can’t do it with the flesh – The flesh does not Please God as you need the Help of the Holy Spirit.

ALTAR CALL

And then: How can you be talking about the Holy Spirit Helping you if you have not even surrendered your Life to Jesus Christ?

It is when you surrender your Life to Jesus Christ that Grace comes in – The Bible says: Grace comes by Jesus Christ.

Surrender to Him, His Grace will save your Soul – It is by His Grace that we are saved!

And not only saved; by His Grace brings you Salvation – He will give you the ability to become Perfect.

… You try to do it by your flesh; you will fail. The flesh can’t Please God.

It takes the Grace of the Almighty God through the Help of the Holy Spirit to bring you to Perfection.

So, before those of us who are already children of God Pray; let me give an opportunity to those of you who are yet to surrender your Life to Jesus Christ.

Don’t be frightened by the fact that God is asking you to be Perfect – He will do what is necessary if you will surrender to Him first.

So, if you want to surrender your Life to Jesus Christ; will you Please bow your Head in Prayers?

Cry unto Him and say: Please save my Soul. I like all the Perfect Gifts that you can give and I will even want to enjoy to live Perfectly for you.

Save my Soul Lord Jesus Christ; come and dwell in me; let Your Seed come and be in me so that I will no longer be able to sin again.

Save my Soul Lord and I will live the rest of my Life for you.

And those of us who are already sure of our Salvation; Please intercede for our New Brothers and Sisters – That God will give them Perfect Salvation so that they too can become members of the Family of God with the Seeds of God dwelling in them.

Thank you Father.

In. Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER.

My Father and my God; I want to bless Your Holy Name for Your Words.

Thank You for Your very, very High Standards.

Thank You because You will not ask us to do something that you know we cannot do.

Thank You because we know that we know Your Grace will be sufficient for us.

And Thank You for all those who have come today, crying unto You for Salvation – Everyone of them Father, grant their request, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins, let them become brand New Creatures in You and let them join the Family of God today.

From now on; the Grace for them to live Holy, to be Perfect even as You our Father in Heaven is Perfect give to all of us in Jesus Name.

As for those of us Lord God Almighty who are already Your children, who has tasted all these Good and Perfect Gifts that has been coming from You the Almighty God; I Pray that on a daily basis we will live Perfectly for You; that Your Seed in us my Father and my God will give us the Grace to say No to sin from now on.

Help us to lo live Holy for You.

And I Pray that none of us will be missing in Your Kingdom.

Thank You Almighty God.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

ANNOUNCEMENT

Now, those of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ; Please one way or the other; try and contact me so that I will continue to Pray for you.

And those of us who are already children of God; I want you to be encouraged that the Almighty God will not ask you to do what you cannot do – If He asks you to be Perfect; He will make it Perfectly Possible for you.

And so; if you come to Him in Prayer and seek His face for Perfection; He will begin to enable you from now on to begin to live a Perfect and Holy Life for Him!

GOD BLESS YOU – AMEN!!!

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