THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS GLORY: PASTOR PRECIOUS AKINGBADE, RCCG AYC 2020, DAY 1 EVENING SESSION

RCCG NATIONAL YOUNG ADULT AND YOUTH AFFAIRS (YAYA) VIRTUAL CONVENTION 2020.

THEME: THE BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR

DAY 1 EVENING SECTION MINISTERING TALK 1: PASTOR PRECIOUS AKINGBADE (NATIONAL YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS PASTOR, RCCG AND PASTOR IN CHARGE OF RCCG YOUTH PROVINCE 2)

TOPIC: THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS GLORY

DATE: 28TH SEPTEMBER, 2020

BIBLE TEXT: HEBREWS 1:1-3

Let somebody give a Shinning Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

You may be wondering – how will you give a Shinning Hallelujah?

You do it this way: As you are shouting Hallelujah, you will be twinkling your fingers!

… Now, give the Lord a Shinning Hallelujah – HALLELUJAH!

I want to Bless the Name of the Lord for this Great Day that the Lord has made and for the opportunity that our esteemed father and our Daddy, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, who has given the Young People this Platform, even to Minister unto God’s People.

I am not also taking if for granted our Beloved Mother, our Mother in Israel – Mummy Folu Adeboye, for this wonderful opportunity.

As well, I want to Thank God for our Leader; who just declared this Programme opened on behalf of our father.

… I am talking about Pastor Peter Onah Amenkienan.

May all Glory be to the Heavenly Father!

Shall we Pray?

SONG:

We give You Glory Lord,
As we honour You;
I give You Glory Lord,
As I Worship You;

You are Wonderful
You are Worthy Oh Lord;
You are Wonderful
You are Worthy Oh Lord.

OPENING PRAYER

The God of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, I want to Bless Your Holy Name!

Thank You for this Church. And Thank You for the Covenant that is working for this Church.

Thank You Faithful Father for the Previous Conventions; Thank You for this Year’s Edition.

… Take All the Glory in the Name of Jesus!

Within the few minutes that I have to Charge everyone that is listening all over the world, or reading now on the Label DMC; Lord I Pray, Anoint my mouth to speak Your Word in the Name of Jesus!

And I Pray, even beginning from now, every Young Person all over the world connected to this broadcast and reading now on the Label of DMC; Father, make us to be SHINING in the order of Proverbs 4:18, until when we will meet You in Glory.

Thank You Faithful Father.

In Jesus’ Name I have PRAYED – AMEN!

And I am taking my Text from Hebrews 1:1-3;

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

.. May the Lord Bless His Words, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!

This Scripture constitute one (1) of the Magnificent Declarations of the Person and the Works of our Lord Jesus Christ as well as His Divine Nature – being the same with that of the Father.

I like us to examine the Phrase, which is the Topic – As contained in Verse 3 of the Scriptures I just read; “THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS GLORY.”

The word “BRIGHTNESS” could literally mean reflection.

The Greek word translated into Brightness is “Apaogasma” – And it means Reflection.

What is Reflection?

Reflection is casting back a light, or mirroring, or giving or showing back an image.

Just like the image that is Produced from the mirror or a shining surface.

So, in this context, Jesus is the Throwback Image of God’s Glorious Manifestation – According to Colossians 1:15. Which says:

“Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature”.

And of course, Colossians 1:19 says: “For it Pleased the Father that in Him should ALL FULNESS dwell;”

Therefore, we can say that Jesus is the Image, Jesus is the Representation, Jesus is the Replica, Jesus is the Duplicate, Jesus is the Carbon Copy, Jesus is the Mirror Image of GOD!

Jesus is also the Evidence, the Display, the Expression, the Proof, the Sign or the Manifestation of the Nature of God.

John 1:14 (according to Good News Bible) the Bible says:

“The Word became a Human Being and, full of Grace and Truth, lived among us. We saw his Glory, the Glory which he received as the Father’s only Son”.

Now, according to Romans 8:16-17, the Bible says:

“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”

Now, the word “HEIR” is translated from the Greek word ‘Clearonomeo’ – which means: The Receiver of a Inheritance; a Beneficiary of God’s Inheritance in Christ.

You can listen to the audio here:
Audio: The Brightness of His Glory – Pastor Precious Akingbade, RCCG AYC 2020, Day 1, Evening Session

Therefore, when we talk about been Joint Heirs with Christ; we are also saying that as Christian Believers, we are Co -receivers, we are Co -beneficiaries of the Inheritance of God in Christ.

Therefore, when we say ‘Christ is the Carbon copy or Evidence of God’s Manifestation’; as Christian Believers, we are also like Jesus: the Carbon copy, the Evidence, the Manifestation of the Glory of God!

How do I know this?

Jesus declared what the Psalmist said in Psalms 82:6. The Palmist said: “ye are gods.”

And Jesus in John 10:34-35 says: “Ye are gods!”

According to 2 Peter 1:4, every Christian that is in Christ, the Bible says: “We are the Partakers for the Divine Nature of God.

How does this come to Play?

Every Child of God; the deoronuclear acid we brought to this world, at New Birth, SHIFT Position for Jesus’ deoronuclear acid to come upon our life.

… That is through the Process of Spiritual Mutation.

Mutation in Science simply means: ‘The chemical alteration of things”.

Therefore, when you give your life to Christ, Spiritual Mutation takes Place – All the Natural deoxinobuclear acid gives way for that of Jesus.

And what does that mean?

Whatever Jesus carries, we also carry! Whatever Jesus is looking like, we also look like! Whatever Jesus can do, as Joint Heirs with Christ, we can also do (as His Children)!

And Jesus confirmed this in John 14:12. Jesus Christ said:

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and Vreater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”

From the word ‘BRIGHTNESS’ it can also mean ‘Out Radiating’. – Which is compared to the energy flow from the Sun.

Now, what does this mean?

The energy that is transmitted from the Sun down to the Earth comes in form of Electromagnetic Wave through what we call ‘Radiation’ in Science.

Heat can be transferred in three (3) ways:

We have

I. CONDUCTION,
II. CONVECTION and
III RADIATION.

In the first two (2) – Conduction and Convection; you need a matter, or you need a medium through which it can be transfered.

But when we talk about RADIATION, there is no matter through which heat is transfered.

So, the heat that comes from the Sunna’s Sun rays is JESUS.

And because (I have said it before) whatever Jesus is, as Joint heirs with Christ, we are also the Rays of Light.

We are the heat that comes from the Sun unto the Earth.

All life activities are sustained by these heat and light!

If you still remember your Photosynthesis in Science – Because Christ is the Sun ray that comes from the Sun; somebody describes Jesus’ Brightness.

That Jesus is: “The embodiment of Immortal Bliss, the Corona of Everlasting Flame, the Effulgence of Essential Light, the Burnish of Celestial brilliance, the Horology of Spiritual Magnificence, the Radiance of Supernatural Resplendence, and the Nimbus of Heavenly Lovelies Lustre.

What does this translate to?

Jesus Christ, as the Sun Ray from the Sun said: “I Am the Light of the world” – He declared this in John 8:12.

And Jesus also confirms that, as Christian Brethren, we are Joint Heirs with Him.

That is why He said in Matthew 5:14: “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an Hill cannot be hid.”

Like Him, this Jesus is the One whose going forth has been from Old – From everlasting – According to Micah 5:2.

It was this same Light that was at the beginning, that brought an end to every form of formlessness, emptiness and darkness – According to Genesis 1:1-3.

And it is this Light that is still Providing light and energy for all earthly activities – Without which, life will cease to be!

Therefore, Jesus is the Sustainer of Light.

According to John 1:3. The Bible says:

“ALL THINGS were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.”

He is the One that He Upholds all things by the Word of His Power – According to Hebrews 1:3.

This Light represents Jesus – His Glorified countenance is as Sun that shineth in its Strength according to Revelation 1: 16.

It is this same Sun ray that stood still for Joshua to conquer the enemies of God’s People in Joshua 10:12-14.

Also, the radiation of this Light from the Sun – which is the representation of Jesus, is a LIFE GIVING SOURCE.

In John 11:25, after Lazarus had died, and the Master encountered his sisters, and the sister (of Lazarus) was saying: Lord, if You had come here earlier, my brother wouldn’t have died.

Jesus Christ said: I Am the Life giving Source. He said, ‘I Am the Resurrection and the Life.’

And He got to the tomb of Lazarus, He demonstrated that – He gave Thanks unto God; He called out Lazarus.

And the decomposed body of Lazarus became composed when the Life Giving Source SPOKE a Word of Life to him.

In John 10:10B, Jesus Christ said: “I have come to give you Life in Abundance.”

And just like our Beloved Leader (Pastor Peter) said at the beginning – You can read the Opening Charge from the Label of DMC by visiting this Link:

https://discoverymediacrew.com/Opening-Charge-Day-1-Pastor-Peter-Amenkhienan

In Malachi 4:2, He is the Sun of Righteousness that healed also in the Valley of Dry Bones.

Brethren, here are the Implications of this:

Like Jesus, that the Bible describes as: The Brightness of God’s Glory. We as Christian Believers, according to Matthew 5:14 (I declares before): We are also the Replica, the Brightness of God’s Glory.

Now, the rays that come from the Sun, Scientists put the energy source at fifteen (15) million degree Celsius.

And in comparison, the energy of a Nuclear Weapon is less than what the Sun Produces in one Second (1 Second).

There is so much Heat energy and Light energy that come from the Sun.

So, as children of God, we carry so much Power, even to do exploit on Earth.

Let’s look at: THE DIMENSIONS OF THE BRIGHTNESS that God expects of us, as we shine in the surface of the Earth.

1. With so much Energy, with so much Power that we carry; we should be the Strangers of the Status quo of any environment that we get to.

… Because of the high impartation capacity of energy that we carry.

How do I mean?

The Bible says in Acts 10:38, because Jesus was Anointed with the Holy Ghost and with Power; everywhere He went, He was doing Good.

Likewise, the Apostle in Acts 17:6, the Scriptures says: People testified of the amount of Power that the Disciples used in transforming the whole world.

It says: They turned the whole world upside down.

Ladies and Gentlemen, every Young Adult that is hearing me or reading now on the Label of DMC, what God expects from us is that because we carry so much energy, we carry so much Power (as God’s children) – Wherever we go, we should be able to TRANSFORM LIVES.

2. Because of the amount of Heat energy that comes from the Sun (that we carry as God’s Children; nobody approaches it and not become warm because what we carry, JUMPS on People round us!

What does this mean?

We are to be a blessing to everybody around us.

In Acts 9:39-43, Peter was sent for when a Young Woman (Dorcas) who was doing Good, died.

Peter got there and by this Power, the woman was able to come back to life!

Peter wanted to go; and they saw what God could do through him, they said: You cannot go, you mist tarry with us.

Everywhere we go, we must demonstrate the Power of God over sickness and even over death – Amen.

3. Because Wickedness MUST NOT SURVIVE where we are.

What do I mean by this?

Wickedness only thrive when there is bankruptcy of Power!

… There are evil all around us:

I. As children of God, with the Light of God SHINING upon us;

II. As children of God, with the Power that we carry; every Believer is a weapon of Mass Destruction against be very representation of evil.

1 John 3:8 says:

“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this Purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil”.

My People, I have come to declare to us; even after now: Everywhere we go, all forms of ungodliness must bow to the Power that we carry – Amen.

… And it shall be so, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

4. Because of the high intensity of Light that we carry; there should be REVELATIONAL INSIGHT upon all Believers that should bring SOLUTION to Problems.

How do I mean?

In Genesis 41:14-39, the Bible talks about Joseph.

There was a Problem in the land of Egypt; and this Young Man brought Solution.

What would have terminated the lives of millions of People; because he was SHINING as a Brightness of God, he Provided SOLUTION.

And then the Bible tells us latter in Hosea 12:13, that: The People of God were Preserved by a Prophet.

Everywhere we go, we are Preservative Agents!

And I want to encourage everybody, in the understanding of what we are hearing and reading now on the Label of DMC; everywhere we go, lives must be Preserved – Amen

5. Because of the Light that comes from the Sun that we represent and the Power that comes from Him; this Power is CONSTANT!

Because the Light is CONSTANT, that talks about the Character of Christian Believers – Our Character should be DISTINCTLY ATTRACTIVE in reflecting Christ.

When our Character is distinct, then People will be drawn unto the God that we serve.

Distinction compels attention – Global attention is a function of Outstanding Distinction.

According to Acts 11:26, the Disciples were first called Christian in Antioch of Judea; because the People could see the Character- Like of Jesus Christ in them!

And like Jesus declared in Matthew 5:14 – We are GLOBAL STARS!

Our Character as Christian should be OUTSTANDING.

Let it not be said that as an Agent of God that is SHINNING; that you are only Religious, but you are not godly.

There is a story in 2 Kings 22:1-7 – King Josiah was reforming Israel. He put the work of the Reformation in the hands of some Artisans.

And the Bible says; The money collected by them, nobody asked them to come and account for them – because, they DEALT FAITHFULLY and Honestly.

As we are shinning as the Brightness of God, can People trust you with money?

Can people trust you with the Opposite Sex?

Ladies and Gentlemen, God is expecting us, as we are shinning for Him; to be PECULIARLY Different!

… In the Name of Jesus, that shall happen – Amen!

6. Now, because Jesus is the Life Giving Agent. We also as Life Giving Agents.

We should bring HOPE and HEALING to a dying world.

How do I mean?

The Bible tells us in Ezekiel 37:1-14 – In the Valley of Dry Bones; there was a Shining Star there (Ezekiel)!

He only spoke the Word of God, and Dry Bones that were dead for years, came back alive.

That is what God is expecting from us.

From now on, we must begin to go everywhere – Life must not be LOST around us, because of the Power that we have!

Ladies and Gentlemen, as I begin to close;

TO WHAT EXTENT OR DEGREE IS OUR SHINNING?

… We should be shinning PURE, like that of Christ!

The Bible says in Christ REIGNS in dazzling Perfection of Spotless Purity – According to 1 Timothy 6:16 and Judges 5:31.

Those that love God, the Bible Says; will shine fully like the Sun at its fullest Strength in operation.

But unfortunately, we have People – even in the Kingdom, that Pretend to be Shinning Light.

According to 2 Corinthians 11:14, the Bible says: “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

One (1) thing that can Prevent our Shinning as expected of God, is SIN.

SIN has an Acronym;

• Satan Identity Number
• Suffering Is Next

and

• SIN is Success In Nothing!

SIN an impurity that will not allow Precious Stones to SHINE.

Ladies and Gentlemen: TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE SHINNING?

In Acts 9:1-6, there is the story of Saul of Tarsus (Apostle Paul) who encountered the Brightness of the Power of the Sun.

And He Himself became and Agent – SHINNING brightly, everywhere He went!

But in Acts 19:13-16, the Bible talks about the seven (7) Sons of Scevas; who were supposed to be children of a Pastor K (so to speak).

They tried to shine the way Paul was Shinning but they met their waterloo – The demons jumped upon them, and then their Testimony was bad.

The question here: As we Pray is this:

Are you a Kingdom Replica Radiating or Reflecting the Brightness of the Glory of God or not?

If you are already Radiating the Glory of God, you can continue to Reflect, to Shine at a higher Frequency – According to Proverbs 4:18.

ALTAR CALL:

But if you are there, and you are not Shinning, because you have not accepted Jesus as Lord and Personal Saviour, you have an opportunity to do that TODAY (even as you are reading now on the Label of DMC).*

Let me close with this;

“Light SHINES in darkness, no matter the increase and magnitude of evil in Arithmetic Progressive form all around us – The Shinning Power that we carry is available to DISPEL all forms of Ungodliness: Not in Arithmetic Progressive Form, but in Geometrical Progressive Form.”

.. Hallelujah!

CLOSING PRAYER

I Pray for everyone that is listening to me and reading now on the Label of DMC: May God’s countenance SHINE UPON YOU, in the Name of Jesus!

May the Expectation of Heaven not be ABORTED upon your life, in the Name of Jesus!

… Even as we have started this Youth Convention, on a daily basis; I Pray that the GLORY OF GOD will be in an INCREASING ORDER, in the Name of Jesus!

I Pray for our father in the Lord; as he is Shinning all over the world, may his Light not go down in the Mighty Name of JESUS!

Remember, You can be sinning and be SENSIBLY Shinning!

It is my Prayer that: We will not disappoint Heaven; we will not disappoint God, we will not disappoint Jesus, we will not disappoint the Holy Spirit.!

*As christian Young People of the Redeemed Christian Church of God: We will not disappoint our father in the Lord, we will not disappoint our mother in the Lord, we will not disappoint our Generation, we will not disappoint our Biological Parents and we will not day disappoint our Children and ourselves.

GOD BLESS YOU – AMEN!

I will see you at the TOP, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!

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