GOING HIGHER [PART 41]: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE, 12TH DECEMBER, 2021
SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE
TOPIC: GOING HIGHER – PART 41
MINISTERING PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 12TH DECEMBER, 2021
BIBLE TEXT: 1 KINGS 18: 43-44
Let Us Pray!
SONG
You are the Mighty God
The Great I Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You are the Mighty God
The Great I Am
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
… Repeat!
OPENING PRAYER
Father Almighty, we want to Thank You for the Salvation of our Souls, Thank You for all the Miracles, Signs and Wonders You have done for us.
We bless Your Holy Name Lord God Almighty because when You speak, it is done and when You Command Mountains, Mountains do move.
We Worship You because You are the Almighty and there is No One like You.
Please, accept our Praise and Worship in Jesus Name.
Today Father, we have come to You again on behalf of all Your Children Lord; Please Arise and Scatter all Your enemies and let the Doors open wide for all Your Children.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Now, we will move on to: Going Higher – Part 41.
And our Bible Text will be the same as that of last week – 1 Kings 18: 43-44.
- And said to his servant (That is Elijah), Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
- And it came to Pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy Chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
Last Sunday (5th December, 2021 in the Part 40 of the Going Higher Series); we considered the seven (7) Possible Prayers that Elijah must have Prayed:
Let quickly go over that:
- We believed that he started with Thanksgiving.
- Then moved on to Praises.
- And then move on to Worship.
- The he started reminding God of His Promises.
- Then we believed that He called on God to Arise.
- Then for told God to Provide Himself again.
- Then he started Thanking God in Advance.
But the Question that we want to ask now is: Why the Seventh (7th) Time? Why must God wait till the Seventh (7th) Time?
Because not too long before then, Elijah Prayed only once and Fire fell.
So, why must God wait for seven (7) times before He answered?
God is Sovereign!
Psalms 115:3 tells us that: Our God is in the Heavens, He does as He Pleases – You can’t query Him!
In Daniel 4: 34-35; even an Idol Worshipping King – Nebuchadnezzar, told us: No one can say to Him what doeth thou.
… You can’t query God!
In Deuteronomy 32:39; God Himself made it clear – He said: I kill, I made alive; Nobody can deliver out of my hands.
… He made all things and He can do whatever He likes with what He has made. He is the Porter, we are just the Clay.
In Romans 9: 10-14; the Bible tells us that before Jacob and Esau were born, God had already said that Jacob I love and Esau I hate.
… So, you don’t like what I have decided or said; go ahead and sue me.
In Isaiah 43:13; He said: I will work, who can let.
In other words, what I want to do, Nobody can hinder me.
We sing in one of our Choruses that: When God says Yes, Nobody can say No.
When He opens a Door, Nobody can Close it; if He closes a Door, Nobody can open it.
He went as far to say in Isaiah 54: 16-17; He said that I am even the One who made Wasters to destroy.
I made them all; there was Nothing created that was not created by me.
And He said that is the reason I can say: No weapon fashioned against you can Prosper.
In Romans 9: 15-16; this Sovereign God said: I will have Mercy on whom I will have Mercy; I will have Compassion on whom I will have Compassion.
That is why I’m Praying for you today – May God have Mercy on you (Amen).
Because in Lamentations 3:22; the Bible made it clear: It is of the Mercy of God that we are not consumed.
… Just His Mercy – Period! He is Sovereign.
And Thank God that Mercy is renewed every Morning.
That is why you are able to be listening to me today or reading now on the Label of DMC because God has decided to show Mercy to you again – He is Sovereign!
Now, talking about seven (7) times; in Sovereignty:
- He controls Numbers:
For Example:
I. He reserves Number 1 for Himself.
Deuteronomy 6:4 says: Hear O ye Israel, the Lord our God is One (1).
That is why He is the Only One who should really say: I am.
In Exodus 3: 13-14; He said that: “I Am that I Am”.
So, when you say: I am the Boss.
Who are you?
There is only one fellow called “I Am”; only one fellow who is Number 1.
And No 1 therefore tells us the Power – That when People are United, they become as Powerful as God!
Genesis 11:6 – When the People decided to build the Towel of Babel (A Towel that will reach to Heaven); God said that the People are One (They are United), they will become like me.
And He said that there is Nothing they want to do that anybody can Prevail them from doing.
He said that even me (God) can’t stop Unity from achieving their Goal!
… He reserves No 1 for Himself!
II. He made Number 2 the Number of Cooperation.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 says: Two are better than one.
In Matthew 18:19, He says that if two shall agree as touching anything they ask on Earth, it should be done for them by their Father in Heaven.
In Genesis 2:24; we see this again – When God said a Man will leave his father and mother and will cleave to his wife and the two shall become one.
Cooperation is the Next Thing to the Almightiness of God
In Matthew 18:20; He said: Where two or three are gathered together, He said I am there.
I hope you will learn from that, Particularly those of you who are married – Cooperate and you will be able to achieve Marvelous Things! Two (2) of you Prayed together in Agreement and you get an Answer all the time.
III. Number 3 is the Number assigned to the Trinity – God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28:19 says that when you are baptising People, baptise them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
What does three (3) Stands for?
Three (3) which Signifies Trinity Stands for Establishment; it Stands for Stability; it Stands for something that is firmly Settled.
That is why you have the “Tripod Stand” being used anytime you want to cook, you want to put something on it and it is not going to fall down because there is Stability where you have three (3).
He said in His Words in Ecclesiastes 4:12. He said: A three fold cord is not easily broken.
That is why you find in Acts 10:38 – How God Anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and Power, who went about doing Good and Healing all that were Oppressed of the devil for God was with Him.
… God the Father anointed God the Son with Holy Ghost and then the three (3) of them began to move together and Miracles began to happen.
IV. Number 4 is the Number for Pillars and Boundaries.
When we talk about the four (4) Corners of a House – You put the Pillars to hold the House together. Or when you talk about the Boundaries of a Man’s Possession.
In Genesis 13: 14-15; God said to Abraham – I am about to give you this land; walk through it Length and Breadth; from the East to the West, from the North to the South.
Walk through the four (4) Corners, the Boundaries of what I’m about to give you!
V. Number 5 Stands for the Number of Grace.
That is the Number representing Grace that you do not deserve. When you are Singled Out for Help!
For Example, in Genesis 6: 1-8 – When God wanted to wipe out the first world; the Bible says that Noah found Grace in the sight of God.
The Bible did not tell us that he is much more better than all the others but that he (Noah) found Grace in the sight of God.
My Prayer this Morning or as you read on the Message on the Label of DMC is that you too will find Grace from God today – Amen!
That is why the Bible tells us in Ephesians 2: 4-9 – It says that by Grace you are saved, not your works.
We said it again and again – When some People are giving their Testimonies, they say that when I found Christ. Christ was not lost; it was Christ that found you! It is Grace that brought you and not you yourself.
When you hear a Sermon and all of a sudden you feel hungry for God – Then you want to surrender your Life to God. This is Grace at work – The Father is offering you Help that you do not even deserve!
VI. Number 6 is known as the Number of Man.
This Special Number is assigned to Man Probably because Man was created on the Sixth (6th) Day of Creation.
At least even in my own Tribe (The Yoruba People in the Western Part of Nigeria); the Number “6” is regarded as a very favourable Number.
In Genesis 1: 26-31; God said: Let us make Man in our Own Image.
And “66” is not even a Bad Number.
In other words: “6” is the Number of Man and “66” is the Number representing when God decided as it were to duplicate Himself in one of His Creatures.
“66” is not even a Bad Number – For example, the Bible is made up of Sixty six (66) Books – Thirty Nine (39) in the Old Testament and Twenty Seven (27) in the New Testament.
“6” becomes dangerous when it is repeated three (3) times – “666”.
“666” is the Number of the Antichrist (I’m sure that you know that).
So, how come this one (“666”) becomes dangerous?
Because it is Man trying to Challenge the Divine Trinity – This is when Man wants to say: “I am “god” and that is when it becomes a very dangerous Number indeed (Read Revelation 13: 11-18).
VII. Which brings us to the Number that we are interested in right now – And that Number is 7.
The Number 7 is the Number of Perfection, the Number of Completion, the Number when “Good” becomes “Very Good”, the Number of Rest.
You know that God in Genesis 1:31; the Bible tells us that after God created Man, He now surveyed everything that He has Created and said: Behold it is all “Very Good”.
And then Genesis 2: 1-3; God now said: Now, I can rest – Everything is Completed.
So, Seven (7) is the Number of Perfection – Maybe God is waiting for the Prayers of Elijah to become Perfect and that was why he has to Pray seven (7) times.
- Now, because of the Sovereignty of God, He reserves the Right as to when to answer Prayers.
I. He can answer when you Pray Only Once.
… That means that He can answer you immediately.
In Matthew 14: 22-32; when Peter was walking on water and be began to sink. He cried only once.
… God Help me and the Lord did not wait for him to cry the Second Time because if He waited for the Second Cry, it might be too late.
If He had asked Peter to Pray seven (7) times before He brought him out, there may have to be need to pump out a lot of water out of him.
II. But occasionally, He wants you to Pray twice – Like in Mark 10: 46-52.
When the Blind Baetimeaus cried the first time, they silenced him or they tried to silenced him.
It was when he cried the Second time louder than before that Jesus Christ Stood Still and he got his Miracle.
III. At times you have to Pray trice before the Miracle will happen.
In 1 Kings 17: 17-24; Elijah had to Pray three (3) times over the dead son of the Widow of Zarephath before the boy came back to Life.
The same thing was repeated in 2 Kings 4: 18-37 – Elisha had to Pray three (3) times before the son of the Shunamite Woman was restored.
IV. So we can go and on but occasionally God waits for us to Pray seven (7) times.
For Example in Joshua 6: 1-20 – The Angel told Joshua: You must go round the City of Jericho seven (7) days.
… The 1st Day, 2nd, 3rd up to the the 6th Day, go round once. But on the 7th Day, you must go round seven (7) times before you shout.
In 2 Kings 5: 1-14; Naaman had to dip himself seven (7) times in River Jordan before he was cleansed.
What Lesson have we learnt from this?
You are supposed to Pray until your Request is granted – Don’t count the Number of times that you have Prayed.
Because in Matthew 15: 21-28; that Woman whose daughter was grievously vexed of the devil kept on Praying to Jesus. The Disciples tried to drive her away but she didn’t Pay attention as she kept on Praying until she got her Request granted.
Jesus Christ said in John 16:24 – He said: Ask till your Joy be Full.
As a matter of fact; in 1 Thessalonians 5:17; the Bible says that we are to Pray Without Ceasing.
… Keep On Praying – Don’t count the Number of times!
The Only thing that you must do is to make sure that it is not sin that is delaying the answers to your Prayer.
Because Isaiah 59: 1-2 made it clear – God is not deaf, He is not weak, He is not tired, His Hands are not Shortened that He cannot save; neither is the Ears heavy that He cannot hear. It is sin that can block the way.
So, before you begin to Pray at all – Check that there is No Sin blocking my Way!
ALTAR CALL
Which is why again and again, I keep on crying to those of you who has not yet surrendered your lives to Jesus Christ and has been Praying and you are not getting an answer – Stop Pretending that you are Born Again when you are not. Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ and let His Blood wash away your sins.
Or you have been Born Again and you have Backsliden – Sin is an Insulator as it Prevents your Prayers reaching God and it Prevents the Power of God manifesting in your Life.
Therefore, I’m Calling on those of you who first have backsliden – Come back to God, sin is a killer as it won’t allow your Prayers to get through.
But if you return to Him, He will return you to Fellowship with Him.
As for those of you who has not even surrendered your Life to Jesus Christ at all and you are just Pretending – Come to Him now and let Him save your Soul, let His Blood wash away your sins and everything will become Brand New.
Shall we Pray!
Those of you who are Calling on God for Salvation, Call on Him and say: Lord have Mercy on me, save my Soul, forgive all my sins and I will serve You from now on.
And every Backsliders, cry to Him and say: Lord, I’m coming back Home, restore me Lord and I will serve You for the rest of my Life.
And I will join my Prayers to yours by Faith and God will answer your Prayers.
Let Us Pray!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
My Father and my God, I want to bless Your Holy Name once again.
I want to Thank You for Your Words, I want to Thank You for Revelation for Your Words – Please accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
All those who has decided to come unto You now, Please receive them Lord, save their Souls and let Your Blood wash away all their sins, let them serve You for the rest of their lives, let everything becomes Brand New for them.
As for Backsliders returning Home, Father Please restore them and don’t let them ever wander away from You again.
And I Pray that together, everyone of us – The New Comers, the Backsliders who has been Restored and the rest of us; as we cry to You one more time, Please grant our Request.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Now, I want to rejoice with those of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ and even those of you who are Backsliders who are back home – Congratulations!
I Promise you by God’s Grace, I will be Praying for you from now on.
Please, let me know your names, your Address and your Prayer Request and I will be Praying for you.
And then locate one of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Churches near you and then talk to the Pastor there – He will tell you what to do further.
Very soon, I will be hearing Testimonies from you in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!!!
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