GOING HIGHER-PART 52: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE, 13TH MARCH, 2022.

SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE

TOPIC: GOING HIGHER – PART 52

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 13TH MARCH 2022

BIBLE TEXT: 1 KINGS 19: 9-14

Let Us Pray!

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Blessed be Your Name
Blessed be Your Name
Blessed be Your Name Oh Lord
Hallelujah
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Blessed be Your Name Oh Lord

OPENING PRAYER

Father Almighty we Specially want to Worship You today. We want to Thank You that it is now one Year since we started this Series and You have been with us all along.

Thank You for Revelational Knowledge; Thank You for showing us Hidden Secrets even in the Life of Elijah; Thank You that week after week, You have been taking us higher and higher. We Worship You, Father accept our Worship in Jesus Name.

Today in a Very Special Way Lord, reveal Yourself to us – Let us know You more, let us Love You more, and let us be more and more like You.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Well, let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

We are continuing with our Study on Going Higher – Part 52.

With this Week Lecrure, it will make it exactly one Year since we started our Study of this Series called “GOING HIGHER”.

And if you have been “Going Higher” in a Class for a Whole Year, then that should give you a hint that you are about to get to some “Very Deep Waters”.

We are taking our Bible Text from: 1 Kings 19: 9-14:

9. He went into a cave (That is Elijah) there and spent the night. All of a sudden the Lord spoke to him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”
10. He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the Sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the Agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your Prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”
11. The Lord said, “Go out and Stand on the Mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by.” A very Powerful Wind went before the Lord, digging into the Mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the Wind. After the Windstorm there was an Earthquake, but the Lord was not in the Earthquake.
12. After the Earthquake, there was a Fire, but the Lord was not in the Fire. After the Fire, there was a Soft Whisper.
13. When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden a voice asked him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”
14. He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the Sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the Agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your Prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”

There are quite a lot of things to learn from this Passage – And I Prayed that the Almighty God will anoint your ears and grant you the heart of Understanding – Amen.

If you noticed in this Passage, first of all it says that the Word came to Elijah and it then says again that a Voice came unto him.

… There was a Word and then there waa the “Still Small Voice”.

In John 10:27, Jesus Christ said: My Sheep hear my Voice.

But in John 13: 21-30 – When at the Last Supper, Jesus Christ said that Someone is going to betray Him and the Disciples were asking: Is it I? Is it I? And Jesus Christ wasn’t telling and Peter beckoned to John the Beloveth and say: Ask Him, He will tell you.

Jesus Christ told John – But if you read that Story, only John heard what Jeaus Christ told him; that it is the fellow I’m going to give something to his mouth just now,

After He did that one, He gave that sup to Judas Iscariot and the Bible said that the Lord then told Judas Iscariot – Whatever you want to do, do it very quickly.

And the Bible said that everybody didn’t know what God was saying or asking him to go and do because they didn’t hear what the Lord said to John the Beloveth.

In one of our Holy Ghost Services, God said something to us – He said that all my Sheep hears my Voice but very few hears my Whisper.

DMC NOTES: You may access all the DMC Social Media Platforms to get a Consolidated Prophesies and Word of Knowledge from Pastor E.A Adeboye in his various Programs

I Pray that because you have been with us on this Journey thus far – Learning to go higher day-by-day in the Lord; I Pray that you will be one of those who will begin to hear His Whispers (Amen).

What is crucial for us to discuss really today is that the Lord asked Elijah the same question twice – In Verse 9, He said: What doeth here through the Word and in Verse 13: He said: What doeth here through the Voice (Amen).

I know very well that God is not a Talkative – If He should be asking the same question twice, then there should be a meaning here.

You see, when a Teacher ask a Question, it is not because the Teacher does not know the answer – Afterall:

I. It is the Lord who sent an Angel to go and feed Elijah and tell him to eat twice because the Journey is far.

II. It was God who said: Go to Horeb and you are going to have an Appointment there.

So, if you sent me to Horeb and you are now asking me what am I doing here?

As everybody knows – When a Teacher asks a Question, it is not that he doesn’t know but:

I. He wants to hear what the Student has to say.

II. He wants to know how much you have learnt.

III. He wants to know whether you are ready for Promotion or not.

Usually, when God asks a Question, it is a Test, it is an Examination.

In John 6: 5-7; the Bible said that when Jesus Christ saw the crowd, He turned to one of the Disciples (DMC NOTES: Jesus Christ turned to Philip) and said: Where are we going to find food now to feed these People? But the Bible added it there that He said this to Test him for He Himself knows what He was going to do.

… The Teacher knows the answer and it is just a Test for the Student!

And you know what? – John 3: 1-2 tells us clearly that Jesus Christ was a Teacher.

When Nicodemus came to Jesus Christ by Night, he said that we know that You are a Teacher sent from God.

It will amaze you to know that throughout the Ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, they never really call Him an Evangelist or Preacher or Pastor or Apostle; they kept on calling Him Teacher!

As a matter of fact, in John 20: 14-16, while others has been calling him “Rabbi”; Someone who was very close to Him didn’t call Him Rabbi, he called Him “Rabboni” – Meaning Teacher of teachers; the One who teaches “Rabbi”.

Everywhere Jesus Christ went, He went there teaching – Including by the Seaside.

In Mark 2:13; they didn’t say that He went to the Seaside to hold a Crusade; He went there to teach,

When God asks a Question, it is not because He does not know the Answer.

For Example in Genesis 3: 1-11; you know the Story – The Fruit that He said that they (Adam and Eve) shouldn’t eat, they have already eaten it and several things followed.

And yet when He came there, He said: Adam, where art thou?

Adam and Eve were hiding behind a tree and He (God) came from Heaven into the Garden. He was the One who Planted the Garden, He saw where they were hiding and yet He was asking the question – Where are you?

And when Adam said that we heard Your Voice, we were afraid because we were naked; He said: Ha, who told you that you are naked? As if He doesn’t know!

He went ahead and said: Have you eaten the Fruit I asked you not to eat? – Didn’t He know?

In Genesis 4: 3-10; I mean you know the Story of Cain and Abel.

He asked the Question: Cain, where is Abel? – Didn’t He know?

And when Cain said: I don’t know! He said: But his blood is crying to me.

… I already saw what you did, I know where you have buried him, I know that you have shed his blood!

Which brings me to a very serious Point – How much does God knows, Particularly about you?

Acts 15:18 says: That known unto God are all His works from the Foundation of the Earth.

How much does He know? – Everything that is going to happen before the Foundation of the world, He knows.

Isaiah 40:28 says: There is No Searching of His Understanding.

… He knows so much that you can’t even begin to imagine.

Daniel 2: 20-22 says:

20. Saying, “Let the Name of God be Praised forever and ever, for Wisdom and Power belong to Him.
21. He Changes Times and Seasons, deposing some Kings and establishing Others. He gives Wisdom to the Wise; he imparts Knowledge to those with Understanding;
22. He reveals Deep and Hidden Things. He knows what is in the Darkness, and Light resides with Him.
23. God gives Knowledge to those who has None.

So, if you say that you are a Professor; every Knowledge that you have gotten, He gave them to you.

2. He reveals Deep and Secret Things.

So, you are doing Research, what you are searching for, He already knows it and He is the One who can reveal it to you.

3. He knows what is in the Dark.

Everything in Darkness, He knows it.

Years ago, when the Scientist said that they have discovered a Camera that can see in the dark, I smiled.

Take a Good look at the eyes of the Cat, it can see in the dark. Look at the eyes of the Lion, it can see in the dark. What you are just discovering, had been there all along.

4. Revelations 1:8 says that He knows the Past, He knows the Present and He knows the Future.

Why? – He is the Alpha, He is the Omega; He is the One who is, He is the One who was, He is the One who is to come.

Where you are coming from, He knows it, where you are going, He knows it.

5. Psalms 139: 1-6, David said: When I am sitting down, You know it, when I am Standing Up, You know it.

That is why for Example in Psalms 1: 1-3; when He was talking about a Man who will be blessed, He talked about your walking, your Standing, your sitting because He is monitoring every bits of it.

6. He even knows your thoughts.

David said so – What I am thinking about, You know it.

In Marks 2: 1-12; It says four (4) boys brought to Him (Jesus Christ) a Man who was Paralysed from neck downwards through the roof and then He saw their Faith and said: Okay son, thy sin be forgiven thee. And the People were thinking in their heart: Who is this Man Blaspheming and claiming that He has Power to forgive sins.

They didn’t say it out but He heard – Which is why you should watch what you are thinking. Watch your thoughts because He knows it all.

7. He knows everything you say including your jokes.

Matthew 12:36 – He says that every idle words that a Man shall speak; he will give an Account on the Day of Judgement.

If I were you, I will be careful with what I say because everything you are saying is being recorded.

8. Before you are born, He knew you.

Jeremiah 1: 4-5, He said that before I formed thee, I knew thee.

9. Where you are suppose to End, He knows it.

Jeremiah 29:11, He said that I know the thoughts that I think towards you; thoughts of Good, not of Evil; so that you have an Expected End.

… There is an End that I have Planned for you. And some People called it Destiny!

10. He knows what you have done.

I’m sure that you don’t like that – Those things you are trying to hide from Him, He is aware of them.

Acts 5: 1-11 – When husband and wife sold a Piece of Property and decided to keep Part of the Money aside and then brought the remainder to the Apostles. And the Apostle said: Sir, is it all the Money?

Peter wasn’t quarrelling that they brought less than all; he was worried that they lied because he said later on: Before you sold the Land, it waa yours, Nobody compelled you. Why have you come to lie to the Holy Spirit?

… What you have done, He knows!

11. What you are doing, He knows.

2 Kings 5: 20-27 – When Gehazi decided to run after Naaman to collect some Money.

Elisha didn’t leave the house but he saw everything that was going on.

When he asked Gehazi – Where have you been? He (Gehazi) said I was no where. He said that my eyes was following you. I saw the General (Naaman) turning in his Chariots to come and meet you.

I saw everything and I saw what you are even thinking on your way back – That I’m going to use Part of this Money to buy Vineyard, to buy Oliveyard.

He said: Is this the time?

… He knows what you are doing!

12. He knows what you are going to do tomorrow – Those things that you have not even done yet.

Consider Genesis 22: 1-14 – The Bible says that God gave Abraham a Test.

He said to him – That your son Isaac; the one that you love; go and offer him to me as a Sacrifice on the Mountain.

God knew that Abraham will obey,

You say: How do you know?

When Abraham got to the Mountain and tied the son and was about to kill him; God says: Don’t do it. Turn back and see.

And he turned and the Bible says that there was a ram on the Mountain.

What is the ram doing on the Mountain? There were no other Sheep there, no Shepherd there. Who put the ram there?

That ram was there, Strategically waiting because God knew that Abraham was going to obey Him.

… He knows what you will do!

Which explains Romans 9: 10-14 – The Bible says that before Esau and Jacob were born, God had already said: I love Jacob, I hate Esau.

And People says: How can that be fair? They were not yet born, they have not done Good or Evil, but God knew in Advance.

He knew what will happen in Genesis 25: 29-34 – He knew that there is Somebody coming into the world that is going to love his stomach more than his birthright.

No use going to hide from Him because in Psalms 139: 7-12; David said: Where can I hide from You? If I go to the Mountaintop, You are there; If I go to the bottom of the Ocean, You are there; if I say Darkness should cover me, Darkness is Light unto thee.

.., This has been there since the days the Bible were written.

So, you have discovered a Lens that can see in the dark – Darkness has never been Darkness to God!

You can run from Him, but you can’t hide from Him!

You don’t believed me, ask Jonah – God sent Jonah on an errand, Jonah said that I’m not going in that direction. You can read it in Jonah 1: 1-end.

God asked him to go to the East, he said that I will go to the West.

God says: Fine, I know that is where you are going; I will Prepare a fish, big enough to swallow you, waiting for you.

… He knows everything – You can’t run from Him.

In Conclusion: I have Good News for you – Because He knows everything, you can say that in that case, my Future is already fixed. It doesn’t matter what I do, I’m going to end up in whatever way He wants me to do.

No, No, No; Daniel 20: 20-21 says something Good – It says that He Changes Times. He can rearrange your Future.

Oh, don’t forget that He is Supreme, He is the Almighty, He does as He Pleases – He can rearrange your Future and you can still End very well.

As a matter of fact, the fact that you are alive today listening to me or reading now on the Label of DMC; means that there is Hope for you to End well.

Consider Luke 23: 39-43 – There was this thief on the Cross, already on the way to Hell (Hell was already waiting for him). But he turned to the Lord Jesus Christ while the other thief was wailing at him.

He said: I know that I deserved to die, I deserved to go to Hell, I have done Evil; Please remember me in Your Kingdom.

Jesus Christ said: Fine! I snatched you out of the mouth of Hell.

ALTAR CALL

Listen to me Brothers and Sisters, you can cry to God today and He can rearrange your Future.

And you who has not yet given your Life to Him; because you are alive, and it is not by Accident that you are hearing this Sermon or reading it now on the Label of DMC – You can cry to Him and say: Lord, have Mercy on me, save my Soul, I will do Your Will. Don’t let me go to Hell.

And He will answer you – He has enough Power to do so!

So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ now or wherever you are now or reading this now on the Label of DMC; if you will bow your head and cry to Him, and say: My Future is in Your Hands I Know. I want my Future to be okay. Save my Soul and I will serve You for the rest of my Life.

… He will do so!

Bow your Head and I will Pray with you right now – If you will call on Him for Salvation, He will answer you!

PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER

And so my Father and my God, I want to bless Your Holy Name.

I want to Thank You for Your Words and I want to Thank You for all those who are saying: Lord take over my Life from now on and control everything. Forgive my sins, Father Please answer them, let Your Blood wash away their sins, give them a Brand New Beginning Lord and let their Future be alright.

Please Lord, all Your Children who are also crying to You Lord, saying: Hey Lord, P,ease take over, I rearrange my Future so that I can End well. Please, answer us all.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

Now, all of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ today; I rejoice with you. I Promise you by the Grace of God that I will be Praying for you.

So, I will ask that you contact me as soon as Possible so that I can begin to Pray for you.

And then, look for the nearest The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) to you; and ask the Pastor there what to do next and they will tell you.

God Bless You in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!!!

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