HIS RESURRECTION POWER: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – RCCG EUROPE CONVENTION, 21ST APRIL, 2022.
RCCG EUROPE CONVENTION – EUROCON 2022 (10TH ANNIVERSARY) @ RCCG JESUS HOUSE AMSTERDAM
THEME: HIS RESURRECTION POWER
MINISTRERING (DAY 1 EVENING – ORDINATION SERVICE): PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 21ST APRIL, 2022
BIBLE TEXT: ACTS 6: 1-8
SONG
I know my Redeeme4 liveth
I know my Redeeme4 liveth
I know my Redeeme4 liveth
He liveth Forevermore
… Repeat!
OPENING PRAYER
King of Kings and Lord of Lords; the Only I am that I am. The Alpha, the Omega, the Beginnint and the Ending. The One who is, the One who was, the One who is to come; the Almighty. Glory be to Your Holy Name.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for this Great Day – Thank You for the European Convention 2022. Thank You that inspite of everything that the devil has tried, Your Children are here again.
Thank You for those who have been Ordained today (21st Day of April, 2022); Thank You for those who has been Ordained before them; Thank You for keeping us Standing. Please, accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
Thank You for the Glorious Days ahead; Thank You because Revival is around the Corner. Father, accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
Once again Father, bless those who has been Ordained and use them for Your Glory.
Those who are yet to be Ordained Father, let their Day come soon.
And all of us Lord, Please let us keep on Growing Strong. And anytime that You return, I Pray that we will be ready.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Well, let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Well, wave at one (1) or two (2) People and say: Good Evening, God Bless You. And then, you may Please be seated.
First and foremost, I want to Congratulate those of you who has been Ordained today – You are not the same Fellow that came in. You are going out now as “The Anointed” of the Lord.
So, while I rejoice with your friends; I hope your friends will take note that you are a “Different Person” now!
The Word of God is Clear – Touch Not my Anointed and do my Prophet No Harm!
… So, you are Special now and your friends must treat you with Respect!
As for those of you who has been Ordained “Full Pastors”; very Special Congratulations!.
I remembered when I was Ordained “Full Pastor” way back in 1975 – That was before some of you are born; I treasured the Oil so much that for three (3) days; I didn’t take my bath.
It took me some time before I realised that no soap can wash that Anointing away.
Congratulations all of you. And may the Lord uphold all of you – Amen.
Acts 6: 1-8:
- And in those days, when the number of the Disciples was Multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrew, because their Widows were neglected in the Daily Ministrations. (There was murmuring even in the First Church)
- Then the twelve called the Multitude of the Disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the Word of God, and serve tables.
- Wherefore, Brethren, look ye out among you Seven Men of Honest Report, full of the Holy Ghost and Wisdom, whom we may appoint over this Business.
- But we will give ourselves continually to Prayer, and to the Ministry of the Word.
- And the saying Pleased the whole Multitude: and they chose Stephen, a Man full of Faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a Proselyte of Antioch:
- Whom they set before the Apostles: and when they had Prayed, they laid their hands on them.
- And the Word of God increased; and the number of the Disciples Multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a Great Company of the Priests were Obedient to the Faith. (Maybe I should read that and say that the Number of Disciples Increase in Europe Greatly)
- And Stephen, full of Faith and Power, did Great Wonders and Miracles among the People.
Our Theme for the Europe Convention (EUROCON) 2022 as you know is: “His Resurrection Power”.
You know who the ‘His’ is of course – It refers to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
You know about ‘Resurrection’ – But if you don’t know, you will hear a little more about that tomorrow (Day 2 Evening of the Europe Convention (EUROCON) 2022 on Friday, 22nd April, 2022),
And then what Power is defined as.
Power is defined in various ways – Scientifically et cetera et cetera.
But in the ‘Lame Man’ Language, in the Language of a Mathematician; Power is that which enables you to do difficult things easily.
I love this Nation (That is Europe) because they ride Bicycles.
But if you have to ride a Bicycle right round the whole Nation; you are likely to be tired by the time you arrived – And it will take you maybe some couple of days.
But if you are to ride round the Nation in a Motorcycle, you can do the whole job in a day – And you will still arrive fresh.
The difference between Motorcycle and a Bicycle is the word ‘Power’.
Within the next five (5) Years, as the Lord lives; Europe will be shouting: “JESUS IS LORD” – Amen.
It is not going to be by your Ability; it is not going to be by your Wisdom or by your Education – It is going to be by His Power!
Whose Power? – Jesus’ Power!
The following are the basic Requirements to serve in Divine Ministry:
- The first Requirement is: Honest Report.
Look among yourself for Men of Honest Report.
In 1 Timothy 3: 1-10; you will Note that it was emphasised again and again and again that the one who is going to Serve must be Blameless.
That is why in Nigeria, Months before Ordination – Specifically by the Month of May, the List of all those who is to be Ordained will be Published so that the Congregation can go to the Place where the thing is Pasted and check who and who is going to be Ordained. And then write me in Confidence – Sir, there is a name there that shouldn’t be there – Because the one to be Ordained must be of Honest Report.
On one occasion, we are going to Ordain Somebody as Assistant Pastor. The wife came and said that – I married this Man when he waa a Deacon and now I have discovered that there was an Error. Because what this Man appeared to be in Church, is not what he is at home. Please daddy, don’t Ordain a demon.
And so, we invited the husband, found out some details – The wife said that: He beats me up in the Night, he tells me that you can’t open your mouth to tell others.
And when we sorted out the issues and the Ordination of the Brother was Postponed until he can become of a Good Report.
So, we have Ordained you today in Faith!
And I made it clear to your Continental Overseer (DMC NOTES: Pastor Dele Olowu) – Anytime there is going to be an Ordination in Europe and I don’t get the List of those to be Ordained latest by the Previous December to the Ordination; there will be no Ordination. I don’t want to Ordain demons!
Because our Number One (1) Goal is to make Heaven. Of what use is Oil on your head if you are going to Hell?
Oh, Thank God that we are growing – Thousands being Ordained in Nigeria every Year but each one is Meticulously Checked.
We are not just interested in the crowd for crowd-sake. If you are not going to Heaven, I don’t want to waste my time on you.
So, I am appealing to those of you who are Pastors of Parishes – You need to Check!
There are certain things that we do in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) that some People will call “Legalistic” – We are not being Legalistic; we are following the Standard of God. His Stand is High and He won’t lower His Standard for anybody
Some People are here Years ago in one Nation apart from here – They have a Young Man who was conducting the Choir. I looked at his head, I saw the hair going this way, going that way.
I called the Man in Charge of the Choir – How can you have this Fellow leading the Choir?
He said what is wrong? – I said look at the hair on his head.
He said that is “Modern Style” – I said listen to me sir; back home in Africa, when Somebody is about to go Mad, the first Sign is that something goes wrong with the hair. No matter how often he tried to comb it, the demons inside will say No!
He laughed at me – He thought that I am being “Old Fashioned”.
It wasn’t long after, I came back – Where is your Modern Choir Master? He said that we discovered that you are Speaking the Truth.
Europe; it is going to be well with you – Amen!
But every Plants that God has not Planted among you shall be rooted up – Amen!
This is an Ordination Service – So, if the Sermon is a bit heavy then you have to understand. We are not talking to babies in the Lord; we are talking to Ordinance – Big Men and Big Women!
- The Second Requirement is that every Fellow to be a Deacon or whatever work in the Ministry; must be Full of the Holy Ghost.
Search among you – Men of God with Good Report and then the ones full of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 10:38 – How God anointed Jesus Christ of Nazareth with Holy Ghost and with Power, who went about doing Good and Healing all that were oppressed of the devil, for God was with Him.
Even the Lord Jesus Christ cannot go about doing Good without the Holy Ghost!
Anybody can anoint himself – There are People that I know (I won’t mention their Nations); where they will just go to the Supermarket; buy a Big Bottle of Oil, gather some few People in their Congregation together; Pour the Oil on themselves and said: I anoint myself Bishop.
From that time onwards, they call them Bishop.
Anointing has no Meaning unless the head is right!
It doesn’t matter how big the Bottle of Oil is; until God sees the right head, the Anointing of God will not flow because the Anointing is connected to the Holy Ghost.
When they sent Samuel to go and anoint a King in the house of Jesse, seven (7) People came before him – Big boys and God said that they are “Big for Nothing”. The right Fellow is not here yet.
As soon as they brought him; God said: Ha, Ha; this is the right Fellow.
You need the Holy Ghost because that is the Power – That is His Resurrection Power! That is what is going to enable us to do the Impossible.
- The Third Requirement is Wisdom.
It will interest you to know that Wisfom is a Spirit!
I. Wisdom is not something that you get by going to College – There are many PhD’s who are fools.
II. What will you call a Lawyer who is Stealing?
If it is Knowledge that is Wisdom, a Lawyer should know that he shouldn’t steal.
III. What will you call a Doctor who smokes?
Will you say that he doesn’t know that smoking kills?
But the Bible says in Deuteronomy 34:9 – Joshua the son of Nun was full of the Spirit of Wisdom because Moses has laid his hands on him.
Wisdom is a Spirit and can be transmitted from one Wise Person to another who requires it – That is why during Ordination, we lay hands.
Some People said: Sorry sir, we can’t come to the Convention; can you just Stand before the Congregation and say: Those who are not here, you are Ordained.
We can do Graduation like that because when you are Graduating, you are collecting a Certificate.
In Ordination, your head must be there to receive the Spirit of Wisdom.
- For you to succeed in Ministry, you must have Power.
I. Acts 6:8 that we read, talked about Stephen – A Man that is full of Faith and Power and did Great Wonders.
II. Acts 8: 5-8 – Philip, full of the Holy Spirit went to a City and turn it around for God.
Power makes difficult things easy! – If you have it, it will show; if you don’t have it, you can call yourself the Most Senior Apostle; it will be just Title.
If you want to show that you are Called of God, you need Power.
And for you to sustain the Success that you get in Ministry, you need Power.
Not every Growth is a Good Growth – I’m sure that you know that.
Cancer is a Growth and yet when it is discovered in the body, they will want to Pluck it out. There are many times when Plucking it out is not easy – They cut off anything that is connected with it.
Anybody can gather a crowd – For the crowd to remain, you need Power – The Holy Ghost Power!
So, you find out that if you are to sustain your Success, the Holy Ghost in you will help you to be Submissive to Higher Authority.
There are many People today who are “Big Names” but they are “god” to themselves.
I have said it again and again – No matter how beautiful, how expensive a car can be; if the Brake System is faulty; you don’t want to drive it. Because if you drive it, you won’t return home.
Take the Example of this Young Man called Philip.
In Acts 8: 14-17; after the Big Success that he had in Samaria; as soon as the Apostles came, he surrendered (He handed over to them).
And what were they doing – They were laying hands on those People so that they can receive the Holy Spirit.
If it were nowadays – You are “Mighty Philip”; a Whole City is rejoicing because of you and then Somebody was brought in as your Boss.
You will say: Ha, who is he? Where is he coming from? Where was he when I was Planting “my” Church? – As if the Church is yours!
And what will you discovered? – Suddenly, things will begin to decline. And you wondered what is going on here?
What is going on is Simple!
In Luke 7: 2-10; you know the Story of a Man whose Servant was sick and they sent for the Lord Jesus Christ to come and heal the Fellow.
And Jesus Christ was going on the way, the Man ran and met him and say: Sir, you are coming to my house? You don’t need to come – Just speak a Word.
And then he made a Statement – “I also”; not just “I”.
What does that mean? – He is comparing: I am a Man under Authority – I say to this Soldier come, he comes; that one go, he goes because I have a Boss called Ceasar. I obey Ceasar and these Servants obey me.
He said: Jesus, I know that You are under Authority – You have Somebody over there in Heaven to whom You will say: “Not My Will” but “Thine Will be done”.
That’s why all You need to do is to Speak a Word and the demon(s) troubling my Servant will let go.
Are you under Authority? If you have become “So Big” and Nobody can control you – Hey, what is wrong with these People? They said that they are re-organising and they said “Continental Arrangement” and then they bring one Fellow and say that he is now my Boss. Who is he?
I have been sharing some “Deep Things” with those of you who are close to me in Europe – I have many reasons why I’m going this deep because only God knows tomorrow.
Oh, I Prayed that the Almighty God will lengthened all our lives – Amen.
I am eighty (80) Years Old – If Somebody dies at eighty (80); he hasn’t died Young. He has even done ten (10) Extra Years. But I’m not going yet and so don’t be afraid.
And I don’t even know if there will be another European Convention – That is in the Hands of God.
And when He (God) spoke to me about this Continental Arrangement; it is because He knows that a time has come when some People will be doing most of these jobs.
And I can sit down comfortably in Nigeria and then say: My son, what is going on?
Oh daddy, Nations are turning to God – Miracles are happening, the dead are rising.
And then I can say: Okay my son, you bow your head over there – Father, renew his Anointing (Amen).
One of the Greatest Secret of my Success is Submission to Authority!
My father-in-the-Lord, he didnt even go to Primary School – Academically, you can say that there is a Distance but God told me loud and clear: You Submit to him. Whatever he says to you; it is Me speaking through him to you.
And I had times when that Submit to him was quite Challenging.
Like when I just got Born Again and I used to get Miracles almost every week. And in those days on Sundays during the Service we have Testimony Time – If you have Testimony, raise your hands. My hands will go up because every week, I get Testimonies.
And then, there was this occasion – If you have Testimony raise your hands. And I raised my hands and Papa looked at me and said: Put down your hand. I said yes sir as I thought he was saying let Somebody talk first.
Someobody spoke and I raised my hands again, he looked at me the Second time. He didn’t speak oh – You know in Africa, we speak with eyes. Put down your hands; yes sir.
Third time; after the Second Fellow has spoken; I raised my hands again. The way he looked at me the Third time, I knew that if I didn’t put down that hand very quickly; Fire will fall and it won’t be Holy Ghost Fire.
I learnt to Submit to him – He hasn’t gotten the worldly Education like me but he is in contact with God.
You want to take Europe over for Jesus Christ; learn Submission to Authority!
Forget all this “Arrogance Stance” – “My Church”; “My Province”; my this, my that. Only God has the right to say: “My”.
Without Him, each and everyone of us we are Nothing!
Someone was speaking sometimes ago – Oh, if they take Jesus Christ from me; very little will be left.
I say: Ha, you still have little left? – Take Jesus Christ from me, I mean that there is Nothing left.
If you are Controlled by the Holy Spirit; you will be under Authority.
And it won’t be long before the devil will say as it happened in Acts 19: 11-17,
The devil will open his mouth and say: Jesus I know; I know this Fellow too. He is connected to the One who also is under the Authority of His Father.
When you are Controlled by His Power – His Resurrection Power; you will become “Submissive to Divine Will”. Not “My Will” but “Thine Will” be done.
In Acts 8: 36-38; Philips was having a Wonderful Time in Samaria and all of a sudden, God said: Drop everything that you are doing, I want you to go to the Desert.
If it were some of us – If God comes today to you and say: Leave your Great Revival because I want to send you to Libya. You will say: Get thee behind me satan. And God will even say that I am the One talking and not satan.
The moment God spoke to Brother Philip, he moved. And because he moved, he was able to experience what only few Human Beings experienced – “HOLY SPIRIT TRANSPORTATION”.
He moved from being a “Big Man” in Samaria to becoming the “Big Man” who brought the Gospel first to Africa because the Ethopia Eunuch was the first to bring Gospel to us was connected to Philip.
And you know one thing that you will discovered about those who are Full of the Holy Spirit is that they Outshine Others.
There were seven (7) Deacons Ordained the same day.
And one day, one of my Grandchildren gave me a surprise Examination – Grandpa; I said Yes Lord. You know the Bible very well? I said I do and no doubt about that. He said: Who is Prochorus?
Prochorus? – He said that his name is in the Bible. And I said that I did not know Prochorus!
Who is Nicanor? – Ha, Ha; where do you get that one from?
Who is Timon? – I said you mean Simon? He said No, Timon.
Many of you, if they ask you those questions in a surprise manner; you don’t know the answer – They were among the seven (7) Deacons.
It took my Grandchild to bring my attention to it – They were Ordained and Forgotten.
If they asked you who are the seven (7) “Original Deacons? – You will remember Stephen and Philip. How many of you remembered Parmenas?
But these two (2) – Stephen and Philip were recommended, Full of the Holy Spirit. They were Submissive to Authority and God Promoted them.
DMC NOTES: The following are the names of the seven (7) Deacons Ordained by the Early Church – Stephen the Protomartyr, Philip the Evangelist, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicholas.
- You need the Holy Spirit to be Chris-like.
You know that they say: Birds of the same feather flocks together and work together.
Amos 3:3 says: How can two work together except they agree?
1 Petee 1: 14–16; the Bible made it clear that the reason God is asking you to be Holy is because He Himself is Holy.
Then you noticed in Acts 7: 54-60; the Bible tells us that when they are stoning Stephen, he Prayed a Prayer that is almost like the Prayer that Jesus Christ Prayed on the Cross.
Jesus Christ said: Forgive them.
Stephen said: Lord, don’t count it into their Account.
… Stephen was forgiving even as he was dying!
And there are some Ministers of God here who will say: Only Heaven will settle our quarrel!
Heaven will settle the quarrel but the only thing is that He (God) will send you to Hell and send the other Fellow to Heaven.
You want to be like Christ? You need the Power of the Holy Spirit!
Let me Conclude: It is one thing to Start well, but the most important thing is to End well.
My Prayer for everyone of you: Those who are being Ordained today.; those who has been Ordained before and those who are yet to be Ordained is that you will End well – Amen!
Philip ended well – Acts 21: 8-9. The Bible tells us that years after he left Samaria, he had now become an Evangelist – He has been Promoted by God.
Promotion comes the way of those who are Submissive to Authority and it doesn’t come to those who are not because God gives Grace to the Humble and resist the Proud.
The Word of God says clearly: Humble yourself under the Mighty Hands of God that He may lift you up in due Time.
The more Inferior the Person they put in Authority over you is to you; the Higher you are going to go if you learn to Submit.
But do you know the greatest thing about Philip – It is his Legacy!
The Bible says that he has four (4) daughters – All Virgins, all who Prophesied.
They used to say that you are not Great until you are succeeded by Greatness!
He (Philip) had four (4) daughters – Pure, Well Taught, they received the Teachings of their Parents, the Spirit of the Father lived over them unlike the sons of Eli.
I. You shouldn’t be interested in just being Ordained – That is a Wonderful Experience all right.
II. You shouldn’t be interested in turning Europe over to the Lord – What God will do, He will do either with you or with Someone else.
What will be my own End? What is going to be the End of my family? – That is very crucial.
So, the next time that you attempted to look down on your Superior – Superior Spiritually, not necessarily Academically or Financially; remember: How am I going to End?
Eli was a highly Anointed Man of God – So highly Anointed that he just made a Decree and Hannah became Fruitful. He made the first Decree and a Child came, made another Decree and five (5) other Children followed.
But his children – They all died in one day. Anyone who remains, the Bible said that they are going to become Hewers of wood and Fetchers of water.
DMC NOTES: “The term Hewers of wood and Fetchers of water’ means: Those who are used solely for Manual Labour or Menial Tasks at the behest of others. An allusion to a Passage in the Bible (Joshua 9:21, 23 and 27) in which the Gibeonities were condemned to Servitude under the Israelites.
You have not succeeded as a Man of God until you see all your Children doing all what you are doing and doing Greater Things than what you are doing!
That is why I have always Prayed that all my Children will be Greater than I – Amen!
Oh daddy; I came to you, I want you to lay your Mighty hands on me. I heard that God is Performing Miracles through you et cetera et cetera.
Why don’t you Pray that God will give you the Spirit of Humility, the Spirit of Submission.
You want to see Miracles, Signs and Wonders; have you forgotten that on the Last Day, Jesus Christ said: Many People will come to me and say that in Your Name, we raised the dead, in Your Name we made the Lame to walk, we opened Blind eyes. And He will say that I don’t even know you.
Why don’t you Pray that the Almighty God will give you the Grace to be Holy, to be Pure, to be Submissive!
ALTAR CALL
Just in case there are People who came to rejoice with those who are being Ordained today and you think that – You mean this thing is this tough for those who are being Ordained? You can then imagine how tough it will be for those who are not Born Again.
Anyone who tells you that there are several ways by which you can reach Heaven, they are deceiving you – Jesus Christ said: No Man can come to the Father except by me.
So, if you are here to rejoice with your friends and you are not sure of your Salvation; this is a Great opportunity for you. If you come and Stand before the Altar here; I will link my Faith with yours; we will cry to God and He will save your Soul.
And who knows? Very soon, maybe one of these days when you are being Ordained and I’m Preaching; you will look at me and said: I got Born Again during an Ordination Service.
So, if there is anyone here and you have not surrendered your Life yet to Jesus Christ or you did and you backslide or you are not sure if really you are Born Again or not; come.
You might be the only Fellow – I will Pray with you, the Lord will save your Soul and your Life will become Brand New.
So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ, I will count from one (1) to four (4). Before I say four (4); come and Stand before the Altar here and we will Pray together.
… I’m counting now!
Now, those of us who are infront, talk to the Almighty God – Ask Him to Please have Mercy on you; ask Him to save your Soul; Promise Him that you will Serve Him from now on.
And the rest of us; let us Stretch our hands to these People who are infront and intercede for them – Pray that the One who saved your Soul will save their own Souls also. Pray that the Almighty God will wash away all their sins and give them a Brand New Beginning.
Please intercede for them from the bottom of your heart.
Thank You Father, Thank You Jesus. Glory be to God.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
Daddy, I want to Thank You for Your Words, I want to give You all the Glory, all Honour for these Your People who has come forward to surrender their lives to You.
Father, Please remember Your Promise that whosoever will come to You, You will no wise cast out. They have come to You now; Father Please receive them, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins, give them a Brand New Beginning, Please write their names in the Book of Life.
And the Grace for them to serve you till the End, give unto them.
And Lord, I Pray that from now on, anytime they cry unto You, answer them by Fire.
Thank You Almighty God. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Now, I want to rejoice with those of you who has come forward. I want to Promise You that from today onwards; I will be Praying for you.
So, I’m going to need your names, your Address and your Prayer Requests. The Counsellors will be attending to you in a moment.
But I believed that your Case is very Special.
In Nigeria, with all Humility; there are Millions of People who will travel more than a thousand Kilometres to get to see me.
Today, you are not just going to see me; I’m goung to shake your hands – Congratulations!
Now, the rest of us; this is a Great Opportunity to get something Mighty from God because Anounting is flowing freely now.
So, you will Stand on your feet and first of all shout Hallelujah to God – Hallelujah!
And then you cry to God and say: Father, give me an “Ordination Present” – Please go ahead and tell Him what you want!
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