SOAR: PASTOR OLANREWAJU OYEGBOLA – IGNITE SUMMIT CONFERENCE, 20TH AUGUST, 2022.
THE INSTRUCTIVE GOD’S NARRATIVE INTENTION TOTALLY EXPANDED (IGNITE) SUMMIT CONFERENCE 2022 (AN INITIATIVE OF THE YOUNG ADULT AND YOUTH AFFAIRS OF RCCG)
THEME: SOAR
MINISTERING: PASTOR OLANRENWAJU OYEGBOLA (PASTOR IN CHARGE OF TREASURED PLACE ZONE, RCCG YOUTH PROVINCE 7).
SESSION TOPIC: SOARING IN POLITICS.
DATE: 20TH AUGUST 2022
BIBLE TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 9:20-24
INTRODUCTION
Our next Speaker is someone who, within a short Period of time has been able to pull his way and show that: “You do not need to be a money bag to make the desired impact in Politics.”
His first incursion into active Politics started not up to two (2) years ago; when he heeded the call of his People to contest the last Chairmanship Election for Abeokuta North Local Government of Ogun State, on the Platform of APC (All Progressive Congress, Party).
He is an astute and a “Tragic Thinker”. He was one of the brains behind the APC Youth Festival that was recently held in Ibadan, where over three thousand (3,000) Youths converged at the Liberty Stadium, to demand and call for more involvement of Youth in Politics.
It is now that we want to invite him to speak to us because this is a man who will blow your Mind.
By the way, he is a Pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and in fact, he is the Pastor-In-Charge of the Treasure Bliss Zone, Treasure Bliss Parish, Youth Province 7 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG)
He also runs a Marketing Communication Firm – One of the Top Notch Marketing Firms in Nigeria (Havas Nigeria).
Please welcome with me, Pastor Olanrenwaju Oyegbola.
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To God be the Glory, Great Things He has done;
So loved He the world That He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His Life an atonement for sin,
And opened the Life Gate that all may go in.
REFRAIN:
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord,
Let the Earth hear His Voice!
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord,
Let the People rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the Glory, Great Things He has done.
OPENING PRAYER:
Precious Lord, to You alone be all the Glory, all Honour, all Adoration, all Praise, all Power, all Dominion, all Kingdom, all Territories, all Knowledge, all Wisdom, all Understanding; to You alone God we give all the Praise!
Thank You for this time!
Please Lord, speak to us, help everyone of us to Stand in the Place of our Destiny.
And cause us to come out of the Valleys. Set us on the Mountaintop, and lift us high farther than eyes can see.
In Jesus’ Glorious Name we Pray – Amen.
Please, let’s say a better Amen, and just Praise the Name of the Lord!
I would like to say a very big Thank You to all Beloved Pastors and Leaders – Pastor Bisi Akande, Pastor Jacob Obaro.
Please, help celebrate my Leaders and my Pastors: Pastor Paul Adepegba, Pastor Felix and every Leaders that is here.
And more importantly, let us celebrate our father-in-the-Lord, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God – Pastor E.A Adeboye and of course, our Mummy, Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye.
And all our Daddies – Pastor Odesola, Pastor Brown Oyitso.
Praise the Lord!
This is a massive Topic: SOARING IN POLITICS.
And I Pray that God will help me to at least make some Points that will trigger something off somebody here this morning.
I will like to quickly read from the Scriptures – 1 Corinthians 9: 20-24
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Now one of the things that characterizes Politics is that, we hear the word ‘Running’ – Right?
So, it is taken from the Scriptures. So run! So do what? RUN!
Why must you Run? You Run because you need to win some.
And the whole essence of your Running is because, I am doing this for the Gospel sake!
May I Stand first and foremost to make it clear to everyone of us – Young people that the work of the Gospel is intrinsically also, in the belly of Governance and Politics.
If it were not to be so then you will not even hear Jesus being introduced in Isaiah 9:6.
And one of the very first introduction we hear about Jesus Christ here is that – “The Government shall be upon His shoulder.”
God is not a God that is flippant with words.
Daddy GO always tells us, God is not a talkative. Every word is with a mission and a sense of direction.
Jesus had Government on His shoulder.
Everywhere you go and you see People, and you want to know them – It is by their Ranks, you would look at their shoulders. Either in the Military even in Spiritual Space, they carry Ranks on their shoulders.
Like Jones Johnson said – That Government is on his shoulder!
So, don’t miss it at all. You are as good as a man heading to Heaven as you are good as a man that is set to lead the People of your Community, of your Nation to Jesus.
… Can I hear an Amen – Amen!
So, our biggest Problem therefore, that could Prevent us from Soaring Politically and in Place of Governance is Knowledge.
Hosea 4:6 says: The People will Perish because of what? They don’t have knowledge.
And many of us have been in that space and that is the honest truth!
And you see, what you don’t know, you do not know! There is no way you can be bigger than what you don’t know.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
So, what you don’t know is always bigger than you. And at best, you will be subjected to the Knowledge of other People.
And that is why most of the time we have what People call Fake News and what is not Fake News. The difference there is Knowledge!
If you don’t know and it gets to you, you will take it as what? Knowledge! So, it is important that everyone of us must get Knowledge.
And the Bible says in Proverbs 4:7 – Wisdom is the Principal Thing; therefore get Wisdom: and with all thy getting get Understanding.
Understanding is what I am here to declare today. I’m not here to speak about Knowledge – I am here to declare Understanding.
To Rule speaks of Governance; to Dominate speaks of Power. and Authority.
Governance is effective when there is Power and Authority.
Governance only becomes effective when you have Power and Authority combined.
Those of us who did Government in Secondary School, I’m sure you understand what I’m talking about!
Now, if you are talking about the People that have both Power and Authority, then you can see that the Children of God are the People who have both Power and Authority.
Because the moment we give our lives to Jesus; John 1:11-12 says: He came unto His Own, and His Own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He Power to become the Sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name:
What you get becoming Sons is Authority. By giving our lives (as we receive Him) He gives us Power. So every Child of God has a combination of Power and Authority.
That is why He says in Matthew 28:18 – And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All Power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth.
Why? – Because you are operating from the Place of Power and Authority.
Interestingly, Governance operates Primarily on the Principle of Power and Authority.
Power is derived from the Constitution; Authority is derived from your Votes.
Can I say that again – They derive Power from the Constitution. That is why every time you hear People talk about Governance, they always make reference to Constitution because that is where they derived the Power.
There are Three (3) Tiers of Government – Each derives its Power from the Constitution.
But the Authority to govern is given by the Citizens. And that is what you give by your Votes.
Nobody can govern a Nation other than the Process of Democracy – Unless they have been voted for.
If it is outside of Democracy, they can governed by the barrel of the gun. And then they have Power but they don’t have Authority.
That is why the first thing a Military Head of State would do is to set aside the Constitution because he doesn’t have Legitimacy and the Power to Rule.
… You have not given him the Authority to rule over you.
Now these two (2) – Power and Authority are Instituted by God. That is why I said my focus here is Understanding.
Daniel 4:17 says: God rules in the affairs of men.
Now, if God rules in the affairs of men how does God rule in the affairs of men?
God rules by Delegations – He rules by “Delegated Power” and “Delegated Authority”.
Meaning: God will find a man, put him in Position to begin to execute the Will of God.
That is how God rules in their affairs of men!
Either you like it or not, man always has a way of contributing to how those who will begin to take the Delegated Powers into the Place of Governance through their votes.
Because once you are in the Process and the Person that emerges will begin to execute order – Whether Good or Bad (That is another Point entirely).
How many of us have our Voter’s Card here?
Because I have decided: everywhere I have the Privilege to speak – I always make a Political Altar Call.
If you have your Voter’s Card, raise It up. Fantastic!
You can see now, if you do an Election here right now, Pastor Bisi, Our Host can lose the Election.
Very Simple – You pitch someone against Pastor Bisi and say he will not be his own supporter.
Pastor Bisi has Power by the Scriptures, but you are not giving him Authority.
… Are you with me?
So, the first thing that a lot of us talk about it – Get your PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card). You see!
If you have your PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card) right here with you – I’m looking for one hundred (100) People – I want to give them Five hundred Naira (#500) each (And I am not kidding).
If your PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card) is with you right here bring it out. You’ll get five hundred Naira (#500). Better start coming now, one hundred (100) of you.
Now these are Armies that are ready!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
How many Pastors among us have their PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card) here?
Because you are a Pastor, you’ll get five thousand Naira (#5,000).
You see, in Leadership you are leading from the front!
Now you need to understand that the Dynamics of Politics – Like I said, I believe we have so much Knowledge that we lack Understanding.
Politics works by Dynamics; and the first Dynamics is what I am showing us. It is the cheapest Asset in Politics – Your PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card). I am buying it now with five hundred Naira (#500)! You can see how cheap.
Somebody is saying one thousand Naira (#1,000) since People with PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card) here are not up to one hundred (100).
That is Negotiation!
That is where you can increase the Value of your PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card) – It is the cheapest Asset in Politics.
But things are happening, however, as Believers, we have decided to Pray.
By the Grace of God, for more than forty (40) Years, the Church in Nigeria has been Praying – “God interfere in the Governance of Nigeria.”
And from 2013 the Lord began to respond to the Prayers.
What was the first response? – The Lord decided that He was going to bring back every Amalgamation of Nigeria:
Where the North and the South of Nigeria will Pursue a Common Agenda.
He instituted a Government, and in the Process of instituting that Government, there was no balance in the Federal Government of Nigeria and then sought for a man.
The Bible in Ezekiel 22:30 says, And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
A man who was not involved in the Politicking was sought and he was brought to become the Second man on the Government.
You see, where you make Impact is where you have Access.
That is the first Prayer Point that was answered!
But the Church in Nigeria went to sleep and never knew that the Prayer has been answered.
The Church in Nigeria would have taken that “One Man” and tell him: Now you have Access, we must build an Army.
Just imagined the Army we must have built since 2015 to 2023 – We would have built a Massive Army for eight (8) Good Years!
But the Church in Nigeria went to sleep and left the “One Man” alone! Yet we were still Praying.
God said, I have answered the Prayer.
The Lord went forward and He began to answer Prayers.
In the years after, a lot of conversations began. And one of the things that needed to happen was that they needed to re-write the Electoral Act.
And when they wrote the Electoral Act, imagine the President of Nigeria, the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, all the Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, among others, wrote a Law against themselves and Signed the Law.
In fact, they fought themselves for Months over the Law – Eventually they Signed the Law.
Then it was time for them to Run their Primaries – Either in Party A or Party B, they realised, “how could we have Signed this Electoral Bill which we wrote against ourselves?” And they began to fidget!
God answered the Prayers of the Church, yet it is just “One Man” that was left. He was already in the Game, ans the Law is there to back him up but there were no Soldiers!
God answered the Prayers of the Church; but the Church of Nigeria was asleep!
After this Law was written, the Electoral Act nullified what they called “Super Delegates”.
“Super Delegates” are People who have gone to the Senate before – Either in 1999 or whatever. And all of them are the Problem of Nigeria.
So, when we were Praying, “Father everyone that is a Problem of Nigeria, remove them”.
The Lord answered – He removed them. But we were waiting for them to die.
He said they don’t need to die, I just need to set them aside, render them useless – And indeed, He quarantined them!
But the Church in Nigeria fell asleep.
And because Life abhors Vacuum – Every Space you leave somebody else will always occupy!
Daddy GO told us that God told him that He has given him the whole of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to take over. But for the time we were still small, God told him he has raised other People to start taking over the Land. That is when we buckled up and began to take over everywhere.
You don’t leave the Space that God has created for you.
Politics recognise Space, and they don’t leave any.
As we speak today, there is no Political Vacancy in Nigeria – From the Polling Units to the Presidency, everywhere is occupied.
So, I am here to bring you Understanding!
Everything that you think you want to get Politically, somebody is already sitting there.
Then God answered the Prayer, took them out; brought the number to a sizeable number that is manageable.
There is no time in the History of Nigeria that Presidential Primaries are done with less than Twenty thousand (20,000) People as Delegates.
Very recently, when they calculated them, they were less than four thousand (4,000) Delegates!
God brought it to the size that can be managed but the Church of Nigeria was sleeping!
And who are the People sleeping? – Young People in Nigeria.
They say “Go and join Political Party” you say No! “Why did you say No?’ it is a dirty Place to go!
For crying out loud, Detergent is not meant for a Good Place. Detergents are meant for Places that are dirty.
A man fulfills Values when he is in the right place; and he begins to make impact.
Jesus was looking for what to describe you, He said you are the Light of the world.
Meaning there was Gross Darkness in the world.
The Bible says in Isaiah 60:2-3; For, behold, the Darkness shall cover the Earth, and Gross Darkness the People: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his Glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy Light, and Kings to the Brightness of thy rising.
And describing us in Matthew 5:14, He says Ye are the Light of the world. A City that is set on an Hill cannot be hid.
Meaning you find Relevance only when you go to Dark Places.
But Believers say, “I want to be in the midst of Light.”
That is why Nobody is seeing you Sir!
You are Praying, Lord lift me up!
You think He has not lifted you up? It is because you have failed to take your Light to Dark Places, that is why Nobody is seeing you.
If you switch on your Phone touch during the day, the brightness will not evident because the Light outside is very intensed!
God went on to describe you as the Salt of the Earth.
Matthew 5:13 says, Ye are the Salt of the Earth:
Oh my God! You don’t know who you are!
Nigeria is in decay, and you are shouting. All that is in your head is “when am I going to Japa?”
DMC NOTES: “Japa” is Young People Slang meaning to relocate from Nigeria to Abroad!
When it says you are the Salt of the Earth – Everything that is rotten, how do you treat it?
All you need to do is to apply Salt and it begins to heal Naturally.
If the food is not tasty what do you do? – You apply Salt, then it begins to get Sweetened Naturally.
God created you as Salt, yet you refused to go to the soup and make it tasty.
The Bible says in Matthew 5:13: But if the Salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
There are many young People here – You are thinking Politics is dirty! You are losing your savour. That is why you are not manifesting and becoming who God wants you to be.
God is saying to someone under the sound of my voice or reading this message even on the Label of DMC – Listen to me: He says for this Purpose have I called you. That is why you were created.
Only when I began to realised that Politics is Ministry (forget whatever anyone says); Politics is Ministry – It is an Assignment that God Himself has Called me.
And I believe He is Calling many People to: that. We are the ones to Change and write the Story of Nigeria – Amen!
And I tell you – The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is the most Positioned to make this happen.
The lowest Political Structure is in the Polling Unit.
Next to the Polling Unit is the Ward.
Next to the Ward is a Local Government.
Next to the Local Government is the State.
Next to the State is the Region.
And then the National.
Please show me the Structure of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG)?
One of Our Fathers in the Lord, by Privileged information said, “when I was much Younger Daddy GO told me to go and join a Political Party in Mowe (A City in Ogun State Nigeria).” I said, I was too Young! I went there, I didn’t understand what they were doing and I ran back!
Daddy GO knew long ago – It is not today!
The most Smallest Unit in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is the House Fellowship Centre – It is the closest to the Polling Unit.
The minimum number we have in the House Fellowship Centre is ten (10) People.
In the Political Structure today, to win an Election, the minimum you pull at the Polling Unit is ten (10) People.
The next to the Polling Unit is the Ward. We have at least a Parish of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) on Every Streets. And we have the Ward on Every Street (A Parish of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG).
Next to the Ward is the Local Government. We have Area Pastors – Those are the Local Government Chairmen.
The next to Local Government is the Zone.
… We even have a Level that does not exist in Politics; so that we can better manage and coordinate.
Then we have Regions. Have you not heard about National Vice-chairman Southwest?
We are even better Structured!
Now we even have Intercontinental Overseers – Meaning we can take over America.
Sorry Brothers and Sisters, what we lack is Understanding! Ministry will become more effective when we are the ones in Government.
Imagine if I am the Governor of Lagos State (just imagine for a moment) and we had to have IGNITE Youth Summit. This Place will be like a market. You don’t understand!
The Governor is coming alone, is a jamboree! They just want to see the Governor. Have you considered that?
And Please, let me close by saying – At least we have our weapons. Your PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card) is your Weapon.
Though it is a cheap weapon; it is better off than those who don’t have weapons at all.
You should carry your weapon everywhere you go!
My PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card) is in my wallet. Everywhere I go, I go with it.
That is the Understanding you must have!
Don’t you have your ID (Identification) Card with you?
They steal wallet, yes! But keep it where they will not steal lit. It is your weapon.
Now, the fact that we have these weapons, like I said it’s not sufficient.
Do you know why? The “Owners” of Nigeria are very Smart People. Every year they know that you will come and use this weapon. So they are going to give you two (2) evils.
Are you with me?
They will give you two (2) evils – So you end up choosing one evil. Whichever you choose is evil. Do you understand?
So how can we take this and go this Level?
POLITICAL ALTAR CALL.
How many of you are ready to join a Political Party (Not by mouth)?
That is, when you leave this Program, you will go and look for the “Closest Ward” to you, you are going to join one of the Political Parties.
If you are here, rise up to your feet! If you are really ready to join a Political Party.
God Bless You!
Can you Please come!
This is a Political Altar Call – It is God calling you. He wants to send you somewhere. You are His Representatives.
We limit the Scriptures; He says: I am sending you as Sheep among wolves.
Matthew 10:16 says: Behold, I send you forth as Sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
I just recently realised what He meant by that – It is not only when you go for Evangelism; it is when you go for Political Meetings. You are the sheep, everybody is a wolf.
Now, as we leave here you are going to find a Local Government, you are going to find a Ward – When you get there, what are you going to do is to understand them. Right?
… Above all, get what! Understanding!
You are going to meet People whose mouth are oozing. They have M.O – Amen!
DMC NOTES: “M.O” means “Mouth Odour”.
You must be ready to learn how to breathe in when they are talking; because they will try you with everything Possible.
What are the checking? Your Tenacity, your Humility!
And the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is the best Place that has taught and Prepared us for Spiritual Space. If you are are not humble, you will be humbled by force in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
Humility is Naturally inbuilt in Politics – They will test how humble you are.
You know what they like most in Politics? – “I am loyal Sir!” My Leader I greet you Sir!
When they had “tested and trusted” they don’t just write it oooo!
I used to question it too. I said: who tested you? How did they do it? So they can tell you, it is tested and trusted!
You, when you go there, don’t go and show that you know anything. In fact, you know nothing!
Are you with me? “I am a University Graduate.” It is not by books!
When you go there, go there to just join them.
Observe, attend the Meetings, Volunteer yourself. And then you will see the Scriptures being fulfilled.
The Bible says the Lord lifts the Humble.
James 4:10 says – Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall Lift you Up.
*As you leave here I beg you in God’s Name – Find a Ward, go to the Ward. They do Meetings at odd hours, not in the middle of the Night. That was when the world had no Technology.
Now Political Parties do Zoom Meetings, they have WhatsApp Groups.
In fact, WhatsApp Group is a Place where they fight! If you remove somebody from a Political WhatsApp Group, it is as if you tore his or her Membership Card.
When you go there, make sure they add you to the WhatsApp Group. And then you will begin to grow from there!
Please, don’t go with the Mind that you want to go and become the Chairman; don’t go with the Mind of “I want to be the next Governor.” Because the moment you show them from afar, they will cut you down! Go there to offer yourself to serve.
And then when you get there, don’t forget that you have other brothers and sisters who are still sitting down.
When Joseph got to Egypt after a while he beckoned to his brothers – Come to Egypt!
Genesis 45:9 – Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
Praise God!
So, when you get there after a while, you go on to bring other People. And before you know it, you’ll become many.
… And I close with this, which is the last Point:
There are Three (3) Things that make sense in Politics:
- The first thing is NUMBER:
If we are to conduct an Election now, the People standing can win those sitting down because we are now more than them.
Politics is a Game of Number!
As you increase the number at the Ward Meetings, the day you are going to talk; when you are going to bring in your God-given Initiatives, and ideas, there will be People saying “I support him.”
Are you with me? Because you can’t do it alone!
- The Second thing that is important is that you must become FINANCIALLY GOOD.
What did I bring here? Money!
It is not just Anointing. Praise the Name of the Lord.
Anointing is here – We give Glory to God!
You should also made sure that there is 2022 Currency Prints.
Praise the Name of the Lord – Hallelujah!
So you have to work and make sure that you buy Biscuits: “Daddy I brought biscuit today!” You will hear “that he is a jolly Good Fellow!”
The Bible says a Man’s Gift makes room for him.
Proverbs 18:16 says, A Man’s Gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
When you are going for Ward Meetings, you go with some bottles of Coca-Cola, “Daddy this is for the Ward Meeting today!” And you will hear “this is a jolly Good Fellow!”
… Are you with me?
It is money that will lubricate the work.
- Then this third one, don’t use it all the time. You should use it once in a while.
It is called “THE NUISANCE VALUE”.
In Politics you must be ready to be the man of Matthew 11:12 – The Kingdom of God suffers Violence, only the Violent take it by Force.
The day you want to take your Entitlement and they don’t give you; you must become a Nuisance.
The Lord Bless You all in the Name of Jesus!
And I am sure you are going to begin to attend Ward Meetings from now on.
Don’t just get your PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card) alone! You must go to Ward Meetings and let God take it over from there.
Thank You Very Much!
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