FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN – PART 22: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE, 23RD JULY, 2023.
SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE
TOPIC: FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN – PART 22 (CASE STUDY OF JOSHUA (PART 9) – THE ISSUE OF VISION)
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 23RD JULY 2023
BIBLE TEXT: JOSHUA 6:2
Let Us Pray!
SONG
Immortal God
Invincible God
Immortal God
How Great thou Art
The King of King
The Lord of Lord
Immortal God
How Great thou Art
The King of Glory
The Lord of Host
Immortal God
How Great thou Art
Alpha and Omega
The Beginning and the End
Immortal God
How Great thou Art.
OPENING PRAYER
Immortal, Invincible, the All-knowing God, the All-Wise God, the Almighty God Himself; we bless Your Holy Name.
Thank You because You ate Unchangeable, Thank You because we can rely on You, Thank You because it is Your Mercy that we are not Consumed – They are renewed every Morning; Thank You because Great is Your Faithfulness – Father, Please accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
Father, today as we continue in our Study,, continue with us; as we learn more and more, Please let us become more and more like You; draw us Closer and Closer unto You and just let all be well with us.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Well, let us shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and say: The Almighty God will draw you Closer to Himself today – Amen!
And then you may Please be seated.
Even as we go on to Part 22 of our Series: “For Whom The Heavens Open” – Using Joshua as our Example!
We are still dealing with Joshua 6:2 because there are still something there that we are still yet to dig deep into.
Joshua 6:2 – And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the King thereof, and the Mighty Men of Valour.
- We have already spoken about “The Issue of Prophecy”.
DMC NOTES: You can get to read this in the Part 20 of the Series on this Link:
- And in the Last Series (Part 21); we discussed about the fact that God gave Jericho into the hand of Joshua because:
I. Jericho belongs to God – He made Jericho just like He made your Village/Town/City/State/Country.
II. And He made the King thereof.
So, He handed over the King of Jericho to Joshus because the Most High rules in the affairs of Men and He gives the Kingdom to whomsoever He Pleases.
And He is the One who can put Somebody in Position and He has the right to take the Fellow away from the Position.
III. And then He said that He also gave the Mighty Men of Valour to Joshua because even though these People are Mighty, they were still Men.
And if they are Men, they are surely Limited.
DMC NOTES: You can get to read this in the Part 21 of the Series on this Link:
But there is one Big word there that we have jumped over – And the Lord said unto Joshua: But He said “SEE”.
So, we want to look at the word “SEE” and then discuss “The Issue of Vision”.
The Bible teaches that whatever you see, you can have!
In Genesis 13: 14-15; God said to Abraham – All the Land you can see, I have given it to you.
And then God encouraged him in Genesis 13: 17-downwards; God said to him – Walk to the right, to the left, forward and backward. He said: See more so that you can have more!
… The more you see, the more you can have!
In 1 Chronicles 4:10; the Almighty God enlarge your Coast.
The first time that I attended Keneth Hagin Camp Meeting in 1979 and I saw a crowd of about seventeen thousand (17,000) People.
Oh God, I came back to Nigeria trustijg the Almighty God for a Church that will have at least that kind of crowd during Convention.
But then I heard of Yonggi Cho – That there is a Man who has a Church, much much more bigger than that. I didn’t believed and so I had to go and “SEE” because what you see is what you will desire. I had no Money but God Provided.
And I got there and I saw a building that could take approximately fifty thousand (50,000) People and I heard the Pastor begging those who came to Church that Sunday – Please don’t come next Sunday because of the People who could not find a Place inside the Church this Sunday even though they are holding seven (7) Services every Sunday.
You can be sure that when I returned; that my desire Changed – I was no longer going to be satisfied with a Church of seventeen thousand (17,000) People because I have seen something much bigger.
Vision is a Very Crucial Thing as it determines your Future!
God can enlarge your Coast – If you can see it, you can have it.
Psalms 37:4 says that if you will delight yourself in the Lord, He will grant you the desires of your Heart.
If you haven’t seen it, you can desire it. If you don’t desire it, what is He going to grant you?
I Pray that the Almighty God will enlarge your Coast – Amen. That He will give you the Grace to see Great Things – Amen!
Some of the Men of God and Men of God that I know; including quite a few under my Overseership are already satisfied if they have a Congregation of one thousand (1,000) People – They won’t even let the world rest.
When it is within the Power of the Almighty God to make you Greater than I.
Why should you limit the Holy One of Israel?
Who told you that what God is doing the first Friday of the Month at the Redemption Camp; that He cannot do it at least in one hundred (100) Places in Nigeria, the Second Friday of the Month?
Who told you that where you are is where God wants you to end?
It’s only if you can see it! – If you can see it, then you can have it.
There are many People at least in my Village who has never seen an Air-Conditioned Room.
So, when you talk to them about a Room where there is Harmattan all year round – They will look at you and say: Hey, is it because I didn’t go to School; do you think that I am Stupid?
… Because they have never seen it before.
They have never seen a Room that is Rugged – And so they never desired it.
Change your Vision, enlarge your Coast and God will grant you the desires of your Heart!
The Power of Vision is Incredible – You don’t believed me, read Genesis 30: 27-43.
Jacob was living with Laban – Jacob’s mother was an Original 419 Woman. You know her Story.
She maneuvered the Blessings that was supposed to be for Esau and landed it to the lap of Jacob.
And then her son went to live with Laban – The Uncle, who has a PhD in 419. He got the boy to serve him for seven (7) years and then instead of giving him Rachel; he sneaked in Leah.
And Jacob said: No Problem, I will take away your Riches – This is one 419 Playing with another 419.
He said that you want to Pay me? No Problem!
Every animal that has Stripes, they will be mine, the One that is Solid Colour, let it be yours.
Now, let us gather together all animals today – If you see anyone that has Stripes, keep it away far away from here. Let all the animals here be Solid Colour.
But from now on, whatever they Produced, we will decide who will be the owner by whether they are Solid Colour or Stripes.
And Laban said agreed!
Do you know what Jacob did? He got some woods, made white Stripes on them. And whenever a Strong animal is Pregnant, he will put the wood with Stripes where the animal can come to drink.
And while they are drinking and looking at the “Beautiful Stripes”; and when it is time to deliver, they will deliver children with Stripes.
And at the end of the day; the Man increased Exceedingly – Applying the Principle of Vision.
In Genesis 5: 1-6; the Almighty God brought Abraham out in the Night – And said: Look at the Sky, what can you see? He said Stars.
How many of them? Ha, too numerous to count.
He said, so that is how your Seed will be.
Today all over the world; People are claiming to be of the Seed of Abraham – Muslims, Israeli, Christians; are all of the Seed of Abraham.
But he has to see it first.
In Numbers 13: 17-20; Moses sent the Spies to go and spy the Land – The Land that we are about to move to.
Go and see what kind of Land is it – Is it worth our efforts? Go and see for me.
You remembered that they came back and said that don’t let us describe it to you – Look at the Fruits, see how big? The Fruits are such that it takes two (2) Men to carry just a bunch of Grapes.
So, I want you from now on to begin to:
I. See yourself as Great.
II. See yourself as Prosperous.
III. See yourself as Successful
Because you have to be aware of how you see yourself!
Because in Numbers 13: 25-33; the Spies came back and said: We saw Giants in the Land and we see ourselves as Grasshoppers.
All those who see themselves as Grasshoppers died as Grasshoppers.
Are you a Child of God? You are not a Grasshopper. You are not Somebody anybody can walk over!
Why? 1 John 4:4 says: Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.
It is not how you look outside that matters; who you are is determined by who is dwelling in you!
1 Samuel 16: 6-7; the Almighty God said that Men will look at the Outside but God looks at the inside.
How do you see yourself?
Be careful what you focus on because what you see, what you desire; you will have!
So, if you focus on the wrong things, you will get the wrong things.
2 Kings 5: 20-27 – Gehazi saw the Wealth of Naaman and wanted it.
So, he made the necessary arrangement, went and collected Wealth and got something Extra.
Because you see, there is something about God – He is able to do Exceedingly Abundantly Above all you ask or think. He will give you Extra.
Take Samson for Example – He was always seeing wrong things.
Judges 14: 1-18 – He saw a woman among the Enemies. The Parents said: Can’t you find a woman among your own People?
He said: No, I know what I am seeing and that is what I want. And they said okay.
He nearly died on the way as a Lion roared at him but God said that I still need you boy and so God came to his rescue.
He didn’t learnt his Lesson – He saw a harlot in Judges 16: 1-3. He went into a harlot and God said that I still need you and so He rescued him.
He kept on seeing until he saw Delilah – And you know the rest of the Story.
Mighty Men can be destroyed by Lust of the Flesh – What you see can destroy you if you see the wrong thing!
That is why when the Enemies captured Samson; do you know the first thing they did? They removed his eyes. You have seen enough – Now, Pay the Price.
In Matthew 14: 23-32; the Bible tells us that the Disciples were in a boat, there was a Storm, Jesus Christ was walking on water and they saw him and were afraid.
Jesus Christ said: Don’t be afraid, it is me.
Then Peter said: If you are the one, ask me to come!
Jesus Christ said come and he jumped out of the boat.
And the Bible said that He was already walking on the water to go and meet Jesus Christ. Then he saw the wind boisterous – He saw the Storm.
The Storms were there before but now he took his eyes from Jesus Christ and began to look at the Storm.
And of course, he began to sink.
Don’t look at the Storms – Look unto Jesus, the Author and the Funisher of our Faith.
Colossians 3: 1-4 says: Focus on things above.
Are you heading for Heaven? Focus on where you are going and not on things on the Earth.
If you will need to get up there; Focus on things up there!
One of the Prayers that you are going to Pray today or as you read now on the Label of DMC is that God is going to open your eyes because there are more things round you than you can see.
I mean in 2 Kings 6: 8-17 – You know the Story!
When a King was warring against Israel and Elisha was revealing the Secrets of the Plans of the King. And the King sent a Battalion of Army to go and arrest Elisha.
And the Servant went out and saw that they were surrounded by a whole Battalion of Army. And he came to the Master and said: Master, what are we going to do as we were surrounded.
The Master said: Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.
And Elisha said: God, Please open his eyes and God did – And he saw all over; Horses of Fire, Chariots of Fire.
Every Child of God as I told you before; you are living like a City in a Siege! – There is a Wall of Fire all around you. You may not see them but they are there.
Focus on things Above – Ask God to open your Eyes, to see Spiritual Things and you will be amazed at how many things that are around you, that you can’t see with the Ordinary Eyes.
The Bible says in Proverbs 20:12 – It says: Seeing eyes, God made them.
I. It is Possible to see Angels!
II. It is Possible for you to see the Glory of God all around you.
III. It is Possible for God to show you several Opportunities that you don’t even know are there.
There are many doors around you but you can’t even see that they are there!
In 2 Chronicles 12: 1-5; Paul tells us of a Man who was translated to the Third Heavens and he saw things.
Let me Close by saying:
There are things that you cannot find out by yourself but God can reveal them to you – God can give you Revelations!
In Matthew 16: 13-19; when Jesus Christ was asking the Disciples – Who do People say I am?
They said – Some say You are this or You are that.
But Peter said that You are the Son of the Living God.
Jesus Christ said: Flesh and Blood has not shown you this – This Revelation is from God!
There are Revelations that only God can give!
You can read the Bible and God will show you “Hidden Truths”.
In the Past three (3) Series now; we have been looking at this Joshua 6:2 – I’m sure that you have read that Passage several times before but you never thought that there are Lessons there that could last for three (3) Series.
And there are more, even though we might be moving on from the Next Series.
You may need to cry to God today and say – Just Open my eyes Oh Lord, let me see Visions!
David said: Open my eyes Oh Lord, let me see Glorious Things out of thy Words.
Many of us are going through Life as if we are Blindfolded!
But I Pray that from now on, God will open your eyes and you will see Vision Physical; you will see Vision Material; you will see Vision Spiritual!
ALTAR CALL
And those of you who has not yet given your Life to Jesus Christ, definitely you are living in Darkness and you don’t even know the Pleasure, the Joy that can be found in Christ.
But if you will come to Him – He will open your eyes and you will begin to see some Glorious Things that He has reserved for your Future.
So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ; Please bow your Head now and cry to Him and ask Him to save your Soul, ask Him to open your eyes; so that you will be able to at least discovered that you are heading for Hell and you can turn round and begin to head for Heaven.
And I will Pray for you now!
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
My Father and my God, I want to Thank You once again for Your Words – Thank You for Revelational Knowledge, Thank You for those who has heard Your Words now or read it on the Label of DMC and they are willing to come into the Light of the Gospel.
Please Lord, receive them, have Mercy on them, let Your Blood wash away their sins, save their Souls, give them a Brand New Beginning and let them begin to live in the Light of the Almighty God for the rest of their lives.
As for all Your Children, my Father and my God; I Pray that you will open our eyes, that we will see Glorious Things that You have in Store for us.
So that as we see, we will begin to desire and our desires will be granted.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Well, those of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ, I rejoice with you. And I Promised you God helping me that from now on; I will be Praying for you.
And I will want you to Contact me – Let me have your names, your Address and your Prayer Requests. And I Promise you that I will be Praying for you God helping me.
Then contact any of my Pastors in one of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) – Tell him that I sent you and he will tell you what to do Next.
God Bless You – Amen!
Let Somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!!!
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