FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN – PART 27: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE, 22ND OCTOBER, 2023.
SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE
TOPIC: FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN – PART 27 (CASE STUDY OF JOSHUA (PART 14) – “THE BEAUTY OF SILENCE”)
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 22ND OCTOBER 2023
BIBLE TEXT: JOSHUA 6:10
Let Us Pray!
SONG
There is None Holy as the Lord
There is None beside thee
Neither is there is any Rock like our God
There is None Holy as the Lord
OPENING PRAYER
Holy One of Israel, the same Yesterday, Today and Forrever; the Unchangeable Changer, the One who can Change Sorrow to Joy, who can Change Failure to Success, Emptiness to Fullness – We Worship You.
Please, accept our Worship today in Jesus Name.
Father, we Pray that the Power in Your Word will reach out to Your Children today and bring us Victory out of defeat and bring us Joy out of Sorrow.
So that at the end of today; Your Name will be Glorified again.
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 tell them that my Father will reach out to you today – Amen!
And then, you may Please be seated!
I will move on to Part 27 in our Study – For Whom The Heavens Open.
And as you know, we have been using Joshua as our Case Study for quite a while now.
And our Bible Text today will still be: Joshua 6:10
And Joshua had commanded the People, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word Proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
Last Week, we discussed that:
- Silence Preceeds a Shout.
- That we should be encouraged that Weeping may endure for a Night but Joy will come in the Morning.
- That at the very, very Beginning, Darkness was there before Light come.
- That there was Confusion before Order.
- That there was Emptiness before Fullness.
… And so on and so forth.
But today, we want to look at this same Passage (Joshua 6:10) and talk about: “THE BEAUTY OF SILENCE”.
Because Joshua told the People – Go round the Wall for six (6) Days and don’t say a word. On the Seventh (7th) Day, you are going to go round seven times and you won’t say a word until I say: Shout and then you Shout.
… There is beauty in Silence!
The Bible teaches that Probably the most Powerful Member of our body is “The Tongue”.
- It tells us that “The Tongue” is extremely Powerful.
- That “The Tongue” is the Steering of the entire body.
- That “The Tongue” can cost a lot of Damage, even as it can do a lot of Good.
- As a matter of fact, Proverbs 18:21 tells us that Death and Life are in the Power of the Tongue.
That means that “The Tongue” can make alive and “The Tongue” can kill – A very small Part of the body but extremely Dangerous.
- As a matter of fact, Proverbs 10:14 says that the mouth of the Foolish is near Destruction.
In other words, the mouth of the Foolish can even bring Destruction to the Fool himself.
- James 1:26 says: If you don’t learn to Control your Tongue, all your Religious Activities are Null and Void.
- The Bible made it clear in Ecclesiastes 3: 1 and 7 that there is a time for everything.
And one of the things that the Bible says there is time for is, a time to keep Silent – There is a time when you keep your mouth shut.
So, there is a Big Advice that I will want to give you today – That is “Be Wise”.
“Be Wise” – Learn to Control your Tongue!
- Ecclesiastes 5:3 says: A Fool Voice is known by Multitudes of words.
That you are a Talkative, we don’t have to search further if we are looking for a Fool as we have already found one!
So, when you find out that there are some People who in any Gathering, they won’t even let Others talk – They just want to keep on talking; then you know that you are dealing with a Fool.
- Proverbs 17:28 says something very, very interesting.
It says: If a Fool keeps Quiet, we won’t even know that he is a Fool.
That Somebody who keeps Quiet is considered as a Man of Understanding.
You know, if there is a Gathering of Professors and there is Somebody there who never did WAEC – As long as he didn’t say a word, People will think that he is one of the Professors.
It is when he opens his mouth that they will know – Oh, what are you doing here as you don’t belong here at all.
DMC NOTES: WAEC stands for the West African Examinations Council. It is an Examination Board established by Law to determine the Examinations required in the Public interest in the English-Speaking West African Countries, to conduct the Examinations and to award Certificates comparable to those of equivalent Examining Authorities Internationally.
And the Bible says several other things – It says the Man who shuts his lips is considered as the Man of Understanding (DMC NOTES: Proverbs 17:28).
If you know how to Control your Tongue, People will respect you.
- Oh, but you have something that I want to say – Well, look at Proverbs 29:11.
It says: A Fool uttereth all his Mind but a Wise Man will keep Part of it behind.
Some People must talk and talk – They must tell you everything they have in Mind as they must say it all.
When you have Somebody like that, you know that you are dealing with a Fool and you should not befriend a Fool.
We have been quoting from the Book of Proverbs because we are quoting from a Man who was considered as the Wisest to live.
- In Proverbs 17:27; he said: He that has Knowledge spares his words.
A Knowledgeable Man doesn’t talk much – When you see Somebody who is normally Quiet, he is a Man of Knowledge and Understanding.
- And you know what? In Proverbs 10:19, Solomon said something again that is very important.
He says that out of the Multitudes of words, there wanteth not sin.
You keep talking and talking; you are going to say something that will bring you in conflict with God!
- Because according to Matthew 12:38; Jesus Christ said that in the Day of Judgement, you are going to give an Account for every “Idle Words”.
Oh, I was just joking? – Well, come and explain.
- Proverbs 6:2 says: Your Tongue can become a snare to you.
That you can be snared by the words of your mouth.
- The reason why you should be careful in talking and talking without Control is that you might say something God will hear and God will say okay as I have heard in my ears, so will I do unto you – Numbers 14:: 26-30.
You remembered the Spies who were sent to spy the Land – They came back and said that it cannot be done and we can’t take the Land.
God said, fine. You won’t enter the Land because you have said so.
So, whenever God is speaking and you hear what God is saying and you are one of those Peoole who will jump up and say Impossible. God will say yes sir, but for you it will be Impossible.
- Solomon said something that is very, very heavy in Ecclesiastes 9:17.
He said: Wise Men speaks Volume by being Silent.
In other words, they haven’t said a word and because they haven’t said a word, they have Spoken Volumes.
- The Bible advices you Beloveth Children – Study to be Quiet (1 Thessalonians 4:11).
Study to be Quiet is an habit you have to acquire.
Learn from God Himself – God is never a Talkative.
The Bible says: God has spoken once and twice have I heard this that Power belongs to God!
When you heard the Second Time, it is the Echo that you are hearing.
Let there be Light – He said it only once and there was Light.
Follow the Example of God and you will discovered something very Precious – That Silence confuse your Enemies because your Enemies does not know what you are about to do because you have kept your mouth shut.
- Take the Example of what happened to Samson in Judges 15: 11-14.
The Relatives of Samson came to bond him with the intention of handing him over to the Enemies.
They said, Promise me that you won’t attack me yourself because I don’t want to kill you as you are my Relative – They said that we will only bind you and hand you over to the Enemies.
I. They bound Samson – God said Nothing.
II. They brought him down from the Hill – God said Nothing.
III. They brought him to the Enemies – God said Nothing.
Why? Because God was waiting for the Enemies to surround him so that they won’t be able to escape.
God waited until the Enemies began to rejoice before He moved – You know the Story.
When God came down all of a sudden, and Samson took the Jawbone of an Ass, and killed a thousand of them.
How come was he able to deal with a thousand?
They were all surrounding Somebody they thought, now it is Victory – They were rejoicing over a Victory that they haven’t gotten.
By the time they realised what was happening, before they could scatter; a thousand was already gone.
Learn from God to be Quiet!
- Let me give you another Example in Daniel 3: 1-end. This is a Beautiful Story to read.
I. A King raised up an Idol – God didn’t say anything.
II. The King said everybody must bow down to the Idol – God didn’t say a word.
III. They discovered that Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego didn’t obey – God didn’t say anything.
IV. The King said if you don’t obey, you are going to the Fiery Furnace – God was Watching.
V. The King said: Make the Fiery Furnace seven times hotter than before – God didn’t say a word.
VI. They bound Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego – God didn’t move.
VII. The Mighty Men threw them into the Fire and the heat of the Fiery Furnace killed the Mighty Men – God didn’t say a word.
Oh, the Enemies were thinking that they won because they are about to throw you into the Fire. At the end of the Day, we will see who the Fire will consume!
Look at the end of the Story – By the time Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the Fiery Furnace, what was it that the King said?
He said that there is no God like their God who can deliver like this!
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were Promoted!
Learn from God – He knows how to confuse the Enemies by keeping Quiet.
- Look at another Example in Daniel 6: 1-end.
I. When the Enemies of Daniel were Planning how to get him to the Den of Lion – God said Nothing.
II. By the time they threw Daniel in – God said Nothing.
But you know the result – By the time they Pulled out Daniel the following Morning; all the Enemies of Daniel ended up in the Den of Lion.
Who was Laughing at the end of the Story?
God was Silent in other to give His Son Complete Victory – Nobody ever bothered Daniel after that.
Learn to be Quiet – I know that it is very difficult for many of us as:
- We want to talk
- We want to defend ourselves
- We want to tell the whole world this is my own side of the Story.
But why don’t you just keep your mouth shut and let God be God!
- But the one that I am sure that you will find most interesting is on the case of God the Father and God the Son.
I. In the Garden of Gethsemane; Jesus Christ cried: Almighty God, all things are Possible for You. Take this Cup away from me – But Daddy said Nothing (DMC NOTES: This is recorded in Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42 and John 18:11).
II. On the Cross, He cried: My Father, my Father; where are You? – God didn’t say a word. (DMC NOTES: This is recorded in Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34).
He didn’t say a word until the Ressurrection Morning – He allowed them to kill His Boy, allowed them to bury Him, allow them to roll a huge Stone at the mouth of the Graveyard.
But then, He speaks in Matthew 28: 1-6.
On the Ressurrection Morning, an Angel came, rolled away the Stone, sat on the Stone and said alright now, it is my turn. Anybody who wants to roll this Stone back will have to get me up from here first.
Why was God Quiet?
So that according to Revelation 1:18 – His Son can Proudly say: I am the Alpha and the Omega; I was the One who was alive and who was dead and now I’m alive Forevermore. And now, I have the keys of Death and Hell.
Learn from God – Learn to be Quiet. Some of us still talk “Too much” and we need to learn to be Quiet.
And I have tried as much as I could to demonstrate this to my children but they still haven’t learnt the Lesson and you need to learn the Lesson.
Probably one more important Point – Don’t let your mouth destroys you!
Because if you read the Story in 2 Kings 7: 1-end – A Man of God gave a word of Prophesy and say that within 24 hours, there will be Abundance.
And a Chief said that even if God were to open the Windows in Heaven, can these things be?
The Man of God turned to him and said: Alright, you will see it with your eyes but you will not Partake of it.
My Beloveth Children – From time to time, God has spoken. He has said things that are difficult to believe.
I beg you, if you don’t believe the Word of Prophesy, just keep your mouth shut because God will do whatever He said that He will do whether you believed it or not.
The Bible says that: Let all Men be liars but God will be True.
If everybody denies Him, He can’t deny Himself
This is very important – Particularly for those of us in The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
We should learn from the Track Records of God that when He says this is what I want to do; that is what He wants to do.
If you don’t believed, keep your mouth shut – Stop saying that it can’t be, it cannot be done because He will do what You say it cannot be done. Then He will allow you to see it but you won’t Partake of it.
There were several People who didn’t believed me when I told them way back in 1981that God said: Son, don’t ask me for a house because I have decided to build for you a City.
Those who laughed then – Many of them are still alive today. But they are not enjoying in the Redemption City.
There are several things that God Promised those of us in The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) – Some of them are very difficult to believe.
If you don’t believed, just keep your mouth shut because God will be God!
So today, I will ask you to cry to God and say just like David said: Lord, don’t let my mouth destroy me!
ALTAR CALL
As for those of you who are not Born Again, you have inside your mouth a Tongue that the Bible says has the Power of Death – It can kill.
Why don’t you come and Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ; so that He can take Control of that Tongue and that Tongue can bring you Life.
I’m sure that you are Wise enough to know that it is with the mouth that you declare war, it is with the mouth that you declare Peace.
That is why He wants you to use that mouth to confess Him aa the Lord – The One who is the Ressurrection and Life and He will take over your Life and things will continue to get better and better for you from now.
So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ, Please bow your Head wherever you are.
And with your own mouth, call on Him and say: Have Mercy on me, save my Soul, take over my Life and I will serve You for the rest of my Life.
Call on Him now and I will Pray for you!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
And so my Father and my God, I want to bless Your Holy Name.
I want to give You all the Glory and Honour for Yoir Words.
And I want to Thank You over those People who has decided to confess You now as their Lord and Saviour.
Please receive them, have Mercy on them, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins.
And even as they have confessed You as Lord, Please Loud become their Lord and Saviour.
From now on, let their Tongue only bring them Good Constantly.
Father, I’m Praying for all Your Children who are already yours; every evil that they have already Planted for their Future with their Tongue; my Father and my God, I Pray that today such will be completely wiped out by Your Blood.
That from now on, Your Children will only use their Tongues to Praise You and to Pray and to decree that their tomorrow will be alright.
So let it be Lord.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Now, those of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ; I want to rejoice with you. And I’m Promising you with my Tongue that by the Grace of God; I will be Praying for you.
So, if you will let me have your names, your Addresses and your Prayer Requests as soon as Possible, I Promise that I will be Praying for you.
Now, contact the nearest The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) to your house – Ask the Pastor there what to do next.
Tell him that you are now Born Again and that I sent you. And he will guide you.
God Bless You!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!!!
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