THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – RCCG ROYAL FATHER’S CONVENTION, 28TH OCTOBER, 2023.

RCCG ROYAL FATHER’S CONVENTION 2023

THEME: THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY

MINISTERING DAY 2: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 28TH OCTOBER 2023

BIBLE TEXT: ROMANS 8: 35-37

Let Us Pray!

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OPENING PRAYER

Father Almighty, we Worship You.

King of Kings and Lord of Lords; the Ancient of Days – We Your Children are saying Good Morning to you.

Thank You for Watching over us – While we are Sleeping, You are on Guard.

Accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.

Thank You for what You did Yesterday (Day 1); Thank You for what You will do Today – Accept our Worship in Jesus Name.

We are committing all Your Children here and those reading now on the Label of DMC into Your Hands; today in a Very Special Way, visit all of us.

Before this Day is over, let all our Requests become Testimonies.

Thank You Almighty God.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Well, let Somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Will you shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and say: Good Morning, God Bless You!

Romans 8: 35-37

35. Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ? Shall Tribulation, or distress, or Persecution, or Famine, or Nakedness, or Peril, or Sword?
36. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the Slaughter.
37. Nay, in all these things we are more than Conquerors through Him that loved us

The Theme of our Convention for this Year (The RCCG Royal Father’s Convention 2023) as we learnt from Day 1 is: “THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY”.

Three (3) words – “The Kingdom” on the Left, “The Power” in the Middle and “The Glory” on the Right.

Of these three (3) words, the Most Significant is the one in the Middle – It is the one joining “The Kingdom” on the Left, to “The Glory” on the Right – Without Power, there will be no Glory in the Kingdom!

In Daniel 4: 1-end – When the Power of God departed from Nebuchadnezzar; he became like an Anumal.

Until the Power was restored, the Glory was not restored.

And if the Power is a “Wrong Power”; there will be no Glory either.

1 Samuel 16:14 – When the Spirit of God departed from King Saul, another Spirit came from the Forces of Darkness.

He still has Power – As a matter of fact, he still ruled for 13 years with an Evil Power working in him. But there was no Glory.

The Problem with Satanic Power is that it can disappoint you at the most Crucial time.

When we get any Power from the devil, by the time you need him most; he will disappoint.

I. Goliath was very Powerful but at the moment that he needed help; Satan betrayed him.

Because if you read that Story very well in 1 Samuel 17: 1-51 – At a time when he needed help; a little boy came and knock him down and cut off his head.

II. In 1 Kings 18: 1-40 – When the Prophet of Baal needed his help, they cried from Morning till Evening but he didn’t answer them.

At the end of the Day, they lost their head.

It is a very dangerous thing to rely on any Power coming from Forces of Darkness because when you need them the most, they will disappoint you.

I can give you several Real Life Examples, but our time is short.

And as you Elders will say: Half a word is enough for the Wise!

Now the Bible says in Proverbs 14:28 – In the Multitude of People is the King’s Honour but in want or lack of People, is the destruction of the Prince.

The African Elders put it in a different way – They say that it is the People you see behind a King that causes you to call him “Your Majesty”.

So, we know without any gain saying that the Survival of a King depends on the Safety and Security of his Subjects.

So, the King has a very heavy responsibility to see to it that his Domain is at Peace and the People are Secured. Otherwise, if the People run away from the Domain, then there will be Nothing to rule over.

So, when we talk about uneasy lies the Head that wears a Crown, we are talking about the Challenges of keeping the Domain Secured and Safe.

And the Challenges are both Physical and Spiritual.

In the Olden Days, the King has to defend his Domain from other Kings who may want to come and fight and take over.

During the Olden Days, you have wars from one Town against another – Wanting to defeat the King there and then take over his Kingdom.

But even more serious than that, is when there are Plagues or all manners of Outbreaks and Diseases – Like in those days, Small Pox.

And you have these Problems that you cannot fight with bows and arrows – Like Coronavirus recently.

America has all kinds of Weapons but they couldn’t fight Coronavirus with all the Weapons that they had.

At a time like that, you need the Power of God!

I want to Thank God Almighty because He is the King of Kings, He is the King of Coronavirus.

Because I remembered very well when that Outbreak came; I cried to God – We don’t have Doctors, our Hospitals don’t have Medicines – Help me.

You didn’t make a mistake when you created me to be a Nigerian – Have Mercy on the world but have Mercy more on Nigeria.

And He spoke to me and said: Son, I have heard your cry – Only those whose Time has come will die through the Plague.

I Thank God that the Total number of People who died in Nigeria of Coronavirus; they are less than 4,000. And 4,000 or more were dying in New York everyday (DMC NOTES: “New York” is a State in USA) .

And I will want you to check the Records – You will find out that State by State:

I. The least number of People in Nigeria who died are in Ogun State – Because that is where I lived.

II. The next is Osun State – Because that is where I was born.

III. The next is Ondo State – Because that is the State of my Grandfather.

IV. The next is Ekiti State – Because that is the State of my Grandmother.

If your Domain is under the Control of the King of Kings; when there is a war that Human Beings cannot fight; He will fight it for you.

I’m saying this is to Glorify Him and to tell you that I’m not talking Theory and I’m talking Practical.

Of the People who died of Coronavirus in Osun State, not one is from Ifewara (DMC NOTES: “Ifewara” is the hometown of Pastor E.A Adeboye in Osun State Nigeria).

Oh, they sent for me from Ifewara that my Great half brother was sick and I went home to see him. And they said that they suspect he has Coronavirus.

When I got home, I told him that I was informed that he was sick. Ha, he said who said that? He said that I have cold, I sneeze, my nose is running.

I said but they told me that you are not eating. He said what do they mean? He said yesterday I ate Pounded Yam only once but today, I’m going to eat it two times

I said, well I myself don’t eat Pounded Yam more than once in a day. He said only once? What has Lagos done to your Stomach?

… That was the closest thing we had in Ifewara to anything you can call Coronavirus.

I want to assure all of you Traditional Rulers who are here today and those reading now on the Label of DMC – From now on, any Plague will not come near your Domain (Amen).

You need the Power of God to Protect your Domain and to link you to the Glory of God!

If you have the Right Power backing you up, it is Possible for your Domain to know Peace throughout your Life.

For Example:

I. In 1 Kings 4: 21-25 – The Bible says Solomon has Peace in his entire Domain throughout his Life.

The Bible says all of Israel lived in Peace in an Age where Kings deliberately fight other Kings.

During the Period of Solomon, he didn’t fight a Single War – All other Kings just decided we will leave this Fellow alone.

And I’m decreeing today again – In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ; all the Enemies of your Domains will leave you alone (Amen).

Now, the Secret of Solomon that causes him to have Peace all the days of his Life is found in 1 Kings 3: 3-15 – The Bible says that Solomon loved the Lord!

That was why when it was time to give an Offering to God, he gave a thousand burnt Offerings – He did what Nobody had never done before.

Because he showed his Love for God, God showed His Love for him because the Bible teaches us that Love is a two-way Traffic.

Proverbs 8:17 God said: I love those who love me and those who seeks me early shall find me.

My Beloveth fathers and mothers in all Domains – Love God and then God will Love you!

Now when God loves you, according to the Bible Text that we read at the Beginning (Romans 8: 35-37); you will become “More Than a Conqueror”.

There will always be battles to fight, there will always be Thugs, there will always be those who will say that we don’t want anything Good – You will always find them.

I remembered a time when God wanted to use us to repair the road that led to my hometown. Some People arrested my People who are working on the road. And when they asked them, they said, who asked him to come and repair the road?

… We will always find People who will just don’t like Progress – They will always be there and there will always be battles to fight.

But the Bible says that you can be More Than a Conqueror through the Love of God.

If you Love God and God loves you, you will be More Than a Conqueror.

Now, when we say More Than a Conqueror; it tells us something straightaway that there are Categories of Conquerors.

1. There are those who are Less Than a Conqueror – They call them Losers.

In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, none of you will ever loss – Amen!

I. Someone is a Loser when God is against him.

The Elder has a saying: it is Forbidden, you don’t fight against God.

Because if you fight against God, you will lose.

Like I told you on Day 1 of this Convention; He can fight with anything.

He can fight with a Lion, He can fight with Frogs, He can fight with Flies and He can even fight by taking away your Sleep.

… You don’t want to fight against God.

So, anyone fighting against God is going to lose.

II. But it is not only when God is fighting against someone that he can be a Loser.

You can be a Loser when God says I fold my hands – Run the Kingdom yourself.

My father used to tell me when I was Young. He said that when a Lion wakes up in the Morning, he Prays a Prayer – God show me the animal that I will eat today and leave the two of us alone. Don’t help me and don’t help the animal.

After I became Born Again, I realised that if the devil is going to Pray – Thank God he won’t Pray.

He will Probably say to God – Show me the Fellow that I will destroy today and leave the two of us alone.

If God leaves you alone, how can you Succeed?

In the Book of Judges 16: 1-21 – All that God did was that He left Samson alone and the Enemies finished the job.

We all know that all that we need to do is to switch off the Light and Darkness will come in.

Darkness does not need an Invitation – Just take away Light and Darkness will flood in.

I’m Praying for you my Beloveth fathers and mothers; as you go back this time; the Light of the Almighty God will flush out Darkness from your Domains – Amen!

2. But then, we have those who are Conquerors.

You are a Conqueror once God is backing you up – You want to fight but God will Support you in the fight.

I mean for Example in 1 Samuel Chapter 17 that we mentioned earlier – When David was facing Goliath; all that King Saul said was: “Go, and the Lord be with you”.

When God is with you and you fight; you will win – There is no doubt about that.

3. But the Greatest thing is to be More Than a Conqueror.

To be More Than Conqueror simply means that you won’t have to do the fighting – It is God who will do the fighting for you.

And that is the best thing that can happen.

Because He Promised us in Deuteronomy 28: 1-7 – He made a Promise that the Enemies that comes against you shall be smitten before your face.

He didn’t say that you will smite them:

• He said that they will be smitten before your face.
• He said that they will come before you in one way and they will flee from you seven ways.

That’s my Prayer for you – The Almighty God will fight for you and you will not have to do any of the fighting as He will do it for you (Amen).

And I can give you several Examples:

1. Several years ago, a Military President wanted to convert himself to a Civilian President so that he can keep on reigning.

And somehow, he checked from his Socerers and they said that what you want to do cannot happen because there is a Man somewhere who is Praying in a Place called the Redemption Camp – Unless you removed him, your Plans won’t succeed.

Fortunately for me, I have one son among the People there and he ran down to tell me – Daddy, they are coming for you within the next two (2) weeks. They will come and pick you up.

Pastor or no Pastor, I was afraid because that man is always picking up People and the People will just disappeared.

So, I ran out of the house that Night and I was in the Redemption Camp Praying.

Then God spoke to me – He said: Son, don’t worry yourself; I’m taking care.

And the Lord told me because it was the week of the Holy Ghost – He said, when your People gathered on Friday (Month of June), ask them to greet one another “Happy New Year”.

In June? But God has spoken.

So, I told my People and they shook hands and say “Happy New Year”.

The following Sunday, God moved! The one who is going to come for me; God Settled the matter.

Maybe I should tell your Majesties to shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and say: “Happy New Year” because after this Convention, its going to be “Happy New Year” for you all in Jesus Name – Amen!

When you Love God and God loves you, you won’t have to fight again.

By the time you heard that Someone was Planning against you; this Fellow would have been taken care of by God simply because He will make you More Than a Conqueror!

2. We wanted to Dedicate a Church in a Country far away from here. And there was a Senator in that Country who didn’t like us at all – He didn’t like the way our Churches were expanding.

But he was a very Influncier man – And he said that it is over his dead body that the Church will be Dedicated. We have not offended him but he just don’t want to see The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).

And my children called me – We have already fixed the date for Dedication. Daddy, what do we do?

I said Nothing – He said over his dead body? Then leave that for him.

Beloveth Majesties, all those who said that you will not reach your Goal; God will take care of them – Amen.

Few days before the Dedication, there was going to be a Meeting in that area where they will give the Final Approval for the Church and the Man was ready for battle – Going to the Meeting to say no way.

And when he was wearing his trousers, he put his left leg in the right Place and then by mistake, he put the right leg in the same Place. And in an attempt to pull back the right leg, he fell and knock his head against something.

By the time they rushed him to the Hospital, he was dead.

The first time that I told the Story, Somebody said that daddy, you killed him?

I said me? I am here and he is over there – He killed himself.

Everyone who will not allow your Kingdom to know rest, they will destroy themselves – Amen!

… Provided you Love the Lord!

And then in Conclusion:

Everybody knows that there is no “True Love” without Jealous.

And the God I’m introducing to you is a “Jealous God” – He will not share you with any Idol.

If you want to serve Him, you will serve Him one hundred Percent!

He said that: I am a Jealous God – If you Love Him, then you will love Him one hundred Percent. No Mixture.

But you know that the People you are calling idols, we call them Deities.

I understand – I am just 81 years Old and it means that I have been around for quite some time.

There are certain things that we did in the Past to keep certain Enemies away from our Domains – That time is Past and let us face the Truth.

There was a time when you want Light in the room; you get a little Clay Lamp with oil – There was a time for that.

We moved on from there and began to use Lantern when Kerosene came.

We moved from there, we have what we called Gas Light – That you have to Pump and Pump.

But today, how can you enter to a house and you see Somebody lightning a Little Lamp with Palm Oil?

What you will say? They are crazy here!

Which King is now coming to fight over your Domain?

Move with God – This is the Period of Light and Light has come.

Don’t miss Light with Darkness I beg you.

You see because I want my Prayers over all of you to be answered by God.

I don’t want God to say to me – Son, you are Praying for that King but he is not on my side.

I told you on Day 1 – That this time around, we just want to have a Family Discussion.

Some years ago, a Head of State in one of the African Countries said: Daddy, I heard that if you Pray for me, I will win the Election.

I said that I’m ready to Pray sir on one Condition – Once I Pray, because God will not share His Glory. If I Pray and you ask the People from another Religion to Pray and you ask some Witch Doctors to come and Perform their own something. And then you win. Who is going to take the Glory?

I shared a joke with him – That in my Nation, when a woman is frivolous and she becomes Pregnant and give birth to a baby.

Because we won’t know who is the father, we used to name the child “Ajumobi” – Meaning “Collective Responsibility”.

If I Pray for you and you win, who is going to take the Glory? Will it be my God or one of the “Juju Man”?

He said Pray for me and I won’t add anything else.

But later on, I understand that after I left, other People came.

Please my dear Majesties, I know what you have done in the Past but we want a New Beginning – Victory in your Domain, Peace in your Domain, and Progress in your Domain.

One Kabiyesi (King) was sharing a Testimony with me this Morning – That one fellow has been wagng war against him and even had the Boldness to come here. Believing that he is “Too Strong” to be dealt with.

But this Morning, he was arrested – The Policemen came down and arrested him here this Morning.

I said I told you that by this Morning, our Testimonies will begin – Amen.

I decree concerning everyone of you – From this Morning, your Testimonies begins – Amen!

Your Victories begins, your Progress begins and everything the devil has stolen from your Kingdom shall be fully restored – Amen!

So shall it be – Amen!

Now, it is time for Prayers!

ALTAR CALL

But just in case before I Pray – If there is any of us who should have given your Life to Jesus Christ on Day 1 but didn’t.

I will give you 2 Minutes to come and do so now – Because this is a New Beginning, a New Year for you as a Person, for you as a King.

So, if you want to come, come very quickly because the Prayer we are going to Pray this Morning is going to be rather Strong and it is going to be for those who are one hundred Percent for God.

So, if anybody wants to come – Please, come now!

… Nobody seems to be coming.

Now I will request that you Please Stand.

You are going to Pray first and I will tell you what to Pray about.

1. You are going to Thank God that He made it Possible for you to be here today.

It is by His Power that you are able to come.

So, shall we go ahead and Pray?

Thank You Jesus.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

2. Then you will say: Father Almighty, everything that I have done wrong; Please forgive me.

Let’s go ahead and talk to the Lord.

Thank You Father.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

3. Let’s go ahead and say: Father, the Grace to Love You and You alone, Please give it to me today – To Love You Completely and Absolutely.

Go ahead and talk to the Lord.

Thank You Lord.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

4. The Next Prayer is not a Prayer you Pray Casually – You have to Pray it Violently.

You will say: Father, every Enemies against my Kingdom; Father finish them, deal with them all.

Thank You Father.

In Jesus Migghty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

5. In the same manner with all your Strength; you will cry to the Almighty God and say: Father, in my own Personal Life, in my family and in every situation Pertaining to me; make me More Than a Conqueror.

Thank You Father.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

6. Finally, maybe you have your own Personal Prayer Requests – I want you to talk to God about it.

Something Special that you want God to do that will mark this Convention for you – Ask God now.

Thank You Father.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

FINAL FATHER’S BLESSINGS

The Almighty God will grant all your Requests, He will answer all your Prayers, He will fight for you and He will give you Complete Victory.

In your Domain, there will be Peace, there will be Progress, there will be Prosperity and the Light of God will Shine.

The Almighty God will take care of you, He will take care of your Queens, He will take care of your children and He will let your Joy to be Full.

Anytime that I hear concerning your Kingdom, it will be Good News.

You are already Great; you will become Greater and God will Promote you.

Every Good Things that you want for your Domains, God will Supply them.

God will send Help to you:

From the East, He will send Help to you.

From the West, He will send Help to you.

From the North and South, He will send Help to you.

From Heaven Above, God will send Help to you.

You will keep on Succeeding and your Subjects too will become Great.

God will Multiply you, you will never Lack anymore and you will never beg.

God will be with you.

On your way home, there will be Miracles; at home, Miracles will be waiting for you.

By this time Next Year (2024); one of you will Sponsor this Convention (The RCCG Royal Fathers Convention).

It shall be well with you.

And in the Kingdom of God, you will not be found missing.

So shall it be.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Well, let Somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!!!

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