WHEN LIGHT COLLIDES WITH DARKNESS – PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – THE RCCG LIGHT UP SOUTH AFRICA CRUSADE 2024;17TH MAY 2024
THE RCCG LIGHT UP SOUTH AFRICA CRUSADE 2024 @ SANDTON CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITION HALL 1; 161 MAUDE STREET SANDOWN SANDTON SOUTH AFRICA
THEME: WHEN LIGHT COLLIDES WITH DARKNESS
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 17TH MAY 2024
BIBLE TEXT: JOHN 1: 1-5
GENERAL PRAYERS
- Why don’t you lift up your hands to the Almighty God and bless His Holy Name.
Just go ahead and Worship Him – Worship the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords and the Ancient of Days.
Give Him Glory, give Him Honour, give Him Adoration – He is Worthy to be Praised and Magnified. There is no one like Him.
Thank You Father!
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Worshipped – Amen!
- I want you to lift up your Voice to the Almighty God loud and clear and say: Father, if You are Blessing only three (3) People here tonight; Please let me be one of them – Open your mouth and cry to Him.
Thank You Father.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
SONG
What a Mighty God we serve
Hallelujah
What a Mighty God we serve
Hallelujah
Heaven and Earth Adore Him
Even Angels bow before Him
What a Mighty God we serve.
OPENING PRAYER
Our Father and our God, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Ancient of Days, the All Sufficient God – We Worship You.
We give You all Glory, all Honour, all Adoration and we say: Please, accept our Worship in Jesus Name.
Lord God Almighty, all we are asking You to do tonight is: “Let there be Light”.
In South Africa, let there be Light; in all the Nations represented here, let there be Light; in our lives, let there be Light; in our Homes, let there be Light; in our Churches, let there be Light; in our Businesses, let there be Light.
At the end of everything, let Your Name be Glorified.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Well, let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
I want you to turn to two (2) or three (3) People and say: Neighbour, I love you but tonight my Miracle(s) will be better than yours.
And then, you may Please be seated.
I’m delighted to be with you here tonight – Its being 8 years since I came to South Africa last. And I’m Trusting God that He will allow me to come back again.
John 1:1-5:
- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- The same was in the beginning with God.
- All things were made by him (That means including you); and without him was not any thing made that was made.
- In him was Life; and the Life was the Light of men.
- And the Light shineth in Darkness; and the Darkness comprehended it not.
When Light collides with Darkness; Darkness must give way!
So, everything representing Darkness in the Life of Someone will vanish tonight – Amen!
Because in Genesis 1: 1-3; the moment God said: Let there be Light; Darkness gave way.
I don’t know for whom God organised this Particular Meeting, but before you get out of this Hall or finished reading now on the Label of DMC; everything associated with Darkness in your Life will be gone – Amen!
I am going to use as case Study for my brief Message tonight – The Story of a Man in John 5: 2-9.
This is a Story you know very well:
There is a Pool at a Place called Bethesda. A lot of People with Hopeless cases – Blind, Lame, Dumb, Withered; they gathered by that Pool. Because once in a year, an Angel will come down and stir the water in the Pool. The first fellow to jump in will be healed and the rest will have to wait till another year.
Then one day, the One who is called the Light of the world – That is Jesus Christ Himself; walked into the Place, He saw the Multitudes but He was interested in only one Person. That Fellow had been there for 38 years.
He walked to the Fellow; the fellow didn’t know who was comimg to him – Just as Somebody is here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC; you don’t know what is even about to happen to you.
Jesus Christ got to him and said: Will you be made whole?
What a Question? I am here because I want to be made whole.
But that was not what he said – The Man began to tell a long Story: I have been here for 38 years, I have no one to help me. And when I am going to the Pool, before I could get there; Somebody else has gotten in and then I will have to crawl back to my Place and wait.
And Jesus said to him: Your Problems are over!
In the Name of the One who sent me to South Africa – There is Somebody here or reading now on the Label of DMC; your Problems are over (Amen).
You know the rest of the Story – The Man just discovered that I can get up. He looked around and all the Problems disappeared.
I want to tell you some of the Problems that could disappear when the Light of God comes:
- When Light collides with Sickness; Sickness must give way.
Because the One who is called the Light is also the One who is called “The Great Physician”.
Exodus 15:26 – He said that I am the Lord that healeth thee.
… The Original Physician!
In Malachi 4:2; the Bible says unto them that feared the Lord, the Sun of Righteousness arise with Healings in His Wings.
And the One who is called the Sun of Righteousness is the Lord Jesus Christ.
In 1 Peter 2:24; He is also the One with the Healing Stripes.
The Bible tells us that by His Stripes we were Healed.
… Not going to be healed but we were Healed.
More than 2,000 years ago, your Healings has been Paid for and you will collect it tonight – Amen!
He has the Ability to heal even those who are Incurable.
In Matthew 8: 1-3; the Bible tells us of a Leper.
In those days, a Leper is Somebody with Stage 4 Cancer – There is Nothing anybody could do for him.
He came to Jesus – The One with Healings in His Wings and immediately he was made whole.
I cannot begin to tell you how many People that has been condemned to die who came to Jesus Christ and are made whole.
But all that I can tell you is simply this – When Light Shines tonight your Sickness must give way!
- When Jesus Christ said to the Man – Will you be made whole? The first thing that he said is: I am a lonely Man.
When Light Shines, Loneliness must disappear!
Why? Because the Light hates Loneliness.
He is the One who said in Genesis 2:18 – It is not Good that a Man should be alone.
… It came from God.
So, it is not in the Plan of God for you to be of Marriageable Age and remain Single – God says that it is not Good.
And if it is not Good, then God will take care of it.
In Hebrews 13:5; the One called the Light of the world made a Promise – He says that I will never leave you, I will never forsake you.
In other words, it means that I will see to it that you are not Lonely.
In John 13:1; the Bible said that if He loves His People, He loves them to the very End.
There is Someone who is a friend to the friendless – And when He loves you, He doesn’t love you halfway and jilt you but He will love you forever.
I have Good News for those of you who are of Marriage Age, but who are not yet married – In the Name of the One who sent me, your Wedding Bell will soon ring (Amen).
Mark my word for it – There will be many Marriage Celebrations (Amen).
- The Man said: I have failed for 38 years everytime that I made an effort.
Because you can imagine at what happened at that Pool – As soon as they see the Angel stirring the water, everybody begins to run to be able to get in.
This Man said that I have tried for 38 years and I have failed 38 times.
When Light Shines, Failure must disappear!
Because according to Jeremiah 32:27; the One who is called the Light is also the One who can never fail.
He said that I am the God of all flesh, is there anything “Too Hard” for me?
In Psalms 46:1; the Bible calls Him the Ever Present Help in the times of Trouble.
That Man said that I have no Helper – But there is Someone who can help.
I Thank God for the Testimony of my son – He said that for 5 years. He has even use Contacts in Big Places but they failed.
But there is Somebody who never fails – And He is coming to your Life tonight (Amen).
When you read Luke 5: 1-7; it tells you the Story of Peter who had fished All-Night and caught Nothing.
You know that when we talk about Success, there are many People who believed that People who are considered Failures are Peoole who are lazy – That’s not true, you can work very hard and still fail.
Many atimes, when a Student failed his exams, there are People who will believe that he didn’t Study hard – That’s not true.
You can Study very hard and get to the Examination and blank out – I have been there and it has happened to me before.
You know that I Studied Mathematics and in Mathematics, it is either you know it or you don’t know it – There is no Guesswork and that is why People feared it as you can’t Pretend.
I was in the University and I was Good in my Subjects – What you will call an Honour Student.
There was one Particular Subject that I was the best in the Class – My Classmates will come to me for explanations.
But then, the day of Exam came and in those days, they will ask you to answer five (5) Questions out of eight (8).
I read Question No 1 – I couldn’t understand, I went to Question No 2 – Blank, Question No 3 – No Head or Tail, by now I was sweating. Question Nos 5, 6, 7 and 8 – No idea.
So, I was about to get up because if you fail that time, they will allow you to come back and repeat that one – They call it resit in our own days.
I was about to get up as I said: Well, Nothing is working today; I will come back and do a resit.
There was an “Invincible Hand” that kept me down – You know God has been helping me before I knew Him. And He will help you tonight – Amen.
After about 15 Minutes, everybody was writing; I decided to read the Questions again – Question No 1, this is so so Equation; No 2, this is so so Formula. Ha, I know everything here.
I answered all the eight (8) Questions – And as a Young Man that is a bit rascally, I wrote at the Top of the Answer Sheet, mark any five (5)
I decree to Somebody here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – You will never fail again (Amen)
- The Man said that I didn’t just failed, I was defeated.
You see, as I was going to the Pool, before I could get in; Somebody got in before me – Somebody robbed me of Victory.
When Light comes, no more defeat!
PROPHESY:
Thank You Lord!
The Lord asked me to tell Someone – He said that the Fellow will understand.
He said: Tell Sarah your Isaac is on the way” – Amen!
Why? Because the One who is called the Light of the world is also called “The Man of War”.
Exodus 15:3 says: The Lord is a Man of War.
Whether you believe it or not, our God is not a Civilian – He is a Warrior.
As a matter of fact, if you read Psalms 24: 7-10; the Biblle calls Him the Lord of Host.
When I was a Younger Christian, I used to think when they say the Lord of Host; I thought they are saying that He is the Lord of all the Angels.
But I have seen learnt that He is the Lord of all the Host in Heaven, of all the Host of Earth and all the Host underneath the Earth.
Because the Bible says that at the Name of Jesus, every knees must bow; of things in Heaven, of things on Earth, of things underneath the Earth.
I have discovered that even the devil must get Permission from Him – If you don’t believe me, read the Book of Job Chapters 1 and 2.
And I have Good News for those of you who are truly His Own and those of you will will truly become His Own – He is not going to give the devil Permission to trouble you (Amen).
And when we talk about Him; maybe I need to emphasis this a little bit:
When you are talking about a Warrior – A True General, he will tell you that the Greatest Headache of a Warrior is what to do with the bodies of the Enemies that they killed in Battle? They don’t want to do the unpleasant job of burying those dead bodies.
And yet, if they leave the dead bodies around unburied, they will rot and that could lead to an Epidemic.
So, what does my Father do?
I. When He is fighting His Enemies by Land, He will ask the Land to open and swallow them.
He will not just kill but do the burying at the same time.
II. When he is fighting by Sea, He will just ask the sea to open – The Enemies goes in, the sea close and the fish will finish the rest of the job.
III. And in case you don’t know; my Father is the first to throw Bombs.
And if you don’t believe where that one is; when you get home, go and read Joshua 10: 1-11.
The Bible said that when the Enemies of the children of Israel were running away, it was God who was sending down Bombs – Big Stones.
The Bible said that those who are killed by the Stones were more than those killed by the sword.
The Good News is simply this:
I. If your Enemies are those that are flying in the Air, my Father will bomb them – Amen!
II. If your Enemies are those that are in the oceans/water/Marine Spirits; tonight my Father will finish them – Amen!
III. And when He want to show how Mighty He can be, when He wants to deal with the Enemies on the Land; instead of wiping them out, He could just Paralysed them.
You know that He says in His Words – Thou Preparest a Table before me in the Presence of my Enemies.
Occasionally, He doesn’t want to finish all the Enemies, He wants them to watch you while you enjoy.
I have Good News for Somebody here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – You will never be defeated again (Amen).
- That Man said: I go forward and then I go backward – I have been Stagnant for 38 years and just going round in cycles with Nothing to show for all my efforts.
There is no Promotion at all – If there is any, maybe “Chief of Sick People”.
But when the Light shone on him, the one who has been lying on the floor suddenly got up.
If you read the Story to the end, you will discovered that for the first time in 38 years, he showed up in the Church because that was where the Lord met him the Second Time.
When the People in the Church saw him, they couldn’t even recognise him – He has been gone for 38 years. But Promotion came finally.
When Light Shines, Stagnation comes to an end.
Why? Because the One who is called the Light is also the Great Promoter.
Psalms 75: 5-7; the Bible tells us that Promotion doesn’t come from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South but God is the Promoter.
And in 1 Samuel 2: 7-7; the Bible tells us that He can even pick a Beggar from the dunghill and Promote him until he begin to dine with Kings.
May I Prophesy to Someone here today or reading now on the Label of DMC – Because you came, long before you die, you will be dining with Presidents (Amen).
He can Pick you from no where and just keep on Promoting you until Presidents will be looking for you!
You said: What are you talking about Pastor?
I mean there are certain things that just don’t happen – I agree with you. But you can’t question Experience.
I was born by a Man who was so Poor that all the Poor People around call him Poor.
So, if I am to use the Language of Mathematics, I will say that the Poverty of my father is Poverty Squared. And yet God picked me up.
And the Man Standing before you; for the first 18 years of his Life didn’t have a Pair of Shoes.
When you are talking about Somebody who is Nothing, I have a rough idea.
If you want to have a rough idea of how Poor my background is, the day my father bought an umbrella, we Celebrated it – Some Chickens lost their lives.
But just to give one occasion to give you a rough idea of what God is about to do in your Life tonight.
I was visiting a Nation and I said that I will love to meet the President so that I can Pray with him for his Nation. And he agreed to see me. But they told me that he has only 15 Minutes for you – Ha, that’s fine.
Then I got there and we started talking – He was the one doing the talking and you can’t ask him to stop.
After 2 hours, I had to Politely said: Your Excellency sir, your People are waiting at the Stadium for me.
He said, Let them wait. He said that they have People they can talk to but I have no one I can tell the Secrets of my heart to.
He said that I have heard about you – Let me take the advantage of you being around; I have many Problems.
When finally he allowed me to go, I was talking to my wife – I said, look at us now! We were Nothing and now the President doesn’t want us to leave.
… He can pick a Beggar from the dunghill and Promote him to a Level where he will be dinning with Kings!
In the Name that is above every other names; you will not die Unknown – Amen!
- And then, it became clear from looking at this Story that when Light Shines, Barrenness will come to an end.
You say: What do you mean by that?
A Man who is sick for 38 years can’t be talking of getting married – If he had a wife at all, the wife would have abandoned him.
… He said: I have Nobody!
So, it is automatic that this Man never had a Child.
But I am sure that after God raised him up, when People say what happened to you and he began to share the Testimony; he became the talk of the Town:
- I’m sure that it wasn’t long after that he got married.
- I’m sure that it is not long after that he began to have children.
And do you know that another meaning of Barrenness is Fruitless Efforts.
When husband and wife has been doing what they are supposed to do and there is Nothing coming out of it.
But when the Light Shines, Barrenness and Fruitless Efforts will come to and end.
Why? Because the One who is called the Light is also “The Father”.
In Matthew 6:9; when the Lord was teaching the Disciples how to Pray, He said that this is how you must Pray: “Our Father”,
A father is different from a man – A father is someone who has at least a Child.
And when the One who is the Father of all fathers pays you a visit; your Barrenness must end.
PROPHESY
The Lord asked me to tell Someone here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC:
He said: “I will visit your Family this Month” – Amen.
In Genesis 18: 9-14; God visited Abraham and his wife at a time when everything Scientifically reasonably says: Forget it.
Sarah was already 90 years Old, Abraham was 100 years Old – That’s why when God said to Abraham that within a year, your wife will come forth with a son; the Bible said that Sarah laughed.
God said, why did Sarah laughed?
She said I didn’t laugh – Why should I laugh? I mean what you said is not funny at all.
But you know the Story – I wasn’t there o but that night in the Tent, Abraham turned to Sarah and said: How now?
Sarah said: What is wrong with you Old Man? And the Old Man said my Body feel somehow after that Visitor said what He said.
And before you know it, Sarah became Pregnant. And the People who saw the Pregnancy thought that she must have eaten extra but she was laughing.
She kept laughing until the baby came – That’s why they named the baby “Isaac”.
In the Name that is above every other names, your Fruitless Efforts end tonight – Amen!
- When Light Shines, your History will Change.
It doesn’t matter how long you have been suffering, in a Single moment; God can Change your Story!
When you go through the Scriptures; you will discovered from our Bible Text – In the Beginning was the Word.
The Beginning of all beginnings is the One called the Light.
The Bible tells us that before the Mountains were brought forth, He is God.
So, it doesn’t matter how Big your Mountain is, it is not Older than God!
And if He knows the beginning of your Mountain, He can uproot it out from the very beginning.
PROPHESIES
- I want to say Amen to this one before I tell you – Amen!
Because the Lord says that there is Someone here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC:
He said the “Biggest Breakthrough” in your Life thus far; the door of it will open soon – Amen!
- Oh Lord, Thank You very much – I believed that God loved us in South Africa..
Because He asked me to tell Someone:
He said: “I will make you Comprehensively Victorious” – Amen!
When you go through the Scriptures:
I. You will find in Mark 5: 25-34; that was the Story of the woman with the Issue of Blood – Her Problem lasted for 12 years.
II. In Luke 13: 10-13; the Bible talked about a woman who was bent double and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t Straightened Up – Her Problem lasted 18 years.
III. In John 9: 1-7; the Bible spoke about a Man who was born Blind – His Problem even started from the Womb.
But it doesn’t matter how long your Problem had been; there is Somebody that is before every Problem and He can solve every Problems – And He is the One who is called the Light!
The Bible says that He Shines in Darkness and Darkness cannot overcome it.
So, when the Light Shines tonight, all your Problems will be over – Amen!
But the Big Problem is: Will you allow the Light to Shine?
You see because God said in Revelation 3:20 – He said: Behold, I Stand by the door and I knock. If you hear my voice and you open then door; then I will come in.
You know that it is Possible for you to shut the door, shut the windows and pull the curtains – While the Sun is Shinning Brighter outside, the room can be in complete darkness.
God will not force Himself upon you!
Oh, some People said that if He said He Stand by the door and knock; if He is the Almighty, why doesn’t He force open the door.
My God is not an Armed Robber – He is a Gentleman. He will knock at the door; if you like you open the door to Him and if you like keep the door shut. After some time, if He keeps knocking and you don’t open to Him, He goes away.
But He has another reason why He will not force the door open – It is because He knows that He has His own door that if you don’t open the door to Him here on Earth, on the Last Day; you will knock at His own door too and He won’t open.
Remember what the Bishop told you – The moment Noah and all his family Members got in, who shut the door? God!
And once God has shut the door, no Man can open it.
All God can do for Light to Shine into your Life; He has already done.
He sent me all the way from Nigeria to come and be with you tonight.
You have the opportunity to Surrender, you have the opportunity to open the door of your Heart and Life and said: Let Light come in.
You can grab the opportunity or you can ignore it.
But let me tell you the Truth – Before you dare open the door of your Heart to Him, I must tell you that once He comes in, He takes over. He won’t come in and become your Tenant.
- Once He comes in, He becomes the Landlord.
- Once He comes in, He will become the One Calling the shot and will be the One dictating to you what you must do and what you must not do.
- Once you open the door to Him, you can’t live like you used to live again.
That is why the Bible says: Therefore if any Man be in Christ, He is a New Creature; Old Things has Passed away, all things has become New.
So, if you are not ready for a New Life, don’t open the door – Stay in your Darkness, continue to enjoy the devil and all the Sorrows, and all the Problems he can bring.
But if you want to say to the Lord Jesus Christ – From now on, come into my Life and take over.
Once Light comes in:
- Sickness will go out.
- Loneliness will go out
- Failure will go out
- Defeat will go out
- Stagnation will go out
- History will Change
ALTAR CALL
So, I’m giving you an opportunity now – If you truly, truly want to say: Oh Lord God Almighty, let there be Light, come into my Life, come and take over.
I will count from one (1) to ten (10) – Before I sat ten (10); you must run forward and come and Stand Stand before this Altar so that I can Pray with you for the Salvation of your Soul.
Now, those of you who has come forward and those of you who are still on the way; I want you to cry to God in your own Language (Mother Tongue).
Say: Lord Jesus, have Mercy on me, save my Soul. I opened my heart wide open to you, Please come in – Come and take over Lord. Forgive all my sins Lord and let me have a Brand New Beginning.
And the rest of us – Will you Please Stretch out your hands to your Brothers and Sisters and Intercede for them:
Pray that the One who save your Souls will save their own Souls also; Pray that they will obtain Mercy from the Lord today.
Thank You Father.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
My Father and my God, I want to bless Your Holy Name.
I want to Thank You for Your Words and I want to Thank for these Your Children who has come forward now.
Please Father, receive them, have Mercy on them, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins. Please write their names in the Book of Life and receive them into the Family of God.
And Lord, from now on; anytime they cry to You, answer them by Fire.
And Please Lord, don’t let them backslide.
From now on, I Pray that they too will be serving You all the days of their lives.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
If you have your Smart Phone, take it out and put it on Torch Light.
We are going to use this “Little Light” as a Point of Contact with God as an act of Faith.
SPECIAL PRAYER POINTS
- You are going to lift up your Voice to the Almighty God loud and clear and say: Father, let there be Light in my Life, Home, Village, Province and Nation.
Thank You Father.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
- Then you are going to Pray another Prayer loud and clear and say: Father, for the rest of my Life; don’t let my Light go out.
Go ahead and cry to the Lord.
Thank You Father.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
- Now, the next Prayer you are going to Pray; you are going to Pray it by Faith and you will Pray as if you are really, really angry.
You are going to say: In the Mighty Name of Jesus, I Command you satan: Now I have the Light of God; Satan get out your dirty hands off me.
Thank You Father.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Now I will Pray for you and after that, you will Pray one more Prayer and then I will hand you over to the Organiser!
FINAL FATHER’S DECREES
My Father and my God; Thank You for sending me to South Africa and Thank You for all the People who are gathered here.
These are very Special People because many People are Called but these are the few People that You choose.
And because You choose them, today let Your Light Shine.
Let Your Light Shine into their lives, Shine into their homes, Shine into their Business, Shine into their Proviinces, Shine into their Nation and don’t let the Light ever go out.
And Father in Your Name, I Command satan – Satan, never come near these People again.
I Command you satan in the Name that is above other names, take your dirty hands off these People and never come near them again.
And Father, in the Mighty Name of Jesus, I hereby decree that the Light that You have shone into the Life of these People will never go out.
I Pray that they will serve You till the End.
And in Your Kingdom, they won’t be missing.
Thank You Almighty God.
In Jesus Mighty Name I have decreed – Amen.
Now, if you believe that you received your own, wave your Light – Glory be to God!
Now, begin to Pray to God now and say:
Lord, for the rest of my Life, let me Shine for You wherever I go!
Keep on Praying now!!!
Thank you so much for staying all through to read.
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