THE OVERCOMERS: RCCG MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE 2025 (DAY 3 EVENING SESSION) – PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

RCCG MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE 2025 (DAY 3 EVENING SESSION)

THEME: THE OVERCOMERS

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

TOPIC: LOVE

DATE: 2ND AUGUST 2025

BIBLE TEXT: 1 JOHN 4:4 AND ROMANS 8:35-39

SONG:

You are highly lifted up
There is no one like You
Halle Halle Halle
Hallelujah.

Jehovah – You are the Most High
Jehovah – You are the Most High God.

OPENING PRAYER

Ancient of Days, we Worship You.

Thank You for another Glorious Day.

Thank You for everything You have done from the beginning of this Minsters’ Conference.

Thank You for the People who have just arrived; and Thank for Journey Mercies.

Please, accept our Worship in Jesus’ Name.

My Father and my God, Your Children are getting ready all over the Place; gathering to Worship You; Please Magnify Yourself Lord in all our Churches.

Save Souls, Heal the Sick, Set the Captives free and let all be well.

And Tonight, Please continue with us.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

Well, let Somebody shout hallelujah – Hallelujah.

Shake hands with someone, say: Welcome again Overcomer.

Please be seated.

HYMNS

  1. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty.
  2. Immortal invincible God only wise.
  3. I am so Glad that our Father in Heaven.

Say Thank You to Jesus.

Thank You for Loving me, Lord.

Glory be to Your Holy Name.

Father, Thank You for Loving us.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

Let me hear you shout hallelujah – Hallelujah.

You may want to tell the fellow to your Left and to your Right – Do you know God Loves me?

As you know, our Theme is: “The Overcomers”.

And our Main Bible Text is 1 John 4:4 – Ye are of God, little children, and have Overcome them: because Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.

In the Morning, we discussed the fact that if you want to Please Him, and you want Him to stay; then you should have a Child-like Faith.

Now we want to talk about “LOVE”.

Why? It’s because Romans 8:35-39 says;

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.

38 For I am Persuaded, that neither Death, nor Life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor things Present, nor things to come,

39 Nor Height, nor Depth, nor any other Creature, shall be able to separate us from the Love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Paul was saying, neither of all the things mentioned here shall be able to separate us from the Love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The One in us makes us Overcomers: And He is called Love.

1 John 4:8 says, He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is Love.

If we want Him to save, we must remember there’s a link between Faith, Works and Love.

Galatians 5:6 says, For in Jesus Christ neither Circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but Faith which worketh by Love.

Ephesians 3:17 says, That Christ may dwell in your Hearts by Faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in Love.

If I want God to dwell Permanently in me, I must address the issue of Love.

Because Love is an extremely Powerful Force – Like a Magnet, Love draws one to another.

If two (2) People are in Love, they will locate each other.

For instance I attended a Programme and there was one Particular fellow I hoped to see, but he wasn’t there.

When I called to find out why he couldn’t make it, he asked “How did you know I was absent?” Love!

The Elders have a saying – Thank God for African Elders.

They say, “No matter how busy a crowd, a mother would identify the voice of her child.”

Because of Love!

LOVE MAKES YOU DO CERTAIN THINGS

  1. I discovered that Love can Walk on Water.

In Matthew 14:22-29, the Disciples were in a boat and there was a Storm. Jesus was walking on water towards them.

“And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come.

And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.”

Immediately Jesus said to Peter, Come! He jumped out of the boat and began to walk on water.

You’ve spoken about the doubting Peter that sank; yet you don’t talk about the fact that he actually walked on water.

I know he began to sink; what caused him to jump out of the boat is Love!

It is a Magnetic Force – Before he knew it, he was out of the boat, walking on water towards Jesus.

  1. In John 21:1-8, the Disciples of Jesus Christ went back to fishing and they caught Nothing.

Then Jesus Christ saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.

One of the Disciples recognized that it was the Lord.

And as soon as Peter heard, “it is the Lord” he jumped into the water.

“Therefore that Disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.”

Because of Love!

  1. In Matthew 26:58, when they arrested Jesus Christ, Peter followed from afar.

We are quick to Preach on the fact the Peter denied Jesus; what of the fact that he followed from afar?

He followed!

  1. Love Provokes Revelation:

In Matthew 16:15-18, Jesus asked, “Who do Men say I am?” Peter said, I know You are the Christ.

Jesus said to Peter, you got your information directly from Heaven.

He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in Heaven.

  1. In Songs of Solomon 8:6, the Bible says Love is as Strong as Death.

There are People who depend on us and are Praying for God to Preserve our lives.

You know, we would be thinking, if we die now, what will happen to so and so?

“Set me as a seal upon thine Heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is Strong as Death; Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.”

  1. Love can take you to a Position you don’t even Deserve – Ruth is mentioned when talking about the Lineage of Jesus Christ.

In Matthew 1:1-9, the Bible says,The book of the Generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

They mentioned Ruth an Heathen because in Ruth 1:1-18, her husband died and the mother in-law asked her to return to her People – Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

The Bible says, And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy People shall be my People, and thy God my God:

Ruth said to Naomi, I Love you and I want to go with you.

The old woman said, in that case: You are Welcome to our Special Family-Line.

… I don’t want to take long Tonight, because you have to Prepare for Church tomorrow.

In our Journey to Heaven, the Great issue is just one Question: “Do you Love Me?”

In John 21:15, the Bible says, So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?

Three (3) times Jesus asked Peter that Question: You have failed, I know. It is written, you deny me before Men, I will deny you before my Father. But do you Love me more than these (3 times)?

He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?

Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time – Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I Love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my Sheep.

In Mark 12:28-31, someone came to Jesus and said, Which is the first Commandment of all?

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the Commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy Mind, and with all thy Strength: this is the first Commandment.

Do you Love the Lord?

I know we sang that Hymn:

I am so glad that Jesus loves me
Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me;
I am so glad that Jesus loves me
Jesus loves even me.

  • Do you really Love Him? I know you will say Yes.
  • Why are we in Ministry? Could it be because we Love Him? Or there was a time we loved Him?

There was a time that being a Pastor was associated with Poverty – We heard things like, “As Poor as a Church Rat.”

Do you you really Love Him? If you say Yes, are you aware that Love Gives?

John 3:16, For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not Perish, but have Everlasting Life.

Love gives All – it doesn’t just take.

2 Corinthians 12:15 says, And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more Abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

Love causes you to Surrender your all.

I have always told you that I was born Poor:

  • We were so Poor that for the first eighteen (18) years of my Life, I had no shoes.
  • We were so Poor that even Poor People called us Poor!

Somehow, by the Mercies of God, I was able to go to School.

And I became a Lecturer at the University.

Then I said, Thank God, I can now say bye bye to Poverty.

Because as a University Lecturer, we were entitled to Accommodation, a Loan to buy a car, Transportation Allowance to fuel the car.

Oh, Thank God, it’s bye bye to Poverty!

So when my father-in-the-Lord said he was going to Ordain me a Pastor, I said no way! God won’t do such an evil thing to me.

For two (2) weeks, my wife and I Fasted, and Prayed – “God tell that Old Man he made a mistake.”

But He didn’t answer that Prayer and I was Ordained a Pastor.

When later on the Old Man said that I would succeed him, I said forget about that! Just choose someone else and I would support the fellow.

I wrote a Letter to my father-in-the-Lord explaining why I didn’t want to succeed him – “Anybody you put there, I will support one hundred Percent (100%).

Thank God someone read that Letter to him – Elder Kuo was the one who read the Letter to Papa.

So he sent for me, and we talked – I explained to him why I can never go on Full Time Ministry.

Finally he said okay, I agree with you but remember one thing, that I Love You!

Love can break the back of a Carmel.

That destroyed my Resistance.

Do You Love God?

At the beginning of our Ministry, those who were with us were Poor People but they loved God.

They couldn’t spend, but they spent for the Lord.

So I appeal to the younger ones, Please respect the Older ones.

You may think that they are slow; that they are not educated and highly sophisticated but they know about spending and being spent for God.

When we were building the First Auditorium, we had no money but all these People worked as Labourers.

They would go to work in the Morning – As soon as they close, they rush straight from work to the Camp so we can work as Labourers.

We worked till 3:00am, then we would go and sleep.

They would leave for work by 6:00am and come back again after work.

We worked as Labourers – Offloading cement.

I would carry one bag on my right hand, another bag on my left hand and I called it Balancing the Equation.

On one occasion, as I was going round by 2:00am; I found someone sleeping on a bench. And I said, it was not yet time to rest.

When I moved closer, I discovered she was a Pregnant woman who was in Labour – And she delivered right there.

Then we had no Gas Cooker – We fetched firewood.

We cooked our own food, washed the plates ourselves.

We knew what it is to Love God – We spent the little we had, and we were spent.

So respect and honour the Elders – They know what is called Love; because one day you too would be old.

As at 1983, almost all of them were Youths.

The Question is: Do you Love Him?

Among the Older ones who were with us back then; we collected all our December Salaries and bring everything for God’s Work.

Another fellow brought all her salary and was trekking to and from work.

When I found out, I said, at least let me give you Transportation to and from work so that you would stop trekking.

… All of these motivated us.

I heard the Story of Foreign Missionaries – A young couple who just got married and moved down to Africa.

They saw a Walled-Up Place, asked what was going on inside.

They were told it’s a Lepers’ Colony – That People only go inside but are never allowed to come out.

They couple said, has anybody Preached Salvation to them?

For the Bible says, love your Neighbour as yourself.

Ask yourself, how many Souls have you brought to Jesus Christ in the last one year? How many s6ouls? People of your kind:

  • Lawyers bring Lawyers
  • Doctors bring Doctors
  • Business Men and Women bring Business People.
  • Students bring Students.

… How many Souls have you brought to Jesus Christ?

The Foreign Missionaries said that they would like to go inside the Lepers’ Colony – “Anybody who goes inside would never be able to come out.”

But we would love to Preach to them – “If you go inside, you would not come outside.”

The couple looked at each other and said, “All He said is “Go!”

Please open the door, we will go in there.

When God sends you, you must go – We don’t care, because we know He is Loves!

We’ve heard the Story of another Foreign Missionary – A Lady who came to Africa to Preach in a Village – Many People Surrendered their lives to Jesus.

After she was done, she asked, “Is there any other Village around here I can go and Evangelize?”

They said Yes, but there are Lions on the way.

But she said, I must go and Preach Jesus there.

A very Old man said, fine! If you must go, then I’ll lead the way.

The Missionary looked at him and said, you can’t defend me?

The Old man said, “Lions don’t kill except they are hungry and they don’t kill for fun.”

I will go ahead, and the Lion will kill me – Once they are well fed, you can pass.

There is also the Story of one of my sons who is in Northern Nigeria.

Terrorists went to his house, they didn’t meet him at home but his wife and new born Babies (twins) were home.

The Terrorists slaughtered the twins – The wife almost went crazy.

When I heard the News, I sent for my son – I asked him to come over to the South West.

He said Daddy, that’s not the way you taught us – Darkness runs from Light, not Light running from Darkness.

Do you Love God?

I want you to go to Him in Prayer, and ask for Grace to Love Him more.

God Bless You!

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