FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN – PART 40 (CASE STUDY OF JOSHUA – PART 27): “FEAR NOT – PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE:25TH FEBUARY 2024

SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE

TOPIC: FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN – PART 40 (CASE STUDY OF JOSHUA – PART 27): “FEAR NOT”.

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 25TH FEBUARY 2024

BIBLE TEXT: JOSHUA 8: 1-2

Let Us Pray!

SONG

There is None Holy as the Lord
There is None beside thee
Neither is there are any Rock like our God
There is Nine Holy as the Lord

OPENING PRAYER

The Holy One of Israel – We Worship You.

There is None like You – You are Glorious in Holiness, You are Fearful in Praises; You are a Wonder Working God.

We bless Your Holy Name – Please accept our Worship in Jesus Name.

Father, Your Children are Gathered here today to hear Your Words; Please Speak to us; give us the “Hearing Ear”, send Your Words to us Lord and Perform Miracles in all our lives.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

We are moving on to Part 40 in our Series and we are still looking at the same Bible Text – Joshua 8: 1-2.

Joshua 8:1-2:

1. And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear Not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the People of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his People, and his City, and his Land:
2. And thou shalt do to Ai and her King as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a Prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the City behind it.

There is something called “The Law of Priority” – It means what is Uppermost in your Heart is what you will attend to first.

You know that the Bible says that out of the Abundance of the Heart, the mouth speaketh.

So when out of the Abundance of your Heart your mouth is about to speak, what your mouth will speak first will be what will be a Priority among all the other things that you are going to say.

The first thing God said to Man in Genesis 1: 26-28 is: “Be Fruitful”. Then He went on to say Multiply et cetera et cetera.

… Be Fruitful – That is the Priority!

Even on the basis of that alone, I have the Privilege of decreeing to all those of you who are Trusting God for the Fruit of the Womb, You will not die barren – Amen!

Now, the first thing that God said to Joshua here is: “Fear Not”.

Now, God will only say to you “Fear Not” only when there is something to Fear – When you have reasons to Fear.

I mean like I have always told you – If you see an Angel for the first time, you will be afraid I guaranteed you because an Angel is not that Picture that you see, maybe with Wings. That is Demons.

An Angel is huge – If you want to know how big an Angel can be; you know the Plane called 747? An Angel can carry a 747 Plane on the Palm of his hands like a toy. That is how big an Angel can be.

DMC NOTES: The Boeing 747 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States. After introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2+1⁄2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30% to democratize air travel.

There is no Human Being that will see Somebody that Big and will not be afraid.

So, the first thing that an Angel will say to you is: “Fear Not” because you have something to fear.

In the case of Joshua – Put yourself in the shoes of Joshua: If you are Someone that had thought that you can never, never fail and you can never be defeated and all of a sudden, you found yourself flat on your face; then you will be afraid.

I have told you in the Past that if you fight against God, you will loss.

There is Nobody who can fight against God and win – That is Simple.

But I have also told you that if God is Neutral – If He is not fighting you but He is not Helping you as well, them you will loss.

And Joshua had discovered that in a very Dramatic Mannner and he was afraid.

Okay, I have Restituted my ways o – I have killed Achan; Oh God what next? What is my future going to be like?

I Pray once again – From this moment onwards, you will never suffer another defeat (Amen).

So, God said: Alright, let us begin where we should begin – “Fear Not”.

I Pray for all of us who has something to fear right now; in the Name that is above every other name, whatever is causing your Fear will disappear – Amen

Fear is a Terrible Thing – It is a Tormentor!

1 John 4:18 says: Fear has torment.

When Somebody is afraid, he is like Somebody who is bring Tormented – Someone who has a Problem and the Problem is tormenting you.

You have a situation that you can’t handle, a situation you can’t deal with on your own, a situation when you don’t know what is going to happen next – That can be tormenting!

And “Fear Not” is the opposite of Faith!

… And we really need to understand what Fear is!

Today, I Pray that the Almighty God will give me the Ability to really explain to you what Fear is so that you won’t fear anymore.

Fear is the opposite of Faith – It is based on whose Reports are you going to believe. That is the Foundation of Fear!

Are you going to believe the Report of the Lord or are you going to believe the Report of the Devil? – That is what determines whether you have Faith or Fear!

Isaiah 53:1 says: Who has believed our Report;; to whom has the Hand of the Lord been revealed?

1. Whose Report are you going to believe because Fear is actually saying: You can believe the Report of the Devil.

But why should you believed the Report of the Devil?

Afterall, you should know John 8:44 tells us that Satan is a liar – Not Ordinary liar but the father of lies. He is Lying Personified.

It is Satan who says: Ha, you are in trouble; Ha, you are not going to escape this one; Hey, you are caught now. It is Satan that says that there is no future for you.

But he is a liar and so as a Child of God, don’t believe Satan but believe God instead.

2. Whose Report are you going to believe? Is it the Report of the Devil or the Report of Men?

The Doctors said that you have Cancer, it is Stage 4, it has spread and there is Nothing more that we can do – Whose Report are you going to believe? Is that the Report of the Lord?

Don’t you know that it is written in Romans 3: 3-4 – The Bible says: Hey, let all Men be liars but let God be True.

The Report of God is what is so important!

Oh, the Specialist has spoken! Ha, haven’t you read that in Jeremiah 17:5 that Curse is the Man who put his Trust in Man; Curse is the Man who made the arms of the flesh his Own Support.

Yes, Science may say some things, but what is God saying?

Faith says: I believe God’s Reports; Fear says: I believe the Reports of Man.

I’m sure that those of you who are old will remember the Story of one of my children who was a Soap Maker.

And on a Saturday Night, because he knew that he won’t be coming to work on Sunday, decided to mix the Chemicals that he will use for his Soap Making the following Monday and in the Process, he fell and a bowl of Acid fell and splashed on his face.

And he was in Agony for hours because everybody had closed; until a Man was Passing by and saw the door of his Factory opened and he went in and saw him on the Ground and they rushed him to the Hospital.

And after the Doctors had treated him, the Doctor began to ask him Questions – Have you a Child? – Yes; Old enough to how many years Old? – He said Yes. And so on and so forth.

He finally asked the Doctor – Why are you asking all these Questions? The Doctors said because you will never see again. The acid had already eaten up your eyes and so you will be needing Somebody who will be leading you in the hand from now on.

And he said to the Doctor – Is that so? And the Doctor said without any doubt..

And he said Thank You very much; could you help me a little further? Get me a Taxi and let them take me to the Redemption Camp – Let me go to my father-in-the-Lord, let me go and hear the Report of the Lord.

And they brought him here (Redemption Camp) – And I’m telling you that when I saw his face, even my own Faith shook but I had to put up a bold face and Pray that there is Nothing God cannot do.

And I’m saying to Somebody here today listening to me or reading now on the Label of DMC – Your own case will not be impossible with God (Amen).

And we Prayed a Simple Prayer – We cried to the Almighty God, the Maker of Eyes and that Man lived for several more years without using Glasses.

The Almighty God who can restore; the One who can reverse the Irreversible is the One whose Reports you should believe!

And His Report to you today is that – That thing that you considered Irreversible, shall be reversed – Amen!

Who is Stronger – Is it the Devil or God?

Because Jeremiah 32:27, the Almighty God said – Behold, I am the God of all flesh, is anything “Too Hard” for me?

In Luke 1:37; the Almighty God said in His Word – For with God, Nothing shall be Impossible!

And the meaning of “Nothing” is “Not A Thing” – You can’t find “A Thing” that is “Too Hard” for God to do!

In Genesis 18: 9-14; God said to Abraham – Tell Sarah your wife: She is going to have a son in nine (9) Months time and Sarah laughed.

And God said: Sarah, why are you laughing?

Sarah said that I didn’t laugh! Why will I laugh? I am only 90 years old, my Husband is 100 and you are talking of us having a son?

Is that something to laugh about?

God said: Is there anything “Too Hard” for the Lord to do?

The Question is: Whose Report are you going to believe?

Your own Report that says that it is “Too Late” for you or the Report of the Almighty God – The God of all flesh.

Who is Stronger – You or God?

If God says that I can do it, then it is done!

I am Praying for all of you who are facing what looks like Impossibilities; even before the end of this Month; you will have cause to shout Hallelujah – Amen!

Who is the Most Influencier?

Because when we are talking of whose Report you will believe, the issue of Influence can Play a Part.

I mean that you can go to Court and the High Court can say that you are Guilty.

You can go to the Appeal Court, the Appeal Court can say: Hey, you are free to go.

Or both the High Court and Appeal Court can say that you are Guilty but the Supreme Court can say: Don’t mind them.

And if the Supreme Court says: Hey, you are Discharged and Acquited; no High Court Judge can say No.

Why? Influence! Someone is higher than Someone else!

Who is the Highest?

Psalms 91:1 says: He that dwelleth in the Secret Place of the Most High – That is talking about God.

Ecclesiastes 5:8 says: He is Higher than the highest.

If you can think of anybody who you think is the highest; there is Somebody higher than him still – That’s the Almighty God and it is His Report that you should believe.

He is the One who said in Isaiah 66:1 – He said: Heaven is my Throne, the Earth is my Footstool.

That means that the “Highest Man” in the whole world; the Man with the “Highest Authority” on Earth, sitting on his “Highest Exalted” Throne – That Throne is still under the feet of the Almighty God.

That is why you shouldn’t Fear because He is the Supreme God.

The Bible calls Him: “The Judge of the Universe” – His own Court is higher than any other Court anywhere!

Why should you not Fear? – Ask the Question: Who is All-Knowing?

Oh, the Devil may know a little bit about your future; but the Elders has a saying that: The High Priest of the Devil can see at least four (4) days ahead. That is why they had to check their Oracle every 5 days.

But the Almighty God knows the end from the Beginning.

Revelation 1:8, He says: I am the Alpha and the Omega, the One who was, the One who is and the One who is to come.

The Bible says in Acts 15:18 – It says: Known unto God are all His works from the Beginning of the Earth.

Isaiah 46: 9-10; the Almighty God says: I am God, there is None else – None like me.

He said that I declare the End from the Beginning – He is the Only One Person who knows your End. And He knows your End even from the Beginning.

He is the One whose Reports you should believe – He is the One who knows your tomorrow.

Who is Omnipresent? Who is the One who is everywhere at all times?

Oh as Fearful as the Devil may be to you, he can only be at one Place at a time.

But God is Ever Present – Anywhere you are, He is there.

Psalms 46:1 says: Our Ever Present Help Particularly in times of Trouble.

Oh, you may be in a Strange Land, He is there – Don’t be afraid!

You may be in the Air – He is there!

You may be in the Sea – He is there.

… He is everywhere at all times – Don’t be afraid.

Why the devil is walking seeking who he may devour; according to 1 Peter 5:8 – It says the Devil like a roaring Lion is walking about, seeking who he may devour.

The Bible tells us in 2 Chronicles 16:9 that the eyes of the Lord are running to and fro throughout the whole Earth, to show Himself Strong on behalf of those who are doing His Will.

Like Someone said – There are two (2) People: One is walking and the other is running; who is likely to arrive first?

So, you find yourself in trouble and the devil says: Hey, I have gotten you?

There is Somebody who is running, who has seen what is about to happen before they could happen.

David said something in Psalms 23:4 – He said though I walk in the Valley of the Shadow of Death; I will fear no evil.

Somebody explained that the reason that there is a Shadow is because there is a Sun Shinning!

And the Almighty God is the Sun of Righteousness – Malachi 4:2.

So, if all of a sudden, you see yourself in the Shadow of Death, don’t be afraid – This Shadow can only appear because the Sun is there.

And that Fellow went on to say: Oh, the Lion can kill but the Shadow of a Lion is harmless.

The Shadow will not harm you – It can’t harm you because of the Sun of Righteousness.

The Sun of Righteousness is always there by your side Shinning.

Why should you be afraid when God is on your side?

Have you forgotten that He is a Miracle Worker?

Isaiah 9:6 says that His Name is Wonderful – Full of Wonders,

Exodus 15:11 says who is like unto thee Oh God – Glorious in Holiness, Fearful in Praises and doing Wonders.

Daniel 6: 25-27 – Even an Idol Worshipping King said – There is no God like the God of Daniel.

He said that this God can deliver, He can rescue, He can Perform Wonders in Heaven and on Earth.

So, God is saying to Somebody today – “Fear Not”. Just believe in me.

He went on to tell him (Joshua) if you read further – He said I am your God; He said: “Fear Not”.

And so, I’m saying to all Children of God today – Put Fear away from you!

You know that I came to live in the Redemption Camp almost forty (40) years ago now – I came with my wife and my little children to come and live in a Jungle surrounded by Pythons, Poisonous Snakes; by a High Way that was Notorious for High Way Robbers,

As a matter of fact, Redemption Camp then was in a Jungle which was the Headquarters of High Way Robbers because when we were walking through the bush, we saw where the High Way Robbers used to come and open the boxes they stole from the People they robbed.

Somebody said: How could you do that? Are you not afraid?

Ha, I have discovered that if God is on your side, there is Nothing to fear.

It is God who Pointed out this Jungle for me and said: Hey, that is the City that I Promised you and I am with you.

And if God is with you, who can be against you?

I am crying to God to those of you who are my Children that from now on, you will only believe the Report of the Lord and you won’t believe the Report of the Devil.

You won’t even believe the Report of the Best Physicians as you will believe only the Report of the Lord!

And the Report of the Lord is saying: It shall be well with you and He will be with you!

Achan is gone now and from now on, it is going to be well with you.

ALTAR CALL

As for those of you who has not yet given your Life to Jesus Christ; you have cause to be afraid o!

Because Jesus Christ said that those who are not with me are against God.

And if you are against God, you are in Trouble – Serious Trouble.

If you are against God, you can’t win.

So Please, Surrender to God now – If you Surrender to Him, He will take care of you.

So, those of you who wants to give your Life to Jesus Christ, if you will bow your Head wherever you are now or reading now on the Label of DMC and cry to God; I will Pray with you and He will save your Soul.

Let Us Pray!

PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER

Ancient of Days, I want to Thank You once again for Your Words and I want to Thank for the Assurance that we have Nothing to Fear.

I Thank You for those who has made up their Mind that they will Surrender to You.

Father, Please receive them, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins, bring them into the Family of God and from now on, keep them from Evil.

Anytime that they cry unto You, Please answer them by Fire.

And all of us who are Your Children, I Pray that from now on, we will never know Fear again.

Thank You Almighty God.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

Once again, I’m rejoicing with those of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ.

I want to assure you that God helping me, from now on I will be Praying for you.

And so, you get in Contact with me as soon as Possible.

And visit the nearest The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) to you and ask the Pastor there – What do I do next that I’m Born Again and he will tell you.

And I Promise you that I will be Praying for you.

It will be well with you in Jesus Name – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!!!

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