people of influence
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People of Influence Exodus 1:15–20 Francis E. MADOJEMU
Lance Wallnau
I was at the IMAX theater in Singapore when "The Avengers" came out. 3-D
glasses, Surround Sound with multiplied amplificaition.....they advertised:
See more than you've ever seen
Hear more than you've ever heard
Feel more than you've ever felt
Lance Wallnau
And I said to myself.....THATS what God wants for us.
Thats what I want for my events! Heaven wants to invade earth THRU YOU!
Why can't your work be your ministry and be your portal
to experience more of heaven on earth?!?
I believe thats the era we are in right now
Would You believe: Midwives!
The word “midwife” means “to bear young, to beget, show
lineage, birth, make to bring forth, be delivered, labor,
travail.” (Strongs’ Concordance #3205 Hebrew).
1.a person trained to assist women in childbirth.
2. a person or thing that produces or aids in
producing something new or different.
Would You believe: Midwives!
This word is mentioned only three times in t h e w h o l e Bible, and each time is highly significant
The first mention is in Genesis 35:16,17.
“Then they journeyed from Bethel, and when there was but a l itt le distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor.
The first mention is in Genesis 35:16,17.
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, ‘Do not fear; you will have this son also.’”
The Role of Midwives
Intercessors are midwives that cause
projects, ideas, concepts, God's will, God's seed to come
to pass.
You all know that Rachael died in this particular case,
but the child was born.
The second mention of the midwife is found in Genesis 38:27-30.
“Now it came to pass, at the time for giving birth, that behold, twins were in her womb. And so it was, when she was giving birth, that the one put out his hand;
The second mention of the midwife is found in Genesis 38:27-30.
and the midwife took a scarlet thread and bound it on his hand, say ing, ‘ th is one came out first.’ The it happened, as he drew back his hand, that his brother came out unexpectedly;
The second mention of the midwife is found in Genesis 38:27-30.
and she said ‘How did you break through? This breach be upon you.’ Therefore his name was called Perez. Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand. And his name was called Zerah.”
The Role of Midwives
The first one we saw is that intercessors help to intercede, they help to bring
that child to birth, so our job as a group is
to help God's purposes to be birth.
The Role of Midwives
To assist in helping those things to be
birth, to help identify and know what the
will of God is.
What is that first born inheritance?
The final mention of the midwife is Exodus 1:15-20.
15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah; 16 and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
The final mention of the midwife is Exodus 1:15-20.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. 18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”
The final mention of the midwife is Exodus 1:15-20.
19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.” 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty. 21 And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them.
Who changes the course of history?
Kings? Potentates? Generals? The wealthy?
Sure.
But more often than not, it’s men and women with no power and little social
standing who most significantly reshape this
world.
Who changes the course of history?
When the king of Egypt grew worried about the exploding numbers of
Hebrew slaves, he summoned two
midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, and instructed them to murder all
Hebrew male newborns.
Who changes the course of history?
But these midwives feared God and refused to obey such a wicked
command.
Despite the king’s threats, they would not
buckle under and continued to deliver
healthy male Hebrews
Who changes the course of history?
Although they had no way of knowing it, their risky decision helped to spare the life of Moses, Israel’s God-ordained deliverer.
In civil disobedience, Shiphrah and Puah risked their lives to protect the
children God had placed in their care
Who changes the course of history?
Their bravery prompted God to show them
kindness by blessing them with families of
their own.
No doubt their children and grandchildren took part in the great exodus
from Egypt.
Who changes the course of history?
At a strategic juncture in history, these Hebrew
midwives—politically powerless, socially
despised, economically disadvantaged—defied
the ruler of Egypt to obey the God they
feared
Who changes the course of history?
Their perilous choice to do the right thing protected the line of Abraham through which the Messiah would come, thus
fulfilling God’s plan for not only the Hebrews,
but for all mankind.
Midwives & Intercessors
Notice the midwives were not doing it for
their own children, they
were doing it for somebody else.
Midwives & Intercessors
The power of intercession is seen in the fact that the
ability to bring either life or death
was in the hands of these midwives.
Midwives & Intercessors
We bring life to the purposes of God, and death to the assignments of the enemy.
Finally, the text reads that because of the faithfulness of the midwives
“Israel became great in n u m b e r a n d i n s t rength.” (Exodus 1:20).
The Outcome
This should be the outcome of our
intercession!
The kingdom of God increases both in number and in strength!
Bottom Line
You can't think God's
will you have to give birth to it.
The Midwives were not Hebrews
And if God can bless somebody from another race, without a covenant,
how much more those who have a covenant.
Every prophet is an Intercessor but not
every intercessor is a prophet. Let's never
forget.
Go back to the heart for which this purpose was created
It's never been about you. You family is in bondage
because you've not interceded for them.
You may not like them, they may not like you but do what I called you to do
because deliverance comes to a house, it doesn't just
come to an individual.
Go back to the heart for which this purpose was created
Rachael brought deliverance to her w h o l e h o u s e , R u t h b ro u g h t deliverance to her whole house. You check it out, go and check every story you read, Zacheus brought deliverance to his whole house.
Go back to the heart for which this purpose was created
There's an old yoruba proverb that says that if you're the only rich person in your family, then you are not rich. Until your family members are free, you're not free because they will drag you down.
Go back to the heart for which this purpose was created
Once they don't have a hope, they will take your hope, once they don't have provision they will come for yours. Don't ignore your father or mother who's lost out there. Don't let any one of them go, even the most wicked one amongst them.
We need to take our place like midwives
Remember what he said, Israel
increased in number and in strength, before
we pray for the church.
We need to take our place like midwives
I'm not asking us tonight to pray for us to increase in number
and strength, I'm praying for us so that the will of God will be done so that we can increase in number
and in strength.
We need to take our place like midwives
If I put my attention on number and strength, I'm making a mistake.
The reason why they increased in number
and strength was because sons were
born against the plan of the enemy
We need to take our place like midwives
We tend to concentrate on the numbers and
strength but the reason was because the
midwives were doing what they were
supposed to do and then the children were being born and so they
increased.
We need to take our place like midwives
So TBN is restricted in
number and in strength because we are not giving
birth.
No Midwives!
2 Corinthians 12:20-21
21 lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication, and l e w d n e s s w h i c h t h e y h a v e practiced.
Midwives for Mistakes
You see he is saying here that God humbled him to
intercede for them, for sins they have not
repented of.
How does somebody repent when he doesn't
know the way to repentance?
Midwives for Mistakes
So we can stand in the gap for
people who have made mistakes
and God will have mercy on them because of us.
It's like what Nehemiah and Jeremiah will do
Oh Lord, we have sinned against you, or Daniel who will
identify with the sins of the people.
So I want us to do that for our families tonight and say Lord we stand in the gap for them,
for mistakes, errors, sins, greed, wickedness that have
taken place in our family that is keeping them out of their
inheritance today,
Lord we come as your children to stand in the Gap for them
I also want us to reach out to our members, many
struggling, making mistakes, going in the wrong direction,
and just don't have the things they need.
I don't have the things I need it that's why I'm interceding because when God blesses,
he blesses all of us.
Can we take that same thing for the nation and say
Father have mercy, we have sold our birthright as a nation, we have
cheated our own people, we've sold our soul,
we've done the things we shouldn't do and our
people are suffering, Father have mercy upon
this nation
Fear of God tells you what and where!
The bible says that the midwives feared God more
than they feared Pharaoh, but you also know that the fear of
God is the beginning of wisdom, the fear of God is an
integral part of knowledge.
As you are doing what you're doing you will be accessible to wisdom and wisdom will
be accessible to you.
Prayer & Revelation
One of the greatest result of prayer is not
necessarily the physical manifestations
of prayer, it's the revelation of what you
do.
So things begin to be much clearer to you.
Increase in Number & Strength for You!
We should increase in number and strength. I
want you to zero in on your industry, your own
personal kingship and your priesthood.
What industry are you in right now, what has God
called you into? Just identify with that industry.
Increase in Number & Strength for You!
Remember I shared this, just as a man can receive nothing
except it be given to him, he didn't say a man cannot grab or steal something, in other words, there are millionaires out there
who didn't get it from God, people who stole, cheated and
beat people to become rich.
And anything you don't get from God does not
last.
Increase in Number & Strength for You!
Listen to me, you can make money God's way and use it for
him or you can make money man's way.
What I'm going to ask you is that you notice you have not been able to make money
man's way, because you are not made that way.
Increase in Number & Strength for You!
So the only thing left for you is to receive
what God has for you and the only
way you can receive what God has for you is to do what
God requires you to do for that industry
Increase in Number & Strength for You!
The only reason why we haven't received from God is that we have not created a pathway for that miracle
to come to us,
The industry is already a cheating, bad industry, until
you birth the correct one, you can't get what is due to you because a man cannot receive anything except it
be given to him by my father in heaven
Increase in Number & Strength for You!
So I'm saying we can either do it the wrong way or we can do it God's way
but there's no middle ground.
So I'm saying identify your industry and intercede for it, you'll be surprised that the little changes that will take place will brewing multiple
blessings to your house.
God will never forget you because the husband man is the first partaker of the
harvest.
Increase in Number & Strength for You!
God made a statement, for as long as the earth
remains, seed time and harvest will never cease
now God is dangerous, he didn't say if you plant good seeds, he said seed time so
if you plant good or bad, you harvest it.
Because our theme is multiply everything, not multiply everything
good. The result is going to be what we sow
John 3:5-6
Jesus answered, “ Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Documentary on the impact of the Bill Cosby show, same thing in Brazil
A New Program Newsroom, I
marveled , tears were coming to my eyes about how the man was teaching
values, to the American People.
Documentary on the impact of the Bill Cosby show, same thing in Brazil
I thought about our Nigerian film industry.
I saw what they are proclaiming and we are
selling 100s of millions of these DVDs everyday,
and instead of us to base our videos on where we
want to go, and the nation is trapped
Documentary on the impact of the Bill Cosby show, same thing in Brazil
This is just one industry. And when I
finished thinking about this:
I heard the Lord say to me, where are my heroes?
Documentary on the impact of the Bill Cosby show, same thing in Brazil
Where are those who will say I can do this anymore, I can't make sub standard
clothes, I can't make movies that draw
people back, I can't raise a church on
dependence.
where are our heroes?
Someone sent me a message about Romans 12, be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, it means that be courageous to be who God
wants you to be.
Where are our heroes who will make the video that is not about where
we are but where we need to go.
where are our heroes?
You have a time to spend here, what are they going to say about you when you go, and you are so
worried about what they are saying about you while you are here, people that don't matter.
Who you don't even matter to.
What is that thing in you that is supposed to be birth or assist to birth?
The Ultimate Midwife
So praying for your business is not intercession
but prayer for your industry
and mountain is intercession
Find Your Assignment in the Bible
Notice you even get the benefit of prospering but your prosperity comes with your obedience to
your assignment.
Have you ever found tourism, poultry and the
bible?
It's until you take off your religious glasses, you
won't see your assignment in the bible.
Find Your Assignment in the Bible
When you read your bible, you put your industry on one
side and put the bible on another
There's none of you here that whatever you
are in, is not mentioned in the bible, it's just waiting for you
to get a revelation.
Find Your Assignment in the Bible
What do you do, when you get to your business, you set it aside and when you get to church you
pick it up.
Meanwhile the secret of your success is here, in that industry
that you are in.
Find Your Assignment in the Bible
That is why he said this book of the law shall not depart from your
mouth, you shall meditate on it day and night, we think it's only
to succeed as a Christian.
We didn't see it as being successful in whatever we want to do.
Find Your Assignment in the Bible
This book of the law, we just leave the book down there.
That's why when we get up in the morning, it's as if we have two lives, one
that goes to work and one that goes to church and
we are trying to balance it out but the reason why
we are having difficulty is because they are one
Find Your Assignment in the Bible
Many years ago people who were called John farmer were farmers etc, we are the ones separating our lives.
So when you are a medical doctor and you come to church and you leave your profession outside and
everything God wants to give you to change that industry, you leave it
because you are wearing a religious cap
Find Your Assignment in the Bible
At the beginning, the king and the judge were one, God is the king and the judge of the
whole earth, it came down to man because of man's fall.
When Jesus came God brought back the judge and the king into one. It was the
fall of man that disconnected you from your calling, but the
fall has been taken care of through Jesus' death and
resurrection. God is marrying the two of them back
together
Find Your Assignment in the Bible
You are not a human being looking for a
spiritual experience, you are a spiritual
being, having a human experience.
The reason why you are here is for this earth and
it's also for heaven.
Find Your Assignment in the Bible
You're lost, confused, scared, and the devil is
having a filled day keeping us low there, so we have
no say in the government, industry, we are sitting
down there waiting for our miracle instead of creating
them.
We are allowing everybody else dictate what happens
1 Corinthians 3:21-22
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
Paul said all things are yours
that means everything was made for you,
not you made for them.
The Network Service
2nd Part of the Sermon!
The Vision Of The Three Frog-Like Creatures
In 1970 and 1979, Kenneth E. Hagin had a vision of three frog-like creatures coming up out of the Atlantic Ocean and were about to land on the shores of the U.S.
The Vision Of The Three Frog-Like Creatures
The Lord Jesus showed him that this was three strategies of Satan that was coming against our nation.
They would cause political, social and economic disturbances.
The Vision Of The Three Frog-Like Creatures
In the second vision in 1979 Jesus said to him, “If the Christians of this nation had done what I told them to in My Word and had prayed for their leaders, none of these things would have happened.
In fact, I am holding the church responsible for the president's mistakes.”
The Vision Of The Three Frog-Like Creatures
The Lord has shown me that these strategies of Satan have arisen again, in a stronger way and the saints must take their place in prayer.
We have dominion and authority over all the powers of darkness and nothing shall by any means harm us, if we take our place in prayer!
We Have A Responsibility
We don't know the responsibility we carry,
don't just give up.
We are going to pray for the nation in the area of courage, but
before we do that, are you sure you want to
do this?
A Different Paradigm
There was a time when Idahosa's ministry was
important, there was a time when Oyedepo' ministry was important because they were
dealing with idol worshippers, people whose parents were not born again, people who were struggling with the occult, a particular
ministry was necessary.
A Different Paradigm
Notice my two sons are born into a family that is already born again, they
don't have the occult connection.
They have a different pathway
from their parents!
Wrist Watches and this Generation
Dr Ken Robinson's demo of how many of you above the age of 25 have wrist
watches?
A lot of them put up their hands, does it take much thought for you to put on
your watch in the morning? Those below the age, and they didn't have.
Wrist Watches and this Generation
He said those of us who were born before the digital age, the digital age came to meets us
so we are trying to adapt while those who were born 20, 15 years ago
were born in the middle of the digital age,
Wrist Watches and this Generation
They have clocks in their phones or iPads
but you that were born before the digital age, find it hard to leave the
house without you wrist watch, even
though you don't use it
It's A New Day!
That was a move of God necessary for a time period, but there is a different move of God now, a whole
generation has passed off, theirs was to be
free, this generation is to fulfill.
It's A New Day!
One group was to be free so that they can give birth
to free born children, remember what
happened to Israel, they came out of Egypt and they started grumbling that they wanted to go
back but they were lying to themselves and they grumbled and grumbled
It's A New Day!
So much that God got angry and said anyone above 40 years was going to die, so
they spent 40 years until they were wiped out.
It was a new generation with a new
mindset that could enter into the
promised land.
Generational Thinking Battle
Some of us because of our background have have one leg in
the old generation and are just struggling to step I to the new, not that you're not a believer, you are,
but you're struggling with two generational thinking.
I'm trying to teach you get into the land and take it,
some people are still trying to teach you come
and get delivered
Joshua 1:1-9
1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, it came to pass that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: 2 “Moses My servant is dead.
Joshua 1:1-9
2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.
Two Generations
The reason why Joshua could arise
was because Moses was dead.
It was necessary for Moses to die for Joshua to arise.
We are making a fundamental mistake if we don't know the
model we are carrying has not existed before
Two Generations
What we are creating has not
existed before, if it has, Moses won't
have died for Joshua to arise.
What are you doing?
Are you Moses or Joshua?
Two Generations
He said every place that your sole will
thread I have given you, in other words I
have given you everywhere you can
reach.
It's not limited by me, it's you.
Two Generations
They had a promised land, a physical land,
we have lands of promises, wherever our feet go because of what God wants to accomplish, he
said he has given it to us.
Joshua 1:1-9
4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.
Joshua 1:1-9
5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.
Joshua 1:1-9
6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
Gods Promise to this Generation
As I was with Moses so will I be with you.
In other words, them our Men of God don't
have a bigger God than you have, it's just that your assignments are different, it's the same
God going with you both.
Gods Promise to this Generation
I will not leave you nor forsake you but there are conditions, be
strong and of good courage.
There's bad courage that is based on
presumption, good courage is based on the
word.
It's gonna take courage to do God's assignment.
Gods Promise to this Generation
It's the same God, same grace,
different assignment.
How can you say the one that is building camp is better than you. How can we even think
that way? Somebody else needs what you have. We all
need each other!
Joshua 1:1-9
7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
Joshua 1:1-9
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do
according to all that is written in it. For then y o u w i l l m a k e y o u r w a y prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Joshua 1:1-9
9 Have I not commanded you? Be s t ro n g a n d o f g o o d courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
It's time to be bold to step out!
I'm not asking you to do something special, I'm just telling you to step into what
you are supposed to do.
You can't be a king without being a priest.
You cannot successfully rule
without being a priest.
It's time to be bold to step out!
This is not about you praying for TBN, it's about you
understanding that this is part of your prophetic destiny.
Your kingship is to tell you where you're
going to operate from, your priesthood is to
tell you what your ministry.
We Rule by Prayer
• Such is the double ministry that Christ now exercises at the Father's right hand.
• As King, He rules. As Priest, He intercedes: "He ever liveth to make intercession" (Hebrews 7:25).
• Verse two describes the way in which Christ’s kingly authority is exercised: "The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies".
It's time to be bold to step out!
I used to tell people that if you are called into the media industry, do you
know that when you wake up in the morning, you're supposed to pray for that
industry?
That when the industry blossoms, you get it, and
you're part of the growth of that industry.
It's time to be bold to step out!
Have you noticed that we ignore it and when we pray,
we pray for ourselves?
When we were growing up, they used to tell us that if
there was no water in Ibadan and you pray, God will give you water, if there was no light, God will give you light, now that's not very true, you know why,
It's time to be bold to step out!
let me give you an example. How much does a brick layer earn in Oshogbo, N1200, in Ibadan, N2000, in Lagos, N4000, same brick layer,
different cities.
How much will he earn in London?
So what has changed, the city.
Jeremiah 29:7
And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace.
It's time to be bold to step out!
We are connected to the city and the purpose and the
zone of the industry to which we are called into but we've
ignored it and we are wondering why.
So when I get up in the morning and say Lord let
this industry prosper, I will be the first partaker
of it.
2 Timothy 2:6-7
The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops. 7 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
God’s Ultimate Sign• 1 Corinthians
10:11 • 11 Now all these
things happened to them as examples,
and they were written for our
admonition, upon whom the ends of
the ages have come.
•
God’s Ultimate SignGod revealed his way to Moses and His acts to the children of Israel, even the design of the tabernacle Moses received
from God Himself.
The bible records that Jesus blood was used to pacify the
heavenly tabernacle it therefore critical that to get the revelation here we must
understand this great key that opens up our understanding of
God.
God’s Ultimate Sign: The Tabernacle of Moses
• This was to be a center for worship and a place where the people could
focus upon the presence of the Lord.
• The tent constructed in this manner was then divided into two rooms divided by an intricate
veil of blue, scarlet, and purple linen
embroidered with cherubim.
God’s Ultimate Sign: The Tabernacle of Moses
• The inner, western room was called the HOLY OF HOLIES.
• It was 10 cubits square, and it
contained only one piece of furniture –
the holiest item in the tabernacle, the Ark of
the Covenant.
The crux of the matter• There seems to be
running through scripture 3
dimensions of grace, which we must look
at to understand today’s revelation of
scripture.
• This seems to be God’s order both in the New and Old Testament, which
follows a sequence. •
The crux of the matterDEATH, BURIAL AND
RESURRECTION
BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT
WHO WAS, IS AND IS TO COME
SAME, YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVER
THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
The crux of the matter• 1, 2, AND 3 • NOT BY POWER,
NOT BY MIGHT BUT BY THE SPIRIT
• FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST
• FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE
• The best is usually in the third dimension.
•
The crux of the matter• These are similar to the
tabernacle of Moses on which the revelation
stands Outer COURT, HOLY PLACE and
MOST HOLY PLACE.
• There is much that can be said about the
revelation contained in the tabernacle for now
we will base our observations on the type
of light or illumination found in each section.
The Outer Court• In the outer court,
the light here is natural and here as
it tallies with the 3rd part of our
being our knowledge or
illumination is from nature, the Sun, moon and stars.
•
The Outer Court• What we understand
here comes from our sense as this part of
the tabernacle us opened to all
including cattle, life here is noisy full of
religious activity void of understanding
and spiritual illumination, just obeying the law.
The Holy Place
• In the Holy place comes various
articles which are significant for
instance the altar of incense which is the prayers of the saint [Hebrews 13: 15]
and our worship and of course the table of
showbread type of food.
•
The Holy Place• But like I said we are
looking at the light or illumination found here provided by the lamp stand and oil which is
artificial or should I say artificial.
• 7 pipes a type of the Holy Spirit providing
illumination to feed and offer up prayer and
worship through the five fold ministry.
The Holy of Holies• The Holy of Holies,
which is our destination and the
desire of all our hearts, is a room of exactly the
same length breath and height signifying,
The Triune God.
• There is only one item of furniture – the
holiest in the tabernacle, the Ark of
the Covenant. •
The Holy of Holies• [At the death of Jesus
this was the veil that was torn from top to
bottom]
• Matthew 27:50-51 • 50 And Jesus cried out
again with a loud voice, and yielded up His
spirit.51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from
top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the
rocks were split,
The Holy of Holies• We also have the
Mercy seat and the two golden cherubim that face each other
signifying the presence of GOD
Himself.
• The Ten Commandments
signifying the law in our hearts and manna supernatural provision.
The Holy of Holies• However, we must
notice that there is no natural or artificial light here the illumination
here is GOD HIMSELF.
• Here we are totally dependent on God he
is our life our sufficiency, our source
for everything. • This is God desire and
destination for His Children.
What has this to with the church?
• In the book of revelation • John heard the voice
behind him and turned around to hear the
voice and saw Jesus in the midst of the
candlesticks but the candlesticks are the
churches in other words the CHURCH is
in the second dimension.
•
What has this to with the church?
• This means there is more than being in
church than we have faced there is more in
God than we have considered so far in our walk with God.
• Death, Burial and Resurrection
What has this to with the church?
• It seems we have assumed that the church is the end for which Christ
died, the church is not in the holy of
holies it is the pathway we must pass to it but not our destination.
What has this to with the church?
• Remember the book of Corinthians and Ephesians’ say that God has set some in the church, Apostles,
Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and teachers, to perfect or mature
the saints. “To do the work of the ministry and to edify or build
up the body.”
Conclusions
• We are to be prepared and
equipped in church to go further not stay but go into
that place in God.
• What does it entail; it is living a Christian life after church.
Conclusions
• Going out to save souls, helping the
poor and the needy.
• Do you know that God never asked the unbeliever to go to church but
we are asked to go the unbeliever?
Conclusions• We seem to feel
we have arrived by being in
church but we need to go
beyond church in worship and
relationship with God.
Conclusions• Let me challenge
you today if we have become
boring and isolated ourselves from unbelievers and
church has become where we
get our shots something is wrong
Conclusions• Unbelievers are not
excited about our lives and not
attracted to church as many have become
mechanical and predictable.
• This brings us into the kingdom principle the church is not the kingdom of God but the church is in the
kingdom.
Conclusions
• Kingdom is a sphere of influence by a
King God wants us to increase his
kingdom or influence we assume he wants us to win people to our
church.
• The Kingdom of God is the 3rd
Dimension of God.
Conclusions• We are to influence people
in every aspect of our life the church is the largest
light under a bushel especially in our daily
secular life touch their life’s and bring the kingdom to
bear.
• Then we can bring them to church or the school for the principal or pastor to care
for the till graduation into life not huge cribs afraid to
bring God’s influence to our surrounding.
•
Conclusions• We can’t keep
preaching over the heads of
hundreds to save one soul or two
• When we can win them and bring
them to be taught and equipped to
bring others.
Parable - Luke 8:3-10 • 5“A sower went out to sow
his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the
wayside; and it was trampled down, and the
birds of the air devoured it. 6“Some fell on rock; and as
soon as it sprang up, it withered away because it
lacked moisture. 7“And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. 8“But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a
crop a hundredfold.” •
Parable - Luke 8:3-10 • When He had said these
things He cried, “He who has ears to hear, let him
hear!” 9Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?” 10And He said, “To you it has been given to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘Seeing they may not see, And hearing they may not understand.’ (11)Now the parable is this: The
seed is the word of God.
Matthew 13:35-39
•36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him,
saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”
37He answered and
said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
38“The field is
the world, the good seeds are the sons of the
kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. 39
“The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the
harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are
the angels.
•
Seed, The Word or People
• The WORD • Luke 8:11 • (11)Now the parable
is this: The seed is the word of God.
• CHIDREN OF GOD Matthew 13:38
• (38) The field is the world; the good seed
are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children
of the wicked one;
Seed, The Word or People • HOW ? • John 1:14 KJV • (14) And the Word was
made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• You are the word
going to work or ministry, The kingdom is forged in the world
[Egypt] not in the church.