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[Music] is [Music] yes [Music] [Music] [Applause] it's all about you lord [Applause] [Applause] cause it's all about you [Music] it's all about you oh god i know it's all about [Music] it's never about me yay foreign [Music] [Music] it's [Music] hallelujah can you just make that a prayer in a moment just express your heart to god let him know everything we do everything you are it's all about him lord truly it's all about you everything we are everything we do everything we shall ever become hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah how many of you are excited to be in church today the bible says i was glad when they said let us go into the house of the lord hallelujah i just want you to extend the greeting to your neighbor on your left and your right tell your neighbor make your neighbor welcome to church wherever you are in the main hall of the gallery hawaiian the basement overflow please make your neighbor welcome greet your neighbor hallelujah hallelujah so just like you to please listen to a few announcements before the service um if you hear we thank god for what god did for us last week during the miracle service can somebody just give god praise for those miracles hallelujah i know some of you may have gone back and to meet testimonies and god has already begun to answer your prayers i would like to share your prayer your testimonies kindly just go to the back and meet the public relations department and they'll be glad to process you and give you an opportunity to testify hallelujah and also we want to encourage you to look out for your personal security please make sure that you have your bags your ports your phones in your site at all times and when coming out for altar calls something like um an altar call to give your life to christ you will want to come with your bags and your phones and all your luggage that you came to church with and in case you have a medical emergency there's a need to get the doctors we have a medical team out there well furnished medical outfit there and you can just walk to the back and the medical team will be glad to attend to you also we have restrooms on all floors of this building and those in the overflow we have mobile restrooms outside that you can actually make use of amen if you're looking for them you can just ask the ushers or any of the team and they'll be glad to guide you to them and also we know we're expected to start a powerful series this week how many of you are excited oh god hallelujah i want you to do something go online we are on facebook or on um twitter on instagram we are on youtube share this link with your friends let them connect let them be blessed invite someone via the link you may not be here but let him know that connect to the service you will get blessed hallelujah how many of you are expectant this evening please can you rise up on your feet and just express your desire to god hallelujah [Music] just go ahead and talk to the lord lift up your hands if you're excited tonight to be in another service like this lift up your hands and just go ahead and talk to the lord [Music] just go ahead and say thank you jesus thank you for the gift of life thank you for your faithfulness thank you for your goodness come on just go ahead and talk to the lord go ahead and talk to the lord paul said i will bless him in the spirit and i will bless him in my understanding just go ahead and talk to the lord go ahead and talk to the lord come on is someone talking to the lord [Music] if you know you are excited to be in tonight's meeting just go ahead and declare expectations before the law before your maker come on is someone talking to the lord go ahead and give him thanks give him thanks give him thanks give him thanks give him thanks he says end time to his kids with thanksgiving and into his courts with praises come on lift up your voice lift up your voices in praises unto the lord in gratitude unto the lord [Music] come and go ahead come on go ahead jalapa the meeting has begun already come on is someone praying tonight is someone crying tonight the bible says the expectations of the righteous shall not be cut short what are your expectations for tonight meeting go ahead and declare before your maker before your king before the righteous george mccabe those in all the overflows don't be left out those in the basement in the gallery don't be left out those outside don't be left out [Music] of [Music] we have one more minute just to give god thanks we have one more minute just to give him thanks just to give him thanks for the many miracles for the many testimonies for the influence for the anointing for the power of god for his manifest presence for the breakthroughs the faithful we give you thanks tonight oh god receive our thanksgiving tonight receive our worship tonight receive our thanksgiving tonight receive our praises tonight yes me i will reference you lord [Music] i will reverence you lord [Music] for in your presence there is joy everlasting [Music] i [Music] go ahead and lift up your voice and sing unto him lift up your hands and sing unto him i will reverence you lord for in your presence there is life everlasting [Music] i will reference you [Music] just one prayer point second corinthians chapter 2 and verses 11. [Music] the reason why i'm sharing these scriptures with us is because we have an information for this service that a very powerful series will commence tonight are we excited are we ready are we hungry already come on give the lord a shout of praise if you are if you're ready for satan to be demystified once and for all for that all serpent that old beast to be demystified once and for all lift up a shout of victory lift up a shout of victory hallelujah very quickly it says les satan should get an advantage of us it says we are not ignorant of the devices hallelujah so that means the greatest strength of satan is in his ability to masquerade himself in our ignorance hallelujah that is what does that is the only thing that proposed satan to be to look seemingly powerful his ability to masquerade himself in darkness in ignorance in our confusions but tonight is the exception tonight is the exception it says lest satan has an advantage of us he says we are not ignorant of his devices so that means satan has devices if he tries one and it doesn't work he can try another but only believers are stereotyped in their approach to darkness and satan hallelujah so that means we must trust that tonight god will increase our armory god will increase our strategies if you are that one believer tonight lift up your voice and pray and say lord open my eyes to see open my eyes to see tonight open my eyes to see tonight if you are that one person that oppression will end tonight in his your life lift up your voice and pray and say lord cause my eyes to see let satan be demystified tonight cross my ears to see to hear cause my heart to perceive and understand come on is somebody praying is somebody praying [Music] is somebody praying sha allah it is whom the god of this world has blinded their eyes lest they see lest they see so that means the goal of satan is to disallow you from seeing is to cause your eyes to be blinded lift up your voice and pray and say lord let tonight let the scales fall of my eyes let the scales fall of my eyes i will not be ignorant anymore i will not be ignorant anymore go ahead and say thank you jesus says blessed are your eyes for the sea and blessed are your ears for thee here thank you father in jesus mighty name we have prayed somebody give jesus praise in this room tonight come on your praise can be louder it can be more heartfelt it can carry more weight more weight give the [Music] glory lord god you know the bible says oh give thanks unto the lord for his good and his mercies and tears forever you know that kind of god whose messengers forever can be described in one word call him awesome tell y'all never say my god is awesome come on coin one more time give the lord your highest praise in this room i need to leave those hands to your father tonight we serve an awesome god and he can move mountains [Music] he'll kill me when i'm in the valley and they'll hide me from the rain oh father we thank you [Music] [Music] from [Music] [Music] forever here strength [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right [Music] oh keeper of salvation disgrace is [Applause] is is oh oh come on foreign [Music] [Applause] oh somebody give me oh miracles me yeah [Applause] now my god is one more time is is is you know huh oh me [Music] [Music] let me help you oh whatever is [Applause] one more time [Music] oh it's amazing oh oh thank you [Music] one more time playing like you mean [Music] somebody lift up your voice and say thank you chief thank you jesus for your love thank you for your grace you amazing love thank you for your love chief we thank you you are the reason i you're the one for me you're the one for me [Music] you are the one for me [Music] for me [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] what you mean to me [Music] me [Music] me [Music] oh [Music] [Music] when i was down for me [Music] they don't know what to do [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] oh she [Music] [Applause] [Applause] you are god [Music] me [Applause] [Applause] yes [Music] lift up your voice and speak to your maker [Music] you were all [Music] i have found a place where i can pour my heart [Music] [Music] [Music] one more time say to the lord i have found a place where i can hold my heart oh god i have found a place [Music] so high [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] no more [Music] [Music] that is [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Laughter] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] go ahead and bless him and worship him let there be deep comedian and fellowship even as we worship his majesty go ahead and give him praise [Music] foreign bless him and give him praise [Music] bless him from the death of your heart [Music] just talk to him in few minutes [Music] it's a dialogue between you and him the heart-to-heart communications [Music] he said the deed calls onto the deed [Music] legit deep call onto the team tonight [Music] drink from the fountains of your spirits [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] there's somebody finding help in god's presence tonight oh i know tonight is my night when i cry then shall the enemy turn the apart from me peace i know because downward for me [Music] he said now preparing the temple before me in the presence of my enemy now anointed my head retired [Music] oh my god run it over do i know that surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life even as i approach your presence [Music] my [Music] [Music] just go [Music] my victory has [Music] where is the god of elijah do you still shine down fire [Music] fire where is the god of elijah do you still sign down fire fire [Music] is the god of moses [Music] do you still pass the red sea [Music] gracie where is the god of daniel [Music] do you see so down lion lion i said where is the god of last time do you still give out faith never [Music] my [Music] majesty [Music] whoa yahweh [Music] outside you on the earth there is no one like you [Music] whoa yoshika is here we start you all the earth there is no one like you yay [Music] your glory is in desires we have sanctuary [Music] father tonight we come in the name of your son lord jesus [Music] let your glory come so glory come [Music] thank you man thank you [Music] thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord what's that be the name of the lord blessed be the name of the lord thank you thank you thank you blessed be the name of the living god [Music] in jesus mighty name way of worship [Music] i like you to be seated there is no doubt the glory of the lord is in the house he said god in the midst of his people is mighty it's a very strange service tonight and there will be the visitation of almighty in the name of jesus christ to welcome each and every one of us to continue service tonight and everyone connected to roads all across the globe through several of the technological devices available at your reach there and for those connecting out uncomfortable time zones the blessings of the lord to you in the name of jesus christ hebrews chapter 12 verse 22 just to prepare our heart for what god is going to be doing the personalities available in the place of physics determines the possibilities you go with the personalities every time you tell someone he said oh we just returned from the presidency or i'm just coming from the palace the kind of honor that you assume at that moment because there are places you go to you don't return the way you went david visited the palace once and there was a dramatic turnaround the same thing for joseph even as you have come to the lost presence the king of all the kings there will be dramatic around in your life in the name of jesus so he said but he had come on to monsanto and he began to tell us the personalities that are there is that the city of the living god you can't go to the city of the living god and not become a city because he said you are the light of the world this city set on the hill cannot be healed and then he said heavenly jerusalem you may be seeing yourself in chida event center or in abuja what god said when heavenly jerusalem and to an innumerable coming of angels beings that we cannot see with our eyes next verse to the general assembly and then the church of the firstborn so when we call zion now you know what zion means which are written in heaven and to god the judge of all look at the identity that god was given that means there is going to be judgment tonight i thought somebody sent amen to dad [Applause] and he said to the spirits of just men that are made perfect talking of the patriarchs of old voting the scriptures and those even that are alive 24 and to jesus the mediator of the new covenant that means there are cases that will be settled tonight because jesus the mediator is on ground and then to the blood of the sprinkling that speaketh better things down the blood of abel so badaya one verse everything said the oneness tied site idiom up on mount zion not down up on zion there shall be deliverance and then there shall be holiness the holiness means total sanctification where your life is rid of every nonsense that should not be dead and then he said the household of jacob shall possess their possession tonight you will possess your possession in the name of jesus and verse 21 of the same chapter said out of zion savior shall arise we shall judge the amount of esau in the name of jesus i like you to bow down your heart and say lord i am in zion tonight i know the personalities that are in zion and i know the possibilities that are available therefore i possess my possession go ahead and talk to the lord from the depths of your heart we are still praying the bible says there for as many as appeared before the lord in zion they go from strength to strength just tell god how much you love him tonight tell jesus your maker how much you love him inside and outside just say something to your maker find jesus name we have prayed hallelujah koinonia praise the lord can you turn to someone sitting beside you and tell them this is koinonia you're welcome to the koinonia experience are you ready for what god is going to be doing tonight hallelujah say to that person are you ready for what god is going to be doing here tonight hallelujah amen i have a privilege tonight to welcome a set of special people i missed us here tonight but before i do that i just like to read the scripture philippians chapter 4 verse 9 popular scripture just to reiterate one of the things god's servant apostle joshua salman teaches to the body of christ philippians 4 9. he says those things which ye have heard those things which you have learned i beg your pardon received and heard and seen in me do and the god of peace shall be with you yes projected on the screen it says those things ye which ye have learned received heard and seen in me do and the god of peace shall be with you hallelujah we are privileged to have god servant apostle joshua sermon as the progenitor of this move of god i think we can celebrate um god's servant yes we can celebrate him across the body of christ he has been a blessing to us and just like the scriptures he says to be followers of them all through fate and diligence obtained through faith and diligence apostle is one who has track record of consistency and working with god and the signs the signs always follow what you have believed hallelujah just like it teaches us also always follow what you have believed amen so um i have the privilege to welcome a set of special people missed us here tonight if this is your first time here at koinonia on the grounds of koninia can you just rise to your feet as we celebrate you don't be shy just rise to your feet we prayed for you it is deliberate this is part of the service [Applause] you are welcome we love you just rise to your feet boldly you are not shy amen i'd like to welcome you on behalf of god's servant apostle joshua salman to this altar this prayer ground this is koinonia a place of intimacy and partnership with the holy spirit a place where we come to fellowship where we are belt into maturity matured fully in the very words of christ the teachings of christ the ministry of the word the ministry of prayer the ministry of fellowship with the holy spirit and also the ministry of fellowship with the body of christ we are sent to the body as a ministry our assignment is not just within the forwards of this building this is bought an auditorium of what god is doing across the globe we have an online family joining us also first time online we love you distance is not a barrier whatever god is going to be doing here tonight i want you to believe that right on your tv screen so whatever device you are following from the power at work in this place will reach you this is koinonia it will reach you by the mighty name of jesus so i celebrate you especially on behalf of god servant um right beside you you will notice a group of special people the public relations we're putting into your answer card something like this um just containing basic information about the ministry but the same card is a detachable part we want you to fill in your details and everything that's described in that card your name and every other information that is needed fill it in legibly and right behind the same card is a column for your prayer request just as your field your bio data and whatever is required of you we ask that you send us your prayer requests just write it behind that sim card we have a system where we receive them and pray for you that burden that you have come here with this is a house of prayer we believe that the power of god in this place this altar this is one of god's ordained system where the avenger of blood cannot access us we believe in the power that is at work in this ministry to change and transform you by the mighty name of jesus hallelujah please take your seat communion as we celebrate them amen hallelujah in one minute as they've taken their seats let's just stretch forth our hands and pray for this once that he stayed planted in this place apostle has taught us that the greatest testimony of a believer is transformation and he has taught us that transformation is never complete without a reference point you must always have a reference for transformation we pray that they are transformed and fully brought into maturity of the word of god we are praying for them truly pray for them the testimony that god has done with your life pray that it happens to these ones in the name of jesus amen and amen [Applause] hallelujah if you're celebrating god you can do it better and louder can we give it up for the king of kings and the lord of lords i don't know if you have noticed that every service since koinonia started has been answering to its name every time it's a miracle service we have massive and multiplied miracles and tonight's service would not be an exception it's been tagged the service where the mystery of deliverance will be unraveled hallelujah i want you to know that upon this zion there shall be deliverance tonight in the name of jesus christ because the word of god is like a tree that delivers its content so as the word comes to us tonight it will not only bring illumination it will also birth deliverance if you are ready for deliverance tonight i'd like you to celebrate god with a loud shout out praise amen all right i'm going to be calling out the following people i would like you to please join me in celebrating them these ones already have victories in some areas and they are testifying to what god has done you are next in line for your own testimony in the name of jesus can you join me as we celebrate brown obasanhon brown obasan [Applause] we'll just run through that quickly brown obasan ebenemetrism patience and boku agatha while they are walking upstage i like to share testimonies from all around the world of god's faithfulness of his power and of his mighty works through this ministry i'll be starting with matthew idol matthew says i was adopted as a muslim from an orphanage i was adopted by a muslim and so i was a muslim after my nysc in 2013 i decided to visit my father that's his adopted father during this period i caught him in an immoral act of bestiality and because he noticed i saw him he was afraid of the possible repercussion and because of that he framed me up to have stolen his money and i was after sent to prison i had no one to defend me he had been in prison since then two years after he was incarcerated this is now 2015. i gave my life to christ and believed god for a turnaround can we celebrate god for that great change this happened while he was still in prison in 2019 this was now four years after he was born again i wrote to the court authorities pleading for pardon and for their intervention but did not get any response while in the prison we were visited by two evangelists a brother and a sister who came with apostle joshua salman's messages i began to listen to those messages and i noticed i began to grow in my knowledge of god and my love for the lord and began to desire strongly my release and my vindication in july 2021 this was now two years after the letter that he wrote to the authorities my case was reopened by the authorities and it was slated for justice to be meted on the 4th of february 4th of february came and i have been discharged and set free as a matter of fact he's presently in this service tonight can we celebrate god for him is somewhere sitting in the auditorium you can do better than that give the lord praise for divine liberation for our brother matthew though hallelujah the next start of adeniji oluwadara adeniji says i woke up to a very terrible stomach ache on wednesday morning it was by far the worst i had ever felt in my life i was stooling and vomiting frequently i took some antibiotics and analgesics but instead of seeing relief and noticing changes i started feeling even worse feverish and my temperature began to scale worthy of note is that i stood up last week for deliverance from addictions when the call was made i was already thinking of furthering treatment when the spirit of god reminded me of that prayer i reminded i remember the beg your pardon apostle referring to the message mystery of deliverance and immediately i reached for the message and began to listen to this message with intense prayers hallelujah while i was in the salmon i began to feel the pains and the symptoms disappear instantly i could physically feel the fever breaking as i became really sweaty i have not felt any pain since then and i've returned to celebrate god and to thank his man servant can we go ahead and celebrate god for the testimony of adenijo luadara if you came here with any form of ailments tonight is your night for deliverance in the name of jesus the next is that of kes a toyota this is from the united states of america washington d.c i started following apostle salman early 2021 about a year ago the following have happened since then my bible study life has been revitalized revived my mind is getting renewed and i have been receiving divine illumination from scriptures that has translated to clear results in my life two in november 2021 i embarked on strategic night prayers and word study within a few weeks three of the seven biggest technology companies in the world with multi trillion dollar multi-billion dollar valuations contacted me without me applying i did not even think about a new job as i was doing well in my job as at then the first company offered me a very bumper package and i accepted their offer however by 5th of january the other company reached out to me and i did five rounds of interviews god granted me favor and i passed all the interviews and even i had to even choose the team i could fit into well for this job after getting a job offer from this third tech giant i need that god's wisdom to make a choice so i leveraged on the council from apostle salman's message the gift of men and through the wisdom i garnered from this message i was able to make a quality decision i have now resumed in one of the companies on february 22nd and i can we go ahead and celebrate the lord and i truly thank god for his extraordinary favor god has restored years of rejection in my career lastly god also blessed me with a property over there in the united states of which it receives rental income can we go ahead and celebrate god for that various testimonies from the encounter with god's grace and the messages he's listened to all the way from united states you are next in line for a divine encounter and turn around in the name of jesus the next is that of amy from cameroon amy says i had been suffering delays disappointments and setbacks in my career and relationships for a long time i graduated from the university in 2011 got a job in 2013 but eventually lost that job in 2016. since then i have not had any other job i therefore resorted to doing manual jobs sometimes months will pass with me doing nothing i even tried to start a business but i lost everything to the point that i had to live with my sister because i couldn't afford to take care of myself life was so hard and unbearable that i became suicidal i thank god for apostle joshua sermons messages titled fear no evil and the oil of joy i kept listening to these messages and my hope was revamped during the miracle service apostles declared against shame and reproach saying there is a lady watching you are a foreigner let that fire touch you now while i was away in cameroon i fell under the anointing in my room and began to vomit the day after that was this last monday a friend said now here that she had delays in marriage the following day a friend calls and said he wants to marry me i'm 30 years old and can't remember the last time anyone asked for my hand even for a relationship also an organization based in canada called me to begin training the next week for a job in the organization can you celebrate god for that as well apostle also made mention of pains in the lower abdomen that began in the month of november i'd been having pains in my lower abdomen since november 2020 instantly the pains disappeared and have returned to give glory to god can we go ahead and celebrate god one encounter multiple testimonies tonight is your own night for your deliverance in the name of jesus the next is that of ada this is coming all the way from kuwait otha says i joined koinonia online in june 2021 in october i was diagnosed with a disease called h pylori a very strong and deadly disease that came with ulcer the doctor prescribed my first treatment which i took repeatedly yet nothing changed i did some research on it on different websites and went on went to another hospital for not another set of checkups and it was still turning out positive so i kept praying and trusting the lord for a healing miracle during the february miracle service i connected by faith and told myself that today which was last week sunday the god of koinonia will heal and deliver me from this disease in jesus name the servant of god apostle salman prayed for the sick and god finally set me free the symptoms are gone i have returned to give glory to god for healing and deliverance can we join her to celebrate god for this mighty healing all the way from kuwait otherwise praising god you are next in line whether you are online or real time in the name of jesus christ this next testimony is coming from christian all the way from south korea christian says during the december 2021 thanksgiving service i sold a prophetic seed into apostle salman's life by faith i attached the following prayer requests multiple painful visa rejections for my sister to be turned around to and approve i'm an approval for a visa strength for my mother and reversal of paralysis from my waist downwards mercy and multiple investors for my business transformation through messages from coinonia all these prayer requests all these prayer points have been answered can we go ahead and join christian in celebrating god also i used to live a very notorious life here in south korea i came across apostle salman's messages on youtube three years ago and i haven't stopped listening till date my thirst and hunger for god has greatly increased and i have been perfectly restored apostle we can't wait for your word and prophetic conference over here can we join him to celebrate god for that miracle and for those testimonies the last but not the least mrs o a and this is from united kingdom in 2021 i sent in my prayer request that i needed a response from the uk home office to support my daughter's right to live and work in the united kingdom and also to receive a job offer letter from one of the top global firms on november 2nd 2021 i received an offer letter for the job and also a certificate application from the home office you can go ahead and celebrate god for that so also during the last miracle service apostle mentioned that we should raise an item that represents areas where we need our prayers answered i lifted up my international passport and i was still waiting for my resident permit from the uk home office to the glory of god a letter was sent on the second of march few days ago that the approval has now been granted of a resident permit valid for five years can we join miss o.a to give god glory and praise can we just lift our voice and our hands and just give god all the glory and praise for all this testimonies from around the world south korea cameroon kuwait from uk from united states please bless the name of the lord the word of god is being transmitted to the airwaves bringing about deliverances healings miracles testimonies from all around the world in jesus mighty name we have given thanks i like us to please pay close attention as we listen to our brethren come up he can come up please sir share testimonies of god's power of his victory and his faithfulness in their lives amen you're welcome sir good evening good evening sir um in 2019 i decided to go do my masters in the uk um i got into the last stage where i was just supposed to provide a proof of funds and um i noticed my bank account had been restricted went to the bank to check what happened and the law enforcement they talked showed me a letter saying that the law investment asked them to arrest me the deed that detained me for about two nights and i later got to realize that it was a business dealing i had with someone in 2017 that we could not um resolve amicably and after then i noticed that the law enforcement agents didn't know where the instructions came from for them to restrict my accounts going back and forth i decided to go to court 2019 nothing happened it was from one adjournment to another at that same point my business crumbled i ran into debt in tens of millions and in 2020 it was getting so bad pressure from the people i was owing were becoming too much so 2021 january um because the pleasure was too much i decided to call my friend who works in makodi and um he asked me to come over at least to reduce the pressure for me i stayed over in makoti with him and at that point for the first time i didn't know what to do with my life anymore you know i stayed with him in just the room and every day i kept asking god god what do i do next you know i kept it was from one confusion every other thing i tried to do kept on failing and failing and failing it got to a point i went to lagos and i went to the redemption camp and i stumbled upon apostles message dealing with the storms then i talked about the wind and the water the wind being the factors that we cannot see about the storms and the water being what causes the storm you know and the holy spirit opened my eyes to you know to several factors that were causing you know the old wind area um i did some deliverance by going through the mystery of deliverance delivered myself like he instructed in the message and after that um as at that point my friend was already planning his wedding in abuja he got himself an accommodation in lagos so i told him to please i needed to use his place for the deliverance in abuja so i came over to abuja did the deliverance and i was supposed to go back and meet him in um makodi i came here for the first time and i was overwhelmed and when he came over to abuja and saw the way i was coming over to church he was like why don't you just stay over here instead of coming to makoti with me there's really nothing happening here i didn't want to go because i was like this is a house that you're preparing for your wife and i don't want to you know you know um cause any inconveniences he said no problem at least just stay until the wedding i said okay he gave me a car to drive to wherever i wanted to go to and all the while i stayed with him i noticed this unusual love and it was so extraordinary because i noticed he provided everything he didn't want me to spend my money it was just unusual nothing i had seen or experienced before and god opened my eyes to know that he was just using him to show me favor so fast forward to february the wedding held and i kept asking god i said god yes the the issues are still there and god has spoken to me that i was going to fight my battle that i shouldn't i should withdraw the court case and just take my hands off everything that he was going to fight the battle for me so i said okay god i don't want to go back to makodi and i can't stay with my friend and his wife it's not possible i i went over to apostle's message about disgrace called favor and he talked about how and it's certain february he decided to ask god for favor for a whole month i said okay thank god this is february i'm going to do the same thing he talked about how dr mike muddock opened his eyes on his understanding to the topic of favor more i went over to youtube downloaded all mike murdock's message on favor i grounded myself in favor and i sold all the seed i saw the seed of all the money in my account i was just believing him for favor because i knew that's all i needed then the wedding held last week he sat today and i assisted in the best way i could everybody left it was just me in the house him and the wife and i told him i was going back to makodi this morning he first of all suggested that i waited for him so we go back together i said no i just didn't want to be in the house to constitute any conveniences then this morning i woke up i packed my bags and i went to meet him to come take me to the park and he told me to come outside for us to talk and he said um i can allow you go back to to makoti and before i knew it before i could see jack robinson he had credited my account with seven figures for me to get an accommodation for me to finish the accommodation and still do some other projects finance some other projects so i just want to say thank you to god and can we join brother brown when michael can we join brother brown to celebrate the name of the lord for his favor he missed out something while the case was going on the lord had supplied funds for him to pay back about seventy percent of the amount he was owing before this favor now came up can we join him to celebrate god for all that the lord has done for him good evening good evening oh um i started coming to koinonia offline like um in 2018 but january this year i decided i was going to be attending physically but proud to then there was this severe pain i usually have in my stomach i cannot explain the kind of the way the pain was was so excruciating i cannot explain it i couldn't do things with my leg that's how i lie down i'll feel that pain inside i had gone to the hospital twice and did a thorough checkup they said they didn't see anything so i was already used to the pain i was going around with the pain so i usually prayed i said god sometimes i pray i say anyway maybe it's just a test of faith or sometimes i will pray i'll stand on the word and say no you are a devourer and then i'll pray i pray it doesn't go so i just left it so february miracle service i was very intentional about it i said god today i'm not going home with this pain so that same day there was a woman that came and testified that a husband was healed god created a new heart god created new things in his body new organs i stood on that wall and then when apostle was ministering he gave a word of knowledge he said there is somebody here that i usually feel feel and this stomach pain it started in october i kid on that word i said today this pain is me and you so while the administration was going on i fell under the anointing but yet the pain was still there as in the pain tripled i took that pain home but i wanted to sleep somehow the holy spirit said why not dance just dance and just be thanking god that you received your [Music] [Applause] in 2020 i had an accident along airport road so that was a july 2020. so the vehicle a vehicle hit another vehicle from the behind and the front of the vehicle was damaged thank god no life was lost but my leg my right leg hits the seat in front of him because i was sitting at the back of the vehicle so i felt the pain my leg was swollen at that point so i went to the hospital to check up they said everything was okay they gave me drugs and that was it so fast forward to 2021 around october i started feeling pain on that same leg i've already forgotten about the accident because it happened in 2020. so when i was feeling the pain i felt like okay maybe it's cause of stress or something so i said it's a gay way in november the pain continued then december i that i couldn't even stand up or walk so the pain was very severe one morning i woke up i couldn't raise my leg i couldn't walk i said i was all this i had to go to the hospital down and checked and said that i wasn't treated i wasn't properly treated that there is a trauma of the accident that caused it so i did they advised me to do s3 i started taking medications so um in the january miracle service so when i resumed work because i had to resume work late i extended my leave so i resumed work in january so i i always wear braces on this right leg because i can't walk properly i can't walk without the braces i can't sit down properly i need the support to sit down so january miracle service i came here i sat on on the gallery so my apostle was praying he now said there is a woman here that has a pain on his left knee so i tell god my own is on the right knee that is me that he's talking about [Applause] so i held my leg i prayed with him when he was praying i was praying i was telling god i don't want to wear these braces anymore because doctor said i have to wait for one month i said i will remove it today i'm not going to wait so i held the leg out as he was praying i started feeling something on the leg it was just moving so i was like ah what god i know is your hand walk so he said after the miracle service said go and check yourself i know if you are okay and if you've received the miracle immediately i removed my my braces i stood up the leg was stupid me i told god the devil is a liar that i'll stand here and i will not go home with these braces i removed the braces i held the breasts on my hand and went home i was still feeling pain i slept on monday morning i woke up i i went home i prayed i told god see people receiving a testimony and i've not seen anything why god please i just told god that i where i would know where we had this basis to walk on monday and i did not wait on monday i just went to work i didn't wear the braces i didn't feel pain my leg was very okay i could walk i could stretch the leg i could bend down i could do anything with the same leg that i cannot even move at all so i just want to give god the glory and praise can we join sister chisolm for our healing and also the other miracle you can notice from that miracle that the violent takes it by force tonight is your night you have to take it by force in jesus name good evening ma'am i started attending koinonia offline like um in 2018 but january this year i decided i was going to be attending physically but proud to then there was this severe pain i usually have in my stomach i cannot explain the kind of the way the pain was was so excruciating i cannot explain it i couldn't do things with my leg that's how i lie down i'll feel that pain inside i had gone to the hospital twice and did a thorough checkup they said they didn't see anything so i was already used to the pain i was going around with the pain so i usually prayed i said god sometimes i pray i say anyway maybe it's just a test of faith or sometimes i will pray i'll stand on the word and say no you are a devourer and then i'll pray i pray it doesn't go so i just left it so february miracle service i was very intentional about it i said god today i'm not going home with this pain so that same day there was a woman that came and testified that a husband was healed god created a new heart god created new things in his body new organs i stood on that wall and then when apostle was ministering he gave a word of knowledge he said there is somebody here that i usually feel feel and this stomach pain it started in october i kid on that word i said today this pain is me and you so while the administration was going on i fell under the anointing but yet the pain was still there as in the pain tripled i took that pain home but i wanted to sleep somehow the holy spirit said why not dance just dance and just be thanking god that you received your
Testimony. I just began to dance. I locked the door. I danced. I was dancing, as in, I was dancing like a mad person that day. As I was dancing, the pain was increasing. I said that we are a liar. I just came out from Kohinoor, where God created somebody's heart. I held that place and I said, "I don't know the origin of this pain. I don't know the root of it, but as long as it's in my body, there can be a new one." I just kept declaring and declaring. The pain was increasing. I danced and danced and danced, and when I got tired, I slept off. So immediately when I slept off, I woke up. I was still expecting to feel that pain. I stood up. No pain. I stretched my leg. No pain. I've come to give God all the glory. I say, "May His name be glorified in Jesus' name."
And we celebrate God for Sister Agatha's testimony. The Lord healed her of pains. You are next in line for your healing in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. I'd like us to go up before the Lord and bless the name of the Lord for all that He has done. Miracles from all around the world, healings, deliverances, divine interventions, things beyond our minds can comprehend. The Lord has carried out several surgeries without any knife. Can we go ahead and bless the name of the Lord? Let's give Him glory. It's confirmed the words of His servants with signs and wonders following. He has done mighty things among us, and it deserves to be praised. The Bible says, "All that men will give thanks and praise the Lord for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men." Calling God has been good to us. One more time, with a loud shout of Hallelujah, can you celebrate the name of the Lord? Hallelujah. Can someone still go ahead and celebrate Jesus? If those hands are still yours, can you make it louder and faster for your Maker? For Jesus, is that the best you can do for Jesus, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, that doer of all? Can you celebrate Him? Do you feel like shouting? Why not shout to the glory of the Lord?
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Praise God. Were you blessed by those powerful testimonies? Just in a few minutes. Can you bow your head as we say, "God, thank You"? Bless Him. Bless Him. He's the doer of all. We thank You. The Bible says, "He that giveth turns in the spirit giveth us where it where give intents in the spirit." Let heaven hear your voice. Let songs and melody rise from your spirit as you say, "Lord, thank You. We are grateful." As a family of faith, we have come to return the glory. You are the doer. Nicodemus said to Jesus, "For no man can do this except the Lord be with him." We thank You. We bless You. We celebrate You, God. Receive all the glory and all the honor in Jesus' precious, mighty name. We have given thanks.
Praise God. Please, can we have the titles? Insert. You're paying your titles. Can you make your way to the front? All overflow. You're following us online. At the basement, please walk to your LED screen. Titles, I'd like you to package your title, your offering, your prophetic seed, your vow, your kingdom investment. I'd like you to package them well. Please. Titles, can you just walk close? Just move forward because of space. Thank you. Please, I'd like you to package your title, your offering. If you are writing a check, or check should be addressed in favor of the ministry. You are doing a transfer, or you are here, you are not with cash, please signify. The PR officials will get the POS across to you for you to pay your title and give your offer. Your offering is your demonstration of love. Tithe belongs to God. Ten percent tithe of all. Tithe of all the Bible says tithe of all belongs to the Lord. We're still waiting. While we're waiting for the titles, I'd like you to lift up your offering, your seed, your tithe to heaven and speak to God concerning your seed, concerning your offering. Whether you're following us online, you are inside, you are outside, you are making a transfer, speak to God concerning your seed, concerning your offering. Be intentional. Plan your offering. Be intentional about your giving. Be happy. The Bible says, "For God loves a cheerful giver." Do it willingly. Let it be from your heart. Let your giving be love-motivated. Please pray. Speak to God briefly concerning your tithe. Concerning, Lord, I have come to honor You. Take away shame. Take away reproach. Take away stagnation. This demon of lack, take it away. The spirit of insufficiency, Lord, take it away from me. Break the yoke of poverty, of lack, in my life. Take away this sickness. The Bible says, "For God so loved the world, He gave." Solomon loved the Lord. He offered a thousand bonds of. Please pray. While we're still waiting for tithes, pray. Speak to God. Father, we thank You, Lord. We ask tonight, Lord, that You accept our seed, our offering, in Jesus' precious, mighty name. We have prayed. Please cast your seed, your offering, with joy and gladness of heart.
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Let's pray. Can you lift your voice and begin to bless His name? We bless You, the One who was, the One who is, the One who is to come. Lift your voice and bless Him in the spirit. Your name indeed is to be hallowed. God of all grace, King of Kings, Lord of Lords. Let the night be my night, oh God. I open up my heart to hear, to be delivered, to be changed, even by the power of the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus Christ. The Bible declares, "They go from strength to strength as many as appear before the Lord in Zion." Is someone ready to pray? Cry for a definite encounter tonight. Lord, I have not just come to clap. I have not just come to watch others blessed. Visit me in a mighty way. If someone pray, give me a lifetime encounter, a lifetime visitation. Shall I get the practice cartilage?
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Father, give us an encounter that will last our lifetime tonight. Let Your word come with superior power. Let it give us a reorientation. Let it validate and establish our authority. For in Jesus' name, we pray. God bless you. Please be seated. I welcome everyone to this marvelous service in the name of Jesus. And for our family in Zaria, Zaria family is following. Let's give them a big God bless you. And then may the Lord bless all who are following by way of television, by way of the internet. The Lord will do you good in Jesus' name. Hallelujah. Complete Deliverance, Part One. Complete Deliverance. We're starting our deliverance series. And please, for the sake of your destiny, for the sake of everyone you love, I want you to pay attention. The spirit that distracts you tonight must be a demonic spirit, and you must be prepared to cast it out of your destiny. Hallelujah. Please don't take lightly what I'm telling you. I want you to pay attention. You will be amazed at how many people God will use your understanding. Are we together? I prayed my heart out, and I told God, "As for me, I will give my best in partnership with Your Spirit." It's up to you now to listen, because for someone, God is going to be answering your age-long prayer. For you, and I know that we minister healing, we minister deliverance all the time, but you see, when the word of God is taught, God gives you understanding. I'm trusting that God will so rubbish the devil and demystify him in this series that you will see the practicality of your authority in Christ, in the name of Jesus. John chapter 8 from verse 36. Let's read from Amplified. John chapter 6, chapter 8 from verse 36, Amplified. Let's read together. Are you ready? One to read. "So if the Son liberates you, makes you free men, then you are really and unquestionably free." One more time. "So if the Son liberates you, makes you free men, really and unquestionably free." May that be your testimony in the name of Jesus. So, this is a discourse on the subject of demonology and deliverance. We want to examine the basis for the liberty of the saints. That it is God's desire, and the Bible has made it very clear, that there is a level of liberty that the saints in light should walk in, free from the orchestrations of darkness whatsoever. But as it is, you know by now that this is a kingdom that operates by light. Say light. Please shout it again. Say light. This is a kingdom that is knowledge dependent. That means no matter if there's someone under the anointing, please help them. Are we together? It's a kingdom that operates by light. That means it truly does not matter what God says or does not say, if you are ignorant of the dynamics, it can make what God has said, as potent and as powerful as it is, it can make God look helpless in your life. Hosea chapter 4 and verse 6: "My people are destroyed for the lack of knowledge." My people, although they are my people, they are destroyed for the lack of knowledge. So, this is a three-part series. Today will be part one, next week will be part two, the week after, part three. This is a very serious discussion. Let's have the course contents down. Part One. Please write all that we're going to be discussing. Part One: We're going to be looking at the biblical basis for the study of Satan and demons. Under Part One, we're going to be looking at the biblical basis for the study of Satan and demons. Does the Bible give us the allowance to study Satan? To study demons? Is it scriptural to study the orchestrations of darkness? The biblical basis for the study of Satan and demons. Number two, under Part One, we're going to look at the origin of Satan and demon spirits. Where did he come from? What exactly is his agenda? What is Satan about? Who is he? Who was he? The origin of Satan and demons. You can't imagine how ignorant many believers are as far as the knowledge of these spiritual truths is concerned. Number three, we will look at the reality of evil. The reality of evil. You can put a dash there: in scripture and in our world today. The reality of evil, dash, in scripture and in our world today. Let me repeat. Part One, we'll be discussing the biblical basis for the study of Satan and demons. Then we'll look at the origin of Satan and demon spirits. We want to examine from the lens of scripture where this adversary who has oppressed God's people so much, where did he come from? And what is his mission? What exactly is his goal? Why is he so determined to destroy everyone of us, if allowed? And then the reality of evil, we'll first look at evil from scripture and then in our world today. Hallelujah. Can I give you Part Two? Or do we live till next week? Part Two. What are we going to be discussing under Part Two? Number one: The structure and the operation of Satan and demons. Two. Now, don't confuse your notes. Organize it so that when you are studying, you understand what you're writing. The structure and operation of Satan and demons. The Bible is very clear as to the fact that Satan operates a very intelligent organogram. There is a structure. There is hierarchy. There is a way that Satan operates. So we look at the structure and the operation of Satan and demons. Then we will now begin to examine, proper, the biblical concept of deliverance. That's the next point. Part Two. Now, the structure and the operation of Satan, demons, then the biblical concept of deliverance. The biblical concept of deliverance. Number three, under Part Two: Access points. We're going to be examining the concept of access points. What are the gateways that give Satan access to the life of the believer, of a people? Because the Bible lets us know that Satan can have access points and he can lay claim over people and over destinies. And then we're going to be looking at the nature of the flesh. This thing the Bible calls the flesh. We understand from scripture that this is the principal access point that Satan has. Who will be examining the flesh? Do you have that down? The structure and the operation of Satan and demons, then the biblical concept of deliverance, then access points, and then the flesh. Part Three. Very quickly. Under Part Three, we're going to look at the topic: Administering Deliverance. Number one, under Part Three: Administering Deliverance. We'll be studying the administration of deliverance. How do we administer deliverance? Under that topic, if you want to put as a sub-topic, we'll put the three levels of complete deliverance. You may want to add it under administering deliverance topic. The three levels of complete deliverance. Remember, the whole series is called Complete Deliverance. You will be learning that it is possible to experience a level, a measure of deliverance, and not be delivered completely. But the Bible says that "whosoever the Son sets free, that He ensures that that person is really and unquestionably free." Hallelujah. The three levels of complete deliverance. Then we'll be looking at what I titled: Weapons of Victory. Weapons of Victory, slash the whole armor of God. Weapons of Victory, slash the whole armor of God. There is such a thing as the whole armor of God, and there are weapons that have been given to us as believers to command and maintain our victory in Christ. So we'll be looking at Weapons of Victory, slash the whole armor of God. Then, hopefully, we'll touch here and there what I put here as imbalances around the subject of deliverance. You may want to add it somewhere. Imbalances around the subject of deliverance. We will be looking at what is biblical about deliverance and what is not biblical. Because I can assure you, it is not everything that is done around the deliverance apostolic and prophetic ministry that is biblical and scriptural. We must be able to put perspective so that God will grant us grace. Hallelujah. Can you lay your hands on what you just wrote and say, "Father, I receive understanding. It will not just be a note, but it will be transferred to my spirit, and the benefit will speak in my life here and now." Go ahead, please pray. One minute. Lay your hands as a prophetic point of contact and pray, declaring by the spirit that you will not just be hearers alone, but you will be doers in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen and amen. Right. So, please pay attention as I begin to teach. The Lord who grant us grace in Jesus' name. Now, theologically speaking, the subject of Satan, demons, exorcism, deliverance, comes under a theological caption of demonology. Are we together? Now, demonology is the study of demons, Satan, the satanic structure, and everything that relates to the operation of darkness. I have taught you that in studying the Bible from a theological angle, it is broken into many structures to enable the believer have understanding. We have theology, comes from the word "theos," the study of God, the triune nature of God. Hallelujah. So you study God to know who He is, and then it helps you to be able to relate with God. Then we have anthropology. Anthropology comes from the word "anthropos," the study of man. Our our biological build-up, our historic, you know, build-up, and all of that is an attempt to know and to understand man as the zenith of God's creation. Who is man? And what is it about man? Why did God mandate man to be the chief steward of earth? And then we now look at things like demonology, the study of Satan, demons, the satanic structure. What was Satan looking for when he came to tempt man? And all the fall of man, and all of these things. Then we look at what we call soteriology. Soteriology is the study of salvation. The entire plan of salvation, beginning from the fall of man until the resurrection of Jesus. Are we together? Then we look at pneumatology. Pneumatology is the study of the ministry, the person, the ministry, and the office of the Holy Spirit. Because when Jesus died and resurrected, He gathered the disciples together and handed them over to the ministry. So our disposition, the dispensation of the church age, is also the dispensation of the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. So we have pneumatology. And then we have, well, there are other interjections here and there, like Christology, the study of Jesus. Now, as that plan, Jesus was not just a man. Jesus was also a strategy, God's strategy given to man to redeem man. Then we study ecclesiology. Now, the church, the church, the fruit of redemption. We have now come. This is where we now teach on kingdom advance, the gospel influence, spiritual growth, and maturity. What the local assembly is about, you know, and all the facets of the kingdom. And then we wrap up by studying from a theological standpoint. Now, what we call eschatology. Eschatology is the study of the end times. The Bible says, "If our hope is only in this world, we are of all men most miserable." So we have to understand through the eye of prophecy what lies before us as things begin to unfold. So that is classically how to study the Bible when you want to have a rich and balanced spiritual growth. You compartmentalize these aspects and you study them in detail. They may not carry all those names, but it is important that believers be exposed to all these seven or eight dimensions to be holistically built. If you are left, if you are left out in any of these areas aforementioned, you will find out that your spiritual growth will be lopsided. Are we together? Praise the name of the Lord. Now, write this down just for the records. The word "deliver," the word "deliver," D-E-L-I-V. The word "deliver" or "cause" about 594 times in the entire Bible. The word "deliver" or "cause" about 509 times in the entire scripture. Meaning from Genesis to Revelation. Of course, factoring the different versions. The word "deliver" occurs about 594 times in the entire Bible. And then the word "deliverance" occurs 179 times. Using 12 translations as a reference. If you use the various translations that we have, the 12 major translations as a reference, the word "deliverance" occurs 179 times. If you use the KJV, for instance, for many of us who are King James people, it occurs about 41 times in the entire Bible. Using KJV as a reference. That is to tell you that it must be a very serious subject for it to have these kind and this frequency of occurrence. Now, let's look at the biblical basis. We're looking at the biblical basis for the study of Satan. Because the reason why I'm teaching this is there are many people in the body of Christ, preachers, believers, who believe that it is anti-Christ, anti-kingdom, even anti-new creation to ever deal with anything that has to do with Satan. In fact, most people may want to suggest that anything that has to do with demonic activities, demonic structure, should not be mentioned among God's people. And, um, those, those, those suggestions are very sincere. You must understand it comes from the understanding that it is out of the abundance of what is in your heart and your mind that you live out. And that if you spend your time studying on Satan, studying on demons, chances are excellent that your entire life will be governed by fear. And all of this. So the people who purport negating Satan and all of these things and focusing on Jesus, they, they are teaching from a well-meaning standpoint. But many of you know that for you to become exceptional in anything, you must be exposed to all the dimensions of that thing. When you are teaching someone how to drive professionally, there must be a study on accidents. There must be a study on what to do. There is no pilot who becomes professional who will not study what to do if and when a plane crashes. That does not mean the goal is for him to crash. Are we together? But woe betide a pilot who never went through the lecture on how to manage situations like that. By the way, let me give us our foundational scriptures. My apologies, I didn't give scriptures. I will give us. Let me give us four or five. We're going to do a lot of Bible reading. We're Christians, and this is a very deep and this is a very touchy subject. So we need to do a lot of leaning on scripture. Obadiah 1 and 17. First scripture, in addition to that which we opened the teaching with. Obadiah 1:17. "But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance." Where will deliverance happen? So the idea that deliverance should not happen in the house of God is already the this scripture just answered it once and for all that upon Mount Zion, that is even the proper place where there should be deliverance, and there shall be holiness, and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Matthew chapter 6 and verse 13. Surprisingly, this is Jesus Himself teaching. Are you ready to read? What He said, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us." Jesus is teaching the people how to pray, and He's saying, "In your prayer, make sure that this is captured, that you should be delivered." And it tells you what you should be delivered from: evil. That means you can become a victim of evil if you are not delivered from it. "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Luke chapter 4, please. And verse 18. Jesus now went to the temple. Remember, after His temptation, Jesus went to the temple. In fact, let's start from verse 17 so that we put perspective to it. The Bible says, "Can we back up 16? Let's let's do 16." It will be very fair. The Bible says, "He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up, and as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read." 17. "And there was delivered to Him the book of the prophet." So we know that it was not a book, a superstitious book. We know that it was not some Christian Science. It was the book of Prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written. Now, let's read 18 together. Ready? One to read. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to preach." One more time, that line. "To preach deliverance to the captives." Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. "To preach deliverance to the captives." That means it tells you immediately that deliverance is not only conducted, deliverance is preached. There is a dimension of deliverance that is preached. It is not just about laying on of hands. We are coming. Are we together? "To preach deliverance to the captives." Uh-huh. "And recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised." Just up there. So Jesus said, part of my assignment, my messianic, the description of my assignment is to also do something about the issue of those who are in captivity, to bring deliverance for them. We already dealt with John 8:32. Let's look at the last scripture. Second Timothy chapter 4 and verse 18. I want you to read this one loud and clear when we have it. Are you ready? May that be your testimony in Jesus' name. Want to read? Let's read together. "And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil walk and will preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." It says, "The Lord shall deliver me from how many? Every evil walk." So there is something called evil walk, the walks of darkness programmed against individuals. And He said, "The Lord shall deliver me." Now, from a from a theological standpoint, the first mention of the word "deliverance" strangely is found in Genesis 45 and verse 7. And this had to do with Joseph speaking about the reason for why he came to the palace. Joseph is speaking now to his brothers. He said, "God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth and to save your lives by a great." So what does deliverance do? It can save. Deliverance also leads to salvation. That the way to be saved is through deliverance. "God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance." Hallelujah. Is there a biblical basis for the study of Satan? Is there a biblical basis for the study of demons and their operations? Is there a biblical basis for the study of deliverance? Should the believer study the subject of deliverance? Why do we need to study deliverance? At least we know for sure that Jesus died, He defeated Satan. He said, "It is finished." We know that today He is seated at the right hand of the Father. We know He has given us the victory. Why then do we have to study Satan? Why then do we have to study demons? Why then do we have to study the operations of the satanic kingdom? Why do we have to study the subject of deliverance? Is there a biblical basis? Now, please look up. Let me teach you how, how to extract the thoughts of God in scripture. Anything is qualified to be a doctrine. I have taught you about doctrines. The word "doctrine" comes from the Latin word "doctrina." It means a predefined body of knowledge that is intended to make a student become something exact. Doctrine. Are we together? And that believers mature in this kingdom through the sound exegesis of doctrine. Every time doctrine is communicated, it is able to empower the believers to be people of stature and maturity. Anything is qualified to be a doctrine if it passes these three tests. Never forget this. Anything that cannot pass these three tests is not qualified to be called doctrine. Number one: That subject matter or that thought must be captured in the Old Testament. It must be a subject that was captured in the Old Testament. That means you must be able to find scriptural references where that subject matter was discussed and engaged in the Old Testament. Test number two: Jesus in His earth work must have taught that subject or acted in keeping with that subject. So the first test is the test of that subject being taught or engaged in the Old Testament. And then it must be seen in the earth work and the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Number three: That subject or that thought line must be captured in the teachings of the apostles and the early church. So any teaching that was not captured in the Old Testament, any teaching that was not captured in the life of Jesus, who midwife the Old and the New, any teaching that was not captured in the life of the early church and the apostles, does not qualify to be doctrine. It can be a supporting opinion that a prophet had. Are we together? Now, so we can have the authority to deal with a subject using a doctrinal stance if we can find that subject taught or reference is made to that subject or that thought line in the Old Testament. It must be a subject that Jesus spoke about. And it must be a subject that we saw discussed in the life of the apostles and the early church. So let's look at the subject of Satan, demons, and their operation from the Old Testament. I'll be giving you a few references. Remember what we're doing? We're establishing the biblical basis for discussing this so that your heart will be open. Because some of us, respectfully speaking, we have come through the journey of different Christian organizations. We've sat under different, well-intentioned, well-meaning men and women of God across the globe. And sometimes when you hear teachings like this, what is coming there will be that fight, your loyalty to what you have known before now, your loyalty to what your man of God or whoever it is that mentored you spiritually. You can feel listening to a message like this is a betrayal to your loyalty to a message that has been taught you. And so I'm using the Bible so that your heart will be open to now land doctrine. Are we ready? In the Old Testament, the first idea of Satan, the first idea of the operation of evil, was revealed in what we call the fall of man. Genesis chapter 3 and Genesis chapter 4. Please write it down for reference. The fall of man. The Bible tells us that Satan was absolutely responsible for the fall of man. You find that in Genesis chapter 3 and Genesis chapter 4. There are many stories in the Old Testament, but because the Bible says, "In the mouth of two or three witnesses, a matter is established," I would just use two or three references, and then that would suffice for this discussion. So the first capture of the reality of darkness, evil, Satan, and a discussion that related to that. In fact, according to scripture, it was not only Adam that had a discussion with Satan, even God had a discussion with Satan. Is that true? Genesis chapter 3 and Genesis chapter 4. The second story, very quickly captured from the Old Testament as we see, is the story of Job. Now, classically speaking, in theology, the story of Job is believed to be the most, the greatest expression of the operation of Satan and darkness over man. Because when you read the entire 42 chapters of Job, the most important, in my opinion, of the 42 chapters is chapters 1 and 2. And then chapters 42. Chapters 1 and 2 talks about the two levels of his test. Is that true? The test on his wealth and his children. Then chapter 2, the test on his health. And then chapter 42, we see that it was the restoration of Job. Every other thing that happened in between, early who, the story, all of that is important. The reason why I'm putting it before others is I know that the book of Job, from a chronological arrangement of scripture, in as much as we know, comes before Psalms. But, um, if the Bible were to be arranged properly from its, its crawling, chronologically, the book of Job is believed to be somewhere in between Genesis and Exodus. Are we together? I hope you know that the arrangement of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation as we know now is not accurate in terms of its chronological arrangement. Nothing is exactly wrong with it, but in terms of its chronology, means as the events occurred, sometimes when you need to go into the deeper layer of Bible study, you will have to arrange the Bible chronologically to now make sense as you explore. In fact, it is one of the ways we studied scripture. Maybe one day we'll discuss it here, how to study the Bible. There are many templates for studying the Bible. Number one, you can study the Bible according to the various books. And the Bible is classified according to various books. Number one, there is the Torah or the Pentateuch, the five books of Moses. Are we together? And then there is what is called the poetic books, all of the books that have to do with poetic descriptions, Ecclesiastes, you know, Proverbs, and all of that. And then we have what we call the prophets, the major and the minor prophets. Are we together? And then we have, um, what we call the Gospels, the four books that represent the Gospel. We have the book of Acts. We have the Epistles. Then we have Revelation. We also have Judges and all of these, all the other books that the that that chronicle the events of kings beginning from King Saul. Because it was not God's desire that men would have an ethnic king. He wanted to be king directly over them. But because of their desire wanting a king, God used Samuel to anoint Saul. And then you have lots of other kings that ruled Israel. Josiah and Joash being the youngest, Josiah ruled at age nine, Joash ruled at eight, eight. We have a lot of other people like that. So when you read the Bible, you can study the Bible based on these books. You can also study the Bible topically. Are we still learning? There is the topical study of the Bible. That means you can pick faith and study. You can pick the ministry of Jesus and study. You can pick the fruit of the Spirit. In fact, it's, it's the topical study of the Bible has proven to be the most effective. The reason is because it addresses the issue of your concern immediately. If you study the subject of faith and you gain understanding, you can begin to see the results immediately, and it will serve as a motivation and a consolation. Then there is the chronological study of Bible. The word "chronos" just means the passage of time, the arrangement of the chapters and the verses and the books according to the time they occurred. Hallelujah. So back to our discussion. We're examining the biblical basis for the study of Satan, demons, and their operations. And we said the Old Testament has, number one, the fall of man, seen in Genesis chapter 3 and 4. And then, number two, the story of Job. The entire book of Job, but more specifically Job chapter 1, chapter 2, and 42. Chapters 1 and 2 archives the events that happened to Job. We don't have the time, we would have gone through it, but Job was a man. Bible records that he feared God and ensured evil. And one day, there was a gathering before the Lord. We're going to deal with that. Because you see, this subject has a lot of schools of thoughts and controversial angles to it. For instance, when you read the book of Job, you will see that as at the time the sons of God went to see God, the Bible says Satan was in their midst. It already uses that name Satan for him, meaning he had fallen. He was never called Satan in his glorified state. His name was Lucifer. And yet the Bible says, "In the judgment of Satan, there was no more found a place for him in heaven." So you see, this already brings controversy. As there are schools of thought that believe that Satan still has access to heaven and access to the presence of God till today. And yet others use Revelation chapter 12 to say, "No way." The Bible says, "There is no place found for him." So let me say it up front that the discourse about the entire subject of demonology is not to create arguments, but to be able to filter the factors that are useful to guide our understanding. Are we together? We are not in a theological argument. My assignment is to filter the parts that I believe is necessary for our understanding, and then we fire on from there. If you're with me, say amen. So we see the story of Job. Number three, the third story in the Bible that talks about deliverance, of course, is the story of Israel and their captivity in Egypt. Nothing is more classic than that. Israel and their captivity and the deliverance that happened for them. Now, if you really want to study the context of deliverance, as it were, the deliverance of the nation of Israel, here's how you, you have to study from Genesis chapter 4 to Genesis chapter 10. It will give you. Sorry, I did I say Genesis? Exodus. Exodus, please. Exodus chapter 4 to Exodus. No, you don't have to put it immediately. I'm just giving them. Exodus chapter 4 down to Exodus chapter 10. It archives the entire journey. That's where you record the 10 plagues. Remember all the plagues? Because Moses departs from the presence of God and he goes to Pharaoh, and now he keeps returning, bringing one plague after the other. But then when you want to study the story of the deliverance out of Egypt, you begin your study from Genesis 13:17. Genesis 13:17 down to Genesis 14:31. Genesis 13:17 down to Genesis 14:31 gives you the complete story of the deliverance from Egypt and ends with the Red Sea. Hallelujah. So from the Old Testament, we see that the subject of Satan and evil and the deliverances that follow was not hidden. The fall of man, we see Satan there. The story of Job, we see Satan there. And then we see deliverance and Israel and their captivity. Now, let's go to the life and ministry of Jesus quickly. So we have passed test one based on the doctrinal requirements to be able to study and teach any subject from a doctrinal standpoint. We see that in the Old Testament. Now, in the life of Jesus, is there anything that relates to Satan? Relates to His works? And relates to the subject of deliverance? Number one: The temptation of Jesus. The very, I can, I can list almost everything there, but then just for reference. The temptation of Jesus. We find that in Luke chapter 4 from verse 1 to 3. Please give it to us. Luke chapter 4, 1 to 3. Then read 16 to 22. Luke chapter 4, 1 to 3, then 16 to 22. Let me just read 1 to 3. The Bible says, "And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness." We're reading to verse 3. "Being 40 days tempted of who?" 40 days, Jesus tempted of the devil. And the Bible says, "And in those days He did eat nothing: and when the days were ended, He was afterward an hungered." Verse 3. "And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread." Let's read verse 4. "And Jesus answered him." Who did He answer? "And said, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God." So you read that and you find out that Satan came to Jesus, and he came to carry out his ministry of deception, his ministry of destruction. And Jesus did not ignore Satan. If Jesus did not acknowledge it, and we shouldn't ignore him. Jesus turned to Satan and spoke to him. He said, "It is written." Number two: Jesus Himself taught deliverance. Matthew chapter 12, please. Jesus taught. Among the many teachings, Matthew chapter 12. Let's begin from verse 43 for sake of time. Here's what Jesus taught. Jesus Himself taught about Satan and the fact that there was something about Satan He wanted us to know. He said, "When the when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none." Who is giving us this information? Jesus. Next verse. "Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out. And when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished." Next verse. The Bible says, "Then goeth he and taketh with him seven other spirits more." That means there is a structure. Jesus is the one showing us that all spirits are not the same. Jesus uses the expression "more wicked." That other spirits are more wicked. Seven others more wicked than himself. And the Bible says they come together as a team, and they enter and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. Look of. So when a man's later state is worse than the first, what is the diagnosis? It's in your Bible. That means the devil can afflict a man. The devil can bring a condition, and from a physical standpoint, you will find out that the condition is deteriorating. Jesus is saying, "Let me give you perspective to that. Something may have happened that can translate into that worsening situation." Are we together? Jesus Himself taught on the subject of deliverance. Jesus administered deliverance Himself. He didn't just teach, He administered deliverance. We'll look at a few scriptures. Luke chapter 8 from verse 26, please write it down. Luke chapter 8. The Bible says, "They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes." This was the story of the madman in Gadara. Well, since we've started, let's just read it. We're reading it's a long reading to 39. Let's hurry up very quickly. Verse 27. Now the Bible says, "And when he went forth to land, he met out of the city a certain man." Certain man means it was not a parable. That man really existed. Are we together? Which had what? Which had. You see the word "devils" there? It means then that the word "devil" is not just the name of a person. It's a generic description. It's a character. Are we together? He says that he met a certain man who had devils. How long? So we see from this scripture that demons can remain for a long time. Time does not drive demons. And we're not clothes, neither abort in any house, but in tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell be and fell down before him, and with a loud voice he said, "What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, torment me not." For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him, and he kept bound with chains and infetters, and he break the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness. And Jesus asked him, saying, "What is thy name?" And he said, "Legion." This is an information because many devils were entered into him. So the Bible here reveals to us that multiple demonic spirits can coexist in a single human entity. Are we together? Now that it is not only one spirit per body, as many demons as many as a legion. These are very important information. 31. "And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep." Uh-huh. And the Bible says, "And there was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain." And they besought him that he should suffer them to enter into the swine. That means it is not only human bodies. Demons can enter. What else did they enter? And he suffered them. Next verse. Let's hurry up. The Bible says, "And went out the devils out of the man and entered into the swine." And the herd ran what violently down a steep place into the lake and were choked." I'll show you why we're reading. 34. "And when they that fed them saw what was done, they fled and went and told it to the city and in the country." 35. "Then when they went out to see what was done." Everybody see that there are levels of deliverance now? This man, the spirit had left him. Is that true? But see what else they found. They came to Jesus and found the man out of whom the devils were departed. What was he doing? Sitting where? At the feet of Jesus. That is another level. The demons had left him. The man would have gone. But the Bible says his place of security was to sit at the feet of Jesus. And now something was happening to his mind. In his right mind. So the spirit leaving him was not all. He took it. It took him staying with Jesus and then sitting at the feet of Jesus. And as a result, something was happening to his mind. His mind was becoming right. I think we can stop there. Luke chapter 9 from verse 37. Jesus administered deliverance Himself. The Bible says, "And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him." This is Peter, James, and John. The Mount of Transfiguration. The Bible says, "And behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son; for he is my only child. And lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out, and it teareth him, and he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departed from him. And I besought thy disciples to cast him out, and they could."
Not everybody should be able. Don't rush. Media, let's work together. Go to verse 40.
Everybody should be able to cast out demons, but unfortunately, not everybody is able to cast out demons. Potentially, you would think everybody should be able to cast out demons based on the authority of scripture. But in experience, although these guys were the disciples of Jesus, we see that it takes more than just being with Jesus to have the ability to cast out demons. They were not rebels; they were people who were walking with Jesus. And yet the Bible says, "I besought thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not."
43. 41. And Jesus answered, "It said, 'All faithless and perverse generation!'" Jesus is telling us what was wrong. "Now how long shall I be with you and permit you?" He says, "Bring the son." I love Jesus. [Applause] That after this discussion, that's what you will say too. That when you go somewhere and they tell you, "Our family, everything you say," bring, bring that family. "I found something. Bring the son."
Heather, verse 42. And as he was yet coming, the demons know who is who. As he was yet coming, before he came to meet Jesus, the Bible says the devil threw him down and tore him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the child. Two things happened: one, deliverance; the other, healing. Are you seeing that now? So that man was not just, he was not just demonized. There were two conditions. Meaning that behind most sicknesses are spirits. Just ministering healing alone, you may find out that your venture is frustrating most times. In scripture, you will see Jesus casting out the spirit influence, then releasing the power of God to correct the bodily deformity that that spirit caused. Are we learning now? He rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the child and delivered him again to his father.
Last verse. And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered, every one of the things which Jesus did, you know, he said unto his disciples, "All of this, this kind goeth not but by prayer and fasting." So we see that Jesus himself ministered deliverance. Is someone learning? Let's look at two more scriptures. Are you tired? Please don't be tired. In the name of Jesus Christ. Luke chapter 8, let's start from verse 1, 2, 3. I just wrote a few here. And it came to pass afterwards, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him. Verse 2. The Bible says, "And certain women which had been healed of evil spirits and healed of what? Evil spirit and infirmity." And among them there was a woman called Mary of Magdala, or Mary Magdalene. How many demons came out of her? The Bible even will list it. Don't be afraid. There is the imbalance part. So you can trust me. I'm a good pilot. You will arrive safely in the name of Jesus Christ. Out of whom seven went. Seven devils. Look at the advantage when people are delivered. Was three and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others. The Bible says, "Which ministered unto him of their means." There are partners, there are helpers that the devil knows that will stand with you and stand by you. And this spirit will stop them. It was on the strength of their deliverance. If you are wondering where Jesus got money from, read your Bible. The Bible is saying those women that have been impacted, they have been delivered, they went back and did whatever they did, they had results, and they returned back. Man of God, this is the most, this is the most scriptural way of funding for ministry, that you change lives, you impact people, they go back. They would not, everybody will be too grateful to ignore you. If people are really, really changed, seven demons out of this woman, and she went back with her sound mind. And she said, "No, I will not forget the man that was used to save me and deliver me." And the Bible says they came to minister unto him. When you are not changing lives and you want people to bless you, in my opinion, it's not sincere. I can almost look at it as fraud. Inasmuch as you don't pay a man of God, you can't pay for the anointing. But I'm saying sincerely, let me give you a secret. Spend your life blessing people, not anticipating that your blessing so that they will give you something. Let them have genuine results in their lives and leave them to surprise you. It's cheaper than manipulation. So if you, if you are finding out why Jesus and how Jesus became so blessed that he had a treasurer, it's not superstition. It was not every day they went to the river to get money out of the mouth of a fish. It would be a stupid way of thinking to believe that every day a fish will keep giving you coins. The classic way, that was a miracle to show something. The standard scriptural way of raising money for ministry is not a fish would not be hitting coin every day. It was just a, you know what God is teaching in that scripture, that there will be moments of supernatural intervention. But that is not God's classic way of doing it. God cannot be helping you by intervention every day. Intervention means a principle was violated and a consequence came from it. Now the mercy of God is coming to bridge. So waiting by a seaside, how did I get here? Waiting by a seaside for a fish. So you squeeze that fish, wouldn't the fish eat it? It was just used for a miracle. Impact people, bless them sincerely. Let them encounter salvation, healing. Let the world transform their minds. Let them go back with the word and produce results. And I guarantee you, the Spirit of God who anointed you to bless them is the same Spirit that will compel them to come back and bless you. In fact, let me say this. Let me say this respectfully to preachers and men of God. Building men is greater than building structures. Structures are fine, don't get me wrong. Structures are great. But let your structure not be finer than the men you are building. A building can be destroyed. Government can bring a bulldozer in five minutes and collapse everything. But you build men, and the men will build the structure. And if it falls, they will build it again. And if it falls, they will build it again. [Applause]
Shaker. Matthew chapter 16. We're still starting. No, you won't believe that we're just establishing the biblical basis for studying this. But I believe someone is learning already. Matthew chapter 16, verse 21. The Bible says, "From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples how that he must go unto Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day." Uh-huh. The Bible says, "And Peter." Now, this deliverance issue is getting deeper. I understand healing or delivering somebody who is afar off. But now Jesus is showing us something. This is among his fault. Peter, you too haven't been with Jesus. Jesus is talking about his death, his passion. And Peter took him and began to rebuke him. Peter was rebuking Jesus. What was the rebuke? "Be it far from the Lord. This shall not happen to you." Should you not say amen to that statement? And Jesus looks at him and says, "Even though this sounds like compassion, Satan has taken advantage of your compassion. Satan does not only use weaknesses, he uses strengths too." He is using Peter's compassion here to advise Jesus. "Don't even think about dying. We are not ready to lose you." You would think that was a scriptural statement. But if Jesus heeded to that advice, we'll all be in hell today. But he turned and said unto Peter, "Who did he speak to?" "Get thee behind me." Who? I hope you know that until this time, Peter had gone to preach and return with results. Will you accept that kind of insult on your pedigree? You went to preach, your ministerial teaching practice, you return with potent result. Please keep that scripture. And then Jesus looks at you from a compassionate heart and says, "Get thee behind me, Satan." He said, "For thou art an offense unto me, for thou savorous not the things that be of God, but the things that be of man."
Next verse. 24. Then Jesus said unto his disciples, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me." I'm sure Peter left confused. Satan, get thee behind me. What do you think the disciples would do to him? You think they would eat in the same place that day? We don't know where you have been fishing at the river. Remember Riverrun area? Only God knows what would have happened to you there. That Jesus is now rebuking. Can I tell you this? There is a lesson here. Inasmuch as we are laughing, the lesson is that sometimes it takes discernment more than the physical fashion of people to know that they need deliverance. They can be well-behaved and calm. If you see someone misbehaving, it's easy to show that there is a spirit. But there are times even your compassion and the positive aspects of you, Satan can sleep through it, and you will still be coordinated and not know. Peter did not know that something had happened to him. The same way someone can come and advise you and say, "Look, the way this thing is, don't you think you should leave Nigeria? Just go." I'm not saying it's wrong, except if it's God that is telling you. "Just leave Nigeria and go somewhere." You are having a job that is paying you 500,000. And the person can even come and sincerely tell you, "I had a dream." What is wrong with having a dream? And the person sincerely had a dream. Oh, you will be so blessed. In this series, I will show you that many dreams that people are having that is leading to many problems in their lives, where manipulations by demon spirits taking advantage of your sincerity. Yes, sir. There are many people who have no business starting ministry. But the devil masqueraded as an angel of light and showed them a dream that supposedly looked like ministry. They left everything they were doing and moved to another bishopric. They are suffering today thinking it's persecution, and they do not know that they are feared of the plan of God. I pray that in this series, God will restore many people. There are people who have no business, no business going abroad, except that sometimes a preacher did not even know he was not under the influence of the Holy Spirit, and he spoke to them and said, "Do you know what? I want you to live. Leave this place. Go to Lagos or go to London or go to this place." And in obedience and loyalty, believing it was the voice of God, they move, hoping to get into greener pastures. And some of them have met all kinds of things. I hope you know that we are not being judgmental. We are people. Love, love is because we are teaching the subject of deliverance. That's why I ask you to pray that God will open your eyes. Peter, how could Satan so slip into Peter that he did not even know?
One last scripture. Matthew chapter 10, from verse 7 and 8. Jesus was sending the disciples who would later become apostles of the Lamb. And he said, "As ye go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'" Verse 8. "Heal the sick." Jesus is giving them an instruction now. "Cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out." That means if it is true evangelism, you must meet the devil somewhere. They will be waiting for you. Amen. They will be waiting to for you in cities everywhere. You see them, cast them out. Hallelujah. So we see this in the Old Testament. We see this in the New Testament. Now, very quickly, let's examine the life of the apostles and the early church. For starters, Acts chapter 8 and verse 5. Very quickly now. Acts chapter 8 and verse 5. "Philip went down to the city of Samaria." The Bible says, "And preached Christ unto them." Verse 6. "And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did." Verse 7. What was a miracle? "For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many that were what? Possessed with them. And many that were taken with palsies, and were lame, were healed." Verse 8. The Bible says, "And there was great joy in that city."
Scripture number two. Acts chapter 16. We'll start from verse 16. The full text is to 21, but we just read 16 to 18. Remember the Bible says, "It came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of what? Divination." So you see that it is, it is very, very, it is very, very usual in the Bible for spirits to be named based on how they behave. Spirit of divination, there is the lying spirit, there is a spirit of death. Are we together? So here we have a lady possessed with a spirit, and the Bible names the spirit by its character. It's called the spirit of divination, "that met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying." Meaning she brought rewards. They were financial rewards. Verse 17. We can study this all night, dear people of God. There are so many things to learn from just this one verse. The Bible says, "The same followed Paul and us." Be careful who follows you. Just because people are following you does not mean they are of the same spirit. The Bible says this spirit, this lady was having a spirit of divination, and she brought profit. There is a relationship between divination and profit. So you be careful. Not every profit is profit. This is the Bible. Never said the lady brought loss to them. Just because you are receiving rewards does not mean it is of God. You must be careful. The spirit of divination can also bring profits. Now watch this. The Bible says she followed Paul and us and cried, saying, "These men are the servants of the most high God, which showed us showed unto us the way of salvation." Question: Was she lying? When the devil lies, you know. But what if the devil tells the truth? Because when the devil knows that you don't like lies, he will use truth on you. You've heard me say truth can kill. Truth is like a knife. It is not only a lie the devil uses to kill. He can use truth and kill. "The same followed Paul and us and cried, saying, 'These men are the servants of the most high God.'" Why don't you like people who are publicizing what you are doing genuinely and sincerely? "Which showed us the way of salvation." Do you know the deception? This is the classic character of Satan. You know what Satan was achieving here? They were visitors in that city. So when Satan sees that he cannot fight you, he will seek partnership. And the way he will partner with you is by promoting what you represent. So that the day you are not in that city, when they can't find you, they will find who was with you. That's the strategy Satan was using here. They were only there for a few days and they would leave. But the girl was there to stay. And the strategy invented was, "Don't fight them, support them, promote their evangelism." After a few days, they will leave. So that if we cannot find Paul because he's far, we can find the diviner girl, and her ministry continues. Watch this now. Please give us that scripture. The Bible says, "She did this many days." So it was not a mistake. She did this many days. And the Bible says, "And Paul, being grieved." Being grateful? Supporting you? Being grieved for promoting you? The Bible says, "He turned and said to the spirit, 'I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.'" Paul teaches us how to cast out devils, that you command them not in your name, you command them in the name of Jesus to come out of her. The Bible says, "And he came out the same hour." Now, I don't want you to read 2:21 because you will see that there were consequences that followed when that spirit left. Look at what happened. In fact, let's just read 19 and stop there. The Bible said, "When her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, what happened?" They caught Paul and Silas and drew them into the marketplace and to the rulers. Twisted the story so that we'll have them flogged. You know, Paul and Silas, this is how they got to that prison by casting out. That means it is not only how to cast out demons, you must know. You must also know how to command deliverance for yourself for the consequence of casting out demons. Because when you cast out demons, there can be consequences. Those spirits will start moving men and systems and structures to come against you. But Paul and Silas said, "We were well trained at midnight." Mercado, Scarlet, Catholic. It is not only casting out demons, we understand deliverance. We know how to let these chains leave us at midnight. Listen, I don't mean to scare you, and we're not glorifying Satan. But this is why it is important for people to be mentored and trained. This our proud generation of arrogance. Just because someone falls down, people believe they have all it takes. They have the spiritual understanding. They go and tour into the enemy's camp. A stranger was there before your grandfather was born. You just sweep everything and pack away your health, pack away your sanity, and throw it in the bush. And find out that by the next day, the only part of you that is moving is your right hand. Now, because it's true that you may, in you intended to command deliverance for the city, but do you know the other dynamics? They are called the weapons of victory. The Bible says, "Before you tour the camp of the enemy, make sure you have upon you something called the whole armor of God." Are we together? Sincerely, not, not to be sarcastic. But I know in my time in ministry, I have seen people, even preachers, who just took the risk to challenge native doctors, challenge herbalists. And the man was warning him. "I would listen. I came into this city. I am three months old. I am a child of God. Jesus died for me." You are right. But your revelation will soon show. Because there were other men who spoke like that and they went back untouched. T.L. Osborn would step into a city, scatter hell like that, and go back. Reign had bonkers went everywhere from Congo to Nigeria to everywhere, just help us under the anointing. Now, please look up. You've always heard me say, "Before you stand before Pharaoh, make sure you have seen the burning bush." Pharaoh is a wizard. He will ask you, "Who sent you?" But the people that do know their God, not just the people who want to move. It is the people that do know their God. Can you pray in the spirit? In one minute, your life is changing. You are gaining acceptance in the spirit. Chapter marvelous God. They know not, neither will they understand. They walk on in darkness, and all the foundations of the earth are out of course. But I have said, "Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the most high." But you shall die like men, and fall like one of these princes. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Now, please listen. There are people who have gone to confront the gates of darkness. Please sit down. And they left with casualties untold. But there are others who went to the gates of darkness, dared them to their faces, scattered them until today they keep standing as if Satan does not exist. The difference is light. Are we together? Growing up, our watering had bonkers laugh and get to regions where people dread to go to organize his crusade and ask people to bring all their instruments of divination. Have you watched it? Go and watch his videos. He does not just, in my opinion, no, I don't believe that man was just an evangelist. A man that preaches an enshrined can be born in somewhere. That's more than evangelism. Are we together? They would bring all the instruments, skulls, human body parts, age-long covenants, and it will set it on fire with joy and return back. Please help those under the anointing. Are we learning? God is changing us in the name of Jesus Christ. Now, please listen very carefully. Jesus sent us, and it was clear that he sent us because of the results that we are bringing. But if you have not stayed to understand your being sent and to understand the dynamics we're discussing, Acts 16, you can live and cast out demons, and the demons can come out, and you will be happy. But you will be surprised to find out that casualties begin to happen. That means before you ever sustain the courage to launch an attack, make sure you are grounded as far as your spiritual fortification is concerned. Do you know what it means to hold a miracle service like this, cast out devils, deadly spirits, and then go back home and sleep? I lay me down and I wait for the Lord. Sustain me. I travel all the time. I go from meetings to meetings, nations to nations. And there are all kinds of ways the devil can easily attempt accidents, whatever, whatever it is, except for the fact that light can fortify you like chariot standing before a man. Can I tell you? Believe me, you cannot pretend. Authority. Your lifting has come. Oh, your lifting has come. [Music] Your freedom. [Music] Your freedom has come. Please sit down. One more scripture that gives us the basis to study about Satan, demons, and their operations. Two more, really. First Peter chapter 5, very quickly, and verse 8. First Peter chapter 5 and verse 8. May I request that we read it together? Ready? Please read. One to read. "Be sober, be vigilant." The Bible says, "Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom." That means there is an operation of Satan that is in the similitude of a roaring lion. A roaring lion is a hungry lion, meaning it is looking for food. I watch a bit of National Geographic, Natural Wild. And sometimes I want to watch these animals. And the lion can be patient with hunger and just allows maybe a herd passing or some antelopes or whatever it is. And with precision and determination, when it looks at one, it does not see the rest again. It will pursue that one with an energy. Watch this. When the lion grabs it, there are two assignments of the lion: to kill. The first is to bring it down. Because once that animal is not down, the first assignment, no matter how large, sometimes it will be a coordinated, it will be a coordinated attempt. The entire pride will come in and they will bring, especially if it's a big animal like an elephant, it will bring it down. Assignment number two: they will go to the throat immediately and hold it and stay for as long as they will stay. When it dies, they can now settle down. There's no reason to rush. It's already dead. So the Bible says Satan has a roaring lion, meaning when he comes around you, he's not joking. He's not playing games. He's not April Fool. He means everything he wants to do. And he says he walketh about seeking, seeking, seeking whom he may devour. But I've also watched times when the lion made costly mistakes that he died for. For instance, elephants or something. And then he just comes and tries to play games, and the elephant will lift it like that, lift it like he's playing football. Revelation 12. We'll start from verse 7. It's getting interesting now. Revelation 12. "And there was war in heaven." Let it not surprise you when there are conflicts around your life. Even in heaven, there was a time the peace was disturbed. Are we together? If there was war in heaven, it's not unusual to have war in your family. It's not unusual to have war in your finances. Even in heaven, there was once war. "Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought against his angels." Verse 8. "And prevailed not, neither was their place found anymore in heaven." Verse 9. "And the great dragon was cast out." That old, take note of that word, old. He is not just a serpent. He's an old serpent, meaning he has the advantage of age. That old serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. The Bible says he was cast into the." We're going to discuss some things now. And his angels were cast out with him. Are we there? Just leave us 9. The Bible says, "The great dragon, who is called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world." He was cast down to where? Was he cast down to? Think already. That means before Satan felt Earth was already there. It's not that he was cast down and was moving in space. There was already Earth, and he was cast down there. And there was a lamentation. When you read, "Woe to the inhabitants of the earth." Verse 10. Let's just finish it up. "And I heard a loud voice in heaven, 'Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ, for the accuser of the brethren is cast down, which accused them before God day and night.'" Go back to verse 9. I want to build something. The Bible says that the great dragon, which was Satan, was cast down to the earth. Are you there? Now go to verse 10. There's something I want you to see. The Bible says, "Now salvation is come, and the power of his Christ, for the accuser of who? Brethren. The accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before God day and night." When you understand this, because the next phrase we are going to now is the origin of Satan. At least we'll touch on it a bit before we pray. And there are many things you have heard and known about Satan that I'm going to tell you. Some of them may trouble you. Now, just take note of this scripture. While coming back, there are you ready? Praise the name of the Lord.
So now we have, we can agree safely from our study of the Old Testament, the life and the ministry of Jesus, the early church, and the life of the apostles, we know that it is not a biblical error to study Satan, to study demons, and to study the operation of the satanic kingdom. Hallelujah. Praise the name of the Lord. Very important. Now, very quickly, to conserve our time, let's study the origin of Satan. Let me just speak a bit about it. Please pray in the spirit and ask the Lord to grant your understanding. Who is Satan and where did he come from? Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Let me just give us one more scripture to support what we just discussed. Second. It just came to my spirit. Second Corinthians chapter 2 and verse 11. Very classic scripture. We'll be making reference. "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his devices." We read 11 and 12. "Lest Satan." He says, "Furthermore, when I come to." Okay, no, no. Please go back to 11. I think maybe 10, 11, one of them. But lest Satan, this is really the part. "Lest Satan should get an advantage." That means ignorance gives Satan an advantage. When we get to access points, you'll be learning that one of the access points that gives Satan an advantage over the believers is what? Ignorance. Not just ignorance of what you want, ignorance of his devices. You can have knowledge of what you want and yet have ignorance of his devices, and he will still have an advantage of you. Are we blessed? Right. So the origin of Satan and demons. I don't know if we'll be able to do demons. But wherever we stop, we'll pray because I want us to do a bit of prayer tonight as God grants us grace. Our study is going to be from a biblical perspective. Biblical perspective. Why is that so? Every religion of the over 4,000 plus religions that we have registered on earth, every one of them believes, acknowledges, serves, or talks about Satan in some way. Every religion that we know. Are we together now? Yes. Maybe except for a few that thrive purely on human consciousness and do not believe in the existence of spirits or any other thing. But most religions would acknowledge the presence of an adversary called Satan. He is called several names. Now, from Abraham, let me give us a bit of Bible history. From Abraham, there are three major religions that came out from Abraham. And usually, in study of all of these things from a classically, now, we usually would use those three religions for reference. That means from a classical study. Number one is Judaism. Number two is Islam. Number three is Christianity. These are the three faith practices that directly came out of Abraham. Judaism, Islam through Ishmael, and then the faith practice. Are we learning now? And all three agree in the existence of an adversary. They call him different names. But then we know for sure that Satan is an adversary. That we agree across religions. May disagree across several things. But Satan has never, in most religions, never been purported to be a friend. Are we together now? So, um, you will, when you read about Satan, it's important that you state your reference. There are differences between the way Satan is looked at in say, Islam or in Judaism, even, and then in other faith practices, you know, Buddhism and all of these other faith practices. They have several angles. So my discourse is with reference to scripture. Are we together now? Because you will go online and you will find all kinds of extra-biblical references that attempt to bring the history of Satan from several planes, some from the intergalactic realm, some from transcendental masters, some from a scientific standpoint, some from whatever it is. I'm not here to debate on all of that. We believe in Jesus, and our reference for discussion and growth is scripture. Is that clear? All right. Now, so, um, there are three major scriptures that theologians have used in an attempt to x-ray the origin of Satan. Very strangely, the book of the beginnings, Genesis, is largely silent about the beginning of Satan, which has confused theologians for a long time. Because you would expect that the book of the beginnings should capture everything to put context to our work. But the book of the beginnings does not seem to state so much about Satan's origin. It just started straight with his character and his operation. And so we need to explore a few other scriptures to find reference. Are we together? But the Bible very clearly, at least, let's use Jesus. Because one of the ways that we learn the ways of God is Jesus. Jesus himself called Satan a thief in John chapter 10 and verse 10. There are many names that Satan is called in scripture. I will list a few of them, then we'll go to his original name and begin from there. Praise the name of the Lord. In John chapter 10 and verse 10, Jesus himself called Satan the thief. Very definite article, "the thief." "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy." And Jesus says, "I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." So Satan is called Devil. We see one of his names, Devil. And I told you that Devil is, yes, is used to identify that singular individual who heads the demonic kingdom. But more than that, the word Devil is a generic description. It comes from the Greek word diabolos. Diabolos, where you get the word diabolism. The Greek word diabolos, and it means the accuser or the slanderer. So the Devil is from the word diabolos, from the Greek, the accuser or the slanderer. And then we have Satan, or Satan, now. It means to oppose, one who opposes, or one who acts as an adversary. We have Satan being called the thief. We have Satan being called the enemy. In the parable of the wheat and the tares, the Bible says, "When Jesus saw it, he said, 'The enemy had done this.'" We see Satan called the evil one. We see Satan called, in Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 2, for instance, "the prince of the power of the air." The prince of the power of the air. He is also called "the spirit that worketh in the children of disobedience." These are several names. Satan himself is called the adversary. The adversary. But the original name of Satan, as revealed in scripture, is Lucifer. The word Lucifer, from the Hebrew tongue, when it is translated, it means the shining one or the light bearer. Now, I want to tell you a little story, and I pray that you will understand and be blessed by it in the name of Jesus. There are three scriptures classically that we use in scripture in discussing the origin of Satan. The first of them, as we see, is Revelation chapter 12 from verse 7, where we read the Bible lets us know that there was war in heaven, and Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, another name Satan is called, and that the dragon fought and his angels. So we see that Satan at that time already had an organized system of angels too. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. Right. So verse 8. "And prevailed not, neither was there a place found for them anymore." That means before that time, where were they living? They had access to heaven together with the angels. Are we together now? "Any more" means they once had that access. Right. So let's go to Isaiah 14. Isaiah 14. Now, to understand, we're going to Isaiah 14 and then Ezekiel 28. You will have to understand something in theology called prophetic parallels. Please look up. Prophetic parallels means that you can use a story to adopt. You can use a prophetic description to adopt something that has happened in time past or something that will happen in the future. For instance, if I look at you and I say, let's say you have a son, and his father used to steal, and I say, "Young man, keep behaving foolishly. That is how that man stole and he was thrown away." You understand what I'm saying now? I'm using the story connected to this man, but the warning is to the young man. But that there is a story that I'm drawing from. Are you getting the point now? You, I need to give you this background so that you will understand what we're about to read. Because the story we are about to read was written to real kings, but based on the law of prophetic parallels, it was also the prophet was using an ancient story to relate and bring a warning to the then kings. Are you clear on that? Now, so let's go to Isaiah chapter 14 from verse 12. Isaiah 14 from verse 12. This was a description of the fall of Lucifer. Are you ready? Please look up. "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" That's the meaning of his name, the light bearer, son of the morning. "How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations?" We're reading to verse 17, very quickly. Verse two, or next verse. "For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High." Take note. "I will be like the most High." 15. "Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit." Two more verses. 16. "They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms? 17. That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof? That opened not the house of his prisoners?" Take note of this because I will be showing you a name and a story that Jesus gave about Satan that we do not find in scripture. The name is a murderer. He says, "You are of your father the devil, for from the beginning he was a murderer." We never see him killing Adam, at least the first contact. That means there was an old story that even predates Adam, because Jesus called Satan, he said, among the many accusations against Satan is that he was a murderer. Ezekiel 28. Verse 11. Second scripture. This is another prophetic parallel. It was to the king of Tyre, but then there is a parallel. You will see some things there that could not have happened to an ethnic king. "Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Verse 12. Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre." So the lamentation was a warning to the king, but he's about to draw a prophetic reference to warn the king, saying, "Thus saith the Lord God, Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom." This was the description of Lucifer before the fall. "Thou art full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty." Verse 13. "Thou hast been in Eden." Are you seeing that? Earth was created already before the fall of Lucifer. You have to understand this very, very strange. When Lucifer was casted down, the Bible says he was casted down to earth. Is that true? Scientists carbonate rocks and they tell us that the earth is millions and millions of years old. They are not lying. The oldest man on earth from Adam, as we know, is barely a little above 6,000 years. Is that true? But archaeologists and historians have discovered castles, they have discovered, um, um, semblances of civilizations that are more than 6,000 years ago. That means that there is an old story, an old story that predates Adam. Let's finish up. "It says, every precious stone was the covering." Please, just, just be graphic about this. Use your mind and look at how Satan was. That precious stones were his covering. The sardius, the topaz, the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold. "The workmanship of thy timbrels and of thy pipes were prepared in the day that thou wast created." That means Satan was created. Hello. Satan was. You will be learning from this that the enemy of Satan is not God. The act enemy of Satan is man. Are we together? Satan is a created being. Let me quickly give you two scriptures to support that so that there's no confusion. Satan is a created being. In fact, three scriptures. One is John chapter 1 and verse 3. The Bible says, "And for without him were all things made that are made." How many things? That if you ever see anything that appeared, it was made by him. "And without him was not anything made that was made." Scripture number two, Colossians chapter 1 and verse 16. Colossians 1 and 16. It says, "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven." Was Satan once in heaven? "And that are in the earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him." Are we together? And then, of course, the last scripture, Ezekiel 28 and verse 15. Let's continue our reading now. I just needed to put that in perspective. "That was perfect in thy ways in the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee." We are reading to 19. "By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of the Lord." Remember Psalm 24, "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?" "And I will destroy thee, O covering cherub." So we now see that Satan was a cherub that covereth. In the midst of the stones of fire. There's no mention of the king of Tyre being in the midst of the stones of fire. He will not even survive it. 17. Okay. "Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty." The Bible is now put in perspective. We need to examine why Satan would rebel from a place like heaven. "Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted." And he said, "Thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness." Take note of the things that can corrupt people: beauty, wisdom. He said, "I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may be holding." 18. "Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities; by the iniquity of thy traffic therefore I will bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee; I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee." Last verse. "All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be anymore." Prophetic parallels. Are you seeing now? Because the king that this judgment was upon later died, but Satan is still existing. So that's why I told you, you see prophetic parallels. There are things that could not have been the king, and there are things that could not have been Satan. Are you learning? So we know that Satan was a created being according to scripture. That he was Lucifer, one of the cherubs in heaven, that was made according to Colossians chapter 1 and verse 16 by God and for His glory. But then the Bible tells us that something happened. Revelation 12 tells us there was war in heaven. Please look up. What did Satan really want? That is really what I want to help us. And then we pray. At least it is enough for us to know that he was created by God. No matter what he is, and no matter how long he existed, we know that he is God's creation. But what made Satan? Listen carefully. What made Satan to rebel against God? And what makes Satan to still hate men today? We need to examine this. What is he looking for? To answer this question in truth, if I'm to do justice to this question, there are two schools of thought, and all of them are worth considering. I will give it to you, and then we'll discuss. Number one. The first school of thought is believed that Satan, from Ezekiel 28, that Satan wanted to run a parallel government. He said, "I will exalt myself above the stars of God. I will be like the most High." There was an obsession by reason of his beauty. The Bible says his beauty and his excellence and his wisdom flattered him. That is also proven through his manipulation over earthly kings. We see Nebuchadnezzar also, that these kings can be carried away by their beauty and their splendor, and they will want to be God. And we see that the same kind of judgment that was meted on Satan was meted on Nebuchadnezzar. From an exalted king, he was thrown down to become an animal. Are we together now? You can see those parallels. So the first school of thought agrees that Satan fell because of that desire. I don't believe Satan wanted to overthrow God. He is clear that he can't do that. But I, I know that Satan wanted to run a parallel government so that you can choose the option of God or him. It is still the character of Satan until today. Every time Satan studies what God is doing, he tries to create an alternative system to it. Are we together now? Now, the second school of thought, which is equally worth considering, is the timing of Revelation chapter 12 and verse 7 gives us a very serious picture. It says that Satan was cast to the earth. And that means that means that the earth was already there. And if the earth is already there, then it also goes to tell us, um, now look up, please. Where do you think Satan got the idea that he can be like God? Because that idea must have come from somewhere. All things consist in God. That means you don't have any wisdom outsourced from outside of God. So where would it, where do you think Satan would have gotten the idea that it is possible for man to be like God? Now, the second school of thought argues that Satan fell after man was created. Personally, I don't agree with that. But I'm going to teach you what I believe. Are we together? Just to honor those schools of thought. It is believed that when God made man, and Satan saw the potential that man had become in the image of God. No creature was ever made in the image of God. They were made in the likeness of God. That jealousy. Are you seeing that? That desire to be jealous. And you see, you can see that character consistent with the operation of Satan too, that every time something new comes that surpasses the old, the old fights it. You see Jacob and Esau, you see Ishmael, you see Abraham. Is that true? You see all of these parallels. That Satan saw that man was created now in the image and the likeness of God. Now, I do not believe that for many reasons. Number one, because according to Genesis chapter 1 and verse 31, that is the scripture that I use for my basis to."
Argue a way that the Bible says, "And God saw that everything that He had made was good." So it would not be possible for God to call everything good when Satan... Are you getting the idea now? Yes, everything He had made was good, and the evening and the morning came.
Look up, please. I hope you realize that in the making of man, Genesis chapter one, and Genesis chapter two... Oh dear, I wish we had the time. They are two different contexts of discussions apart. Now, I don't want to confuse you because many people just read their Bible from one and two. You will see that in the making of man, it was creation. In Genesis chapter 2, it is the formation of man. When God blessed man in Genesis chapter 2, it was Adam, man, like the spirit of man. The woman was in the man. When He gave the dominion mandate, that is why today in manifesting dominion, there is no gender. The moment you are in Christ, you can manifest that dominion because the woman came out of man. In chapter 2, when that formation happened, it was simply based on the structure of family and God's organogram that the woman comes under the man. But as far as dominion over systems from a spiritual angle, the woman has the same ranking. There is neither male nor female. There is neither Jew nor Greek. There is one new man in Christ Jesus. Came to restore that. Are we together?
So, the school of thought that says that Satan, Satan did not fall, he fell after man. If you believe that that Satan fell after man, simply because he peeped into the making of man in the image of God and then jealousy came, there are many other scriptures that don't agree with that. Are we together? Number one, Genesis 1 verse 1 and Genesis 1 verse 2. Theologically speaking, we call it the gap theory, and we know that the judgment in Genesis 1 verse 2 came as a result of the judgment of Lucifer. No other being was judged to have produced that kind of chaos. Every judgment that is recorded in scripture, as we see, had Lucifer behind it, from Genesis 1 verse 1, then Noah, to every other judgment that has happened, to the final judgment that will condemn all men who have refused Jesus Christ. Satan has always been behind it. But this is what I believe based on scripture. Listen very carefully. Let me establish my thoughts on this.
Now, Romans chapter 8 from verse 29. What does Satan really want? "For whom he did for know, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren." Verse 30. "Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified."
Please look up. I believe, and this is based on this scripture, the Bible tells us the entire agenda of man was not one that was being executed real-time. It was predestined. There was a foreknowledge. And do not forget the office of Satan. Satan was the light bearer, the custodian of the wisdom and the mysteries of God. To be predestined and foreordained means there was his time that God designed that that He was going to create a being in His image and in His likeness, and Satan must have had access to that information based on his office. This is what gave him an idea that, "So, God can actually create another species in His image and His likeness?" And so that began to challenge him to want to walk with that treason. "I will be like the Most High." If that is the case, are we together?
Now, yes, based on scripture, if it is true that man was predestined, the whole agenda, it was never something that was just executed. God scratched His head. The Bible says this thing was organized. Watch this. We have a government structure in Nigeria and in many parts of Africa, and there are times where when the government wants to do certain things, there is a group of intel. The DSS and intelligence unit. Is that true? By reason of their office, no matter how private and personal what it is the president wants to do, or what it is that the executive cabinet wants to do, by the reason of their office, they have to be initiated into this nitty-gritty. Am I right on that? This is government. Now, if there is a traitor among them, he can take advantage of that access of his office. We have seen it happen across governments. Is that true?
This is what I believe happened. That there has been a discussion, "Let us make man." Listen carefully. I do not believe "Let us make man" was an idea that just came after He made the trees and the rest. No, no. The Bible is just telling you that there was in God's mind this idea. It's not just that it was in verse 26 that the idea just came. No. "Let us make man." What's the motivation behind the recreation of the earth again? Because the earth was recreated for the sake of man. Are we learning now? So, because of Satan's office as the light bearer, the cherub that covereth, he's had access to some of these things. And the Bible says with that, he began to notice that idea in his heart. You see the same attitude scattered all through scripture that a man's enemies will have to be members of his own household. The one that was used to throw Jesus down. Because you see, you can study Satan by the consistency of his patterns. It was Judas that gave Jesus away because Jesus had moments when he would talk with them and tell them about establishing an earthly kingdom and about all of these things. And it was on the strength of that information, Judas could liaise with other people to say, "You know what? Let's kill this man. He's going to overthrow you." They believed he was talking about a physical government. So when they finished their meeting, Judas was looking at a way of making money from it. The same character of the Antichrist. Don't forget, the Bible says Satan entered Judas. If he entered Judas, Judas will be a continuation of his original desire. The light bearer having the idea that the plan of man, not necessarily redemption, the plan of man now to be created in the image and the likeness of God, that gave him an opportunity. And that idea, because of access, you see the reason why God judged him. And you see the reason why Satan cannot be forgiven because of the kind of access that he had. He was his very name, Lucifer, meant the light bearer. He was the custodian of the wisdom of God. Are we together?
Watch this. The Holy Spirit can minister to me today by reason of my oneness with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can speak to me. Look up, please. And He can tell me that this man is going to be a billionaire next week. Now, I have that information. What I do with that information is now up to me. I can use that information to manipulate this man. Now, do we agree on that? Now, my corruption, you see that it will end me a punishment because I have now betrayed the trust that He gave me. But I am now privy before it happens to this man. I can announce it and tell him, "Sir, in two weeks, you are going to be a billionaire." And truly, it happens like that because I have been granted access. Are you getting what I'm telling you now? Yes. Before it will happen in the earth, it happens in the heavens. Is that true? This is what convinces me that Lucifer had access to parts of the plan of God for man. And when he found out that the image of God is going to be invested to another creature that is not him, nor any being in heaven. Listen, you need to know why Satan hates you. I'm tracing a story for you. The greatest desire of Satan did not come to him. Let me prove it to you again by prophetic adoption. Look at Haman and Mordecai. When the king said, "Who shall we honor?" You see the same manifestation of the spirit of the Antichrist. Because a man had access to the king, he knew that the king wanted to elevate somebody, and he said to himself, "Who else?" You see the parallel of this character across systems. "Who else will the king honor?" And he gave a very elaborate strategy for honor. And he said, "Sorry, you are not the one. Go and do the rest. Do it for ordinary Mordecai who is staying at the city gate." And carry, you are the one who will push the donkey and say, "Bow the knee." That was an insult to Mordecai. And Mordecai went and reported to his wife. And the wife said, "Sorry, who is this man you are trying to fight?" He says, "He's a Jew." She said, "You are finished." That means there is a covenant that has given this man an advantage. Are you learning scripture now? Yes. Everywhere you see the spirit of the Antichrist, there you see that there is always betrayal, and you see that there is always treason. Satan, being the light bearer, granted him access to certain secrets of the Lord. The Bible is very clear as to the fact that God can trust men with secrets. He can trust men with truth. Are you learning? Satan's arch-enemy, listen carefully, it's not God. God is his creator, and even in his fallen state, he will acknowledge God. Satan's arch-enemy is man.
Now, let me wrap up as we pray. What does Satan really want? What has been his drive for all these probably millions of years, and he's not rested? Why does Satan want your family? Listen carefully. Why does Satan want your health? Why is he afflicting you with sickness? Why does Satan want to destroy the ministry of the man of God? Why is he destroying your business? It's an old story. And if you do not know what is Satan's motivation, you will be shadowboxing around issues, not knowing that the issues predate you. There are two things that Satan is looking for, and this is the basis for the entire study of demonology and deliverance. Two things. Number one, dominion. Number two, transgenerational allegiance. This is all Satan is looking for. His obsession for dominion, and number two, his obsession for transgenerational allegiance. This is what brother, the concept of witchcraft, altars, patterns, everything you see today that destroys people, destroys family, is a structure driving that goal: dominion and allegiance.
To scriptures, and we begin to pray. Matthew chapter 4. Satan's obsession for dominion and Satan's obsession for allegiance was demonstrated in the very temptation of Satan with Jesus. Please look up. Are we Bible students? "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of who? The devil." Now, um, let's go to verse 8. Verse 8, quickly, please. Verse 8. "Again the devil taketh him into an exceeding high mountain." What did the devil show him? "All the kingdoms of this world, and the glory of them." Say dominion. Scripture is revealing to us now. Satan's obsession. He said, "All these things will I give thee." Please go back to verse. Yes. "And the glories of them." Now, verse 9. "All these things will I give you, if you will do what?" "And dominion and allegiance." That's it. Satan can suddenly become a giver if you satisfy that condition. That means I don't need this. Keep that scripture, please. Verse 9. I don't need the money. Look up, please. Believers, I don't need your health. I don't need your political position. I don't need your prosperity. I don't need your ministry. I don't need longevity in your family. It's none of my business. There is one thing I need. I need you to fall down and worship. Nebuchadnezzar, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, and everything, fall down and worship. The image of the beast, fall down and worship. How could a man be so driven by this agenda? Can I tell you this? You can easily know who is under the influence of Satan by their obsession for these two things: their obsession for control, not just dominion, control, and their obsession for human worship. It's a classic character of Satan. This is all that Satan looks for. Please listen to me. And do you know what Satan hates you today? Because of one thing: God gave you that image, and He declared that dominion mandate, and compelled creation to answer you. Now, you have become the arch-enemy of Satan. Look up, please. If Satan, if God suddenly removes His image from man and gives it to stones, you will beg Satan. You will not get his attention. He will not need you again because it's not you he's looking for.
"What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" Psalm 8. Let's wrap up. Psalm 8, verse 1. "O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Who has set thy glory..." Help those under the anointing. We're about to pray. I sense a very strong anointing here. Verse 2. "He says, out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger." Now, his contemplations. Verse 3. "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained." Verse 4. "What is man?" What is the psalmist had to sit down and wonder, "Lord, what is man? That you did not... Couldn't you have just used Satan? Couldn't you have just used the archangels? You left all of them and you came to bring another humanoid machine. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?" Verse 5. "For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels." The warriors, Elohim, not angelio, Elohim. You have made him a little lower than yourself in ranking. "Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour." Verse 6. "Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands. And thou hast put all things..." [Applause] "All things." Hold on. He didn't say all things on earth. No, all things. All things aside from yourself. It was adopted in the honor of Joseph. He said, "Joseph, I now promote you. In everything, will be under you. It is only on the throne you will be above me." This is what was given to him. That was what the devil was fighting. So that journey from his brothers to Potiphar's wife to everything was fighting that position. It's the same thing that happened to Esther. The same thing that happened to Mordecai. These are all adoptions of what God did to man. "Thou hast made him to have dominion over all the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet." By seven. Okay, so you... Let's just leave verse 6. When you go back and see what Paul speaks to the Hebrew churches, he says, "In doing so, you did not leave anything that was under his feet." You find out in Hebrews chapter 2 that you did not leave anything out that was not under his feet. Can I tell you this? Please look up. Man, not God, is Satan's arch-enemy. Believing that God is Satan's enemy is an insult. No, because even when they were fighting for the body of Moses, you see that now. You see how powerful this ranking is? Because as at the time Satan was fighting with Michael over the body of Moses, Satan was fighting as the prince of this world. He had collected that authority, and Michael had to respect him. So he could not say, "I rebuke you." He said, "The Lord, the authority that is higher than man, the only authority higher than man, I use that authority to rebuke you." Because if Satan had told, if Michael had told Satan, "I rebuke you," it would be a compromise of the order. When God exalted man, he was exalted even above the seraphim, above every other thing. The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit down at my right hand." Where are you seated? Far above thrones, dominions, every name that is named. Listen, please hear me. You have to understand and believe what I'm teaching you. It's not about the all-time. Your village, your grandfather was an innocent man. Who... He just entered the middle of an old story. So Satan created systems to make sure there is transgenerational allegiance. They will stop reign and punish men who do not know, neither will they understand. So they will go to Satan and say, "Let reign come and let our children eat." Say, "Here is the agreement. I will send the rain." Remember, he's a giver. Suddenly, if you will get dominion and allegiance. So the fathers, on behalf of the land, who say, "Satan, hunger is killing us. Through those mediums, we will serve you." They call him different names, but he's the same person. Okay, we will give you a deity. Worship this deity. And the fathers came, grandfathers will worship the deity. And for as long as they worship the deity, he will use the authority of man to bring rain. The authority of man is what Satan uses to bring rain. Listen carefully. When people are sick, when he finds out that people are not that allegiance is compromising, there will be a widespread problem within the land. And the elders will run back. And the priest or whatever medium can say, "I'm hungry. You are eating. Have not eaten. What do you answer? Make sure your children come and worship me." And you, innocently, they give back to you. You are shouting before you even know left and right. They made incisions on your body and made covenants. And Satan says, "That's right." And then now, you just stand before Jesus and say, "I receive you as my Lord." And Satan says, "What did you say? Do you know what that means? That means you are saying from me, everything that comes from me will no longer serve you." And Satan says, "You have drawn the line." Everything that is a threat to his allegiance, he will fight it. Two men, he will fight the two systems. Can I tell you this? Every, please look up. Do you believe what I've taught you so far? Whether you are Yoruba, whether you are Igbo, whether you are South South, whether you are the Caribbeans, you are Northerner, you are Spanish, I don't care what region. This story has brought all of us into one singular basket. This is what Satan wants. He showed us what he wants. And dead Jesus. Don't think he'll be afraid of you. He said, "Jesus, there is no need to go through all this rigor. Just bow." Let me tell you something. What happens to Satan when you worship? Are you seeing what happens when you worship? Are you seeing why worship is powerful? So he looks at you going down to your knees and says, "For who now?" And you begin to call His name, Jesus. And he will say, "You know what? I'll afflict this man in a way that will make Jesus not look like Savior." And when the affliction gets too much, somebody will tell you, "There's somebody in the village." And you will go and sit down and say, "I knew he was going to come." Hear me. I'm teaching you. What I'm teaching you because truly your freedom has come. [Applause] Can I tell you this? This is why songs that talk about surrender are so powerful because in doing that, it is like, this is a new song. Satan says, "For millions of years..." Can I tell you this? Do you know Satan actually believes that the day is going to come when he will compel the entire creation to come under his lordship? He really does. It is only you who does not believe it. Satan is firing on all four cylinders. He still believes. He believes that all your family will serve him. Forget that you are so. So when he sees you, listen, every battle that you read in this Bible came as a result of Satan's perceiving it as a threat to his agenda. When he killed children, it was not about children. He perceived they were saviors in the children. When Satan causes barrenness today, Satan does not need children. Satan, he, he can peep through the window of prophecy and hear when the Holy Spirit is speaking to you and say, "Madam, a prophet is going to come through your womb." And he knows that that prophet will break a 150-year-old idol practice. He will bring the barrenness of Zechariah and Elizabeth. It was not about barrenness. It was about John, who will ordain Jesus, who will save the world. Please look at me. God is giving us intelligence. Apostle, I am a sincere person. I don't steal. I don't kill. Yet there is an attack on my business. Let me tell you, interpret it now from the lens of who Satan is. Interpret everything that happens in your life from the lens of who Satan is, not the lens of the village you are coming from. That's too small. Not the lens of the mean. It's not about you and your boss. From a bigger picture, your boss has no business with that. He's only an available vessel. Everything Satan will use to frustrate you until he brings you to a point of dominion and transgenerational allegiance. I know this. "What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world?" Satan can give you the whole world, but he needs something. Your soul. I'm not wasting your time. I apologize. I know our time is gone. We're going to pray, but please hear me now. You can go back home and know that it's not about the problem that happened in your family. It's not about what happened with your grandfather at all. It's not even about what is happening between your father and your mother. It's not about what is happening with your education. Satan does not need visas. No. It's not about your finances. He has seen that your finances will do something that would threaten that agenda. He will attach it with everything he has. Please look up. My dear one, it is not about marriage and children. It is because he has seen that in it. Satan does not attack anything for itself. He verifies. Is there a component in your lifting? Oh, so you now become governor, or you become head of parliament, and in it, many people will receive scholarships to go to good schools, and there is a chapel there. They will hear a man of God. They will be filled with the Holy Spirit. You will not win that election. He will fight you. [Music] What does Satan want? "I will be like the Most High." I desire it. Everywhere you see Satan, he's obsessed with his image being erected and men bowing to the image. He does not want animals. When he came upon Nebuchadnezzar, he said, "Let a 90-foot statue be..." Peeled. But only Yeshua will reign forever. To His kingdom, there'll be no end. [Music] There are thrones, there are kingdoms, there are mountains and cares, but only Yeshua will reign forever. [Music] There are kingdoms forever. [Music] "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." He said, "Do not let Satan take an advantage of you." For we are not ignorant that there is an agenda. When that agenda was in place, your village was not even your village. Your nation was not even your nation. There is an old story about an old serpent, an old agenda. [Music] Not only Yeshua will reign forever. [Music] [Music] Listen, please don't miss any of this series. This is just an introduction. I will be sharing with you in the course of this series some of my encounters with the dark world, and you will marvel and wonder where genuine spiritual authority comes from. Can I tell you this? Teaching you see on this series is one of the greatest dread of Satan because the power of darkness is the absence of light. When light comes, now you are gaining perspective. You can go back and say, "Mama, this our fight is not about two of us now. I know this fight is not about you at all. This 10-year-old fight is not about you. I have found out in the volume of the books that there is something about my destiny." Man of God, hear me. Find comfort. Why is Satan attacking my ministry? I will tell you why. It is not because of where you come from. Where you come from is just the obvious answer, not the right one. I can tell you, some of you now begin to look at your life and see all the happenings and see that that roaring lion has been tracing you and saying, "Till now, you have not gone down." Can I tell you this? Do not cry about all the stories of pain in your life now. God is interpreting the writings on the wall. The disappointment, the shame, he fought your marriage, he fought your children, you lost your child, you lost everything, and you are wondering, "To what end is this?" Now, I bring you the word of the Lord. He wants dominion, and he wants transgenerational allegiance. "If you will fall down and worship me, that business, I will give it to you." Can I tell you this? Look up, please. Look up, please. Unfortunately, unfortunately, there are people today who could not stand because they do not know these truths and they do not have the weapons of victory. They said, "Satan, I can't go through this. I will go back to you." And they had that agreement. They are some of the celebrities we celebrate around the world today. They know what they did. You don't know it, but they know. That is why, in spite of their fame, there is no joy. They already know their doom is defined. That's why the money does not prosper them. That's why in the, you see how miserable, respectfully speaking, some of their lives come in the midst of all the glamour because they know that there is a covenant. Please hear me. Some of you right now, Satan is about to tempt you, and he's using financial issues, he's using marital issues, he's using health issues. And they have called you from the village, "Come back. Remember what we said. We will baptize you near the river." And that's it. Just him. No, it's not about the water. A river does not hurt people. There is an allegiance. Please hear me. Let me encourage someone. As we pray, for the sake of those depending on you, don't give up. Don't give up. Some of you are crying. Listen to me. I'm very serious. For the sake of your family members, if you give up, who else will help them? Are you not seeing their state? That's why God sent you to Koinonia here. For those of you following, that's why He said, "Embrace." You'll reign forever. To your kingdom, there'll be no end. Only Yeshua. [Music] Will reign forever. [Music] Please look at me. What if Reign had Bonkers gave up? What if T.L. Osborn gave up? What if Billy Graham gave up? Seeing then that we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses. Can I tell you this? Please look at me. Brothers and sisters, this is a word from the Lord. This is not just a deliverance series. You need to go back home and listen to this thing again, especially this part. What is Satan really looking for? You are wrong if you think it's your marriage. You are wrong if you think it's your health. What is it about the cancer and the fibroid and whatever the genotype issue? No. None of those things. There is something he's looking for. Please look up. We're wrapping up. Please look up. In our nation here and many parts of Africa, when kidnappers or some of these evil people are looking for people, what they do is they try to look for somebody or something dear to you. Is that true? They catch your child or they catch whoever, and then sometimes they will now make you to hear the voice of your child. And when your child that you gave back to says, "Daddy, please don't leave me like this." You can give up that business and say, "What is business if my child is in the hand of someone?" And all of a sudden, you bring your everything. So what Satan did was he studied everything dear to you. He found out your assignment is dear to you. Your family is dear to you. Your business is dear to you. And he fashioned an attack. Hear me now, that he seems like he's collected the business. He's struggling the business like the voice of that child and making you hear it. "Daddy, will you leave this vision like this? Daddy, is this how this family will be without a child?" And before you know it, they say, "There is somebody." It's not exactly evil, but we will go to the village. He said, "We should bring a chicken. We should bring one granola oil. We should bring palm oil. We should bring a knife and bring some kind of things." Some of you, God brought this message to help you because you're on your way going there now. Be careful. Can I tell you this? Desperation is Satan's moment. The moment Satan finds a desperate individual here, he comes. I spoke to you 10 years ago, you didn't listen. Ten years later, are you willing? But only Yeshua will reign forever. [Music] To your kingdom. [Music] Two prayer points. Prayer point number one. Please pray it from the depth of your heart. Shout this loud after me. Everybody say, "Father!" One more time. Say, "Father!" "In the name of Jesus, I come by the blood of the Lamb, and I decree and declare that no weapon fashioned against me, fashioned against my destiny, shall prosper." Lift your voice and begin to pray. No weapon. [Music] Someone pray. No weapon against my health. No weapon against the work of the Lord committed to me. Parentheses. No weapon. [Music] Someone pray. No weapon against my children. No weapon against my job, my career, my spiritual life. [Applause] [Music] Shadows around your life is on assignment. The spirit of death is on assignment. The spirit of infirmity is on assignment. The spirit of failure is on assignment. They don't come on their own. They are sent by an adversary. [Music] Hallelujah. Please look up. I know we've not begun to discuss deliverance proper, but let me use one scripture and we pray. "Thanks be to God, which always causes us to triumph." Thanks be to God. Can I tell you this? Believe me when I tell you that "He whom the Son sets free is free indeed." Amplified says, "is really and unquestionably free." Free from curses, free from yokes, bondages of darkness. Are you ready to pray? Say, "Father, by the blood of Jesus, the blood of the eternal covenant that speaks better things than the blood of Abel, I dissociate myself from ancestry, I dissociate myself from covenant, I disassociate myself from activities of bloodline and inheritance. I declare that I have been called out of every tribe, out of every tongue, out of every nation. I am seated with Christ." Lift your voice and begin to pray. [Applause] "Resist the devil and he will flee." Resist him. "And they overcame them by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony." [Applause] Oh, Hallelujah. Worthy is the Lamb to receive honor and glory. Victory in Jesus Christ. Victory by the blood. Victory over curses. Victory over altars. Victory over yokes. Victory over activities of ancestry. Victory. [Applause] Worthy, worthy is the Lamb. Worthy, worthy is. [Music] Is. [Music] One more time. Worthy, worthy. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. "I wept, for no man was worthy to open the book and unlock the scroll." And the elder tapped me and said, "Weep not. The Lion of the tribe of Judah, even the Root of Jesse, is worthy." And I looked upon the throne and I saw as it were a lamb that had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which were the seven spirits of God. [Music] My background does not have to be a disadvantage over me because my grandfather was a herbalist, my grandmother was a herbalist. I don't have to suffer the consequences of yesterday. There is a bailout system for me because upon Mount Zion, there shall be deliverance and holiness, and the sons of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Give Jesus a big handler. [Music] [Applause] Give Him a big hand clap of victory. The Lamb that was slain to receive glory and honor and power and riches forever and ever. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom in the name of Jesus Christ. [Music] Hear me now, please listen very carefully. Please listen very carefully. This is a deliverance series, and I'll be giving us a lot of assignments. Please trust God for grace and discipline yourself to do it. Hallelujah. I may not compel us and give us a lot of things, but let me just choose a day of the week, let's say Thursday. Discipline yourself to fast. At least we'll be doing, even if it's just once a week. The weakest person here can fast at least one day. Thursday, you are praying. Let me encourage you. This is something you should do. Please, beginning from now till all through, from your eleven o'clock till six o'clock, choose any one hour and blast in tongues, praying in the night. Please, discipline yourself. You will not die. Mean business with your destiny once and for all, for God's sake. Are we together? If by now you don't see the importance of this spiritual exercise, then I take it that you are not real. Some of you in this moment of prayer, you will be surprised the things God will open your eyes to. Say, "You can play any coin on your message you want." Some of you can choose 12 to 1, 11 to 12, pending on your schedule, maybe even earlier. Just discipline yourself to take any one hour, flog it out with destiny. You can add your worship, you can dance like our dear sister did. Please, just obey instructions and see what will happen to you. I assure you, you will see testimonies here that you will marvel and wonder. And let me encourage you, don't keep quiet. There will be enough time for testimonies as God is helping. Don't be silent. Whenever you come for Koinonia, don't wait until it is announced. Right? You can go to the media stand, on the PR desk, and tell them, "I have a testimony. It's burning within my spirit." I'm not teaching you things that are lectures. This man standing before you was a victim of attacks. You've heard my stories as a preacher of the gospel. Spirits were oppressing me. Not many people will be honest to tell you this. I know what it means to be free indeed. [Music] Hallelujah. Hear me. All these spirit husband, spirit wife, wicked demonic spirits, seeing yourself in secondary school writing exams that are never finished, in an old house, dead bodies that have gone calling you back. Don't worry. This is the series that will bring this thing to an end once and for all in your life. Before I make the altar call, let me challenge you. Please, please do well to invite your family members to be here or to at least connect. This is not just some church thing. God is in the business of bringing liberty. There are pastors who are watching and following. There are people who are following from across the globe. This is not something to be silent about. You can sow the seed of even giving someone the teaching and say, "Please listen to this." All these myriads of problems you are saying, God is giving you perspective tonight. God simply started with us by answering the question, "Why?" Why the assaults of Satan? It is comforting to know he was created. It is comforting to know that whoever created him can destroy it. It is only what does not have a beginning that does not end. If Satan had a day of creation, it is comforting to know a day will come when his end will come, and prophecy has gone ahead of him. Hallelujah. The greatest deliverance is the translation from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God's dear Son. Many times believers do not take altar calls serious. Please listen to me. Rejecting Jesus and rejecting an altar call is still part of the strategy of Satan to keep you bound. There is every legitimate ground he has over your life if the blood has not opened you up to that new and living way. There are hundreds of people, thousands, and potentially millions across the globe listening to me. You know that you need Jesus. Some of you are here right now in this auditorium, all the overflows, to the basement, outside. Our Zaria family, our global family, you are here, and you know that Jesus is speaking to you. You are saying, "Apostle, I am tired. I need to hand everything over to Jesus." Some of you, the devil has destroyed your family members, killed everybody, caused sicknesses. Don't just go back and think this is some church thing. He wants to give you a new beginning. There are others who are saying, "Apostle, I remember giving my heart to Jesus, but as it is right now, I need restoration and I need rededication." I'm only going to count one to five. Those who are in here and around the vicinity, you can come outside. You can move to your, your LED screen. Zaria family, a global family, you are in your house right there. You can make this decision. I'm going to count one to five. Please win that war. I want you to come and join this gentleman who is already standing. Are you ready? Celebrate them as they come. One. Don't be afraid. Come to Jesus. He can give you a new beginning. Calling is this the best you can do? Jesus is calling them. "Come unto me, all ye." Please stand for space. "All ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." [Music] "Apostles, I'm not sure if I'm saved." "Can I still come?" Absolutely. Come and join them. Young and old, male and female. Come to Jesus. It's time to end this for the sake of your life. Some of you by coming here, your children will thank you when you are telling them the stories of the background you came from. If you came from a family of witchcraft, let a godly family come out of you. If you came from a family of idol worship, let a family of righteousness come out of you. Hallelujah. "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." God is no respecter of persons. Thank you for this bold decision. For all of you who are out, those of you who are following from your homes, your churches, following by way of television, Jesus has giving you an opportunity right now. Don't reject Him. It is costly to reject Jesus. The Bible says, "When He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will convict the world of three things: of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment." Let me encourage those of you who are in front here. Please, if you are joining them, quickly come. Quickly come. Lift your right hand and say this after me, as loud and clear as you can. Say, "Lord Jesus, tonight I have heard Your word. I need Your deliverance from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of His dear Son. Right now, I believe that You died for me. I believe that You rose again for my justification. I believe that You defeated sin, Satan, hell, and the grave, and You gave me the victory. I receive eternal life into my spirit, and I declare that from tonight and forever, I am a child of God, washed by the blood of the Lamb. I go forward ever and backward never. Amen." Keep your hands lifted. Thank you, Jesus. There is no man who can draw men to You except Your Son. Father, we thank You. You have drawn this man. The Bible says, "No man comes to the Father except through Jesus, the Son." And we thank You because they have come and they have made this declaration. And Lord, I declare by the authority of scripture that their sins are forgiven. By the authority of scripture, I call you recipients of eternal life in the name of Jesus Christ. I commend you to the ministry of the Word and the minister of the Holy Spirit. May you be established. May you be grounded. You go forward ever and backward never. And if there is any demonic thing standing your destiny right now, by the power of the Holy Ghost, I decree and declare in the name of Jesus, Satan, you heard your declaration. Let them go now in the name of Jesus Christ. Let them go now by the power that raised Christ from the dead, in the name of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of the living God. You are free and free forever in Jesus' name, I pray. Amen and amen. Let's celebrate Jesus now. Please, all of you, I want you to move to our counselors. They are waving their hands. Please move to my right, which is your left. Help those under the anointing. Let's celebrate them as they go. Just a minute or two. They'll have your details, and you'll be back. Hallelujah. Praise the name of the Lord. Thank you for your patience. Just one or two announcements. All workers, all workers, this is announcing that, um, on Saturday, the 12th of March, Saturday, the 12th of March, we'll be having a worker's retreat. The time is 10 a.m. in the morning. The venue is DOA. So please, all workers, heads of department, take note. All workers will be having, I would try as much as possible to make it as brief, but then it's important. It's compulsory for all workers. All workers here in Abuja, please do well to mark your calendars. The time is 10 a.m. on Saturday, the 12th of March. Praise the name of the Lord. The series continues next Sunday. Remember, we're fasting Thursday. All of us, the global family, we're fasting and praying. And, um, just look to our social media platforms. There would be a prayer, prayer point or two, just to guide you and make it a rich time. You can fast six, anything from four. You can feel free to break. Children, come fast till maybe twelve or two. It's even good for their health. It doesn't kill. So let them fast. The only people who are exempted from this fast are pregnant women. Pregnant women don't fast. Who are fasting for you in the name of Jesus? And then those who are sick, seek with medical report. Don't allow the devil cheat you from this spiritual exercise. Praise the name of the Lord. Hallelujah. Have you been blessed? Let me appreciate everyone for taking the time to come. The Lord bless you. The Lord increase you in Jesus' name. Please rise up on your feet as we share the grace. I decree and declare that the Lord will bless you this week. Beginning, you will see the wonder-working power of the Spirit. You will begin to have testimonies from this series already in the name of Jesus Christ. May the Lord honor your faith. May the Lord honor your persistence. These Egyptians that you have seen, you will see them no more forever in the name of Jesus Christ. Now, together, let's share the grace. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit, rest and abide with us now and forevermore. Amen. God bless you and see you on Sunday. [Music] [Music] Yes. [Music] Death could not hold you down. [Music] [Applause] You are the reason. [Music] You're seated in. You are the reason. [Music] Can we all sing together? [Applause] And say, Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Applause] [Music] Say, Oh. [Applause] [Music] Hey. You are the reason. [Music] Oh. [Music] [Applause] Victory. [Music] Hey.