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[Music] Excellence doesn't cost. [Music] Elijah, the great man of God, fell sick and died. I tell you, while you are waiting, don't be regretting what you would have been doing. It is already in the plan. The compensation. [Music] Thank you, Holy Spirit.
Let's read Psalm 133. If that is all we do when we wrap up, then we thank God for it. Thank you, Jesus. Psalm 133. Yes, please. Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Please stop. It says, behold, the what? Behold means see and give us a reality in your spirit. What is about to be said? When he says, behold, it means use more than your eyes to relate with what is about to be said. Behold means to see. Behold means to conceive as a reality in your spirit. He says, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Hold on. So people can dwell together, but not in unity. Unity is more than dwelling together. The Bible says, when brethren dwell together in unity, next verse, it is like the precious ointment upon the head. So he's using an expression to relate the power of dwelling together in unity. Are you ready now? Verse 2. It is like the precious ointment upon the head, upon the head that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard. That means he's teaching you something now. Remember that Aaron was a priest. So he's now introducing priesthood into the equation that whatever it is, the administration of any blessing that will follow cannot be outside of priesthood. Even a wrong spirit. Aha! That went down to the skirt of his garment. Down to the skirt of his garment. That's three. Verse 3. As the dew of Hermon, as the dew of Hermon that descended upon the mountains of Zion. For there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life forevermore. Keep verse 3. He says, when brethren dwell together in unity, are we still here? There are two expressions he uses to help us understand what happens in the realm of the spirit when brethren dwell together in unity. Number one, he uses priesthood. He said it is like the oil that comes upon the head of a priest. It will start from his head to his beard, but eventually get to every part connected to him. Then he says, in case you do not understand that, let me use an everyday geography expression. It is also like the dew upon Hermon that descends. He says, for there, the Lord commanded the blessing. There does not mean the location. There means that spiritual state. That if you can pay the price to attain unto that spiritual state, that God has commanded the blessing. And he tells you that that blessing is life, even life forevermore. That's what is commanded. When you read other versions, they will tell you the blessing, which is life forevermore. Are we learning now? So the Bible is very clear that when it has to do, in fact, every speaking of God is law. Why? The Bible declares that where the word of the king is, there is power. So everything God says indeed is a commanded blessing. According to Genesis chapter 1, from verse 2 to 4, the Bible gives us the character of spiritual power. That you are not powerful unless and until you satisfy that litmus test. As we see from verse 2 to 4, it says, and God said, verse 3, the Hebrew expression is, "Elohim said," like this. And he said, "Let there be." So if you must be powerful in the spirit, you must have the ability to number one, say. Number two, it must be as you have said. But that does not stop there. Verse 4 says, and he saw that what he said was good. For tests, you must say it. It helped us under the anointing. Place.
And then it happens as you have said it. And you must see that what you have said is. Please help them. They need any. They need any medical attention or anything. I hope they don't. [Music]
Are we together? You must say it, and it must come to pass. So the Bible says, when brethren dwelled together in unity, please look up. It says, "fear." In that state of unity is life, and even life forevermore. What is life? Life does not just mean the ability to breathe in and out. Look at me. Life means every factor that allows for sustainability, allows for continuity, and allows for the longevity of anything is called life. Are we together now? That means whatever needs to be in place to allow for the sustainability, the longevity of anything is called life. So if your business is dying, whatever needs to be there for it to be sustained, for it to be to be to remain, is called life. The factor that makes for sufficiency, the factor that makes for sustainability, the factor that makes for longevity of anything is called life. And the Bible says that when believers can attain a state of unity, it is one of the platforms that can activate the commanded blessing. Hallelujah. There are two examples of this graphically as we see in scripture. Number one is Genesis 11. Genesis chapter 11, from verse 1. Dead at the level. That's one. And the whole earth was of one language, take note now. One communication and of one speech. And of one speech. And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and dwelled there. Next verse. And they said one to another, "Go to, let us make brick and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. Verse 4. And they said, "Let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven; let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face." Now hold on. We're about to go to verse 5. I want to show you the power of unity. Watch this. This is a very interesting place in scripture because in this place, the Holy Spirit is not mentioned. Satan is not mentioned. All that is mentioned is the unity of a people. But they are about to do something that only God could stop. Next verse. Verse 5. Verse 5. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. Watch this. They had not started building. They only agreed that it would be built. And God already saw a building rising in the realm of the spirit. They did not. They had not started building physically. They only came into agreement that this is what we will do. But what God was seeing in the realm of the spirit was a tower rising. The Bible says God came down. Verse 6. Verse 6. And the Lord said, and the Lord said, "Behold, the people is one." So this is the factor responsible for the exploit. "The people is one." Aha! "And they have all one language." And this now they begin to do. Are you saying? Now they want to start it physically, but their unity has finished it in the spirit.
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They had not met Jesus. There is no expression of them believing scripture. There is no expression of the Holy Spirit assisting them. They only came with the power of unity and said, "This is what we do." And it took only God to destroy them. So imagine how many other things would have happened in your life. There are people who come to church and see together, but number one, they do not agree with the vision. They do not connect with the grace. And they wonder why simple things do not happen. The Bible says there is a spiritual state. Unity is more than togetherness. Agreeing in mind. That when your prophet stands over you and says, "In Jesus name, be blessed," you don't see it arguing and say, "All this, no, no, no, no." One person spoke. Nimrod, Kush, "Let us build." They said, "We agree." That means if Word of Life agrees that there are certain dimensions of exploits that must happen this year, that if you agree, the only force at the time they made this statement. The Bible does not record the Holy Spirit coming to assist. The blessedness of redemption was not even there to support them. How much more you now? The power of the word, the power of the prophetic, the power of the Holy Spirit. For there, the Lord had commanded the blessing, even sufficiency, even continuity, all that it makes for you to stand and to last can happen in a place where you connect. There's unity there. Do you know what that means? You church like this, and you can be here for many years. You are together, but not yet in unity. And somebody can come for the first time and say, "I believe. I may not know much spiritually, but Lord, I know this is a man you have sent." This Aaron, as the oil comes. Do you know when you stand in front of a shower to take your bath? It does not matter the part that is closest to the shower. The remaining part of the body is happy because it will eventually reach every part. Literally, if the hand disconnects from that structure, it may not have an opportunity to have that experience. Unity. Genesis 11. Let's hear God's verdict. Verse 6. Hear what God himself. And the Lord said, and the Lord said, "Behold, the people is one." The people's wife. They have one language. And this they begin to do. And nothing will restrain from them which they have imagined to do. Nothing will be restrained from them. Who are the them? The them who are united. God himself is speaking that the state these people have assumed in the spirit, there is no power in existence that can stop them from doing what they have imagined to do. That means when a husband and wife agree in unity that this year we will build, even if all they have in their account is five thousand, he's saying that state of unity attracts something from the realm of the spirit. Hold on. I wish I had time. Please don't miss tomorrow. I wish I had time. I would have taught you how the strong man is bound. Listen carefully. Jesus. Daddy Jesus is casting out a devil. And they said he's using Beelzebub. Is that true? The prince of the demons. And Jesus now makes a statement. And he says, "If I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your fathers and all your leaders cast?" Then he says, "Any kingdom, listen carefully now." He, he's speaking within the context of unity. "Any kingdom divided against itself." Thank you for being good Bible students. So he's talking of unity. Then he says, "If you enter a man's house, you cannot do anything to that man except you bind him." So, question: from what you have learned, how do you bind a strong man? Disunite. What makes him powerful? Are you learning now? Watch this. For as long as Jesus came upon the earth, and Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were in agreement, there was absolutely nothing that could be done against Jesus. The only condition for Jesus to die was that the Holy Ghost had to leave him. That that there had to be a disruption in that tripartite structure. That was why the same Spirit came back to raise him from the dead. Listen carefully. Are we together? So the only way you bind a man is to create something that disrupts that structure of unity in the spirit. When the devil wants to attack a family, what he does is he begins to use ourselves, begins to use whatever the goal is that he wants to penetrate that family. But he knows that once there is unity, there is a blessing there. And the blessing is life. The life there is everything that must be at work for that family to work. So what Satan does is he stands to use all the elements of the flesh to bind their hands. When the devil wants to destroy a church, he first observes the unity structure of that church. Hear me carefully. And he now begins to orchestrate events that now bind the hands of the people. For there the Lord had commanded the blessing. When Satan wants to bind a business, what does he now do? He. What Satan is interested in is the unity structure. So when. Listen to me. For as long as Jesus acknowledged the authority of the Father and the ministry of the Holy Spirit and said, "I and my Father are one," Satan could come to him and could not do anything. But finally, Satan now found an occasion where the Spirit of God left him. The Father will leave him. That was why Jesus cried. When Jesus says, "Do not take this cup from me." The cup was not death. He had been saying he would die. The cup was that for the first time, the Trinity would be disunited. When he hung on the cross, he said, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani," that means, "My Father, you've turned your face away from me." Because at that point, he had become sin. When Satan wanted to destroy the apostolic structure, the first thing he did was to start destroying the unity structure. So he came through. He came directly to Jesus. And then he now manipulated Peter's compassion. Satan can use good things to kill. It doesn't always have to be evil. Are we together? So Peter now was trying to address how Jesus, don't talk about redemption. Then he now came to Judas. The most important thing is that he succeeded in destabilizing that unity structure. I will give you the last scripture and then we'll pray. Acts chapter 2, verse 1. Now when the day of Pentecost was fully come, if you're a believer and you can see anything projected there, please read the remaining part. One to read. They were all of one accord. Hold on. This is the definition of unity right there. One accord. Not in one place. The most important thing is the accord, not the place. They can be in the same place and not be in one accord. Men, hear me. Every noble man in Word of Life has an assignment this night. Go back home and restore the unity structure of your family. Because Satan, if you do not restore the unity structure between husband to his wife, husband to the children, stands as a formidable force. And the only power in existence that can stop you is God. To the point that the Bible says, if you do something against your wife and disrupts that unity structure, even your prayer. Let me wrap up. I hope you are hearing what I'm telling you. Restoring the unity structure, sometimes with the man saying, "I am sorry." If that is how far you need to go, do it. It will demand saying, "I, I didn't know better than I know now. Now I know better." Whatever it will take to restore the unity structure. There are many prayers you will not pray. Unity will pray the prayer for you. Are we together? That means the primary assignment of every leader in Word of Life is not just to display skill. Worship team, protocol, always be sensitive to the unity structure. The moment you see something happening, forget about what the physical case is. It's an attack from the realm of the spirit. [Music] Hallelujah. And can I tell you? [Music] You were fortunate and blessed to have your father and prophet, one man, the head of the entire Christian. You now understand the prophetic implication, all in one man, to bind the body of Christ in unity. Now you know better. You know what God was doing. There has to be some noble fathers today that will go home and call their wives and say, "You know what? We are not two political parties. The devil is a liar. We are tired of failing in spite of our personal prayers. You can lock yourself in the room praying and fasting. No, let's come together in one accord." Hold on. Please listen. Listen. Give me Acts. Let's continue. The next thing that will happen is my prophecy for you. The moment there was one accord, the next thing that happened, suddenly. Ah, suddenly always follows unity. Suddenly a job comes. Suddenly the pregnancy comes. Suddenly a new mantle comes upon the man of God. Not just because you prayed and trusted alone. You attend a state where God had commanded the blessing, even life. Life means whatever it will take for you to succeed. He said, "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, to kill, and to destroy. But I am come that he may have life, and that he may have it more abundantly." Let's finish the scripture. Suddenly. The key word in this scripture is not the cloven tongue. It's each of them who did not benefit from the unity. Nobody. It sat upon each of them. That means in a state of unity, when the blessing comes, there is nobody who will say, "I was just a spectator." It sits on each. So when the financial miracle comes, it sits on each of them. When the breakthrough comes, it sits. Man of God, for you and your leaders, when the anointing comes, it sits. The Bible says it sat on each of them. It sat on each of them. There were times in the Bible where people were together but were not united. For instance, in the pool called Bethesda, the Bible says there lay many impotent folks, not only one person. They were together, but everybody was for himself. And there was a man, as a result, who remained there for 38 years because there was no unity. Only one person could be blessed. There were ten lepers who sat together. Everybody for himself. [Music] But when they were in one. The men in this assembly, I stand on the grace of our father to charge you, there is more that you can do. Can I tell you? Individually, you may show expertise, but together, you will produce results. Acts chapter 2, verse 42. Acts chapter 2, verse 42. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul. And fear came upon every soul. And many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed here together. Hold on. This was a secret that they remained steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine, the early church, in fellowship, in prayer, and in breaking of bread. Are we together now? And the Bible says, many wonders. Life there. The Lord had commanded the blessing. And what is that blessing? Sufficiency. Whatever must be available for you to succeed. And it says, "And all that believed were together." That was a secret. And had all things in common. Next verse. And sold their possessions and goods and parted them to all men, as every man had need. Let's read the last verse. He says, "And praising God and having favor." No, no, no, no. Go back to 46, please. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, finally traveling God and having favor with all the people. What was the result? And the Lord added to the Lord. Stop, stop. It does not matter where the addition came. The key word is, and the Lord added to your business, and the Lord to your children, and the Lord to the mantle on your life, and the Lord. [Music] We're going to pray. No man can come into a strong man's house. What made the man strong? Not muscles. Unity. Jesus said, "A kingdom divided against itself shall not stand." So what makes the man strong is unity. Is stronger than he. Means more united than he. When he comes, he can set division, and that witness goes. Let me tell you, one of the reasons why God is powerful is because of the honor to the Trinity structure of the Triune nature. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. The one word "one" does not mean singular. It means unity. Even Jesus was praying in John chapter 17. When you read from verse 1, the Bible says, "He lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour has come, glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee." When you read verse 3 now, also he says, "And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God and Jesus whom thou hast sent." And then he now began to speak about unity. He says, "That they may be one, even as We are one." That means that they discover the hidden power that is resident in being one. Unity does not mean uniformity. Unity means for one purpose. The Son was secured enough to acknowledge the authority of the Father. When Jesus walked upon the earth, he never called himself Father. Not once. He called the Spirit of God Father, Abba. He called Father, God, Father. And he was satisfied being the Son. Yet the Bible says they were one. So unity does not mean the same position. Unity does not mean sharing the same rank. It means coordinating your strength, no matter how small or great, to act in such a way that you achieve the same thing. Are we together?