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The Wonders of Christ's
Unstoppable Power to Save (4)
By William Kumuyi
All these should excite
you about having a
relationship with
Jesus because it is a win-win
venture. This should be reason
enough to take it quite
seriously.
Perhaps you are over there
masticating the thought that
your goodly nature is enough
and could strike a deal with
God. But the fact is your goodness
would hinder you because
no sinner can be too
good enough for God to the
extent of not needing saving
from the Saviour Jesus
Christ.
Better still, yours might be
that because you are handsome
and or very beautiful
and since people trip over
themselves at the very instant
they set their gaze on you you
have come to the conclusion
that you are self-sufficient.
And or it may be that because
you now have a little
of those paper money they
call legal tender your head is
beginning to spin into the
abyss of pride. But byou forget
so easily that riches certainly
do not stay but make
wings for themselves and
very soon would fly away as
eagles do toward the sky.
Do not let anything God
has given you come between
you and the Giver. Rather top
up and bring yourself to the
height God has preplanned
for you because what ever
you may possess you cannot
have enough until you connect
to Jesus. This is because
with Jesus there is something
higher, better, bigger and
greater.
Today is your lucky break
and as
you connect
with
Jesus He
will propel
you to
succeed
even beyond
your
Pastor Kumuyi wildest
dreams.
Matthew 19:26 "But Jesus
beheld them, and said unto
them, With men this is impossible;
but with God all things
are possible."
But wait a minute. What is
that thing that is hindering you
today? Is it fear of man or your
friends are the ones keeping
you back from having an encounter
with the Saviour? Or
do you have a covenant with
the occultic people and as a
result of that agreement you
are being barred from coming
to Jesus? Forget about
that: it should not trouble you
because all those covenants
with evil power cannot save
you when danger comes
knocking at your door. That
is why you would need Jesus
because when all else fails and
when it matters most He will
come and save the day.
Do you belong to an association
and it is doing all it
could to stop you. Well, the
truth be told. You have a problem
that needs solving and
they cannot solve it for you and
that is where the Redeemer
comes into play. You cannot
afford to remain under the
shackles and control of these
people who are constantly
feeding you with fear to the
detriment of your freedom
and soul.
To be continued
Rev. Emmanuel Awazie
*Assemblies of God Church
Nigeria, 111 Clegg Street, Surulere,
Lagos.
Manifesting the victories
of Jesus Christ
THE greatest challenge facing the Church today is seen
in the seeming inability of the believer to make evident,
in the particular circumstance, the victories of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Our claims as the disciples of Jesus Christ, will
always have to face up to the issues of our day to day living, and
any failure will leave us with a question mark – "If you fall to
pieces in a crisis, there wasn't much to you in the first place."
Proverbs 24:10; and "If racing against mere men makes you
tired, how will you race against horses? If you stumble and fall
on open ground, what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?"
Jeremiah 12:5. The Lord Jesus Christ was easily and
competitively triumphant when He physically walked on this
earth, whether face to face with demons - "Seeing Jesus,...the
evil spirits begged..." Matthew 8:29-31, death - "Then Jesus
shouted, "Lazarus, come out!" 44 And the dead man came out...."
John 11:43-45, diseases - "... and many people followed him.
He healed all the sick among them,..." Matthew 12:15, men -
"...All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and
his answers." Luke 2:46-47, or nature - "...Jesus...rebuked the
wind and said to the water, "Silence! Be still!" Suddenly the
wind stopped, and there was a great calm." Mark 4:39, and as
a disciple, you are meant to be like your Master - "A pupil is not
superior to his teacher, but everyone [when he is] completely
trained (readjusted, restored, set to rights, and perfected) will
be like his teacher." Luke. 6:40 (AMP); we must learn how to
take the responsibility that our heritage in Christ confers upon
us
Ṫhe example of the apostle Paul is worth our study. You see,
we are apt to make excuses for ourselves, but Paul found the
secret that validated his faith in Christ even in the midst of both
worthy and trivial matters – "We live in such a way that no one
will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our
ministry. In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers
of God...." II Corinthians 6:3-10. Personal experience has
proved that any shift in focus from Jesus Christ spells doom for
the believer. Life without Christ has nothing other than crises,
and the apostle spelt it out for himself – "For I fully expect and
hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be
bold for Christ,... For to me, living means living for Christ, and
dying is even better." Philippians 1:20-21. That, exactly, is the
rule of life in this Kingdom; that is the will of God for all
believers, that is the only access for the release of grace for the
believer – "...of his fullness have all we received, and grace for
grace." Jn. 1:16, that alone guarantees dominion in earth –
"...they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)" Romans
5:17; that is the only force that terminates all hostilities on
earth and secures peace for the soul – "For unto us a child is
born,...and his name shall be called...the Prince of Peace." Isaiah
9:6; also read "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on
religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover
your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest." Matthew 11:28.
Welcome to the world of endless victories through Christ
Jesus.
Faith in the Redemptive names of God (30)
JEHOVAH – ELOHEEKA
(THE LORD THY GOD )
TEXT: EXODUS 20:2,5,7
INTRODUCTION
Exod 20:2 Easy English ‘I
am the Lord your God. I
brought you out of Egypt, out of
the country where you were
slaves.
Exod 20:5 Easy English You
must not bend down your head
to a false god, nor worship it. I,
the Lord your God, will be angry
if you do not remember me.
I will punish the children for
the bad things that their fathers
do. I will even punish the
grandchildren and their children.
I will do this to those who
hate me.
Exod 20:7 Easy English You
must not use the name of the
Lord your God in a wrong
way. The Lord will be angry
with anyone who uses his name
in a wrong way.
OD revealed Himself
Gand illustrated this
Name to the nation of Israel
in the giving of the Ten Commandments
to Moses in Exodus
20. And these preceding
verses expresses Him as “The
LORD our GOD”. The Law
was given by GOD -The Divine
Being, who is the Supreme
Legislator. This is an
authoritative command of
God to us, informing us that
He is our Lord. Integral with
this command are severe punitive
measures for disobedi-
• J.K. Akinola. (Senior Pastor)
ence. As good as the Lord God
is to us, we must also remember
that He is a consuming
fire. (Deut 4:24, Deut 9:3). It is
a fearful thing to fall into the
hands of the Living God. (Heb
10:31).
The need to stress the bringing
of the children of Israel out
of the land of bondage with a
strong and a mighty arm is important
to make them realise
the awesomeness of God, and
hence fully submit to His Lordship.
THE IMPLICATIONS OF
THE NAME JEHOVAH
ELOHEEKA TO YOU
1. Obeying His Word and
All His Commands
Jehovah Eloheeka means
“The Lord thy God.” Here it is
God Himself that was speaking
and making this introduction
about his relationship with
the people he took and led
from Egypt across the mighty
Red Sea to the wilderness
where they are to undergo a
series of training that will
make them understand the
Deliverance from long term yoke (2)
CATEGORIES ANDDE-
GREES OF DELIVERANCE
t is crucial to know that
Ideliverance are in stages
,thatis why in deliverance,
there is need for caution and
carefulness. In Luke
11,Mt12:43-45,Jesus the deliverance
master says in vs 43-
45 ” When an unclean spiritgoes
out of a man, he goes
through dry places, seeking
rest and finds none, Thenhe
says ,I will return to my House
from which I came ,and when
he comes, hefinds it (EMPTY,
SWEPT AND PUT IN
ORDER),then he
goes(summoned ,networked
additional demons) and takes
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with him seven other spirits
more wicked than himself
,and they enter and dwell there
and the LAST STATE of that
man is worsethan the FIRST,
so shall it be with this wicked
generation”
1. Incomplete Deliverance
Mt 12vs 43-45
2. Partial Deliverance-dealing
with the leaves and not the
Root, Jeremiah 8:11, the mystery
of relief without redemption.
Gideon in Judges 6:25-
27, he destroyed the altars
without crushing the idol
powers of hisfather’s house,
what was the result, in Judges
8:24,he was relocated to back
to square one. In Mark 8:22-
25,Jesus Christ had to give the
Lord as their God, so they
won’t struggle to work in his
statutes. God was speaking to
the children of Israel as he
gave them the guidelines of
His commandment. This is
when the children of Israel
need to know the statutes of
the God they claim to serve
and worship so they can keep
these statutes, because it is in
keeping this statutes that
makes God to be truly their
God. This declaration is not
just to the children of Israel
alone, but also applies to you
as a child of God today.
In this Name, God declares
Himself as the Lord our God.
He is both Lord and holy; setapart
and God only to those
who have entered into covenant
relationship with him. He
gave Moses the Ten Commandments.
This is where
God is putting the order and
the structure, and this is where
you take absolute advantage
to possess God and all his
power. This is also where you
have authority to exercise the
Name of God and it will work
for you because you have kept
his commandments. These
Commandments of the Lord
are true and righteous all together,
and are also not grievous,
and therefore the need to
give all the more earnest heed
to all that He tells us in His
word.
2. Loving God with All Our
Hearts.
This is clearly spelt out in
Deut 6:5. It is the first and most
important responsibility of the
one who belongs to God. God
is the One who first loved us,
by delivering us from the
house of bondage, and bringing
us unto Himself to serve
Him. We become peculiar
treasures unto Him alone.
(Exod 19:4). It is this love that
He has for us that will make
us reciprocate in our love to
Him.
Exo 19:4-5 KJV 4 Ye have
seen what I did unto the Egyptians,
and how I bare you on
eagles’ wings, and brought you
unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if
ye will obey my voice indeed,
and keep my covenant, then ye
shall be a peculiar treasure
unto me above all people: for
all the earth is mine:
As you yield your lives to
Him in implicit obedience to
His words, His blessings will
become yours eternally. In the
next episode, we shall conclude
on this Name as it is fulfilled
in the Lord Jesus Christ,
our Saviour from satanic
bondage.
J.K. Akinola. (Senior Pastor)
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blind man a second touch before
he could see clearly, the
blind man first saw men as
trees. Withoutthe second touch
of Jesus, deliverance of that
man would have been partial,
yet his problem or yoke will
still be in operation. It is always
pertinent we listen to the
voice of the Holy Spirit to ensure
people’s deliverance iscomplete.
Rom 12:12
3. Fake Deliverance:
Luke10:17,2cor 2:11,2cor
11:13-15(Satan transforms
himself to angel of light)
4.Complete Deliverance:2
kings 5:1-10,14(Naaman was
completely delivered from thespirit
of leprosy and reproach)
5. Total Deliverance: John
11:38-44 Jesus in contact withthe
death of Lazarus, it was a
total deliverance, Lazarus was
already swallowedby death,
his spiritual position was
changed from life to death ,he
was alreadycaptured in the
yoke of death, maggots of
death was already in operation,
ministerof death was already
in charge, prison warder
of hades had already tiedlazarus,
yet when Jesus Christ,
the bondage breaker came
,there was a change of story
but demanded some revelation
steps, first Jesus said ,take
away the stones, Jesus needs
your participation before your
deliverance can be total, takeaway
the stones of sin, doubt
,unbelief, unforgiveness, hatred).
When lazaruscame out,
he was still bound in his hands,
his legs and face and head
with grave clothes. It would
have been a disaster if Jesus
our Lord stopped his ministration
to Lazarus when he
came out of the grave. It is not
enough to come out of the
grave, are your legs(dominion
and motion),your
hands(career and business)
and head(destiny) free or still
captured. Immediately after
this, JESUS CHRIST commanded
and said, LOOSE
HIM AND LET HIM GO, the
question here is, who was Jesus
talking to, first the demons
with invisible chains and
clothes that captured Lazarus’
life. It's worthy to note that the
destiny of Lazarus began tofunction
well after this deliverance
experience with
JESUS.
Land dispute delays work on Lord Chosen Crown University
By Sam Eyoboka
NDIGENES of Mgbidi in
IOru West Local Government
Area of Imo State represented
by their traditional rulers
are currently consulting
among themselves to find an
amicable ground out of the
land dispute militating
against the take-off of a private
university proposed by the
Lord Chosen Charismatic
Revival Ministry for the community.
The ground breaking ceremony
of the 600 hectares of
land to host the Lord Chosen
Crown University was done
last year in Mgbidi, a site not
too far away from the church’s
international crusade ground
in the headquarters of Oru
West local government area
of Imo State, by the immediate
past governor of the state,
Owelle Rochas Okorocha.
Shortly after the groundbreaking
on April 10, 2018 by
the then governor, the General
Overseer of the Church, Pastor
Lazarus Muoka pledged
to immediately begin infrastructural
development in
place in readiness for necessary
pre-registration works,
but some land owners have
put spanner in the wheel of
progress, claiming they were
not consulted in the land deal
and cannot therefore cede
their land for the development
of the university.
There have been several altercations
between the community
leaders, the church
and other stakeholders including
the Imo State Government
but there have not been
any appreciable headway to
pave way for any infrastructural
development on the land.
At the just concluded Lord
Chosen 2020 international
crusade at Mgbidi, a couple
of the traditional rulers representing
the Mgbidi community
were in attendance and
religious correspondents covering
the crusade used the opportunity
to get an update on
the crisis over the university
land.
His Royal Highness Eze A.
Ogbuehi, Agbatuom Obinyere
I, one of the eight traditional
rulers from the Mgbidi
community who spoke on behalf
of those in support of the
University project beginning
with the relationship that exist
between his subjects and the
Lord’s Chosen Charismatic
Revival Ministry vis a vis the
university land.
Responding to the journalists’
questions, Agbatuom
Obinyere I said: “You can see
Mgbidi is a peaceful community,
we are not restive and that
is why when they came to the
community we welcomed
them, and despite some skirmishes
we are still going on
and we will eventually conquer.”
Continuing, he explained
that the identified skirmises,
he referred to, can be traced to
some people that have no stake
in the said land, but who have
formed themselves into a
group and called themselves
Landlords Association while
actually they are non-existent.
“The update”, according to
him, “is that we the traditional
rulers of Mgbidi clan sought
an audience with the executive
governor, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha
but could not secure
appointment with him. We,
however, had a meeting with
former member of the House
of Representatives, Hon. Uche
Onyeagucha, who is the Secretary
to the State Government,
the engine room of government
and he listened to us
and eventually convened a
meeting with all of us.
“And in his wisdom he discovered
that Mgbidi people
actually need the university—
-and despite a few individuals
that constituted themselves as
landlords—-he found out that
what we presented was genuine.
As a peaceful person, he
made a pronouncement that
he found out that we are in two
groups, the people that welcomed
the university and others
who are yet to embrace it,”
he stated, pointing out that the
SSG then directed all parties
concerned to amicably resolve
their differences and
maintain peace in the area.
According to the traditional
ruler, the process for amicable
settlement is on, “the
problem we have, the people
are yet to comply. They don’t
want that arrangement because
they are not comfortable
with it. But we are moving forward,
we met yesterday, and
the Interim Management
Committee, INC chairman,
summary of what transpired
at the last meeting with SSG
gives hope that we are moving
forward.”
The traditional ruler confirmed
that four out of the seven
traditional rulers in Mgbidi
Community have resolved
that the university has
come to stay while the remaining
three still have a little issue
and “we are all awaiting
the final decision of the governor
who has promised to
verify the process that brought
them in.”
According to the traditional
ruler, the SSG has directed
the Church to “negotiate with
the people that have accepted
and submitted their names to
him and they should start
work, but like I said the ones
that do not have stake are organising
protests as some
have vowed that with N100
trillion he will not donate his
land.”