Holiness onto the Lord - Dr. Femi Alli | Ark of Christ Victory Church

you [Music] praise God praise God hallelujah welcome welcome to act of Christ Victory Church welcome to the last Sunday of the month of July has God been faithful indeed he has has he been loving have you felt his love just take a minute and reflect on all God has done in your lives CU that's where that's where our fellowship with him starts knowing that he is with us and he wants that fellowship with us and this day we've come before him together as a corporate body just to sing for our praises and just to declare that he is God all by himself God we just invite you on our praise this morning we invite you in our hearts we thank you for your mercies that we've experienced up to this moment we don't take it for granted God we just commit everything we are into your hands and anything that would hinder our praise this morning oh God we just lay it all at your feet God we pray that nothing will stop us from singing our Longs out because you gave us the air we have in the lungs God help us help us to just adore you in the fullness of who you are even as we recognize in our own lives how you've been faithful towards us how you've been true towards us God we are grateful thank you merciful god thank you our father and I prayer oh God even as I walk as Christians that all we are will be found in you that every entirety of our being oh God will be your your yes it's a process but God we work with this intentionality that you we want all we are to be found in you cuz that's where we can find Refuge that's where we can find strength to fully run this race you've called us to fully achieve purpose you've called us to walk God we are grateful thank you aan of days for all you are and all you do thank you ABA father be highly exalted be highly magnified else is worthy of this Glory but you thank you [Music] God thank you thank you thank you Hallelujah [Music] come on we take that again come on lift it up oh oh we reaching out to welcome you god build this place again with your s Lord our thought we wonder and all give us the greater glimpse of a never changing God that's a prayer oh God till till all we want and all we need is found in you it's found in you Jesus every Victory is found in you is found in you and open wide open wide our hearts now to yours every bows down to your love that we W see like never before Oh God give us a greater glimpse of an never changing God GL on and your is found in you it's found in you Jesus every Victory found in You Found Love GL W and no with he found in you found in you Jesus every Victory is found in you it's found in you to the one was in your presence there is freedom in your presence we your in the presence of our in your presence what a joy what a privilege to be found in your presence Lord in the presence of the Lord in your presence God say in your presence is fre and will you say Spirit surely free and presence in the presence of my king your presence there is fre yes oh God in your presence we are only in you in you Jesus Victory it's found in you found in you de Lord we want a prayer the prayer of our heart God Victory till we want God till we want no found in your found in your Jesus viory one more time we lift that up till we we want no way Found You Found You Jesus viory found oh we give you place creator of the universe who else is worthy but you a share of things oh we've come before you to say we are grateful grateful for all you are and all you do thank you Jesus we give you glory that you are due let everything we are be found in you oh we worship oh we give you glory say Creator creator of the universe what can you do what can you do Jesus you are the name above all heav name above every name what can't you change what can't you change Jesus Hallelujah we give you glory this morning we give you a dance of Praise call the Creator creator of the universe what can't you do what can't you do Jesus he's got a name above every above every other name why can't you change why can't you change Jesus say you were R you were Great Mighty God you Jesus nothing you can nothing you cannot change nothing you canot you are Great and Mighty God I put my trust in you you dance praise Hallelujah p is down oh God we come to stay back you oh thank you thank you we recognize that you are here creat of the universe what can't you do what can't you do Jesus you are the name of change why can't you change Jesus able got you oh Great and Mighty God you Jesus nothing nothing can nothing can no change [Music] you Great and Mighty God I P my TR in you Jesus you Great and Mighty God you Jesus come to we've tasted and we've seen indeed you are able oh you were able God say you were oh Great and Mighty God you great Jesus say you were you were Great and Mighty God you will and there is nothing you cannot do is nothing nothing you canot do nothing you cannot change nothing you cannot turn around you Great and Mighty God I put my trust in you you Jesus you are you are Jesus you were aable king of glory Jesus I take a minute to just thank him thank you thank you thank you cuz in you we overcome in you we overcome oh God by your blood that you've given [Music] us your light broke through the night start exceeding Joy Your Grace fell like the rain I made these days I leave you my morning to dancing you have you turn it around we say you my morning daning God oh we thank you God and you hand Lifted Me Up Your Hands lifted me up I Stand On High Ground your pres Ro in my heart and make is day you have come my morning to you you turn it around for you are oh we give you glory for you and this is how we overcome this is how we all this is how we overcome this is how we overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of Our Testimony how this is this is this is our this is how this is how we go on our side this is how we this is this is this is this is we overcome worship giving you praise we exalt your holy name this is how you have your testimony you have God we give you glory s now this is how we this is how we [Applause] on our knees is we over listening to you God the OB is how we overcome this is this this we overcome find you on the side when you fight for us who can fight against us when you stand for us watch you stand against us hallelujah oh God we thank you we thank you we thank you cuz in you we have our Victory you we have a victory thank you a of days what a privilege to have you fighting for us oh God in obedience is how we overcome worshiping fellowshipping with you how we overcome because you've given us that access to you thank you thank you thank you God forever you are [Music] lifted God we just lift you up oh God above every other thing [Music] the moon and stars they wept the morning sun was dead the sa you're of the world was Far All In his body on the cross his blood pourn out through us the way to be curse upon [Music] [Music] and one final breath he gave one final breath he gave as Heaven looked away the Son of God was laid in darkness the battle in the grave the war on death was Wast the power of Hell forever broken the ground began to shake the stone was roll away his all around is glori he is forever he is J he is the life he is the the crown began to sh the stone was away his bir the love could not be your now de where is your I resurrected I rer you the forever he is glor forever he ised forever he is sever you are whoever he is GL whoever he he is you he is me he is the he is the oh you alive in us God then we just lift Hallelujah to you for you not worthy of it all worthy you all praise we've come to [Music] again we sing We Sing Hallelujah We Sing Hallelujah We Sing Hallelujah the lamb is overcome we sing Hallelujah We Sing Hallelujah We Sing Hallelujah the lamb is over oh we sing We Sing Hallelujah We Sing Hallelujah to the god who's worthy we sing Hallelujah the l s We Sing Hallelujah We Sing Hallelujah We Sing Hallelujah the lamb we sing We Sing Hallelujah We Sing Hallelujah We Sing Hallelujah over with s with we turn the to have a what a privil it is to sing to you forever you are lifted God whoever is GL for might forever forever forever be glorified in our lives be lifted high in our lives in your church be lifted God [Music] he already glorified but our prayer oh God is that when people see us they will see you and they will glorify you that everything we are oh God will bring glory to you from the way we act in public oh God to even our conduct in our closet God help us help us bring glory to you oh God we will not be a laughing Stu for the enemy and all said and done oh God our lives you say this ones I'm pleased with let that be our testimony God that everything in us will lift you up and this day we just go ahead and lift our voices up just in your own words lift him I has it been faithful has God we've come to exalt your Holy Name be glorified oh God May everything in us give you praise even as we sing the song One More time that forever you'll be glorified in our lives God forever he is GL is is he is alive oh whoever who glor Hallelujah Lord Jesus oh Lord Jesus we bless your name we thank you for you are the Lord of lords the one who went to the cross for us the one who has made this Gathering possible we are here because of you Lord Jesus because your love redeemed us because your blood B us from the hands of death and from the hands of sin and the hands of Satan and you have given us a new life Jesus we are grateful and we come to give you all the worship we come and give you all the praise for you are worthy of it all you are highly highly lifted up your word says you are seated at the right hand of the father you are glor glorified indeed and you are worthy to be exalted we love you our savior and we thank you for all that your your love and your sacrifice has brought for us thank you for the healing that has come because of you thank you for the Redemption that has come because of you thank you Jesus because of you our names are written in the Book of Life uh thank you because we know you will keep us blameless even onto the end uh thank you Jesus because of you our hope is sure that one day when all is said and done we will stand before you we will no longer have these bodies that we have we will be glorified also with you oh Jesus thank you for giving us this hope thank you for giving us the reason to wake up every day and to live uh we are grateful to you our savior And We Worship You indeed uh bless blessed be your wonderful name forever and ever you are indeed the Alpha and the Omega you are the beginning of everything that is awesome and wonderful and you are the one that takes us through to the end of all our situations uh we worship you alone Lord Jesus uh the strength of our life uh the one that gives us the ability and the power to exist in this universe we bless you indeed and we thank you because of you we are provided for all that we need that pertains to life and godliness you make available unto us Jesus and we thank you for it uh and we bless your holy name I don't know as the song was going on uh and was saying as the ground began to shake uh the Lord said to me that there are people here that are going through something it looks like everything is falling apart and your ground is shaking and it looks like oh it is getting worse than it was H I want to tell you that that is the beginning that to show you that God is going to do something that the ground is shaking because the the grave is no more holding you captive the ground is begin to shake because God wants to do something he wants to bring you into your life he wants to change the situation the Third Day Has Come and Jesus has risen in your situation so give him praise and give him glory and exalt him because he has changed the situation for you the light has come and the Darkness has disappeared uh Lord we bless you and we glorify you and we thank you uh because our ground indeed is shaken H because you have risen we bless your holy name uh because you have brought us out uh into your life uh we worship you indeed uh and we commit ourselves uh and the service into your hands uh and we pray that you will be glorified here continually today in Jesus mighty name we have prayed amen [Music] welcome to Ark of Christ Victory Church it is amazing to see you today and we are so glad that you're here your life will never ever be the same again if you're watching us online please feel free to like the video and share it with a friend you never know who you might bless today we would love to get to know more about you if you're here for the first time and are watching online please fill out our connection card in the description if you're here in person an usher will hand one to you in addition to Sunday service at 10:00 a.m. we have Bible studies every Wednesday at 700 p.m. it's an interactive session where we have open discussions to better understand the word of God Bible studies will be held here at the 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bridgland Riverside Community Association 917 Center Avenue Northeast we will meet at 12:00 at the community Center's parking lot don't miss this amazing opportunity to bless others and yourself the woman of the Ark will be meeting this Friday August 2nd at 7:30 p.m. ladies of the Ark invite your friends and come together we look forward to seeing you on Friday the men of the Ark will be having their Retreat on August 16th to August 18th more details to be announced any prayer requests needs or questions can can be sent to info@ arof [Music] [Music] christ.com in the seat in front of you to give online please visit Ark of christ.com [Applause] [Music] on me good morning church our reading for today will be taking from 1 Peter chapter 1 from verse 15 to 16 but as he who called you is Holy you also be holy in all your conduct because it is written WR be holy for I am Holy this is the word of the Lord praise the Lord good morning church morning I apologize for being a few minutes behind schedule um the Lord has been my strength this weekend has been very very severely busy and um I've had a couple of ministrations uh over the weekend and um I'm still here this morning so we thank God next week I'm also going to be somewhere else are doing Ministry we're here for the work of the Lord and I know that um anywhere we find ourselves be sold out for God and be sold out to God praise the Lord I'd like to appreciate AR of Christ Victory Church for bringing me here today I'd like to celebrate uh pastor hrew and Pastor Lillian for this great privilege and honor that I have to be here and I have a word for you guys this morning for those of us who have been Aon and all supporting Pastor Andrew the leadership of the church lifting up his hands in Ministry 2 Chronicles chapter 15 verse 7 in verse one the Bible says the word of the Lord came unto ODed the son of Azariah and he gave some instructions and he go to verse 7 and he says strengthen your hands therefore be not weak for your work will be rewarded strengthen your hands therefore be not weak that means other translation says do not be weary your work shall be rewarded I like you to know that our service in the kingdom is not unto a man our service is unto God the maker and the creator of the hands of the earth as long as we have that understanding that we are serving God it determines the pay package is the one who rewards praise the Lord those who serve God must those who come to him must believe that he is what he is the rewarder of those who diligently seek him God is Not unrighteous to forget our labor and work of love praise the Lord I trust God for help this morning asking that um he will send us help from his presence um I'm not sure if I have a countdown this morning but I think we are at 10:40 a.m. and uh Pastor Jude please do me a favor once I have 10 minutes to go please give me a sign praise the Lord I like us to celebrate Pastor Jude as well uh thank God for him and his lovely wife the prayer machine thank you for praying and thank you for supporting and thank you for all you do praise God now today today we're talking about I know in this church we've been talking about Holiness Bible says in Hebrews 12:14 follow peace with all men and Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord we just read in 1 Peter chapter 1 uh 15 and 16 as he which has called you is Holy so be ye holy in all manner of conversation for it is written be ye holy for I am Holy I'd like to let you know brethren may feel well our number we are not over 100 yet we're not over 500 yet I like you to know you're very lucky very privileged very favored in this church you know why you have pastors who open the Bible to you who tells you the truth I've been around on a number of places and I know what is going on but i' like to celebrate your leaders in this house they understand the of Christ and they are willing to declare that to you I know people like places where they will be told you know when you in the house of God whatever you need to do do it quickly you know some people will tell you procrastination is the assassination of your destination I know many people will tell you if you see with the spectacle of Faith your obstacles and tentacles will be turned into miracles so if somebody comes to church I think the other one is better than this don't you think so are we good this is better all right but you can hear me that's what is important all right so somebody will come and say yes if you see it you believe it then you can receive it and everybody say yeah and then you ask them when the challenges of life faces you on on Monday morning then all those rhythms all those Rhymes where where are they they are gone but when you are people who will open to you the scriptures and show you the word of life that is the only thing that can keep you imagine a Joseph in the house of pitifer pfer was a general in the Army Madame po according to broon Madame po must have been a very beautiful woman don't you think so Madame Port when you look at her physical configuration I think God must have done some extra time in the design analysis and the production of that woman don't you think so and then you have Brother Joseph in the house with Madame pot all day long and for a potifa Mr potifa General pitifer to entrust brother Joe in the house of Madame Port they must have seen a little bit of character he must have seen a little bit of Integrity he must have seen some form of Holiness he must have seen some some of fear of God and who never will see who can tell who will ever think that one day Madame PT will just have an eye on Joseph on bro Joe if all bro Joe has been listening to is that this year you will make it you will break it if all bro Joe has been listening to is that if you pass receive you receive you believe you conceive if all he has been listening to are those ones believe you me brother Joe will go into the room with Madame Po and do you know women knows they they are experts in chop and clean out do you know that the general General H General Port wouldn't have suspected if anything had gone wrong yes or no but thank God for brother Joe do you even know that if brother Joe had gone that route of iniquity if they were serving him with two pieces of meat before how many pieces of meat do you now think he will be served with now that he's the one massaging Madame pot behind the curtains he will have graduated to four pieces of meat don't you think so if he had been taking two meals per day before how many meals per day do you think he would have been taken out it would have probably been taking four meals per day are you with me what do you think will happen to brother Joe's allowance it would have it would have been increased the allowance will have increased and then you see brother Joe come to church even on Sunday morning brother Joe will still service Madame Port while General p is there doing his army giving commands and all that and then see brother Joe in church as a matter of fact brother Joe must have gotten a car gift a brand new car gift and then brother Joe will come to church they say Brethren God has been faithful and then they call for testimonies and then brother Joe will say pray you see sometimes those who you see when we glorify God when we share testimonies we glorify God and then brother Jo must have done 360 pray pray pray pray pray pray you know all those shows before t testimony say pray pray pray pray pray pray pray praise the Lord and everybody say hallelujah and then he will start his testimony by saying Brethren the Lord is good the Lord is good and because many of us we do not see beyond our physical eyes as brother Joy is sharing the testimony Madame pot is looking from that angle doing like this you didn't see me he will close the high just like lightly not fully and then blink it and then do like this are you with me and then brother Joe will now be saying praise the Lord Madame po will turn again and use the second eye and do like this and they are fooling everybody hell is expanding and yet we come to church and share testimonies now I am not against testimonies if you read 1 Chronicles chapter 16 verse 9 10 11 12 it tells us what the nature of our testimonies should be there are three things when you share testimony say sing praises to Him talk of his wondrous deeds and declare his goodness in the congregation those are three elements of testimonies you sing about God some of us think I'm lying please turn to 1 chronicles 16 1 chronicles 16 three contents of testimonies I'm here to share with you on the subject Holiness unto the Lord but again I'll be drawing some practical inferences from the word of God now look at 1st chronicles 16 and I'll read 8 to2 give thanks unto the Lord call upon his name make known his deeds among the People Sing unto him verse 9 sing Psalms unto him talk ye of all is wondrous works so what are the three contents of testimonies there number one give thanks to God not to the pastor give thanks to God not to Pastor Jude give thanks to God not to Madam Jude sorry if I call you Madame Jude I just spoke about Madame po if we speak about Madame pot we should also talk about the bad madame we should also talk about the good Madame and Pastor Jude I trust God Madame Jude is Madame Jude opposite of Madame po praise God Hallelujah the first content of every Thanksgiving is what give thanks to the Lord number two sing Psalms unto the Lord number three it said talk ye of all his wondrous Works where do you talk about his wondrous works in the Church of God praise the Lord now let's start let's get started and Trust the holy spirit for help as we move on dear Lord we thank you for the ministry of your word this morning we ask that you will send us help we ask that you will prepare our hearts to receive your word and we ask Lord that there'll be a mighty collision between your word and our hearts such that Great and Mighty effects in righteousness will be engendered as We Gather today thank you precious Lord in Jesus mighty name we pray now 1 Peter chapter 1 I'll read a couple of scriptures and then we get started and good a thing I think I have a countdown on the screen that helps me out First Peter chapter 1 now I just give a story of Madame po if your story relates to Madame po what God is simply saying is that the lifestyle of Madame po that some of us have embraced if you continue in that lifestyle your destination will be hell you can't live the lifestyle of Madame Po and make it to Heaven unless you change Hallelujah and also the opposite of Madame PO is brother Samson always running after women what kind of sleep will a man sleep and then they shave your hair the hair of something looks like the hair of Madame Jude you know very plenty did they put anes or what do you call it those are medical those in the medical life anastesia did they did they excuse me I think we need to study the story of Thea very well did she inject Pastor Sam Pastor Samson Pastor Sam did she inject him with h anastesia so what kind of sleep will make pastor Sam and what is the configuration of the laps of Delila how was that lap made what what is the texture of that lap what is the malleability of that lap that lap that made the man of God to sleep and they shave the front side the back side the side side ah the iniquity that will make the grace of God and Heaven shaped completely from your life may God give you Grace to overcome the devil sh people's Destiny during counseling you hear husband say I not go gree the wife says I not go gree we must catter it we must catter it do you know why they must catter it huh there is a demonic Delila that is shaving the head of one of them there's a spiritual Dimension that is shaving righteousness purity Holiness togetherness the will of God from the side of the people and they they say will scatter it and after scattering in the eyes open if your home is going through a turent time here may you receive Grace for peace and whatever is covering your eyes may the Lord cause it to fall off in the name of Jesus praise God 1 Peter chapter 1 the Bible says here as obedient children in verse 14 not fashioning yourselves according to the former loss of your ignorance but as he which has called you is Holy so be ye holy in all manner of conversation because it is written be holy for I am Holy number one Holiness is the nature of God I'm making some few points as we get started number one Holiness is God's nature number two Holiness is God's character number three Holiness is a command from the Lord to his children it's not an advice Holiness is in God's is God's nature number two Holiness is God's character number three Holiness is a requirement for making heaven and it's a command from the Lord it is not an advice praise God thank you and he says be ye holy for I am Holy in other words he saying follow me in the path of Holiness Follow Me In the Journey of righteousness let's read a few more scriptures and then we start Hebrews 12:14 Hebrews 12 and verse 14 the Bible says follow peace with all men and Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord Hebrews 12 and verse 14 oh I have it here pursue peace I love this translation pursue peace with all people and Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord what does it mean to pursue to chase after let me give you an example of how to pursue somebody you see when we were young some of us were very playful so if you have a group of teenagers right let me put it this way let me put it this way let's assume choir leader what's your name Sonia can I use you to preach okay good are you married yeah please come assuming my brother please come yes if you don't mind are we good as I can see ring you there's no ring you are not married huh sorry personal information let's leave that now let's assume the two of them are friends H let's even assume they are cutting they're in a relationship now you are not and I didn't say so we just assume right right let's you know draw the line okay now let's assume wedding is in 2 months okay and then brother brother Ben decides to check the phone of sister Sonia and because sister Sonia Wants To Tread the part of Madame pot so what happens to what happens to sister Sonia if brother Ben wants to check her phone so let's assume sister Sonia is living the lifestyle of Madame pot so my brother can you grab that phone now just grab it uhuh you are shy oh you don't understand English well okay so do this just this is what I want you to do all right okay so do that yeah take it take it yeah yeah so now keep running then run after what what is Madame Paul trying to do to collect the phone are you with me why does brother Madame Madame son why will she pursue brother Ben it is because a secret is inside here and that secret must not be what exposed so what did sister son sister son did what decided to do what to pursue what is the purpose of that Pursuit that phone you need to grab it are you with me so when Bible says pursue peace what does it mean at all cost with everything in the inside of you even it will take you energy even it will take you more time even if it take you more inconvenience pursue peace with all men I see people in our generation say I'm a Child of God I believe in God God is my father but he cannot work in a team he comes to church he fights everybody he fights Pastor he fights pastor's wife he fights Pastor judee he fights Madame Jude he fights the choir leader sister son are you with me he finds assistant pastor aru you know we need to give a short name to everybody pastor aruga Pastor AR are you with me or Pastor a he fights everybody and he says my goal is heaven I am serving God God is my father I am serving God alone but he cannot be at peace with anybody is that person going to heaven no what does the Bible say pursue peace Bible says as long as it lies within you live at peace with everybody some wives here your husband offended you since two weeks now your your your face all the all the smoothness of your face because of frown you now see your skin now coming together squeezing together I don't have the right English for that wrinkles you see you see somebody's naturally beautiful but because once you see your husband like this someones of rejection will just well up on the inside of you and you begin to squeeze your face even during family devotion you are still squeezing your face you praying to God and you still squeezing your face they come to church you still squeezing your face and unfortunately for you that day they ask your husband to come and take offering in in the heart of your heart say I don't even know what is wrong with the pastor of this church they ask everybody to come and take offering they ask this one to come and take offering and they say everybody close your eyes pray as she's closing her eyes the wrinkles becomes Amplified because there is a well of bitterness a well of hatred and rejection welling up in the in the inside of that syst what does the Bible say follow peace pursue it pursue peace at all times are there people here there are people who have offended you and you have chosen you will never let them go I guarantee you you will never make heaven heaven is for those who forgive Heaven is for those who align with God must we offend ourselves yes are we going to offend ourselves yes the Bible says offenses must come we will offend ourselves but we should learn to let go are you with me Point number four Holiness and peace must be pursued Holiness and peace must be pursued pursue peace and Holiness without which no man sh shall see the Lord pursue peace and Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord now let's read a few more scriptures Leviticus 11 some people will say well he's telling us New Testament what about the Old Testament let's read Leviticus 11 Leviticus 11 now sister Sonia I know you are not Madame pot you know I just said it's an assumption right brother Ben it's an assumption so no we're not casting as passions here okay now Leviticus 1144 for I am the Lord your God and he shall therefore sanctify yourselves and he shall be holy for I am Holy neither shall you defile yourselves with any manner of creeping things that creepeth upon the earth look at the next verse verse 45 for I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God ye shall therefore be holy for I am Holy let's read 19:2 Leviticus 19:2 I read a bit of few scriptures Leviticus 19:2 it says Speak unto the all the congregation of the children of Israel and say to them he shall be holy for I the Lord your God I am Holy all right now the Bible says in I'll read 1 Thessalonians but in 2 Corinthians 7:1 the Bible says having therefore this promises dearly beloved let us cleanse ourselves from all the fness of the Flesh and of the spirit perfecting Holiness in the fear of God let us do what let let us cleanse ourselves how do we live a life of Holiness we'll cleanse ourselves with what from all the fiess of the Flesh and spirit and then we can perfect Holiness in the fear of God I have my closing Point here I have some five six points of things to do to ensure that we consistently work in Holiness but one of the things you can do is to cleanse yourself with the word of God what you can do to live a life of Holiness is to cleanse yourself in God's word praise the Lord now let's see 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 and then I'll go to Matthew chapter 7 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 and you know Brethren you know it's so interesting now in our generation that uh people talk so much about the God of Grace the god of Second Chance a messy speaks over judgment we know but we also know that God is a god of love is a god of Mercy right the same God is also a god of judgment can you have surgery and then there will be no after the surgery portion heals there's no scar huh it doesn't matter even if a miracle happens the sky is still there uhhuh so Miracles exist God is a god of love is a god of Mercy is also a god of judgment some people will say ah how can God so be so heartless how can so God be so wicked that we pack everybody and throw them into hell when he promised to destroy Sodom and gomorra did he not destroy them he did when God sent uh brother Joe Jonah to Nev and he refused what did he do he went to tashes and he had his he even paid can you imagine he paid with his credit card to go to T to go to where God didn't send him and do you know the message he even preached the only prayer Jonah prayed was inside the belly of the fish and it was because see when you are inside the belly of a fish he must have been like this like a little baby you know the posture must have been something very terrible he must have had cramps he must have had you know back ache I don't know whether the fish was using the tongue or the internal organs to do massage for him but three days there was no light inside the belly of the fish what do you think will be the temperature of the belly of the fish the guy must have been very hot he must have been sweating I said God it is true I disobeyed you but if for this only one time only one time just save me save me God if you see the prayer he prayed in Jonah chapter 2 and God had the prayer and God instructed the fish ah God is merciful god God gave him free accommodation first class seat inside the belly of the fish with a lot of inconen venience and then the big fish just went to the shore and vomitted him there ahren do you know what happens in the belly of a fish there are some acids some chemicals there that within 3 days the whole of Jonah can be digested yes or no God deactivated those acids God deactivated those chemicals and when Jonah when he got to ninev the guy that you thought repented he was only repenting because he didn't want to die when he got to he said oh you n you if you don't repent now God will kill all of you he preached one very very disrespectful message one very you know two sentences n hear the word of the Lord or you'll be destroyed how can people repel because of that but because God had n in mind do you know that everybody including animals repented and fasted and after a few years about 500 years later what happened to Nev the judg of God Came Upon Neve through n the prophet because there was no continuity of Revival and you know Neve was a I mean Neve was became a metropolitan city a city where you have a lot of gold where you have a lot of economic activities going on and people went back from revival to recession and the Judgment of God Came Upon nineve and Neve was wiped out May the Lord not wipe us out for 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 so God is saying to somebody here repent God is saying to somebody here the lifestyle you live from Monday through Saturday cannot take you to heaven a number of us are only born again in church once you step out it's appointment with iniquity 1 Thessalonians 4 let me read from verse one 1 Thessalonians 4 from vers vers one furthermore then we beseech you Brethren and exalt you by the Lord Jesus that you have received of hor how ye ought to walk and to please God as you are receiving from me now God's word how you do what how to do what walk and to do what and to please God Point number five to live a life of Holiness you need to walk in his steps you need to walk in his steps he said ought to walk and to please God so when you grab a man that is not your husband and you are feeling it through body contact are you pleasing God when they when you ask somebody can you loan me $5,000 and you use the money the guy s your problem and then you say I will return it in 2 months now it is 2 years you have not returned it and then when the owner of the money asks you you say what's your problem uhh even in the Bible they borrowed money God told the children of Israel he said go and borrow even the wife of the son of the the wife whose Pro whose husband died in second king chapter 4 he said go and borrow vessels he said what's your problem I borrowed 5,000 and so can you imagine when she was begging the person who gave the money did it out of compassion pay back now you're doing your like this can that person go to heaven such attitudes don't please God so if you here you have borrowed something and you have not returned it Go and return it that's how to please God hello they sent you around to go and buy something for the church they gave you $2,000 you spent 2,000 I mean you spent $ 1,900 where is the remaining $100 report it back to church that's how to be accountable amen whatever is not your own don't add it to your own that's stealing sorry 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 we ought to walk in him and also to do what to please him said for you know what Commandments we give you by the Lord Jesus verse three for this is the will of God even your sanctification that you should abstain from fornication what is the will of God you shall abstain from sexual immorality what is the meaning of abstain stay away stay away stay away from sexual immorality stay away you fundle with parts of your body to get pleasure stay away from that you watch people on video on YouTube having sex stay away you are not married and you are committing sexual immorality stay away that is the easiest route to go to hell stay away you are not married you're having sex stay away you are married you're having sex with somebody who is not your partner stay away and it will interest you today a lot is going on even among pastors wives it's terrible it's terrible stay away next verse say for that each of you should not to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor not is the loss of concupisent even as the Gentiles which know not God that no man go beyond and defro his brother in any matter nobody don't defraud don't cheat anybody in any matter because that the Lord is the Avenger of all such as we have also for one you and testify for God has not called us unto uncleanness but unto what Holiness can you give me another translation for that verse 7 what is another word for uncleanness 1 Thessalonians 4:7 you have another translation God did not call us to be impure God did not call us to be impure why do you drink the water you drink because it is pure if you go to the river you go to the ocean no matter how thirsty you are can you pick water from the ocean and drink because it is impure so God wants us to live pure lives he want us to live holy lives praise the name of the Lord now I read one scripture to you and then you'll be amazed at what that scripture is saying now let's go to Matthew chapter 7 Matthew chapter 7 you see I'm surprised now that uh people think Holiness is dos and don'ts no it's not a rule of Dos and don't Holiness just means the Life of Christ is in you and that is what manifests through you are you with me Matthew 7 I know many of us have read this several times but I'm sure the Holy Spirit will minister to us as we do this together now look at this look at verse 21 not everyone that seeth unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven philosophers psychologists lawyers May argue this out and said you if you have a red letter bible it's written by Jesus was direct word of Jesus said not everyone that says to me Lord Lord will enter Heaven excuse me where did where do people say Lord Lord do people say Lord at the club do people say Lord at the beach what do you see at the beach you see women they will wear clothes that covers half of their you know uh whatever God has put there that should be for the husband and then you wear clothes everywhere is exposed so if a servant of God you go to the beach you have two options wear dark glasses or just be looking at the sun otherwise you may not come back with the same level of of Holiness praise God so do people say Lord Lord at the beach excuse me I don't know if they have be paror here in Canada what is the equivalent of be paror in Canada Pastor Jude help me bar thank you at the bar do people say Lord Lord at the bar where else do people say Lord Lord where they are shooting pornographic movies do people say Lord Lord there two people are sleeping together and you're the one holding the camera do people say Lord Lord there excuse me where do people say Lord Lord family devotion where do people say Lord Lord in church where do you people say Lord Lord you say Lord Lord when you go to work and you say everything I am doing here I am doing it as unto the Lord I will not partake of the evil in this place that's why you say Lord Lord yet but Jesus said not everyone that says Lord Lord will make heaven so it even tells you that there are some people who says Lord Lord they have a form of righteousness they have a form of godliness they are not totally bad they have accepted Jesus but some things in the world are still in in their lifestyle not everyone that says Lord Lord shall enter the kingdom of heaven but who does the will of my father so Point number seven what is Holiness Holiness is extensively and holistically doing the will of the father that is Holiness extensively holistically realistically intentionally doing the will of the father that is Holiness no matter how hungry your wife makes you to be there is no law if you're a man that is Holy you see the mouth of women has been designed by God especially when they are angry when they are displeased to run like water and the way it runs it runs in such a way that when women are hungry and they are talking to their husband that the intensity and the propensity for the husband to lift up the hand and apply a force sideways and the target point will be the cheek that propensity is very high but the man who wants to leave the will of God will never hold his hand and raise it against the wife praise the Lord now look at this not everyone that says to me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven for he that doeth the will of my father verse 22 many will say to me in that day on the day of judgment Lord Lord have you not prophesied in your name excuse me where do people prophesy huh do people prophesy at the bar do people prophesy at the even at the mall do people prophesy at the mall where do people prophesy they prophesy in church so many will say Lord Lord we have prophesied in your name and in your name we have cast out Devils hello Brethren how many of us here in the last 6 months we have cast out devil there are some devils that look if you go and cast out Devils you just be like the sons of ska the devil said Jesus we know Paul we know he said you who are you they picked they picked that guy they beat him up in other words for you to cast out Devils you must be right with God yes or no before demons can answer to you he say you f Spirit get out and that spirit says yes I pack my load and go you must have authority with God yes or no excuse me you slept in a lady's house like Samson and you had sex all through the night do you know Samson was on top of a lady of all through the night only God knows how many rounds all through the night and then they called he said the enemies are here the enemies are here and he killed all of them straight from immorality to Miracle there are people like that too you sleep all night and then you come to church say praise the Lord praise the Lord and then you the one who sings you see a lot of people will miss Heaven my prayer is that may I not miss it you can be a preacher and Miss Heaven are you with me can I tell you about Moses Moses went to God on the mountain 40 days 40 nights before he came back the assistant pastor Aon already made a calf for the for them all of them they brought out their earrings and all that and then they formed a calf and even when when when assistant pastor Aon was reporting it he said all of them brought out a cal and then brought their earrings and a cal came out you think I'm joking let's go to Exodus 32 me I like to read scripture let's go to Exodus 32 verse 24 that's why I go with my Bible I've been using this Bible for 30 years so that's why I know where if I mention anything I know where it is in my Bible Exodus 32 let's read verse 24 and I said unto them whoever whosoever have any gold let them break it off so they gave it me who was speaking there assistant pastor Aeron so said they gave it to him then I cast it into the fire and there came out this Cal you don't understand what happened here he said all of them submitted their hearing he only put it inside the fire and what happened a car jumped out of the fire and did like this how possible is that another lie from the assistant pastor hello and you know what what scared me a lot here do you know that when God sent Moses to go down Moses was so hungry the word of God that he received he broke it for you to know that the man of God was angry let me read another scripture to you look at verse 19 Exodus 32 this is not part of my message Exodus 32: 19 and it came to pass as soon as he came n unto the camp that he saw the Cal and the dancing and Moses anger waxxed H and he cast the tables out of his hands and break them beneath the mouth what happened to the man of God all he got the product and the symbol of 40 days Fellowship 40 days and 40 nights encounter with God 40 days and 40 nights no food no water 40 days and 40 nights Ting physically 40 days and 40 nights that the glory of God was physically resident upon Moses that when Moses came down people cannot look straight into his eyes God was radiating all the encounter this man gathered within 40 days what happened the symbol of that encounter was in that table those word of God what did the man of God do with 40 days encounter in one minute of anger what did he do he carried it and he smashed it what does that mean repeat of exercise that means all those encounters all those visitation of God all those interaction with the spirit all those outpouring of Grace into the life of the man of God what happens to that Wasted by what one minute of anger look at your life what what amount of God's deposit in your life has been wasted by a Moment of anger by a Moment of immorality by a Moment of Lying by a Moment of disservice by a Moment of I service by a Moment of unfaithfulness by a Moment of something that doesn't apply to God are you with me Brethren one moment as if that was not enough God sent Pastor Moses a warning did he pick the warning look at verse 21 no no no look at verse 24 and we see a product of unforgiveness in the life of Pastor Moses and he took the calf which they had made he burnt it in the fire and ground it to power you know they all of them submitted their ring their chain their you know jewelry and the calf came out right so when Moses wanted to punish them because he was angry he put the calf inside fire are you with me and then the thing became Power I mean he now grounded I don't know where he got a secondary crushing machine at that point I don't know where he got a a secondary Crusher at that point I don't know whether he used his hand to grind it physically I don't know how what amount of effort will turn a cal into powder hello Brethren their Cal must have been as big as this yes or no what amount of energy what amount of input what amount of of effort will turn a calve into so powder are you with me energy in the wrong direction Every Woman here that is married listen to me the energy with which you retaliate against your husband if you put that energy into proper use God will soften your heart he will make your husband love you the more even if your husband is a demon and you know what the man of God did after grinding into powder in now poured it inside water and gave everybody to drink how does that solve their problem I believe after that meeting there were there were several cases of cancer diagnosis the Bible didn't say so verse 21 and then look at verse 20 and then he took verse 20 verse 20 and he took the Cal which he had made bought it in the fire ground it to powder he scattered it on the water and made the children of Israel to drink it you know what I call that that is called the height of unforgiveness he said you have done wrong I will punish you do you know there was a time these same children of Israel hey I did a study sometimes on the people the people talks about the children of Israel the made the man of God miss it but the reason Moses didn't get to the promised land was because of the people Brethren don't be among the people do you know there was a time God said I will destroy these people I will kill all of them and I will I will spare only you and I will start AR fresh in Same Book of Exodus they did something God was angry and God said I will kill everybody because they have annointed me you know what Moses said ah Moses said you cannot kill these people if you kill them the Egyptians will mock you all those all those Miracles that happened in the Palace of pharaoh all those let my people go and they will serve you all those Miracles you did my time is up right oh my time is up Jesus is Lord I am good five more minutes Church five more minutes praise God do you know Brethren when God said he will destroy the people of God what was the Covenant name of God everybody knew God as what God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob at that time the Covenant name of God was about to change what will be the new name of God it will now be the god of what God of Moses Moses saw that opportunity he said no I cannot take take advantage of the anger of God he said I choose to be humble how many of us have many opportunities exist before the opportunity even shows up what do you do you grab it many of us if you were in the shoes of Moses you say yes God go ahead kill all of them he say kill them now who is the direct recipient of that blessing of Killing Them imagine the name of God now imagine now God changes his name and says I am the god of Pastor Jude so all the things they wrote in the Bible God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Jacob all those things they will change imagine all those files in the church imagine RC and CC they change their name or they change their logo what happens to that all the branches they have to rework everything and rework and spend money that was going to happen and then Moses will now be the Superstar and say yes God of Moses if you believe in the god of Moses here say Amen you see something was going to happen to propel Moses to the Limelight but because he chose to be a man of God that opportunity he did not utilize it and then he prayed he prayed and he prayed and God changed his mind he reminded God see what you did at the Red Sea uhuh God see what you did to Pharaoh God see what you did to the Chariots you know of pharaoh God see what you did see what you he reminded God and God changed his mind a man of Holiness is the one who can talk to God face to face and God can change his mind on some issues how many of us here you interact with God and God is able to change his mind just because you are involved are you with me Brethren so this same man of God now because of anger he ground the powder put it inside water give it to all of them to drink some of them must have died I'll read one more verse verse 21 and Moses said unto Heron Exodus 32 what did these people what did these people unto me that thou has brought so great a sin upon them that means you know what happened when Moses came down from the from the from the mountain they were singing they were dancing to the to the Cal and people were sleeping together right there in church it was as bad as just the next brother sit sitting next to the next cter they just started you know I don't know if you're a couple imagine we in church now and then you see people sleep just because of the spirit of immorality that came down you just see this brother who has no Affinity with this sister they just start sleeping together right there on the bench you see people sleeping together you see this one and this one two sleeping together can you imagine it was a horrible sight right in church and if you read the next verse what do we see there what do we see in the next verse brother can you give us the next verse verse 21 because I want to close now verse 21 so 22 and Aaron said that was a reminder from Aon even the assistant pastor even though he led the people to sin God still used him to give a message to the man of God to see if he will repent so Aon said do not let the anger of my Lord become ought you know the people that they are said on evil you see where the title the people came from one day God will help me to write a book on that the people don't let your hunger become hot what did the Bible say about the anger of Moses in verse in verse in verse in verse 19 is anger waxed hot and then in verse 22 the anger waxed hot anger alone is the intensity of displeasure yes or no but when that intensity becomes OT it's a terrible thing at that point it is a sin because for many of us when we talk about Sin all you think of is immorality and telling lies and all that even anger with God is a sin as I close many we say to you on that day have we not prophesied in your name have you not cast out devils in your name have you not done miracles in your name and that day Jesus will say I don't know you can you imagine after singing in Ark of Christ for many years after preaching here for many years after doing Church account for many years after serving God for many years and God says I don't know you do you know there are some people in church they don't give it doesn't matter the message you preach they don't give but there are also people in church they give go even God knows that they give their pocket knows that they give imagine after giving all that and God says I don't know you and somebody will say ah but God I don't just give 10% I give 30% of my income God says I don't know you because anger is in the bosom of fools he will say I don't know you because you are always telling lives he say I don't know you even when you serve God you serve God so that Pastor Andrew can see you Bible says not with eyes service no men Pleasers but doing the will of God from the heart my last verse as I close brethren we have been called onto Liberty only use not your Liberty and as an occasion to serve sin you have been called onto Liberty I think that's Galatians 5 do not use your Liberty as an occasion to serve the flesh but by love serve one another Galatians I'll quote the exact scripture Galatians is either 51 or 5:13 for brethren we have been called to Liberty only use not your Liberty as an a for the flesh but by love serve one another I cannot locate that scripture Galatians 5 13 513 yes for Brethren you have been called unto Liberty only use not to your Liberty for an occasion to the flesh but by love serve one another my last scripture the Bible says whatsoever you do whether a word or deed you find that in Colossians chapter 3 whatsoever you do whether in word word or deed do all unto the Lord not as unto men Colossians chapter 3 and verse three whatsoever you do do all atly as unto the Lord Colossians 3:23 Colossians 3:23 whatsoever you do do it utterly unto the Lord and not unto men that is Holiness so when you are coming to sing and sing special number you do it as unto the Lord when you are giv you do it as unto the Lord when your wife offends you and you're talking back to her do it as unto the Lord when your husband offends you and you're talking at him talking back at him do it as unto the Lord whatever happens do all as unto the Lord Five Points and we close how can I develop a lifestyle of Holiness number one have consistent encounter with God if you don't encounter God you can never live a life of Holiness because there are too many things you know coming at you saying just fall go to sin there are too many things on social media everywhere go go on Facebook you see half naked girls in the name of looking for Content everything there's always something say fall fall fall fall fall so have an encounter with Jesus devotion study your Bible pray not only church prayer meeting have your own personal prayer time number two practice a life of Integrity number three be a community and a fellowship where Christ is glorified start again number one live a life of encounter consistent encounter with scriptures with the word of God with prayers number two practice a lifestyle of integ ity number three find yourself in a community and fellowship where Christ is glorified and that's Church number four personal discipline number four personal discipline and my last Point here evangelize the easiest way to live a life of Holiness for God to help you is for you to evangelize if you live a life of evangelism everybody knows you at work that you belong to Jesus then the day somebody makes you angry for you to display anger openly you will be cautioned yes or no I remember those days when I was serving I served in nbe by Ela in Nigeria and in that Community my time is up I know that I want to stop you see me packing my stuff praise the Lord you see me packing my stuff I finished already so I was serving in nbe bya and in that Community immorality was numb there were too many children the population of children below five was so high and as youth coers then it was a major achievement if you get pregnant for a youth copper that means you are a superstar so there was no way you will serve in that community and not sleep around there was no way you know what we did in the coers lodge those of us who were brethren we took ourselves together and we were always in the community of one another so when we are going to buy something we go together the school we were teaching when we were going we live together we come back together we ensured there was no moment of isolation under that atmosphere no matter how anointed you are if you isolated in 5 minutes you will fall some ladies came to us and say you are importent ah everybody is doing can't you do and for many of us you say I am importent I am going to prove to you you see when the devil is using you you say I'm going to prove to you now that I am not importent and by the time you finish proving all your anointing all your grace you are the part of the people who will say Lord Lord Jesus will say I don't know you you're a worker of iniquity so what did we what did we do there the power of community and togetherness was a tool to survive so if you see that God helped us and we kept ourselves until we married it was not just it was not just by accident it was intentional a life of Holiness is a life of intentionality shall We rise com to my come into my hand come into my Lord Jesus come in today come in to stay Come Into My Heart Lord J Jesus come my hand come into into my hand Come Into My Heart Lord Jes Jesus come in today come in to stay come to My Heart Lord Jesus I like you to pray that Jesus will come aresh into your heart Lord Jesus Come aresh into my heart come aresh into my life come in today come in to stay J I like you to pray Lord Jesus by my strength I cannot live a life of Holiness by my doing I cannot succeed with God but with the help of God when Jesus comes into our heart when he mixes with our heart he helps us he helps our infirmities I like you to pray today Lord Jesus Come into my heart aresh come in today don't go away come in to stay Lord Jesus the encounter that I need to serve you the encounter that I need to walk with you Lord let that encounter be released right now in the name of Jesus Brethren are there things in your life like the anger of Moses I like you to pray for mercy and say God these are my weaknesses these are my weaknesses Lord have mercy on me today what have you done wrong I like you to pray and say God Bible says if we've confessed our our sins and we forsake them Faithful Is He to cleanse us and to forgive us from all unrighteousness I like us to pray Lord Jesus this is my error this is my error is Revenge in your heart Moses took a Revenge by grinding the the the Cal into powder and giving the people to drink that was a an element of Revenge is there a Revenge system in your heart it will take you to hell I want you to pray Lord Jesus take over this act of Revenge this act of iniquity this prop propensity for immorality this propensity for lying this propensity for for for living a double standard life Lord have mercy of me let the blood of Jesus cleanse me a fresh cleanse me a new in the name of Jesus I like you to pray where have you gone wrong have you been unfaithful to your husband have you been unfaithful to your wife have you been living a double standard life have you been living a life that is not consistent with the word of God have you been following crowd to do evil have you been following the people around to to live a lifestyle that does not glorify God I want you to come back today to Jesus like The Prodigal Son The Prodigal Son went back and he was celebrated Lord in any area we have gone wrong we plead for Mercy we ask for pardon in the name of Jesus thank you precious heavenly father in Jesus mighty name we pray is there anybody in the congregation today from all we have shared you are likely to be part of those Jesus will say I don't know you or you have drifted away from the Lord or your lifestyle does not glorify God and you want to come back to Jesus today if you're in the congregation please lift your hand and I'll pray with you I'll say it one more time you have drifted away from the Lord you want to return back to him you want to live a life that is pleasing to him and you have tried you have failed but you want God to help you lift your hand and that's my last call Lord I pray for every please all eyes closed all heads bowed please all eyes closed all heads bowed Lord as many as are lifting their hands now please put that hand on your chest Lord today I pray for a commotion of the word of God a commotion of encounter a commotion of the presence of God with the hearts of the people of God to engender holistic absolute and intentional repentance in the name of Jesus I pray from today the grace and the power to overcome let it be released to you right now in the name of Jesus sin shall no longer have dominion over you for you are not under the law you are under grace Lord we pray all the likes of Madame part that will meet us this week we receive Grace to overcome we will no longer fall into sin we will no longer fall into unrighteousness that even when the Lord Jesus shall come he will count us worthy to go with him thank you precious Heavenly Father we give you all the praise Lord I pray for everyone here with one burden or the other you are the burden Bearer every prayer request in every heart here as July is running to an end seven starts for perfection every Department of your life that has suffered let the grace for Perfection let it come upon it right now where you have been pushed to the wall and you need an intervention of God hell shame will come today let the power of God reach you where you are let the Lord intervene on your behalf we give you all the praise in Jesus mighty name we pray amen God bless you please let's welcome uh whoever is coming in my word thank you