Righteous Invasion of Truth

Dr. Abel Damina: People all over the nations of the earth. Father, we give you praise and glory in the name of Jesus. Father, we rejoice for this another opportunity to come before your holy, precious written Word. Thank you that the mighty Holy Spirit lives on our inside, so we come humbly and respectfully tonight. We rejoice that it is the entrance of your Word that giveth light.

So, your Word comes with clarity. Revelation knowledge is gifted us today as we receive the Word. Our hearts are illuminated and we are excited and willing and obedient in this day of your power. We are not forgetful hearers, but doers of the Word. Therefore, each one hearing the sound of my voice tonight is blessed in your deeds.

I declare that tonight, by the end of this service, your people are built up, equipped, edified, and Jesus is glorified. Nobody leaves here the same way they came. So, we give you praise, glory, and honor for answered prayer in Jesus' name we pray. And every believer says a powerful amen. Glory! Glory to God. Hallelujah.

Lift your right hands to heaven. Let’s release our faith together as we say these words: I am born of God. I am born of the Word. The Word of God is my nature. I do not struggle to do the Word. I do the Word naturally. Therefore, today, I will understand the Word of his grace. I will be built up. By the end of this service, I will never be the same. Never, ever be the same again in Jesus' name. And every believer says a powerful amen. Glory!

We are still looking at the Church of God in Service, and today we are looking at Part 60. This is Part 60 of the Church of God in Service, and we're examining why you must find a local church and be committed there. Why you must find a local church and be committed there.

We have been looking at why you should be in a local church and not just be there, but be committed, actively involved, and actively committed. It's not just good to be attending the services, but to be committed, making an impact, an undeniable impact in the local assembly. In Matthew the 16th chapter, we see Jesus talking about the church.

Matthew the 16th chapter, the 13th verse: "When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, 'Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?' And they said, 'Some say that thou art John the Baptist, some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.' He saith unto them, 'But whom say ye that I am?' Who do you say that I am?" Because they had different opinions of him, and all their opinions were centered on the fact that he was one of the prophets.

Then the next verse, verse number 16: "Simon Peter answered and said, 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'" Next verse: "And Jesus answered and said unto him, 'Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.'" Next verse: "And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."

When he said, "Thou art the Christos," or the Christ, the Son of the living God, he said unto him, "Upon this rock"—or can we say upon this fact?—"Upon this fact, I will build my church." He used the word "my church" because the word "church" is a term used generally for assemblies. In fact, in that particular era, the word "church" is taken from the word ecclesia. It means to call out to gather.

It was used frequently for those people who were like lawmakers, who were called from out of the people to make laws in a particular territory. Like what we call the Senate today, or what we call the National Assembly today in the democratic dispensations. So, that's why he used the word authority. "I give unto you the authority or the keys of the kingdom of heaven." The authority of the kingdom of heaven.

"So, I will build my church. I will build my called-out ones, or I will build my gatherings. And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." That already tells you something, that if Jesus said, "I will build my church," those folks must have been saved, because you have to be saved to be in his church. Don’t forget, it is his church.

If you look at Ephesians the first chapter, the 17th verse—what we call the Pauline prayer, the popular Pauline prayer: "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints."

"And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come."

"And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the church is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all." So, he says there, just like Jesus spoke to Peter, "I will give you the keys of the kingdom." He says in this context, he will give all authority to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.

Now, that tells you something—that the authority of Christ is only exercised in the church. The authority of Christ is only exercised in the church or through the church. Through the church or in the church. So, if you're looking at the authority—for example, when people say, "I am only loyal to Jesus Christ," and they say things like, "I only obey Jesus Christ," and things like that—they're only being ignorant or they're being deceitful.

Jesus has given his authority to the church. Jesus has domiciled his authority in the church, and the authority of Jesus is only exercised on earth through the church. The church of Jesus is the only agency on earth that is licensed to exercise the authority of Jesus on the earth. So, if you claim to be serving Jesus and you're not serving the church, you are not serving Jesus.

If you claim to be serving Jesus and you're not serving his church, you're not serving Jesus. Because if you like, you can establish 20 NGOs, feed the poor on the street—that is very good humanly speaking, excellent—but you're not serving Jesus. To serve Jesus, you have to be in his church. You have to serve his church. He put all things under his body, or under his body, or under the church which is his body. And that is where you find the fullness, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.

So, you cannot claim to serve Jesus without serving in his church. The church is the body of Christ. Please don’t miss that. The church is the body of Christ. In 1 Corinthians chapter 12, verse 13—pay attention: "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free, and have been all made to drink into one Spirit." We have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

In Ephesians chapter 3, verse 14 and 15, he says, "For this cause, I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named." So, the church is the family of God. The church is the family of God. You cannot claim to love a man and not relate with his family. You cannot claim to love a man and not relate with his family.

The church is the family of God. If you love Jesus, it will be natural for you to be in love with his church because the church is his body. You cannot love the head and hate the body. It’s one package. You've got to love the head and love the body at the same time. In the book of Ephesians chapter 2, verse 18 and 19: "For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God."

Fellow citizens with the saints. You are fellow citizens with the saints. That means all saints in Christ are citizens of the same kingdom, members of the same family. Look at the next verse, verse 20: "And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone." Built upon the foundation, so the church is built upon the foundation that men laid. The foundation that men laid, the foundation of the apostles and prophets.

Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone, taken from Isaiah the 28th chapter, the 16th verse. That’s where he was quoting from. So, the family of God is the household of God. The family of God is the church. The family of God is the church, or the family of God is the household of God. He says you are built upon the foundation. So, which means right now, we're having a family meeting right here. We're having a family meeting. That’s why it is called fellowship, or a ship of fellows.

In Galatians the 6th chapter, the 10th verse: "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith." Who are of the household of faith. Did you see the word "especially"? That’s a word to take note of. "Especially." Which means that God treats his body differently. You need to learn to know why you are in church, because you must be in church.

In fact, if you reach out to someone as you preach the gospel to that person, one of the things I told you when we started this particular aspect of the series is that when you preach to somebody and he believes the gospel, your work is not complete until you bring him into the church. Because salvation is a birth into a family. Salvation is a birth into the family of God.

So, your job of evangelism is incomplete until discipleship is effectively carried out. In Mark chapter 16, verse 15, Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; he that believeth not shall be damned." If you look at Matthew the 28th chapter, the 18th to the 20th verse, Jesus said, "All authority or all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations." Next verse, teaching them. "Go therefore and teach all nations."

The word matheteuo. Matheteuo means go and turn men into students. Go and turn men into learners. Go and make students out of men. So, your job is not completed by just preaching to someone. Seeing that the person has made a decision for Jesus, your job continues to make sure that the fellow is being trained and is being discipled.

Don’t tell the person, "Just attend any Bible-believing church." Nobody gives birth to a baby in the hospital in the natural and tells the baby, "Select anybody to be your father. Baby, select anybody to be your mother." Or you take the baby out of the hospital, drop the baby on the road, "Anybody you like, follow." No, you give birth to a baby, you nourish, you nurture, you nurse the baby. You bring the baby home to a family, to the comfort of siblings, to the comfort of a home, to the comfort of parenting.

That is how you raise babies in the natural. And in the spiritual, it is also compared to be the same. "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby." 1 Peter 2:2. "Desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby." So, you don’t abandon people when they're born again to grow. You don’t tell them to look for a Bible-believing church, because you, the messenger, ought to belong to a church somewhere.

You ought to be a member of a church. So, when you preach and the person receives the gospel, you take him or her with you to fellowship. You take him or her with you to fellowship. You immediately, in the natural, ensure that the baby is with the family where she or he can be brought up. So, evangelism, therefore, is not complete until we ensure that the fellow is being incorporated in a church. And the best place should be in your own local assembly.

Because your work continues into discipleship. You see, one important thing you need to realize is that there is no personal salvation. Let me repeat that very loud and clear: there is nothing like personal salvation. I repeat, there is nothing like personal salvation. The Bible never taught that, that there is anything called a personal salvation. Jesus did not come to the world to die for you. Jesus did not come to the world to die for you. Jesus came to the world to die for everybody. He came to die for everybody.

In the book of John chapter 3, verse 16: "For God so loved the world." God loves the world, not individuals. He loves the whole world. "That he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." In John chapter 1, verse 29: "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 'Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.'" Not the sin of an individual, the sin of the world.

In 1 John chapter 2, verse 1 and 2—pay attention: "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." Watch the next verse: "And he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only"—our sins, our sins, not my sins—"our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." Again, the whole world. So, Jesus' blood was shed for the whole world.

It was not shed for persons; it was shed for all of the world, all of humanity. In 2 Corinthians chapter 5, verse 17 to 19, he says, "Now therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." I love the next verse: "And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation."

Next verse: "To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them." Reconciling the world unto himself, not reconciling individuals, reconciling the world. God loves the world. The Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. All right. Now, pay attention. So, he was reconciling the world to himself. So, there is no personal salvation. There's nothing like personal salvation. You need to realize that we are saved together. We are saved together.

Every child of God is part of that salvation plan. We are saved together. Pay attention. In the book of Ephesians the first chapter, the third verse: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us." Not blessed me, "blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." He has blessed us. "Us" means collectively, not individually. He has blessed us collectively.

Now, observe verse 4. Oh, I love verse 4 of Ephesians 1: "According as he hath chosen us." Chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. He has chosen us. Next verse, verse 5: "Having predestinated us." Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. Did you observe "we", "us", "us", "we", "children", "the adoption of children"?

Verse 6 of that same Ephesians: "To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us"—us, us—"hath made us accepted in the beloved." Next verse, verse 7: "In whom we—we have." There's nothing individual in salvation. "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace." Did you observe us, us, we, us? Verse 8 of Ephesians chapter 1: "Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence."

So, it is us, we, us, we, us, we, children, which means we are saved together. We are saved together. Look at Ephesians chapter 2. But while looking at Ephesians chapter 2, we are saved together, we are blessed together, we are chosen together, we are forgiven together, we have redemption together. We are predestinated to the adoption of children together. Salvation is together, together, together.

Ephesians chapter 2, verse number 1—pay attention: "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins." Next verse: "Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience." Next verse: "Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others."

Next verse: "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us." Did you observe "loved us"? "Us" together. Next verse: "Even when we—we, we, not I—when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Us, us, us, us. Us. Nothing personal in salvation.

"Us, us, us" is collective. Look at verse 8: "For by grace," Ephesians 2:8, "for by grace are ye saved." Ye—ye, ye—ye collectively saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Next verse: "Not of works, lest any man should boast." Verse 10: "For we are his workmanship." We, we, we. "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them good works."

So, we, us, we, us, we, us. We are saved together. There is no personal salvation. We are saved together. That salvation that you have is not personal to you. In Joel chapter 2, verse 28, it says, "I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh." All flesh. The gift of the Holy Ghost is to all men, upon all flesh. So, whatever you have in Christ is not personal to you. We are saved together. We are baptized into Christ together.

Look at Galatians the third chapter, the 27th verse: "For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ," as many of you as have been baptized into Christ "have put on Christ." So, if we are saved together, we are blessed together, we are anointed together, then we should be together. We should be together. So, when we come together like this, it is because we are saved together. There is a common fact to all of us. We are saved together.

I thought somebody would shout glory. We are saved together. Together, together, together. Glory to God. Together, together, together. Tell your neighbor, together. Tell your neighbor, we're doing this thing together. Tell your neighbor, our ministry is as a result of our collective contribution. Together, together, together. Tell your neighbor, as your hand cannot tell your leg it doesn’t need it in order for your body to function well.

Your hand needs your leg, your leg needs your hand, your head needs your body, your body needs your head. Nobody travels and leaves his stomach at home. Glory to God. It’s got to be together. Glory to God. We do this thing together. And that togetherness is called the local church. The local church is the togetherness of the body of Christ. The local church is the togetherness of the body of Christ.

Also realize, in Colossians the first chapter, the 12th verse: "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us"—made us, made us, made us fit—"or meet, or qualified, to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light." Made us. Next verse: "Who hath delivered us"—us, us—"from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son." Pay attention.

Which means, you see, it's us, us, made us, delivered us. "In whom," verse 14, "in whom we have redemption." In whom we have redemption, collective, "through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins." In whom we have. So, we, we, we, us, us, us, together, together, together. 1 Peter chapter 2, verse 9: "But ye are—ye, ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light."

Watch the next verse: "Which in time past were not a people"—so the "you" is a people—"which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now, you, the people of God, have obtained mercy." So, "we" there shows the mind of God. "We" there, it shows the mind of God. Do you realize also the epistles were written to everybody? They were written to everybody, the epistles. They were written to everybody.

Now, there were letters written to individuals like 1st and 2nd Timothy because he was a pastor, but the instructions in there were for everybody. You find Titus a pastor. Philemon also, which had to do with a personal interaction between brother Paul, Philemon, and Onesimus, who was Paul’s son in the Lord. But check other letters: the book of Romans, the book of Corinthians, the book of Galatians, the book of Ephesians, the book of Philippians, the book of Colossians, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, Hebrews.

The book of 1st and 2nd Peter, the book of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John, Jude, and Revelation—all were written to a people. Not to individuals, to a people. So, if the scriptures were written to all of us, it shows that there is more in our gatherings than we see, because we are saved together. No wonder brother David would say, "How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity."

"It is like the precious ointment that flows from the head of Aaron down to his beard to the skirt of his garment, and there does the Lord command his blessing." Together. There is more in our gatherings. God delights in our gatherings. He takes the solitary and he brings him into families. God is not the God of isolation; he is the God of togetherness. He wants us together because he collectively saved us together.

Please pay attention. He saved us together. God has no special children. We all have the Spirit of God. The book of Romans the eighth chapter, the 14th verse: "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." As many. Verse 15: "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."

Next verse: "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit"—our spirit, our spirit, not my spirit—"our spirit, that we are the children of God." So, there's nothing special about you that I don't have. We are saved together. Realize, we are saved together, and you must participate with those whom we are saved together with. You must participate with those that are saved together with you.

That’s why Paul told Philemon, in Philemon chapter 1, verse 5—put it together, put it up for me—"Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints." Your love is toward the Lord Jesus, demonstrated in your love toward all saints. Not some saints, toward all saints. That’s a fruit of salvation: love. When you are truly saved by Jesus, his love is poured in your heart.

Colossians the first chapter, the fourth verse, Brother Paul gives the same commendation to the church in Colosse: "Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints." You have love to all the saints. Because we are saved together, so we need to demonstrate this. Listen carefully. There are 118 times the word "church" is used in the New Testament. The word "church" is used in the New Testament 118 times.

14 times out of the 118 times, the word "church" is used in the New Testament as universal church. 14 times. Only 14 times that word "church" is used for the universal church. That is, it's used for the body of Christ worldwide. That means we have 104 times that the church is used as a local church and assembly. Which means your commitment to the universal church will be demonstrated majorly by your commitment to the local church.

Your commitment to the universal church will be demonstrated majorly by your commitment to the local church. If the word "church" is used 118 times and just 14 times it refers to the universal church or body of Christ, it means, therefore, you can't really belong to the body of Christ in isolation. Nobody is an isolated member of the body of Christ.

They say, "Which church do you belong?" He says, "Me? I don’t belong to any church, oh. I belong to the universal church." He is either having an English problem, or he has a deceitful problem, or he has a mental case. Maybe he is on high colon. That’s the only reason why you will think that you belong to the universal church. For example, are you a Nigerian? Yes, sir. Which part of Nigeria? All of Nigeria? You are sick.

Nobody belongs to all of Nigeria. Even Buhari, your former president, said, "I belong to everybody, I belong to nobody." You can’t belong to Nigeria. You must either say, "I am from Aba." I am from even in Aba, there will be a location in Aba where you came from. You can't come from all of Aba. There’s a place you came from. Or from Sambisa Forest, or Ikot Ekpene, or you are from Uyo.

Even in Uyo, there are villages in Uyo, true or false? There are villages in Uyo local government. Uyo is just the name, general name for this area, but there are individual villages in Uyo. Everybody must belong somewhere. So, in the body of Christ, you can’t belong to the body of Christ worldwide. You must belong to a local assembly. I’m teaching good tonight.

Belonging to a local church is how you belong to the body of Christ. Belonging to a local church is how you belong to the body of Christ. God has called us into the local church. When you see someone not committed to the local church, it's because he is selfish and proud. He has a selfish problem and he's a very proud person. Because the local church destroys selfishness in our lives, and we are not available to serve others when we don’t belong to the local church.

The local church destroys pride. It means that once you join the local church, you are depending on other people to help you. You see, if you cannot have those two things in your life, you are either proud or selfish. Some people say, "I am tired of all the churches." "I’m tired. Church has used me, church has abused me, church has done this to me." Well, brother, that’s the best that God has. Imperfect people.

Even in your own biological home, it is not perfect there. Where you have your father, mother, and your siblings, you guys still quarrel. You say, "Well, I don’t want to join another church." Okay, please, sir, start your own church. Let us see how you will start your own church that will never have any problem. You pastor it, you, Mr. Perfect, pastor that church. Then you will know that khaki no be leather.

You will know that humans are humans, anywhere and everywhere. Am I teaching good here? Yeah, you will know. That’s the best that God has. So, that’s why God gave us the fruit of the Spirit, so we learn to walk in love, patience, kindness, gentleness. We learn to tolerate one another. That capacity is inbuilt in a man that is born of God. You have the indwelling of the Spirit.

Along with the indwelling of the Spirit comes the fruit of the Spirit, along with the fruit of the Spirit comes the gifts of the Spirit for our common good. These are the capabilities that enable us to unitedly serve God's purpose and work together to carry out the mandate of God upon the face of the earth. People are not committed to the local assembly, they're either selfish people or they don’t want others to use them.

They don’t want anybody to use their time. That’s why they're not committed to the local church. And they are proud because they don’t want to depend on anybody else. They want to be self-sufficient. They don’t want to depend on anybody. And there’s no body in the body of Christ that is self-sufficient. Brother Paul says, "Not that we're sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God."

And this God sufficiency he has distributed it among all of us. So, when we are together as a body, we are sufficient. When you are alone, you are deficient. You cannot be sufficient alone. Our sufficiency is of God and the Spirit of our God that is sufficient has been distributed in our hearts. So, when we are together as a local church, where two or three are gathered together in my name, we are not deficient, we are sufficient.

Glory to God. As a church, we are sufficient. Power City, as a church, we are sufficient. I'd like you to tell your neighbor, we are sufficient. Everything we need is amongst us. All of us together lacks nothing. Glory to God. I'm teaching good tonight. All of us together lacks nothing. That’s the beauty of the local church. That’s the beauty of the ecclesia.

That’s the wisdom of God on the earth to carry out his purpose, to carry out his plan in on the earth. God can do nothing on the earth without the local church. And that’s why it's important for you to be committed to the local church. Can somebody shout very loud: we are saved together. We are chosen together. And we are blessed together. Glory to God.

I’m going to give you seven things to take note of. Seven things. I will start tonight, if I don’t finish, we're not running anywhere. Sunday is still coming. Sunday is coming. I love Sundays. Don’t you love Sundays? Amen. I’m going to give you seven things. Number one: The visible church of God is local. The visible church of God is local.

You cannot see the church except there is a gathering. You can never see the church of Jesus except there is a gathering. When you enter into a community or you go to a city or you go somewhere, how do you know the church is there? It’s when you see a gathering. It is when people gather that you know that, okay, this is the church of God in Toronto. When they gather, you know that this is the church of God in Amsterdam.

When they gather, you know that this is the church of God in Accra. When you gather, like we're gathered now, you know that this is the church of God in where? Uyo. You don’t see the church on people’s faces. A man is walking on the road and he says, "That is the church." You are high on colon. You don’t see the church with your bare eyes just by looking at individuals.

The church is a gathering where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there in their midst under a well-defined leadership. That is the church. So, the church of Jesus is only visible in a local setting. In a local setting. So, the universal church is visible in gatherings. So, it's either you're in a local church or you are a locomotive Christian. You know locomotive? What's the meaning of locomotive?

It’s always moving. Any new church that come to town, they're the foundation members. Then when the foundation is set, they leave and go and start another foundation. They are mobile Christians. And you know, like that man who came to this church so many years ago and said, "When you pee and you scatter your pee, it will never foam. But when you concentrate your pee in a spot, it will gather foam."

So, if you want to gather impact, stay in one place and concentrate. To be everywhere is to be nowhere. It was one commissioner in this state, commissioner of education. He heard me on radio and he came to church on a Sunday. He said, "I love this man. I love your preaching. I’ve decided to join this church." So, we were excited to have him in church, and he wanted to say hello to the church. Then he stood up, greeted everybody, then he said—I can’t forget, even as I’m speaking, I’m remembering that service.

People laughed and almost fell down. That’s the first day I had such an analogy. So, it's either you're in a local church or you are a locomotive Christian. Always moving. No local church. You're always moving across the land, like the spirit. You should always be where your church is. Homecoming comes up August the first week. Every Power Citizen should be where the church is.

All of us should be in Uyo. That’s where the church will gather. Am I communicating at all? From across the nations of the earth, from continent to continent, all of us will be here. So, everybody that is part of us should be where? Here. You should be where the church is. Because it's not every time we gather. The universal church is visible in local assemblies.

There are two words you will see in the book of Acts. Acts chapter 4, verse 23—pay attention: "And being let go," this is when the apostles were persecuted and beaten, "and being let go, they went to their own company." I'd like you to underline the word "their own company" and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. Their own company. Their own company. This is when they were threatened never to preach in the name of Jesus.

They returned to their own company. Same word used in Acts 15:22. You see the use of the word "company" there: "Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren." Their own company. That word "company" in the Greek is people you share identity with. People you share identity with.

Your local church is your own company. The people you can go to. Some people will say, "I’m a Christian." Then you say, "Which church do you attend?" They say, "Church where?" It’s like I just told you, you can’t be a Nigerian from where? Nigeria. What part of Nigeria? All of Nigeria. You must have your own company. People you know who also know you. People you know who also know you. That’s number one.

So, the universal church is visible in gatherings. Number two: The local church is a community of saved people. The local church is a community of saved people. People who are saved. Look at John the 13th chapter, the 34th verse: "A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."

Every time you see the word "commandment," don’t think of Mount Sinai. Commandment simply means instruction. A new instruction I give unto you. You have one another, you love one another, as I have loved you. There's no better place to show this than in the church. He didn’t say love the world as I have loved the world. He said love one another, as I have loved you.

He is talking to his disciples. He is saying, "You who are saved, love one another," meaning they are a community of people. The saved are a community of people. A community of people to love one another as he has loved them. Just like he said in 1 John chapter 3, verse 16—pay attention: "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."

We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. Love the brethren. Loving unbelievers and not loving believers has no reward. It makes you a hypocrite. Loving unbelievers and not loving believers makes a hypocrite out of you, so there's no reward. Of course, you honor people in government, you honor the governor, you honor the members of the National Assembly, you honor your president, but you honor those who labor among you double honor.

Double honor. You do good to all men, especially—see that? There's always a distinction for the family of God. There's always a distinction, or more has to be given to believers. So, when you respect an unbeliever and disrespect a believer, your respect for that unbeliever goes to nothing. Whatever help you have to the poor is futile as long as you ignore the one in the church.

You must love the brethren in the church first before you have a spillover for those outside the church. That is God's mind, that is God's plan, and that is God's will for the church. In John 13:35—pay attention: "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." This will be your mark of distinction, or this will be your identification: your love walk.

Your love walk will be your unique identification in a world that has identity crisis. Your love walk will set you apart. This is how the world will know that you are mine, when you love one another. How did Jesus love you? He loved you when you were perfect? How did he love you? He loved you the way you are, and he still loves you the way you are, even in your imperfection on your way to perfection.

He loved you just the way you are. Some of you say, "Bro, I cannot love you until you change." That’s not the love of Jesus. You love people the way they are. And sometimes people can be very annoying. Brethren can get on your nerves. Sometimes brethren can misbehave. But you have a responsibility, a duty—somebody say loving you, say that to your brother, loving you, say to your sister, loving you—is a duty I owe you.

Say loving you is not whether I like or not. It’s a duty I owe you. I’m born of God, you're born of God, we are family. I must love you. It’s not a feeling. It’s not a feeling. We love one another. We love one another. If you're loving the children of God, you love them the way they are. You can't come to my house and change my children. No.

You can’t come to my house and change my children. You say, "No, no, no, these children must change." You fell from which mango tree? You can't come to my house and change my children. When you come to my house, you accept me, my children, and the way we are. You are the one that will adjust because you're just there as a sojourn. You can't be there for long.

After a few minutes, you have to go. So, you can't come and be changing us. You have to adopt, accept us. If we're a noisy family, bear with us for the minutes you're there. And if you're a very quiet home, bear with us while you're there. Is it not so? Has anybody come to your house before and changed your sitting room? Said, "Now that I have arrived, please move the TV. If I’m going to stay in this house, move the TV there. I don’t like the way that chair is there. If I’m going to stay..." Be going.

Who even wants you to stay? Go. You accept us the way you are. Accept us the way we are. Which means it's my responsibility to love you the way you are. It is the Father's business to change family members. Family members will accept each other the way we are. While we're all working to please Jesus, we accept ourselves the way we are.

If Jesus was to expose you and your weaknesses, how scandalous would that be? Even inside this service now, if Jesus was to just carry the way you are thinking right now and just show all of us. Somebody say "Hey." If Jesus is just to take everyone of you in the service now, just take your mind and say, "Everybody see, oh." How scandalous will that be?

So, you must not be expecting people, exposing people, as Christ does not expose you. You must not be a believer that likes to gossip people, expose people, demean people, make people look valueless in the presence of people who value them. Put people down. No, that's not Christ-like. No. Especially when brethren are close to you. By virtue of being close to you, it should make people respect them more because of you.

Not that you're close to somebody and because of that person you're close to you lose all your respect. That’s not a true brother, that’s not a true sister. The love of God is not in that atmosphere. We don’t expose. "Publish it not in Gath, tell it not in Askelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines should rejoice." We don’t expose the weaknesses of saints.

We cover the weaknesses of saints. Love covers a multitude of sins. Love covers. Where there is love, people are covered. People are accepted. People are helped. Where there is love, people are comfortable. Even if they make mistakes, they know that there is a way their mistakes will be fixed without giving them an injury. Say, "I hear." That’s the love of God. That’s the love of God, and that is how the church is supposed to function.

The local church is a community of saved people who love one another as Christ has loved them. Love means while we were yet sinners. So, the church is a community of saved folks. Number three: The church is a gathering. The church is a gathering. Hebrews chapter 10, verse 25: "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together."

Did you see the way he emphasized "assemble together"? The assembling of ourselves. It's like tautology, but it's emphasis. Together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. That is, the more you know that we're approaching the coming of Jesus, the more often we should gather. The more often we should gather.

The church is a gathering. Assembling of ourselves together. Look at John 20:19: "Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled." The disciples were what? Assembled. That’s the local church. They were assembled. Acts chapter 2, verse 1: "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place." They gathered.

In Luke 24:48 and 49: "Ye are witnesses of these things. And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem"—a locality, a local address—"tarry in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high." Stay there. Acts chapter 20, verse 7: "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread." They came how? Together. A gathering is required if we're going to have church. There must be a gathering together.

1 Corinthians chapter 16, verse 1 and 2: "Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come." This is the church gathered together. 1 Corinthians 14:26: "How is it then, brethren? when ye come together." When you come how? Together.

"Every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying." When you come together. 1 Corinthians 5:5—take them down to show you how important our togetherness, the local church is emphasized. He says verse—give me verse 4, 1 Corinthians 5:4: "In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ."

When you are gathered together, my spirit and the power of the Lord Jesus is present. So, the church is when we come together. You cannot have church online. No. Did you see the emphasis? There must be an assembly. There must be a physical coming together for us to have church. You can't have church online. I’ve told you time without number that all of our online presence is to first of all give an opportunity to those who are new who are yet to hear the gospel to be able to hear the gospel and come into the kingdom.

Secondly, emergency, for people who have traveled to localities where they can't find a lighthouse to worship. Then they are still in touch with the bigger family online. They are still in touch. And then finally, we're online so that through our broadcast, we are feeding the local assemblies globally. So, it's important to know that you cannot have church online. Even our campuses that are fed online, they are still together. They still gather where they pray, they fellowship, they minister to each other, they receive ministry, their questions are answered, they take up an offering, they go for evangelism together, they raise disciples.

So, there is still a gathering. There must be a gathering for it to be a church. A gathering is required to have church. To belong to a church, you must belong to a gathering with a location. You must belong to a gathering with a location. You can’t have church on WhatsApp. WhatsApp is WhatsApp. No soldier is trained on WhatsApp. Say, "I joined the Nigerian military and they're going to train me on WhatsApp."

There’s no such soldier. So, if natural soldiers are not trained online, how can the army of Jesus, the body of Christ that is on earth to do a serious work, be online? Has to be on site. There has to be oversight. There has to be the rule over you. All that cannot be done online; it can only be done on site. I'm teaching good. So, in the gathering, you pray. When we gather, we pray. Acts 4:23: "They went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them."

Next verse: "And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, 'Lord, thou art God.'" They lifted up their voices. They prayed together. When we come together, we pray together. Oh, there is power in corporate prayer. We pray together. In Acts chapter 2, verse 47: "Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved."

They came together daily in the local assembly. In Acts 2:42: "They continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers." In Acts 14:26: "And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled." They've been recommended by the church.

So, in church gatherings, we have different gatherings, different meetings in the church gathering. Sometimes it's a prayer meeting. All of us come together and pray. Like in Power City, we have prayer meetings every morning five to six, and on Saturdays we have prayer meetings seven to 10. Three hours of prayer cruising. Those are prayer meetings. And then we come for midweek service today, we meet in various clusters for Bible teaching.

And then sometimes we come just to praise God, Sundays. After the teaching of God's Word, we spend some good minutes just praising and worshipping God. Sometimes we come together to meet the needs of each other. You know, the Bible says they were breaking bread. Breaking bread is meeting needs, and that happens in our house churches.

Where a brother has a need and all the brethren contribute to make sure the brother's need is met. Where a sister has a need and the leadership of the house church knows and everybody contributes—because this is part of us—to make sure the sister's needs are helped. So, we're able to help each other. We're able to look after the welfare of each other because we're in this together. We're a family of God.

In Acts 4:36: "And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus." Next verse: "Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet." Submitted the money to the apostles who now did the distribution for the poor to benefit. So, a gathering is required to meet our needs. A gathering is required for us to pray.

A gathering is required for us to study the Word. A gathering is required for us to engage in praise. And a gathering is required for us to effectively carry out the job of evangelism and raising disciples. A gathering is also required where we come to have the Spirit of God meet our needs, where we just come and minister to one another in the things of the Spirit. 1 Corinthians chapter 14, verse 26: "How is it then, brethren? when ye come together."

When you come how? Together. "Every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying." When we come together, some people have revelation, interpretation, tongues. We minister to one another in the things of the Spirit. Galatians 3:5 also gives a corroboration to that, that when we come together, "He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit."

Somebody say, "I minister the Spirit." "He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" So, we minister to one another. We can have miracles and the flow of the Spirit. So, again, a gathering is imperative. That’s number three.

Number four: A church has a creed. A church has a creed. A creed means a doctrine. Any church that is without a doctrine is a loose association. Any church without a doctrine is a loose association. A church must have a doctrine, a teaching, or teachings. Acts chapter 2, verse 42: "And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers." There must be teaching.

You must know what we believe in the church. There must be something that is taught and there must be something that is believed. Every time Paul writes, he will talk about what he taught them, what he taught them. Look at Romans 6:17: "But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine"—take note of "form of"—"that form of doctrine which was delivered you." The form of doctrine, the manner of doctrine.

That’s the meaning of form of doctrine, the manner of doctrine. Which means there is a system of truth in a local assembly. A local assembly must have a system of truth. In 2nd Timothy 1:13, look at the way brother Paul will communicate the same thing to Tim: "Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." The form of doctrine.

That is, there must be a system of truth. In Power City here, we have a system of truth. We teach concerning heaven, we teach concerning salvation, the things of the Spirit, we teach the love walk, we teach concerning healing, marriage, relationships. We teach concerning the church itself. We teach concerning the last days. We teach concerning sin. We teach concerning man.

Every subject in the Bible we teach—a system of truth. You know those things. You cannot be here and not know those teachings. So, there is a series on prayer, there is a series on faith, there is a series on the name of Jesus, there is a series on finances—what Jesus taught about material wealth. There is a series on healing, understanding Satan, demons.

A church must have a creed, a system of teaching, and a system of beliefs. The church must have things they teach. In 2nd Timothy 2:2, brother Paul will say to Timothy, "The things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also." In 2nd Timothy 3:14, brother Paul says to Timothy, "But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them."

So, a church must have a creed, things that they teach. You must have a teacher. That’s very important. Every believer must have a teacher. You must have a teacher who is your pastor, who is your mentor, and that same teacher is your spiritual father. You must have a teacher who is your pastor, who is your mentor, who is your spiritual father. Someone who is responsible for your feeding, someone who is responsible for your development as a child of God.

Paul said in 1st Corinthians 4:15: "For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel." You do not have many fathers. You only have one father. You can't have pastors. "Oh, these are my pastors." That’s a reckless statement from an untutored believer. You can't have pastors. You're only permitted to have a pastor.

He didn't say, "The Lord is my shepherds." Jerry, Jerry, give me Jerry boy. Jerry 3:15, Jeremiah. Jeremiah: "And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding." Pastors there is not for a local church; pastors to the nation of Israel. But every local church will have a pastor. Though you have ten thousand paidagogos, babysitters, yet you have only one father.

Only one father. So, a church is a place where you receive doctrine, a place where you receive doctrine. I will stop here and we continue on Sunday. Number five: The local church is organized. There must be an organized system of doing things in a local church. There must be an organized way of doing things. 1st Corinthians 14:33, give me the King James or you give me the AMPC of 1st Corinthians 14:33.

KJV: "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." God is not the author of confusion, but he's the author of peace. AMPC, now, brother. 1st Corinthians 14:33 AMPC: "For He [who is the source of their prophesying] is not a God of confusion and disorder but of peace and order, as is the practice in all the churches of the saints (the believers)." Orderliness is the practice of all the churches of the saints who are God's people.

Order. Somebody shout "order." Can I hear you shout "order"? 1st Corinthians 14:40, King James: "Let all things be done decently and in order." Give me the AMPC. "But all things should be done with regard to decency and propriety and in an orderly fashion." You see, anywhere you call church, there must be order. An organized way of doing things.

Time for service, time when service starts, time when service ends, a time for prayer, a time for teaching. Let all things—all things include all things. A brother and sister will not just appear on a Sunday, the brother wearing suit, the sister wearing wedding gown, and just say, "We have come to be joined." "Papa, we have appeared. The Lord has done it again. It's a miracle."

It's a mira-what? Because that kind of appearance is indeed a miracle. No news, no news, oh. On Sunday, "Let's welcome Papa to preach." I come up and I preach. As I begin to say, "I’m rounding off," you see the brother walking out with a suit and you see the sister coming from the other angle. They come and stand. What for? "We are ready to be joined." Joined what?

"In holy matrimony. For where the Lord has done it. In fact, Papa, I’m surprised. It’s a miracle." Mira-what? Pastor Praise, please take these two—these two brethren, they have become brethren. Take them to the office and x-ray them. Praise God. No, that’s disorder. You must inform the church. "There's a lady I like. I'm thinking of getting her to me for wife." That’s King James English.

"I'm thinking of getting her to me for wife." Before the relationship go anywhere, you have already informed the church. So, we walk through the process with you. That’s decency. We're involved from day one. No surprises, no accidents, no stray bullets. From day one, we're in the picture. Then the relationship is put under instruction.

And then there's a class where we take you through premarital counseling. We look at the scriptures together. We take you through teachings on marriage, and we share with you the mind of God, the plan of God for the family, the mind of God, the plan of God for the home, the mind of God, the plan of God for two coming together to build a God-centered home and serve God's purpose.

We share with you the elements, what is required: the tolerance, the patience, the gentleness, the understanding, communication as the anointing of the marriage. We take time and share a number of things with you for weeks. And in the period, interactions are taking place. If there's misunderstanding, we counsel through the process. All that is to help you start this journey well-informed.

All that happens here in Power City to help couples start their marital journey without saying, "I wish I knew this five years ago." No, there'll be no "I wish I." You will start the journey knowing everything. We'll teach you as much as we can. The rest you will discover in the process, but at least the fundamentals, you will have an understanding of the fundamentals concerning marital issues.

I would not have you ignorant. So, that's why there's premarital counseling. Praise the Lord. I say praise the Lord. Yeah, so we have that—those counseling classes. You attend them, and then at the end, everything is put in place. You do your traditional marriage, and then, of course, the church is informed, and then on Sunday, we know that time is created in the service for us to celebrate your union and for the church to pray and bless and identify with this marriage that has just happened.

So, nobody is shocked. Even the husband-to-be will not say, "Even me, Papa, I'm surprised that I’m here." Or the sister will say, "It shocked me well, well. I don’t know how I came out here, but you know how I wore white gown." It’s like a lady who invited her pastor to a wedding, to her wedding. What an insult. Give your pastor some respect.

Because if you're mature enough to get married, you're mature enough to take some decision. Say, "No, the reason why I’m inviting you is because my parents said I cannot wed. I have to wed in their church. They have done everything. It's just that I wanted you to be there, that’s why I’m inviting you." That’s an insult. That’s totally disorderly, and that's an insult to the grace of God that you submit under.

You must insist, even if it's your father's church, that the marriage is going to take place—you must insist, "I have a pastor and my pastor must have a say in this matter. I have a pastor and my pastor must be part of the process. Even the officiating of the wedding, my pastor must be represented or my pastor must be there." You must put your foot down.

A guy that cannot put his foot down is a boy of God. And a boy of God is not permitted to marry. It is not good for a man, not a boy, not a bomboy. Bomboyistic. It’s not good for a man to be alone, not a boy. A boy still should go to school and grow. Then when he has become a man, where he can tell his father, "Daddy, thank you, but we will not do it like that. It's my life. I will be the one to live with it. Please, sir, this is how I would have it happen."

That’s a man. That’s a man. That’s "Papa's boy." Inna, you will go and live in your Papa—your Papa-in-law's house. It’s a man that marries. Same thing with a lady. It's a mature lady that marries. Not Daddy's wrapper or Mommy's wrapper. Lady must be mature to say, "No, Daddy, this list you're giving to this guy I want to marry is too expensive. Daddy, slice the list. It's on my head. Slice it. This thing is too expensive. He's not buying me. Daddy, tell the village people to slice it."

You must be that established in that family to be able to get married. "If I talk now, my Papa will wipe my face." No, you are still—what is the female version of bomboy? Dr. Gabe, you're not serious. I said, "What's the female version of bomboy?" He said, "Baby." Babysco. Baby inwa. You must have some muscles to say, "Mommy, m-m."

You know, it's like my father-in-law. When the villagers gathered and brought list for me, before he gave me the list, he said, "I have told you people, the man is not a hunter; he's a pastor. Why are you people putting bushmeat? Where will the pastor go and carry bushmeat from the pulpit? Remove that bushmeat!" I like my father-in-law. My father-in-law was just removing all their—"Remove that one!" I said, "The man is a pastor. He's not a farmer. Remove these things. Where will he go and find these things?"

Ah, my father-in-law slash, slash, slash. Slash the list till when I saw the list, I was even happy and praising God because the battle has been won. Glory to God. I say glory to God. So, things must be done decently and in order. The word "let all things"—all things means all things—"be done decently and in order." It’s the Greek word tasso. It's actually a military term for order.

How many of you know that even if you're with a lady you want to marry and you see your boss in the army, you go at attention: "Yes, sir!" Bam! Even if the lady is saying, "Honey," you are not looking at her. Obey first before complain. That’s the meaning of decently and in order. Tasso. Things must be done properly.

The local church is organized. Everything is organized. Even where people sit, how people sit, how people park their cars—all that is organized so that there's a free flow and an orderly flow. And the Spirit of God moves very freely where there is order. The Spirit of God does not move in chaotic, in chaos. God doesn’t want chaos; God wants things to be orderly. It is in orderliness that the Spirit of God finds full expression, where the saints are edified.

I didn't hear a powerful amen. Are you blessed tonight? Are you blessed tonight? Tell your neighbor, "The local church is an expression of the universal church. You're my brother, you're my brother, you're my sister. We are together. Born of God, the same DNA, the same Spirit, the same family. And I love you, I love you the way Jesus loves me." Glory to God.

Stand on your feet. That’s all I got for you tonight. Hallelujah. Oh, glory to God. I tell you, man, I tell you, man. When you understand the things we're sharing, it becomes easy to build a solid church, a church that will keep winning and keep raising disciples all over the nations. Father, I pray tonight for everybody under the sound of my voice in this building, in our house churches, in our campuses, all over the nations of the earth.

That the reality of this truth resonates in our hearts. The love of God finds full expression amongst us, and together we arrest men from darkness and bring them into the light. Thank you that effective discipleship and evangelism is taking place. And as we keep working together in love, working together with one another, together we keep manifesting the glory of Jesus in these last days.

Thank you for the blessing in this service. Now, I take authority over every sickness, every disease, every discomfort, every pain. I command you to cease in the name of Jesus. We rebuke infirmity. Satan, get your hands off of God's property. Sick body, be healed. Be healed in the name of Jesus. We dissolve doubts. We dissolve doubts. Every challenge, every opposition is dissolved. Where there's need for a miracle, receive a miracle in the name of Jesus.

Father, we give you praise for answered prayer, and we thank you for grace that abounds, and we thank you for sufficiency that we have in all things. In Jesus' name we pray. And every believer says a powerful amen. Glory! Go ahead and give Jesus some celebration in this service tonight. Glory to God forevermore. Amen. Are you blessed tonight? Amen.

I’d like you to grab your honor offerings. Let’s give as we worship Jesus tonight. In the house churches, campuses, those online, we're giving to honor Christ. And everybody in the campuses and house churches, grab your offerings. We want to give and honor God's Word and honor what God has done amongst us. Father, we thank you for the privilege to give today.

We give with joy, we give excitedly, and we rejoice for the opportunity we have to make a difference in the advancement of the kingdom and in honoring your Word and honoring our collective vision of reintroducing Jesus to this generation. Through our resources, Lord, we are making our resources available so the gospel continues to thrive in the nations. And we rejoice tonight that the Word goes forth.

We are blessed, and we continue to make more money for advancing the kingdom. We give you praise for the blessing in Jesus' name we pray. And every believer says a powerful amen. Glory! Glory! Until we see you again in the next service, enjoy the grace of Christ. Let’s celebrate viewers around the world for being a part of this service tonight. Glory! Glory to God forevermore. Amen.