BOW 3 - ELITE SOLDIER

Let's turn our Bibles to the book of Matthew chapter number 4. Matthew chapter number 4. I want to show you some things. If you're there, say amen. All right, let's look at it. Matthew chapter number 4, we start the reading from— and by the way, I want to celebrate all our centers connected. With us. Thank you. I can't wait to be with you guys soon. Abuja and jealousy.

Amen.

Amen. All right, Matthew chapter number 4, verse 8. Matthew 4 from verse 8. Now look at what we've been reading. This: Again the devil taking him up into— again the devil taketh him up into an high— into an exceeding high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of this world and the glory of them, and said to him, All these things will I give thee If thou wilt fall and worship me. And Jesus said unto him, Get thee hence, Satan, for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. I will tell you a part, but I'll tell you another part. What you didn't think about is that why will Jesus quote a scripture to the devil that thou shalt worship the Lord your God. Is Jesus saying that the devil has the capacity to worship? Put that aside. Only him will you serve? Put it aside. But this is one thing I want you to note: the devil will not promise you kingdoms if he doesn't see that you have the capacity to earn it. Did you understand what I'm saying? Even the devil make promises based on capacity. You call the devil the father of all lies. I shared with those who are praying together today what that means. Father of all lies doesn't mean that he is the biggest liar, it means lies originated from him. The same way Charles Babbage is the father of modern-day computer, he is the father of lies. If you are going to lie, your reference is to the devil. So look, look up. So what you just read, the devil taking him there, show him the kingdoms of this world. And promise him. Then we read the account of Luke. The devil said, 'For it has been delivered unto me.' If the devil was promising Jesus the kingdom of this world, what does that mean? So where will he rule? Was the devil ready to become second in command? Or what was he proposing? Partnership, joint rulership. For instance, let's talk about the issue of promises. It is not everybody that the devil promises. If anybody wants to entice you with something, they entice you with what is at your level. The same man that is enticing someone with 500k is enticing someone else with 5 billion. It's the measurement of your— if somebody is smoking, there's no promise for the smoker. It is clear when you read, when you smoke this, smokers are liable to die young. Then the person does what? Smoke. What I'm trying to get you to know is that it is not everyone that does something for the devil that the devil promises anything big.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

In fact, in many instances, the devil actually wants you to do free job. Free job. Bow, and I will give you the kingdoms of this world, for it's been delivered to me. It is because of who he was talking to. Are you feel what I'm saying? Show me anyone else that the devil look at and say, I will give you the kingdoms of this world. Even the devil rate men based on capacity. I'm saying that you, you can apply for a job with the devil, and the devil's response is that you are not smart enough. You think because it is about damaging your soul, he can use you for anything? The devil wants profit. What I'm trying to show you is that to be an agent of darkness, there's merit. Are you following what I'm saying?

Yes, sir.

All right. Does the devil need to promise you anything to do some of the things you do?

Nothing.

It just brings suggestion. Why don't you do this? And it doesn't say I will give you this in return. Just do it. Free job. Work for me. But the devil looked at Jesus and said, bow. 'Fall before me and worship me, and I will give you the kingdoms of this world.' Why? Because it's been handed to me. If God is sending another man because the first Adam failed, the assumptions of the devil is that Jesus has come to collect the kingdoms of this world back. So who exactly did God leave the assignment to? Or can I ask and say, is the kingdom of this world still in the hands of the devil? Who runs this world? Answer, huh? Who is in charge? Talk to me. Who runs this world? I want to show you a scripture. Are you there? Now if you look at— let's, let's take a dive deeper a bit. Are you still here? If you look at the word used for the word world in Matthew chapter number 4, verse 8, it's the word cosmos. The word what?

Cosmos.

Now look at this. What does the word cosmos mean? It describes systems. I want to show you something. Stay with me, yeah. Look at the Bible. Look at what the Bible says in Romans chapter number 12.

Are you there?

Romans chapter number 12, read from Verse 2: And be not conformed to what? This world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. When the devil said, the world has been delivered to me, He said, I will give you— all right, talk about the glory of this world, for it's been delivered to me. Listen, it was after the fall of man that David said, the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. So the devil was not talking about planetary body. No, that's not what he was promising Jesus. He's not talking about Kenya, Nigeria, um, Ethiopia, Uganda. He's not talking about America. But listen, there is a system that makes America America. He who controls the system runs the land. So he's saying I will— this system that ought to be God-infused system, man seeded it. So if you will bow, I'll put you in charge again. That's not the promise the devil makes if he did not perceive that you are capable. I want to say a statement. It's a very serious one. Whatever God can't use you for, even the devil will struggle to use you for the opposite. Write that in capital letter. So drop your notes so I can quickly teach you something important. All right, the reason why you have to drop that note now is because you will have to come back to this teaching.

So look up.

When you look at two kingdoms going to battle, what an average human sees is the need for soldiers, the need for soldiers, right? More soldiers, more foot soldiers, right? Talk to me now. More soldiers. But that's not the way military strategy works. It's not just some guys who just get themselves and say, hey, I'll kill all of you now, shoot, like you watch in your movies. It requires strategies.

You plan wars.

Generals are not moved by emotions.

They plan.

They take their time, they calculate, check the enemy's weak point. Usually it is the side with the highest number of strategists that wins. So what you think, soul is soul. Soul is soul. Soul is soul. But influence is not the same in terms of value before God, or in terms of love before God. He loves all of us equally. The value of our soul is the same. He died for all of us. The price is the blood. But our usefulness is not the same. Let me give you another instance. If you know, how many of you play football in school? When they will say, let me have 5 guys here, 5 guys quickly, quickly, don't worry, come. Pastor, okay, you come, come and join me here. Yes, 5. No, Come here, face this side. Yes, 1, 2, 3, 4. Yes, come, 5. And I have 10 people from here.

Quickly, come.

Yeah, come, don't worry. So there's something— please come, my friend. There's something we used to do in those days in primary school. I think we did too in secondary school when people want to play ball. And they say, so these are the two guys and it's three aside, right? And you pick, pick your number one player. This one, pick. Say, you come here. You, then you two pick your number one player, you come here. Then you pick your second player, you come here. Then you pick your second player, you come here. Your third player, come here. Third player, come here. Sometimes the fact that you are the one who brought ball doesn't mean you play. When it comes to this value, who has the capacity to deliver? Now this is where I'm going. If you have all these 10 players, normal guys, but here you have Kylian Mbappé Huh? You have Ganacho here. All right, give me another name. Ronaldo is going, but let's say you have Vinicius here. Now you will understand, soul is soul, but Men differs in capacity. I'm careful because it can offend. In the revival of the world, worldwide evangelism, we go for souls, but we need key players. You know, how many of you play chess? You know, there are some guys on that board that once they can take down, you are finished. That is how the devil does. While you are protecting the general civilian, he's going for key players.

Kings.

Which was that name again? Knight. Soul is solo. Am I saying any soul is bad?

No, sir.

Sometimes, please get what I'm saying in context. When it comes to strategy, the devil doesn't mind you winning 10,000 market people than to win a president. The warfare that will face you to win one that can influence the rest will be more than the warfare of winning. We have won 200,000 souls. Devil say, go on, go ahead. But this guy, he can deploy 2 million demons for this guy. Because what this guy will do in a year, the 200,000 may not do it in a lifetime. But don't forget, soul is soul. We need kingdom strategists. Ah, sit down.

All right.

Are you following, Femi Lazarus?

Yes, sir.

Lift your right hand. Say loud and clear, I will matter. Say it again, one more time. I will matter. I will not just be there. Say it again. I will matter. So put your hands down. Ideally, if there's no warfare around your life, the devil has simply weighed you and doesn't feel you are a threat. But if he fights you, even if you are yet to discover yourself, then there's more to you. Go and read. Let's, let's read together. Let's look at the Book of Jonah. Are you following what I'm saying, or should I begin to round up?

All right.

Look at Jonah chapter number 3. Please follow the sequence of this story. Let's start reading from verse 1. God had sent Jonah to Nineveh. He didn't want to go to Nineveh, he wanted to go to Tashish. You understand what I'm saying? And then a fish swallowed him and then brought him back to Nineveh. All right, so this is where he came to preach and do the assignment. And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, arise, go unto Nineveh. That great city. You know, let me tell you something. You see, this particular teaching, usually we don't teach this one as a series. You call people aside, shut the door, and show you that the chessboard is not— is not complete if king, bishops, queens, knights People can talk. Shh, watch. All right, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. That's God talking.

Yes.

So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of 3 days' journey.

Yes.

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried and said, yet 40 days and Nineveh shall be overthrown. And the people of Nineveh believed God and proclaimed a fast and put sackcloth from the greatest of them to the least of them.

Yes.

For word came— look at this— when the Bible says the people of Nineveh believed God and proclaim a fast. The reason why was because the word came to the king. The fast— see, the crowd doesn't have the capacity for collective right decisions. It is influenced by a ruler. And that's why if the man who is righteous rules, the people rejoice.

Why?

Because they will move in the path of the Lord. It was— for the word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid—

past tense—

he laid his robe before him and covered him with sackcloth and ashes. Yes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles. Let me tell you I will find a way to tell you. It is important to speak the truth to power, but don't lose your influence with kings.

All right.

The Jezebel that didn't kill Elijah. Will kill John the Baptist. Let's leave it there. So it was because the king— look at another thing about influence. Soul is soul. Genesis chapter number 3. Who did the devil deceive to eat the fruit that God said they should not touch?

Eve.

But it was until Adam ate it before they became naked. The devil understands something. If you can get the head The body will fall like pack of cards. He goes for rulers. He goes for what? Rulers.

Um.

You, you must understand that instead of get programming each and everyone to do what is wrong and to bet individually a wrong system one by one, how about a president that signs it into law? Are you, are you getting it? Instead of trying to get young girls past it to convince them that abortion is right or wrong, how about a president that says okay to it? You cannot get the system until you get the head. Sometimes the devil loves to, loves to lose the fight to win the war. He loves to lose the fight to win the war. It's not a fight of emotions, it's a fight of strategies. The Bible said you should beware of the strategies, the devices. The word there is the word methodia. Haven't you seen it? Turn your Bibles there, the book of Ephesians chapter number 6. Ephesians chapter number 6. If you are there, say amen. Look at this, Ephesians chapter number 6. We start reading from verse 10. All right, so Ephesians chapter number 6, we'll start reading from verse 10. Put your two hands on your head. Say, I, I can receive these things. Say it again. I can receive these things. I am not dull of hearing. The mind of Christ at work in me. I have the mind of Christ. I am sharp. I am spiritually a lot. In the name of Jesus. Glory to God. We have to leave petty things and get into stuff like this, right? Are you being blessed?

Yes, sir.

Okay, let's hope. Look at what the Bible says in Ephesians chapter number 6. We start reading from verse 10. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Hold on a minute, let me just give you a bit of, um, clue and expo. If you're going to rate military might of a nation, you don't just rate them by foot soldiers, you rate them by air power, air, air control. What's the range of the missiles? How many ballistic bombs do they have? How many nuclear warheads do they have? How many launchers do they have? Um, how many fighter jets do they have? It is about what can move in the air. Christians, the media. That's why I keep saying, never let anyone tell you that it's not about the media. He who controls the narrative controls the system. So we— before the end of this year, we are going to put out a documentary just to help Christians, because we are entering the next phase of the world, what is not just a digital phase but the artificial intelligence phase. You can go on and on and say that this is falling demons and falling that, but hey, you can pull aside and study the way it works and know how to be better positioned to maximize these things for the gospel. You see, artificial intelligence system is not intelligent, it feeds on intelligence. So what AI works with is what you feed it. It is the information that is more present online that it feeds on. It has the ability to search and gather and put together in split seconds. So what that— what does that mean? It means that if believers don't put things out there, the next generation will have nothing to feed on. Upload.

Upload.

My heart breaks when I see how sentiment divides us, and unfortunately you can be loud with wrong sentiment. That's why I beg the next generation of leaders be honoring, but walk with conviction. Walk in honor, but stay on your convictions. There's a reason for that. You can't get anywhere if you can't take the lonely road. Anyone who thrives on validation is not going to get anywhere, because the highest we will do is to repeat the previous generation in the next. All right, because everyone will validate their kind, but God is always on the go. When Femi Lazarus is done with his assignment, there must be another version, an upgraded version, something far more complex. Thank God for the days of the patriarchs, and you know how much I honor them, but there's a reason why only their acts were documented and not the message. If you add those messages plus the act, it will stall and stop the move of God. It will hinder it because everyone speak based on the knowledge at their disposal for their dispensation. Are you still there?

All right.

Don't forget, you can bring the one who brought the ball but yet not qualified to play. Let me tell you what that means, and I will tell you with my full mouth. Your father can be the owner of the ministry. Or you are not a key player. No, we buy who bring ball? Buy who sabi? All right, finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of who? The devil. Somebody again say it. Wiles. Say it again. Say wiles. So look at this. Put on the whole armor of God that— all right, I'm reading good news now. Put on all the armors that God gives you, that you may be able to stand up against the devil's evil tricks. So one time, I have one of us here, um, Robert, was— I, I said please sit down. I said, I, I, I feel I'm at a phase now that I, I need to learn how to play chess. So I said, go, go get it and then teach me. So he taught me, said, you move this one like this, this one is this, they must not eat this one. Ah, first two game, it was too simple for him, just two, three moves. Says finished. What finished? Some things are not for starters. If you have Olympics, you don't go with somebody who is just starting. You need those who have entered mastery. God is taking you to where the battle is fierce. Master the practice in the secret. It is not for starters. It is not for those who win by luck. You must understand the game. Are you still there?

Are you sure?

All right, let's go gently, let's go gently. You know, the word used for babes is the word nepios. I mean, sucklings, children who are yet to mature. He said put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the tricks. I love God's Word translation, says in a way that you can take a stand against devil strategies. So let me explain the word stand there against the devil's strategies. I can only demonstrate it. Okay, so if there is a protest, you know, in this church all of us act together, right? So are you used to that already? All right, first two rows there, come stand there like you are marching as in a protest. Let me have 10 men now. 10 men, 10 men, you know your gym, come. So Now you stand. Oh yeah, they need to be plenty now. Is this how few protesters are? Ah, now stand here. Look at this. No, come, one line. Okay, no, no, it can be two lines. Let me have some two more guys come here. So these people— let me have more protesters now. All right, these people are coming and they are charging. Oh yeah, you are shouting, we no go grill.

Oh yeah, shout! Then you are coming. Then they are coming.

Then they are coming, they are coming, they are coming.

Strategies.

Stand against the wiles. Hold on, it is not move against the wiles.

Stand while they charge. This is coming. Stand. It is what you see in movies when soldiers are coming and the captain shouts, hold! You stand against the walls.

Why?

If you stand, it will stand.

You are not moving emotionally. Those who can take this stand are those who have been trained to know how to deal with this. And that's why I see people charging and the police will form barricades. And all their shields, and one by one they begin to neutralize. The instruction our captain gave us is to stand, because if you charge, you break your ranks. Now, you follow what I'm saying? Sit for a moment. Thank you. Let's give them a big hand. In 2 Corinthians chapter number 10, verse 4, from verse 3 says that though we, um, walk in the flesh We do not war after the flesh, right? Verse 4 says that for the weapon of our warfare are not what? Carnal, but they are mighty through God. Now, for pulling down what? Strongholds. The Message says rapt philosophies. Look up. Anybody who understands military might will tell you that social media plays a great impact in who wins war now, and I'm going to explain why. You see, the last time Israel and Hamas that usually find their stronghold sometimes in West Bank or the what you call— is it Palestinian Um, where in an exchange, the Hamas group were media ready. Israel was not. Why do you think that nations now have PR agents, even soldiers, even police?

Police.

You see PROs, public relations officers, that meddles with the people. These guys are trained and skilled in the science of communication. Now, what an average police will not have the time to explain, they will explain it because they understand the media is important. So you can see amass, use children as human shield. Then they launch their whatever and then hide in schools, in hotels. And then they know how to come out on media. And sometimes you've seen it online that they gather loads of children and said Israelis bombed them. Then at closer look Or sometimes you see the behind the scene that the children are alive.

Why?

Strategies. Because as they attract world sympathy, they are not doing that just for sympathy. Certain strong forces will now feel too ashamed to be involved with those who are killing children. It is to the end that the strong people can withdraw from them.

Strategies.

You can't beat with emotion somebody who is calculated, who calculate before he fight. Have you seen people that when they get into a fight And they say, you come and explain.

I don't know what to say.

I can't explain. It just happened. Then the person who is guilty, so the other time, you need to understand, you know, this, this, this. If care is not taken, they will say this one is crying because he is guilty.

See.

We didn't pay so much attention to that word strategy, and we are not strategic because we didn't pay so much attention to it. Let me say this: the church should be careful not to let media narrative rule the church. But if this generation of church should make the mistake— let me just leave it there. Are you following what I'm teaching here? Are you still here?

Yes, sir.

Lift your right hand again. Say, God, use me, use me for your glory. Come on, say it again. Say, use me for your power. For your purpose on earth. I submit myself to be used by you.

Amen.

Hallelujah! Say it again, hallelujah! Glory to God. So The devil understands this. It's not like it will leave everyone to go scot-free. Everyone is useful at their level, but the elite squad of demons focus on those who can do the damage to their works. The elite squad. Um, we have time, maybe today or next Tuesday I'm going to show you how those ones operate. They don't get to a place and be detected.

Yes, sir.

If a man is truly great, elite squad of demons can actually— look at what they did to Herod. They pumped him for destruction, meaning that if these ones want to really destroy, in the midst of rebellion, they will make sure he has increase.

Yes, sir.

They are there. Do you know what, what an elite individual is? They are not thinking like the average person. Now you must understand that the forces we are dealing with has the advantage of time. They've been around for a while. Maybe you are in your 40s or 30s or 20s or 50s or 60s or 70s or 80s. The same demons that were around with the Israelites in the wilderness are still around. The Israelites that you are trying to imagine what it will have looked like, the demon that inspired Aaron to burn their earrings and make a golden calf is still around now. But now, not speaking about golden calf, Maybe telling them at Olympics to bring it up as a statue. Same demon, but they adapt to development. But you see the patterns, same spirit. So if you are going to deal and face with such, you need the backing of God. Let me help you. The devil has made it so that it has become so complex that the people you are coming out to liberate will be the first to fight you. He's made it so. And when you see them, they are fighting you holding scriptures, but the force behind their voice is demonic forces. They read about the Pharisees of then, and they have become the Pharisees of today, and they are doing it in Jesus' name.

Are you seeing that?

So much so that if care is not taken, you will not even have time to fight the real devil because you'll be offended at this. So no true soldier in the kingdom can fight one way. You are going to fight at least two ways. The devil has made sure that there are those who are calling Jesus with you who needs to— who want to pull you down, and they want to pull you down in Jesus' name. Then there is the real enemy also. Are you following what I'm saying?

Yes, sir.

The question is that, will you use that sword to pierce these ones? Because the devil will sit down and say, can you see now?

Can you see now?

You can't win with emotions. He said, though we walk in the flesh, we don't war after.

And I've sat down to study this reality and seen we have no chance.

Without mercy, and to be prayerful. Because each time your spiritual energy drops, you are capable of some damage. Are you following what I'm saying? You are capable of it. So you understand what the devil was doing in Matthew chapter number 4 when he was proposing joint operation with Jesus. Let's do this together, but first accept that you owe me allegiance. And you see, in those days, when kings go to other kingdoms to make them their subject— in other words, to get them to pay tribute, to get them to pay taxes to them, to get them to do all those things— they usually go with the head of kings that they've killed. They may bury the body and sometimes hang the bodies at the city gate. With some inscriptions there, but they carry the heads as souvenirs to show you the fate of anyone who dares oppose this. You see, there is a tyrannical system of the devil that has the heads of fallen giants, that if you want to speak certain things, you can see the head staring at you. That the last man who spoke against immorality fell into it in the city. The last man who spoke against this sin fell into it in the city. While you see those heads, you must still stand.

Yes, sir.

He will show you the heads that those who said what you're saying, this is what happened to them. And when you see those heads, you will shiver. And the idea is to make sure that you don't teach with faith, but you must remind him, unto him that is able to keep you from falling and present you spotless. Listen to what I'm saying. It will tell you, you can't speak about this because you don't know what your fate will be tomorrow. You might be the one that will fall, and then they will also stand.

And having done all, stand.

And that was what David said, let no man's heart fail him. Let no man's heart fail him.

Are you still there? Are you still there? Say it again.

I will stand. I will take a stand for Jesus.

I will not bow to the enemy. My sword will not fight on the side of the enemy.

Stand!

The last generation church must be audacious. You know, I was in London the day the announcement was made here, and I told the pastor, I said, get me a feedback video. And I was watching many of your faces, and I'm like, this is not Light Nation. What I expected was shout, rejoicing, glory, glory, glory. You don't go down, you only go up.

Can't you see it? Can't you see it?

Why is it difficult to understand? You know, sometimes— and people can have counsel and say, Apostle, you know, yeah, we respect you and we love you, but you know, when you start seeing hands like this, you know what I mean? The devil is in trouble. Are you still there?

Hm.

You see, for us to get the gospel of the kingdom to the ends of the earth, we need influence. And you see, the gospel is powerful enough, okay? The gospel is powerful enough. But never you speak against those realities. They are important. They are important. I said what? They are important. As you mature, you will see kingdom needs. Some of them will require finance. You will understand the importance. But you will also see kingdom needs. Some of them don't require finance, they require relationships. You will also see the importance. You see, I'm saying it is those at the lowest part of the pyramid that burn bridges. Elites don't. You see it on your screen, even in America. I was watching, um, when they were the burial ceremony of, um, what's his name again? Is it Truman? Um, is it Jimmy Carter, right? So Jimmy Carter, and you see Trump and Obama chatting. Some Nigerians say, what's the fellowship of light and darkness? Blood of Jesus. I'm saying part of the things you've got to learn is emotional intelligence. You are not smart if you are burning bridges. Oh, now Did I show you Daniel chapter number 5? When the king saw an handwriting on the wall, Daniel worked with his father, but Daniel was not working with that king. If Daniel had gone to form opposition party, they won't call him. Say la.

Sela.

There are people you want to fight, but you can't fight them because you are a kingdom elite soldier, so you refrain. Because you know that they are also useful in the world to come.

Yes, yes, yes.

I've seen people drag me online and insult me, and I say, I recognize that's an apostle right there. That's an apostle. He just needs enlightenment. Oh Lord, open his eyes of understanding. Bring this one home. With this kind of volume If we have this one on our side, then wow, the battle is going to be easier. You don't just go and say, you fall down by fire and die. You can't be part of the elite squad like that. God too doesn't want casualties, do you know?

Yes, sir.

Sometimes people have come to my DM for something I said I didn't like and call me names. It takes a level of blindness to look at me and say you are mad. Fasting face. I'm not mad. So it's just as simple as looking at you and say, you're a girl. Are you? If somebody say you are mad, say, ah, ah, ah. Okay, what's that madness?

Madness.

Many of you, even when you run businesses, the highest you can go is WhatsApp group and WhatsApp status with 300 contacts. Then you advertise the same earrings the same bags, the same shoes for the same people till they mute you. And you come to church and pray and say, this year I make more sales, I do this and all that. And you see, you're not growing and you are not positioning yourself to do all those things. I say all the things of— listen, let me tell you something. I was in an embassy recently, all right, to apply for a visa. I stood there, they were asking me questions. I was looking at the woman through the reflective mirror. She was on my Instagram. So when she saw it, looked at me again, nodded.

I said, correct.

Now what? Liting now. Someone amongst us here just organized a real estate, Abuja real estate something meeting, was sharing the testimony on Sunday. I was seeing someone was sharing with me about the success of the meeting, who was there, and I felt so proud. You grow the influence not for you but for kingdom to be bettered. It's not popularity, it is the ability to make things happen. You cannot be influential if you are not inspiring, and you cannot inspire if you are not doing. The reason why someone can say in Australia or in America or in Jamaica or in China that Apostle Lazarus is a blessing to me is because my works are there. You can't tell me that God makes you influential except that he spreads your work.

Your work, not your face.

Your work, your work, your impact. There are countries I have not stepped— we check our statistics this year— where they were most streamed in those countries, and I've not stepped there. Air Control. Eh, eh, eh, control. Do it, put it there, send it. You see, let me just give you one code. When I tell you this, you can't say I've not tried. When the devil sees that you have what it takes to be influential with the gospel, the way he knows he can puncture you is to get into personal offense so that what should have been served to the whole world, your blood is on it. Because as you are speaking, you are bleeding. It is the content of kingdom and Christ that is in it that makes it go far. If it is you that is there, it is too heavy to fly. That's the reason why you know offense is too risky. Imagine me coming here now, what I'm teaching is about somebody who look at me and didn't greet me well. They will hear it in Kenya and say, what's this? Say it again, elite soldiers.

Come on, say it one more time. I am not dumb. I belong to the elite squad. I don't waste emotions. Are you getting it? Yes, sir. That's the reason why you see—

see, listen, it's so much stupid to be in the middle of all this. And what they are saying is, you— what did you even say the other time?

Say, I, I, I said this, and the other one went to get—

what?

You ought to be an elite soldier. You're discussing deep things.

Look at you. Are you still there? All right, sit for a moment. Oh, glory to God. You know, I just sense that we should sink it in and just pray in tongues. Something is happening to you. Expanding.

Yes, you're expanding. Light kills certain things. You are becoming aware. Something is happening to your spirit. Something is happening to your soul. You are entering into awareness.

Pray, beloved.

Pray, pray. We access wisdom, we access wisdom, we access light, we travel with it. We access light in Jesus' mighty name we're praying.

Glory to God. Listen, sit down for a moment. At certain phase of your life, there are things you don't make room for.

Yes, you don't have the time.

You don't have the time. You don't have the time. For me to be effective, I have multiple layers of systems around what I do. See, let me tell you something. Everything proceeding from, from me at this phase of my life is gold. Everything. Even when I'm having a natural conversation, the rhemas are dropping here and there. Even me, I jot. So when I can sit with you for 2 hours and have conversations, and what comes as a result of that is a body of wisdom that we can expand into 10 books, how do I now have the energy to be using that time to fight my wife? You become spiritually spent. That's why if I go anywhere and you try to drag me into civilian affairs, I go somewhere else. I say, Apostle Lazarus, what? I live by the principle of Paul. I seek to know nothing amongst you save Christ and him crucified, so I can be effective. Many churches have killed the effectiveness of many pastors by dragging them into domestic issues. It's witchcraft. Hey, this one, eh, the other time Apostle said—

what?

And while you are doing that, you have left strategic works, and every part of the message is bleeding, bleeding, bleeding, bleeding, bleeding, and it becomes a confused church. Riddled with demonic activities. Sometimes a family structure, extended family, siblings, this, that, that. Ah, that matter, this one on phone, 1 hour. Oh, this one, this one said this one, that one, they say you are the one that said 1 hour. The devil is draining you. Those ones are also at the lowest part of the pyramid. Their duty is to make sure— is a crab system, put crabs in the bucket, nobody comes out— is to make sure that sons don't truly rise from those places. Listen, at some point you must detach. You see, I've seen people try to fault some things I teach, and I say, hold on a minute. The fact that you know the Bible doesn't mean you are licensed to teach certain things until you have tasted of that cup. You must understand the way it works. Are you still there? Say it again. I will not be distracted. Say it again. I will not be distracted. Say it again. I will not be distracted. Say loud and clear. I will not be distracted. You must detach yourself from things that try to drag you into the mud. We are thinking of how we can do this and do that, get our books to all nations of the world. We're in a conversation on how to get ambient TV, on every smart TV that comes as an app on the TV, an Indian company like that. So you are looking at— sometimes you want to build cloud system to have your own this and all that. You're looking at annually millions of dollars. Even if I have Fendi or have Versace or what you call them, I don't have time flaunting. There's work, there's work, there's work. The era of celebrities is over. It's for those who want to work.

Are you following me?

Work!

That anybody said anything wrong about the— about teaching about finance doesn't mean finance is bad for the kingdom. If you hold the mic to count tithe because you had money to buy a mic, yes, sir. You don't build by throwing the baby and the bad water away. Presentation may be wrong, but that doesn't make the entire subject bad. The devil is beating us with our own speed. I've taught you, come run at me now. If he's coming, I can beat him with his own speed. That's what emotions without wisdom does.

That's what it does.

He knows if you want to talk about now, scatter everything, then confuse them more. The devil likes it. So, so when we pray that God will raise men and women of influence and finance amongst us Then we say amen. The religious mind says, ah, of all the things I've been teaching, now just money he mentioned.

Okay, we have a challenge.

Say God will be with you.

Amen.

Sit down a moment. The fact that you are not holding the mic doesn't mean that you're not a kingdom soldier. My duty here is to prepare the squad, and we have different divisions. Get ready to fight.

Are you still there?

Yes, sir. All right. I want to show you instances where the devil was in charge of rulers and instances in scripture that God was in charge of rulers. Let's trace what happened when the devil was in charge of Herod. What about Jezebel? What about Ahab?

What happens?

One of the things that happened was that they killed Naboth and wasted him. There will be injustice. But when God finds a man for himself— and that's what God is preparing you for, that you will not just warm the bench in church. You are receiving the strategy for an assignment. Are you getting it?

Yes, sir.

You understand your role, you understand your purpose, you understand it, and you are receiving the wisdom to be heavy enough to deploy it. I must stop here now so I don't get into some other things that will keep us for long. But have you been blessed? Thank you, Lord. Let me ask us to pray. Listen, sit down for a moment. Sit down. This is the prayer. See, listen, let me tell you something. Look at me, look at me. If you allow me teach you, hm, number one, you are not going to be confused anymore. Then number two, it will occur to you that it is not higher life pursuing money. You will just carry something that it gravitate towards. But the purpose of what I'm teaching is not money, it is kingdom. It is kingdom relevance. Are you there?

Yes, sir.

It is to come in a posture of standing. Stop being confused because some confused people try to shut you out of your vision. Stop that. You've stopped many things because somebody spoke against it. That's not elite, that's nepios, that's for babes. Real men have convictions as touching what God is saying, and if you have to walk the road alone, you are ready to walk it alone. Listen, it is good to be celebrated, but you must be willing to be insulted. It is good to be understood, but you must be willing to be misunderstood too, if need be. It's okay. You can fight what I teach and understand it in 10 years' time, but if I don't teach it, what will you understand if I join you on that chariot not to teach it? How about those who understand it now? You waste them. I see God making men solid. I see grace being released upon lives. Now I want you to pray a prayer, very important prayer. Father, give me the wisdom and the grace to be part of your elite end-time squad. Will you pray the prayer? Give me the wisdom and the grace to be part of your elite end-time squad. Please pray, please pray. I receive the wisdom and I walk in it. Say la monsta can't be nisto, Femi Lazarus. Fogo, fogo, Jesus. Fogo, fogo, Jesus. Fogo, fogo, Jesus. Lift your voice and pray. Two more times. Thank you, Lord Jesus. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Join your hands together. I sense in my spirit that there is a need for an impartation here. For some of you, it's going to be very heavy, but just receive. That's all that matters. I stretch my hands towards this house. And I ask that the wind of the Spirit will blow. Anoint men with the spirit of wisdom. Let there be an enlargement of capacity from the crown of your head to the sole of your feet.

Take it now!

Let there be an opening in the spirit that men enter into deeper operations.

Operations of the Holy Ghost. You carry spirit strong. You carry spirit strong. You enter into new dimensions of power, new dimensions of sight, new dimensions of wisdom, new dimensions of utterance. You enter into it. It is a new season. Take it now. Let the power of the Holy Ghost envelope this place, and everywhere I'm being heard, men step and come into stature. I rebuke distractions. You enter into a new layer of glory, a new layer of his power. You carry the fire of the Holy Ghost, the fire for nations, the anointing for nations, the anointing for nations, the anointing for nations to influence and to impact.

Oh, thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. A new level of sight and understanding.

It's a new level. A new layer of vision is open for you. You begin to see on a deeper level. The scales fall off.

Thank you, Lord Jesus. We bless your holy name, Jesus. Elite soldiers rise from amongst us. He gives you the tongue of the Leonard. He gives you the tongue of the Leonard. He gives you the tongue of the Leonard. He gives you the tongue of the Leonard. Thank you, Lord Jesus. In Jesus' mighty name, we have received.