FOUNDATIONS 4

Lift your hands, everyone, where you stand. Quickly lift your hands and give him praise. Let the worship and honor come from the depth, your core. The core— be casual about it. Oh, we bless you. Let it come from your core. Let everything within you give him praise. Blessed be your holy name. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Oh, blessed be your holy name. Blessed be your holy name. Blessed be your holy name. Blessed be your holy name. Blessed be your holy name. We give you praise, we give you honor, we give you adoration. Oh, we thank you. Blessed be your holy name. Thank you, Father. Lift your hands and give him praise. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. We honor you, Lord. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Lift your voice loud and clear. Say, thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Hey, is that the best way you can? Thank you, Jesus. Say it one more time, loud and clear. Thank you, Jesus. We give you praise. Amen. Put those hands together for Jesus. Amen. Please be seated. In a moment, um, we continue from where I stopped, and, um, this, this, this is going to be A very special and intense morning. I didn't hear amen to that. If you were around for the Holy Ghost Experience, let me hear you shout. Okay, so what do we say to those who have not been coming for Holy Ghost Experience? I think the register for that will be Eya. Amen. All right, by the time I'm wrapping up, I will tell the media to give you a snippet of what the Holy Ghost Experience look like. Amen. But this morning is going to be like the Holy Ghost Experience. Before I get into the word, I'd like you to help me honor one of my brothers and friend, Pastor Mavis Oji. Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. So good to have you with us. I don't know what we've done to deserve the love. For a pastor to be with you on a Sunday morning is love. We honor you. God bless you, sir. Amen. Please be seated. I want to show you a Bible text. Um, thank you, Lord. Turn your Bibles to the book of Ephesians. Ephesians chapter number 3. 10. We read in King James, then we read in Amplified, then we read in Passion Translation. Now we go to 1 Corinthians chapter number 2, verse 7. Now give me that scripture. Look at this. To the intent that now— somebody say that when? Now. Unto principalities and powers in heavenly places might be made known, or might be known by the church The manifold wisdom of God. So let me first give you an advice that if you want to be a student of the word, then you can't do one translation, you'll be far behind. All right, look at it. To the intent that now unto principalities and what powers in where? Heavenly places. All right, that's, that's, that's another case study. It didn't say in heaven, heavenly places. So there are places called heavenly places. I'm going to show you. All right, might be made known, or might be known, sorry, by the church, the manifold wisdom of God. Meaning that when the church gets it right, the world comes to learn from us. The fact that we have to go copy the style of the world is a sign that we have neglected the wisdom. So what we are doing now is to rediscover Kingdom, and the journey of rediscovering can be tough. The reason why the church learns from the world is because what the world do, or what they do, brings quick result. But to demonstrate and to function in the wisdom of God requires patience. Now you have to understand that. Look at the way the Amplified Translation puts that text. Now look at this. The purpose is that through the church— so who are, or who is the church? You and I. What's the next statement? The complicated, many-sided wisdom of God in its infinite variety and innumerable aspects. So let's look at it. First, there is a dimension of God's wisdom that is complicated. It's complex. So in personal discipleship, I train people to respond to simple instruction, multiple instructions and complex instructions. When it comes to capacity building, you are trained to respond to complex instructions. That is things that the solution is not before the face, but you must find it out. In physics, if you have to derive your formula, that you are entering into complex arithmetic. Do you understand that? So there is the wisdom that is complicated. So when you say that, what's your relationship status, and say it's complicated— one of my boys was giving testimony the other time. So have you ever been in a complicated relationship status? Sometimes it is that someone is stepping out, but you don't know how to tell people that actually somebody else is stepping in. So if the person stepping out refuse to step out completely, there's problem. Say it's complicated. So there is a dimension of God's wisdom that is complicated. Let me give you scriptures. When Elijah met the widow of Zarephath. Look at the statement: she had food to eat for herself and her son. It's bad enough that she's a widow, and then she now told the man of God that when I eat this food, we go and die. Nothing else is coming. There's no— it's, it's— see, listen, it's one thing to be broke, it's another thing that you are broke and your helpers are broke. Even King was telling someone that only God can help you now. So it's that bad, okay? And the man of God said, well, out of that thing that you have, that is, go and make my own face. In responding to or in demonstrating God's complicated wisdom, you don't think, you simply believe, because it is too complex for your thought realm. So why thinking? All right, for those of us who are very smart, let me give you another scripture. Amen. You want to see the scripture? Exodus chapter number 14. When the Israelites start from verse 12, Exodus 14:12, when they stood before the Red Sea and they said to Moses, did we not tell you in Egypt, let us alone, let us serve the Egyptians, for it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness. Look at verse 13. Moses told the people what? Fear not and stand still. Give me King James now. And see the salvation of the Lord which he will work. All right, Lord, which he will show you today. For the Egyptians whom what you have seen today, you shall see them again no more. The Lord shall fight for you and you shall hold your peace. And the Lord said to Moses, wherefore criest thou unto me? Speak to the children of Israel that they do what? Give me the mathematical formula that you know that justify going forward. When God wants to introduce you to his complicated wisdom, the mountain will not move when he tell you to move. It is as you respond that the obstacles will move. Was it not a snare? When God told Abraham at old age that Sarah should be calling him father of nations and he should be calling Sarah princess. Okay, it's good that I want to believe you privately. You know, you may want to believe God privately so that in case it doesn't come true He said, because I said this thing, don't brag, don't go and brag. Don't you see God can do as he pleases, but he now tells you go and brag. He's— he'll show up. Is the one who always, always, he shows up for his own. Because listen, we must get this balance about the church. That's why I'm teaching you this. So it was— so God told Moses, stretch your rod over the sea and divide it. What? When he's giving you an assignment that there's no reference point for in history, It can be easy, or easier, not easy, because if you have not done, you can't say it's easy for Elijah to strike Jordan with his mantle and it part, because there's a reference point. It might be easier for Elisha to replicate because there's a reference point, but for Moses, reference No one in history has parted the sea. So God said, stretch your rod over it and divide it. That's what he said to you, divide it. And when they did, the Egyptians, they moved on dry land. The Egyptians were following them. You know, they cried throughout their journey in the Red Sea. Hey, they are coming, they are coming. Then God said, close it back. When God is introducing you to his complicated wisdom, you submit to it. Why? It is higher than you. You can't think it through. Are you following what I'm saying here? Now look at that scripture quickly. The purpose is that through the church, decomplicated— the world is in trouble. See, forget about facade. Systems are failing. People have questions that shows levels of uncertainty, questions in their heart. What's the hope of tomorrow? We've tried all the strategies. Listen, until the church embrace the wisdom that is not on tables, the world has no salvation. They cannot come to the mountain of the Lord to learn if the mountain of the Lord is bowing down to learn from them. What God is bringing now is a radical departure. That the lines between the church and the world that has become blurred or blurry will be thickened again. Oh yes, so it's radical. Okay, it's radical. It's a shift. It's a rediscovering of Kingdom. So when it occurs to you that through me God wants to show his complicated— what's the next statement? Many-sided, many-sided wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made known to angelic rulers and authorities, principalities and Femi Lazarus. So what that means is that principalities might be gloating over you that, oh, finally we got her, we got him, and bam, it occurs to them this person is a display of another dimension of God's wisdom they don't know. I say, what is this? When you enter this realm, you become indestructible. One of the reasons why many of you cannot enter into the realm of demonstrating God's wisdom is fear. And why are you afraid? Your foundation is not deep. Your foundation is anchored on accolades. That if you do something, you check in, who is praising me? And when they are praising you, you feel so inspired. And when the applause stops, you start asking, am I doing the right thing? That's the wisdom of men. Listen, God is going to fortify you and put something on your life that will make you different from the world. Stay with me, you don't know where I'm going. Stay with me. That's the purpose. That's the reason why the church is established. That's what the bride of Christ looks like. That through my life as a servant of God, by looking at the wisdom of God, I found Kings— and when I mean kings, or what the Bible says kings, it's talking about rulers— can come to learn sometimes how management is done. To you Have the spine or you are spineless? Do you have the tenacity or you are clueless? What is that thing that you know so assuredly that no one and nothing can take from you? Is there anything? What is it that you have found? That no one can take from you. Because for Daniel to get to Babylon and decide that I will not defile myself with the king's portion and know that he will stand out, then he's found something more than food. He found something, and that thing was lurking in his spirit. One of the challenges that we have is that there are Christians who don't have devotional life. So there's nothing they are holding that is a strong grip. Everything is light. They're not sure. And you will renounce that kind of life today, that you will not live that kind of life where you don't have strong grip of God's word. Now let me show you something about what we just read. Okay, can we read in The Passion Translation? The purpose of this was to unveil before every throne and the rank of angelic orders in the heavenly realm God's full and diverse wisdom revealed through the church. Wow! Let me answer one critical question. In your heart? Why are you struggling? Who have— who, who's ever asked that kind of question? Why am I, am I struggling? I shouldn't be struggling. Why do I have to struggle? You are struggling because you are trying so hard to duplicate systems that failed. That's the reason why you're struggling. Give me another word, Dimash. I will not let you rest. Let me show you something. We were driving on the road, so I saw someone carrying a bowl. And what that fellow is doing, or was doing, is what you and I, what we do. And what is contained in that bowl is kola nut and tom tom. The bowl was just a bit bigger than this. Everything in that bowl, um, should not be more than 3,000, if up to. That's a large swipe, but The man, which is not a way to mock people's osu, also believe that things will change, but things will not change from selling this. Then why can't you stop? Because this all is he knows. Why is this all that he knows? But this is all his environment showed him, and it becomes a cycle. Why can't people just just wake up and change what they do. Ah, it's not that easy. I'm measuring you now to see what you can undo. One time I went to Ife and I saw the same woman I used to see years ago selling lakasera by the roadside. Still selling. But now things have changed a bit. And what changed? There's now a cooler. So sometimes you want to ask, why are people doing what they're doing? You will think that they are trying to build certain level of finance to build their way out of it. It until you find out years later that they were not planning for that. If this is not working, why can't you change? It's not that easy. Number one, you are the one who knows it is not working. The fellow may believe this is all there is. So environment puts you in a box, and that box may fight your destiny, and you fight so hard to stay in it. But there is more beyond the box. We build boxes for ourselves. So if God is going to be able to use you to display his depth of wisdom, then you can't be in the box. No, you can't be in the box. I told you On Tuesday, and I said I was going to release that message to you, but I will say check. If you show that you want it, then yeah, I give you. The title of the message is Take One Way Trip. Sometimes you've not gotten another job and you know this one is not working. And you have to take one-way trip by resigning, even when there's nothing on ground to fall back to. The hunger is part of the tool required for your mind to open. But you can fear the stripes of Egyptians and remain in slavery. Just sometimes take the one-way trip and burn the bridges and enter the dimension of if I die, I die. It's tough. I'm on a one-way trip because until then— let me show you a scripture. Let me show you a scripture. You want to see it? Matthew chapter number 5, Message Translation. Matthew 5:3. We'll read it together. Matthew 5:3, Message Translation. Everyone read together with me. 1, 2, 3, go! You are blessed when you are at the end of your rope. With less of you, there is more of God. And he's— you're blessed. So according to this scripture The blessing is whatever takes away all your options and leave you with God. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. You're blessed. I want to show you, because I'm going to use that story of the kola nuts and everything to show you something. I'm sure you want to see it. It will shock you. To see what the devil is fighting. It will— see, it will shock you. But let's, let's get somewhere. Look at 1 Corinthians chapter number 2. 1 Corinthians 2, let's start from verse 5. Thank you, Lord Jesus. That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. That's the wisdom of men, and the language of the wisdom of men is summed up in one word: self-preservation. When you are functioning by the wisdom of God, you don't self-preserve. As a matter of fact, the proof that you have entered God's wisdom is your level of uncertainty. I want you to get comfortable with that which is not comfortable. The moment you begin to ask, 'How shall these things be?' is a sign that you're not hearing well. How will Gabriel come to tell Mary that you are going to give birth as a virgin. Then go to Zechariah and say the same thing. And Zechariah asked similar question that Mary asked. He disciplined Zechariah for asking similar questions and give Mary the answer. Because unto whom much is given, much is expected. If you are a priest— he met Mary in the house, met Zechariah in the temple. Zachariah doubted. He said, I am Gabriel. I am— see, look at the angel, was shocked. You don't know who is talking to you. I am Gabriel. I stand before the throne of God. Do you know what that means? He said, take my word, you won't be able to speak again, because as a priest, your words are powerful to even cancel what God wants to do. So till this is fulfilled, shh. Gabriel's bragging right was where he was standing. I stand before the presence of God. When we speak from that place, take it. He said, 'Mishono,' for the next 9 months. 9 months of dumbness. Ah, Mr. Zakawa, I'm pregnant! Because God didn't want the wisdom of men to interrupt his wisdom. Look at it, go back to that same scripture, verse 6. Femi Lazarus, albeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect— the word is what? Mature. He had not the wisdom of this world. So we speak wisdom among the mature. Wisdom is not the antidote for foolishness. So yes, get that right. What a fool needs is not wisdom. No, if you give a fool wisdom, the Bible says it is too high. So a fool doesn't need wisdom. A A fool needs humility because the fool is a fool because he's proud. It's not wisdom that the fool needs, because if you speak the wisdom, it's too high. You are like someone who is trying to communicate a file through AirDrop. There's AirDrop for iPhone users. I have an iPhone, I don't even know how that works. AirDrop, right? You bring it close and you drop it. Am I correct? It works. Then you want to AirDrop on a Nokia Touch Lite. It's too high. It's too complex. They can't see it. Listen, it may take time, but in our lifetime, the church will become the place where we learn what God's kind of wisdom looks like. I didn't hear amen to that. Look at that scripture. Continue from that scripture quickly. Albeit we speak wisdom among them that are mature, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that comes to nothing. So there are wisdom and philosophies that have been working over time, but they are product of princes. And the Bible said, having observed those who walk by that wisdom in years and months and all that, the end result of walking by that wisdom is nothing. It's like you have 1 20 50 100 1 million 2 billion all that How come the result is zero? The result is zero because God is not there. When God was going to speak to Isaac— Abraham, to sacrifice Isaac, he said, sacrifice Isaac, your only son. He didn't recognize Ishmael. When you get the result that God is not at the back end, you will not acknowledge it. You can't push it on God. That now I've made the money, so take. If it's not the Alpha, it will not be the Omega. It will not. All right, we're going somewhere. And what I want to expose you to, all right, I'm going to try because the power of God is going to hit this place. Oh yes, oh yes. And many of you will come into a new level of Authority. Look at verse 6. Albeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect, mature, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the prince of this world that comes to naught. Yes, but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the what? Hidden wisdom. So that wisdom is not on the surface, so it takes those who are also hidden to know it. A hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our glory. There's a wisdom the church must find. Let me give you a balance so you understand that God is not trying to useless your life. So following God is not a risky You must tell yourself again, it is not a risk to follow God. Ah yes, say it again. We must remove that notion. It is not a risk. It is not a risk. Say it again. It is not a risk to follow God. Say it again. It is not a risk to follow God. Say it again. It is not a risk to follow God. It is a risk when the fellow you are following has unstable character. The one you're following is— he said, I'm the Lord God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard? And let me tell you something, that you are suspecting God does not put him under pressure to prove a point. Are you from Senegal? That you are suspect, you're looking at my eye. If you don't come through, I have plans. It doesn't put him— God will never be under pressure to say, I want to prove to you now. See, let me tell you something. When people mock you, God will be quiet. Why is he quiet? He's trying to check what do you believe. You can speak like John the Baptist and say, is he the Messiah? Because adversity shows your foundation. It shows how deep-rooted you are. It shows how well fastened on the rock you are. Let me tell you something God taught me. He said to me, and I, and I learned it, and my life is a proof of it. He said, anything I give you that you are not willing to trade for my wisdom is not yours. C'est là. Because you can get addicted connected to the gift and get disconnected from the giver, and you hold that gift to your chest. And what you forget is that once the giver walks away, it starts diminishing, start diminishing. Listen to what I'm saying, all right? This wisdom is ordained for what? Our glory. Meaning that the moment you find it You cannot— listen, not you will not— you cannot. Believers, hear this: you cannot be small. You know why? Because you are God's bragging right. That's what we've not learned. That's why we are struggling. That's why we are agitated. That's it. Oh. That God wants to use you to show how wise he is. So it means on that journey there will be suspense. On the journey of your life, there will be suspense. There will be moments that the devil will say, finally, say, we've buried her, buried him. But what the devil didn't know is that you are a seed. You spring back. The worst the enemy can do is to put you exactly where you should be. How will Joseph ever become a prime minister if they didn't hate him? It's not possible. So part of God's wisdom is to use people who dislike you to announce you in a strange way. I'm telling you, never get worried, agitated, shaking, shivering. Just sit down and relax. He said, the Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand side till I make your enemies your footstool. When God is busy, your posture should be seated. Don't stretch. I say, what is he doing? Sit. What should I do while sitting? Sip some zobo. Do you know what that means? That's hibiscus juice, right? Uh-huh, the one made from taraba. Sip it. Pay attention. I've told you, look at the Book of Daniel chapter number 1. What made sense was that— in fact, the event in Daniel 1 is something that we share testimony about in our generation, that, ah, praise Master Jesus, they came to our village and kidnapped all of us only for me to get to the palace of the king and find favor. And they were giving me food, they were serving me wine. Meanwhile, that's not God's wisdom. You could go and say, you will not believe, Femi Lazarus. The moment they saw me like this, you start serving us food. Ah, we are eating at the same table with Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel looked at it and proposed in his heart, this food is defilement. I will not defile myself with the king's portion. So he decided to eat vegetable and water. Now listen, you can say it is risky to follow God if at the end of the day they were better. See, I say this under God. Years back, when God gave me the instruction to wait on him, and waiting was second one year, two years, three years, four years, and all that. Oh, nothing forge you like waiting. Ah, waiting is a furnace, gentle but aggressive. Yes, yes, sir. That's the word. Let me tell you something. You want to know how dangerous waiting is? Somebody has offended, offended, offended. Call the person, stand in your presence, look at the person. You are not saying a word, just look at the person. You look at the person, you shake your head. By himself, start talking, say, actually, it's not that quick. I myself, I just edit I said, because once you are waiting, you start spilling. He said, when I led you to pass through the wilderness, it is to know what is in your heart. How will he know what is in your heart? You will say it. In the course of waiting by yourself, you will spill the reason why you are waiting. Say, eh, eh, when I'm waiting, I thought God would have— you will start confessing. Now he knows what is in your heart. And now that you have spilled what is in your heart, it's time to now repair that art. And that art is not going to be repaired with promises, but with more waiting. You think as you mature, God is going to be talking all the time and say, eh, eh, because the way that person look at you and is, now I give you so and so grace. For where? He's not going to say that. As a matter of fact, when Jesus was on the cross, the only cry he had was that, Father, I can't be on this cross and you turn your back. That was the posture of God. Will you still be crucified or you want to change your mind? I say, angels, Savmizobo. Now I'm done. What's your biggest problem? Your biggest problem in life is worry. That's your biggest problem. You can worry, you know, it's not like we are not even— but you know, God, you see, I will praise you even if you don't do it. I'll praise you, I will thank you all my life, all my life. Then few seconds later, but God, you know, this whole Where are you? See, see, listen. God is your Daddy. Tell him how you feel. Daddy, it doesn't look like it is making sense anymore. See, one thing about Daddy is that Daddy can accommodate. Your problem is that you are trying to pray— you are trying to pray King James prayer. To a daddy who wants you to come clean. Daddy, this thing the other day, you see as I struggle now, you know, easy. What are you going to do for your boy? You don't even know how much you don't take God as Daddy. You believe he's God. You don't actually doubt that. If you do, you'll not be in church. What you doubt is Daddy, one that you can come to naked and unashamed. When you make a mistake, you don't run from Daddy, you run to Daddy. Because he's not waiting for you to make a mistake, then wipe you out. That's what the religion told you. Daddy is waiting for you to come back, and then he gives you strength and more strength. But that's not where I'm going. There's something that the church have neglected, and that's that hidden wisdom. And I'll tell you the reason why. We neglect it. Turn your Bibles to the book of Daniel, chapter number 10. Are you still there? Boy, oh boy. So let me read from verse 1 so you can have context. In the third year— it's the person to your right and to your left. I say, are you here? You know, sometimes when you tap people, you are doing the work of a revivalist. You've revived someone. Oti lo. All right, so listen to what I want to show you. In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Betsheza, and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long. And he understood the thing and had understanding of the vision. In those days— who were showing us how we got to understand now. I, Daniel, was mourning— that's fasting, you see that in Isaiah 58— was mourning 3 full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all till 3 whole weeks were fulfilled. And in the 24th day of the first month, I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel. Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz. Sorry, of Uphaz. His body was— his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamp of fire, and his arms and feet like color to polished brass. And his voice— I'm sorry, and the voice of his words was like the voice of multitude. I, Daniel alone, saw the vision, for the men that were with me saw not the vision. But a great quickening fell upon them, and they fled to eat themselves. Then I was left alone and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me, for my comeliness was turned into corruption, and I retained no strength. And yet I heard the voice of his words. And when I heard the voice of his words, and I was in deep sleep on my face, and my face to the ground, and behold, an hand touched me and set me on my knees. And upon the palm of my hand, and said to me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto you. Stand upright, for unto you am I now sent. And when he had spoken these words unto me, I stood trembling. Then said he unto me, fear not, for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come to thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me Wait, what was Daniel praying for? Understanding. The highest level of attack can come when you are asking for insight. Pay attention. You have been taught to think that demons are supposed to recognize and fight. When you're about to get a contract you've not gotten before, or when you're about to do what nobody has done in your family before, or when you're about— this is what I'm saying. All those ones you are saying they're in your pockets, the moment you are about to break into an understanding that can liberate a generation, the devil knows that people are in darkness through ignorance. He will fight the understanding. 21 days for insight. Yes. That's how well Daniel understood the purpose of wisdom. Have you ever decided to fast for wisdom? That you are fasting for light, revelation, knowledge. That's what it was. Bible says that this wisdom is hidden wisdom. It is hidden, ordained for our glory. If it is hidden, it means you have to search it out. It is the duty of kings to conceal matter and the pleasure of princes to search it out. So you must learn the life of investigating the mind of God for yourself, for your life, for your generation. On this matter of asking for hidden wisdom, there are things I will tell you— I could have told you, but some other time— that there are dimensions you break into because you are asking for the real thing. When last did you ever say, open my eyes of understanding that I may see? The problem is that you are too arrogant to think all you are seeing is all there is. In your mind now, you've seen all that should be seen. You don't know what's going on. Look at it. What was the contention in Revelation 5? The contention— let's read Revelation 5 because you must be disciplined with reading the word. Revelation 5, start from verse 1. Look at the story, look at it, see how God and how the spirit realm understand this. And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside sealed. So this is something— there's something contained here that must not happen while it is sealed. It means nobody will prepare for it. It's a sealed book. The danger of matters— okay, the reason why things happen in your family unaware and took somebody away without you knowing and you were surprised and the devil came as a surprise was because the matter was sealed till fulfillment. When you begin to function in the prophetic I think one of the things that you've been to contend for is that scrolls are opened. Sometimes the reason why it shows you vision ahead is because this is a sealed matter that is now open to you so you can do something about it. You must enjoy the business of opening scrolls. Am I even speaking to the right audience? Because it's looking like the audience of Wode Imashon and this audience are different. You must learn to go that deep. Understand, the whole matter here in this scripture is about a sealed scroll. What is it that is sealed over Nigeria that nobody has opened? That can take both the priest and the pew unaware. Sealed. And once a matter starts fulfilling, a negative matter is sealed and it starts fulfilling, it means even you can be a victim. Oh yes. Let's continue that scripture. All right, go to verse 2 now. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. Yes. And I wept much because no man was found worthy to open the book and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders said unto me, Weep not. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, had prevailed. Listen a minute. So it means that in the death and the resurrection of Jesus was the prevailing to now begin to open scrolls. He came up in that level of authority to begin to open sealed matters, matters that are concealed, that humanity would have been victims of. Are you aware that there are prophecies unveiled now that if they were not unveiled, one of them would take two-thirds of the earth population? They were not unveiled so we can sit down and panic while they happen. They are unveiled so that sons can do something about it. Do you understand that? That if you have a dream about something It is to the end that you address it. It is not to the end that you fold your hand and say, you know what, well, um, what will be will be. Hey, what will be— this, you're going to be a victim. You'll be swept off like that. That's a bad mindset. Don't say what will be will be. While the matter is still up, it is light. Push it. If you let it touch the floor becomes heavy. Deal with it while it is still in the air. He said, behold, look at that scripture. No, no, who is there? One of the elders said to me, weep not, behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, had prevailed to open the book and to loose the 7 seals thereof. Verse 6: And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the 4 beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a lamp as it had been slain, having 7 horns, which are the 7 spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. Yes. And it came to me And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. Yes. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of the saints. See, listen to what I'm saying. If you are seated here and you are confused, say, which one is four beasts, which one is twenty and twenty elders, listen, it's a sign that you are not sitting to be discipled. I have expounded message— messages taught on the Book of Revelation chapter by chapter. But you know what, those kind of messages don't catch— don't catch our fancy. Expounding scriptures so you understand what the 4 and 20 elders stand for. The moment he took that book and break the seal, worship poured out. Are you seeing How in heaven matters around unraveling mysteries mean so much, because it is those who can pay the price for the unraveling that will determine the coordinate of civilization. Understanding Understanding. That's what God wants to give the church— insight. And so you can come into that flow, it will allow systems you are familiar with to fail. So if God is calling many of you deeper to inquire and get insights that will liberate people, and you are clinging so much to your job, there suck you for no just cause. They will start downsizing, and you who have found favor will be the first name on the list. And you are saying, Lord, if I found favor, why should my favor— it's favor, but you think it is favor only when it is pleasing. It is favor when it positions you for the will of God. Whether comes by pain or by what is suiting. You don't talk about a matter until you see the end of it. So wait till you see the end of that bittersweet situation, then you'll be amazed that God was behind the scene working for you on your behalf over time. So This is it, that through the church, as they begin to pray right prayers— what's the prayer? Insight, understanding. Who knows by the Spirit the next coordinate for the church? There's something in ant colony called the spiral of death. Um, I can't remember the name of this hormone. Um, when plants— when ants walk, they release a particular hormone that stays there as a trace, either for them to find their way back or for other ants to know they've passed there. So, um, Femi Lazarus or something, I remember, I can't remember again. So if by mistake the leader or someone, there's some deception that begin to move in cycle, they will move in that cycle till they all get exhausted and die. Many believers are in such cycle. They are following imprints that someone left. Whether the person is wise or not, they don't know. Whether the person heard from God or they don't know. Whether the person sought God or not, they don't know. And get exhausted, and after several years, die out. But to find that wisdom, you first separate yourself. And once you begin to pray that prayer, principalities already are aware. But guess what? God is aware too. He said from the moment you set your heart to pray, you have not even— the moment it is clear this is what you want, I already sent an angel to come give you. But look at it, the— and so listen, even in the heavenlies an angel was detained. To let you know that the kingdom of darkness is not joking. How can God send an angel and the Prince of Persia say you won't pass? 21 days an angel was detained till God now sent Michael. That's an archangel. That's an angel of angels. These ones don't know how to play. They are not, they are not jokers. They, they execute what God is saying. I see. And that's one of the things you believers in this day, this age of the church must be exposed to— the ministry of angels. Must be exposed to the ministry of angels. So Michael went there, and the Prince of Persia knew they had to release him. Why were they fighting the angel that much over the prayer of Daniel? Because what Daniel was understanding has a lot to do with the freedom of the Israelites, has a lot to do with the birth of the Messiah. It is on that account that he said this kind of insight must not go without a fight, that you not pass anywhere. Ah, you're not going to pass anywhere. But you must understand, the moment you start asking for insight, troops of angels are released. And now you know from the Bible The angels are in category— categories. So you might be functioning with an angel that can be detained, and as you rise higher in God's scheme of works on the face of the earth, the jealous— listen— the jealousy of God becomes vested on you, and even the class of angels that work with you can be changed. That now you get to the point that the angels you are functioning with, these ones can't be detained, not by the prince of your territory. Do you believe in the ministry of angels? They are amongst us, walking over time to minister to heirs of salvation. God makes his angels spirits and his ministers flame of fire. So they are spiritual beings. As I'm speaking to you now, the traffic of them is here. Femi Lazarus! Traffic of angels. You'll be amazed in their numbers. Different kinds of angels performing different kinds of activities. One time I was praying in my house. I had just one room apartment. I had a student foam on the bed. It was a house that was so bad nobody wanted to take that house in my environment, so I was the only one there. And that was good news for me because it gave me the privacy for prayer. The house was so bad. And one night I was praying, I sat down, say, 'Kefron de Kaba.' As I was praying, you see, as I was praying, I was caught up in my heart. The issue with many of you is that you pray with your minds blocked. You pray with your spirit too heavy to be raptured into God's realm of glory. You pray without expecting that there is another world he can expose you to. So you are like— listen, you are like someone who is dead, not alive to his realm. You are not conscious of it. How can you be praying for hours and it is dry? No sight, no words, no insight, no visions, because your heart still needs to be molded, still needs to be beaten into shape to become the heart of flesh that is easily flexible, to tune in, that can tune into God's realm of awareness. You become like a child whose attention can be turned. You can be somewhere and yet called in the spirit just like that. Do you know these things are real? And for the church, even the New Testament church, that you can be praying and you know— you see, it doesn't matter how well the atmosphere changes. There are those who will never know. Why? They are not in that realm. But those who are in that realm, when you say, ah, you aware, that's what it's a confirmation, because they've been sensing it. That's the realm they are alive to. That's the realm they are conscious of. They are aware once there is a weight coming, once the atmosphere tilt. They are aware once the glory shift. You must know how to monitor glory levels. In your heart, that even as you get to the place of prayer and meditation, he can call you. He can call you. He can call you to sights. He can call you to visions. He can call you to things. Don't become too heavy that you're not used to it. This is the reality of the New Testament church, that you don't get to the place of personal worship and you are doing what you intend to do. He can call you to what he wants you to do. The ministry of angels are real. So the angel was sent to bring an understanding. So angels can be sent to carry one form of anointing. And while we can be in a meeting like this— oh boy, oh boy— Femi Lazarus, can I have 3 guys? Come quickly, let me have someone. A lot is going to happen from a cycle. And we're in a meeting like this and everyone is seeing someone seated, and actually what's going on in the spirit is that there are angels encamped. This fellow is seated amongst people, but there are angels spreading their wings around this person, ministering life, ministering Are you aware it happens even when we gather? Now we are not all seated like everyone is seated. Troops of angels sent by God spreading their wings over God's children, ministering to an air of salvation. And because they are spirits, you can have billions of them in one room, and the traffic is so tents, supplying different kinds. You might be here and an angel is busy working on your behalf in another country. That's the lot of the church. That's what the Apostolic Church looks like. That's what a supernatural church looks like, that you don't come to that point that you believe everything is just as it appears. No! God is still busy amongst men, walking day and night with angels. Oh, I wish you would know. I wish you know that there is a touch on your heart. You have been fine-tuned to know how to switch realms. Yes. You have been fine-tuned. You have been fine-tuned to know how to switch realms, that you can be in a physical meeting and yet in a spiritual room and seeing, receiving sight, insight, receiving help, being carried, shown the plans and purposes of God. There are angels all around us, sent by God, ministering to us, bringing insights, bringing understanding, bringing strength. There are angels all around us, and as we expect the coming of Jesus, their activities on the face of the earth becomes more intense even as we approach the glorious appearing of Jesus. The activities around humanity becomes thick, becomes intense. There are angels all around us. There are angels all around us bringing insight, bringing help, bringing God's plan and purposes to us, bringing us into alignment with God. Working on our behalf even when we are asleep. And when we are awake, we're exposed to the reality of their existence, their operations and ministry, and we enjoy it as heirs of salvation. Oh yes, you could pray in the spirit. Pray in the spirit. Pray in the spirit. We are standing on holy ground and we know that there are angels all around. Let us praise Jesus now, for we are standing in his presence of the holy ground. For we are standing on holy ground, and we know that there are angels all around. Let us praise Jesus now, for we are standing in his presence. Holy ground. We will stand in the golden city. In the New Jerusalem, all our fears and all our tears will be no more. We will stand in the host of heaven and cry, Holy is the Lamb! Holy, holy, holy We will stand in the Golden City, in the New Jerusalem. All our fears and all our tears will be no more. We will stand in the host of heaven And cry, holy is the Lamb. Holy, holy, holy is the Lamb. Holy, holy, holy is the Lamb. Holy holy holy is— Holy holy holy! Holy holy holy! Oh yes. Amen. Everyone lift your hands where you stand. Be on your feet if you can. I— Father, expose your children. To the reality of your presence. Let there be from my right to the middle and then to the left the ministrations of angels. Touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch. Touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch. And eyes be open, eyes of understanding. Yes, that prophetic gift is touched right now. Yes, it's touched. Let there be breath from the presence. Bring them out for me. Let the breath of the Lord from the presence come on these ones right now. Touch our lips with the coal of fire. Touch our lips with the coal of fire. Yes, touch our lives with the coal of fire. Depths of God's operation. Standing on holy ground. Bring them out. And we know that there are angels all around us. Let us pray. Jesus Christ, for we are standing in his presence. You are exposed to what the move of the Spirit looks like. For the Spirit and the Bride says come. The Spirit and the Bride says come. That your eyes of understanding is enlightened and flooded with light. You have been ministered to. Oh Lord, let your breath touch this one. There's someone here whose tongue is being touched with coals of fire. You are given utterance like never before. At the count of 3, Father, search out that person. 1, 2, 3. Help her, help her, help her! Coals of fire, coals of fire. Gate of utterance. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Families are ministered to. Children are having encounters. Freshness of the Spirit. Let the breath of your presence rest Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. You see, the experience you are having now can be an everyday reality if you learn to stay in his presence. Every day. This is how we come into God's wisdom. As we pray, angels are dispatched in their numbers and forcing the will of God in territories, in places, in families. Femi Lazarus, lift your hands. The Spirit of the Lord is upon you and you carry the fragrance of his presence. Everyone in front, I stretch my hands to you right now, that the fragrance of the oil on your life, such as have touched your head this morning, will not diminish. You carry this presence into all your activities. Let the breath of God's presence sit on your life, that you be exposed much more to the operations of angels. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Get them up, get them up. Thank you, Lord Jesus. He is not called the Seed of Jacob to seek him in vain. When he touches you, there's something he's placing on your life, and you must be conscious of it. The Lord has been emphasizing to me, he said, teach my children to be conscious of the ministry of angels. There's going to be loads of shift Are you conscious of this? All right, consciousness. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Those heads will carry that oil perpetually. You carry this person's His presence into even your place of works, that the glory of God will move into any room you enter. It doesn't matter how dead an atmosphere is, when you show up, God's presence will be seen. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Give him praise and rejoice. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. We bless your holy name. Be conscious. Is that okay? Be conscious. The ministry of angels. Thank you, Lord. Let's give Jesus a big hand one more time.