Knowledge And The Supernatural | Pastor Kingsley Osei | Victory Int. Church

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[00:00:00]It's what the Lord is telling you right now in this moment.

[00:00:05]Proverbs chapter 15 verse 14, "The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge."

[00:00:19]Whenever the Lord sets you on course for anything, spiritually, academically, vocationally, and there is a journey with a destination in sight, scripture says, "Those who set themselves apart TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING WHAT they're called to, scripture calls them people with understanding."

[00:01:02]In other words, they're not ignorant.

[00:01:04]They are aware that there are required details, required information that prompts success.

[00:01:14]They're not ignorant. And not only are they not ignorant, they put their knowledge into practice.

[00:01:26]Last week, I indicated to you the difference between knowledge and information.

[00:01:35]A lot of people think knowledge is information. People sometimes think information is knowledge. Just cuz they have access to information meaning they have knowledge. There's a difference.

[00:01:45]Knowledge is uh it's equal in value to anybody and for everybody.

[00:01:52]When you have knowledge, it becomes a benefit to anybody who carries it. But information is just a simple accessible details.

[00:02:02]Information is fair, it's not partial.

[00:02:05]It treats everybody the same. But those who go close to information and allows information to birth the purpose of information in them, they begin to walk in knowledge.

[00:02:20]Is this information to receiving everything on the earth? God has set all things in course in a particular way where there's a path to acquiring and reaching that goal. So, don't mistaken don't confused information with knowledge.

[00:02:44]The word of God is information to a lot of people.

[00:02:48]But those whom the word of God, we're going to touch on that. Has become knowledge to them, benefit off of it.

[00:02:56]And so, that's why you have two different students in school and one does well and one doesn't because the other one just goes for information. But information when it comes in you, it becomes yours. And then it's no longer information, it becomes knowledge now.

[00:03:14]You begin to benefit from it.

[00:03:16]So, what whatever it is that you need to know, whatever it is that it is part of your journey to success.

[00:03:23]Is it an information or knowledge in your life?

[00:03:27]Is it an information or knowledge to your life?

[00:03:30]There's so many resources on how to become an effective student.

[00:03:35]They are but information, it becomes knowledge. Knowledge is beneficial, information is not.

[00:03:41]You have access and that's why a lot of times people would ask, is this generation smarter than the generation that went on ahead of us.

[00:03:53]Well, go and look at some of the uh ancient buildings and ancient walls and structures that were built 2,000 years ago that are still standing.

[00:04:05]The smartest The smartest individual scientifically, apart from biblical characters and biblical figures and biblical individuals, uh just in the natural world, one of the smartest people to have ever walked on the face of the earth are individuals like Isaac Newton.

[00:04:24]And I don't think there's anybody in our lifetime right now that is smarter than Isaac Newton.

[00:04:29]What we do have in this generation is access to information.

[00:04:32]That's all we have. We are higher with information. The Bible says in through Daniel that there will be there will be knowledge at excess of knowledge in the last days.

[00:04:46]What we have is we have access to these things.

[00:04:50]And it's information that you have access to. So, I want you to think right now what your goal is, what God has called you to, what God has called you to become right now.

[00:05:02]In in 15 years from now, what do you think the Lord's purpose plans are for your life? Because it's there. The Lord has a plan for your life. What plans does the Lord have for you in your walk with him, in your spiritual walk, which is the most critical, the most important? What plans does the Lord have for you concerning your walk with him, concerning your service in his house, your ministry, your service in his house? What plans does God have for you?

[00:05:29]What plans does God have for your important relationships, your relationships that are ordained by God? What plans does God have for those uh that particular uh area of your life?

[00:05:43]What plans does God have in the area of your finance?

[00:05:48]And um I am 100% convinced that there were a lot of information pertaining to these things that I have listed.

[00:05:56]But they are but information.

[00:05:59]And information is no good to you.

[00:06:03]Information is no good to you.

[00:06:06]Information is useless.

[00:06:08]It's nothing.

[00:06:11]Your phones carry information.

[00:06:14]Your your computer carries information, internet.

[00:06:21]Your television carries information.

[00:06:25]Your social media handles carry information.

[00:06:32]Your work manual and procedural book has information.

[00:06:37]They are but information.

[00:06:39]And it treats everybody equally.

[00:06:43]But knowledge is incredibly unfair against the ignorant.

[00:06:51]And it's incredibly unfair to the advantage of those who carry it.

[00:07:03]There is a way there is a way there is a way there is a way that seem right to individuals but it leads to death.

[00:07:09]There is a way. In other words, there is another way that leads to life way. And one of the greatest incredible introduction of Jesus in the gospel is he says, "I am the way." The way to what? He carries truth, truth, details, truth.

[00:07:27]Tangible knowledge. So, Proverbs chapter 15 verse 14, the Bible says, "The heart of him who's who has understanding who has understanding.

[00:07:38]The opposite of the one who has understanding is the one who is ignorant.

[00:07:43]The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge. So, I'M IN THIS VAST KINGDOM.

[00:07:49]AND THIS KINGDOM HAS manyfold blessings, DIFFERENT FACETS OF REVELATION and understanding, and how to advance in him, how to grow in him, how to walk in him. I'm in this kingdom. I'm in this city.

[00:08:03]I'm in this country.

[00:08:05]And there are so many incredible channels of blessings that I can get my hands on.

[00:08:13]And it's how do I obtain these blessings? The Bible says, "The heart of the one who seeks knowledge, not information, knowledge, that one carries understanding."

[00:08:29]If you want to know if you're a person of understanding, are you a man of understanding? Are you a woman of understanding? W- Well, have you identify the full potential in relating to the destination of God's plans for your life? And if that is the case in your walk with him, what are you doing to ensure that you're growing in him?

[00:08:53]What are you doing to ensure that you're growing in him?

[00:08:56]The Bible says, "The heart of the one who seeks knowledge carries understanding, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness." In other words, those who don't seek knowledge and understanding, eventually, the things they say are going to expose them.

[00:09:18]I've been in different scenarios in many different capacities where we've been maybe in a group, sometimes in a meeting with the group of people, sometimes relating to um whatever field you may think of, and sometimes it could be an environment where we get together for a number of times and if sometimes particular months and and sometimes you could see somebody in a corner that are quiet and they say something once in a while and you begin to give them a certain room space in your life to want to hear more from them.

[00:09:55]And and and scripture addresses this specific scenario I'm giving you.

[00:10:01]And then you begin to give them this incredible room of respect because the way they carrying themselves and and how often they they how often they speak less.

[00:10:14]And and then something comes out of their mouth and all of a sudden whatever they say is so full of unwise uh words and all of a sudden the dignity you had towards them begins to drop because they spoke a lot and what was in them came out and you begin to realize they're not the individuals that you thought they were.

[00:10:42]And this is how the Bible addresses something like that. Scripture says that even a fool when he keeps his mouth shut is considered wise.

[00:10:55]The scripture says a person who does not have understanding will not seek knowledge, but a person who has understanding seeks knowledge.

[00:11:04]But a fool's mouth when they open it reveals their foolishness.

[00:11:09]In other words, make sure that you have an incredible value of knowledge in in relating to the things that you're called to.

[00:11:20]I carry great interest in many things. Personally, I carry great interest in many things.

[00:11:29]Anything that has any connection to anything I do, I carry great interest in that.

[00:11:35]And I go out of my way to ensure that I'm equipped in that regard.

[00:11:41]If it relates to anything that I'm called to, particularly relates to the calling of the Lord on my life, the the area that God has called me to serve, I have particular attention. It catches my attention. Relates to church and pastoring and people of God. It catches I have great interest in things that relates to me. I have great interest in relating to things that has to do with anything that I have interest in or I have investment in. I have great interest in those things and I go to the extent to learn and to know.

[00:12:16]So, the the Kingsley that you see today is going to be a much more knowledgeable Kingsley on Sunday. I promise you that.

[00:12:28]The Kingsley you saw last week is not as knowledgeable as the Kingsley you seeing tonight. Because I'm telling you between Sunday and today, I have acquired some information that pertain new fresh information that pertains to things that relates to my life.

[00:12:44]The Bible says, "The heart of the one who has understanding seeks knowledge."

[00:12:51]And and a lot of times the things that catches people away from their core responsibilities and distracts them away from their responsibilities, doesn't usually catch me in that rabbit hole. Because a lot of times when I'm reading something and an ad or commercial or something else comes on on a reel, I ask myself, "How fruitful is this to the things that I'm called to?"

[00:13:19]I don't allow it to waste my time.

[00:13:21]Sometimes I get humor out of a certain things and sometimes I'll share with my family. I get humor out of certain things. I feel like laughing at these things, but I don't allow myself to be caught in that rabbit hole. When I got things to do, I got things to do. When I got things to learn, I got things to learn. I don't allow myself to be caught in that useless rabbit hole of somebody else's trying to accumulate views for money, I don't allow myself to become the victim of that.

[00:13:50]So, uh sometimes uh when these things pop up, I ask myself, "How does that help my relationship with God? How does that help my ministry? How does that help my calling? How does that affect my marriage and my children? How does that affect my vision?" And it takes me about 3 seconds, a lot of times less, to say this has nothing to do with my life.

[00:14:15]It brings no value to my life.

[00:14:19]The Bible says, "The heart of one who carries understanding seeks knowledge." He's referring to the things that you're called to. What are you called to?

[00:14:28]What has God called you to?

[00:14:31]And I want you to listen to this.

[00:14:34]There isn't anybody in scripture that the Lord called that didn't already have knowledge in something.

[00:14:41]AND GOD WILL REFINE THAT KNOWLEDGE to use for his glory. So, I tell you if you feel called to the ministry and you have intelligence and ability to work with your hands in trades, God will use that also.

[00:14:58]If you have skills and knowledge in business, God will use that also.

[00:15:02]If you have skills and knowledge in any capacity of life, God will use that also. And sometimes God will put you in a palace that has nothing to do with your ultimate calling, but he wants you in a palace so that you can learn how to go back to the palace and tell Pharaoh, let my people go.

[00:15:24]Sometimes God will have you be a fisherman for a long time, SO THAT WHEN THE TAX COLLECTORS COME AND SAY, "WHERE IS THE TAX MONEY?" HE WILL SEND YOU BACK TO the water to know how to catch a fish to get money out of the mouth of that fish.

[00:15:44]Knowledge regarding your calling is of an incredible value. Don't waste it.

[00:15:47]Don't waste it on foolishness.

[00:15:50]Do your devotions.

[00:15:53]The heart of a man who has understanding seeks knowledge.

[00:15:59]Ephesians 3 from verse 8 to 10 quickly.

[00:16:02]Ephesians chapter 3 from verse 8 to 10.

[00:16:04]To me, the Bible says, "Whom Who I'm less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ."

[00:16:22]How do you get and receive something that are unsearchable in the first place?

[00:16:30]He says, "Call on me, and I will hear you and I will answer you and show you unsearchable things."

[00:16:41]How do you receive things that are unsearchable? He says He says, "I will show you things." In other translations, "I will show you things that you did not know."

[00:16:53]How do you know what to search for what you didn't know?

[00:16:57]Have you ever been in an environment, maybe in classrooms, in church?

[00:17:01]Preaching comes forth and sometimes you feel like you've read every part of scripture and a scripture is read to you and it jumps right into your spirit and you begin to catch a whole new revelation on that scripture, line upon line, precept upon line, a real truth revelation, and you say to yourself, "I didn't know." Well, when you were coming to church you didn't know you were going to get things you didn't know. God does that.

[00:17:24]When you approach him, just call on me and I will answer you and I will show you great and incredible things that are unsearchable, things that you didn't know. The Apostle Paul said he's been called to preach.

[00:17:36]He's been given this incredible anointing to relate to you THINGS THAT ARE UNSEARCHABLE.

[00:17:43]ONLY IN HIM, only in God, only by the spirit, leadership by the spirit. To be able to catch things that are unsearchable.

[00:17:51]Let me tell you, God can do over and above things that you didn't even think was ever possible for your life. If I were to ask you right now, jot something down concerning what you think or what you want your life to be in the future. 20 years from now, what are you looking for your life to be coming? You write that down and I can tell you God can't beat it.

[00:18:17]He says He says, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man the things that he has in store." Things He has not even entered into the heart of man the things that God has in store for those who love him.

[00:18:28]He says, "Unto him who is able to do exceedingly exceedingly exceedingly exceedingly ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL THAT YOU MAY ASK or think."

[00:18:37]It's unsearchable. HOW DO YOU SEARCH FOR THE UNSEARCHABLE?

[00:18:43]Hunger and desire.

[00:18:46]Not taking your relationship with him for granted.

[00:18:49]Not taking your walk with him for granted. Taking your personal devotion seriously. Seeking him.

[00:18:57]Since my youth Since my youth the candle of the Lord has been under my tent. In other words, it's personal, just you and him.

[00:19:04]It's not just the the Christian culture, it's not just the the Christian movement, but this is a real authentic personal relationship since my youth Job said. How did Job overcome all of that? He says, "Since my youth the candle, the revelation, the the enlightenment of God, the revelation of God since my youth the revelation of God has been within my tent. I have so many personal testimonies about that."

[00:19:32]Where when I was much younger, I would spend time in God and his word and continues to do that and I had due to his word and and in my adulthood, I I can go back to the times where the candle of the Lord was was the the flame was was being ignited and stirred up right in my life and it's become a pillar foundation in my life when I approach a certain circumstance in life.

[00:19:59]The Apostle Paul said he's been called to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ AND TO MAKE ALL IT'S NOT PARTIAL IF IF THOSE who seek me shall find me.

[00:20:14]It's to make to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery.

[00:20:21]Unsearchable and mystery. He says, "That's a That's a great task to be able to show the blind objects to be able to tell the searcher unsearchable things.

[00:20:38]To be able to cause people who have no knowledge of what to look for to see what it is that they need to see and to be able to reveal to the ignorant mysteries which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God.

[00:20:59]It's always been there.

[00:21:00]But it's been hidden.

[00:21:08]Some of you are led by revelation.

[00:21:15]You will never know what it feels like at this moment because you've been coming to church for too long.

[00:21:27]For so long, you've known the Lord for so long. It could be maybe just a year ago, but it's feeling for it's feeling long to you now.

[00:21:35]Some of you you will never know all those something probably haven't been born again that long. Some of you have been born again way too long that now you take the things of God for granted. You will never know to be able to kind of feel what it feels like to be without Jesus.

[00:21:51]Now you take it for granted because you've been come you become accustomed to it. So you take church for granted and his word for granted and worship for granted and prayer for granted and obedience for granted because you've just been around it too long, too much familiarity. And sometimes people come around the anointing for too long they become too familiar and all of a sudden the anointing is not blessing your lives anymore because they become way too familiar with the anointing.

[00:22:23]So I knew her you always got to think how privileged you are when you have something.

[00:22:29]When you carry something.

[00:22:31]And that's how you get the benefit of it.

[00:22:34]Scripture says there's certain things that you have access to now that was hidden.

[00:22:42]Listen to me carefully.

[00:22:44]There's certain things that you know how to do in God that you have access to that was hidden from Abraham.

[00:22:57]Abraham never knew what it feels like to say, "Lord, forgive me of my sins because of your blood."

[00:23:13]Sarah never knew how it feels like for a group of people of different culture and different background of different race to get together and and have a prayer meeting.

[00:23:28]Elijah will never know how it feels like to carry 60 66 books of scripture.

[00:23:41]Paul will never know what it feels like to preach the gospel to a group of people, a vast group of people in one room where thousands of others can hear you at the same time while absent in that room.

[00:24:01]He said, "I've been poured out like drink offering." He says, "My goal is to present you to him as a chased version."

[00:24:07]He says, "Because of you we die all day because of you."

[00:24:14]He said in Ephesians 3 from verse 8, he says, "There are unsearchable things that were hidden."

[00:24:24]BUT HE'S BEEN CALLED TO REVEAL THOSE THINGS TO YOU, to know Jesus, the son of God, THE ONE WHOM ALL GENERATIONS WAIT ON.

[00:24:36]You have access to that now.

[00:24:43]Just to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery WHICH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE AGES HAS BEEN HIDDEN IN GOD WHO CREATED ALL THINGS through Jesus.

[00:24:54]To the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known knowledge.

[00:25:07]KNOWN PAUL'S NOT CONCERNED ABOUT INFORMATION.

[00:25:13]HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO.

[00:25:18]BECAUSE IT CREATES NO IMPACT IN YOUR LIFE.

[00:25:22]I HAVE I have the Bible. I can always read it. That's you admitting access to information. That's it. It creates no impact in your life. I can read it tomorrow. I have the Bible. I can read it tomorrow.

[00:25:38]It's like saying you know, I have that treadmill.

[00:25:42]I can go on it tomorrow.

[00:25:44]Okay, how does that help you right now?

[00:25:48]I can go on it tomorrow.

[00:25:51]I have the Bible. I can I can read it tomorrow. You have access to it.

[00:25:55]But you don't have knowledge.

[00:25:59]And the devil will do that to you.

[00:26:01]I can study tomorrow. I can do that tomorrow. You just have access to that information. It's of no use to you.

[00:26:07]There's no DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ONE WHO HAS ACCESS AND THE ONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS.

[00:26:16]So if you have the word of God in your life and you don't read it, there's no difference between you and somebody who doesn't know Christ.

[00:26:24]Somebody who doesn't know THE INHERITANCE. THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, "THESE ARE INCREDIBLE KNOWLEDGE AND REVELATION AND WISDOM THAT WERE HIDDEN IN GOD FOR AGES."

[00:26:37]You're taking it for granted?

[00:26:40]WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THIS TO MAKE YOU THE BIBLE SAYS THE ENTRANCE OF HIS word makes you wise and it brings understanding even to the simple. Whenever you see the word simple in the Bible, that's God trying to be nice and not calling you a dummy.

[00:27:02]He says, "Now you have this information."

[00:27:06]What you know, you know.

[00:27:09]Information doesn't mean you know.

[00:27:11]He says, "So that this incredible riches, the unsearchable riches, that was in Christ.

[00:27:20]These things that from the beginning has been hidden for ages in God."

[00:27:27]This mysteries, these are the buzzwords.

[00:27:32]To the intent that the manifold wisdom. I got to I'm going to give you these buzzwords again. If you have a book Bible, just circle them.

[00:27:40]You have an electronic Bible, just take note of that.

[00:27:44]From verse 8, he has words like Ephesians 3:8, "Unsearchable riches of Christ, unsearchable riches of Christ."

[00:27:54]And then words like the fellowship of the mystery, not a mystery, the core mystery.

[00:28:01]In verse 9, core mystery. And hidden in God.

[00:28:09]Hidden in God.

[00:28:12]And and it it goes on to talk about in verse 10, manifold wisdom.

[00:28:24]This wisdom might be made known to you.

[00:28:34]And and a lot of times, you know, when we pray a lot of times in our prayer lives, especially those of us filled with the Holy Spirit and you know, those within the charismatic talk, the charismatic movement and with the fire God and and and and faith we we pray and we declare and we let it be the way the scripture wants you to be and we decree a thing and it comes to pass and and we are sure and we know these are all incredible amazing classifications of our faith and our understanding of our position and authority and our ruling God. And then sometimes sometimes when you come to scripture and scripture uses words like that you might know without that incredible confidence of you having the knowledge is so that you might know.

[00:29:26]It's there's a bit of uncertainty there and and when you pay attention to the uncertainty not that you will know but that you might know so that by chance you will know. The Apostle Paul uses those tonality for his assertion so that you may know you may know that we may know the unsearchable. You might know there is a reservation there from the author indicating that there's certain people that may have access to this information but they will not know it.

[00:29:57]Why did God give us his word? So that we might know him. He didn't say so that you will know him. He said why didn't he say so that you will know him? Because some people who have the word but it will only be an information to them.

[00:30:09]So he doesn't make that promise that everybody will know it.

[00:30:14]Why do we have this us access to this unsearchable manifold wisdom? This incredible riches of knowledge and and wisdom and understanding why? He says so that you might know. Why might not why not so that you will know? Because not everybody will know. Why? Because not everybody will seek him diligently.

[00:30:34]Because he said those who seek me shall find me. Not everybody seeks him. He says you when you seek me you will find me. When you seek me with all of your heart.

[00:30:48]But if you have access to this details out of his word and BY HIS SPIRIT, WHY WOULDN'T you adhere yourself and open up yourself to this incredible knowledge? The Bible teaches you how to walk in God, how to grow in God, how to grow spiritually, how to avoid sin, how to build your relationships, and all through the simple act of obedience.

[00:31:10]He said, "Lord, you show me these things. You show me these things that this is what I'm going to become.

[00:31:17]That I'm going to uphold the calling of the Lord in my life.

[00:31:21]That I'm going to be blessed with this incredible, amazing family structure.

[00:31:26]And you're going to bless me with knowledge and wisdom. And you're going to teach me how to prosper. And you're going to show me your path of prosperity and blessings. And you're going to show me your path of healing. And you're going to show me your path of satisfaction and fulfillment." THESE ARE VAST, INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW ALL OF THESE? AND HOW AM I supposed to act on all of these in order to receive it?" He says, "All you have to do is know what I gave you and obey."

[00:31:59]So, don't make it complicated.

[00:32:02]So, obey.

[00:32:04]But you what How do you obey instructions that you do not know?

[00:32:11]Paul said, "My main calling is I'm not here to be eloquent. I'm not here to be articulate. I'm not here to impress." He says, "I have one goal, to make known to you So, it's a failure if all you have is just access to information.

[00:32:38]But there are a lot of people that you know, uh whenever I I I I'm going out with anybody to lunch or dinner and we're going to a buffet um and and you know, when the vehicle going in and we're going to a buffet and and um I get so disappointed on our way there and it's happened to me once or twice with certain individuals where we we're going to a buffet and then we get in the car and it's like, I just ate not too long ago.

[00:33:09]So, we're going to go waste money, dude?

[00:33:12]So, we're going to cuz I just ate not too long. No, we're going to a buffet.

[00:33:17]I want you to come in the car and says, I have been eating for 2 days.

[00:33:21]Glory to God. We know a mission is going to be a come. I haven't eaten for a long time. Uh you don't know how long I've been hungry. I says, we're going to get our money's worth.

[00:33:33]Hallelujah. I mean, we want that restaurant owner to get nervous.

[00:33:38]Hallelujah. We want him shaking in his We want him wondering if he's going to make any revenue this this this month.

[00:33:44]Right? And then if you're hungry, you go to a buffet and you're wasting money.

[00:33:48]The food is in front of you and you're just dancing around the food and tippy-toeing around the food and and just staring at the food and taking selfie with the food. What's how selfie going to help us at a buffet and posting selfies with How is that going to That's not why we came here.

[00:34:04]It's not all you can selfie.

[00:34:09]It's all you can eat.

[00:34:13]Not all you can post.

[00:34:15]It's all you can eat. That's [snorts] why we're there.

[00:34:22]And you just sit around and take selfies. And and that's how a lot of people's life is in the kingdom of God.

[00:34:31]They just take photos and with the word of God.

[00:34:36]Paul didn't say "Oh, you can snap."

[00:34:41]He says, "That it be made known to you."

[00:34:44]You carry that value.

[00:34:46]You know what you're all about.

[00:34:49]You know what you carry.

[00:34:51]You have an understanding of who you are.

[00:34:53]So, that it be made known to you.

[00:34:59]Listen to me carefully.

[00:35:01]And I am telling you that this is so critical that you're going to hear me say this a whole lot.

[00:35:10]You live in a distorted world.

[00:35:17]And and you got to be careful.

[00:35:21]There is going to be an elect.

[00:35:23]There are going to be people that God will preserve because of the obedience and their real genuine hunger for revelation and truth and knowledge in Christ. But I am telling you right now.

[00:35:36]It doesn't matter who you are, who you think you are.

[00:35:40]You are susceptible to deception.

[00:35:46]Yes, you are.

[00:35:50]You know, when when I was younger and sometimes that's the self-defeat self-deceiving aspect of humans. When I was younger 13, 14 uh 15 there a couple of things that couple of thoughts that I had.

[00:36:08]That now that I'm older I say to myself, "Oh, you little fool Kingsley. You foolish Kingsley. How dare you had that thought at 13?"

[00:36:18]At 13 I was skinnier than all of you.

[00:36:23]In your most starving day I was skinnier. And I never thought I'll gain weight.

[00:36:29]No, I mean, I was skinny.

[00:36:32]And I I I never thought about weight lost, watching what I eat, um big belly, belly hanging. Now look at me.

[00:36:45]I got married to Pastor A. Pastor A says, "You don't think you're going to get fat? I'm going to show you."

[00:36:54]And and I was ignorant. I thought, "Man, I'm my metabolism was on point." I mean, I could do I mean, a few weeks ago I was talking to this uh young person in the church and they were telling me how much how much push-ups they could do.

[00:37:10]And they told me what is impressive, but I'm telling you it wasn't as impressive as how much I used to do when I was his age.

[00:37:19]Sometimes you can live in a particular bubble that makes you susceptible to the very thing that you thought would never happen to you.

[00:37:31]Now now praise the Lord.

[00:37:34]I thank the Lord for loose muscles all the time.

[00:37:40]When I stretch and I don't hear any sound effect, I'm Lord, thank you. All the joints are in work.

[00:37:48]You're younger, you get up you get out of bed and it's like it's almost like there was nobody there.

[00:37:54]You get older and little turn kkk.

[00:37:59]>> [laughter] >> Sometimes sometimes you get out of bed and you feel like Robocop.

[00:38:11]The Terminator.

[00:38:15]>> [snorts] [laughter] >> You young people keep laughing.

[00:38:26]It's like >> [snorts] >> Wait till you're older and your spouse is impressed with you that you're able to get downstairs.

[00:38:40]>> [laughter] >> Honey, where are you? I'M DOWNSTAIRS.

[00:38:43]WOW.

[00:38:47]>> [laughter] >> GLORY TO GOD.

[00:38:50]Enjoy while it lasts.

[00:38:53]But you better keep working at it.

[00:38:58]One of the most one of the most vulnerable place to put yourself is to think you will never be deceived.

[00:39:09]You know what the Apostle Paul said?

[00:39:11]Strong strong warning.

[00:39:14]He said, "Let he who stand take heed lest he fall."

[00:39:25]You know what will keep you from stumbling?

[00:39:28]Knowledge of him.

[00:39:30]And walking in obedience to that knowledge.

[00:39:36]He says, "Don't touch. Don't touch."

[00:39:40]Let me tell you that where the world is going from the area of government, social media, streaming, and I don't care who you are, who you think you are, when the deception is coming, you won't even know it. By the time you realize you don't love God like you used to, you have nothing positive to say about church but negativity, you don't like any pastor, by the time you realize you don't like church, by the time you realize the word of God becomes a questionable book to you, by the time you realize truth is no truth, and uh by the time you realize things that are incredibly absolute truth, you're beginning to think it is relative and it's subjective.

[00:40:33]You are susceptible to deception.

[00:40:36]And when you know you are?

[00:40:38]When you know that when you know that fire burns, cuz you know, you're careful how you handle fire.

[00:40:49]But when you don't know that fire burns, you handle anyhow by the time you realize you're burnt.

[00:41:00]Information is the expectant detail waiting to give birth to knowledge within you.

[00:41:09]Information is details pregnant.

[00:41:14]Information is a pregnant detail waiting to be birthed when you receive it. Now, watch what happens here.

[00:41:21]Watch what happens here.

[00:41:23]Ephesians 3 from verse 8 to 10. Verse 10 says, "To the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places." In other words, when you are in THAT EXPERIENCE OF WALKING IN REVELATION, AND THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, NOT BY ANY WISHFUL THINKING, BUT BY EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICAL TANGIBLE WAYS OF KNOWING HIM, AND NOT JUST KNOWING HIM, OBEYING HIM.

[00:42:11]WHERE THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT JUST INFORMATION TO YOU. THE BIBLE SAYS THE BENEFIT AND EFFECT THAT COMES INTO YOUR LIFE IS THAT THERE'S NO DEVIL IN HELL THAT WILL SUCCEED AGAINST YOU.

[00:42:34]If the Lord opens the door, I'm going to teach you this.

[00:42:37]I came across I spoke to Pastor Rita about it. I came across certain details.

[00:42:43]I came across certain details yesterday that were so mind-boggling and so disturbing.

[00:42:53]And I saw easily how that can hurt the faith of people in the church.

[00:43:00]And I started preparing.

[00:43:03]I got to teach our church this.

[00:43:05]The Lord opens the door, I will.

[00:43:07]I started preparing. Lord, what do you want us to do with this information? You got to start teaching the church. You got to start teaching the church. Warn them about this. Warn them about this.

[00:43:16]Start putting these details together.

[00:43:18]I was so prepared right away.

[00:43:21]This morning, the Lord says, "Hold on to that."

[00:43:24]Because when experience comes, they might forget what you taught them. So, I'm I It's ready. I'm waiting.

[00:43:33]The moment the Lord says go, I got to teach you. But I say that to say this.

[00:43:39]You got to walk in knowledge of the word of God.

[00:43:42]And you got to walk in obedience to the word of God. Write this down quickly.

[00:43:49]Number one, there is a manifold operational wisdom of God.

[00:43:55]There is a manifold operational wisdom of God that when you have no demon, no principality, or powers in the heavenly places can defeat you.

[00:44:13]Let's put that on the screen. It should be on the screen.

[00:44:18]There are and there is manifold operational wisdom of God that when you have no demon no principality or powers in the heavenly places can defeat you. There has been certain scenarios that I've been confronted with and I don't need to convince you that when you're in ministry and you're a born again believer especially when you feel there is a grace calling of the Lord. I hope I don't have to convince you that we have to deal with certain situations more often than you can ever think or imagine.

[00:45:08]I'm sure you can appreciate that.

[00:45:13]Sometimes they're tricky.

[00:45:17]Tricky scenarios. Then I I can affect somebody's faith, devotion to God.

[00:45:23]Sometimes there are three spirits that you deal with.

[00:45:29]There's the Holy Spirit. Leadership by the spirit. He is He is the king, the ruler.

[00:45:36]The master, the CEO. There's the Holy Spirit. He leads, guides. He's everything.

[00:45:43]And then there's demonic spirits.

[00:45:45]Oh, I can cast that out easily.

[00:45:48]I have no concern about that kind of spirit, foul spirit. See it, discern it, deal with it easily. No issue.

[00:45:58]One of the things you should ask me once in a while is, "Pastor, how come there are a lot of demons in a lot of churches manifesting, but there are no demons in this church ever manifesting?"

[00:46:06]Cuz we know how to deal with them.

[00:46:09]Hallelujah.

[00:46:10]Glory to God. We cut it from the cedar.

[00:46:15]And then there's a third spirit, human spirit.

[00:46:18]You can't cast that out.

[00:46:20]Some of you call it human nature. You got to deal with and you got to and sometimes the devil raises ugly head, many forms.

[00:46:29]Sometimes it's trickery. You got to pay attention with discernment and see how to handle it. Sometimes it's coming after. Sometimes it will come after your faith, your ministry, your confidence.

[00:46:40]Sometimes it will come after your family and your finance and your joy and your hope and your peace. It will come after your future. Sometimes I look at them and I said, "Devil, you got to come better than that."

[00:46:53]This is I so This is so easy. I see it.

[00:46:58]So easy.

[00:46:59]I see it.

[00:47:05]It's important that while you have this, that I read verse 10 of Ephesians chapter 3 to you. Again, the Bible says today in 10:30 now, now after you operate in knowledge now, the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places. In other words, you carry this attitude and this incredible substance in you that the principalities and demonic forces in THE HEAVENLY PLACES KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T MESS WITH YOU.

[00:47:43]THEY KNOW. They know that The Bible says after the devil had tempted Jesus and the devil failed, he left looking for another opportune time. He left. He left looking for another opportune time. It doesn't mean the devil will not tempt.

[00:47:53]The devil Every time the devil tempt, you're You're you're not you're not cursing God and and you're not losing your faith. And the more the devil tests you, whether sickness or trial or tribulations, the more you love God.

[00:48:08]But you don't reveal any weakness to the devil.

[00:48:12]Sometimes the devil will set you up to reveal your weakness so that you show the devil your weakness.

[00:48:20]The devil will set you up.

[00:48:27]The Bible says, when you carry this knowledge principalities and demonic forces in the heavenly places, so that it will be made known to them.

[00:48:38]They don't matter what they do, you're not going to quit.

[00:48:42]You're not going to stop serving God.

[00:48:44]You're going to stop You're not going to stop reading the word.

[00:48:49]The knowledge that you carry has been made known to these principalities.

[00:48:57]Number two, you must know that in Christ dwells all wealth, all treasure, and all supply.

[00:49:12]I got to be patient.

[00:49:15]It's in him.

[00:49:16]What I need is in him.

[00:49:18]I may not have it yet, but in his time he makes all things beautiful. What I'm looking for it's [music] in him.

[00:49:25]Healing it's in him.

[00:49:28]Blessings is in him.

[00:49:30]Prosperity is in him.

[00:49:32]Restoration is in him. Peace is in him.

[00:49:36]I'm not going to go anywhere else. I'm not going to try anywhere. I'm not going to sell I'm not going to sell myself short. I'm not going to give in. It's in him.

[00:49:45]I just got to renew my mind about these things. It's The devil has nothing for me. The world has nothing. It's a It all these lies are coming at me, but I'm not going to believe it. What I'm looking for is in it. I'm going to wait on him.

[00:50:04]And number two, you must know that in Christ Jesus dwells all wealth, all treasure, and all supply. And I love this text.

[00:50:15]I love this text.

[00:50:19]It is the blessings of the Lord that makes one rich. The blessings of the Lord.

[00:50:24]What But they got money more than me.

[00:50:27]But they have a horrible life.

[00:50:30]They But they got money more Pastor, if blessings comes from God, uh how come they got more money than I do?

[00:50:39]They're crying at night.

[00:50:43]Why Why They They How come How come If I'm blessed, how come they got more money than me?

[00:50:50]Why do you think they keep sleeping around?

[00:50:53]Cuz that money is not enough.

[00:50:58]And how come they got more money than me? Why do you think they're on drugs at night?

[00:51:04]Cuz that's just what your focus is on.

[00:51:07]There is [music] blessings, and there is blessings of the Lord.

[00:51:11]Bible says the blessings of the Lord.

[00:51:14]So, they may be blessed They may be blessed with these particular because that's the law of God.

[00:51:20]That the rain falls and the sun shines on both the godly and the ungodly.

[00:51:25]But what's the source of that blessing?

[00:51:29]God is talking about holistic blessings.

[00:51:31]I mean, you're going to heaven and you know it.

[00:51:33]You have a relationship You're not stressed out. Cast all my Cast all your cares on him because he cares for you.

[00:51:38]And then he supplies all of your needs according to his riches in Christ Jesus.

[00:51:42]It's not just the one stream thing where you You're missing out on everything else.

[00:51:49]Sometimes you you you you would think this person is a billionaire and they get arrested for something stupid.

[00:51:57]I said, "Why didn't I get half of that million? I'll I'll keep my mouth shut.

[00:52:02]I'll I'll walk in that straight narrow path. If I You know, there's a billionaire and they did something stupid and they're in prison and somebody else is spending their money.

[00:52:09]It's like, you dummy.

[00:52:13]Cuz it the money wasn't enough.

[00:52:17]Are you listening to me?

[00:52:21]It's in him.

[00:52:23]It is the blessings of the Lord really that really makes a person rich.

[00:52:27]>> [music] >> And he adds no sorrow [snorts] to Lastly, the riches in Jesus are unsearchable.

[00:52:44]Beyond human exploration and beyond natural limitation.

[00:52:56]I'll tell you this to the glory of God.

[00:53:01]I'm not talking about anything [music] that you may be putting your mind on.

[00:53:08]I'm talking about things that you don't know internally about me.

[00:53:15]I'm telling you that internally, the way I feel internally, who I know I am internally, I'm not talking about anything external, which none of you know.

[00:53:34]I never thought in a million years that God is going to do [music] what he's in me in my life in this moment.

[00:53:47]And that word is true.

[00:53:50]That he's able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that you may ask or think. [music] And his word is true that I has not seen nor ear heard, not as it entered into the heart of man the things that God has in store for those who love him.

[00:54:06]He says, "I'll show you unsearchable things." There's certain things that I have in me certain things I have in me that I knew if I have I'll be amazing.

[00:54:17]It'll be amazing to me that I couldn't even grasp my mind on how to ask.

[00:54:26]I did ask for something.

[00:54:28]But what I have in me it was impossible for me to actually list it before God and say, "This is what I [music] want." He just did it.

[00:54:41]He says, "Do unsearchable."

[00:54:43]unsearchable God can do more than your petition requires him to do.

[00:54:55]>> [applause and music] >> He can do the unsearchable.

[00:55:03]Things that you didn't know.

[00:55:07]Things that you didn't know was possible. If there's any dire situation, I am telling you God can do over and above your prayer list.

[00:55:19]Why is that in the Bible?

[00:55:21]Things that you didn't know, the unsearchable.

[00:55:28]exceedingly abundantly above all that you may ask.

[00:55:32]Why is that in the Bible? God can do more than your prayer list.

[00:55:37]Pray.

[00:55:39]Believe in him.

[00:55:41]And give him all the room.

[00:55:45]Bring me to where you want to bring me.

[00:55:50]Bless me to the extent you want to bless me.

[00:55:53]Father, elevate my relationship with you.

[00:55:58]I want to know you more than I know I've known you.

[00:56:00]>> [music] >> Some of you, 5 years from now, because of your hunger for God, you're going to see where God's going to bring you.

[00:56:12]Stand to your feet.

[00:56:15]Lift up your hands to the heavens.

[00:56:24]Oh, Lord Jesus.

[00:56:27]>> [music] >> Come on, lift him up. Lift him up. Lift him up. Lift him up. Lift him up. Lift him up.

[00:56:33]>> [music] >> Talk to him. Talk to him. Talk to him.

[00:56:35]Talk to him.

[00:56:50]Come on, talk to him. Lord, Father, I want TO KNOW YOU MORE.

[00:56:54]STIR UP MY DESIRE FOR YOUR WORD.

[00:56:57]STIR [music] UP MY DESIRE FOR YOUR SPIRIT.

[00:57:00]FATHER, I WANT TO KNOW YOU. COME ON, TALK TO HIM. FATHER, I WANT TO KNOW YOU MORE.

[00:57:04]TALK TO HIM. LORD, I WANT TO KNOW YOU MORE.

[00:57:06]>> [music] >> TELL HIM. TELL HIM. TELL HIM. TELL HIM.

[00:57:09]TELL HIM.

[00:57:10]LORD, I WANT TO KNOW YOU MORE.

[00:57:12]LORD, I WANT TO LOVE YOU MORE.

[00:57:14]LORD, LET ME SHOW [music] YOU YOUR WAYS.

[00:57:17]TEACH ME YOUR WAY. YOUR WAY OF EVERLASTING.

[00:57:21]LORD, TEACH ME YOUR WAY OF OBEDIENCE.

[00:57:22][music] YES, LORD. LORD, TEACH ME. TEACH ME.

[00:57:25]TEACH ME. TEACH ME. YOUR WAY.

[00:57:31]COME ON, TALK TO HIM. [music] YES, LORD.

[00:57:39]>> [music] [music] [singing] [music] [music] [music] [singing] [music] [music] [music] [music] [singing] >> LIFT UP YOUR HANDS, CHURCH. MAY THE LORD bless you.

[00:58:45]May the Lord keep you.

[00:58:47]You are a champion. [music] More than a conqueror.

[00:58:50]You are victorious.

[00:58:52]Your life [music] is hidden in Christ Jesus.

[00:58:57]There are no layers of structure.

[00:58:59]No layers of refuge about you.

[00:59:03]I declare that you are blessed, >> [music] >> prosperous, healed, with divine health.

[00:59:12]Church, I bless you [music] in the name of Jesus.

[00:59:15]I declare that you are established in him.

[00:59:19]You are [music] blessed in him.

[00:59:21]Church, be blessed now and forever in Jesus' name. Amen.

[00:59:27]Ladies, [music] have fun on Saturday and we'll see you all on Sunday. God bless you. [music] >> [singing] [music] [music and singing] [music] [singing] [music] [music] [music] [music and singing] [music and singing] [music] [singing] [music] [music] [singing] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Holy.

[01:01:22]Holy.

[01:01:23]>> [music] >> Are you worthy?

[01:01:26]Are you worthy?

[01:01:27]>> [singing]