MOST OF US ARE IN NEED BECAUSE WE DON’T KNOW WHAT WE NEED.
WE NEED THE HOLY GHOST MORE THAN WE NEED THINGS BECAUSE WITHOUT A REVELATION OF THE THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO US WE WILL BE IN LACK OF THEM FOREVER.
INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR THINGS, LOOK FOR ACCESS TO THE THINGS THAT BELONG TO YOU IN CHRIST AND THE HOLY GHOST IS THE ACCESS.
CHASING AFTER THINGS WITHOUT THE HOLY GHOST IS CHASING AFTER THE SHADOWS.
ENDUEMENT WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE RIGHT OF EVERY CHILD OF GOD.
– Bishop David Oyedepo on OPERATING IN THE SUPERNATURAL 3 at May 2023 Week of Spiritual Emphasis, Day 3 Canaanland Part A
Father in the name of Jesus, we thank you tonight for the privilege to be in your presence one more time. We are full of the third day expectation, let no one return disappointed.
Grant each one tonight an encounter of a lifetime. Let each one have something to hold on to tonight. Let your rod come forth tonight and let your name be glorified in Jesus’ precious name.
A man was troubled on every side, his name was Joseph. Until the time that his word came and everything turned like a dream of the night.
Somebody’s word is coming directly tonight and everything will turn around in such an individual’s life as a dream of the night. So shall it be.
Our prophetic focus for the month as declared on Wednesday is I AM REDEEMED A WONDER TO MY WORLD. John 3:8. So it is everyone, no exemption. Every child of God is born a wonder to his world. No one here will end up a wanderer. Our teaching series which we began on Wednesday is OPERATING IN THE SUPERNATURAL.
Isaiah 8:18. The world is waiting for the sons of God to be made manifest to them. The destiny of the world is awaiting the manifestation of the sons of God. Romans 8:19. We are in part 3 of this series today.
First, we want to acknowledge the fact that the Holy Ghost is the mastermind of the supernatural. Joel 2:28-30. ‘I will show signs in the heavens and the earth’. On the day of Pentecost, Peter rose and spoke and we saw wonders from heaven. Cloven tongues of fire came down from heaven, a mighty rushing wind on the earth, the cloven tongues of fire came and sat upon each of their heads and the Holy Spirit came upon each one of them.
So it was a raw confirmation of the scriptures and we saw an eruption of signs and wonders. Actually what we call the Acts of the Apostles are the Acts of the Holy Ghost. So we saw the Holy Ghost moving and manifesting in diverse signs and wonders, miracles. He is the mastermind. Acts 2:14-17. In Luke 4:14, Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit in Galilee and that was it. In Luke 4:32, His Word was with power. Powered words triggering signs and wonders.
So believers are empowered by the Holy Ghost to operate in the supernatural. That is why it is God’s free gift to every child of God. It is not a special gift, when you are born again it is the free gift of God to empower you and I to live the life we have been redeemed to live. What do I mean? In the house of Cornelius, while Peter spoke, the hearts of these men were turned unto God and he just got them filled with the Holy Ghost on the spot, speaking with new tongues. Acts 10. It was automatic. When we are born again, the Holy Ghost is the auto gift of God. You don’t need any special pre-qualification, it is the one that qualifies you to live a life that pleases God. Most of us are in need because we don’t know what we need. Take for instance: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge’ ‘I have many things to say to you now but you can’t understand them. When the Holy Ghost comes, He will teach you all things.’ What? We need the Holy Ghost more than we need things because without a revelation of the things that pertain to us, we will be in lack of them forever. So instead of looking for things, look for access to the things that belong to you in Christ and the Holy Ghost is that master access. John 16:12-14. Remember you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. He will guide you into all truth.
Here we are craving for things without minding the access that will make those things a reality. It is chasing after the wind, it is chasing after the shadows.
It doesn’t work. Jesus after teaching them for three and a half years, He said “tarry ye in Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high” ‘I can’t guarantee your going’. You need Him to keep your spiritual understanding alive.
You need Him to keep you reminded when you are in the face of danger what the circumstance will not allow you to access, He brings it to your remembrance. John 14:26. We need Him more than we need things and we are dying after things without looking for the one who will give us access to what guarantees us the right to those things.
The Holy Spirit is the one that empowers believers to operate in the realm of the supernatural. As soon as the Holy Ghost came the Apostles just broke loose, all kinds of things.
We saw it all in all chapters of Acts. Amazing acts of the Holy Ghost which we call signs and wonders. Acts 5:12-16. Eruption of signs and wonders at the advent of the Holy Ghost.
Interestingly, enduement with the power of the Holy Spirit is the right of every child of God. Acts 2:37-38. Repent and you shall receive the gift. There is no gap, not go and get the experience first. Auto!
Let’s now look at how the Holy Ghost empowers believers to operate in the supernatural.
1. The Holy Ghost empowers our insights into the Word which He confirms into signs and wonders when put to work.
This is where we come in, ‘when put to work’.
Why do you call me ‘Lord! Lord!’ Without doing what I tell you to do? He won’t do it for you, He won’t do it for me but the Holy Ghost will reveal to you what it takes to overcome that issue. When you engage with it, God confirms it into signs and wonders when put to work. 1 Corinthians 2:12-13.
He is our access. He grants access to great light. 1 Corinthians 2:10-11. He grants us access to the things of God and much more to the deep things of God. The Holy Ghost ignites the Word into fire. Jeremiah 20:9. He ignites the Word into fire that spurs you into action irresistibly. He turns you on. The Holy Ghost ignites the Word into fire that puts you on your feet against all oppositions.
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