Gifts of Christ

[0:00] Thank you for tuning into this message by David Entry. Every true revival is a product of the strong preaching of God's word. May you receive a word from this message that will spark a revival in you.

[0:14] ! Praise God! Are you ready for God's word? What gives us our spiritual identity is the word of God.

[0:30] Every quality Christian is a product of the book.

[0:45] Every quality Christian is a product of the book. So it's always important if you want to upgrade your Christian life, increase your intake of the truth of God's word.

[1:10] It's very crucial and very important. Well, I really want to, I love to teach God's word. Our preaching in this church to be based on what the Bible is saying, not what we think.

[1:28] What I think is not important. What I think doesn't matter. What the Bible says is what matters. I'm just trying to tell you what you think is rubbish.

[1:40] So long as spiritual development is concerned, what you think is irrelevant.

[1:50] What I think is irrelevant. What the scripture says is fundamental. So then when we gather here, we have to create room for us to hear what the scripture is saying.

[2:02] But what anyone says cannot help you, cannot heal you, cannot grow you spiritually, cannot advance you in the things of God, and cannot secure your destiny.

[2:14] But what the scripture says is the greatest security. The Bible says that as for God, His way is perfect. The word of Psalm 18 verse 30, the word of the Lord is tried, and He's a buckler to all.

[2:29] As for God, His way is perfect. The word of the Lord is tried, and He is a buckler. You know what He says, it buckles your shoes. It secures your destiny in life. He's a buckler to all those who trust in Him.

[2:41] And it is on the grounds of God's word that your destiny can be secured or locked in place. Locked in place. When you see someone who is wearing trousers or something without belts, it keeps falling off.

[3:00] But when the word of God is in place, your destiny doesn't fall off and slide off your hands. It's very important. So let's get into God's word.

[3:11] And I already feel like dancing about the word I'm coming to talk about. I can hear spiritual music in the word of God. It says that my heart indicts a matter.

[3:27] My heart indicts or ponders over a matter. My heart. And my heart rejoices. It says, I rejoice over your word.

[3:37] That's Psalm 41. It says, my heart is indicting a good matter. My heart is indicting a good matter. I speak of the things which I have made touching the king.

[3:49] My tongue is the pain of a ready writer. Because of what is going on in my heart. My tongue is ready to start to channel something.

[4:01] My heart indicts over a matter. Ephesians chapter 4. Magadashadahaya.

[4:13] Ephesians chapter 4. Verse 7. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

[4:29] Here ends the reading of God's word. Instead of saying wow, you have to shout hallelujah.

[4:45] Wow is not a biblical term. Hallelujah is. Let's pray. Oh God, our help in ages past.

[5:00] Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to you, oh Lord God.

[5:11] As your word is taught, give us a listening ear. Deliver us from stiff nakedness.

[5:24] Deliver us from dull ears and uncircumcised ears. Deliver us from uncircumcision of our hearts. Circumcise and cleanse us by your word.

[5:38] Raise giants. Raise missionaries. Raise apostles. Raise global movers and shakers.

[5:51] Raise great men and women. Through the teaching of your word. In Jesus name. Amen. Ephesians chapter 4.

[6:05] Verse 1 makes us to understand that. Paul is introducing us into a next phase of our work with God. Our work with God begins with what he has done.

[6:19] So, if you are a genuine Christian, your work with God is made in heaven. It started from heaven.

[6:30] And it's just finding an expression on earth. So, as I've always said in Ephesians chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3 tells us about what God has accomplished for us by way of salvation.

[6:46] Chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 6 tells us about our justification. What he has accomplished. In chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3 tells us about our justification.

[6:59] In chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 6 tells us about our sanctification. Chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3 tells us about salvation worked in.

[7:10] Chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 6 tells us about salvation worked out. First three chapters tell us about doctrine.

[7:24] Last three chapters tell us about duty. First three chapters tell us about what Christ has accomplished for us. And the last three chapters tell us about what we can do for him based on his accomplishments.

[7:38] And so Paul opens it by telling us that I charge you as a prisoner of Christ that you walk. Walk. Walk is an instruction.

[7:52] He's telling us about there's a way you have to live. There's a way, a lifestyle or there's a certain pattern of lifestyle you are supposed to tell. And he said the pattern is you have to walk worthy of the calling.

[8:04] When they look at you, your walk tells others who might not even know about the calling that there's a calling on you. Walk worthy of the calling with which we have been called.

[8:17] Then the verse two talks about the attitude and the style with which you should walk. Worthy of the calling. With lowliness, gentleness, long suffering, bearing one another.

[8:34] That's very interesting. That's very interesting. You can't bear one another by just alone. The people who feel like I don't want trouble. I don't want to have it.

[8:45] I just want to be by myself. You can't live a Christian life by yourself. The Christian life can only be lived in the context of a fellowship. In the context of relationship.

[8:56] Relationship is so important. I just want you to know, as I said the other time, there are three ways God blesses. He blesses generationally. Some of you, the way you are serving God is buying equity for your children.

[9:10] God told Solomon, Solomon, you have loved some strange women. And you have breached my contract with you.

[9:22] So I need to take the kingdom from you. But I can't do it because of your father David. Oh. It's not because of your father David.

[9:33] But for your father David. For your father David. I will not do it in your days. Because you are too close to your dad. Your dad loved you.

[9:43] Your dad was too close to me. Because of him, I can't do something to you. He said, nevertheless, I will not do it in your days. For the sake of your father David.

[9:54] God has a way. God blesses generationally. God blesses generationally. Because of his father. Paul told Timothy. In 2 Timothy chapter 1.

[10:06] He says that, therefore, when I... Verse 4, 5 there. The faith that is in you. Which first dwelt in your... Second Timothy I'm talking about.

[10:20] It says that, when I call to remembrance. The genuine faith. Say genuine faith. That tells you some faiths are fake. The genuine faith that is in you.

[10:31] Paul said, I've been relating with a lot of people, Tim. But you... I can... I can... I can... I can... I can... Vouch for the faith that is in you.

[10:42] Some people said, I don't know. I don't know. Pastor, what do you think about this lady? I want to marry her. I can't say much. You know, because I can't tell whether the faith... But what do you think about this gentleman?

[10:53] I can't say much. Your choices of the married partner tells me your level of smartness. It tells us your level of wisdom, who you are choosing to commit your future to.

[11:04] Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I see, when you are advanced in ministry and in age and you work with God and people are beginning to make choices, you sometimes feel sorry for them.

[11:21] But you can't say much. If you stand in the way and she waits for the next two years and no one is coming, she will blame you.

[11:31] So by wisdom, pastors are supposed to be very careful when they are advising people about someone alike. They say, no, no, no. They have to be careful. Because if they delay and five years no one has come, they'll say, you.

[11:45] I wanted to marry this person. You said, no. You said, no. So we don't do no. We do... We do... Mm. Mm. Mm. Some of them.

[12:04] Some of them. Some of them. spiritual. They are not spiritual. But I don't know. You see, spirituality is not in looks. Spirituality is not in how you speak in tongues.

[12:22] Spirituality is not in wearing yellow sheeted t-shirts and it's good. All those things are good. But it's not a measure of your spirituality. Your decisions, your decisions, your decisions tell us a lot about your spirituality. Your choices and your decisions tell us. So you yourself, I think you can weigh your spiritual life or weigh yourself spiritually by your decisions. See what your decisions are producing and tell us how spiritual you are. They said in the image of Jesus that what wisdom is this that is given to this man? What wisdom? And he said, do you know how they saw that great works? Mark chapter 6. Mark chapter 6 verse 2. It says that when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue and many hearing him were astonished saying, where did this man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to him that such mighty works? Do you see that? Not mighty say so. You don't judge wisdom by just words. You judge wisdom by works. So in Luke chapter 7, he says that wisdom is justified by her children. Children that meaning productivity. What you are producing is a reflection of your wisdom.

[13:58] But wisdom is justified by all, not some, of her children. There is a difference between wisdom wisdom and intelligence. There is a difference between wisdom and knowledge. And certainly there is a difference between wisdom and cleverness. There is a difference between being wise and being clever. There are a lot of people who are clever but very stupid. Satan is clever but God is wise. Wisdom is, it is, it is reflective in works. So Bible said by wisdom God has made the heavens and the earth.

[14:47] So when talking about wisdom, wisdom will always show wisdom cannot be hidden. Just like faith. So Proverbs chapter 3 verse 19, the Lord by wisdom, you see that, founded the earth. By wisdom, by understanding, he established the heavens. By wisdom, by wisdom, by wisdom, by wisdom, by wisdom. So it works. It works.

[15:07] You want to see how wise God is? Just look around you. Look at where your nose is and it tells you that God is wise. Wisdom. So there is a direct correlation between spirituality and wisdom. The more spiritual you are, the more likely you are, you'll be growing in wisdom.

[15:32] The one you chose to be your wife or to be your husband is a reflection of your spirituality and your wisdom.

[15:42] Spirituality and wisdom go hand in hand. And so in Acts chapter 7, the scriptures make us understand that verse 9, they could not resist. They could not resist the wisdom.

[15:57] The more spiritual you are, the more spiritual you are, the more spiritual you are, the more spiritual you are, the more spiritual you are. Right? Okay. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and what? The spirit.

[16:11] You can't have one. It goes. The wisdom, when the spirit is mighty on you, it shows in the manifestation of the wisdom you pray to.

[16:23] The wisdom. Wisdom. Wisdom. That's why they were wondering, what wisdom has been given to Jesus that such mighty works were done by him? Wisdom. Wisdom.

[16:37] So, some of y'all... Some of y'all...

[16:49] Instead of making noise about how spiritual you are, just humble yourself and let your works speak. Let your works of wisdom speak about your spirituality.

[17:02] Am I talking to someone? Don't try to impress us with how spiritual you are, how close you are to this person and all the things you are able to do.

[17:14] Accomplish. There are things you can do that don't reflect authentic faith. But it will be working. So, Paul told Timothy, when I take into account the genuine faith that is in you, Tim.

[17:32] Genuine, I remember the genuine faith. The genuine faith. If there's a prayer, you should pray. Not about money.

[17:44] Not just for a job. Pray that God help me to walk in genuine faith. Those are prayers of a genuine Christian. Some of you people who live in sin and...

[17:57] I'm not talking about overtaking by temptation, but... You actually live there. You know, your address is number one... Number one masturbation avenue.

[18:09] When you go through those phases, you feel temptation is rising.

[18:26] You have to learn how to pull yourself from areas of temptation. Don't make okay. Don't give the flesh occasion. Keep the lines clear because... One thing always leads to...

[18:40] I don't know if you know what I'm talking about. So, by the time you realize you are lying flat on the floor... And when you are a genuine Christian, it bothers you. It bothers you.

[18:51] It's... Oh, no. Oh, no. You are so sad. It's a sign that you have God. It bothers you. Others doesn't bother them at all.

[19:01] Those are the ones I'm talking about. They don't have genuine faith. If sinning is not bothering you, you don't have genuine faith. You are just religious.

[19:15] You don't have genuine faith. If sin... Sinning... The act is not bothering you. You don't got genuine faith.

[19:27] It's fake faith. Fake. F-A-K-E. Fake. Faith. Say, when I saw the genuine faith that is in you...

[19:40] Which first dwell in your grandmother Lois... And in your mother Eunice. Wow! It first dwells. So, it looks like some generational transfer is going on here.

[19:51] When you serve God truly, it begins to affect... God blesses generationally.

[20:03] God blesses generationally. He does. He does. He does. He does.

[20:15] God also blesses... Blessed are you, Samuel. But Jonah... Matthew chapter 16... Verse 18...

[20:26] Verse 17, actually. Verse 17. Blessed are you, Samuel. For flesh of God has no... See, the revelation is what determines your blessing. So, when God wants to bless you, He will give you revelation.

[20:38] Oh, yes. That's why sitting under the feet of good teachers and a good pastor exposes you to blessing. Don't be running around looking for hands to be laid on you.

[20:50] You might be bored very quickly. It really might not be a solution most of the time. Running around looking for prayer, prayer, prayer, prayer for me.

[21:01] This one, pray for me. It is not... It doesn't guarantee lasting solutions. Blessings guarantee lasting solutions. And blessings are a function of revelation.

[21:13] And revelations are functions of teachings you're exposed to. Who is your teacher? It is your teacher that determines your blessing. What is your blessing in this season?

[21:24] I can see my teacher. So, it's your teacher. It's your teacher. It's your teacher. He said, I will give them pastors after my heart. Who will feed them. That means teach them. Who will feed them.

[21:37] Feed them, Jeremiah. Pastors after my heart. My heart, Jeremiah chapter 3. I will give them shepherd according to my heart. Who will feed them. Spiritually feeding is the...

[21:47] Teaching is how to feed people. So, when he said they will feed them. That means teaching. Jesus saw them in the book of Mark. And he felt he had compassion on them. Because they were like sheep without a shepherd.

[22:01] And he began to teach. Teach. Teach. Teach. Teach. when he saw them. He had compassion on them. Mark chapter something verse 30 something.

[22:13] And when Jesus came out. Saw a great multitude. And was moved with compassion for them. Why? Because they were like sheep.

[22:24] Not having a shepherd. Your destiny is at stake. If you don't have a shepherd over your life. Jesus God in the flesh looked at some people and said oh this is a miserable person have no shepherd over your life some wolf will eat you yes life is a big wilderness big wilderness with wild beasts who eat destinies eat people's potentials ravages people's opportunities in life wolves one of the things that God can help you to keep you safe is by giving you a shepherd some of you by virtue of being properly shepherded there is no way you can miss it in marriage yeah one of the benefits of having a shepherd early in your life is it helps you navigate through the harshness of the life's terrain and end up with the right decisions right decisions one of the some of the major decisions about life is who to marry and number two where to live and where to locate those those decisions are determinative doesn't matter who you are who you marry with will have an impact on how your destiny will turn out yes doesn't matter who you are

[24:01] I'm telling you who you are who you marry and who you don't marry to will have an impact on it yes yes yes yes because no one was created to be a low ranger mm-hmm so shepherds are supposed to help you teach you and guide you no don't go there go here do this don't do this but some people have been raised to have an abhorrence towards instructions you see how the devil has compromised you before he even arrived a compromise because no one can instruct you no one can correct you meanwhile shepherds do their work through discipleship instructions no one can instruct you then where have you taken you to but we can't build with this one pastor I don't agree with you no problem you go and do whatever you want but I'm telling you this one is an army we are raising those the one who say I don't agree with you when you finish school don't work stay home wait when you are 55 start looking for a job start looking for a job applying for jobs after you are 50 and see which company is going to employ to come and start with them even there are courses you cannot do if you cross some ages age is a very sensitive thing in life because life works with time they wouldn't have told us that jesus died or started his ministry at the age of 30 if time doesn't matter and he did it for three and a half years time they gave us timelines timelines some of us are running out of time because you are already 25 and you don't have any degree yes no apprenticeship nothing nothing only what all you have is trainers you are running out of time wake up especially when you are a man and you are still living with your mother or your friends or your cousins you haven't achieved anything you don't have any degree you don't have and you are not working and oh you're looking like very important and you are always angry oh no one can talk listen you are a big disappointment to humanity to yourself you are a failure in the making oh yes you are a failure in the making by the time you are 50 people always have to avoid you because anytime you show up trouble and your cousins and your loved ones will always try to when you pick the call they don't pick the phone because they know you are coming to ask for money every time you are asking for money because when you were young you didn't do anything sensible with your life yes I'm confronting some demonic statement a demonic stronghold we have to pull those strongholds down so you can you can be free and think freely and do something with your life you have to think accomplishment think achievement not handouts the government is not responsible for the outcome of your life you are your mother is not responsible for the outcome of your father is not

[27:08] I know he has not been there but you can do well without him your father is not responsible for the outcome of your life take responsibility you have hair in your pubic area take responsibility it's a sign that you are not that baby have you seen baby with hair I'm talking about mature hair if you don't shape it you leave your armpit the hair is like that means responsibility now is on you some of you guys if you've been having wet dreams every now and then it means that you are now a man you can have a baby you can be a father yes you can be a father so start being responsible enough of this living in a home without paying rent think rent think responsibility think how can I

[28:19] I live there but let me also start doing something get some income let me also start doing something unless you are studying because some courses require all your focus and some of us are so fortunate to have a domestic environment where pressure is not on you so you can't steady a time is coming to not be like that hey God blesses revelationally what you know what has been revealed to you will determine your speed in life and then number three that's all I've been trying to say I've taken about 25 or 30 minutes to say this the third point I'm just making a passing statement I've now made a preaching out of the passing statement God blesses relationally so God blesses generationally revelationally and relationally relationship he said ask after one visit who remembers what is there you shall receive power when you shall receive power when give me King

[29:30] James I prefer the King James you shall receive power when it's the same when but I think after there must be an established interaction before the power takes place power comes after it comes after the Holy Ghost even power has to do from Holy Spirit has to be relationship relationship so that means those who have not received the Holy Spirit cannot have this power relationally relationally relationally relationally relationally so who you associate with will determine where you will land I pray you will learn something so Ephesians chapter 4 so it says that endeavor so after saying walk worthy endeavor to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace endeavor to keep the unity the oneness then he said we have some things that basically make us one if you are

[30:45] Christian if you are in it then you also have it there are some things I don't have more than you do I don't have more father than you do I don't have more baptism than you do I don't have more faith faith is not like subjective faith but objective faith so I don't have more objective faith because if Jesus died on the cross and I believe in that if you also believe in the same thing it's the same thing it's not something different from you so and I don't have more hope it's one hope we are all going to meet Jesus so all those things is one the same we all have the same so then that's verse 6 says that one father one God one God and father of all who is above all and through all and in all then verse 6 verse 7 sorry then verse 7 starts with a very important word that's a game changer so you see there is something we all have oneness oneness oneness but something's about to change so we might all have the basics together but dimensions are about to change based on something so we said but not unto all of us each one each one one after the other you take this you take this you take this you take it you take this so you can see we are all together but different levels different levels and when you want to book a hotel the same hotel there are different rates days depending on the days the times and then the type of room when you go for standard room and even some of the standard room it comes with access to the lounge so depending on what you pay and some of the standard room has city view others have river view other back street view so others do no view different but it's the same hotel the same hotel but different different rooms different levels that that house that all those rooms are built on the same foundation if you are going there you have to still need the key from the reception same foundation but when when you entered your hotel in fact when you call reception they know the kind of room that has called so sometimes they answer differently because they know oh that's that's from the presidential street hello sir and good hotels will mention your name can we help you yes can you send somebody to check my air-condition in my room somebody's right on his way and then when they come they will come with bowl of bananas or fruits and then they asked remember they asked me do you drink champagne i said no i don't so they came with another non-alcoholic champagne in the ice bucket and just to come and fix something in my room hallelujah but the same hotel if a tourist blows the hotel everybody whatever room so you see that oneness you can be in the hotel and we all have oneness oneness but doesn't mean we are all one we are all not at the same level don't fool yourself so what determines our level first of all he says that but unto each one of us grace was given according to the measure of christ grace was given unto each

[34:45] of us so we have foundational oneness but we are not all the same level so what determines your level is according to the measure measure measure of christ give change the translation let's see a few translations and then we can close is someone learning something i love kp2 kp2 i believe and i don't think i'm wrong is one location in london with the highest concentration of giants highest concentration of future champions that's why i like to identify kp2 niv but to each one of us grace has been given as christ appropriated it it didn't mention the gift of christ move away from that let's go to american standard and english standard excuse me unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of christ how is the grace given how is the grace given who am the grace so if you want more grace to be given to you what should you expect based on this text you have to get a greater measure because it's the measure that determines the grace that is given how am i making it's a measure that determines the grace that is given paul said unto me in ephesians chapter 3 verse 8 who am less than the least of the saints was this grace given you see that this grace was given grace given say grace given say it again grace given so grace can be given and it says that grace is given ephesians says grace is given according to the measure according to the measure of the gift of christ so let's go to american standard version and then we come back to but grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of christ gifts sounds just like king james a new american let's go to the new american said but to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of christ same so the asv but to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the gift i like the gift of christ which is the same as christ gifts but it's the gift of christ make it a little bit and they say gift of christ say gift of christ say gift of christ gift before we come we move from there let's do amplified yet grace god's undesired favor was given to each one of us not indiscriminately but in different ways in proportion to the measure of christ gift christ gift or christ rich and abundant gifts so it was given not indiscriminately but there's a proportion of the gifts that when the gift comes to you determine what grace is supposed to come so the gift you are exposed to determines the grace that gets allocated to you does that make sense does that make sense the gift that you are exposed to because your exposure the measure of the gift you have that is given to you determines the grace you're flowing but just to digress

[38:46] slightly in romans chapter 12 something interesting happens there where it talks about the grace is according to the gift here no the gift is according to the romans 12 6 it says that having then gifts differing according to the grace that's very interesting so that oh thank you jesus wow i like that okay so this one is that gifts you have gifts and the gifts differ according to grace that is giving grace grace that is given to us so let us use them if prophesy let us prophesy in proportion to our faith now this is very interesting text don't get lost because i'm going to show you something very interesting i want to submit to you that the gift here gifts is not the same as the gift in ephesians 4 7 so yes this ephesians chapter 4 say grace grace the grace you operate in is give us the asv according to okay the same thing okay the gift of christ okay so it's in proportion to how close you are to the gift of christ so so this is what ephesians 4 7 is saying grace is given unto each one of us according to your proportion of the gift of christ so this is all gift of christ do you understand what i'm saying so that gift now in romans chapter 12 verse 6 is saying that they have been gifts!

[40:45] kind of grace because of this grace this person has received this grace the grace allows you to operate in certain type of gifts it's not the same gift this gift is a baby of grace while this grace is the baby of that gift so then that means you should also have gifts because every grace comes with gifts the grace is also at the mercy of this gift so now if you want to operate in greater grace that manifest grace always manifests in gifts that means if you want to operate in this grace greater grace you have to find ways of getting closer or the measure of this gift will determine the grace and grace only speaks in gifts so so this

[41:49] I'm talking instead of calling it gifts let's call it fruits because fruits of grace is called gifts so the grace given to this man is producing these fruits why three because he has more grace now if this one wants to produce more fruits what should he do he need more grace so suddenly this guy realizes that this guy is breaking through with this so much gifts but those of us who are looking we only see gifts we actually don't see the grace but it's the grace that is responsible for the gifts so since this man wants more fruits what should he do get more grace so the three of you sitting there come stand here one after the other don't face me just take the way you are coming one more person should join this guy wants to operate in great great gifts so that means he needs more grace so he starts going closer go closer at the same level as this by the time you realize there's grace coming go closer now he's increasing in grace and the more increase in!

[43:13] join your hands join your hands join your hands the more he increase in grace now see his gift has the fruit he's operating has overtaken this guy's fruits why because he has increased in grace and if we want to increase in grace he has gotten closer to the gift of Christ so the closer you get to the gift of Christ the more grace is called not saving grace functioning grace to do the more grace because in Ephesians chapter 4 to chapter 6 he's going to talk about the things you are supposed to do and the things you are supposed to do are the mercy of the grace that is upon your life so if he's able to the biggest challenge is so what is this gift I want to know this gift so I can get the measure of the gift will determine the grace so now this guy has to go on a mission of find investigate what that gift of

[44:15] Christ is does that make sense unto each one of us grace is given according to the measure of Christ gifts then look at the next statement that's why he was saying therefore he said that's why he said when Christ ascended on high Christ let captivity captive and gave gifts he gave gifts ah so Christ gave gifts he has hinted that Christ gave gifts and he says each unto each one of us grace is given according to the gifts measure of the gift of Christ that's why said Christ actually gave gifts what gifts speaking in tongues let's find out what the gift of Christ then look at the next verse that's going to be a problem because it's in brackets parenthetical statements can be omitted without altering the original meaning of what is being said does that make sense so because of my time can we look for the end of the bracket ah have you seen it where does the bracket end ah verse 10 where does the bracket start oh so we can take out verse 9 and verse 10 and connect verse 8 to verse 11 is somebody get you what

[45:44] I'm saying a parenthetical statement it can be omitted so we need to get 7 8 11 and 12 let's do that and then we can close are you being fed so read let's hear let's hear ready let's go what heart and every one of us give it grace of all is the measure of the gift of Christ wherefore we say when he ascended up and high he let captivity captive and he gave gifts unto men and he gave some apostles and some prophets and some evangelists and some pastors and some Christians and some Christians and Amen does it make sense so it tells you straight away the gift he gave the gift he gave the gift when we talk about

[46:44] Christ's gifts is different from the gift of the Holy Spirit the gift of God is Christ the gift of Christ is apostle prophet pastor evangelist teacher the gift of the Holy Spirit is word of knowledge word of wisdom discernment of written all that so the fruit of ministry you can call it the gift of the Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit on you that allows you to produce those supernatural gifts when we talk about the gift of Christ Christ said I'm going to heaven but I will not leave you without offices so he gave offices as gifts to the church so the gift of Christ to the church is offices offices let's start from verse 8 and verse 12 so 8 11 12 great from me grace made me grace made me who

[47:51] I am all right because of time wherefore he says when he ascended on high he led captivity and gave gifts unto men and he gave some the gifts he gave unto men he gave some apostles and some prophets some evangelists some pastors and teachers what are these gifts supposed to do they are supposed to perfect the saints for the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ did you see something is hidden in there they are supposed to give them their job is to perfecting of the saints now when the saints are perfected they are supposed to be perfected for the work of the ministries the job of the gift is to perfect the saints and the job of the saints is to do the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of

[48:56] Christ so the one who is supposed to be edifying building up the body of Christ is those who have been equipped who have been perfected by the gifts of Christ so the job of the gift of Christ is actually to perfect or another word is to equip!

[49:17] equip is to fix you fix you fix you the Greek word is katatizo to fix you because they were mending their nets when Jesus met them because they were mending to katatizo to get things in proper shape so the nets can catch fish that were strong enough so you arrived damaged we all arrived in Christ damaged so the work of teaching the work of prophet evangelist is to equip you so that now you can do the work of the ministry so you remember Ephesians chapter 4 starts talking about what you are supposed to do it's about what you are supposed to do for God for the building of the church but you can't build the church by your own strength you need to be equipped and the so your exposure to equipping your exposure to the equipers the people

[50:24] God has given to equip us if you are doing their work well and you are exposed well to them you will receive so much grace that your fruits will be more that's why the one in church has far under a good pastor has a greater advantage over the one who is not in church to be pastored because the more you are being pastored the more you are being exposed the measure of the gifts and the more the measure of the gift is coming on you the more you are able to operate in greater grace and it takes grace to build the church that's why Paul said grace was given to me he says I am what I am by the grace of God nevertheless the grace of God upon my life was not in vain he said I labelled more than all of them so whatever I was able to let me permit me to use this word just for communication sake but it's not the most appropriate word whatever

[51:27] I was able to achieve in Christ we don't talk about what you have achieved what grace has accomplished what the grace of God so that never think of anything you have achieved it takes the glory from God to you if you achieved it so it's not your achievement but your engracement and your engracement is at your own you decide how much engracement you are going to allow yourself for you determine how much engracement because naturally speaking most of us the way we have been raised you can't take a certain level of engracement let's not call it what the process that brings the grace is the same way some people can never have PhD because you can't give yourself to the rigor of the academic discipline some people cannot even have masters you can't the way you don't like academic rigor there's no way you can have masters because master's degree comes with a certain level of academic rigorous demands

[52:34] PhD even stronger double PhD is strongly stronger so it's available for everybody but are you willing to go through the rigor the degree that is accorded your name has everything to do with your academic rigor you have subjected yourself to the same way the degree of grace that flows with your name has everything to do with the pastoral ministry rigor you're willing to subject yourself to so those who I mean I'm just doing my own thing I don't take instructions oh yes they say okay I don't want problem but you have your own mind you do your own thing and you don't strive to get closer to grace you don't strive it should be your determination that I want to get closer to my pastor should be your determination it doesn't matter what price sometimes pastor

[53:38] I'll follow you you are lying! simple instruction you gave you couldn't follow simple instruction we gave you you couldn't follow don't talk to that guy anymore don't go there don't when they call you focus focus you didn't do it come to church early you can't follow you you watch when pastor is not around you you just come late when you can't follow it you are faking it to to tick a box to look right you can look right in my side but the grace will not come on you because the grace only works with authenticity people who are not people who are fake who are trying to tick a box if you tick a box you won't tick in grace you won't tick in grace is there one line is something sit down sit down I have to end this haven't you realized how often I speak about other men of God I serve I always mentioning this man this man of

[54:40] God I pride myself in the access God has given me to because these are people God has personally sent me to them because you can't have access to them don't go beyond or pass the access God has given you so now you are going to sit somewhere watching video with some people because pastor said that is mental that that is that you are tormented you want to go to the fifth floor but you don't want to have anything to do with second floor you are not going you don't want to use the stairs you don't want to use the lift he said I want to climb I'm finding a way to climb listen we will go and come and you be!

[55:33] the same place for 20 one step after and those accesses come naturally make full use of the access God has given you now make full use get as close as you possibly can sometimes it makes it you might even look stupid in your own eyes am I not doing this too much keep your focus on grace because you if you say if I see I can see you carry grace I don't care what else you carry you can be annoying to me you can be annoying to me you can be an annoying person but not to me because I don't hear what you say I only see what you carry I only look at the grace so as I fix my I you know when people are interested in a girl or in a guy they never notice that they have bad breath people can't even breathe when he's talking you know love is blind love is blind when you are so preoccupied by something there are a lot of things others you don't see when you see that this he carries so much grace and you can tell this you can tell there's grace here so grace advertises itself so when

[57:14] God wants to help you the first thing he help you to do is he help you to notice the grace a person carries so you can know! that is a grace carrier he will help you to notice and then you determine you say what you can say about them I don't like the way this guy talks I don't like do I care I like the grace he carries so let him talk anyhow I'm going for the grace with time you see you don't like the way he talks you see I'm way above you because I caught his grace and I joined him in his league am I communicating this these are things that it will be easy to elude your natural mind and trying to climb to fifth floor by yourself you are looking for can I hold this then you are packing chairs to hold the chandelier maybe there's a space listen you are troubling yourself the stairs is there just use it and then just walk on the stairs determine to get close to the people

[58:17] God has signed to bless you anyway anyhow get determined and when that becomes your motivation a lot of things you don't see a lot of sacrifices are never a sacrifice it's never it's just what you want to do it's not a sacrifice it's your motivation it works and it is scripture grace is given that's why I'm able to I'm doing more for God since I contacted the grace that these great men carry oh yes how do you catch a man contact the grace first of all it's through their teachings through their teachings you can never receive the teaching of someone you don't honor yes you hear it by it work in your heart so teaching because for me to tell you that all aeroplanes are manufactured in Nigeria watch this for you to accept that teaching you must believe in me contrary to what this guy is also saying that they are manufactured in

[59:24] America I have said that it's manufactured in Nigeria but because of the confidence and the honor you have for me you decide that I'm going to work with that so when you are writing that's what he said you cannot receive the teaching of someone you don't highly believe in and recognize and honor that is why Satan does everything possible to discredit pastors the more pastors are discredited in your eyes the more you can never do much for God because the grace to do it is not there the more you can't do much for God when you look at those of us who are doing much for God check our history we honor certain individuals we connect I'm not just talking about giving I'm talking about receiving the gift the gift Christ has given I receive you my man of God I receive you my man of

[60:25] God I receive you my man of God said those who receive you have received me a lot of people would have a lot of people who escape major problems and crises in life if they can receive the man of God God said you should have listened to me and not to have said from great am I appreciative!

[60:44] Wow! You guys have taken so much from me I can feel it now I put everything inside me all my heart all my strength all my soul everything I'm giving to you you know why I do that yesterday as I was praying meditating it was on my heart I don't have time I don't have time most of you the rate at which you are developing and growing we don't have time I need to dedicate myself in feeding you so quickly because of the destinies ahead the assignments ahead and the time we have is very short the time we have is very short and the destinies and the challenges and the responsibilities are so great and if I have been assigned to prepare you for that then we don't it's overtime that's why I'm working myself out working myself out why is pastor Jesus type of sandals on your wedding day we will organize

[61:49] Moses sandals for you is it edible when you get to a certain level you realize that all these things don't even matter because where your heart is where your heart these things are just there to help you to be able to do what you want to do quickly but it doesn't matter when a plane crashes all the rich people first class business class economic class near the toilet at the back of economy everyone is going down and people in business classes with some of them 200,000 pounds watch it's all perishes this is material things that's why it's wrong to set your heart on material things but sometimes you can communicate your honor and respect and value through material reward you reward people materially just to show them that's why they give certificates that's why they give certificates that's why they give an Olympic medal award just to tell you that we recognize what you are this is to reward you it cannot pay for you as a human being but your efforts are recognized your efforts that is what it takes sometimes to honor that's what it means to honor to recognize somebody's labor and efforts that is working for you that you have received wholeheartedly when you receive wholeheartedly you don't struggle to reward people who don't receive that's why you never should allow someone who doesn't feed from your pastor to tell you how you should reward your pastor he doesn't know he doesn't know what you are benefiting he doesn't know what is happening to you especially those who don't do church some say they are

[63:40] Christians but their faith is not genuine they have all kinds of faith and they think they are also Christians so they don't even understand the dimension in which you are operating they don't understand it this now the thing is moving into like father's day message isn't it but it's not no strings attached is just communication of the truth of God it is it is organic we go systematic from chapter 1 verse 1 and we are now in chapter 4 verse 7 8 no no 9 not 9 10 11 12 it is not planned it's not but these truths must be communicated because the truths you know will determine how high you fly we fly by revelation we fly through insight we fly through truth listen you are young it's a matter of time let people give you 15 years let them do what they want to do and you to operate by revelation and see the difference in death it's just matter of time you will see the difference some of you

[64:49] I was sharing with some ladies sisters this afternoon that you cannot be my daughter and not be married there's grace on my life that secures all my daughters in life so if you're a daughter be true be a truthful daughter be genuine don't be a political daughter you just like the style you just like the fact that I'm pastor and I know your name and maybe you have my number or something and so you like the relationship but you are not a true daughter my daughters get married if you are a daughter here you don't have it is part of the allocation of grace God gave me it's part of the allocation don't fret yourself who is going to see me who is going to catch me just be what's your blessing I can see my teacher be be be in close and a good proximity things will be magnetized on you destiny things of destiny come after you stay connected receive grace be determined to draw grace to the wildest profession you can let people think you are being stupid obviously my brain is washing if it's revelation of the truth of

[66:15] God's work then I think let it wash my brain and the same thing I'll be sharing the same thing I can be sharing the same thing to five people and two people will get it the same not different the same information the same message some people is information some others is revelation because to the Jews is a stumbling block to the Greeks is foolishness but to those who are called 1 Corinthians chapter 1 those who are being saved who are called but to those who are called both Jews watch this Jews is a stumbling block Greeks is foolishness so if you are in the category of the Greeks this thing we are saying is foolishness if you are in the category of the Jews but if you are in the category of the saved then it doesn't matter whether you are Jew or Greek this thing takes a different dimension to you he said but to those who have his called Jews or Greek Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God so what

[67:17] I might be saying five people can be Jesus said the parable the word was given only 25% produced because some fell on the ground the ground is not good that ground is not good the ground is not good the grounds of your heart that's why you have to be careful who your allies are who your friends are who you stay on the phone with because it's preparing your heart your heart is being prepared whether to reject revelation of God or to receive revelation of God because of who you have been listening to the lies and the gossips you have been engaging in and the negative statements people have been passing about the church about the pastor about some of the pastors on our general pastors and black people or black pastors African pastors you receive something thank you for listening to this message by David

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