16TH JANUARY, 2021
MINISTER: PASTOR JOSHUA AKINSUSI
There are so many people who seem to be hungry for God but do not really know how to go about getting the fullness of life. Today, we will be sharing on some steps that we can take to know God so we do not gather things that are not important.
The process of knowing God starts with the process of knowing Jesus as our Lord and knowing the Holy Ghost. It is about being born again and being born of the Spirit.
Knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ is eternal life; Jesus has done His part in making this kind of life available to us. It is our responsibility to accept the sacrifice that He has done.
John 17:1-3, John 3:1-11
Eternal life is the kind of life that is accessible to only those who are born again. As long as we have given our lives to Jesus, God is more than interested in giving us eternal life.
John 16:13-15, 1 Corinthians 2:9-10, 12
We need to be connected to the Holy Ghost; if we are not connected to the Holy Ghost, there is no way we can have access to the truth in Christ and the deep things of God. It is He who will take that which is of God and show us.
We need to be connected to the ministry gifts that Jesus gave us (Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists, Apostles and Prophets). The Holy Ghost feeds us and takes care of us especially through five-fold ministers (Ephesians 4:9-13). It is whatever the Holy Ghost gives to the five-fold ministry that they give to the saints.
Acts 26:16, Revelation 1:19
We cannot grow in isolation. We need the brethren. It is in our gathering that we find strength and receive the fullness of God.
Jesus walked the earth and when he left, He sent us the Holy Spirit whose administration we enjoy directly and through the Five-Fold Ministry, fellowship with the brethren, studying the word and so on.