Okay, praise the Lord.
God never changes.
Hebrews 13:8 - "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever."
When the Bible says that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever,
that means God never changes.
The Bible means the same yesterday, today and forever.
God's promises are the same yesterday, today and forever.
Yesterday was history; today is opportunity.
What do I mean by that?
The promise of the Holy Spirit comes by faith.
Faith is now.
Faith is today, not yesterday, not tomorrow - now.
The promise of the Holy Spirit is now.
Grace to be saved is now, if you are ready.
He said, why we don't see the manifestation of the Spirit
in the church, that's what he said.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity
to make a big correction today.
There is a difference
between seeing the power of the Holy Ghost that heals, that saves and delivers,
and being a child of God.
What is the church?
The church is made of those who are born again.
The Bible says when you accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour in faith,
when you receive Heavenly acceptance from God,
God confirms your faith in His Son.
When you believe Jesus as Lord and Saviour,
God will send the Holy Spirit in you,
in your heart, in your body.
In Acts 16,
the man in charge of the prison, where Paul and Silas were,
he said, “What must I do to be saved?”
He said to him, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
and you will be saved - you and your family."
So, the church is not this building only.
The essence of the Church is Christ in you,
the Hope of glory.
We are here to worship God
in Spirit and in truth.
We are here
as a body of Christ
to worship God, to pray,
and to testify to the world that Jesus is Lord.
We are saved to bring others to salvation.
We are blessed to bless others.
So, the church is a testimony of Christ here now.
1 John 5:6
because it's important to use the Scripture
to back up our answers.
The Bible contains that of mystery.
Testimony in Heaven?
It is God that testifies about Jesus
in the Book of Matthew 3:16-17.
"This is My beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased."
The Holy Spirit testifies in John 15:26.
Now who testifies on earth?
You, I - we are the witnesses.
When the Bible says the Spirit, the water, and the Blood,
he's just saying those who are born again in the power
of the Holy Spirit,
those who have received the testimony of Christ,
those who testify with Words of life,
we are the church - you are the church, I am the church.
So, the Holy Spirit is here, we have the Holy Spirit.
Don't say because you don't see miracle healing.
Our faith is not in miracles.
Our faith is not in blessings.
Our faith is in salvation.
Our faith is in Jesus.
Our faith is in eternal life.
But when you fulfill your role to witness to others,
the Holy Spirit may use you to manifest His power
to heal others,
not because of you, not because of me;
because of His compassion to others.
Jesus said, whoever believes in Me,
whoever believes in the works I do, he will do.
He never said a man or a woman,
He said whoever believes in Me.
He never said youth, young person or old;
"whoever believes in Me."
My brother, the Holy Spirit is here.
We have the Spirit of God here.
We are the church.
The question is:
Who can see the Holy Spirit in the heart of man?
Only God.
But the Scripture says in Ephesians 1:13
that having believed in Jesus,
God has marked us with a seal,
the Holy Spirit of promise.
So, the church is now.
We are in the church.
The Holy Spirit is here.
The question you should ask me:
What is the first work of the Holy Ghost
when He comes to your heart?
Do you know?
When He dwells within us is to help us to live a holy life.
The purpose of the Holy Spirit,
when He dwells in our hearts,
is to help us have the character of Jesus,
the fruit of the Spirit,
the peace of God,
the joy of the Lord and eternal life.
One can be filled with the Holy Spirit to do miracle
and that person may not go to Heaven.
Ask Judas Iscariot.
Judas, in Luke 19, he was part of those Jesus sent
to pray for the sick.
People were healed, people were delivered.
When they came to Jesus, Jesus said,
"Don't rejoice because demons are subject to you.
Rejoice because your name are written in Heaven."
Salvation is first.
I believe if the church come before God,
kneel before Jesus
and begin to intercede for this world in darkness,
God will use us to manifest his power
to bring people to salvation.
Because the purpose of that is to testify.
When the Holy Ghost came in the life of the apostles,
a miracle took place.
What is the purpose of the miracle?
Each miracle said, this man is a man of God.
Believe in him, his word is true.
That's all.
So, if the church sanctifies herself,
if we depart from sin,
if we read our Bible, if we meditate,
if we come to the church and begin to intercede for others,
God will begin to manifest His power
as it was yesterday,
as the time of the apostles.
Because the apostles, when they came,
they were preaching the Word of God for salvation.
When you do what is right, if it pleases God,
the Holy Spirit can manifest the same power today.
The Holy Spirit is now.
God's power has not stopped.
When you read the Book of Act of apostles,
that's the pattern
that Jesus Christ wants His Church to be today.
We need to go back to the Source.
We need to respect this Word.
We need to believe this Word.
If you ask me why we don't see the power today,
I will clearly tell you
that the Word of God has priority over His name.
What do I mean?
If I say in the name of Jesus be healed and
I don't have this word in my heart,
I'm speaking in vain.
The Word of God must dominate your heart first.
So, you have faith to call the name of the Lord
in Spirit and in truth, led by the Holy Spirit.
Many call the name of Jesus, without faith -
without being led by the Holy Spirit to call the name.
But if you do it in Spirit and in truth,
God will hear you.
So, you are in the living church,
give thanks to God, you are in the right place.
The greatest miracle is salvation.