To kick off the service, The SCOAN Choir welcomed the presence of the Holy Spirit to come and dwell in The Arena of Liberty. Thereafter, they thanked God for His awesome and unexpected favour over the lives of worshippers. Having acknowledged God’s hand in the people’s lives, they sang of the need to live to praise and worship Jesus, the One whose blood saves, heals and delivers.
Man of God Prophet T.B. Joshua gave a powerful word of exhortation on “The Misinterpretation of Natural Talents as Spiritual Gifts.” In a message in which he taught the flock in love and humility, the prophet took his reading from 2 Chronicles 2:1-17, with particular focus on verses 13-14. He also read from 1 Peter 4:10-11 and 1 Corinthians 12:1-31, with verses 7-11 capturing the key message. Every human being, made as he or she is in God’s image, is endowed with certain natural talents, the prophet said. As such, the exhibition of talent happens irrespective of a person’s faith, profession or commitment to the things of God. Advising Christians to stop mistaking talents, which are natural, for gifts, which are necessarily spiritual, the man of God demonstrated how the Word is given life by the Spirit so it can bring about a new creation.
Speaking further on the synergy between the Word and the Spirit, Prophet T.B. Joshua explained that “You cannot talk for God without the Spirit of God, you cannot run for God without the Spirit of God, you cannot preach without the Spirit of God.” He therefore advised Christians to beware of calling the name ‘Jesus’ without backing it up with the activating force of the Spirit. Warning Christians about the experience of the seven sons of Sceva, the man of God insisted that “the name of Jesus Christ is not used as an instrument to get results but to get the authority of Jesus Christ.” In concluding, he urged worshippers and viewers to remember that God does not maintain what he did not form.
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