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Scriptures Referenced
1 Corinthians 8:2-3 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should. 3 But whoever loves God is known by God.
Proverbs 12:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.
Proverbs 11:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
14 Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
Proverbs 15:31-32 Amplified Bible (AMP)
31 The ear that listens to the reproof that leads to or gives life will remain among the wise.
32 He who refuses and ignores instruction and correction despises himself, but he who heeds reproof gets understanding
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel
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00:01 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth, brothers and sisters. Power of Christ Daily. 4 September 2015 Safety in Godly counsel. Safety in Godly counsel.
00:14 Not any counsel must be Godly counsel. So this, this is a problem. For instance, then I will go through scriptures first and then we will go into some details.
00:25 And perhaps as the Lord leads, we’ll also pray and settle this within the timing. First Corinthians 8:2 3. Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
00:40 3 But whoever loves God is known by God. What is loving God? Prescription. Keep my Commandments means when you love Jesus Christ, you keep my commandments.
00:50 You say, walk in my commandments. That’s that. The Hebrew definition.
00:54 1 of 1 of the definitions is prescription, authoritative prescription. It’s a prescription for our living. And whoever loves God, whoever keep his commandments is known by God.
01:05 That means whoever is not wanting to keep his commandment is not loving God and it’s not known by Him. That’s what backwards meaning is. No point arguing so much.
01:16 A lot of people argue about this. If you are not willing, none of us can keep the commandments. Get this straight.
01:22 None of us can keep these commandments. But if we are willing, that’s all God is asking us. Willing.
01:29 He will change us from inside and our heart will change and we will begin to obey the commandment. It’s the Word of God will change us and we’ll begin to keep the commandments. Fantastic.
01:39 It’s actually fantastic. Until you’ve experienced it, you won’t realize how fantastic it is. And many of you would have experienced it already.
01:46 When you keep hearing the Word of God, hearing the Word of God, things change. From inside, God will remind you when you’re doing or saying something, the Spirit of God, the Word of God will come into your spirit
and you will realize, hey, I shouldn’t do this. And you then are empowered.
02:01 Because when the Word of God comes to you, like for instance, something about humbleness, you’ll immediately want to talk something. Be quick to hear, slow to speak. God says, and if you have heard this and repeated
this and thought about this, whenever you, a person who has been all the time talking quick will now want to talk, think twice already.
02:18 Because the Spirit of God, the Word of God will impress. It’s a fantastic thing. And when that happens, you rejoice.
02:25 You must rejoice. You know why? God is speaking to you. God is speaking to you.
02:30 Can you imagine the maker of the universe, the owner, the maker of the heavens and the earth, Almighty God, the Spirit of God is speaking to you. That’s priceless, brothers and sisters, when you hear it, to correct
yourself, don’t say this or you don’t act like this or something. The word of God comes to you.
02:49 Oh, you will be blessed, be rejoiced, Rejoice at times because even though it may be a rebuke or a count or something, God’s word says you are wrong. God’s word says you are wrong. Rejoice because God is speaking to
you.
03:03 How many people are listening to God? How many people can hear God? Oh, hearing God for me many times, this scripture, those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to or should. Comes to me many
times because I counsel people, I teach, I preach and do all that. And before I came to the Lord, yeah, the worldly knowledge.
03:26 I had a lot of worldly knowledge. And so then of course, everybody says I was brilliant. And I also believe I’m brilliant.
03:32 Yeah, by worldly standard, maybe I’m brilliant, but by spiritual standard, I was complete dodo. Complete dungu. Spiritual level, dungu.
03:43 But then we think we know because we only think with what we know. We think we know. That’s not good enough.
03:50 If you do not know what you do not know, you will never go and find out. I never went and found out what I did not know because I did not know that such a thing exists. Such knowledge exists until things happen to
my life.
04:08 God sort of brings us by default into his own pathfinder to his own self. He draws us. And when that happens, only then I began to search for these things.
04:21 Otherwise dodo. Dodo, you know, is a bird that has gone extinct. That’s why they use don’t be a dodo.
04:29 That means don’t do things that going to make you extinct. That is why I was a complete dodo, because I did not know what to go and search, because I did not know such knowledge existed. I did not know God was real.
04:43 So I didn’t bother searching. So what God does. A lot of people are like that, you know.
04:48 So God draws us now in Proverbs 12:15 and this word I do not know as I ought to know as yet. That means I don’t know the whole story. I don’t know the whole picture.
04:58 So people telling me something, they may be telling something and then it may look that that’s one counsel I have to give. But then I’ll be reminded I don’t know the whole story. I better check, I better ask.
05:09 Now there’s another proverbs and secondly, when I’m preaching and teaching, when something I’m saying and somebody interjects, I will stop and say, start listening. Oh, why? Because I do not know the whole story. I
do not know the whole Bible, I do not know the whole translation, how it meant to be every word in the Bible.
05:29 How do I? I do not know. So I had to wait, wait, search the Scriptures again and take counsel among the others. And also sit together as servants and say, look, this case like this, this person suffering, what do
you all think? And that is why in this congregation, over a period of time, of course, God started this with me.
05:47 And that time I was alone and with my family. And as we went by, God appointed the pastors and servants. And there are so many now.
05:55 And so I will get them involved. Why? There’s a scripture that says, there is safety in the counsel of many. There is safety, the counsel of Many.
06:09 In Proverbs 11:14, multitude of counselors. There is safety, there is safety in the council of many. But godly counsel.
06:15 If I go get many counsels from the world and sit down there for that issue, it’s not going to work. It’s going to fail. Now we have to have godly counsel.
06:25 But many people don’t open up because they are not together. Their heart does not change in so many areas. They are fearful, they are afraid.
06:34 People gossip over them. They want counsel that suits them. Sometimes people want counsel that suits them.
06:40 They sit and tell me a story, only that angle that part of it, because they want to get that answer. Then the Spirit of God. I will be led by the Spirit of God.
06:50 The Spirit of God will remind me. Then I’ll say, brother, sister, there’s something going on like this is there in your life. Then they say, oh, pastor knows.
06:56 Pastor knows what? Pastor knows. Pastor doesn’t know anything. It’s the Spirit of God loves you.
07:00 The Spirit of God loves you. Spirit of God loves you. So telling the pastor so that you can be saved.
07:05 So because to stop from your own devices and destruction. For instance, in Proverbs 15:31, it says, he who. 32 he who refuses, ignores instruction and correction, despises himself.
07:19 That means who refuses correction or rebuke, he actually despising himself. He hates himself. You see, the Bible says if you refuse to take correction and instruction, you actually hate yourself.
07:31 Now what is this? Yourself. You are a spirit being. He’s talking about your soul.
07:35 Your soul will. Because soul the sinneth will surely die. So the soul hates itself.
07:40 The spirit being. Yes, you have got the spirit of Christ. Christ is in you.
07:44 Always remember this. Even all this thing going on, correction is going on. You are wrong and you’re messing up or whatever.
07:51 Especially when you’re messing up. Brothers and sisters, please, please, please always remember Christ is in you. Christ is in you.
08:02 Always remember Christ is in you. Why this is a key issue. This you must remember.
08:09 Especially when things are going so wrong in your life. Especially when you yourself refusing to your heart is refusing to listen or obey to the word of God. Our hearts refuse.
08:19 Many times you have to overcome this. But that time before you try to overcome, take a moment. Do the breath of God.
08:28 In Jesus Christ’s name. Jesus Christ’s name. In Jesus Christ’s name.
08:32 You know, in the world when somebody is ventilating or something, you know, they can’t breathe or whatever, they breathe, breathe. And then somebody got fear and all. Now you know, the worldly new age gurupa will
tell you breathe, breathe.
08:42 Where do you think they got that from? They got that from the birth of God. The Bible giving this. They always look.
08:49 There’s no such thing as a new age. It started with God Almighty. It started with God, Jesus Christ.
08:57 Everything was created by him, through him and for him it started there. All these new age, New ages they repackage and call it new age. That’s all.
09:06 But anything God has given, the devil will try to do a parallel, a false one, duplicate but useless duplicate, counterfeit. So if anything you say they breathing, they bring breathing technique in the yoga. Oh,
breathing technique.
09:28 So this is all bad. We shouldn’t breathe. Brothers and sisters, go and see the breath of God.
09:33 But the breath of God already given to me. I am alive and all that. But if the doctor tells you to breathe, when you are in trouble, you will breathe, isn’t it? Doctor said breathe now patient.
09:44 He tells the patient, breathe now, breathe now. Take a deep breath. Deep breath, you will breathe.
09:49 So why should I now wait for that nonsense? I better listen to the word of God and breathe in faith. Whatever I ask in faith will be done for me. Oh, so if those who don’t have that faith don’t do because you should
not do.
10:03 If you don’t have faith, if you don’t believe, don’t do. God will still find a way to settle you. Because God you know.
10:09 But then you are not getting the benefits. What to do, brothers and sisters? Now today this thing about counseling, you know, very critical. That’s why over a period of time those guys have counsel all kinds of
things.
10:22 I counsel the budget of an individual, a person comes with money problems. We give the. I wouldn’t have a chart all the time that time now, the last several years, Jesus brought a person and Mary and pastor and that
pastor in charge of this finance matter.
10:37 So he prepared a chart and all that for people to fill up. Now he has trained others in the church so the others will ask them to fill up where your expenses, income and all this, what you bought, what is the house,
what is rental, interest, whatever. And then from there he’ll sit and guide and then after that he will take counsel.
10:58 He’ll take counsel with me and maybe another person himself, another person who helps us build up the chart. Then we see and then the advice will be given. You have bought this, you must give up this because it’s
beyond your means or something.
11:13 That is why this prosperity thing, your belief. Yes, but you must first follow the word of God. Do not live beyond your means.
11:21 That is a very sad thing, you know, because you know what happened once, you know, I’m talking about years ago, I think 99 maybe, you know, 99, maybe 99, 98, I don’t know, maybe 97, I don’t know, I forgot that now
there is a person. One early morning I’ll go to the office and this lady was about 4:00 when I go to office. But I tried to hear God or whatever.
11:49 Maybe 97. So then my wife and my children will come later at about 8:00 so it’s something. Then by the time the meantime seven something, I’ll go down to have a coffee or something.
12:04 So when I go down and see this lady, a Chinese sister standing there that time I didn’t know she’s a sister at that time she’s not really knowing Christ. Then I said, I’m waiting for you. I hear you got a church
here.
12:17 I said, no, no, I’m not a church. Follow Jesus Christ. But come, come, come.
12:23 She’s telling this, these people wanted to do she. Because sadly she’s got a long loan. You know, these shark loads, loan sharks are not just a business person doing very well.
12:34 Then the devil came to steal, kill us, destroy and all went down. And then they are threatening her and all that. So wait for my wife.
12:43 And then we prayed and cast out everything. She felt better, she accepted Christ and she felt pure peace and all that. And then that, that day the shark lone fellow going to come and threaten her, insisting that she
gives money because I’m owing for the month to give a check.
13:00 I told her, you cannot Give a check when there is no money in the bank. You have to tell the truth and all that. I’ve told this in some segment, I believe.
13:07 Then she waited there, they were threatening her phone was on. My phone was on my wife and I bring here in my office. And then this noise going on over a banging table.
13:17 Suddenly he left and he said, you must give the check. Give the check. He said, I cannot.
13:22 And I told her to declare, I know, I follow Jesus, I cannot tell the truth. I must tell the truth. I cannot tell lies anymore.
13:28 And all this. So she kept on. She didn’t say all that.
13:31 She just kept on saying, I cannot, I cannot, I cannot. And of course, we were praying. Suddenly he left and said, oh, you’re very strong.
13:37 Okay, I come back another day, finish. But then suddenly she disappeared. Because then three months later, back with a bigger problem, sitting again, coming to see me.
13:46 Why? She went to a church where they told her that you give the check. You give the check, you know, posted the cheque. And then we pray in faith and believe and God will put the money for you.
14:00 Brothers and sisters, all this is wrong. All this is very wrong. So now remember, take godly counsel.
14:07 Godly counsel. Humble ourselves to know that we do not know always. In the name of Jesus Christ, I command every heart to seek godly counsel and to seek godly counsel.
14:19 Lord, we know. We do not know the whole thing. Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ, I command every wicked, unclean spirit of pride and confusion to get out of us right now.
14:27 In Jesus Christ’s name. In the name of Jesus Christ, I command my heart and mind to know that I do not know the whole story, but my God knows it all. And I, in the name of Jesus Christ, command my heart and mind to
accept the word of God.
14:43 To obey the word of God, to rejoice in the word of God, to know there is life in the word of God. There is only life in Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ, I do the breath of God to.
14:54 Oh, I breathe the breath of God to clear out every deposit that is not of Christ. Of disobedience, every deposit of rebellion, deposit of self seeking deposit of self knowing everything I know. I know all.
15:08 Go, go. Whatever is not of Christ, vaporize in the name of Jesus Christ. And I release.
15:13 I breathe in the breath of God to obey. Obey every word of God. In the name of Jesus Christ.
15:20 Lord, you are my Savior. You are my Lord. You’re the husband of my soul.
15:24 You see me through. Whatever you say, I want to obey. I want to submit because you are the husband of my soul.
15:31 Because you love me. You love me. You love me.
15:34 You already have good plans for me. You see me through your King of kings and Lord of Lords. Your heaven is in your hands, Lord.
15:42 You are sitting in the heaven. Everything is under your feet. And you are almighty.
15:47 Oh. You died on the cross and gave me power to cast out evil spirits. I cast out every spirit of self seeking every spirit of debts and debts and borrowing.
15:55 I curse you. Get out, spirit of borrowing. Get out.
15:57 In the name of Jesus Christ, I receive the power to get wealth from you, Lord. And that will not add sorrow. They will not add sorrow.
15:57 In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray amen.