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We have to trust in Him, especially now,
because that's the only thing that will keep
us.
Our trust in Him and our faith in
Him, despite what is happening around us.
I want to just thank Pastor Dave and
all the pastors of the ministry for giving
me yet another opportunity to speak with you.
I count it a great honor and privilege,
and I'm telling you, I'm just so overwhelmed,
and I do not take this lightly.
So it is with a great sense of
responsibility that I stand before you today, and
I trust the Lord to help me speak
forth His Word undiluted, without me.
Let's say a prayer.
Father, we thank you for this evening, for
the entrance of your Word brings light.
We thank you because you're calling us to
put our faith and our trust in you.
Lord, we bless your name because you will
always leave for yourself a remnant.
And Father, we are determined to be part
of that remnant.
And so tonight, Lord, we ask that you
open our eyes, the eyes of our understanding,
and grant us enlightenment.
Give me utterance, O God, to declare your
Word as it is.
I give you praise and glory for your
help.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
Let's open our Bibles to the book of
Matthew, chapter 24.
We will begin to read tonight from that
scripture.
Matthew, the 24th chapter.
And this evening, I'd like to be sharing
a message with you titled, Money and the
New Move of God.
Money and the New Move of God.
What is the place of money in the
new move of God?
Okay.
Matthew, chapter 4.
And I'll start reading.
What did I say?
Okay.
The Lord will see me through.
Amen.
Thank you.
Matthew, chapter 24.
And I'll begin to read from verse 4.
And Jesus answered and said to them, Take
heed that no one deceives you.
I will back off to verse 3.
Now, as he sat on the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came to him privately saying,
Tell us, when will these things be?
And what will be the sign of your
coming and of the end of the age?
And Jesus answered and said to them, Take
heed that no one deceives you.
For many will come in my name saying,
I am the Christ.
And will deceive many.
And you will hear of wars and rumors
of wars.
See that you are not troubled.
For all these things must come to pass,
but the end is not yet.
And then if you jump over to verse
24.
It says, For false Christs and false prophets
would rise and show great signs and wonders
to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Now, we have heard, you know, this morning
and several other times when Pastor Dave was
preaching about God is doing a new thing.
And the fact that we are in the
end of the times, we're in the end
of the age.
And I totally believe that with all my
heart.
And we do not even need to look
far to see the things that are happening
and to know that we are indeed in
the last days.
Now, the disciples were very particular.
And they wanted to know when will this
time be?
And what will the signs be to say
that he is coming back and to confirm
that we are in the end of the
age?
And Jesus did not answer them directly.
He didn't tell them that.
OK, in the year so and so, you
know, just calculate from this time about that
time I will come.
We are told that only the father knows
of that time.
But rather, Jesus answered them by telling them
what is more important to them than knowing
when he is coming.
Because we need to prepare for his coming.
And he said, you take heed that no
one deceives you.
So if you ask me, what is the
sign of the end of the age?
I will tell you is deception.
Deception is the sign of the end of
the age.
Forget about all the other things that are
happening.
And we have seen them happen.
We've seen wars.
We've seen rumors of wars.
But when God talks to his people, when
God talks to his call group, when God
is speaking to his church, he is warning
them about deception.
Because that is the sign of the end
of the age.
And the devil has released so much deception
like there has never been before.
And has tried to pollute and to defile
the church of Jesus Christ.
And Jesus told us in his word, he
said, even the elect will be deceived.
So if there's one thing we need to
watch out for is the spirit of deception.
That creeps into the church.
That brings about error and heresies.
And now we are told that, you know,
if you are not prosperous, then God is
not with you.
We are told that the gospel of Jesus
Christ is the gospel of prosperity.
We are told that big is success.
We are told that money is our God.
But that is the deception from the pits
of hell.
And if we are to survive the times
that we are in, we have to stand
against the spirit of deception.
We have to trust God for the spirit
of discernment to open our eyes to see
where the enemy is coming from and to
cut off his tail, so to speak.
Hallelujah!
And there are so many kinds of deceptions
that are going on in the body of
Christ.
And what is true has become wrong before
the world.
And they're selling that to us and telling
us that what we know from the word
of God is not right.
And this problem is not just happening in
America, because I've seen it also happen in
Nigeria.
In Nigeria, we believe that everything that comes
from America is right.
So we try to copy the Americans and
we try to preach the gospel that they
are preaching.
But God is calling us to go back
to His word, because that is the truth
that will endure forever.
Hallelujah!
One of the deceptions that we are being
told right now is that homosexuality and lesbianism
is normal.
God made them that way.
But the word of God tells me something
else.
It says in the book of Romans that
because they refused to acknowledge God, He gave
them over to a reprobate mind.
That's the word of God.
It says they were not thankful, they were
not grateful.
And their foolish hearts were darkened.
That is the truth about the situation.
And now we are the ones that are
wrong.
And we are referred to as homophobics.
We have a phobia about it.
But today we are going to unveil the
deception of the enemy.
And we are going to learn the truth
of the word of God.
And we are coming to know that prosperity
outside of God is bondage.
We are going to search the scriptures and
find out what is true wealth.
And what is the place of money or
wealth in this new move of God.
Because I'm telling you the times and the
seasons that God is taking us into cannot
be accessed by money.
What God is going to do on the
face of the earth, money will fail.
Empires will come crumbling down.
The kingdoms of men will come crumbling down
until His own kingdom be established on the
face of the earth.
We need to understand the place of money.
Because that is one strong weapon that the
enemy has used against us.
We are going to start examining the scriptures.
On what exactly is true wealth, like I
mentioned earlier.
And we'll start from the life of Abraham.
Let's go back to Genesis, the twelfth chapter.
Hallelujah.
Thank you, Jesus.
Genesis, chapter twelve, from verse one.
Now the Lord said to Abraham, Get out
of your country from your family and from
your father's house to a land that I
will show you.
I will make you a great nation.
I will bless you and make your name
great.
And you shall be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you.
And I will curse him who curses you.
And in you all the families of the
earth shall be blessed.
Now this is the promise of God to
Abraham.
When the blessings of God come upon you,
it is so that you can become a
blessing.
God does not just bless you for you.
God blesses you for someone else.
And it's not just to be a blessing
to that other person.
When you bless that person, you are propagating
or spreading the kingdom of God.
That's why God blesses you.
And when you have that mentality and that
consciousness, then God is able to trust you
with his wealth because he knows that you
will use it for the right purpose.
So look at Abraham's response in verse four.
Abraham departed as the Lord had spoken to
him.
And Lord went with him.
And it happens to many of us every
time God speaks to us.
I call this selective obedience.
Because God did not ask Abraham to go
with Lord.
Lord was going to be a weight to
Abraham.
He said to Abraham, Leave your family.
Leave your father's house.
He knew why he said so.
And a lot of times God would tell
us specific things to do.
But we don't want to let go of
those ties that hold us to the past.
Not to represent that which is familiar.
Not to represent man's own security.
Not to represent the flesh.
Not to represent the world.
And so Abraham took Lord along with him.
Now you will know that he did not
come into the blessings of God.
But let's go on further.
You will see what happened.
Come to the next chapter in chapter 13.
Then Abraham went up from Egypt.
He and his wife and all that he
had and Lord with him.
Okay.
He was still there with him.
And as far as God was concerned, You
still have not done what I have asked
you to do.
And God has spoken to many of us.
But we want to bring our Lord along
with us.
But he says leave him behind.
And we are coming to a time and
a season whereby selective obedience is not enough.
Partial obedience is not enough.
You have to obey God totally and completely.
Otherwise your partial obedience is regarded as disobedience.
So don't pat yourself on the back and
say I'm doing good.
At least I've done this bit.
What about the other?
And he went with Lord.
Look at verse 2.
It says Abraham was very rich in livestock,
in silver and in gold.
Remember in chapter 12.
The promise of God was futuristic to Abraham.
I will bless you.
You will be a blessing.
But Abraham was already rich when God showed
himself up in his life.
I'm taking you to a place because we
need to find out what is this Abraham's
blessing that we're all claiming?
Is it money?
Is it wealth?
Abraham had money before God showed up.
We are told that he was very rich
in livestock, in silver and in gold.
And then there was strife between Abraham and
Lord.
And they had to separate.
Now look at verse 14 of the same
chapter of 13.
And the Lord said to Abraham.
After Lord had separated from him.
You will never hear God until you do
what he has told you to do.
And the moment you obey him completely.
You will have a fresh vision.
And a new direction.
And you will continue in your journey with
God.
After Abraham had now separated from Lord.
God spoke to him.
And he says, lift your eyes now and
look from the place where you are.
Northward, southward, eastward, westward.
For all the land which you see, I
give to you and your descendants.
Past tense.
It was done.
As far as God was concerned.
As at that time, it was done.
Because Abraham had obeyed and done what the
Lord wanted him to do.
He said, and I will make your descendants
as the dust of the earth.
So that if a man could number the
dust of the earth.
Then your descendants also could be numbered.
Arise, walk in the land through its length
and its width.
For I give it to you.
Hallelujah.
Turn to Genesis 17.
Verse 1.
When Abraham was 99 years old, the Lord
appeared to Abraham.
And said to him, I am almighty God.
Walk before me and be blameless.
And I will make my covenant between me
and you.
And will multiply you exceedingly.
Abraham fell on his face.
And God talked with him saying, as for
me, behold, my covenant is with you.
And you shall be a father of many
nations.
Verse 6.
I will make you exceedingly fruitful.
And I will make nations of you.
And kings shall come from you.
And we know that God went on to
establish that covenant.
Through the process of circumcision in the life
of Abraham.
I'll, you know, I'll take you somewhere.
Let's go.
We have quite a number of scriptures to
read.
Genesis 22.
From verse 16.
Now the whole of Genesis 22 talks about
Abraham's faith tested.
And Abraham was told by God to offer
a sacrifice.
Of his only one begotten son.
And we are told that Abraham obeyed.
And was about to kill Isaac.
That is the son he had waited for
all his life.
God said, give it back to me.
And Abraham was willing to give it back
to him.
But in verse 12.
God said, do not lay your hand on
the lad or do anything to him.
For now I know that you fear God.
Since you have not withheld your son.
Your only son from me.
And Abraham lifted his eyes and looked.
And there behind him was a ram caught
in the thicket by its horns.
And he went and took the ram.
And offered it for a bond sacrifice.
Instead of his son.
And Abraham called the name of the place
the Lord will provide.
As it is said in this day.
In the mouth of the Lord it shall
be provided.
Then the angel of the Lord called to
Abraham a second time out of heaven.
And said, by myself I have sworn faith
to the Lord.
Because you have done this thing.
And have not withheld your son.
Your only son.
Blessing I will bless you.
In multiplying I will multiply your descendants.
As the stars of heaven.
And as the sun which is on the
seashore.
And your descendants shall possess the gate of
their enemies.
In your seed all the nations of the
earth shall be blessed.
Because you have obeyed my voice.
Abraham became the father of nations.
And in him all the earth or basically
mankind.
We are the seed of Abraham.
And God had a special covenant relationship with
Abraham.
As a result of his obedience.
So when we talk about Abraham's blessing.
Or Abraham's blessings.
Are we talking about wealth?
Abraham had wealth before God made him.
And when God met with him.
God not only gave him more than what
he had.
God gave him much more than that.
God established a covenant with him.
And made him the father of nations.
And said I will bless you.
That you may be a blessing.
Let's quickly turn to Galatians.
That refers to this Abraham's blessing.
Galatians chapter 3.
I'll round it up quickly.
Galatians chapter 3.
From verse 13.
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of
the law.
Having become a curse for us.
For it is written.
Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.
That the blessing of Abraham.
Might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus.
That we might receive the promise of the
Spirit through faith.
Now this word.
At least you know in my own version
in this Bible.
It tells me about the blessing of Abraham.
One.
The blessing of Abraham is one.
Not the blessings of Abraham.
The blessing of Abraham is only one.
But a lot of times.
When we read it.
We talk about the blessings of Abraham.
Because we're thinking of material possession.
In my country.
We even have a song about the blessings
of Abraham.
Abraham's blessings are mine.
I am blessed in the morning.
I am blessed in the evening.
Abraham's blessings are mine.
And all we're thinking about is money.
But the Bible says.
It is one blessing.
That the blessing of Abraham.
Might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus.
That we might receive the promise of the
Spirit.
Through faith.
What is the blessing of Abraham?
Obedience.
Simple.
There can never be true wealth.
Outside of obedience.
You cannot be walking contrary to God.
And to his word.
And to his will.
And say you are blessed.
The scary thing about it.
Is that you might be out of God.
You might even be walking contrary to God.
And still prosper.
But that doesn't mean that prosperity came from
God.
There are many things we have called prosperity.
That is nothing.
Is not regarded as prosperity in the eyes
of God.
Prosperity has nothing to do with wealth.
The blessing of Abraham.
That you and I inherited.
If we are to be partakers of the
new move of God.
In this end time is obedience.
That's the thing that will get us there.
Because let me tell you brother.
I want to be part of this end
time move.
I don't know about you.
Maybe you're content to just obey halfway.
Obey partial.
Select this and obey.
Leave that one and obey.
But you know since Pastor Dave has been
talking about.
God is doing a new thing.
And I said yes.
God I know you're doing a new thing.
I want to be part of it.
How can I be part of it?
Walk in obedience.
Because now in these days.
And before your very eyes.
You will see that money will fail.
Even with the so-called prosperous ministries.
The mega ministries.
The big ministries.
The ministries we have seen and termed successful.
The ministries we have tried to become.
They will crumble.
And then you will know it has nothing
to do with prosperity or money.
Hallelujah.
Praise the name of the Lord.
If you turn to Deuteronomy 28.
God is very very clear about that.
He spoke explicitly.
Deuteronomy 28.
He talks about obedience.
And it's so clear in this scripture.
Now it shall come to pass.
If you will diligently obey the voice of
the Lord your God.
To observe carefully all his commandments.
Which I command you today.
That the Lord your God will set you
high.
Above all nations of the earth.
And all these blessings shall come upon you.
And overtake you.
Because you obey the voice of the Lord
your God.
The blessings of God is always tied up
with obedience.
Whatever blessings you have.
Outside of obedience is not of God.
Because God blesses your obedience.
And God is calling on his church to
mature.
To grow up.
To go on to perfection.
We are no more children tossed to and
fro by every wind of doctrine.
Or by the sly of men whereby they
lie in wait to deceive.
It's time we grow up.
And when we grow up.
If God says leave your country.
You leave your country.
That's it.
You don't take any loss with you.
Hallelujah.
God is looking for a people that are
totally sold out to him.
Whose desire is just to please him.
Because I tell you.
That's the only way you can press in.
And access the new move of God.
And you will find that from other scriptures
we will read.
That money will fail.
What else do we refer to as prosperity?
Philippians chapter 3.
True prosperity.
I'm saying the true one.
Because the world has told us so many
things that are not true.
And giving us a concept of success.
That is contrary to God's definition of success.
And we want to be part of this
end time move of God.
Philippians chapter 3 from verse 7.
But what things were gained to me.
These I have counted lost for Christ.
Yet indeed I also count all things lost.
For the excellency of the knowledge of Christ
Jesus my Lord.
For whom I have suffered the loss of
all things.
And count them as rubbish that I may
gain Christ.
That's true wealth.
The knowledge of Jesus Christ.
It is, it is, it cannot be compared
with whatever you have on this earth.
Paul says I count all things as lost.
I count them as junk.
Some other versions say.
I count it as I'm ready to give
up anything that I may know him.
That's where the true wealth is.
It's in your knowledge of Jehovah.
It's in your knowledge of the person of
Jesus Christ.
It's receiving the revelation of who he is.
That is true wealth.
That I may know him.
And be found in him.
Not having my own righteousness which is from
the law.
But that which is through faith in Christ.
The righteousness which is from God by faith.
Then in verse 10 he says that I
may know him.
And the power of his resurrection.
And the fellowship of his sufferings.
Being conformed to his death.
That's the high calling of every one of
us.
In this time that we're in.
And if you go to Colossians chapter 2
verse 1 to 3.
For I want you to know what a
great conflict I have for you.
And for those in Laodicea.
And for as many as have not seen
my face in the flesh.
That their hearts may be encouraged being knit
together in love.
And attending to all riches of the full
assurance of understanding.
To the knowledge of the mystery of God.
Both of the father and of Christ.
In whom are hidden all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge.
That's true wealth.
That's the full assurance of understanding.
Of the knowledge of the mystery of Jesus
Christ.
That is true wealth that is being described
there.
And if you go to Proverbs 8 verse
10.
It says receive my instruction.
And not silver.
Receive my instruction and not silver.
And then it also says receive knowledge rather
than choice gold.
So that scripture is telling us that silver
and gold are not the true wealth.
The true wealth is when you receive the
instruction of God.
True wealth is when you have wisdom.
When you have understanding of the person of
Jesus Christ.
That is true wealth.
What again is true wealth?
We'll find out from the life of Joseph.
Let's go back to Genesis 39.
What is true wealth?
You will now understand why God is going
to just remove our focus.
From building our kingdoms and our empires.
Genesis 39.
And Joseph had been taken down to Egypt.
And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of
the guard and Egyptian.
Bought him from the Ishmaelites.
Who are taking him down there.
The Lord was with Joseph.
And he was a successful man.
Other versions said the Lord was with Joseph.
And he prospered.
But what was the state of Joseph at
that time?
He was a slave.
He had no money.
But the Bible said the Lord was with
Joseph.
And he prospered.
Prosperity is the presence of God.
Any prosperity outside of the presence of God
is not from God.
Let me tell you, you can be with
God and have nothing in your pocket.
And you are a most prosperous man.
Hallelujah.
You don't need money to confirm the presence
of God in your life.
I have seen so many people that have
the worldly wealth.
And yet they don't have God.
And they are the most miserable people on
the face of the earth.
We need to take our eyes off what
is so important to the world.
Because that is not important to God.
We can't be friends with the world.
We can't serve mammon and serve God.
We have to serve one or the other.
Hallelujah.
The presence of God is real prosperity.
The Lord was with Joseph.
And he prospered.
Hallelujah.
We can also find that in the life
of Obed-Edom in 2 Samuel 6 verse
11.
You know what happened when the ark was
taken by King David.
And Uriah came and, you know, tried to
help the moving of the ark.
King David wanted to move it to Jerusalem.
And because they did not follow the order
and the pattern, the wrath of God broke
out.
There's nothing that God does that He doesn't
have an order and a pattern.
And it is found in His word.
And He expects us to follow the order
and the pattern.
God consistently will make a demand on our
obedience if we are to prosper.
2 Samuel 6, I will read that quickly.
2 Samuel 6, I'll just read one verse.
That's in verse 11.
You know about the story about the ark
being brought to Jerusalem.
The ark of the Lord remained in the
house of Obed-Edom, the Gittite, three months.
And the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all
his household.
And it was told David saying, the Lord
has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and
all that belongs to him because of the
ark of God.
True blessings and true wealth is the presence
of God.
You also find that in the life of
Jacob.
Jacob in the house of Laban was cheated
several times.
His salary, his wages were changed over 10
times.
And yet the Lord prospered Jacob.
Laban had to come to a point where
he would say, I have learned by experience
that God has prospered me because you are
in my house.
And let me tell you, all these things
came from the covenant relationship of Abraham onto
Isaac, onto Jacob.
The same covenant that God made with Abraham,
he repeated to Isaac and he repeated to
Jacob.
So wherever Jacob went to, God was with
him and he prospered.
Even Laban recognized that fact that his whole
household changed because a covenant man was living
in his house.
Now, wherever you are, if there's no change
in that environment, you need to check your
walk with God.
Because anywhere a covenant man or woman goes
to, there is something about the presence of
God that should bring a change to your
environment, to your community, to your office, wherever
you find yourself.
Hallelujah!
We must carry the presence of God into
everywhere we step into.
That people will recognize and know that things
are changing because this man is with me.
People should look for us to do business
with.
That's why the Bible says, Be ye not
unequally yoked with an unbeliever, you will give
him blessings that will kill him.
Why don't you bless your fellow brother or
sister?
Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord!
God is faithful.
And I'm telling you, we need to come
to a proper understanding of the place of
money.
Because money will fail in this end times.
And you will find it written.
I'm running out of time, I quickly have
to run though.
Okay, let's go to Isaiah chapter 4.
I think I will end there.
Hallelujah!
The presence of God forever.
I've made up my mind, I'm going to
be part of the end time move of
God.
No matter what it takes, you have to
make your own decision.
Hallelujah!
Amen.
Isaiah chapter 4, it says, And in that
day, seven women shall take hold of one
man, saying, We will eat our own food
and wear our own apparel.
Only let us be called by your name
to take away our reproach.
And in that day, the branch of the
Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the
fruit of the earth shall be excellent and
appealing for those of Israel who have escaped.
And it shall come to pass that he
who is left in Zion and remains in
Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is
recorded among the living in Jerusalem.
When the Lord has washed away the filth
of the daughters of Zion and porched the
blood of Jerusalem from her knees by the
spirit of judgment and by the spirit of
burning, then the Lord will create above every
dwelling place of man Zion and above her
assemblies a cloud and smoke by day and
the shining of a flaming fire by night.
For over all the glory there will be
a covering.
Now let me go back to verse 1.
Seven women taking hold of one man saying,
We'll eat our own food and wear our
own apparel.
Only let us be called by your name.
He's not talking about physical seven women just
grabbing one man and say, Be our husband.
Don't worry about provision.
Don't worry about clothes.
Don't worry about money.
We have the money.
We just want your name.
This is a type of picture of the
seven churches in the book of Jerusalem.
In the book of Revelation, excuse me.
These churches are not interested in the food
that will be provided by God.
They said they have their own food.
They are not interested in his covering.
They said we have our own clothes.
We'll cover ourselves.
Only let us bear your name.
And we take the name of the Lord
in vain.
And we call ourselves Christians.
But we do not show forth the character
of the man we're proclaiming to worship.
And we're trying to cover ourselves.
This scripture says that we will wear our
own apparel.
Just like Adam and Eve wore their own
apparel after they fell.
The apparel of thieves.
And why you want to wear your own
apparel is because you're covering something.
But God wants to be your covering.
And you're saying you don't want him to
be your covering.
And God spoke to one of these churches
in the book of Revelation chapter 2.
I'll quickly read that.
Revelation chapter 2.
Excuse me.
It's Revelation chapter 3 from verse 14.
To the angel of the church of the
Laodiceans write.
This thing says the amen, the faithful and
true witness, and beginning of the creation of
God.
I know your works that you are neither
cold nor hot.
I wish you were cold or hot.
So then because you are lukewarm and neither
cold nor hot, I will vomit you out
of my mouth.
Because you say I am rich.
Have become wealthy and have need of nothing.
And do not know that you are wretched,
miserable, poor, blind and naked.
I counsel you to buy from me gold
refined in the fire.
That you may be rich.
And white garments that you may be clothed.
That the shame of your nakedness may not
be revealed.
And anoint your eyes with eyesalve that you
may see.
That's what God is saying to the church.
And we are no exception to this word.
We want to take on the name of
the Lord.
But we don't want his food.
We don't want his word.
The woman said we have our own food.
Don't worry to give us your food, you
know.
They have their own word.
They don't want to submit to the word
of God.
They don't want to submit to his covering.
And that is what the church is doing.
But God says I am rising against that
church.
You say you are rich and have no
need of anything.
But I tell you, you are poor, you
are naked, you are miserable and you are
wretched.
And God just tore apart their definition of
prosperity.
Because they did not understand it.
Hallelujah.
And God is committed to bringing about his
purpose to pass in these last days.
And we need to make up our minds
that we shall be partakers of it.
In Isaiah chapter 3 he says, For you
have forsaken your people the house of Jacob,
because they are filled with eastern ways.
They are soothsayers like the Philistines.
And they are pleased with the children of
foreigners.
Their land is also full of silver and
gold.
And there is no end to their treasures.
Their land is also full of horses.
And there is no end to their chariots.
Their land is also full of idols.
And they worship the work of their own
hands, that which their own fingers have made.
People bow down and each man humbles himself.
Therefore do not forgive them.
He says, Enter into the rock and hide
in the dust from the terror of the
Lord and from the glory of his majesty.
Because the lusty looks of man shall be
humbled.
The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down.
And the Lord alone shall be exalted.
In that day.
In that day silver and gold will fail.
In that day the lusty looks of man
will fall, will fail.
In that day the empires of men will
crumble.
In that day men's kingdom will fall apart.
Only the name of Jehovah will stand.
The Lord alone shall be exalted in that
day.
And that's what God is saying to us.
And if you quickly, I just, I'm sorry.
I need to read the scripture.
I have to read the scripture.
Pastor, I'll soon be done.
Let's go back to Haggai chapter 2.
Haggai chapter 2.
I just have to read the scripture.
Verse 20.
And again the word of the Lord came
to Haggai on the 24th day of the
month Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah.
Saying, I will shake heaven and earth.
I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms.
I will destroy the strength of the gentile
kingdoms.
I will overthrow the chariots and those who
ride in them.
The horses and their riders shall come down.
Every one by the sword of his brother.
Now let me quickly break the scripture.
He says, I will overthrow the throne of
kingdoms.
Which means there are kingdoms apart from the
kingdom of God.
And he will overthrow those kingdoms.
That is the shaking that is coming upon
the world.
That is the shaking that is coming in
this last days.
This is the end time move of God.
And the greatest kingdom we have is the
kingdom of Mammon.
God says he will overthrow that kingdom.
Hallelujah.
And he says he will destroy the strength
of the gentile kingdoms.
He says he will overthrow chariots and those
who ride with them.
And horses and their riders shall come down.
Now when you think about chariots, what do
they do?
They move you from one place to the
other.
When you think about horses, it exhibits strength.
It's a vehicle of movement from one place
to the other.
And God is saying everything we have used
to promote ourselves.
To move from one place to the other.
From one level to the other.
I'm going to bring it down.
Our chariots.
Our methods of prosperity.
Our methods of building our kingdoms.
All our chariots and our horses.
God says I'm going to overthrow them.
Hallelujah.
And then look at what he said.
If you go back to verse 3 of
Haggai chapter 2.
He said, who is left among you who
saw this temple in its former glory?
And how do you see it now?
In comparison with it, is this not in
your eyes as nothing?
He's talking about his temple.
He's talking about his people.
He's talking about his church.
We have lost the glory with which we
were formed.
And he said what we are right now
is incomparable to what he has created us
to be.
But he says in verse 4.
Vietnam be strong Zerubbabel says the Lord.
Be strong Joshua the high priest.
And be strong all you people of the
land says the Lord.
And work for I am with you.
According to the word that I covenanted with
you when you came out of Egypt.
So my spirit remains among you.
Do not fear.
For thus the Lord of the Lord of
hosts says once more.
It is a little while I will shake
heaven and earth.
And sea and dry land.
And I will shake all nations.
And they shall come to the desire of
all nations.
And I will fill this temple with glory
says the Lord of hosts.
The silver is mine.
And the gold is mine says the Lord
of hosts.
The glory of this latter temple shall be
greater than the former says the Lord of
hosts.
And in this place I will give peace
says the Lord of hosts.
His glory will replace the silver and gold.
Silver and gold will fail in the anchor
move of God.
Because he's doing a new thing.
But God is speaking to his church.
He says only be strong and do not
fear.
For I am with you.
Hallelujah.
And he said he will fill this temple
with his glory.
You are the temple of God.
It has nothing to do with a church
building.
You are the house of God.
He will fill this house with his glory.
Hallelujah.
He will fill his house with his glory.
Money will fail in the anchor move of
God.
But we are a people that have made
up our minds.
We will be partakers of this new thing
that God is about to do.
Stand up to your feet.
Thank you Jesus.
Thank you father.
We just bless your name oh God.
We give you praise.
We give you glory.
Oh lift up your voices to him.
The Lord in his temple.
He is strong and mighty.
The Lord in his temple.
He is glorious.
The Lord in his temple.
He is awesome.
Let's worship him.
Let's worship.
He's worthy of our praise.
He is Jehovah.
We bless you Lord.
Father we thank you for the entrance of
your word brings light.
And today we have received light.
And we are determined to walk in the
light that we have received oh God.
We come against the lie of Satan.
We come against his deception to the church.
We break the spirit of deception over our
lives.
Over our families.
Over your church oh God.
Let the truth of your word begin to
permeate onto every heart and every soul.
Father we bless your name.
For when truth comes, light has come.
And darkness cannot comprehend the light.
We choose to walk in the light.
Listen for as many of you as want
to be you know part of this end
time move of God.
And you said I got it all mixed
up.
And I have trusted in horses and chariots.
But today I want to drop it at
the feet of a cross.
I want to drop it.
And I want a fresh unction from God
to walk in obedience.
To carry his presence with me.
To be filled with his knowledge.
You know the Bible says in the book
of 3rd John he says I wish above
all things that you prosper and be in
good health even as your soul prospereth.
Your prosperity is according to the prosperity of
your soul.
And when John wrote that book he was
writing it to Gaius.
He said to Gaius whom I love in
the truth.
Now do you love the truth?
If you love the truth then you are
open to the prosperity of God.
These are the people that God wants.
And today you want to pray and say
oh God get me where you want me.
Let me walk in total obedience in submission.
Increasing in your knowledge, carrying your presence, walking
in truth.
Let me not put my faith and my
trust in riches.
Let me not build my own kingdom and
my own empire.
But let your kingdom come.
Let your will be done on earth as
it is in heaven.
Hallelujah.
Thank you Father.
I just bless you Lord.
I bless you Lord.
This is the conclusion of the message.