Dominion City Lekki Annual Thanksgiving Service

THE 3 REDEMPTIVE GIFTS THAT GOD GAVE TO HIS PEOPLE

THE GIFT OF THE ANOINTING

1 Samuel 16:13

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.(NKJV)

The oil is the symbol of the Holy Spirit. The oil consecrates a person and makes him a landing place for the Holy Spirit. Samuel anointed David with oil and his life changed. Anointing brings supernatural wisdom. It was anointing that changed the life of Solomon. Anointing breaks the York.

God anoints men because there are problems in life that money, doctor, business and so on cannot solve. 80% of life problems are spiritual. There are things that medicine, doctors, masters cannot handle. What fire does to wax that is what anointing does to demons. Anointing cannot be fake.  The family of God is a royal family and you don’t look down on anyone.

70% of the work of God has been dedicated to men and only 30% are done by the Holy Spirit. God rules over two hundred billion galaxies. God assigns beings that govern each galaxy he made. There are beings that look after the animal kingdom, vegetation and so on. He made man (Adam) to govern the universe. As long as you don’t rebel against the authority of God, everything on earth will obey you. Adam lost the dominion and God sent the second Adam (Jesus) to restore it. What Adam lost has been restored by the cross of Jesus. Why did the son of God come in form of flesh? So that he can pull out all the people from the power of devil. Jesus disowned, disarmed, disabled, defeated and disgraced satan. 

Hebrews 2:15

and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.(NKJV)

3 REDEMPTIVE GIFTS THAT GOD GAVE TO HIS PEOPLE

1. JESUS – This is the gift of salvation. Jesus is the only one mediator between God and man. There is no other person claiming to be the way but Jesus. There is no salvation in any other way apart from Jesus. God made Jesus our attorney that defends us when satan accuses us before God. Jesus is the greatest gift God has given us.

2. THE HOLY SPIRIT – This is the gift of the power of God. The moment Jesus ascended into Heaven God appointed another member of the trinity to take over the earth.  The Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost and he has lived here over 2000 years. His job is to enforce the benefits of the cross. 2000 years ago Jesus defeated the devil but the one who heals and deliver people today is the Holy Spirit. The Christian life is impossible without the Holy Spirit. When he fills your life, the Christian life becomes easy.  The power to lead the Christian life is found in the Holy Spirit. Christians who do not experience the Holy Spirit are doing little. If you carry the Holy Ghost and the name of Jesus you can enforce the scripture. The most important gift that God has given to us is the Holy Spirit. He goes to where he is invited.

3. THE MINISTRY GIFT – The gift of prophets. All of us are gifts but if you don’t honour the 3 gifts you will degenerate. If you are Elijah, God will put Elisha in your life. Pastors are gifts that God gave to man. Ministry gifts began to arrive here on earth the day the Holy Spirit arrived. God committed 70% of His work to men and the rest 30% are done by the Holy Spirit. If you believe in God for the rest of your life and ignore the one He sent, you will die without your liberty. The most important institution God has set on earth is the church. The direction comes from the head but the church does the execution.

Ephesians 4:8 says: Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men."(NKJV)

Ephesians 4:11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,(NKJV)

One of the reasons for this gift is to teach people and bring understanding to them.

Trees represent people and nations but when God uses only one tree he is talking about anointing.  Problems become solutions by the anointing.  God makes men olive trees to keep the anointing on earth. God placed men of God on earth so as to supply the anointing to solve problems. The only counter force that God put on earth is ministry gift.

John 4:9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.(NKJV)

All the woman of Samaria could see is racism and tribalism. How you perceive your prophet determines your returns. She later saw Jesus as a prophet when Jesus told her she has lived with up to 5 husbands. But Jesus was more than a prophet. How you honour your prophet is dependent on your perception and this determines the kind of demand you can place on the gift.