SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
SPEAKER_00: We continue standing as we read the scripture in God's honor.
SPEAKER_00: Our scripture comes to the second book of Samuel's, second Samuel chapter 6, verse 1 to 12.
SPEAKER_00: That's where we're going to get our reading this day.
SPEAKER_00: The ark brought to Jerusalem.
SPEAKER_00: David again brought together all Eboyang men of Israel, 30,000.
SPEAKER_00: He and all his men went to Bara in Judah to bring up there the ark of God, which is called by the name, the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim on the ark.
SPEAKER_00: They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on a hill.
SPEAKER_00: Uzzah and Ohio, sons of Abinadam, were guarding that new cart, the ark of God on it.
SPEAKER_00: And Ahio was walking in front of it.
SPEAKER_00: David and all the Israel were celebrating with all their might before the Lord, with castles, with castings, hammocks, leers, turboines, rattles, and cymbals.
SPEAKER_00: When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out to reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.
SPEAKER_00: The Lord's anger burnt against Uzzah because of his irrelevant act.
SPEAKER_00: Therefore God struck him down and he died.
SPEAKER_00: God struck him down and he died there beside the ark of God.
SPEAKER_00: Then David was angry that the Lord's lath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.
SPEAKER_00: David was afraid of the Lord that day and he said, How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?
SPEAKER_00: He was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the city of David.
SPEAKER_00: Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom, the Gitite.
SPEAKER_00: The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom, the Gittites, for three months.
SPEAKER_00: And the Lord blessed him and his entire household.
SPEAKER_00: Now King David was told, The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and everything he has because of the ark of God.
SPEAKER_00: So David went to bring the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David with rejoicing.
SPEAKER_00: That's the word of the Lord.
SPEAKER_00: We can have our seats as we pray.
SPEAKER_00: Heavenly Father, I thank you sincerely, because you're God and you're faithful.
SPEAKER_00: I've experienced you, Lord, in the first service as you spoke to your children.
SPEAKER_00: I stand again in front of your children.
SPEAKER_00: Lord, I ask you that you inspire me.
SPEAKER_00: Lord, I ask you that you speak to your children.
SPEAKER_00: Lord, I ask of your presence to be in this place, that we may experience your faithfulness and your grace.
SPEAKER_00: That your mercy may touch your children as I share this word.
SPEAKER_00: For this is your holy word.
SPEAKER_00: The word that God that builds, that makes, that uproots, that changes man.
SPEAKER_00: The word that God you gave to us to have life.
SPEAKER_00: I pray that God, as I speak this word, it may become life to somebody seated listening.
SPEAKER_00: May the Lord arise, his enemies be scattered.
SPEAKER_00: We are so grateful because your presence is in this place.
SPEAKER_00: For it's in Jesus' name we pray, and the children of God said amen.
SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
SPEAKER_00: I'm so blessed to be here.
SPEAKER_00: The Lord has been so gracious to me.
SPEAKER_00: You know, Pastor Ambrose has been preaching the last two Sundays.
SPEAKER_00: Then he tells you you're going to preach on the third Sunday, and you don't know even what to say.
SPEAKER_00: And it has happened in the month of October and the month of November.
SPEAKER_00: He preached two Sundays, and I came on the third Sunday.
SPEAKER_00: Then today the same has happened on the third Sunday.
SPEAKER_00: And it has not been easy.
SPEAKER_00: It has not been easy, it has been difficult.
SPEAKER_00: But I thank God.
SPEAKER_00: I honor you, sir, for honoring me with your to come and share the word of God.
SPEAKER_00: I was telling the people in the first service about John chapter 4, verse 38.
SPEAKER_00: It says that some have been sent to go and rebour, others have been told to go and harvest.
SPEAKER_00: The Bible says that there are some, their work is to be work hard.
SPEAKER_00: I wish we can have that scripture.
SPEAKER_00: I would like us to read it.
SPEAKER_00: John chapter 4, verse 38 sent you to reap what you have not worked for.
SPEAKER_00: Others have done hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.
SPEAKER_00: These men have labored.
SPEAKER_00: My work have not worked hard.
SPEAKER_00: Mine is to leap.
SPEAKER_00: Tell your neighbor that is God's favor.
SPEAKER_00: It is the one who chooses those who work hard and those who labor, then those who come and eat the fruits.
SPEAKER_00: Some of us are just in that category where God noted that he cannot labor the way this man will labor.
SPEAKER_00: So he gave them the work.
SPEAKER_00: I honor you for laboring.
SPEAKER_00: Let us enjoy your fruits.
SPEAKER_00: So I'm enjoying 3,000 people.
SPEAKER_00: Listen it to me, courtesy of hard work.
SPEAKER_00: And that can only be God.
SPEAKER_00: He is God, He is so faithful.
SPEAKER_00: I bless His name.
SPEAKER_00: My wife is here.
SPEAKER_00: The rest of the family went home.
SPEAKER_00: She is seated there.
SPEAKER_00: Stand up, let the people see you.
SPEAKER_00: That's my choice.
SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
SPEAKER_00: And a great woman who supports me.
SPEAKER_00: He tells me every time I come to church, don't worry, even if you say nothing, me, I believe in you.
SPEAKER_00: I believe in you.
SPEAKER_00: I know God uses you.
SPEAKER_00: Amen.
SPEAKER_00: And I'm so forever grateful for her support.
SPEAKER_00: If you've been careful, this month is a month of uncommon presence.
SPEAKER_00: Spirit-red joy.
SPEAKER_00: And this month is not just a month that we should take lightly as a church.
SPEAKER_00: Because for the last two months, God has been preparing us for this month of uncommon presence.
SPEAKER_00: In the month of October, we talked about the uncommon grace.
SPEAKER_00: And we said, grace is unmerited favor.
SPEAKER_00: That favor makes us like the one I've explained before, where people labor, you don't work hard, but God just decided, I will give you, having not worked for anything.
SPEAKER_00: That is what grace is.
SPEAKER_00: It is where God looks at your own life and sees your weaknesses and sees how much you do not have.
SPEAKER_00: And God decides, even in your minimal things you have, I will bless you.
SPEAKER_00: And so we talked about where God positioned us because of his grace.
SPEAKER_00: So if you are keen enough, then second month, that is in November, we talked about uncommon position that is brought by the grace of God.
SPEAKER_00: When we have the grace, it's position us in a high above position.
SPEAKER_00: This is a position we don't deserve.
SPEAKER_00: It is by the grace of God where he picks men and he gives them an uncommon position.
SPEAKER_00: And that uncommon position is in his presence.
SPEAKER_00: So now, when we talk about his presence, it is because of the grace that has positioned us in his presence.
SPEAKER_00: And so this month, it is a very important month because his presence can make a difference in your life.
SPEAKER_00: One time there was a man called Paul, and the Bible says he was executing and killing those people who were talking about Jesus.
SPEAKER_00: He was killing those people who are talking about God, and he took time to kill them.
SPEAKER_00: But the presence of God appeared to him on his ways to Damascus to kill man, and because of that presence, his life turned around, and he became one of those people who are talking about Jesus.
SPEAKER_00: The person who was killing now became an apostle because he encountered the uncommon presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: Another man that experienced the presence of God was Jacob.
SPEAKER_00: The Bible says that Jacob was wrestling with an angel through the night, and in the morning the angel of the Lord was to live, and he said, I will not want you to live lest you bless me.
SPEAKER_00: And he changed his name from Jacob to Israel.
SPEAKER_00: The presence of God changed him.
SPEAKER_00: Another man who experienced the uncommon presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: It is Moses.
SPEAKER_00: The Bible says Moses was walking and he was looking over the frock.
SPEAKER_00: And one time he is standing, and in Exodus chapter 3, he saw a bush that was not getting consumed.
SPEAKER_00: And the time he wanted to go close to see what is this bush all about, the Bible says a voice came out of that burning bush and said, Remove your sandals, for the praise you stand is a holy ground.
SPEAKER_00: And the moment he encountered that presence of God, he became a leader and led the children of Israel from captivity.
SPEAKER_00: That was an common presence encountering a man.
SPEAKER_00: Another group that experienced the presence of God were the children of Israel when they were coming out of Egypt.
SPEAKER_00: And as they were coming, they had a Shekinah glory.
SPEAKER_00: This was the very touchable presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: They could be able to see God walk with them.
SPEAKER_00: Those children of God were able to experience the uncommon presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: It is God's idea, it is God's desire, it is God's pressure to always show himself to people.
SPEAKER_00: God doesn't love hiding himself.
SPEAKER_00: I think that's the mentality we have had.
SPEAKER_00: That God is always hiding himself somewhere, that he doesn't want to show up and show his presence.
SPEAKER_00: And this day I want to encourage you and tell you that it is God's great desire to show up and show his power and his authority and his mercy and grace.
SPEAKER_00: He wanted to always show his uncommon presence, and that is what he has given us this month.
SPEAKER_00: So where we read today is the story of David.
SPEAKER_00: When David became the king, he decided that he wants to take the ark of God, which was the ark of the covenant, which God had instructed Moses to make so that it can become a representation of God's presence.
SPEAKER_00: And so where we read today, it is David who have decided he will go and bring the presence of God into Jerusalem, into the city of David, because he had come to be the king and he knew the importance of the presence and the power of God in their lives.
SPEAKER_00: And so the scripture says that David gathered about 3,000 men so that he may go and pick this article that was called the Ark of God, so that he may bring it to Jerusalem.
SPEAKER_00: And to give you a background story about the ark of God, it starts in the book of Exodus, chapter 25.
SPEAKER_00: In the book of Exodus, chapter 25, God instructs Moses and tells him, I want you to make a box.
SPEAKER_00: And this box will be called the Ark of the Covenant or the Ark of God.
SPEAKER_00: And this box was to be a representation of God's presence with his children.
SPEAKER_00: He was to make it that box with wood, a cedar wood, but he was to cover it with gold.
SPEAKER_00: And on the side of this box, he was to make two angels, the cherubins who stand in the garden of Eden, that were to guard this box.
SPEAKER_00: Then he was to make sure that he put some links behind it on side of it because it was to be carried with reverence.
SPEAKER_00: Because it was the ark of God, it was a representation of God's presence.
SPEAKER_00: The other thing about this ark of God, it was not to be carried by any man, it was supposed to be carried by the priests and people that were revites that were dedicated and they were consecrated to carry this ark.
SPEAKER_00: And it was to be carried in a way that God had said they were to carry it on their shoulders.
SPEAKER_00: The other thing about the ark of God is that it was not to be placed anywhere, it was supposed to be kept in the Holy of Holies when they make the temple.
SPEAKER_00: This was the place the only high priest could enter because it represented the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: Another thing about this ark of God is that it was to carry two tablets that God had given to Moses as the law, and these were the ten commandments, were to be placed inside this ark of God.
SPEAKER_00: So it was a very serious article, it was sacred, it was not to be kept where people are seeing it, it was a place where it was in the inner court where only the priest and the higher priest could go there.
SPEAKER_00: And the day of atonement, the Bible says in the book of Reviticus that when God descended, when the temple was being dedicated, he came upon this ark of the covenant, and there was such a big smoke around it, and they had put some sacrifices, and the Bible says that when this smoke came, the Ark of a Covenant was able to consume that sacrifice, and it got finished.
SPEAKER_00: That's how that ark of covenant was so important, and how sacred it was.
SPEAKER_00: So when we read in 2 Samuel chapter 6, David had noted the importance of having the ark of God in Jerusalem, and so he has decided he wants to go to the place where the ark was and bring it to Jerusalem, and so he goes to the house of Abinadab where the ark of God was.
SPEAKER_00: Now, how did the ark of God go to Abinadab's house?
SPEAKER_00: This is what had happened.
SPEAKER_00: We find it in the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 4.
SPEAKER_00: The children of Israel had fought against the Philistines, and they fought them, but the Philistines were so well trained, and the scripture says that they beat the children of Israel seriously, and 4,000 men died.
SPEAKER_00: When they saw that, they were so afraid, and they asked God, What shall we do?
SPEAKER_00: Well, there was this man who was called Ari and his sons, who were not well organized and they were not obeying God so well.
SPEAKER_00: So they said, It is good to go to the place where the ark of God is and bring it to the camp.
SPEAKER_00: And so they took it and they took it to the camp, to the place where they were fighting.
SPEAKER_00: And when they saw the ark, they were excited.
SPEAKER_00: The scripture says they were so happy, they shouted, and they knew now this time the Philistines will be beaten up.
SPEAKER_00: They were so grateful to God that now they have the presence of God in the midst of the battle.
SPEAKER_00: But because they had taken this ark of God for granted, and it was not supposed to come to the temp, to the to the tent or the to the camp where there was a fight, the Philistines were so worried.
SPEAKER_00: They said, This ark, you have seen that the children of Israel have brought it.
SPEAKER_00: This one, this is their God, this is the God who gave them victory, and they strategically started to fight the children of Israel.
SPEAKER_00: The scripture says they fought them, beat them, and they killed so many children of Israel.
SPEAKER_00: And then they took the ark of God and they went with it.
SPEAKER_00: They captured it and said, We have the God of Israel.
SPEAKER_00: Oh, we have the trophy.
SPEAKER_00: They were so happy.
SPEAKER_00: The scripture records and says they took it to the temple where they used to have their own God.
SPEAKER_00: Their God was called Dagon.
SPEAKER_00: He was a big sculpture that they had made and had placed him in a place where they used to worship him.
SPEAKER_00: So they took this ark of God and they took it to Dagon.
SPEAKER_00: And when they placed it next to Dagon, the scripture says when they came the Foray morning, they found Dagon having fallen on his face, praising the ark of God.
SPEAKER_00: They were like, What?
SPEAKER_00: What happened?
SPEAKER_00: They said, No, this could not be true.
SPEAKER_00: Let's try again.
SPEAKER_00: They made the Dagon to stand again, and that you find it in the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 5.
SPEAKER_00: And they stood him and they made him to stand.
SPEAKER_00: And the following morning they found Dagon fallen again.
SPEAKER_00: I speak to you and I say, the uncommon presence of God has come to this house, and everything that has raised itself against us must bow.
SPEAKER_00: Nothing could stand this presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: It was a deadly thing.
SPEAKER_00: The Bible says again they stood this dragon, and when they came, they found this dragon having fallen and broken his neck.
SPEAKER_00: They said, What?
SPEAKER_00: This thing we don't need it.
SPEAKER_00: Then something had happened.
SPEAKER_00: In the land of the Philistines, people started getting tumors and others getting hemorrhoids because the ark of God was in that place.
SPEAKER_00: And though the leaders of the Philistines said, No, this thing is causing us trouble.
SPEAKER_00: We need to get it out of this place.
SPEAKER_00: And so they made a cart.
SPEAKER_00: Do you remember?
SPEAKER_00: It was not to be carried by a cart.
SPEAKER_00: So they made a cart.
SPEAKER_00: The diviners and the priests of that day they said, No, no, no, this thing.
SPEAKER_00: We need to take it out.
SPEAKER_00: So they made a cart and put it in an oxen and released it to go.
SPEAKER_00: And so it went out of the Philistines' land.
SPEAKER_00: And the Bible says it went to another city and another city.
SPEAKER_00: And people started getting these tumors.
SPEAKER_00: Until we go to 1 Samuel chapter 7, verse 1.
SPEAKER_00: And the Bible says they find it in a place called Kirah Jam.
SPEAKER_00: So the men of Kriath Jam came and took the ark of the Lord, and they brought it to Abinadab's house on the hill, and consecrated Eriazah, his son, to guard the ark of the Lord.
SPEAKER_00: And the ark remained in Kriyath Jriam a long time, 20 years in awe.
SPEAKER_00: And so where we catch up with the story is that now this ark has been in Kiriath Jam, in the house of Abinadamp, for 20 years.
SPEAKER_00: So when David becomes a king, he says, No, this can't stay there.
SPEAKER_00: We have to bring it here.
SPEAKER_00: So he gathered 30,000 men.
SPEAKER_00: That one I've given you that story just to tell you what we are supposed to speak about.
SPEAKER_00: So he says, We need to get this ark of God to Jerusalem.
SPEAKER_00: So where we read, he says that he gathered 30,000 men to go to Abinadab's house to pick this ark of God.
SPEAKER_00: Because it was a powerful thing.
SPEAKER_00: It was so big, it was everything they ever needed to have their salvation.
SPEAKER_00: This is the ark that had fought for them.
SPEAKER_00: This was a representation of God's presence.
SPEAKER_00: So they go and bring it.
SPEAKER_00: They led the people in carrying this ark of God.
SPEAKER_00: And the scripture says there they made a new cart.
SPEAKER_00: They say this one that was made by the Philistines doesn't look good.
SPEAKER_00: Let's make another one.
SPEAKER_00: Remember, the ark of God had a law.
SPEAKER_00: There was a way it was supposed to be carried.
SPEAKER_00: But now David has not done research on how it should be carried.
SPEAKER_00: So he comes and says, Let's make a new cart.
SPEAKER_00: They make a new cart and they put the ark of God and they carry it out of the city.
SPEAKER_00: And the scripture where we have read, it says they were singing and dancing and they were happy.
SPEAKER_00: And Uzzah, the son of Abinadab, when they got into the threshing floor, the oxen stumbled.
SPEAKER_00: And when it was about to fall, this Uzzah guy touches the ark of God to prevent it from falling.
SPEAKER_00: And the scripture records and says, God became mad.
SPEAKER_00: There was a law of how the ark of God was to be handled.
SPEAKER_00: In fact, there were people who were to carry the ark of God and the scripture records and say God became mad that he tracked Uzzah and Uzzah died.
SPEAKER_00: And I'm telling you, God from heaven became so irritated that Uzzah has done this very bad thing, just touching this ark.
SPEAKER_00: The scripture records and says irrelevant thing.
SPEAKER_00: And he kills him.
SPEAKER_00: And I can tell you, when God kills you, and it's recorded in the Bible, it was not just a slap that he did like this and he died.
SPEAKER_00: No, it was a striking.
SPEAKER_00: Everyone got shocked.
SPEAKER_00: 30,000 men were standing there.
SPEAKER_00: They saw what God had done to one man.
SPEAKER_00: They said, Woo, this thing.
SPEAKER_00: And the scripture says that David was afraid of God.
SPEAKER_00: And he said, How can we ever have the presence of God again in our lives?
SPEAKER_00: This picture we find it in Genesis, where God spoke to Adam and Eve, and he told them, You can never touch the tree that is in the middle of the garden, because that's the ark.
SPEAKER_00: And Adam and Eve did not only touch it, but they ate it.
SPEAKER_00: And God became mad and he decided he is going to kill them.
SPEAKER_00: And so death entered in our lives.
SPEAKER_00: Just as Uzzah had touched the ark of God, and David got so worried and asked, How can the presence of God kill us?
SPEAKER_00: If you read first Samuel chapter 6, verse 19, the Bible says, But God struck down some inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting 70 of them to death because they looked into the ark of the Lord.
SPEAKER_00: When this ark was the first in land, some men, 70 of them, just looked at it and God killed them, just looking at it.
SPEAKER_00: That is how David asked, therefore, how can we ever again get into the presence of God?
SPEAKER_00: How could we ever again enjoy this very presence of God?
SPEAKER_00: Because everyone who touches it dies, everyone who looks at it dies, everyone who tries to do anything, he is dead.
SPEAKER_00: And then God in heaven said, I will send another ark.
SPEAKER_00: An ark that we can be able to touch.
SPEAKER_00: And in the city of Bethlehem, Jesus appeared to be the second ark.
SPEAKER_00: Now this ark was not supposed to kill us.
SPEAKER_00: This is the ark that was supposed to bring us close back to God.
SPEAKER_00: That the God we could not touch, that the God we could not face, we were given the grace, the uncommon grace that put us in a position.
SPEAKER_00: Now we can be able to be in his presence.
SPEAKER_00: Jesus became the link instead of dying.
SPEAKER_00: Now we have life.
SPEAKER_00: Because Jesus became the death like Uzzah, He died on our behalf.
SPEAKER_00: Now death has no mystery upon us.
SPEAKER_00: Because the grace of God became the link.
SPEAKER_00: That's why John chapter 14, verse 23 says that now, is it 14, 23?
SPEAKER_00: The Bible says that we he is the way, the truth, and the life.
SPEAKER_00: John 4, 14, yes, John 14.
SPEAKER_00: It says that we are the way, the truth, and the life.
SPEAKER_00: I am the way, the truth, and the life.
SPEAKER_00: Because now Jesus became the way.
SPEAKER_00: We can now be able to access Jesus.
SPEAKER_00: Let me shock you.
SPEAKER_00: Do you remember that story of the lady who had the issue of blood for 12 years?
SPEAKER_00: The Bible says that she touched the hem of Jesus.
SPEAKER_00: And the Bible says it says, My virtue has come out.
SPEAKER_00: If it was the first ark, that lady was supposed to die.
SPEAKER_00: But now this lady will touch the hem of Jesus.
SPEAKER_00: And by touching that ham, the second ark, she is healed.
SPEAKER_00: That was the reason that the woman who touched the hem of his garment was spared.
SPEAKER_00: Because this ark brings salvation.
SPEAKER_00: This ark brings salvation.
SPEAKER_00: We are healed because we have an ark that Jesus has been sent to us.
SPEAKER_00: Now instead of the first ark that was about the law, no wonder God had said it should have the covenant.
SPEAKER_00: And that was the Ten Commandment.
SPEAKER_00: Grace replaced it.
SPEAKER_00: Now we have Jesus.
SPEAKER_00: And that's why we have this season.
SPEAKER_00: Because we have the second ark.
SPEAKER_00: Look at your team by and tell them we have an ark.
SPEAKER_00: Oh, this ark can save us.
SPEAKER_00: Oh, we are so blessed.
SPEAKER_00: We are living in this life of grace because the ark of God is the uncommon presence that we can enjoy.
SPEAKER_00: And that makes my first point.
SPEAKER_00: That the presence of God brings salvation.
SPEAKER_00: That ark is the Lord Jesus Christ.
SPEAKER_00: We can enjoy the presence of God because He has been given to us as the ark of God.
SPEAKER_00: That is the very presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: Now we can carry Him.
SPEAKER_00: When you give your life to Jesus, He enters in your life.
SPEAKER_00: You carry the ark of God.
SPEAKER_00: Look at your neighbor and tell them, I have an ark inside me.
SPEAKER_00: Oh, I have an ark.
SPEAKER_00: That's when the enemy comes like a flood, his spirit raises a standard against him because the ark is inside me.
SPEAKER_00: That's why the scriptures say, Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.
SPEAKER_00: That's why the scriptures say, I can do all things through Christ Jesus, who is in me, because the ark of God is inside me.
SPEAKER_00: That ark will make us to go far.
SPEAKER_00: That ark is the one that part is water.
SPEAKER_00: As it did to Joshua, so shall it do to Timothy.
SPEAKER_00: That in the year 2026, things will part ways, doors will open, not because of he, but because of he who lives in me.
SPEAKER_00: It's an ark that can open door that can change circumstances and situations of my life.
SPEAKER_00: The presence of God, the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: The second one is that the presence of God brings blessing.
SPEAKER_00: The Bible says in the book of first, 2nd Samuels chapter 6, verse 6, that when Uzzah touched this ark of God, he was struck to death.
SPEAKER_00: Every man, 30,000 of them, they said, This thing to a Channel.
SPEAKER_00: They left it.
SPEAKER_00: David said, This thing will not carry it.
SPEAKER_00: We shall not even go ahead with it.
SPEAKER_00: Leave it.
SPEAKER_00: So they started asking, Where shall we keep it?
SPEAKER_00: Then there was a man.
SPEAKER_00: His name was Obed Adam, the Gittite.
SPEAKER_00: I wonder how that discussion was like.
SPEAKER_00: Because if I was in that meeting, I would tell them I have three true children.
SPEAKER_00: It cannot go to my sitting room.
SPEAKER_00: Because my children can be passing there and they just say, touch it, and they get striked by the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: Some men, some women will say, You know, my husband comes home drunk.
SPEAKER_00: He may step on it.
SPEAKER_00: He may come home drunk and just touch it and he died.
SPEAKER_00: Some women will say, My wife is not very careful.
SPEAKER_00: She might be wiping everything.
SPEAKER_00: She loves cleaning, and all of a sudden she cleans the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: And she gets striked up and she dies.
SPEAKER_00: But the scripture says it went to the house of Obed Adam.
SPEAKER_00: When we get to heaven, I would like to ask him, Where did you keep it?
SPEAKER_00: That's a discussion we shall have with him.
SPEAKER_00: Because the scripture says, in three months, in three months, Obed Adam, the Gittite, was so blessed because the ark of God was in his house.
SPEAKER_00: This Christmas, the ark of God, who is Jesus Christ, will be in our house.
SPEAKER_00: We shall be thoroughly blessed.
SPEAKER_00: I am saying somebody needs to go home and say, from today we shall have the ark of God, we shall have his presence in our home.
SPEAKER_00: If this in three months, the scripture says that the ark of God had stayed in Obed Adam's house for three months, and he was thoroughly blessed.
SPEAKER_00: In fact, scripture says in verse in verse 12, it says, Now David was told the Lord has blessed the household of Obed Adam and everything he has, because the ark of God was there.
SPEAKER_00: When we get to heaven, because the scripture says, then David said, You shall go for it.
SPEAKER_00: I want to know if it's jealousy or something, but I want to ask David, why did you hear that?
SPEAKER_00: And you got so aggrieved that you needed to go for it.
SPEAKER_00: The house of Obed Edom was thoroughly blessed because of the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: In three months, these people had everything they ever desired.
SPEAKER_00: And I speak to you today.
SPEAKER_00: God has prepared us for three months in the month of October, November, and December to talk about his presence.
SPEAKER_00: I speak in the name of Jesus that January, February, and March, this church will experience the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: In the next three months, we are going to see the presence of God than we have ever experienced him before.
SPEAKER_00: Because the presence of God has been preparing, the ark of God has been preparing to come back to the house of the Lord.
SPEAKER_00: This place is the place where God lives.
SPEAKER_00: I was telling Pastor Ambrose that me and Pastor Riggs, we have a very good friend.
SPEAKER_00: We call him the commander.
SPEAKER_00: He says him, he doesn't learn the ark of God.
SPEAKER_00: He says it's kiosk.
SPEAKER_00: I say, this is not a kiosk.
SPEAKER_00: Alisonita Funga is a kiosk.
SPEAKER_00: I'm telling you, this is not a kiosk.
SPEAKER_00: This is the place where the presence of God is found.
SPEAKER_00: This cannot be closed by anyone.
SPEAKER_00: Because this is where God lives.
SPEAKER_00: This is not any man's house.
SPEAKER_00: This is the place where Obed Adam is.
SPEAKER_00: The presence, the ark of God is in this place.
SPEAKER_00: And we shall see it with our own eyes.
SPEAKER_00: Where the presence of God will move.
SPEAKER_00: He will move than he has ever moved before.
SPEAKER_00: The presence of God will be in your families.
SPEAKER_00: Oh, we have parted enough.
SPEAKER_00: We have had all the booze we ever wanted.
SPEAKER_00: This is the time now to turn around the story and say, My house.
SPEAKER_00: Just like Joshua said, As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord.
SPEAKER_00: It is time this Christmas to turn around our story and say, As for me and my house, look at your neighbor and see if they are Obed Adam.
SPEAKER_00: I'll tell them you need to become this man where the presence of God lives.
SPEAKER_00: Oh, tell them, Are you the Gittite, the Adam, that you know this man, Adam.
SPEAKER_00: Oh, Obed, how the presence of God lives.
SPEAKER_00: As we Kanda Chapati, as we katambuzi, as we take the drinks, I want the presence of God to be in the house of his people because this is the month of uncommon presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: The last one is that the uncommon presence of God embodies simplicity.
SPEAKER_00: I have said to you that this presence of God was too harsh.
SPEAKER_00: The first ark you dare touch it, kill you.
SPEAKER_00: It was the ark of God.
SPEAKER_00: But Jesus, the Son of the Living God, could fit in a lady's heart or Mary, a girl without a title.
SPEAKER_00: The scripture says that Mary was favored, and this presence of God entered her stomach.
SPEAKER_00: The simplicity of the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: I don't know if you know that the presence of God doesn't need a deacon to carry it, it doesn't need a pastor or a senior pastor, it just needs you.
SPEAKER_00: You can carry the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: It doesn't need us to have a sharpshooter and a very wrong suit that has funny cars, so that you may know I carry the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: The way you see me dressed is because of the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: It doesn't lead us to grow very wrong beards.
SPEAKER_00: Because now you see those with beards and say, This man has the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: Even people without hair like me can carry the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: As we go for Christmas, I want you to know you are a carrier of the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: So as we enter your homes, please know that the second arc, you are able to carry that presence of God, just like Mary carried that presence for nine months in her stomach.
SPEAKER_00: Same way you can carry the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
SPEAKER_00: The presence of God doesn't gossip.
SPEAKER_00: The presence of God is not corrupt and doesn't steal and doesn't gossip.
SPEAKER_00: Because we are the carriers of the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: I carry God, that's why I don't go that place.
SPEAKER_00: I carry God.
SPEAKER_00: That's why the book of Romans chapter 6 says that my body has become an instrument of righteousness.
SPEAKER_00: Because the Bible says also that my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit where God dwells.
SPEAKER_00: I pray that you shall experience the presence, the uncommon presence of God as you do this Christmas.
SPEAKER_00: May the second ark enter in your families where there have been confusion, the presence of God will enter and he will make ways for you.
SPEAKER_00: The presence of God is ready to walk with you.
SPEAKER_00: Families where no one sees each other, they are in fight.
SPEAKER_00: I speak the presence of God that families will come together.
SPEAKER_00: Families will love one another because the presence of God, it has simplicity.
SPEAKER_00: I see women who be meeting their mothers-in-law, and they're now ready to tell them, I am a carrier of the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: You dare do that, I will slap you with the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: Simplicity of the presence of God, just by your calmness in that home as you serve the presence of God shall be above your lives.
SPEAKER_00: Let's all stand in Jesus' name.
SPEAKER_00: Oh God, thank you.
SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Holy Spirit, for your presence in this place.
SPEAKER_00: Holy Spirit, we thank you.
SPEAKER_00: For you're about to do something extraordinary in these families.
SPEAKER_00: Your presence, the second ark, came so that we may have a blessing.
SPEAKER_00: Oh, the second ark, Jesus came so that we may be able to have salvation.
SPEAKER_00: And we have run about the simplicity of your presence.
SPEAKER_00: Almighty God, your children are standing in this place.
SPEAKER_00: Some of them have gone through a very difficult year.
SPEAKER_00: And God, even this Christmas, they are asking where will this spirit joy come from?
SPEAKER_00: I pray in the name of Jesus that the presence of God, that uncommon presence may come upon them because the second ark has been released to them.
SPEAKER_00: I pray from this moment, your children will experience joy for the remaining part of this year.
SPEAKER_00: Something will happen in their lives that will make them to know that you're living within them.
SPEAKER_00: They will know of the power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead now lives inside them.
SPEAKER_00: I pray for those to open, those which have taken ears and ears that God have not been able to open.
SPEAKER_00: I speak in the name of Jesus.
SPEAKER_00: By the second ark, the presence of God may come.
SPEAKER_00: My Lord, I know that you're not a respecter of any man.
SPEAKER_00: It went to Obed Adam, the kitten, a man who was a pagan, and you blessed him.
SPEAKER_00: This day I pray that the grace of God may abound upon your children, that God they may experience the same experience they had with Obed Adam.
SPEAKER_00: The very presence of God blessing them.
SPEAKER_00: I pray from this day to the coming days, O God, even the very prophetic word you have said, that your children are going to experience the presence of God.
SPEAKER_00: I look forward to see you do, because greater is He that has spoken this word, and I count him faithful, for he will do it.
SPEAKER_00: I now bless you in the name of the Father and the Son and that of the Holy Spirit, that you are blessed in the coming week, that this Christmas will be extraordinary in your life, because the uncommon presence of God shall be upon you.
SPEAKER_00: I say as the year comes to an end, that the hand of the Father shall be upon you.
SPEAKER_00: You shall experience God in the morning, in the noontime and late at night.
SPEAKER_00: No weapon fashioned against you shall prosper, no work of darkness shall come close to your tent.
SPEAKER_00: You shall see the greatness of God.
SPEAKER_00: You shall stand, and after you have done all there is to stand, you're going to stand because the presence of God shall be upon you.
SPEAKER_00: And I'll speak a blessing on Monday and on Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
SPEAKER_00: That in this coming week you shall see the power of the second ark working in your life.
SPEAKER_00: May the Lord bless you, may the Lord favor you, may his hand be upon you, may you experience his presence in all your difficulties.
SPEAKER_00: May he go before you, besides you, behind you, may he envelop you under his shadow because he is God.
SPEAKER_00: And we pray this, believing and trusting in that beautiful name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
SPEAKER_00: And the children of God said amen.
SPEAKER_00: And now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forevermore.
SPEAKER_00: Amen.
SPEAKER_00: Sharon.
SPEAKER_00: Merry Christmas.